Doctor Birdlady

Doctor Birdman was originally just known as The Bird Man and showed up in Murfreesboro on occasion to peddle rare and exotic birds, either in the parking lot of Jackie's Market or the parking lot of Big Lots. How he acquires these birds is a regular subject of debate. Following the Newtown massacre, Birdman changed his name briefly to Gun Man and sold firearms; he has also put on monkey shows. Birdman later began practicing medicine and even offered his own form of insurance to compete with Obamacare. Throughout 2014, a major story arc in the Doctor Birdman saga has centered upon Hurt Bird, a special bird that was supposed to produce an amazing sound right at midnight on New Year's Eve (when he was known as New Year's Eve Bird). However, the bird escaped, and, in the process of being recaptured by Doctor Birdman's henchman Jimmy, was injured. Subsequently, several events throughout Murfreesboro have been held to raise money for treating Hurt Bird. At a special Fourth of July event to raise money for Hurt Bird, the bird went missing during a confusing sequence of events, after which Doctor Birdman and Don Jekyll Jr. were both arrested, and it was suggested that the bird is now a specter. Later reports had it that Hurt Bird was retrieved by animal control, though the officers became sick, necessitating military involvement. Other reports hold that Hurt Bird was contained in a secret chamber beneath the Middle Tennessee State University stadium, where he was being treated by the water boys of the Blue Raiders football team. Doctor Birdman was later released on his own recognizance and attempted to regain possession of Hurt Bird but soon disappeared, seeming to have been killed by Hurt Bird in the wake of the McKinley-Sullivan Feud, before returning after having undergone gender transition, becoming Doctor Birdlady.

Dr. Birdlady returned to sponsor the podcast for the first time following the Ghost Bird incident with Episode 181, when it was announced that she would be appearing in the parking lot of Jackie's Market and offering an herbal salve that would serve in the place of vaccines. Dunlap accused Dr. Birdlady of accommodating anti-vaxxers and reported on the rumor that this ostensible salve was, in fact, all the dead birds Dr. Birdlady had accumulated cooked down into a paste. Further rumors hold that this paste makes children attractive to Ghost Bird, who has reportedly kidnapped many kids treated with Dr. Birdlady's concoction.