Ouch! Was that a Ghost?

Its a replay, perfect time for it! The story of the Salem withch trials, and the lil brats that had such a big part in it. 
Happy Spooky Season!

Mike brings it with a TORTURE TUESDAY! He discusses one of histories most evil men, Vlad, the man that hides a fist in his mustache, and has very strange eating habits. But.... he does had a pretty easy work schedule.

The Myrtle plantation, a property often described as the most haunted house in the United States. With ghosts that don't mind their photo being taken. And as I always say its never a good idea to disturb a native American burial ground!

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citations
The Haunted Myrtles Plantation, St. Francisville, Louisiana | Haunted Rooms AmericaMyrtles Plantation: Louisiana's 222-year-old haunted mansion (theadvertiser.com)The Haunted Myrtle Plantation - New Orleans Ghosts (nolaghosts.com)History of the Bradford House and David Bradford | Bradford HouseMyrtles Plantation (archive.org)Myrtles Plantation, The Historic Louisiana House Said To Be Haunted (allthatsinteresting.com)Myrtles Plantation - WikipediaThe MyrtlesThe Myrtles Plantation — Southern Gothic (southerngothicmedia.com)

The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Heist 
The largest art heist in the world taking only 81 minutes. To date no art has been returned and noone has been prosecuted for the crime. 

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citations
Vigilante Art Hunter Thinks He Can Recover the Stolen Gardner Museum Paintings Within Months (artnet.com)Anne Hawley's Best Lead | Last Seen (wbur.org)Inside the Gardner Case (artnews.com)Before the Notorious Art Heist Eclipsed Her, Isabella Stewart Gardner Made Headlines as ‘America’s Most Fascinating Widow.’ Here’s Why (artnet.com)Isabella Stewart Gardner | Isabella Stewart Gardner MuseumHistory’s Biggest Art Heist | HISTORYIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum theft - Wikipedia
Watch This Is a Robbery: The World's Biggest Art Heist | Netflix Official Site
https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/oh-you-red-sox
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/five-things-know-about-isabella-stewart-gardner-art-heist-180977448/
Gardner Museum Theft | Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
https://www.gardnermuseum.org/organization/theft
https://www.gardnermuseum.org/about/theft-story
The Gardner heist : a true story of the world's largest unsolved art theft : Boser, Ulrich : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
https://www.gardnermuseum.org/about/isabella-stewart-gardner#:~:text=Isabella%20Stewart%20Gardner%20was%20born,Place%20in%20the%20West%20Village.

The Marie Celeste, a ghost ship that was found floating in the Atlantic with no sign of passengers or crewmembers. What happened to them is still a mystery to this day. 

Citations
https://www.kingmanyachtcenter.com/an-october-ghost-story-mary-celeste/#:~:text=With%20no%20clear%20explanation%2C%20the,of%20an%20attempted%20insur
Solved: The Mystery of the Mary Celeste | UCL News - UCL – University College Londonhttps://www.britannica.com/topic/Mary-Celeste
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/abandoned-ship-the-mary-celeste-174488104/
The Enduring Mystery of the Ghost Ship Mary Celeste - History Tools

This week I delve into the history of the haunted Moundsville penitentiary! The facility that held almost 100 executions and is said to be where almost 1000 inmates died! No wonder the stories of shadow figures, disembodied voices are told by visitors to this day! 

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The Odd Reason Charles Manson's Mother Was Sent To Jail (grunge.com)The West Virginia Penitentiary’s cruel and unusual history — Mountaineer MediaThe West Virginia State Penitentiary > Research | Ohio County Public Library | Ohio County Public Library | Wheeling West Virginia | Ohio County WV | Wheeling WV History | (ohiocountylibrary.org)Last Public Hanging at West Virginia Penitentiary | Violence of Frank Hyer (ghostwalks.com)West Virginia Penitentiary | Moundsville | Prison Tours (wvpentours.com)https://wvpentours.com/history/https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1427https://wvexplorer.com/2022/07/31/west-virginia-state-penitentiary-moundsville-strange-history/https://ghostwalks.com/articles/death-of-red-snyder-west-virginia-penitentiaryThe real Shawshank Redemption at West Virginia Penitentiary - PILOT GUIDEShttps://www.wtrf.com › top-stories › watch-paranormal-...https://maxwelljourneys.medium.com/the-ghosts-within-a-detailed-look-into-the-history-and-hauntings-of-moundsville-penitentiary-c27206acd583Famous Electric Chairs Used in Executions - Freedom.Answers.com (archive.org)

In 1976, a busload of children spend the day swimming, and on the way home the unthinkable happens. 26 children and their busdriver were kidnapped. Three men put alot of planning in only to make a big mistake by taking a nap.

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citations
Decades after school bus kidnapping, strong feelings in Chowchilla - Los Angeles Times (latimes.com)Chowchilla: Authorities grant parole to third man convicted in 1976 school bus kidnapping – KIRO 7 News SeattleFrederick Woods, convicted in 1976 Chowchilla school bus kidnapping, to be released on parole - CBS San Francisco (cbsnews.com)Chowchilla bus kidnapping survivor Jodi Heffington's lifelong fight to keep her captors behind bars - CBS NewsFrederick Woods, who kidnapped school bus of children, granted parole (usatoday.com)26 CHILDREN FOUND SAFE AFTER BEING KIDNAPPED FROM BUS IN CALIFORNIA - The New York Times (nytimes.com)1976 Chowchilla kidnapping - WikipediaFROM THE ARCHIVE: Special Report on Chowchilla bus kidnapping in July 1976 - ABC30 FresnoEd Ray, Bus Driver Who Helped Save Kidnapped Children, Dies at 91 - The New York Times (nytimes.com)"Last man in prison for Chowchilla bus kidnapping in 1976 to be released, officials confirm".Chowchilla nightmares / 25 years later, kidnap victims still struggling to forget past (sfgate.com)1976 Bus Kidnapping | Chowchilla, CA (cityofchowchilla.org)

EP66-Torsaker witch trials
Over 20 years before Salem another group of "witches" were hunted. Using two young boys, as their tool to seek out the witches! This town executed 71 people in one day due to this madness. 

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citations
https://www.history.com/news/beyond-salem-6-lesser-known-witch-trialshttps://folklife.si.edu/magazine/swedish-witch-trials-dark-heritageThe Crazy Story Of The Great Noise, Sweden's Largest Witch Trial (grunge.com)

Bunny dogs, slapping, shoes flying off!? The Bell family was tormented for years.... was it a witch, a ghost, a pervy teacher? The world may never know...
The cave where the witch was heard is still vistied annually, are you brave enough to go?

Thank you everyone for listening!

citations
Bell Witch, The Spirit That Haunted A Tennessee Family In The 1800s (allthatsinteresting.com)
The Bell Witch Site
The Bell Witch Cave – Adams, Tennessee - Atlas Obscura
The Official Home Of The Bell Witch (bellwitchcave.com)
Bell Witch - Wikipedia

Joe from the FilmJoe Podcast stops by to share a spooky personal experience! And we discuss Voodoo and the Voodoo Queen herself Marie Laveau! 

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