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Haunted Marietta, Georgia Redux Nov 11, 2025

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Marietta, Georgia is a large suburb of Atlanta. The downtown public square of Marietta was built over a graveyard. That is enough to lead to hauntings, but Marietta also went through the Civil War and was burned by General Sherman. Dead soldiers were piled up in the square. Diane visited in 2014 and took the Ghosts of Marietta ghost tour. Stories of murders, accidental deaths and hangings were shared and there are several haunted location in this quaint town. Join us for the history and hauntings of Marietta, Georgia.

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Music used in this episode:

Main Theme: Lurking in the Dark by Muse Music with Groove Studios

Outro Music: Happy Fun Punk by Muse Music with Groove Studios

Other music in this episode:

Music: Johnnie Walker [Western Series] by Sascha Ende Link: https://filmmusic.io/en/song/12903-johnnie-walker-western-series

TGIY Ep. 21 - Raising the Dead Nov 09, 2025

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Modern medicine has made it possible to raise the dead. As long as the person who has died, did so very recently. So far, no one that has been dead for days has been raised from the dead. There have been attempts through history to accomplish this feat though. Man has tried to use electricity to bring dead nerves back to life. Authors like Mary Shelley have written classic tomes about man's pursuit of this endeavor and ultimate success. But that was fiction. As they say, with God, all things are possible and one of those things is the raising of the dead. There are stories throughout the Bible of people being raised from the dead, even after they have been dead for several days. For humanity, the ultimate story of resurrection represents the foundation of salvation.

Main theme: Crazy For Thrills by Muse Music with Groove Studios

BONUS: #10 Downing Street Nov 06, 2025

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We are taking this week off to recover from Halloween, so we have a BonusCast to share instead, featuring #10 Downing Street. It is the most famous address in British politics. This is the home of the British Prime Minister. The building is 300 years old and was not a place where many early Prime Ministers wanted to live. It wasn't fancy and for many years it was downright dangerous due to its shoddy construction. Today, it is much better and has been the backdrop to many famous historic events. It also is home to several spirits!

HGB Halloween Special 2025 - Halloween Music Oct 31, 2025

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We always try to pick a fun theme for our Halloween Special and this year we thought we would feature Halloween Music. Not just the music one might hear in a horror movie - and we will definitely talk about some of that - but music made specifically for Halloween. There is a whole history to what some may call "Monster Music" that goes from fun novelty songs to Goth Punk and even the disturbing. Join us for this candy corn filled, costume wearing romp through one-eyed purple people eaters, monsters mashing, ghostbusters busting and nightmares before Christmas.

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Music used in this episode:

Music: Halloween 2025 Vol. 3, produced by Sascha Ende Link: https://ende.app/en/song/13298-halloween-2025-vol-3

Music: Halloween Atmosphere, produced by Sascha Ende Link: https://ende.app/en/song/87-halloween-atmosphere

Music: Halloween Whispers, produced by Sascha Ende Link: https://ende.app/en/song/12557-halloween-whispers

Title: "Kid Spooky" Artist: Tim Kulig (timkulig.com) Licensed under Creative Commons By Attribution 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0997280/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1

All other music belongs to its respective producers and creators and is used under the Fair Use Doctrine for purposes of commentary.

Intro videos by: Relaxing_Guru from Pixabay and Ideas in Motion ImagesInMotion from Pixabay

Ep. 610 - Legends of Feathered Terrors Oct 30, 2025

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Can there be anything more terrifying than a monster that can swoop down out of the sky and attack? Perhaps even pick you up? Probably the most famous scary flying creature of American lore is Mothman, but the pterodactyl would have to be the most petrifying flying monster in the history of the world. But to be sure, neither of these creatures have feathers. They seemed to fly with bat-like wings. However, there are a class of feathered fiends that could give both of them a run for their money. Join us for legends of feathered terrors! The Moment in Oddity features high hopping wallabies.

