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The 1830 murder of one of Salem's wealthiest octogenarians both stunned and captivated the public. At the trials of the accused, which featured the legendary orator Daniel Webster, a convoluted murder-for-hire plot unfolded. The details of the trial inspired such works of fiction as "The Tell-Tale Heart" and "The Scarlett Letter", with the ghost of Captain White still making himself known to visitors.
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https://salempl.org/captain-joseph-white/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/a-murder-in-salem-64885035/
The Murder of Captain Joseph White: Salem, Massachusetts, 1830Walker Lewis; American Bar Association Journal; Vol. 54, No. 5 (MAY 1968), pp. 460-466 (7 pages); Published By: American Bar Association
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During a massive storm on November 29, 1980, Granger Taylor left a note for his parents to find. It said that he had gone to board an alien spaceship after recurring dreams had told him he was going to embark on a 42-month interstellar journey. That night, Granger Taylor vanished. Both his family and the police spent months searching for him, but no one could uncover any leads on where he could be.
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Spaceman; CBC Documentary
https://www.cbc.ca/cbcdocspov/episodes/spaceman
https://www.cbc.ca/cbcdocspov/features/bcs-granger-taylor-left-a-note-saying-he-was-boarding-an-alien-spaceship
https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Granger_Taylor
https://www.vice.com/en/article/yvwjkv/the-man-who-went-to-space-and-disappeared-the-story-of-granger-taylor
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The Fresno Nightcrawler is a cryptid that resembles a pair of legs draped in white fabric and not much else. While the sightings might immediately scream “hoax”, there are at least two instances of it being captured on video. Is there really a haunted pair of pants out there or is the Fresno Nightcrawler just another clickbait story?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rzlf8rNyuxk
George, Carmen (October 19, 2018). "Bigfoot, Chupacabra, and … Fresno Nightcrawler? Walking pants bring Fresno freaky fame".
The Fresno Bee. Retrieved April 1, 2020.
Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files - Unwanted Visitors / Strange Sightings
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When typically reliable Al Kite failed to show up for work on May 24, 2004, his co-workers called his emergency contact who, in turn, called the Aurora, CO police. What they believed to be a welfare check turned into a gruesome murder investigation that became more confusing with each detail they uncovered.
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https://www.denver7.com/news/crime/murder-of-aurora-man-remains-unsolved-15-years-later-but-police-still-believe-renter-killed-himhttps://apps.colorado.gov/apps/coldcase/casedetail.html?id=193https://www.oxygen.com/the-dna-of-murder-with-paul-holes/crime-news/paul-holes-investigates-colorado-murder-of-oakey-alhttps://unidentified-awareness.fandom.com/wiki/Robert_Cooperhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25163639/oakey-albert-kitehttps://www.fbi.gov/wanted/vicap/homicides-and-sexual-assaults/victim-oakey-al-kite-jrhttps://www.denverpost.com/2019/11/05/al-kite-jr-dna-of-murder-with-paul-holes/
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In the early morning hours of March 24, 2012, Molly Young drove to her ex-boyfriend’s apartment after receiving numerous calls and texts asking for help. The next morning, she was found in his room, on the floor next to his bed, with a gunshot wound to her head. Her death has initially ruled a suicide, but was amended to “undetermined”. The evidence is murky and circumstantial, but seems to heavily lean toward Molly having taken her own life, but is that the case?
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Justice For Molly, Facebook Page
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/thesouthern/name/molly-young-obituary?id=25592779https://casetext.com/case/young-v-minton-1https://www.isba.org/ibj/2016/09/lawpulse/mollyslawgivessomewrongfuldeathclai
https://media.crimewatchdaily.com/2017/11/07/mollyyoung-death-investigation-illinois-states-attorney-appellate-prosecutor.pdf
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John Bodkin Adams was a British general practitioner, more than 160 of whose patients died under suspicious circumstances. Many of them just so happened to be very wealthy women and some 132 patients left him money or gifts when they died. Rumors started that Adams was killing them with drugs, but many of their bodies had been cremated before a post-mortem was conducted. Was Dr. Adams a serial killer or was he just a terrible doctor?
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A Stranger in Blood: The Story of Dr Bodkin Adams; by Pamela Cullen
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On March 26, 1997, a tip from a former member led police to a grizzly discovery: 39 decomposing bodies in a San Diego mansion. The Heaven’s Gate massacre was the largest mass suicide that had ever taken place on US soil.
