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Stingy Jack is a reason we don't call them "Kyle-O'-Lanterns"... Happy Halloween!

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Samhain 2021 Rituals, History, and Traditions You Need To Know - (thepeculiarbrunette.com)

Samhain and the Legend of Jack O'Lantern - The Irish Place

Stingy Jack - Wikipedia

What is the tradition of pumpkin carving? (treehozz.com)

Stingy Jack | Halloween Wiki | Fandom

Halloween: The Legend Of Stingy Jack (novareinna.com)

Jack-O’-Lanterns and the Devil | Mat Auryn (patheos.com)

Things that we learned hinder fire safety: special effects that resemble SMOKE, emergency exits CHAINED SHUT, flammable foam TOUCHING lighters, and fire safety inspectors that call a structure temporary for FIVE years. 

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haunted_Castle_(Six_Flags_Great_Adventure)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-627tDQF-Vc

https://nj1015.com/the-1984-haunted-castle-fire-at-six-flags-great-adventure/

Robert Beckowitz was murdered and dismembered in his own home by the two individuals closest to him. There is no amount of sex, drugs, or rock and roll that you could pay us in order to look at the crime scene photos again... 

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Jeannine Clark & James Glover – Murder Uncovered (murder-uncovered.com)

A Case Of Murder, Dismemberment, & Necrophilia - Morbid N' Macabre™️ (morbidnmacabre.com)

The Murder of Robert Beckowitz — Creepy Curiosities. (squarespace.com)

A Case Almost Too Gruesome To Mention - Robert Beckowitz - YouTube

Well Documented mutilation of Robert Beckowitz: Makeup&Murder | Xena Bunton - YouTube

Natural Born Killers (1994) - IMDb

For our 100th episode, we've found a sticky, sweet, and horrifying true crime topic! Moral of the story is to not listen to so much Def Leppard when you are angry. 

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https://www.chesterstandard.co.uk/news/19433220.cheshire-wife-murdered-husband-boiling-sugar-water-amid-allegations-child-sex-abuser/

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-merseyside-57768105

https://meaww.com/who-corinna-smith-kills-husband-michael-baines-pour-boiling-sugar-water-slept-daughter-sexual-abuse

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candy_making#Occupational_hazards

https://www.thejournal.ie/melanie-mccarthy-mcnamara-killer-mountjoy-keith-hall-1080108-Sep2013/

https://www.irishcentral.com/news/mother-wants-torture-for-killer-after-innocent-16-year-old-shot-dead-139444913-237430941

https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-20242918.html

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/jail-horror-notorious-murderer-gets-8990893

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/australasia/paedophile-rape-murder-girl-six-year-old-boiling-water-groin-prison-attack-gregory-keith-davies-melbourne-australia-a7933776.html

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/mum-murdered-husband-after-hearing-21016885

Jessica Renee Johnson's death looked staged to everyone except local law enforcement who quickly ruled it a suicide. We share her story in hopes that her family will one day find the answers they are looking for. 

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https://truecrimedaily.com/2017/10/18/suicide-or-murder-what-happened-to-jessica-johnson/

https://dreamindemon.com/community/threads/police-say-jessica-johnson-hanged-herself-from-a-38-inch-tall-mailbox-post-found-by-mailman.90239/

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mississippi-woman-found-hanging-from-mailbox_n_596f4821e4b0000eb19742ae

Jessica Renee Johnson - Chilling Crimes

https://www.wmcactionnews5.com/story/35958382/tuesday-10-how-did-jessica-really-die/

Murder or Suicide? The Baffling Case of Jessica Renee Johnson

This week we revisit the spooky subject of Yōkai while misquoting a famous movie franchise!

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@momento.mari on TikTok

Aka manto | Yokai.com

Aka Manto - Wikipedia

Kuchisake onna | Yokai.com

Kuchisake-onna - Wikipedia

Kuchisake-onna | Monster Wiki | Fandom

Ao andon | Yokai.com

Yōkai Types | Yokainosekai Wiki | Fandom

5 Yokai to Run Away From Really Fast (+1 Friendly Yokai) - Voyagin Blog (govoyagin.com)

If a horse or handsome stranger approaches you near a body of water and their hair is wet, BEWARE! There is a chance that a kelpie is about to drag you to a watery grave. 

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http://ynysseamaiderp.blogspot.com/p/merrows.html

https://www.scotclans.com/scotland/scottish-myths/scottish-monsters/kelpie/

https://clan.com/blog/folklore-friday-the-kelpie

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43797/address-to-the-devil

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

We try not to kink shame as we discuss serial train-wrecker Sylvestre Matuschka, a potential symphorophiliac.

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Szilveszter Matuska - Wikipedia

An Obsessive Disaster Fetish Turned This Man Into a Crazed Mass Murderer (gizmodo.com)

Biography: Sylvestre Matuschka (archive.is)

The Train Bomber: How a '30s Crime Spree Seized Europe | Medium

Lard – Sylvestre Matuschka Lyrics | Genius Lyrics

performan.org || Sylvester Matuschka

A pope walks into a courtroom as the defendant. Except... he doesn't walk. He is carried because he is a skeleton. They put a dead pope's skeleton on trial in 897 AD. 

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https://history.howstuffworks.com/historical-events/dead-pope-put-on-trial.htm

https://daily.jstor.org/the-cadaver-synod-putting-a-dead-pope-on-trial/

Conclave: How cardinals elect a Pope - BBC News

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

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

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