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Since the ancient Babylonians, man has gazed up at the stars and tried to find meaning in them. Thanks to Isaac Newton, we now better understand how these celestial bodies follow a mathematical trajectory. But have we gotten any closer to understanding how the stars can predict day-to-day events in our lives?

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In the late 1920s and early ‘30s, word spread about Therese Neumann's regular ecstatic visions, healing powers, and stigmata. Local bishops were skeptical and sent doctors to study her in person. While some of her feats could be explained, others seemed legitimately miraculous.

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After an accident left her disabled, Therese Neumann started having visions of Jesus Christ. But they weren't just visions, she experienced them as if she was Jesus. Some people were skeptical, but Therese had the scars to prove it.

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Our friends over at Solved Murders have a new true crime special! Over the next four weeks, discover the true story of a legendary figure of the Wild West… The man widely believed to have inspired the Lone Ranger… Who was born into slavery — and became one of America’s most revered lawmen. His name was Bass Reeves. Catch episode one of the four-part miniseries Bass Reeves: No Master But Duty here, and follow Solved Murders free on Spotify to hear the rest!

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His life could have been saved if he had decided to reveal his stolen treasure's whereabouts. Instead, legendary privateer Olivier Levasseur tossed a paper with an encrypted map into the crowd. Would it lead to one of the greatest hauls in history? Or was it simply a folktale designed to enhance the myth of one of the most ruthless pirates to sail the Seven Seas?

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On the morning of July 3rd, 1929, an associate of occultist Benny Evangelist stopped by the house for a business meeting. When he walked into Benny's office, he found him decapitated. His wife and their four children were also found brutally murdered. Police had trouble finding a suspect until they discovered a similar case hundreds of miles away… involving a friend from Benny’s past.

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When Rosamund de Clifford became romantic with King Henry II, his wife, Queen Eleanor, was determined to get revenge on his lover. Although the circumstances surrounding Rosamund's fate are shrouded in mystery, her legend has been the foundation of many fairy tales.

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For centuries, religious worshippers flocked to experience the healing powers of St. Anne's Well. Then a tragedy transformed the pool, and it no longer cured people. It killed them.

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Greta Alexander made predictions that helped police solve cases that had stalled. But many in the scientific community insisted she must be a fraud. So experiments were set up to prove once and for all if she really had mystical powers.

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Like a superhero origin story, Greta Alexander seemed to obtain psychic powers after nearly being killed twice by powerful electricity surges. Her ability to see through victims' eyes and predict the future allowed her to work with police to solve crimes.

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