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Ep. 57 The Horrors of Sloss Furnaces

Birmingham, Alabama was built in part by the efforts of Colonel James Withers Sloss. He created Sloss Furnaces, a manufacturing plant that produced record amounts of pig iron, deaths, and paranormal encounters! ...wait what?
 
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Sources:
https://frightfurnace.com/hauntings/haunted-history-of-sloss-furnace/
https://www.slossfurnaces.com/history/
https://www.countryliving.com/life/g3793/scary-ghost-stories/
https://www.hauntedrooms.com/alabama/birmingham/haunted-places/sloss-furnaces
https://www.travelchannel.com/videos/recap-sloss-furnaces-0169724
https://www.travelchannel.com/videos/sloss-furnace-0185143
http://www.lastgasps.com/page40.html

Ep. 56 The Mandela Effect

The Mandela Effect is a dizzying concept that has us wondering what the truth actually is! Join us and our parents as we try to remember if the Monopoly Man has a monocle, if it is Fruit Loops or Froot Loops, and if Darth Vader actually knows Luke's name or not. 
 
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Sources:
https://www.dictionary.com/e/slang/mandela-effect/#:~:text=The%20Mandela%20Effect%20refers%20to%20when%20a%20large,originally%20attributed%20to%20the%20existence%20of%20multiple%20universes.
https://www.healthline.com/health/mental-health/mandela-effect
https://mandelaeffectsite.wordpress.com/#:~:text=In%202009%2C%20Fiona%20Broome%20launched%20the%20original%20Mandela,remembered%20nearly%20identical%20details%20of%20that%20funeral%20coverage.
https://theawakeneddreamer.com/2018/02/22/billy-graham-died-again-the-surreal-landscape-of-the-mandela-effect-and-what-it-means-for-humanity/#:~:text=Billy%20Graham%20Died%20Again%3A%20The%20Surreal%20Landscape%20of,this%20is%20his%20third%20death%20or%20more%20already.
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/b/series/berenstain-bears-series/_/N-2kp6
https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/entertainment/g28438966/mandela-effect-examples/
https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-the-mandela-effect-4589394#:~:text=Explanations%201%20Alternate%20Realities.%20One%20theory%20about%20the,involves%20false%20memories.%20...%203%20Memory-Related%20Concepts.%20
https://www.livescience.com/65029-dueling-reality-photons.html
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/false-memories
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-storytelling-animal/201302/the-holodeck-is-real

Ep. 55 The Mysterious Disappearance of Pauline Picard

We find ourselves caught up in the mystery surrounding the disappearance, recovery, and discovery of Pauline Picard. How did this two-year-old go missing, and who was the look-a-like living with her family?
 
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Sources:
https://www.google.com/maps
http://www.theoccultmuseum.com/mysterious-disappearance-little-pauline-picard/
https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/world/the-enduring-mystery-of-pauline-picard-the-girl-who-went-missing-once-and-was-found-twice/ar-BB14xwwS
https://www.mamamia.com.au/pauline-picard-mystery/
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/doppelg%C3%A4nger
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romani_people_in_France

Ep. 54 Famous Bank Heists

The FBI is hot on our tails once again. This time it is for researching some of the most famous bank heists! Between the First American Bank Robbery, the Knightsbridge Security Deposit Robbery, and the Dunbar Armored Robbery... we may or may not have gathered some tips on how to "retire early".
 
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Sources:
https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2017/crime-in-the-u.s.-2017/topic-pages/robbery
https://www.hg.org/legal-articles/robbery-larceny-or-burglary-what-are-the-differences-47870
https://www.fbi.gov/file-repository/bank-crime-statistics-2018.pdf/view
https://www.theclever.com/the-15-biggest-bank-heists-in-history/
https://www.carpentershall.org/timeline
https://www.carpentershall.org/americas-first-bank-robbery
https://www.ozy.com/true-and-stories/the-first-american-bank-robbery-was-an-epic-farce/65240/
https://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v18n17a18.html
http://eskify.com/10-most-interesting-bank-heists/
https://www.bankrate.com/banking/savings/safety-deposit-box-etiquette-what-not-to-put-in-your-safe-box/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knightsbridge_Security_Deposit_robbery
https://koraldo.blogspot.com/2013/03/knightsbridge-security-deposit-robbery.html#:~:text=Knightsbridge%20Security%20Deposit%20was%20robbed%20on%20June%201,director%20and%20the%20guards%20were%20unable%20to%20react.
https://historycollection.com/tunnels-cross-dressing-kidnap-7-lucrative-robberies-history/2/
https://www.factinate.com/things/44-crazy-bank-robber-facts/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunbar_Armored_robbery
https://www.txcrimdefense.com/crime-throughout-history-the-dunbar-armored-robbery/
https://medium.com/of-misdeeds-and-mysteries/the-dunbar-armored-robbery-151ee91c3cd3
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-jun-19-me-12221-story.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPMpmv5WZhA&t=43s