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Heaven's Gate: America's UFO Religion; By Benjamin Zeller
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On August 23, 1912, Percy and Lessie Dunbar loaded their two young sons and left their Opelousas home for a camping trip at nearby Swayze Lake. Four-year-old Bobby Dunbar wandered away from the family’s tent and disappeared that night. During a search, a boy matching Bobby’s age and description was found. Assuming this was the missing boy, “Bobby” was returned to the Dunbar family despite protests from a woman claiming to be the boy’s mother.
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A Case for Solomon: Bobby Dunbar and the Kidnapping That Haunted a Nation Hardcover – August 14, 2012; by Tal McThenia (Author), Margaret Dunbar Cutright (Author)
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/this-american-book-a-case_b_1756592?utm_hp_ref=bookshttps://www.dail
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The idea of life after death has confounded humans since the beginning of time. While it is truly impossible to know, endless theories have been proposed to lessen the blow of what is, quite possibly, nothingness after death. Reincarnation is one such possibility. The strange case of the Pollock twins is still cited as a credible instance of reincarnation.
SOURCES
Books cited within the episode
https://med.virginia.edu/perceptual-studies/wp-content/uploads/sites/360/2016/12/STE17.pdf
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In October 2009, the Jamison family disappeared after touring a plot of land in Oklahoma. Days later, their abandoned pickup truck was found in a remote area of the Ouachita National Forest. Inside they found an odd assortment of items, along with their dog. There was no sign of the family.
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https://www.enidnews.com/archives/found-remains-could-belong-to-missing-okla-family/article_082dab1f-6fa7-5586-90b6-bdfd60095352.htmlhttps://www.newson6.com/story/5e3669372f69d76f62079d9b/eufaula-familys-disappearance-still-a-mystery-one-year-later
https://okcfox.com/archive/missing-family-mystery-expands-thanks-to-video-and-anonymous-tipster
https://guardianlv.com/2013/11/missing-oklahoma-family-demons-and-drugs/
https://www.koco.com/article/latimer-county-skeletal-remains-identified-as-missing-eufaula-family/4299050
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One evening in late September 1937, Charles S. Ross, the wealthy president of a greeting card company, was driving toward Chicago when he was pulled over and kidnapped at gunpoint by a pair of criminals. The ensuing investigation became one of the largest for the young FBI. The plot did not end well for Ross and one of the men who abducted him.
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Seadlund v. United States, 97 F.2d 742 (7th Cir. 1938)
https://www.newspapers.com/article/marshfield-news-herald-charles-ross-chic/14593916/?locale=en-US
https://www.nytimes.com/1938/07/14/archives/seadlund-dies-in-chair-kidnapper-of-c-s-ross-pays-penalty-in.html
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In 2002, investigators made a horrendous discovery at the Tri-State Crematory in Noble, Georgia. The owner had not cremated bodies that had been entrusted to him, but instead had dumped or buried them on the property. In all, 339 bodies were found on the 16-acre property. No explanation has been given as to why the bodies were not cremated.
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Noble, a podcast by Shuan Raviv; Wavland Media
https://casetext.com/case/in-re-tri-state-crematory-litigation-3
https://www.lieffcabraser.com/pdf/tri-state-complaint.pdf
https://www.cremationassociation.org/cremationprocess.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20110718010013/http://www.wdef.com/node/2478
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In 1985, US Marshals collaborated with other law enforcement agencies to capture more than 100 fugitives from justice. They constructed an elaborate sting operation, luring the criminals with promises of brunch and free NFL tickets.
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https://www.usmarshals.gov/who-we-are/history/historical-reading-room/fugitive-investigative-strike-teams-no-such-thing-free-lunch
Clark, Jerry; Palattella, Ed (2019). On the Lam: A History of Hunting Fugitives in America. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield
The Oliver North File: His Diaries, E-Mail, and Memos on the Kerry Report, Contras and Drugs; National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 113; February 26, 2004
Cocaine, Conspiracy Theories & the CIA in Central America; by Craig Delaval
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In the final installment of the life and times of Aleister Crowley, the magician finds himself destitute, but somehow still traveling the world and creating communities that definitely aren't cults.
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In episode 2, Crowley and his protege travel to North Africa where they test the boundaries of their magical prowess. It only gets weirder from here, folks!
