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Some insist that wherever reality seems to take us, the Simpsons have beat us to it and have already been through the exact same thing before. But how is that possible? How has the show and its writing staff successfully predicted so many of these actual happenings?

After all, there are well over fifty times that internet users and conspirators believe that The Simpsons correctly guessed the outcome of real-life events. Let’s take a look at twenty of the strangest predictions they’ve ever made.

Welcome to our brand new segment: "My Family's Ghost Story" which will air biweekly in between our normal CRACKPOP episodes.

And this is just the beginning of the full story.  Listen as I revisit my first two encounters with the supernatural, and brace yourselves for a LOT more.

And if you have an experience of your own (scary or not), please reach out on Instagram @crackpopnetwork. We would love to feature your family's ghost stories.

At approximately 3:00 A.M. on the night of August 4, 1962, the Hollywood legend and beauty queen Marilyn Monroe was discovered lifeless in her bed  by her housekeeper at her home in Brentwood, California.

But the time between when she was first discovered lifeless and when the cops were finally notified about her was an astounding 55 MINUTES!
 
But why?! Why wasn't help called sooner? What happened in those 55 minutes? Who was there? And what reason would they have, if any, to kill Marilyn?

For the last fifty years, we have relied on the six manned Apollo missions to the Moon from 1969-1972 to provide us with ALL the information we know about the lunar surface.

But what if I told you- that all we know about the moon- about our closest neighbor in the infinite expanse that is the universe, is a lie?!

And that no man, despite what we’ve been conditioned to believe, has ever set a single foot on the lunar surface.

Many conspiracists believe that there are too many abnormalities, too many unexplained occurrences in the story of the Apollo Missions to the Moon, and that NASA and the US government are still working diligently to keep some big secret concealed.

Some studies estimate that there's a 1 in 135 chance that out there in the world somewhere, is a doppelganger who looks almost identical to you… 

Several conspirators believe that when Canadian Pop Punk Princess Avril Lavigne came face to face with her doppelganger, they made a secret, lifelong pact and this entire time, we’ve all been tricked into following and listening to an imposter… 

The theory goes that shortly after the release of her debut album, the singer fell into a deep depression worsened by the loss of her grandfather, and tragically took her own life.

But because of how much money the young singer was bringing in to her label, they hired a body double, a near clone of Avril named Melissa Vandella to step in and pretend to be her for the rest of her career.

Even though the 1939 Academy Award-winning film "The Wizard of Oz" is remembered today as one of the greatest classics of all-time, some consider it to be the most dangerous movie ever made.

Because during the six-month, exhaustive filming of the Wizard of Oz, there were countless accidents and special effects gone wrong that nearly resulted in the deaths of a few actors on set…

And by far, most horrifying of all- some believe that one of the actors portraying a Munchkin- committed suicide on the set of the film and can still be seen today in the final cut of the movie.

Let's explore what are in my opinion the TEN MOST HORRIFYING HORRORS BEHIND THE WIZARD OF OZ ...

Last time, I introduced you to the members of the Tragic Six (Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain, and Amy Winehouse) who all died mysterious deaths at the age of 27.

We covered three practical theories of why this age claims so many great artists' lives like numerology, declining physical health, and even psychological torture.

BUT there are still three more theories out there that are more supernatural and eerie that should not be dismissed... including the tale of the musician who might've began the whole death cult by selling his soul to the devil. 

27. This cursed number is said to have brought many talented artists and musicians to an early grave, and has been shrouded in so much mystery, that even statistical studies have been conducted to get to the bottom of the mystery- of what awaits those once they turn 27.

Could these larger than life talents (Jimi Hendrix, Kurt Cobain, Amy Winehouse, etc.) just be falling victim to the signature lifestyle of rock n’ roll's greatest acts- living fast, and dying young? 

Or… is there a little more to the story… and some eerie force is claiming the lives of all of the most cherished and gifted artists the world has to offer?