"You can open up a book and choose a sentence at random, and derive meaning from it."

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For the last few months, Sam's been hard at work with John Stamos (yes, that John Stamos) on a top-secret project. In this special bonus episode, you’ll hear a preview of the wild, true story of Barry Keenan, who kidnapped Frank Sinatra, Jr in 1963. Follow “The Grand Scheme: Snatching Sinatra” wherever you listen to podcasts to hear the full story.

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Jessie's name is the continuation of her aunt's story. But no one's ever told Jessie the real story of her aunt.

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“Saving face would not rescue my mother.”

Read more of Jiayang’s writing for The New Yorker here: https://www.newyorker.com/contributors/jiayang-fan.

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“The two of us became the embodiment of the Chinese phrase xiang yi wei ming - mutual reliance for life." Read more of Jiayang's work here, and find her piece on ghost scams here.

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Jim grabs the baton, and Gastor sees the face behind the mask. You can hear more of Jim's work on "Blindspot: The Road to 9/11" at https://www.npr.org/podcasts/908344999/blindspot-the-road-to-9-11, and more of Gastor's on "The War Report" at https://anchor.fm/warreportpod.

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Andrew tells the family ghost story behind a Family Ghosts story. Learn more about Andrew and hear more of his work at http://gildedaudio.org.

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When Erin moves to England, her mother presents her with a life-altering choice.

Learn more about Erin at her website, https://www.erinhbarker.com/. Hear more of her work on the Story Collider podcast, and The Moth.

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Sam receives an unexpected message from the past, delivered by a Spiritualist medium in a mysterious town called Lily Dale.

Learn more about Tiffany Hopkins at [nobox.us/unseen](nobox.us/unseen), and find Steven Cantor's work at https://www.stickfigureproductions.com/. You can stream "No One Dies in Lily Dale" here.

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