One of these days we'll get back to telling ghost stories, but real quick, can we tell you this absolutely bonkers true story of a weird virgin who summoned the devil?

This is the story of John Dee. Come for the devil's hoofprint, stay for a professional ghost, a good male midlife crisis, this horoscope can't be right, cyclops cowboy, 12,000,000 degrees Celsius, book smart not street smart, and the devil changing a lightbulb.

Thanks to listener Caroline Jones for the research!

Sources:

• John Dee: Why The Elizabethan Spy Was The Original 007 | HistoryExtra
• The Magical Relics of John Dee at The British Museum – Curious Archive
• Catherine Cavendish: Dr. John Dee - Charismatic Eerie Genius of the Elizabethan Age
• John Dee: Scholar, Astrologer, and Occult Practitioner that Captivated the Royal Court of 16th Century England | Ancient Origins
• John Dee - Wikipedia
• https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-13982175