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Show notes can be found here: https://historygoesbump.blogspot.com/2025/10/hgb-ep-610-legends-of-feathered-terrors.html

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Music used in this episode:

(Moment in Oddity) "Vanishing" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Title: "The Swarm" Artist: Tim Kulig (timkulig.com) Licensed under Creative Commons By Attribution 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0997280/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1

Witches in America Redux Oct 28, 2025

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On the podcast, we have covered the Salem Witch Trials and other witch hunts in America and Europe. When we originally produced the Witches in America episode, we touched on a couple of the witch hunts that took place before the Salem outbreak, some Native American witches and then a couple of infamous witches, the River Witch of Marietta and the Bell Witch. We are still going to include some of that here, but the witch hunt material got a more thorough treatment in Episode 307, so we pulled that out. This Redux will explore some other witch narratives from America that we didn't cover before and update the material on the Bell Witch. Most of the people accused of witchcraft in the past, weren't actually witches, but that does not mean that there were not or are not really witches in America. Witchcraft has long been practiced in America and Wicca is an accepted religious practice in our modern era. Join us as we explore witches in America.

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Music used in this episode:

Main Theme: Lurking in the Dark by Muse Music with Groove Studios

Outro Music: Happy Fun Punk by Muse Music with Groove Studios

Other music in this episode:

Music: The Signal (feat. Folkshade) by Sascha Ende Link: https://ende.app/en/song/13011-the-signal-feat-folkshade

TGIY Ep. 20 - Numerology Oct 26, 2025

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We all have our favorite numbers that we consider to be lucky. There are numbers that some steer clear of because of superstitious beliefs or bad experiences. Numbers mark important dates and can be symbolic. Nearly everything is based on mathematics whether it is engineering a bridge, building a house, counting items, creating a computer program and so much more. Numbers are important to humans. They are clearly very important to the spiritual world as well, based on the Bible.

Main theme: Crazy For Thrills by Muse Music with Groove Studios

Ep. 609 - Chatham's Haunts Oct 23, 2025

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Chatham in Kent has many haunted locations with most of them being connected to battle, war and the military. There were six forts built here to protect the Chatham Dockyard from attacks, particularly by Napoleon Bonaparte. Several of those forts are haunted and the Dockyard is probably the most haunted location in Chatham. Join us for the history and hauntings of Chatham! This Month in History features the birth of Christopher Wren.

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Show notes can be found here: https://historygoesbump.blogspot.com/2025/10/hgb-ep-609-chathams-haunts.html

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Music used in this episode:

(This Month in History) "In Your Arms" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Music: Halloween 2025 Vol. 8 by Sascha Ende Link: https://ende.app/en/song/13324-halloween-2025-vol-8

Phantasmal Crime Ep. 50 - Death Row Ghosts Oct 21, 2025

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Prisons are notorious for being haunted. They are places of such strong emotion, that isn't surprising. There are a couple of areas of jails that lend themselves more to haunting activity: solitary confinement and Death Row. Whether one supports the death penalty or not, there is no question that some people commit such heinous crimes that it is hard to imagine, that anything else could be justice other than the death penalty. There are several murderers who have met their final demise at the end of a rope, an electric chair or a needle. Is it possible that their spirits have remained on this side of the veil? Perhaps they are not welcome anywhere else.

Intro and Outro music: Bad Players - Licensed under a non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-assignable, single-site, worldwide, royalty-free license agreement with Muse Music c/o Groove Studios.

The following music was also used:

Title: "Bending Night" Artist: Tim Kulig (timkulig.com) Licensed under Creative Commons By Attribution 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0997280/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1

Ep. 608 - Haunted Cemeteries 31 Oct 16, 2025

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Cemeteries just lend themselves to ghost stories.There is hardly a town that doesn't have that one cemetery that has a legend or myth connected to it. These legends are hard to prove, but even without evidence they have staying power. And most people like to believe that their loved ones hang around even after they've died, so why not hang out at the cemetery where they're buried. In this 31st episode of haunted cemeteries, we share cemeteries in Arkansas, Texas, Canada, Oklahoma, Illinois and Indiana. The Moment in Oddity features the Yeti Crab.

Check out the website: http://historygoesbump.com

Show notes can be found here: https://historygoesbump.blogspot.com/2025/10/hgb-ep-608-haunted-cemeteries-31.html

Become an Executive Producer: http://patreon.com/historygoesbump

Music used in this episode:

(Moment in Oddity) "Vanishing" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Title: "Crypt Keeping" Artist: Tim Kulig (timkulig.com) Licensed under Creative Commons By Attribution 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0997280/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1

Cemetery video by Matthias Groeneveld from Pixabay

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