Ep. 53 Elizabeth Báthory

We revisit some of our most frightening childhood memories by discussing the horrific crimes allegedly committed by Elizabeth Báthory. She might just be the true inspiration behind the tales of Count Dracula and Bloody Mary. Also... we love Frankie Muniz.
 
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Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_B%C3%A1thory
https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/elizabeth-bathory
http://www.angelfire.com/mi4/polcrt/VladTepes.html#:~:text=Vlad%20the%20Impaler%20(Dracula)%20was,%2D1462%2C%20and%20in%201476.&text=Dracula%20was%20the%20great%2Duncle,under%20the%20name%20of%20Eupraxia.
https://gsarenaissancefigures.weebly.com/elizabeth-bathory.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stay_Alive
https://www.quotes.net/mquote/128960
https://www.historytoday.com/archive/months-past/death-countess-elizabeth-bathory

Ep. 52 The Trial of Marc Dutroux

In this episode, we discuss the terrible crimes committed by Marc Dutroux and his accomplices. If we go missing, then you know the conspiracy about a government cover-up was true...
 
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Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Dutroux
https://www.xyz.ng/360/people/marc-dutroux-biography-fact-career-awards-net-worth-and-life-story-632997#:~:text=Born%20in%20Ixelles%2C%20Belgium%2C%20on%206%20November%201956%2C,and%20Dutroux%20stayed%20with%20his%20mother.%20Personal%20life
https://murderpedia.org/male.D/d/dutroux-marc.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charleroi#Economy
https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/hno19022004_049
https://consortiumnews.com/2019/07/11/the-revelations-of-wikileaks-no-4-the-haunting-case-of-a-belgian-child-killer-and-how-wikileaks-helped-crack-it/
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-21326779
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Marc-Dutroux
https://www.trouw.nl/nieuws/steeds-vond-vader-marchal-een-woord~b1a22a15/
http://archive.is/LxSWS
http://archive.is/SFRGD
https://pedogate.world/cases/dutroux-affair/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/correspondent_europe/1962263.stm
https://wikileaks.org/wiki/Belgium:_Dutroux_dossier_summary,_1235_pages,_2005
http://archive.is/AyIhz
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/dutroux-trial-to-revive-belgium-s-trauma-1.1133525
https://www.humanite.fr/node/304250
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/belgian-paedophile-dutroux-guilty-of-rape-and-murder-1.1145387
https://www.brusselstimes.com/news/belgium-all-news/81363/michel-lelievre-former-accomplice-of-infamous-belgian-paedophile-dutroux-released-from-prison/

Ep. 51 The Bélmez Faces

María Gómez Cámara Pereira and her family were shocked to discover that their kitchen floor had been infested... with faces!? Welcome to La Casa de las Caras.
 
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Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9lmez_Faces
https://the-line-up.com/belmez-faces
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/belmez-faces
http://www.ghost-story.co.uk/index.php/ghosts/219-the-faces-of-belmez-cordoba-spain
https://www.cuatro.com/cuarto-milenio/programas/temporada-10/Cuarto_Milenio-Cuatro-Iker_Jimenez-caras_de_Belmez_4_1856460006.html?type=listing

Ep. 50 Mothman

For the big 5-0, we decided to "Go along with Joe!" and address the moth in the room... we are FINALLY talking about the Mothman! Hopefully, you don't get cold feet listening to this stellar episode filled with pigeons, conjunctivitis, and dark omens. 
 
