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Ep. 125 - The Jinx Apr 13, 2020

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On December 4, 1872, the British Brigantine The Dei Gratia found another ship floating abandoned in the ocean. The entire crew had mysteriously vanished, leaving untouched meals on the table, and no clear sign where they could have gone. The name of that ship was the Mary Celeste.

Notes: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/abandoned-ship-the-mary-celeste-174488104/https://www.smithsonianchannel.com/shows/the-true-story-of-the-mary-celeste/0/130102 https://www.americanheritage.com/mystery-mary-celeste https://yesterday.uktv.co.uk/blogs/article/5-theories-what-happened-mary-celeste/

Music: Dexter Britain, "The Tea Party" https://dexterbritain.com Kevin MacLeod “Impromptu No 1", "Impromptu No 2", "Impromptu No 3","Colorless Aura", "Cryptic Sorrow", "Despair and Triumph", "Mesmerize", "Touching Moments" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com

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Ep. 124 - The Worst Woman on Earth Mar 30, 2020

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In this episode, I tell you the story of long-forgotten serial killer Lizzie Halliday. During the late 19th century, she became well-known for murdering several of her husbands, among others. There were even those who claimed she might have been the most famous serial killer of all, Jack the Ripper.

Notes: https://newyorkhistoryblog.org/2014/08/a-short-history-of-serial-killer-lizzie-brown-halliday/https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/the-horrifying-story-of-the-worst-woman-in-the-world http://www.murderbygaslight.com/2014/12/the-worst-woman-on-earth.html

Music: Alex Mason & The Minor Emotion, "Soul Breaker" https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Alex_Mason__The_Minor_Emotion Dexter Britain, "The Tea Party" https://dexterbritain.com Kevin MacLeod “Impromptu No 1", "Impromptu No 2", "Impromptu No 3" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com

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Ep. 123 - The Spanish Lady Mar 16, 2020

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In this special episode I tell you the story of the Spanish Flu outbreak of 1918, a pandemic unlike any other in human history. You'll hear what's known and still unknown about this mysterious epidemic, and I try to make sense of it all, and draw parallels with the strange situation we find ourselves living in today.

Notes: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/influenza/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/ten-myths-about-1918-flu-pandemic-180967810/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/journal-plague-year-180965222/https://www.amazon.com/dp/B079LB96CJ/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/1918-flu-pandemic

Music: Dexter Britain, "The Tea Party" https://dexterbritain.com Kevin MacLeod “Despair and Triumph", "Heartbreaking" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) Licence: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Kai Engel, "September", "October", "November", https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/ Alex Mason & The Minor Emotion, "Silent Park Inside Your Soul", "I Will Not Return", "Cry About Me", "No More Words", "Hope" https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Alex_Mason__The_Minor_Emotion

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Introducing Life’s Little Mysteries Mar 02, 2020

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Life's Little Mysteries is the newest Audioboom original podcast and co-production with Live Science. This podcast is for everyone and anyone who loves science and wants to know more about everything around us. Join hosts Mindy Weisberger and Jeanna Bryner of Live Science every Monday as they give you the low-down on all things big and small that truly make you wonder. Life's Little Mysteries has new episodes every Monday. Subscribe to Life's Little Mysteries on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lifes-little-mysteries/id1496044775.

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Ep. 122 - The Bitter Pill Mar 02, 2020

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For many of us, it may be difficult to recall a time when every consumable product didn't have a product safety seal on it. But those tamper proof packages all stem from a very real series of unsolved murders in Chicago in 1982. Back then, someone laced several bottles of Extra Strength Tylenol with Potassium Cyanide and distributed them in stores throughout Chicago. As a result, seven people died, and the murderer was never caught.
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Notes: https://www.amazon.com/TYLENOL-MAFIA-Marketing-Johnson-Revised-ebook/dp/B005P81BO6 https://patch.com/illinois/chicago/tylenol-murders-still-unsolved-after-34-years https://www.aetv.com/real-crime/tylenol-murders-poisonings-cyanide-chicago-1982 https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=the+tylenol+murders&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8 https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/tylenol-murders-1982 https://abcnews.go.com/Health/PainManagement/fda-official-testify-agency-knew-johnson-johnson-recall/story?id=11765649
Music: Kai Engel, Mist & Clouds, Difference, December, January, February, November, Pacific Garbage Patch, Oneiri, Snowfall Intro, Rejecting the Sirens https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel Dexter Britain, "The Tea Party" https://dexterbritain.com

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Ep. 121 - The Shining Girls Feb 17, 2020

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During the early part of the 20th century, radium was being promoted as a miracle cure for what ailed you. But a group of young women working in a New Jersey factory learned the deadly consequences of being exposed to the radioactive element. The story that followed is both tragic and horrifying.

