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Harrison Okene became known as the Accidental Aquanaut after being trapped in an air pocket on the sunken Jascon 4 for over 60 hours. 

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https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/amazing-rescue-video-nigerian-man-survives-3-days-trapped-at-bottom-of-atlantic-1.1572757

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquanaut

https://face2faceafrica.com/article/harrison-okene-the-man-who-survived-a-shipwreck-spending-60-hours-in-seawater

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niger_Delta

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decompression_sickness#Mechanism

https://www.badassoftheweek.com/harrison-okene

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=um1ym9u8XaA

On February 14th, 2000, Asha Degree left her home in the early hours of the morning and never returned. With limited evidence and leads, her disappearance has remained unsolved to this day. 

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Disappearance - Asha Degree

Disappearance of Asha Degree - Wikipedia

Black & Missing: Asha Degree - Her Mother Speaks - JETmag.com

Black kids go missing at a higher rate than white kids. Here's why we don't hear about them - CNN

The Forgotten Victims of Missing White Woman Syndrome: An Examination of Legal Measures That Contribute to the Lack of Search and Recovery of Missing Black Girls and Women (wm.edu)

Inmate says he knows what happened to Asha Degree (shelbystar.com)

After 19 years, Asha Degree's mother holds on to hope her daughter will be found - News - Shelby Star - Shelby, NC

ASHA JAQUILLA DEGREE — FBI

Join us as we learn about another star for our upcoming tv show The Real Ghostwives of West Virginia. Mamie Thurman's brutal murder left Logan County residents asking if her good Christian persona was really an act after all. 

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https://westvirginiahauntsandlegends.com/22_Mine_Road.htm

https://www.appalachianhistory.net/2018/06/unsolved-murder-of-mamie-thurman.html

https://www.register-herald.com/news/crime/mamie-thurman-murder-still-surrounded-by-mystery/article_1ac93eb6-6ca5-53eb-91f2-f84c2d1f9ef8.html

A road rerouted, a man turned insane, Timothy Shalamagoo... what do these three things have in common? The answer is this episode about the mystical powers of fairies and the portals that they use to venture into our world. We are talking all about fairy trees, fairy forts, and fairy rings. 

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The Greatest Fairy Characters | List of Fictional Fairies (ranker.com)

The Darker Side of Irish Fairy Lore: When Encounters Turn Dangerous | Ancient Origins (ancient-origins.net)

Types of Irish Fairies: Leprechauns, Grogochs, and Other Species - Exemplore - Paranormal

Crataegus - Wikipedia

Superstitions & Fairy trees in Ireland - Irish Folklore Stories (yourirish.com)

The De Lorean Fairy Tree - Northern Ireland's Remarkable Trees

The Fairy Tree That Moved a Motorway. - Sounds of Sirius

Fairy Trees of Ireland – Irish Culture, University of Alberta, 2020 (home.blog)

Fairy fort - Wikipedia

What are fairy forts? (irishcentral.com)

Fairy ring - Wikipedia

Irish History: Fairy Rings (history-ireland.blogspot.com)

The Difference between Irish Fairy Forts, Fairy Rings, Ráth and Lios – Irish Imbas Books

We are climbing into the new year with this week's episode on mysterious staircases. Were they built by Banksy or dipped in time sauce? We may never know...

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https://medium.com/inside-the-simulation/isolated-staircases-are-being-found-in-national-forests-eb36da9339c8

https://www.rd.com/list/creepy-staircases-to-nowhere/

https://www.historicmysteries.com/mysterious-stairs-forests-legends-history/

https://www.reddit.com/r/StairsintheWoods/

https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/3iex1h/im_a_search_and_rescue_officer_for_the_us_forest/

Happy Candlenights!  This year we are celebrating by bringing you a holiday tradition for each letter of the word Christmas. From talking animals to a cannibalistic scarecrow, we've got something for everyone this holiday season!

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Winter Folklore Traditions and Creepy Christmas Monsters A to Z (mookychick.co.uk)

The Origins Of Animals Talking On Christmas Eve (grunge.com)

Inspirational and Christian STORIES -- The Night The Animals Talked. (skywriting.net)

A Traditional Welsh Christmas - Christmas celebrations in Wales (historic-uk.com)

These 20 Terrifying Christmas Monsters Will Haunt Your Holidays | Hornet, the Gay Social Network

Knecht Ruprecht - Wikipedia

Nuremberg's World-famous Christmas Market Has Been Canceled for 2020 | Travel + Leisure (travelandleisure.com)

Knecht Ruprecht | Article about Knecht Ruprecht by The Free Dictionary

Folklore Friday: Ireland’s Christmas Lore - Shamrock Craic (shamrockgift.com)

Saturnalia - HISTORY

Tomte – One of the most popular Scandinavian mythological characters (sweden.org.za)

Why do we kiss under the mistletoe? - HISTORY

Årsgång - Wikipedia

Divination | Definition of Divination by Merriam-Webster (merriam-webster.com)

To See What the Upcoming Year Holds, Take a Solo Walk in a Dark Forest - Atlas Obscura

The seven most terrifying Christmas traditions around the world | Christmas | The Guardian

The Terrible Tale Of Hans Trapp, The Christmas Scarecrow - Ripley's Believe It or Not!

This episode is dedicated to our tallest and most gruesome subject to date. Edmund Kemper III is known for both his heinous crimes and charismatic persona. The take-home message... hitchhiking is never a good idea.  

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https://www.healthline.com/health/average-iq#average-iq

https://criminalminds.fandom.com/wiki/Edmund_Kemper

http://murderpedia.org/male.K/k/kemper-edmund.htm

https://bookriot.com/edmund-kemper-audiobooks/

Two cryptids compete for your attention in this week's episode. Who will win out... the snow-burrowing, leg-shedding Snow Wasset or the mouthy weasel with human hands that lives in your walls? 

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https://monster.fandom.com/wiki/Snow_Wasset

http://www.lib.lumberwoods.org/fclw/wasset.html

https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Snow_wasset

https://pinebarrensinstitute.com/fearsome-critters/2018/8/18/a-fearsome-critter-to-behold-the-snow-wasset

https://sas-space.sas.ac.uk/3299/1/Josiffe-GefTheTalkingMongoose-ForteanTimes269.pdf

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/71816/strange-story-gef-talking-mongoose

Mayumi Arashi's disappearance was supposedly investigated thoroughly by her own sister, Yoko Arashi, in 1994. Does this take on a different meaning when a note stating to not trust Yoko was seen on live television in the only interview the family ever gave in 2011?

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"Don't believe what Yoko says"—The disappearance of Mayumi Arashi, and the mysterious television interview : UnresolvedMysteries (reddit.com)

Mayumi Arashi: A Disappearance that Baffled Japanese Authorities | Active Missing People

スーパーJチャンネル｜テレビ朝日 (tv-asahi.co.jp)

スーパーJチャンネル - Wikipedia

tv asahi｜SUPER-J チャンネル｜放送内容 (archive.org)

What does 御免 (Gomen) mean in Japanese? (wordhippo.com)

The Story of the "Evaporating" People of Japan - Elite Readers

While traveling this month, Whitney discovered a local landmark that has a rich history! Espionage, ghosts, and trains... oh my! Let us introduce the Horseshoe Curve Tunnel of Altoona, Pennsylvania. 

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http://discoverypa.blogspot.com/2014/10/the-legend-of-horseshoe-curve-tunnel.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Pastorius

https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/pennsylvania/haunted-tunnel-pa/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horseshoe_Curve_(Pennsylvania)