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In October 1978, an Australian private pilot named Frederick Valentich took off on what should have been a one hour flight to nearby King Island. But 40 minutes into his flight, Valentich radioed into ground control telling them he was being pursued by a UFO. Minutes later, Frederick Valentich vanished without a trace.

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Notes:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/air-space-magazine/what-were-mysterious-foo-fighters-sighted-ww2-night-flyers-180959847/

https://skepticalinquirer.org/2013/11/the-valentich-disappearance-another-ufo-cold-case-solved/

https://documents.theblackvault.com/documents/ufos/australia/B1497_V116-783-1047_10491375.pdf

https://unsolved.com/gallery/ufo-disappearance/

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/farmer-may-hold-ufo-clue-to-36year-valentich-plane-mystery/news-story/5d495b78d705f6d2efdcd8d8a4a7797e

https://allthatsinteresting.com/frederick-valentich

https://www.ranker.com/list/frederick-valentich-ufo-disappearance-facts/linda-meyers

https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/truth-was-out-there-after-all/news-story/2973bd131c27da0a31f4a7b8eba643fe

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/ufo-suspicions-still-cloud-disappearance-of-frederick-valentich/news-story/238397f0c2734c8b91cf4b96ae497bc5

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Between 1962 to 1964, 13 women in the Boston area were strangled to death by a serial killer. A 33 year old handyman named Albert DeSalvo would go on to confess to the murders. But did he really do it?

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https://www.amazon.com/Boston-Stranglers-Susan-Kelly/dp/0786032510

https://time.com/6263843/boston-strangler-hulu-true-story/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-tenacious-women-reporters-who-helped-expose-the-boston-strangler-180981786/

https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/crimefeed/serial-killer/how-the-boston-stranglers-identity-was-finally-confirmed-50-years-after-his-reign-of-terror-ended

https://www.boston.com/culture/movies/2023/03/17/boston-strangler-movie-whats-real-not/

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In this special episode, I'm bringing to you three stories around some of the ways magic and mysticism played a role in World War II.

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In this episode I'm bringing you a collection of short stories, all around the central theme of some strange events during World War II involving magic and mysticism.

Notes:

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/86145/operation-cone-power-when-british-witches-attacked-adolf-hitler

https://www.thoughtco.com/british-witches-hitler-spell-4134250

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/78979/jewish-psychic-who-tricked-hitler

https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780922915682

https://www.salon.com/2002/02/27/hanussen/

https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna23456119#

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-man-who-wrote-hitlers-horoscope/

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In the history of the Delta blues, there is no bigger name than that of Robert Johnson. According to popular legend, Robert Johnson sold his soul to the devil at a crossroads, in exchange for his musical talent.

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Notes:

https://www.amazon.com/Up-Jumped-Devil-Robert-Johnson/dp/1641600942

https://www.robertjohnsonbluesfoundation.org

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/25/obituaries/robert-johnson-overlooked.html

https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/devils-music-myth-robert-johnson/

https://www.npr.org/2011/05/07/136063911/robert-johnson-at-100-still-dispelling-myths

https://www.classicfm.com/composers/paganini/niccolo-gifted-violinist-deal-with-devil/

https://www.vialma.com/en/articles/266/Niccolo-Paganini-The-Devils-Violinist

https://radiolab.org/podcast/199705-crossroads

https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0981600212/radiolabbooks-20/

https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0452279496/radiolabbooks-20/

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Dr. Hawley Crippen is one of the most notorious murderers in history. But modern forensic D.N.A. tests may change everything we think we know.

This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Visit BetterHelp.com/conspirators to get 10% off your first month.

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Notes:

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-nov-16-la-me-basement-babies-20101116-story.html

https://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/hawley-crippen/199/

https://www.amazon.com/Thunderstruck-Erik-Larson/dp/1400080673

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7050714.stm

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Was Charles Manson part of a CIA mind control program? In 1969, Charles Manson and his cult shocked the world when they committed the Tate-LaBianca murders. But is that the whole story? A 2019 book by journalist Tom O'Neill offers evidence that there's a lot more to the story than we know.

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https://www.amazon.com/Chaos-Charles-Manson-History-Sixties/dp/0316477559?dplnkId=3442e754-04ae-46cc-8842-b198b10fdd5f&nodl=1

https://jacobin.com/2023/05/the-manson-murders-may-have-something-to-do-with-cia-mind-control-experiments

https://theintercept.com/2019/11/24/cia-mkultra-louis-jolyon-west/

https://www.muckrock.com/news/archives/2017/dec/19/mkruby/

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Approximately 70% of the Earth's surface is covered by oceans. Yet 95% of that area remains unexplored. Throughout history there have been people who have encountered gigantic creatures we would describe as sea monsters. In this episode, I'm going to tell you about some of them.

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Notes:

https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/bloop.html

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/fishermen-dredged-up-30ft-dinosaur-30731086

https://www.wired.com/story/bloop-mystery-not-solved-sort-of/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/these-mythical-sea-monsters-may-have-been-whales-with-unusual-dining-habits-180981729/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/five-real-sea-monsters-brought-life-early-naturalists-180953155/

https://www.wgbh.org/news/local/2024-05-22/regaling-tales-of-the-gloucester-sea-serpent-a-forgotten-legend-of-cryptozoology

https://skepticalinquirer.org/2019/09/gloucester-sea-serpent-mystery-solved-after-two-centuries/

https://www.history.co.uk/articles/strange-sea-serpent-sightings-from-history

https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/2016/08/great-american-sea-serpent/

https://www.marineinsight.com/maritime-history/the-unexplained-mystery-of-the-sea-serpent/#:~:text=Their%20origins%20can%20be%20traced,multi%2Dhead%20serpent%20called%20Tiamat.

https://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/mythic-creatures/water/sea-monsters#:~:text=Hundreds%20of%20years%20ago%2C%20European,longer%20than%20a%20school%20bus.

https://www.iflscience.com/the-uss-stein-monster-in-1978-a-massive-creature-attacked-a-navy-frigate-shredding-parts-of-its-hull-65325

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In this episode I talk about the golden age of pirates. I dispel some of the myths and misconceptions of pirates throughout history, and focus on the lives of two of the most famous pirates ever, Captain Kidd and Blackbeard.

