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In addition to being the focus of corporate machinations, the Ouija board has also been invoked in many legal cases and has been featured in [Read more]

The rise of the Ouija board in North America involves corporate intrigue, family betrayal, a lot of litigation, and very little spiritualism. Today’s episode covers [Read more]

This 2014 episode covers the 1930 vanishing of Joseph Force Crater. His missing person cases has fueled decades of speculation about what exactly happened to [Read more]

Holly and Tracy talk about the prediction of Houdini’s death, and Rose Mackenberg’s abundant bravado. They also discuss the long road the movie ‘Till” took [Read more]

The movie “Till” tells the story of Mamie Till-Mobley and her son Emmett. Actor Jalyn Hall and director Chinonye Chukwu talked with the podcast about [Read more]

Rose Mackenberg spent decades working to uncover fraud taking place in the name of Spiritualism, first working for Houdini, and then on her own. In [Read more]

This 2009 episode from previous hosts Katie and Sarah covers Harry Houdini, once known as the world’s greatest magician. Houdini’s reputation still resonates with modern [Read more]

Tracy and Holly discuss WWII submarine warfare as it related to Helen Duncan’s story. Tracy also shares her experience visiting the Mütter Museum when it [Read more]

In 1639, doctor Edward May published a 40-page text about a serpent he found in the heart of a 21-year-old man during a post-mortem examination. [Read more]

Helen Duncan is sometimes described as Scotland’s last witch, or the last person imprisoned for witchcraft in Britain, or the last person to be tried [Read more]