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Jack be nimble... Jack Sprat... Jack and the Beanstalk... Why is the name Jack used so often in English folklore and fairytales? And then comes Jack the Ripper and finally Spring-Heeled Jack. 

Dive into episode 53 and learn about the terror of the 1800s who could breathe fire and jump over 10-foot walls.  Spring-Heeled Jack, man, monster or myth?

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In 1929 a little-known case rocked the city of Kalamazoo, Michigan. Eugene and Pearl Burgess believed that an old neighbor and family friend, Mrs. Etta Fairchild, was a witch and would soon put hexes on their household or worse yet, murder them one by one. 

They did the only thing they could think to do. Murder her first. 

The case rocked the city and soon spread across the nation. Not since the Salem Witch Trials had a woman been put to death for being a witch. 

After months of research into the case, Curator 135 has turned the tale into a non-fiction short story.  

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Hear the last written letters from some important people in history. While sad, they are evidence of the power of handwritten letters over what modern technology offers today. 

The last written thoughts of Anne Boleyn, Marie Antoinette, Wild Bill Hickok, Sullivan Ballou, Vincent van Gogh, Virginia Woolf, and Ernest Hemingway are featured in this episode. 

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We celebrate our 50th episode and Halloween with a reading of "The Red Room" by science fiction legend, H.G. Wells. Few people know that Wells liked to dabble in horror from time to time. 

Hear Curator135 read one of his spooky tales from the late 1800s. 

This story explains that sometimes the scariest moments in life are created in your own brain. 

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Where did Halloween come from? Why am I so afraid of Haunted Houses when I love everything else about the holiday? And... Why do so many strange murders and deaths happen around the end of October? 

Join Curator 135 as he discusses Halloween-themed murder, tragedy, and events that have shaped what we know as Halloween today. From Devil's Night to a psychic vision from David Berkowitz, this episode is all over the map but all Halloween.

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Truth is often stranger than fiction. Maybe that's why so many of your favorite scary movies were inspired by actual events. From 'The Birds' to 'Scream', every great idea comes from somewhere. 

Find out about some of Curator 135's favorite horror films based on actual events and dive into one in particular. "The Town That Dreaded Sundown" is based on an actual series of murders carried out by a masked individual in the early months of 1946. Texarkana, Texas would never be the same again. 

*May not be suitable for younger listeners*

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Nowadays, epidemics and pandemics can travel the globe in days. But how did things like the Plague travel from continent to continent in the late 1800s? Learn about the S.S. Nippon Maru and how it carried the Bubonic plague from China to Japan to Hawaii before finally reaching the port of San Francisco. 

When you think of the plague, you think of medieval times and the Black Death, but the Bubonic plague was here (and is still here) as recently as 1900.

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From codpieces to leeches, poison facial cream to crocodile poo, the fashion and beauty worlds have seen it all. Travel through the ages and find out what some of the strangest and most dangerous fashion and beauty trends were. 

If you want to be like Queen Elizabeth, shave your eyebrows. If you want to be like Marie Antoinette, where thin, skin-tight dresses in the winter. 

Be careful, this one gets gross. 

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The 1980's were fun for some. Not so much for others. 

Hear how the Satanic Panic took over a nation and potentially took the lives of a young boyfriend and girlfriend in Texas. A story that grabbed the attention of a nation thanks to Unsolved Mysteries. A story that has still never been solved. 

Part 3 of the 1980's Series.

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In 1982 a madman brought the nation's economy to its knees. By pulling apart Tylenol capsules and placing a substance inside that killed seven people without warning, Johnson & Johnson lost million dollars and began a nationwide recall of a product that nearly every household owned. 

Learn about the con-man they thought was responsible and the nearly 40-year investigation of seven murders in and around Chicago, Illinois that remains unsolved. 

Part 2 of the 1980's Series

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