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HOUR ONE: The movie \u201cOrphan\u201d was fictional horror\u2026 but ten years later it would happen for real in Lafayette Indiana. Or would it? There are this still questions about how old Natalia Grace really is. (Orphan Horror) *** There are strong women. There are formidable ladies. There are tough cookies. There are female baddies. And then there is \u201cStagecoach\u201d Mary Fields, who was surely in a class all her own. (The Ballad of Stagecoach Mary) *** Six pirates were hung on the same day \u2013 that\u2019s what you get for being greedy! (Six Sailor Hanging)
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HOUR TWO: Dozens of creepy stories and urban legends have sprouted up along America's most legendary highway. We look at some of the horrifying things people have experienced on Route 66. (Terrors of Route 66) *** Harry Houdini may have been one of the world\u2019s greatest magicians \u2013 but he was also the biggest debunker of magic when it came to the supernatural. (Houdini vs. Spiritualism) *** Their seances with the departed launched a mass religious movement\u2014and then one of them confessed that \u201cit was common delusion\u201d. We\u2019ll look at the rise of Spiritualism \u2013 and the two sisters that started it all. (The Fox Sisters)
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SUDDEN DEATH OVERTIME: It was one of the wildest and wickedest of all Wild West towns\u2026 and now it\u2019s one of the most haunted. Jerome, Arizona is considered the most haunted town in the state \u2013 possibly in all of the United States. (The Haunting of Jerome, Arizona)
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SOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM TONIGHT\u2019S SHOW:\u201cOrphan Horror\u201d\u201d by Ben Radford for Seeker: https://tinyurl.com/txtd4ap; and Ben Ashford at MSN https://tinyurl.com/ttox4k4\u201cStagecoach Mary\u201d from Strange Company: https://tinyurl.com/sejae2n\u201cThe Six Sailor Hanging\u201d by Ed Sweeney for Slightly Odd Fitchburg: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p8252rm\u201cThe Fox Sisters\u201d by Karen Abbott for Smithsonian Magazine: https://tinyurl.com/ycexng3f
\u201cHoudini Vs. Spiritualism\u201d by Maggie Clancy for Graveyard Shift: https://tinyurl.com/tqqb7et
\u201cHorrors of Route 66\u201d by Jacoby Bancroft for Ranker: https://tinyurl.com/qt9kz53
\u201cThe Haunting of Jerome, Arizona\u201d by Patrick Thornton for Graveyard Shift: https://tinyurl.com/szaksnf==========Join the Weird Darkness Syndicate: https://weirddarkness.com//syndicate
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