It's the 2-part Halloween special! We're discussing one of the largest collections of ghost sightings and psychic phenomenon. Pt. 1 gives us our short bio for Catherine Crowe, wraith and doppelganger stories, and other spoopy times from 'the other side.'

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Sources:

• The Night-Side of Nature Or, Ghosts and Ghost-Seers; Crowe, Catherine; 1847

  Also digitally available at: The Project Gutenberg

• History at Northampton.com; The Sad Story of a Victorian Ghost-Seer; by menysnoweballes, 2019

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Crowe

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Where did the term "mad hatter" come from? Can trees or monkey guts clean mercury? Who killed the guy that killed Lincoln, and why? Spoiler - The answers are related!

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Sources:

History Channel site article, updated 2018

• https://www.history.com/news/where-did-the-phrase-mad-as-a-hatter-come-from

New England Historical Society site article, updated 2021

• https://www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/mad-hatters-danbury-conn/

NYTimes 2004 site article; Super Trees

• https://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/21/nyregion/super-trees.html#:~:text=These%20are%20no%20ordinary%20trees,to%20absorb%20mercury%20from%20soil.

Oxford Academic Journal site

• https://academic.oup.com/femsec/article/87/1/52/508980

In our first episode we go straight to the moon with a fun antique store find. We're talking aliens, Hellians, and romantic liaisons from classic sci-fi literature.

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Barlowe’s Guide to Extra-Terrestrials; Great Aliens from Science Fiction Literature

By: Wayne Douglas Barlowe and Ian Summers

1979

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Wayne Barlowe's website: https://waynebarlowe.com/

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Ian Summer's FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/iansummers

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Taylor's Intro/Outro track on SoundCloud, "SpookySleuth"

https://on.soundcloud.com/okVvY