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S1 Ep71: The Feminine Macabre and Charles Dickens' Haunted Mirror

Sail the scarewaves with your host and guide, Courtney Mroch, as she explores the dark side of true crime, horror, and the paranormal.

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The end was near anyway, but it came a couple of episodes earlier than expected.

S4 Ep7: An Early End to the Macabre Museums Season

Bigfoot gets a lot of air time, but what about mermaids, leprechauns, and monsters made famous by horror movies? Those are the sort of museums we’re exploring in this episode.

S4 Ep6: Museums Where Monsters and Mythical Creatures Roam

Dust off your broomsticks and get ready to ride!

S4 Ep5: 10 Bewitching Witch Museums Around the World

What were flying saucers called before UFOs? (Or now UAPs?) When did "little green men" enter ufology's vernacular? This episode explores that and more!

S4 Ep4: Out-of-This-World UFO Museums

Did you know that America didn’t have an official national anthem until 1931? The same man who drew attention to that in 1929 is the same one we can pretty much credit with creating oddities museums. 



In this episode, we get to know Robert Ripley and his pioneering influence on the bizarre realm of oddities museums.



What started as a comic strip series grew to become books, a radio show, a TV show with several revivals, and Ripley's Believe It or Not! Odditoriums around the world, a legacy which has now grown to include over 100 Ripley brand attractions worldwide.



And as the saying goes, "imitation is the sincerest form of flattery."



Whether they know it or not, Robert Ripley and his odditoriums at least indirectly inspired the existence of these oddities museums that we also explore in this episode:



1. Museum of the Bizarre in Wilmington, North Carolina



2. Museum of the Weird in Austin, Texas



3. Graveface Museum in Savannah, Georgia



4. Glitchy's Oddities in Saskatoon, Canada



Kind of like the eclectic collection of unusual artifacts in them --including everything from FeeGee mermaids and shrunken heads, to "freaks of nature," haunted objects, and horror movies props-- oddities museums are a rare breed. Maybe that’s what makes them so much fun to visit?



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Danse Macabre - Violin Hook by Kevin MacLeod

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S1 Ep71: The Feminine Macabre and Charles Dickens' Haunted Mirror

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