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Sources:
http://www.keelian.org/mothman-archive/
Mothman:BehindTheRedEyes(2005):Pg129-133
StrangeCreaturesFromTimeAndSpace(1970)
“‘Flying Man’ Seen Here, Man Claims” Charleston-Gazette-11/18/1966
“Eight People Say They Saw ‘Creature'” Newspaper-Article-11/18/1966
StrangeCreaturesFromTimeAndSpace(1970)
Homer Smith (1914-1966) Headstone in Reamer-Hill-Cemetery
Mothman Prophecies(1975)
Mothman:BehindTheRedEyes(05)
“Four More Claim Seeing Big Red-Eyed Bird” Newspaper-Article-Nov/1966,
“Couples See Man-Sized Bird…Creature…Something” Point-Pleasant-Register-11/16/1966
“Winged, Red-Eyed ‘Thing’ Chases Point Couples Across Countryside” Athens-Messengers-11/16/1966
“Four Pt. Pleasant Car Occupants See ‘Bird-Like Creature'” Morgantown-Dominion-News-11/17/1966
“Bird, Plane Or Batman? Mason Countians Hunt ‘Moth Man'” Huntington-Herald-Dispatch 11/17/1966
“Monster No Joke For Those Who Saw It” Athens-Messenger-11/18/1966
Handwritten-Reports-From-Witnesses-1966
Strange Creatures From Time And Space(1970)
Mothman Prophecies(1975)
“Strange plane turns out to be ‘bird’” Newspaper-12/5/1966
http://hauntedwestvirginia.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html
https://curioushistorian.com/the-legend-of-the-mothman-agent-of-destruction-or-harbinger-of-doom
https://themothman.fandom.com/wiki/Oh,_That_'Bird!'_It_Was_Seen_Again
https://exemplore.com/paranormal/Mothman-Sightings-and-the-Silver-Bridge-Collapse
https://worldhistoryproject.org/1967/12/15/silver-bridge-collapse
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eyebar#:~:text=In%20structural%20engineering%20and%20construction%2C%20an%20eyebar%20is,which%20only%20tension%2C%20and%20never%20compression%2C%20is%20applied.
https://themothman.fandom.com/wiki/The_Silver_Bridge_Collapse
http://www.science-rumors.com/top-10-mothman-sightings-with-pictures-proved-it-is-real/#:~:text=%20%20%201%20%281%29%20Mothman%20is%20said,hijacked%20planes%20struck%20them.%20It%20made...%20More%20
https://timeline.com/the-deadliest-bridge-disaster-in-us-history-was-caused-by-a-tiny-crack-just-3-millimeters-deep-ca5404c4dffa
https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Thunderbird
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owlman
https://www.mysterypile.com/misignwa-legend.php
http://wafflesatnoon.com/mothman/#:~:text=Here%20is%20a%20description%20of%20Mothman%20based%20on,with%20an%20awkward%2C%20wobbling%20gait.%20More%20items...%20
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mothman_Prophecies_(film)
https://allcryptid.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_Mothman_references_in_popular_culture
https://www.insider.com/mothman-festival-west-virginia-legend-trump-tweeted
https://powerpoetry.org/poems/mothman-said-gay-rights
https://raysharp.wordpress.com/2013/06/18/like-moth-man/

Ep. 49 WVU Coed Murders

This week's episode adds another reason why we stray away from hitchhiking! Was the right man convicted for the murder of Karen Ferrell and Mared Malarik? There might still be clues left unearthed in our own backyard. 
 
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Sources:
https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/48y4rx/mystics_murder_and_missing_heads_the_1970_wvu/
https://www.timeswv.com/news/exploring-new-possibilities-in-decades-old-murders/article_d0353258-4086-11e8-877c-8f3e726617c5.html
https://birthday.wvu.edu/history/timeline
https://law.justia.com/cases/west-virginia/supreme-court/1980/14070-3.html
https://www.coedmurders.com/
https://www.facebook.com/maredandkaren/photos/a.1597423243642372/1670485239669505/?type=3&theater
https://open.spotify.com/show/0s7Rc9jIBtE3nSoEcvOmA4?si=psHa32pZSTOlIc-cY0RqGA

Ep. 48 The Grunch

If you thought the Grinch was bad, don't stop to help injured goats in New Orleans, Louisiana... you might just come face-to-face with THE GRUNCH!
 
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Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_New_Orleans#:~:text=The%20history%20of%20New%20Orleans%2C%20Louisiana%2C%20traces%20the,by%20the%20United%20States%20in%20the%20Louisiana%20Purchase.
https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/a6942194/most-haunted-us-cities/#:~:text=%20The%2010%20Most%20Haunted%20Cities%20in%20the,of%20the%20destruction%20in%20Galveston.%20Though...%20More%20
https://www.thetravel.com/haunted-spots-new-orleans-stories/
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/marie-laveaus-tomb
https://witchesbrewtours.com/2018/02/13/beyond-ghosts-grunch-new-orleans/
https://exemplore.com/cryptids/The-Grunch-A-Chupacabra-on-the-Bayou
http://www.hauntedneworleanstours.com/devilbaby/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chupacabra
https://www.livescience.com/24036-chupacabra-facts.html