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There is nothing better than a treasure hunt. Except maybe if it's a pirate treasure. And it's in Canada. Come join us as Shannon tells Emma all about Canada's national treasure (and we aren't talking poutine) in the Oak Island Money Pit. 

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Creepy is back!! And what is creepier than a house that comes with a designated "watcher?" Emma does her best to scare Shannon (and mostly fails) with the story of The Watcher from Westfield, New Jersey. Because of course it's New Jersey. 

Sources: 

The Haunting of 657 Boulevard from The Cut

Why Westfield is so scary

Inside the House

Tales of True Crime Episode 18

Letters and Story of the Watcher

Are there staircases in the depths of the American National Parks? Are they remnants of a lost city, a tornado dump, a portal to another world? Or are they just a hoax? Come listen this week as Shannon pulls an Emma and talks about her Reddit deep dive into the creepy, solitary staircases in the woods. 

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SearchAndRescueWoods on Reddit Pt. 1 and Pt. 2

Historic Mysteries

The Cambodia Daily

Traveler Magazine

Atlas Obscura

Wanderglobe

Renee Rose on Medium

Wikipedia on the Roswell Incident

Forest of Dean Sculpture Trust

How would someone go about stealing almost $50 million in art from a central Boston museum? How could they even get away with it? Well, thieves in 1990 somehow did, and the things they stole have been missing ever since. Come listen as Emma pulls a Shannon and shares the story of the most expensive art heist in the world from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum! Somehow she makes Shannon cry! 

Sources: 

The Mother Source on the Museum

The Mother Source on the Theft

The Gardner Museum

Boston Magazine infographic of the theft

FBI website of the theft

Time Magazine anniversary article

The Guardian article on the FBI’s suspects found

Netflix limited series: This is a Robbery: The World’s Biggest Art Heist

Did Taylor Swift and Harry Styles commit manslaughter during their whirlwind romance? Or is TikTok just stirring up conspiracy for the fun of it? Come join us on this little episode all about TSwift and her penchant for writing songs that may just reveal a bit more than she wanted them to. 

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TikTok

HAIM on IG

Haylor commiting vehicular manslaughter by Laragh O'Reilly on Mind Meister

“I Think Taylor Swift and Harry Styles Killed Someone” by clementines on Spotify

Bustle

Your Tango 

Time travel is always an option! And so apparently are teleportation, making giant ships invisible, and becoming a tour guide for computers in a futuristic landscape. Come join us this week as Emma makes Shannon cry (with laughter) at this story of the Montauk Project and the experiments they tried. 

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The Mother Source on the Montauk Project

The Mother Source on the Books

The Mother Source on John von Neumann

The Montauk Project Gallery

The Montauk Project connection to Stranger Things 

A Closer Look at the Montauk Project (for stuff that Emma didn’t mention)

Sky Books, where you can find the Montauk books

Montauk Survivor Accounts

Stewart Swerdlow’s website (with workbooks)

Stranger Things influenced by the Montauk Project, by the New York Daily News

What really happened during the Philadelphia Experiment

The tallest mountain in the world has been conquered by many, but was Sir Edmund Hillary actually the first of these? Or was it George Mallory and his partner, lost to the snow at the peak? Listen as Shannon delves into her favorite topic, Mount Everest, and the mystery of Mallory and Irvine. Emma may or may not cry... 

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Mother Source 

PBS NOVA

The Clymb

Secrets of the Ice

Ghosts of Everest: The Search for Mallory & Irvine by Jochen Hemmleb, Eric R. Simonson, Larry A. Johnson

Last Climb by David Breashears and Audrey Salkeld

Western Oregon University, Pete Poston

BBC News

National Geographic’s Lost on Everest (2020) - streaming on Disney+

National Geographic

Does Curious George have a tail? Are we living in a simulation? Is Shannon from an alternate universe? Answers to these questions and more on this episode where Emma tells Shannon about the Mandela effect (not the mandala one) and how there are just some things about the world that are a *little* off.  

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Take a quiz to see what you remember

How False Memories Occur

Mental Floss: 10 Examples of the Mandela Effect

Buzzfeed’s list of examples

The ‘Mandela Effect’ and How Your Mind is Playing Tricks on You

The film Wiki

The Mandela Effect, Statue of Liberty, and Black Tom Island

Conspiracy Custard

Forbes: The Mandela Effect--Bad Memories or an Alternate Universe?

Medical News Today: What is the Mandela Effect?

MandelaEffect.com

George Takei’s Facebook Post

Snopes: Good Luck, Mr. Gorsky!

Black Tom Island

Another mailbag?! So quickly!? Well we just had to finish all the emails you'd sent us, and of course some of them are doozies. Ghosts that you drive through, Hollywood Chris rankings, and more Sweet Briar stories this episode! We'll be back to our regularly scheduled programming next Friday. Enjoy!

Sources from Jesse: 

Article: Radar scan of Shakespeare's grave confirms skull apparently missing: by Sarah Young; editing by Stephen Addison

Article: The Curse on Shakespeare's Grave: by Stacy Conradt