History's Hangnails is back after an extended hiatus! My apologies - I think I burnt myself out doing so many episodes in such a short time last year, and might have sprained one of my writing bones.

But we're back in action now; Defilade, other side of the hole!

Just a note before you listen to this episode; While I don't like to mark any of my episodes as 18+ it is important to recognise that some of the content I talk about is a bit south of cheese so to speak. Take everything I say with the understanding that these are real things that happened to real people and should be recognised and processed in a healthy manner, not ignored and shunned away. We can't know where we're going if we don't know where we came from.

Today's episode tells the story of an unknown stalker that shook society, inspiring societal change, centuries of horror media, and showed us what can happen when people are not thought of as people.

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One of the most influential mysteries of the last two centuries, a tale that has spurred writing and film for decades.

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In this episode, we explore two terrifying stories which leave us with one very harsh lesson.

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A harrowing tale of survival, and a cost too great to quantify.

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A mysterious culprit, an innocuous symbol, and one of the most infamous cases in America's history holds the public, law enforcement, and media in thrall.

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An unidentified man found dead on a beach in Australia puzzles law enforcement to this day.

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The brief, but bizarre tale of the man known as the Brown Buffalo.

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A mysterious explosion, early one morning in 1908 stuns nearby residents, and baffles scientists for more than a century.

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A tale of curses, mutiny, and deception surrounding a particular vessel that sailed the Atlantic in the 1800s.

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