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IN THIS EPISODE: Ion Rimaru is a murderer like no other \u2013 vampirism, cannibalism, necrophilia \u2013 and why shouldn\u2019t he? After all, he\u2019s taking after his serial killer father. (The Disturbing Crimes of a Father and Son)*** A neural network named "Norman" is disturbingly different from other types of artificial intelligence. How? Well, for one\u2026 it\u2019s a psychopath. (Meet Norman, The Artificially Intelligent Psychopath) *** Twenty high school students all lost consciousness and collapsed under mysterious circumstances during class on Tuesday, July 3. Was it mass hysteria? Juju in Ghana? Or did the students actually see ghosts as they claim? (Ghana Students Faint After Seeing Ghosts) *** At a young age, Edmund Kemper decapitated his sisters' dolls and even stalked his second-grade teacher with a bayonet. But he was young and just getting started. (Serial Killer Edmund Kemper) *** During the Second World War, in the gruesome world of Unit 731, the unthinkable was done on a daily basis. Prisoners, were subjected to unimaginable horrors. Today, ghostly voices are heard and anomalies frequently appear in photographs. (Unit 731)

SOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM THE EPISODE\u2026
\u201cGhana Students Faint After Seeing Ghosts\u201d by Sequoya Kennedy for Mysterious Universe: http://bit.ly/2oqghUU
\u201cSerial Killer Edmund Kemper\u201d by Gabe Paoletti for All That\u2019s Interesting: http://bit.ly/2nDRLiF
\u201cUnit 731\u201d posted at Ghost-Story.co.uk: http://bit.ly/2nGqXyg
\u201cThe Disturbing Crimes of a Father and Son\u201d by Les Hewitt for Historic Mysteries: http://bit.ly/2nG8phK
\u201cMeet Norman, The Artificially Intelligent Psychopath\u201d by Mindy Weisberger for Live Science: http://bit.ly/2m8n2d7
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Originally aired: November, 2018

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