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Within a year of D&D’s first release, the game became the biggest thing in the war gaming community. Not long after, the popularity of the game began to creep into the college world. College kids all over the world began forming clubs and entering the fantasy world of Dungeon and Dragons. What really propelled the game from an activity played by small groups of people to a name that would become familiar to everyone, whether they played it or not, was the unfortunate circumstances of a 16-year-old college student named James Dallas Egbert III. It was what happened to Egbert that began the belief in many that this fantasy roll-playing game was actually a promotion of such practices as Satanism, witchcraft, suicide, pornography, and murder. Show notes and links: Bigfoot Days Ice Cream Social Sept. 3 | Festivals (trinityjournal.com) Gary Gygax – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (wikipedia.org) The Dungeons and Dragons Experience Documentary PT 1 (youtube.com) Dungeon Master – Wikipedia, the free encyclo

This is the story of the life and death of Ted Healy, the man who started the Three Stooges. The thing about Ted’s death is that many, even today, think it was murder. He was born Ernest Lea Nash on October 1, 1896 in Kaufman, Texas. In 1908, his family moved to New York. It was there he became friends with another boy in the neighborhood named Moses Horwitz. Moses, who was nicknamed Moe by his family, had five brothers. Two of Moe’s younger brothers were Samuel Horwitz, who was called Shemp, and Jerome Lester Horwitz, who was known as Babe, but would later to be known as Curly. In his autobiography, Moe described his relationship with Healy as inseparable. Show notes and links: Bridget Driscoll – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (wikipedia.org) How the UK’s first fatal car accident unfolded (bbc.com) Ted Healy – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (wikipedia.org) An Illustrated History, From Amalgamated Morons to American Icons: Michael Fleming: 9780767905565: Amazon.com: Books (amazon.com) The Autobiogra

Last week we told the story of how Roger Patterson and Robert Gimlin came across Bigfoot and took the famous film. This week, we look at those that claim that it was a hoax. Hear the stories of Bob Heironimus, Philip Morris and others. What is the truth? We probably will never know! Show notes and links: Old Man Kelley 65 – It’s War with the Hornets! (youtu.be) My Recent New York UFO Sighting (syracusenewtimes.com) The Reliable Source – The Washington Post (washingtonpost.com) Lie detector of Bob “Bigfoot” Heironimus – Man in the suit (youtube.com) Bob Heironimus claim that he was the man in the suit… (bigfootencounters.com) Transcript of Bob Heironimus’s 2nd Xzone radio interview, August 6, 2007: (pdf-archive.com) Patterson Bigfoot video was a fake – Part I (youtube.com) Skeptic » eSkeptic » April 12, 2004 (skeptic.com) ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

On October 20, 1967, Roger Patterson and Bob Gimlin were riding on horseback, round a bend near Bluff Creek, California. They said they came across a large, hairy beast known as Bigfoot. Roger was able to capture the creature on 16mm film. Bob Gimlin said his first thoughts were, “wow, they really do exist!” Patterson thought he had proof of Bigfoot’s existence and really expected the scientists to accept it. But only a few scientists were willing to even look at the film! This is what they say happened in 1967. Show notes and links: Roger Patterson Bigfoot Footage – YouTube (youtube.com) This link has no title (bigfootencounters.com) The Inside Story: Greg Long, Kal K. Korff: 9781591021391: Amazon.com: Books (amazon.com) Roger Patterson – The Skeptics Society Forum (skepticforum.com) Patterson-Gimlin Film – A Guide to Bigfoot (bigfoothunting.com) Roger Patterson’s Interview with Fred Beck, 1966… (bigfootencounters.com) pgf_history.htm (bigfootencounters.com) Exposing Roger Patterson’s 1967 Bigfoot f

In 2014, a film was released called Annabelle, a prequel to the film the The Conjuring. In the film, the Annabelle doll is a creepy looking vintage porcelain doll that causes all kinds of mischief. In reality, the actual doll in the true story the doll is based on, is actually a normal looking Raggedy Ann Doll. The film is a work of fiction, an imaginary tale but there is a doll called Annabelle and they say it was possessed, and by they, I mean Ed and Lorraine Warren. The story begins in 1970… Show notes and links: Triangle UFO videotaped low over Virginia (openminds.tv) An Encounter With Annabelle, the Real-Life Haunted Doll From ‘The Conjuring’ (cosmopolitan.com) Annabelle (doll) – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (wikipedia.org) Annabelle (warrens.net) The Haunting in Connecticut – Fact or Fiction? (pacejmiller.com) Skepticblog » Hunting the Ghost Hunters (skepticblog.org) 95: Ray Garton | Irreligiosophy (irreligiosophy.com) ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Thomas H. Ince died at the age of 44 aboard William Randolph Hearst’s yacht – or shortly after he left the yacht, depending on whose version of the story you listen to. Many important celebrities were aboard the yacht that night, including the biggest names in motion pictures of the day. This may or not include legendary filmmaker Charlie Chaplin. Ince’s death has been the subject of much speculation and scandal over the years and, if you want the definitive truth on what happened, you’re listening to the wrong podcast. Show notes and links: Valley Business ~ Bigfoot Discovery Museum, Safe Harbor for Believers – Santa Cruz Mountain Bulletin (mountainbulletin.com) Thomas H. Ince | American film director (britannica.com) This link has no title (silentera.com) Thomas Ince Death : snopes.com (snopes.com) The Thomas Ince Affair – Mysteries & Scandals (youtube.com) Arabella And Co (arabella-and-co.com) John Austin: 9780944007495: Amazon.com: Books (amazon.com) True Stories of Seduction Power and Ambiti