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https://www.amazon.com/Radium-Girls-Story-Americas-Shining/dp/149264935X/ref=nodl_

https://www.amazon.com/Poisoners-Handbook-Murder-Forensic-Medicine/dp/014311882X/ref=nodl_

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Music: Dexter Britain, "The Tea Party" https://dexterbritain.com Kevin MacLeod “Impromptu No 1", "Impromptu No 2", "Impromptu No 3", "Touching Moments One", "Parting of the Ways Part Two", "With the Sea", "Despair and Triumph", "Mesmerize" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com Licence: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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Ep. 120 - The Hunt Feb 03, 2020

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Some stories you come across are so tragic and outrageous, it's difficult to believe they could really happen in modern society. On July 9, 1982, a French-born 14 year old girl living in Germany named Kalinka Bamberski died under mysterious circumstances. This would lead her father Andre to spend the next three decades on a tireless quest to uncover the truth, and to bring the man who raped and murdered his daughter to justice.

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Notes: https://magazine.atavist.com/the-kalinka-affair https://morbidology.com/the-man-who-abducted-his-daughters-killer-andre-bamberski/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-27902154 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/oct/24/thirty-year-search-justice https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/21/world/europe/for-3-decades-french-father-pursued-justice-for-his-daughter.html https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/8412049/German-doctor-Dieter-Krombach-retried-for-murder-of-Kalinka-Bamberski.html

Music: Dexter Britain, "The Tea Party" https://dexterbritain.com Kevin MacLeod “Cryptic Sorrow", "Despair and Triumph" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) Coldnoise, "Weakness", "Malaika", "Remember Piano" https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Coldnoise Licence: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Alex Mason & The Minor Emotion, "Emotional Park Inside Your Soul", "Parting", "Cry About Me", "No More Words" https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Alex_Mason__The_Minor_Emotion

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Ep. 119 - The Fix Jan 20, 2020

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Have you ever wondered what it would be like to win the lottery? Throughout history, there have been a handful of people who managed to beat the lottery and become rich, not by random luck, but by cheating, or by outsmarting the people behind the game.

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Notes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lottery https://thehustle.co/the-local-tv-star-who-rigged-the-lottery/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/05/03/magazine/money-issue-iowa-lottery-fraud-mystery.html https://thehustle.co/the-man-who-won-the-lottery-14-times https://www.inc.com/bill-murphy-jr/this-couple-found-a-math-error-in-lottery-made-27-million-playing-over-over-for-55-weeks.html https://highline.huffingtonpost.com/articles/en/lotto-winners/

Music: Dexter Britain, "The Tea Party" https://dexterbritain.com Kevin MacLeod “Impromptu No 1", "Impromptu No 2", "Impromptu No 3" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) Licence: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Alex Mason & The Minor Emotion, "Emotional Park Inside Your Soul", "I Will Not Return", "Parting", "You Promise", "Cry About Me", "No More Words", "Hope", "Again Alone" https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Alex_Mason__The_Minor_Emotion

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Ep. 118 - The Cave of Witches Jan 06, 2020

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Back in 1880, a tiny island off the coast of Chile became the site of one of the last witch trials in South America. The defendants who were rounded up told a horrific tale of black magic, extortion and murder. And if we are to believe the whole story, they may also have created something unspeakable in a remote hidden cave.

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Notes: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/into-the-cave-of-chiles-witches-20138093/https://www.wired.com/2007/01/khipu/http://thatbackpacker.com/2018/03/05/chiloe-travel-guide/https://www.lonelyplanet.com/chile/chiloe https://www.fodors.com/news/arts-culture/wizards-are-terrifyingly-present-on-chiloe-island https://www.npr.org/2008/06/26/91931716/myth-and-magic-infuse-chilean-island https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2019/04/chiles-mysterious-island-of-warlocks/

Music: Dexter Britain, "The Tea Party" https://dexterbritain.com Kevin MacLeod “Long Note Three" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) Licence: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Alex Mason & The Minor Emotion, "You Promise", "Cry About Me", "No More Words", "Hope", "Only", "Emotional Park Inside Your Soul", "I Will Not Return" https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Alex_Mason__The_Minor_Emotion

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Ep. 117 - The Fire Within Dec 23, 2019

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Throughout history there have been numerous cases where people have mysteriously burst into flames for no apparent reason, leaving behind little more than piles of ash, and many questions. In this episode we discuss the history of spontaneous human combustion, and talk about the many theories why this may or may not occur.

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Notes: https://www.history.com/news/is-spontaneous-human-combustion-real https://www.livescience.com/42080-spontaneous-human-combustion.html https://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/8200790/spontaneous-human-combustion-real-burns-incendiary-bomb-scientist-claims/https://allthatsinteresting.com/spontaneous-human-combustion https://www.amazon.com/Ablaze-Larry-Arnold/dp/0871317893 https://skepticalinquirer.org/newsletter/spontaneous_human_nonsense/

Music: Dexter Britain, "The Tea Party" https://dexterbritain.com Kai Engel, "Mist and Clouds", "Morbid Imagnation", "December", "January", February", "March", "April" "Difference", "May", "Rejecting the Sirens", "Moonlight Reprise" https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel

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