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b'IN THIS EPISODE: Was a woman found dead in a wych elm tree in wartime England actually a WWII German spy? (Bella in the Wych Elm) *** Jonathan Reed couldn\\u2019t bear to be separated from his wife ... so he moved into her tomb. (Til Death Do Us Part) *** Dr. Milton Rokeach forced three men who all believed themselves to be the Messiah to live together for two years in an effort to bring them out of their irrationality. But what Rokeach learned had little to do with the men themselves. (The Three Christs of Ypsilanti) *** A bodiless voice torments a lone beachgoer camping out. (Spirit Voice on the Beach) *** Only months after the infamous ax murders in Villisca, Iowa - the quiet farm community of Payson, Illinois was shattered by its own terrifying murder case. (The Pfanschmidt Murders) *** In an effort to test one of his theories on social behavior, psychologist Muzafer Sherif released twenty-two 12-year-old boys into a sparsely supervised wilderness camp \\u2014 and then covertly provoked them to fight each other. (The Robbers Cave Experiment) *** Witch hunts and trials. They didn\\u2019t end in Salem \\u2013 they live on even today in Papua New Guinea. (Papua New Guinea Witchcraft) *** A man in Japan sees small, childlike ashen white aliens. (Childlike Aliens) *** How can a holy book such as the Christian bible bring bad luck? One paranormal museum in West Virginia has the answer with an infamous display of the 666 Bible. (The 666 Bible) *** The people of Hannibal, Missouri in the late 1800s would remain appalled that one of their most prominent residents could be murdered without retribution. Even a $10,000 reward couldn\\u2019t bring justice. (The Stillwell Murder) *** A father takes his son to the ruins of an old, burned down building \\u2013 and the boy sees something his father doesn\\u2019t. (The Old Factory Visit) *** \\u201cThe Devil\\u2019s Advocate\\u201d - it\\u2019s a phrase that can be traced to the Roman Catholic Church that long had an actual official office for a person who was employed to be exactly that \\u2013 an advocate for the devil. And he still works for the church even today. (The Devil\\u2019s Advocate)

SOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM THE EPISODE\\u2026
\\u201cWas Bella in the Wych Elm a WWII German Spy?\\u201d posted at The UnRedacted: https://tinyurl.com/wtxqr7l
\\u201cThe Pfanschmidt Murders\\u201d by Troy Taylor for American Hauntings Ink: https://tinyurl.com/uolq6b8
\\u201cSpirit Voice on the Beach\\u201d by Berggraf38, posted at YourGhostStories.com: https://tinyurl.com/qngcm6l
\\u201cThe Three Christs of Ypsilanti\\u201d by Taig Spearman for All That\\u2019s Interesting: https://tinyurl.com/w9delgl
\\u201cThe Robbers Cave Experiment\\u201d by Taig Spearman for All That\\u2019s Interesting: https://tinyurl.com/yx66lpob
\\u201cPapua New Guinea Witchcraft\\u201d by Caleb Strom for Ancient Origins: https://tinyurl.com/rvpyyva
\\u201cThe Devil\\u2019s Advocate\\u201d by Ellen Lloyd for Ancient Pages: https://tinyurl.com/vluuhdg
\\u201cChildlike Aliens\\u201d by Terry Larch for FreakLore.com: https://tinyurl.com/snrkrbm
\\u201cThe 666 Bible\\u201d by Theresa at Theresa\\u2019s Haunted History of the Tri-State: https://tinyurl.com/t8dlnez
\\u201cThe Stillwell Murder\\u201d by Robert Wilhelm for Murder By Gaslight: https://tinyurl.com/yd4uupot
\\u201cThe Old Factory Visit\\u201d by Mike, posted at MyHauntedLifeToo.com: https://tinyurl.com/yx2tmzqs
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Originally aired: November 27, 2018

PARTIAL TRANSCRIPT: https://weirddarkness.com/was-bella-in-the-wych-elm-a-wwii-german-spy/

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