In 1945, five Military planes took off from Florida on a three-hour training mission and they never returned. A search plane with 13 men was sent out to look for survivors, and it was never seen again. Were these disappearances a horrible accident or were the 27 men another victim of the Bermuda Triangle. Today, I have the story of the unsolved mystery of Flight 19 as well as a little history of how the triangle can to be, on Sunday Morning Coffee with Jeff. Show notes and links: UFO spotters claim NASA shut down ISS feed to cover-up another UFO sighting (cw39.com) NASA explains what happened to video feed of mysterious “UFO” (cbsnews.com) This link has no title (smu.edu) Flight 19 – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (wikipedia.org) This link has no title (smu.edu) Bermuda Triangle – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (wikipedia.org) The Mysterious Disappearance of Flight 19 (history.com) Legend Of The Lost Patrol (sun-sentinel.com) The Disappearance of Flight 19 (historicmysteries.com) The UnMuseum –

John DeLorean said, “I was a pretty talented engineer, I still am. Today, I don’t think there is a car running anywhere in the world that doesn’t have something I created on it, even now”. John Zachary DeLorean was born in the right place, Detroit, Michigan on January 6, 1925. He created the Pontiac GTO and was next in line to be the president of General Motors. He, instead, quit to form in own motor company. His baby was called the the DMC-12, what was simply called, of course, The DeLorean. At that point, things begin to go wrong. Show notes and links: The Man Who Created Bigfoot (outsideonline.com) DeLorean Motor Company | The Best Source for your DeLorean (delorean.com) John DeLorean with Gerry Kelly clip (youtube.com) John DeLorean – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (wikipedia.org) Rare interview John DeLorean 1988 (youtube.com) John DeLorean – Biography – IMDb (imdb.com) The Rise and Fall of John DeLorean : Longreads Blog (longreads.com) The Trials of John DeLorean (washingtonpost.com) 10. The

On January 12, 1762, William Kent exclaimed to whatever was communicating from beyond the grave in front of the room of people attending the séance, “Thou art a lying spirit, thou are not the ghost of my Fanny. She would never have said any such thing.” There was a ghost haunting a house on Cock Lane in London that was using a young girl to communicate with the living Was it the ghost of William Kent’s deceased lover, Fanny? Maybe it was the spirit of Elizabeth. Elizabeth was Fanny’s sister and married to William before Fanny had become William’s lover. And like Fanny, Elizabeth had gotten pregnant by William and had died soon after. Or maybe there was no ghost at all. Maybe it was just an act of revenge! Show notes and links: The Cock Lane Ghost, London 1762-1763 (literarylondon.org) Read Historic Ghosts and Ghost Hunters by H. Addington Bruce, Read free on ReadCentral.com (readcentral.com) Cock Lane ghost | Project Gutenberg Self-Publishing – eBooks (gutenberg.us) Cock Lane ghost – Wikipedia, the free

Dulce, New Mexico is a small town of under 3000 people, most of which is home to Native Americans. The area around Dulce was plagued with unexplained cow mutilations. Near the town of Dulce, on the Colorado-New Mexico border, is a secret underground government facility known as the Dulce Base. The facility is a least seven levels deep. So what goes on in this place? Well, it depends who you listen to but one thing is certain, there are humans and grey aliens and reptilians. Allegedly, the humans are getting technological information from the aliens and in exchange, they give the aliens human subjects to experiment on. From all accounts I’ve read, horrible, horrible stuff goes on under that ground in New Mexico. Show notes and links: Philip Schneider: Government Secrets Revealed (ufodigest.com) The History of Dulce Underground Base (youtube.com) A Dulce Base Security Officer Speaks Out (bibliotecapleyades.net) Dulce Base – YouTube (youtube.com) Greg Bishop (09-21-06) PROJECT BETA: How the U.S. Government

Simon and Schuster published the book, Cradle of the Deep, in March of 1929. It was the amazing and thrilling autobiography of Joan Lowell who spent her first 17 years of her life aboard the ship, the Minnie A. Caine, a four-mast Schooner. It was an irresistible tale and some began to think that it was almost too amazing, something more of a Hollywood movie. To people who knew life on the seaBroome of what she wrote didn’t sound authentic. Nautical experts who read the book found “innumerable flaws”, including facts that any amateur sailor would not have mistaken. Show notes and links: The Philadelphia Story (1940) – Dinah (Virginia Weidler) singing “Lydia, the Tattooed Lady” (youtube.com) Meet the grandmother of memoir fabricators (latimes.com) Born in Berkeley: Joan Lowell (berkeleyside.com) The Pittsburgh Press – Google News Archive Search (google.com) Joan Lowell & Her Literary Hoax (thelegalhistorian.blogspot.com) The Cradle of the Deep (1929) (hoaxes.org) Joan Lowell’s Literary Hoax – Molly

The Fox Sisters were responsible for making Spiritualism a worldwide phenomenon. They lived in a small farmhouse in the mid 1800s and became known all over America for the ability to talk to the dead, but it was all a scam. Margaret confessed later in life, “When we went to bed at night we used to tie an apple to a string and move the string up and down, causing the apple to bump on the floor, or we would drop the apple on the floor, making a strange noise every time it would rebound. Mother listened to this for a time. She would not understand it and did not suspect us as being capable of a trick because we were so young.” Also; I talk a little about MonsterTalk with Blake Smith and Karen Stollznow. Show notes and links: The Fox Sisters: Spiritualism’s Unlikely Founders (historynet.com) Biography of Kate and Margaret Fox (survivalafterdeath.info) The Fox Sisters and the Rap on Spiritualism | History (smithsonianmag.com) being the true story of the Fox sisters, as revealed by authority of Margaret Fox Ka