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IN THIS EPISODE: Was Helen Duncan a fraud, or was she the real deal when it came to the Spiritualism movement? To this day people argue both sides \u2013 just as the court did in the 1940s. (Hellish Nell) *** They loved to drink, and party. They both loved kinky sex, fell in love, and decided to move in together. But their strongest bond would came later \u2013 when new couple decided to go on a killing spree. (The Sunset Strip Killers) *** No one could believe that mild-mannered Charlie Brandt had mutilated his wife and niece, until they discovered his grisly past\u2026 when he killed his mother when he was only thirteen. (Charlie Brandt Couldn\u2019t Stop Killing) *** Encountering the supernatural is no fun and games\u2026 unless it is. (Haunted Stuyvesant Hall) *** We\u2019ve all seen plastic bags take on a personality when blown with a light breeze, seemingly dancing on their own power. But what if what we only thought that was a plastic bag in the wind? Could it have been something more? (Last Dance) *** They say, \u201cbe careful what you wish for\u201d. That is especially true if you\u2019re doing your wishing through a spirit or Ouija board. (Wishing On the Ouija) *** The executioner tried three separate times to hang the man \u2013 rope around the neck, lever pulled\u2026 but John walked away alive each time. (The Man They Could Not Hang) *** How can you tell if you are seeing a ghost or something real if it looks as solid as anything else? (I Saw a Spirit) *** If you move into a house that looks like a scene from a horror movie, you probably shouldn\u2019t be surprised when you have an encounter with the paranormal. (Ghost Girl In The Old Room) *** The body of Gareth Williams was found stuffed inside a duffel, with the bag's zipper padlocked from the outside. Was it because he was discovered to be a spy? (The Spy In The Bag) *** A father and son tending to their horses are puzzled by how strange the horses were behaving \u2013 until they looked up. (Huge Bright UFO Hovered Over Horses) *** While bow hunting, a young man sees what he describes as a Bigfoot\u2026 which isn\u2019t something you often hear from a place like Kansas. (Bottomland Bigfoot in Eastern Kansas) *** On the way to the beach for some fun, two friends experience fear instead when confronted by a large winged creature. (Huge Winged Being) *** The Bethlem Royal Hospital insane asylum is so notorious that a word originally coined there entered the English language as a word for confusion and disorder\u2026 Bedlam (Bedlam \u2013 The Real Horror Story Behind the Name) *** Dorothy received phone calls regularly from a stalker, and it frightened her she considered buying a gun, and she began taking self-defense classes. But that didn\u2019t stop her from disappearing without a trace. (The Disappearance of Dorothy Jane Scott)

SOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM THE EPISODE\u2026
\u201cHellish Nell\u201d by Troy Taylor: https://www.americanhauntingsink.com/duncan
\u201cThe Sunset Strip Killers\u201d by Matt Gilligan: (link no longer available)
\u201cCharlie Brandt Couldn\u2019t Stop Killing\u201d by William DeLong for All That\u2019s Interesting (http://bit.ly/2pY4WfK); Interview audio courtesy of CBS (http://bit.ly/2rrJekF).
\u201cWishing on the Ouija\u201d by Riley Winters for Ancient Origins: http://bit.ly/34PdxAs
\u201cThe Man They Could Not Hang\u201d by Doug MacGowan for Historic Mysteries: http://bit.ly/2X1xm4y
\u201cLast Dance\u201d from Ghosts and Ghouls: (site no longer exists)
\u201cHaunted Stuyvesant Hall\u201d from Ghosts and Ghouls: (site no longer exists)
\u201cBedlam \u2013 The Real Horror Story Behind the Name\u201d by Abby Norman: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/yh97yb2n
\u201cThe Ghost Girl in the Old Room\u201d by Amber Vandosol submitted at WeirdDarkness.com.
\u201cHuge Bright UFO Hovered Over Horses\u201d originally heard on the Ground Zero radio show with Clyde Lewis: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2k2y7b3d
\u201cBottomland Bigfoot in Eastern Kansas\u201d submitted by Chad: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/yc8znky5
\u201cThe Spy In The Bag\u201d by Orrin Grey: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/bdna2kre
\u201cHuge Winged Being\u201d submitted anonymously: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/4h9pmp9s
\u201cThe Disappearance of Dorothy Jane Scott\u201d by Troy Taylor: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/mvsesfxj
\u201cI Saw a Spirit\u201d by Dangslow: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p9nn7wt
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Originally aired: July 23, 2018

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