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b'IN THIS EPISODE: When police found her in 1951, she was almost entirely ash. But mysteriously, the rest of her apartment remained almost perfectly intact. We\\u2019ll look at the death of Mary Reeser \\u2013 which became known as \\u201cThe Cinder Woman Case\\u201d. (Did Mary Hardy Reeser Spontaneously Combust?) *** Most crimes are pretty ordinary \\u2013 assault, robbery, the occasional murder, but once in a while a crime is committed in a strange, shocking way \\u2013 to the point it\\u2019s almost hard to believe what you are hearing is a true story. I\\u2019ll share a few of those strange crimes. (Creepy Crimes and Crazy Criminals) *** One of the reasons we find chimpanzees so interesting is because they are so much like humans \\u2013 in body shape, the way they express themselves, it\\u2019s eerie sometimes. But still, we know they are just apes. Then there is the strange case of Oliver \\u2013 a chimpanzee that also appeared to be human. Or was he a human that appeared to be a chimpanzee? Or, is it possible, that Oliver was a genuine genetic hybrid of the two? We\\u2019ll look at his incredibly strange story. (Oliver, The Humanzee) *** Some hauntings are more terrifying than others \\u2013 and some are stranger than others. What happened to the Palzon family in Zaragoza, Spain possibly qualifies for both. They didn\\u2019t have a typical haunting \\u2013 this was no poltergeist or spirit of a recently passed person\\u2026 they were terrorized by a horrifying goblin. (The Zaragoza Goblin) *** Most haunted paintings are hundreds of years old \\u2013 but one in particular was painted in the late 20th Century, and to many, it is the most disturbing painting they\\u2019ve ever laid eyes on. (The Hands Resist Him)

SOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM THE EPISODE\\u2026
\\u201cThe Hands Resist Him\\u201d by Jenne Gentry for ListVerse: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/mtmj2ysr
\\u201cOliver, The Humanzee\\u201d by Bipin Dimri for Historic Mysteries: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2ttc3p8s
\\u201cThe Zaragoza Goblin\\u201d by Brent Swancer for Mysterious Universe: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2jxxdd6b
\\u201cDid Mary Hardy Reeser Spontaneously Combust?\\u201d by Tommy Thompson for Talk Murder: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p937wec
\\u201cCreepy Crimes and Crazy Criminals\\u201d by C.J. Phillips for ListVerse: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p8b3dyw
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Originally aired: November, 2021

PARTIAL TRANSCRIPT: https://weirddarkness.com/spontaneous-combustion-mary-hardy-reeser/

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