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Aleister Crowley was one of the most intriguing characters of the 20th century. He was a poet, a ceremonial magician, a mountaineer, an alchemist, a philosopher, a spy, and a self-described sex and drug addict. He was also known as “The Beast”, a title given to him by his own MOTHER, and the “wickedest man in the world.”
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The Book of the Law; by Aleister Crowley and Rose Edith Crowley
Magick; by Aleister Crowley
Richmond, Keith (2012). "Through the Witch's Looking Glass: The Magick of Aleister Crowley and the Witchcraft of Rosaleen Norton". In Bogdan, Henrik; Starr, Martin P. (eds.).
Aleister Crowley and Western Esotericism. Oxford University Press. pp. 307–34. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199863075.003.0013. ISBN 978-0-19-986309-9. OCLC 820009842
Spence, Richard B. (2008). Secret Agent 666: Aleister Crowley, British Intelligence and the Occult. Port Townsend, Washington: Feral House. ISBN 978-1-932595-33-8. OCLC 658217241.
Sutin, Lawrence (2000). Do What Thou Wilt: A Life of Aleister Crowley. New York: St. Martin's Press. ISBN 978-0-312-25243-4. OCLC 43581537.
Symonds, John (1997). The Beast 666: The Life of Aleister Crowley. London: Pindar Press. ISBN 978-1-899828-21-0. OCLC 60232203.
The Newsroom (23 November 2007). "House of the Unholy". The Scotsman. ISSN 0307-5850. Archived from the original on 16 September 2015
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From the outside, the Victorian house at 3406 Brownsville Road in Brentwood, Pennsylvania looks like any other in the area. It was once a waking nightmare inside, though, according to the Cranmer family.
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The Demon of Brownsville Road: A Pittsburgh Family's Battle with Evil in Their Home; by Bob Cranmer (Author), Erica Manfred (Author)
https://brownsvilleroadhouse.com/https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/3406-Brownsville-Rd_Pittsburgh_PA_15227_M46302-08442
https://fox8.com/news/familys-years-of-terror-at-demon-house-takes-new-turn-evil-doesnt-like-being-exposed/
April 17, 1792The Freeman's Journal or The North-American Intelligencer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania • Page 2
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From the outside, Bob and Diane Ward had it all. They'd been married for 26 years, raised two daughters, and called a six-bedroom mansion in an exclusive neighborhood at Isleworth in Orlando, Florida home. Gunshots shattered that perfect illusion in September 2009.
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STATE OF FLORIDA v. JAMES ROBERT WARD; CASE NO: 09-CF-13977-A-O
https://casetext.com/case/bond-safeguard-insurance-co-v-diane-elizabeth-ward
https://www.wdbo.com/news/local/diane-ward-death-suicide-says-coroner/mLwpRummyVO7DJYq14WDUI/
https://abcnews.go.com/US/murder-trial-millionaire-bob-ward-killed-wife-prosecutors/story?id=14532065
https://www.nwaonline.com/news/2011/sep/24/millionaire-convicted-murdering-wife/
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On July 4, 1998, a trio of ATV riders found a body near an interstate exit in the Las Vegas desert. What the police thought was an apocalyptic skinhead was really Airmen Dan Shersty, stationed at Nellis Air Force Base. Days later, they found the body of Lin Newborn, a local punk scene staple. The two men were best friends and the leaders of the local Anti-Racist Action group. They'd been lured to the desert by men with polar opposite views and murderous intentions.
Sources cited within episode
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On Easter Sunday in 1967, Jim Thompson took an afternoon stroll in the Cameron Highlands’ hills. The American, known as the “king of Thai silk”, was on vacation in Malaysia with friends. Something happened during his walk and Thompson was never seen again. His disappearance remains a mystery.
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https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,899490,00.html
https://jimthompsonhouse.org/foundation/#:~:text=On%20March%2027%2C%201967%2C%20Jim,Thompson%20III.
https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP90-01208R000100100104-7.pdf
http://www.themosttraveled.com/NewLand/Jim%20Thompson%20story%20part%204.pdf
“Who Killed Jim Thompson?”; short film by Barry Broman; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cic9Wh-MSw
http://www.themosttraveled.com/NewLand/Disappearance%20of%20Jim%20Thompson%20final%20briefing%20for%20website.pdf
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