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IN THIS EPISODE: The scientist Isaac Newton is best known for his being the first to create the theory of gravity. But now we\\u2019ve learned it is very possible that would never have happened had this scientist not had a bit of sorcerer in him as well. (Ghosts, Gravity, and Isaac Newton) *** \\u2028On Easter Sunday, 1475, in the city of Trent, a 2-year-old boy named Simon was found dead. This one act triggered a wave of anti-Semitism that wiped out a community of Jewish males and threatened the power of a pope. All from the death of one child. (History\\u2019s Most Dangerous Toddler) *** "I am innocent, that mark of mine will NEVER be wiped out. It will remain forever to shame the county for hanging an innocent man\\u2026. " Alexander Campbell said these words on June 21, 1877 shortly before his hanging. And true to his word, the handprint he left behind refuses to fade away \\u2013 no matter how hard people try to remove it. (The Reappearing Handprint) *** A century ago, in July 1920, The Illustrated Police News, ran a single story on its front page, complete with a drawing of a man lying on top of a woman, both surrounded in blood. But even more disturbing \\u2013 a young boy, very much alive, and apparently watching the whole thing. (The Little Boy Who Watched His Parents Die) *** It took a while before the first woman to be hanged would take place in the USA \\u2013 but in 1778 it finally happened. And her name was Bathsheba Spooner. (The Hanging of Bathsheba Spooner) *** (Originally aired July 24, 2020)

SOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM THE EPISODE\\u2026
BOOK: \\u201cNever At Rest: Isaac Newton Biography\\u201d by Richard Westfall: https://amzn.to/39sjNS7
BOOK: \\u201cGhostwalk\\u201d by Rebecca Stott: https://amzn.to/3eYzilN
BOOK: \\u201cTrent 1475: Stories of a Ritual Murder Trial\\u201d by Po-Chia Hsia: https://amzn.to/3fTNnSS
BOOK: \\u201cThe Martyrdom of the Franciscans: Islam, the Papacy, and an Order of Conflict\\u201d by Christopher MacEvitt: https://amzn.to/39qHYjF
BOOK: \\u201cMost Haunted Crime Scenes in The World\\u201d by David Pietras: https://amzn.to/2CYWNxT
BOOK: \\u201cMurdered By His Wife\\u201d by Deborah Navas: https://amzn.to/2ZXkH5V
BOOK: \\u201cBathsheba Spooner: A Novel\\u201d by Deborah Navas: https://amzn.to/3fZMMiq
\\u201cGhosts, Gravity, and Isaac Newton\\u201d by Stuart Clark for The Guardian: https://tinyurl.com/yyuh7drh
\\u201cHistory\\u2019s Most Dangerous Toddler\\u201d by Candida Moss for The Daily Beast: https://tinyurl.com/yytph8ck
\\u201cThe Reappearing Handprint\\u201d by Ellen Lloyd for Ancient Pages: https://tinyurl.com/y6cxde8r
\\u201cThe Little Boy Who Watched His Parents Die\\u201d by Dr. Nell Darby for Criminal Historian: https://tinyurl.com/y4tzofj3
\\u201cThe Hanging of Bathsheba Spooner\\u201d posted at Executed Today: https://tinyurl.com/y267xktg
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