We have (sadly) reached the final day of spooky week but what better ending is there to the season of spooks than to read some spooky stories contributed by you, our listeners? We hope you enjoy and if you missed out on sending in a story this time don’t worry there will be plenty of future opportunities so please send us all your stories and suggestions! If you have any questions, comments, or requests for future episodes, feel free to send us an email at [email protected]. Thank you for listening!

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One of the most popular Halloween costumes, witches are a go-to for spooky season. That’s why for today’s episode we are going to give you a brief history of them so you can know more about the costume you’re likely rocking this year. We hope you enjoy the episode and tune in tomorrow when we give you the details on another popular costume of the season. If you have any questions, comments, or requests for future episodes, feel free to send us an email at [email protected]. Thank you for listening!

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Source:
https://www.history.com/topics/folklore/history-of-witches 

Vampires anyone? It’s almost the end of spooky week (sadly) so we’re here again to bring you some more spooky content. The theme for today is a brief history of vampires! Another one of the most popular Halloween costumes, we thought it would be fun to get into some more lore and hopefully learn something new about the creatures of the night. If you have any questions, comments, or requests for future episodes, feel free to send us an email at [email protected]. Thank you for listening!

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Sources:
https://www.history.com/topics/folklore/vampire-historyhttps://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/vampires-europe-new-england-halloween-history 

It’s the third day of spooky week and to add some true crime to the mix (because that’s what our podcast is about apparently) we are going to be playing a game where we try to see if we can solve a murder! This choose your own ending is available to take through buzzfeed and we will provide the link in the description. Let us know if you do better than us! If you have any questions, comments, or requests for future episodes, feel free to send us an email at [email protected]. Thank you for listening!

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Source:
https://www.buzzfeed.com/natashajokic1/murder-mystery 

For the fourth day of spooky week we are going to be having a discussion about what we think makes scary movies so...well, scary. So if you don’t like having the movie magic ruined for you, skip today’s episode and join us again tomorrow when we’ll have a different theme set up to continue the spooky season lineup. But if you want to know more about the behind the scenes action that goes on to give you thrills and chills you’re going to find this episode full of all the spooky details. If you have any questions, comments, or requests for future episodes, feel free to send us an email at [email protected]. Thank you for listening!

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Sources:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/sap/2021/10/11/why-banks-should-focus-on-digitizing-procurement-to-manage-costs-and-reduce-risk/?sh=5de5f92d5d3c
http://bethpatchhorror.weebly.com/horror-films-mise-en-scene.html 

Day two of spooky week is all about choosing your own fate. Join us as we play along with a choose your own ending buzzfeed adventure game! With multiple endings available, we definitely encourage you to take it too and unlock all the possibilities. If you have any questions, comments, or requests for future episodes, feel free to send us an email at [email protected]. Thank you for listening!

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Source:
https://www.buzzfeed.com/austin137/can-you-survive-this-choose-your-own-adventure-horror-story 

It’s spooky week, folks! And what better way to kick it off than for us to list our favorite spooky movies! Need something to watch during the spookiest week of the year? Join us in our countdown as we discuss our favorite Halloween movies and maybe some of our faves would be the perfect spooky movie for you! If you have any questions, comments, or requests for future episodes, feel free to send us an email at [email protected]. Thank you for listening!

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This week’s story is going to be a little different as we cover a topic we haven’t mentioned yet: pirates. Known as the criminals of the sea, we are going to delve into their long history while also discussing some important pirate figures including captain morgan, blackbeard, and zheng yi sao.  If you have any questions, comments, or requests for future episodes, feel free to send us an email at [email protected]. Thank you for listening!

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Sources:
https://www.history.com/news/blackbeard-pirate-killed
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-chinese-female-pirate-who-commanded-80000-outlaws
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/7/3/1767443/-Hidden-History-Zheng-Yi-Sao-the-Chinese-Pirate Queen#:~:text=Presenting%20herself%20to%20the%20Governor,remaining%2018%2C000%20would%20be%20pardoned. 

Explained:  Season 2, Episode 6 

Are TV and movies accurate when it comes to spooky stuff? Absolutely not. Join us as we kick off spooky season with our first game of the month. In this episode we discuss how we think we’d react in different situations based upon TV shows and movies. Please feel free to play along and if you think you would’ve done something differently then let us know how to better survive these situations because we always appreciate feedback! And all references will be provided below along with the details on where to watch what we reference.

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References in chronological order:
Lucifer - watch on Netflix
Squid Game - watch on Netflix
Hocus Pocus - watch on Disney Plus
Train to Busan - watch on Peacock
The Craft - watch on hulu
The Shining - watch on HBO Max
Get out - watch on hulu
Scream - watch on YouTube TV

In 1959, a group of mountain climbers were found dead in mysterious circumstances. Was this some sort of natural disaster or was this the work of something much more sinister? If you have any questions, comments, or requests for future episodes, feel free to send us an email at [email protected]. Thank you for listening!

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Sources:
https://allthatsinteresting.com/dyatlov-pass-incident 
https://www.strangeoutdoors.com/mysterious-stories-blog/tag/russian+menk
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyatlov_Pass_incident
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-may-have-finally-unraveled-mystery-dyatlov-pass-incident-180976886/
https://dyatlovpass.com/theories?flp=1#ufo