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IN THIS EPISODE: Reddit users share some of the strangest, creepiest, most terrifying phone calls they\u2019ve ever received \u2013 many that left the recipient with no explanation as to what just happened. (Creepy Phone Calls) *** A former schoolhouse has accrued a sinister reputation as one of the most haunted, weirdest places in Japan. (Haunted Schoolhouse In Japan) *** The gold rush brought many to North Carolina \u2013 men looking to get rich, and rich men looking to get richer. But the greed also brought cruelty to some mine owners\u2026 and that cruelty sometimes brought death\u2026 and hauntings. (The Skinflint Mine Entity) *** Was a certain female reporter murdered because she knew too much about the death of John F. Kennedy? (The Dorothy Killgallen Murder) *** Something bizarre and terrifying is living below the streets of London \u2013 and there are many theories as to what it might be. (Strange Things Below London) *** Elizabeth Bathory was beautiful \u2013 and wanted to stay that way. So determined was her desire for a youthful appearance that she would bathe in the blood of young girls, thinking of it as a macabre fountain of youth. But how much truth is there to this story? And are there ghosts today, haunting their residences thanks to the Blood Countess? \u2028(Ghosts of the Blood Countess)

SOURCES AND ESSENTIAL WEB LINKS\u2026
\u201cCreepy Phone Calls\u201d by Aaron Edwards for Graveyard Shift: https://tinyurl.com/spnqq2s
\u201cGhosts of the Blood Countess\u201d by Amy\u2019s Crypt for Paranormal Scholar: https://tinyurl.com/r4lh7rn
\u201cStrange Things Below London\u201d by Nick Redfern for Mysterious Universe: https://tinyurl.com/ulutgp7
\u201cThe Murder of Dorothy Kilgallen\u201d by Jessika M. Thomas for Ranker: https://tinyurl.com/tjzpaz7
\u201cThe Skinflint Mine Entity\u201d from North Carolina Ghosts: https://tinyurl.com/w6ofq7g
\u201cHaunted Schoolhouse In Japan\u201d by Brent Swancer for Mysterious Universe: https://tinyurl.com/w4n98c6
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