Steve brings a creepy-not'sta to this week's show but the little (well known) author Ambrose Bierce. 'The Secret of MacArger's Gulch' may be a quote-unquote professional tale, but it shares a lot of similarities with the stuff we normally read 'round here. 

So break out your ye-olde-American-English translation dictionaries and strap in. 

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https://creepypasta.fandom.com/wiki/The_Secret_of_Macarger%27s_Gulch

This week, Ben brings a story of intrique, murder, and a video game that takes serial disembowelment and turns it into something bad. It's Jack the Ripper Game by Illyrias Acolyte, and the moral of the story is to stop replaying old games, and work on that back-log, buddy!

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Jack the Ripper Game | Creepypasta Wiki | Fandom

This week, Steve brings more than one, but less than three creepypastas to the table, starting with a nice appetiser of For a Good Cause by Spiksterino, followed by a heaping course of Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are by BlueQuartz28. For fans of hospital horror, this week is a double-mint delight. For everyone else, well, sorry. 

The world's worst security guarde encounters a paranormal horror of apocalitic proportions in this week's story, 'We Are Your Worst Nightmares.' Read by a sleep-deprived Ben, who really pulled it off quite well. 

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We Are Your Worst Nightmares | Creepypasta Wiki | Fandom

Stalking the wicked streets of Victorian London, Jerome Caminada employed all his wits and cunning in order to catch even the most brilliant criminals. It's said that the character Sherlock Homes is based, at least in part, on Jerome's abilities as a detective. Which makes Jerome's story that much funnier. 

Sources:

https://themanc.com/feature/jerome-caminada-manchesters-very-own-sherlock-holmes/

https://victorian-supersleuth.com/the-manchester-cab-mystery/

https://victorian-supersleuth.com/detective-caminadas-ghost/

Eva Duga might have been unlucky in love, but she never let that get to her. When she ended up in the employ of an insufferable tryant, she didn't let that stop her either. Even after the law caught up to her, she kept her level head. At least, for a bit. 

Sources:

Eva Dugan - Wikipedia

The Botched Execution of Eva Dugan, 1930 - HistoricalCrimeDetective.com

ExecutedToday.com » 1930: Eva Dugan, her head jerked clean off

Leonarda was a very supersticious person, and so when a fortune teller told her she'd have children, but they'd all die, she took it to hart. After 13 of her 17 children died, she decided to turn to her friends for help protecting the remaining four. That's when things get weird. 

Source: 

Leonarda Cianciulli | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers

What happens when the spoiled, frat-boy son of a promenant politician becomes both Pope and Ruler of Rome? Sex, drugs, and whatever the equivelent of rock-and-roll is on a lute. But not everyone was happy with John XII's leadership, or lack therefof. 

Sources: 

Sinful Facts About Pope John XII, The Party Pope (factinate.com)

Pope John XII: The Youngest and Worst Pope in History | by Josh West MA | History of Yesterday

When an enterprising ruler follows up the assassination of his rival with a marraige proposal to the widow, Olga of Kiev has a surprisingly gracious response. Sort of. Of course, we wouldn't be covering this story if things were that straight forward. 

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Olga of Kiev - Wikipedia

What happens when the perfect gift turns out to be a stuffed dog that is both sentient and possessive? Listen to Ben read the anonymously-written My Pal Scout and find out! 

Source: My Pal Scout | Creepypasta Wiki | Fandom