Booby traps, car crashes, affairs, drama - it sounds like an overwrought soap opera, but this was real. Who was writing these letters? Was the death really "accidental" and was the accused writer really the culprit? Buckle up, ghouls. This one's a real unsolved doozy.

Though the case is officially unsolved, a number of people have been looked at for the murder of Elizabeth Short. Some concepts are absurd, and some are more plausible. And what about the ghost of Elizabeth, who is still said to haunt more than one spot in the Los Angeles area? Is it really her?

But who was Elizabeth Short? In Part One of this Two Part Episode, we look at the murder and the victim, a bright young woman who had dreams and ambitions whose life was cut short far too soon. 

Join us as we discover where the Ouija Board came from, the wild beginnings of spiritualism, superstition, seances, and pop culture influences by the Ouija, while discussing personal experiences and scientific studies that prove the Ouija Board works - just perhaps not in the most anticipated way. A true Mulder vs. Scully experience.

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Researched, Written, Edited & Produced by Gabi Fiore

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Can a film really be cursed? Did summoning the devil on film summon him in person to bring down tragedy after tragedy to those involved? Or was it all just a clever marketing scheme?

In one of the most well documented cases of abductions, Travis Walton's story inspired the book and 1993 film "Fire In The Sky", where his coworkers were accused of murder until Travis showed up days later, after the whole team passed polygraph tests. How could they all be telling the truth about aliens and UFOs? Was this a real experience for Travis, or was it a facade? Join us as we dive deep and let you decide.

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Looking deeper at his life and the times brings up many questions. Was he a serial killer? Or a man falsely accused and convicted for his politics? And does he still hang around the area today?

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Researched & Written by Kim Douthit 

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Alma Fielding experienced a plethora of paranormal activity: flying objects, breaking glass, scratches and violence, psychic shoplifting, manifestation of objects and living animals out of thin air, and even astral projection. Fodor was eager to identify if these happenings were actually paranormal, or if Alma was consciously, or subconsciously, manifesting them - and if so, why were they being manifested?

TW: talk of child/pregnancy loss, traumatic events, and sexual abuse.

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In Part One of this two parter, we discuss Fodor's beginnings, what got him into paranormal investigation, how he bumped elbows with Harry Houdini and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and how he deciphered who was phony and who was legit in the Spiritualist realm. Featuring the poltergeist Gef the Mongoose!

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The Jersey Shore was being stalked by a shark that would take the lives of four people in a series of attacks, the likes of which our country had never seen before. These attacks would shape our attitude on sharks for decades to come, and the exact culprit remains a mystery to this day.

TW: Graphic, violent descriptions.

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Researched & Written by Kim Douthit 

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Music by Dan Moretti