In 1994, something strange translucent drops of a jelly-like substance rained over the tiny Pacific Northwest town of Oakville, Washington. Immediately after, the townspeople began falling ill, then the animals started dying.
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https://www.discoveryuk.com/mysteries/what-were-the-oakville-blobs-and-what-caused-them/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bVpc4mWWuM
https://www.netflix.com/title/81593881
https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/oakville-blobs-mystery
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/1950-us-released-bioweapon-san-francisco-180955819/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_jelly
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In this episode I'm going to tell you three stories about some of the most horrific diving accidents in history.
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https://divemagazine.com/scuba-diving-news/pipeline-diver-tragedy-corporate-manslaughter
https://newsday.co.tt/2024/07/11/3-face-court-over-paria-diving-tragedy/
https://www.coursehero.com/file/85910708/Assessment-about-Star-Canopus-diving-accidentdocx/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Canopus_diving_accident#CITEREFPrangley/Ward_FAI1979
https://history.howstuffworks.com/historical-events/byford-dolphin-accident.htm
https://zero.sci-hub.se/5268/7dda7cee52d7eb3ec606a82d0f1b9a61/giertsen1988.pdf
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During the late 1980s and 1990s, a series of reported sightings throughout Elkhorn, Wisconsin and northern Michigan began appearing about large, hairy, half man, half dog hybrid creatures that can only be described, as a real life werewolf. In this episode I'm going to tell you the history of the Beast of Bray Road and the Michigan Dogman.
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https://www.amazon.com/Beast-Bray-Road-Wisconsins-Werewolf/dp/0996263055
https://allthatsinteresting.com/beast-of-bray-road
https://mysteriousmichigan.com/the-michigan-dogman
https://kryptos.fandom.com/wiki/Gable_film
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2n2vVyT8cw
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Lake Lanier is a man-made reservoir in the northern part of Georgia. It's one of the state's biggest tourist attractions, drawing in millions of visitors each year. But Lake Lanier also has a sinister reputation for being or cursed. Since the lake was formed in the 1950s, more than 700 people have either drowned or vanished entirely in the lake. In this episode I dive into the lake's dark and tragic history.
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https://oxfordamerican.org/magazine/issue-113-summer-2021/the-haunting-of-lake-lanier
https://www.sam.usace.army.mil/Missions/Civil-Works/Recreation/Lake-Sidney-Lanier/
https://time.com/6984594/georgia-death-lake-lanier-haunted/
https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/31/us/lake-lanier-urban-legends-trnd/index.html
https://www.atlantahistorycenter.com/learning-research/projects-initiatives/originals/forsyth-1912/
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In October 1978, an Australian private pilot named Frederick Valentich took off on what should have been a one hour flight to nearby King Island. But 40 minutes into his flight, Valentich radioed into ground control telling them he was being pursued by a UFO. Minutes later, Frederick Valentich vanished without a trace.
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https://skepticalinquirer.org/2013/11/the-valentich-disappearance-another-ufo-cold-case-solved/
https://documents.theblackvault.com/documents/ufos/australia/B1497_V116-783-1047_10491375.pdf
https://unsolved.com/gallery/ufo-disappearance/
https://allthatsinteresting.com/frederick-valentich
https://www.ranker.com/list/frederick-valentich-ufo-disappearance-facts/linda-meyers
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Between 1962 to 1964, 13 women in the Boston area were strangled to death by a serial killer. A 33 year old handyman named Albert DeSalvo would go on to confess to the murders. But did he really do it?
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https://www.amazon.com/Boston-Stranglers-Susan-Kelly/dp/0786032510
https://time.com/6263843/boston-strangler-hulu-true-story/
https://www.boston.com/culture/movies/2023/03/17/boston-strangler-movie-whats-real-not/
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In this special episode, I'm bringing to you three stories around some of the ways magic and mysticism played a role in World War II.
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In this episode I'm bringing you a collection of short stories, all around the central theme of some strange events during World War II involving magic and mysticism.
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https://www.thoughtco.com/british-witches-hitler-spell-4134250
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/78979/jewish-psychic-who-tricked-hitler
https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780922915682
https://www.salon.com/2002/02/27/hanussen/
https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna23456119#
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-man-who-wrote-hitlers-horoscope/
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In the history of the Delta blues, there is no bigger name than that of Robert Johnson. According to popular legend, Robert Johnson sold his soul to the devil at a crossroads, in exchange for his musical talent.
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https://www.amazon.com/Up-Jumped-Devil-Robert-Johnson/dp/1641600942
https://www.robertjohnsonbluesfoundation.org
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/25/obituaries/robert-johnson-overlooked.html
https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/devils-music-myth-robert-johnson/
https://www.npr.org/2011/05/07/136063911/robert-johnson-at-100-still-dispelling-myths
https://www.classicfm.com/composers/paganini/niccolo-gifted-violinist-deal-with-devil/
https://www.vialma.com/en/articles/266/Niccolo-Paganini-The-Devils-Violinist
https://radiolab.org/podcast/199705-crossroads
https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0981600212/radiolabbooks-20/
https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0452279496/radiolabbooks-20/
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Dr. Hawley Crippen is one of the most notorious murderers in history. But modern forensic D.N.A. tests may change everything we think we know.
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https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-nov-16-la-me-basement-babies-20101116-story.html
https://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/hawley-crippen/199/
https://www.amazon.com/Thunderstruck-Erik-Larson/dp/1400080673
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7050714.stm
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Was Charles Manson part of a CIA mind control program? In 1969, Charles Manson and his cult shocked the world when they committed the Tate-LaBianca murders. But is that the whole story? A 2019 book by journalist Tom O'Neill offers evidence that there's a lot more to the story than we know.
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https://theintercept.com/2019/11/24/cia-mkultra-louis-jolyon-west/
https://www.muckrock.com/news/archives/2017/dec/19/mkruby/
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Approximately 70% of the Earth's surface is covered by oceans. Yet 95% of that area remains unexplored. Throughout history there have been people who have encountered gigantic creatures we would describe as sea monsters. In this episode, I'm going to tell you about some of them.
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https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/bloop.html
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/fishermen-dredged-up-30ft-dinosaur-30731086
https://www.wired.com/story/bloop-mystery-not-solved-sort-of/
https://skepticalinquirer.org/2019/09/gloucester-sea-serpent-mystery-solved-after-two-centuries/
https://www.history.co.uk/articles/strange-sea-serpent-sightings-from-history
https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/2016/08/great-american-sea-serpent/
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