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Notes:

https://www.amazon.com/Under-Black-Flag-Romance-Reality/dp/081297722X

https://www.amazon.com/Born-Be-Hanged-Gentlemen-Princess/dp/031670363X/ref=pd_lpo_sccl_3/130-5994515-7318958?pd_rd_w=4OVxs&content-id=amzn1.sym.1ad2066f-97d2-4731-9356-36b3edf1ae04&pf_rd_p=1ad2066f-97d2-4731-9356-36b3edf1ae04&pf_rd_r=N614Y4X83Q8T1ZGSY5VJ&pd_rd_wg=Kpz8j&pd_rd_r=98e213d1-bd89-4a77-bef0-f4e1b695ace3&pd_rd_i=031670363X&psc=1

https://www.amazon.com/Pirate-Hunter-True-Story-Captain-ebook/dp/B0042XA38A/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3K8MZUQR10ICU&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.rn8jIL4ZM1Xj1EKJY0kLqCh7cOSKxPuCJDPDjxNqhKI4P8dvTCbJKJFDIY-GYmqd-vdO3v1aAZVVwk2zmcCJmbswDhwH-fN3bLdRR1shxCoA_u8v_Edl7euP3RbHLN9-OmQDXYuA5-xx1aWniwddUUWXfnRij6NRb9qShJkM2ZUYL7QtZ91SAer3hHBekhWpFT90QFqcoDqibR4gx0uCcQIBNRo-Bfk-tCMUpuCgzI0.n77Ag-ch7Y-r-ysVlH23--Z6e9CGWLzxtrcsN4NGYeo&dib_tag=se&keywords=the+pirate+hunter&qid=1716664110&s=books&sprefix=the+pirate+hunter%2Cstripbooks%2C113&sr=1-1

https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/blackbeard-edward-teach-pirate

https://www.historytoday.com/archive/months-past/execution-captain-kidd

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In this second part of my 2-part episode on the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa. In this episode I talk about some of the major theories on what happened to Hoffa.

Notes:

https://slate.com/culture/2019/08/the-irishman-scorsese-netflix-movie-true-story-lies.html

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2013/06/jimmy-hoffa-donald-frankos-there-was-never-any-reason-to-think-jimmy-hoffa-was-buried-under-giants-stadium.html

https://thecasebreakers.org/2023/11/hoffa-has-moxy-the-dog-solved/

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-record/42409431/

https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/oakland/2021/11/25/jimmy-hoffa-theories/8758204002/

https://www.history.com/news/9-places-investigators-have-searched-for-jimmy-hoffa

https://www.cnn.com/2013/01/14/us/hoffa-burial-claim/index.html

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Jimmy Hoffa was the most powerful labor leader in American history. But when he disappeared in 1975 from a Detroit area restaurant, he left behind one of the greatest unsolved mysteries in American history. Part 1 of a 2 part episode.

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https://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/investigation/who-killed-jimmy-hoffa/index.html

https://abc7chicago.com/what-happened-to-jimmy-hoffa-found-body-chicago-outfit/13565582/

https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2023/07/31/jimmy-hoffa-disappeared-48-years-ago-his-case-is-still-unsolved/

https://www.amazon.com/Hoffa-Wars-Jimmy-Forbidden-Bookshelf-ebook/dp/B00S7EFYRU/ref=sr_1_2?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.JO5Nr8DJzbRpFKN1bE_jYI93QIqSB3zfEIr2FIsbNreG6FeFzIeQIxoQc6afQy1fz_HmIP2tlbWLu1ZulUTHy_E1rimA77BsSWCMgOjrtxmFjAsclf6XLo06_rhZNSDNvF762fZ4HPwKLHeCydtNNQmcRb5dBUALpgO9ALfFEepMZQMFZAt5r9U7S6M-JASASuymRIEiD8WcVxbI2zikNtoFqMYATb8O9zb2A7UBE_I.WXBEIfKnMAa5oE1WT0NUNCD0deQhk8DFRK5fyWQF0BY&dib_tag=se&keywords=Jimmy+Hoffa&qid=1714229565&s=books&sr=1-2

https://www.amazon.com/The-Irishman-Charles-Brandt-audiobook/dp/B001LNK9IS/ref=sr_1_1?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.JO5Nr8DJzbRpFKN1bE_jYI93QIqSB3zfEIr2FIsbNreG6FeFzIeQIxoQc6afQy1fz_HmIP2tlbWLu1ZulUTHy_E1rimA77BsSWCMgOjrtxmFjAsclf6XLo06_rhZNSDNvF762fZ4HPwKLHeCydtNNQmcRb5dBUALpgO9ALfFEepMZQMFZAt5r9U7S6M-JASASuymRIEiD8WcVxbI2zikNtoFqMYATb8O9zb2A7UBE_I.WXBEIfKnMAa5oE1WT0NUNCD0deQhk8DFRK5fyWQF0BY&dib_tag=se&keywords=Jimmy+Hoffa&qid=1714229565&s=books&sr=1-1

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