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What do you think of when I say Circus Church? Or Clown church service?  Not many people associate religion with the circus folk - but you might be mistaken. How do religion and circus collide ? Enjoy our LENGTHY episode as we explore how religion infiltrated circus and the history and genesis behind it. 

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Paul Gambino has been an avid collector of the bizarre for over 25 years with an extensive collection of Victorian memorial photographs, antique funeria, mug shots, and vintage religious items.

Paul is the author of some absolutely gorgeous books (which I recommend you get your hands on ASAP): MORBID CURIOSITIES: Collections of the Uncommon and the Bizarre, SKULLS: Portraits of the Dead and the Stories They Tell, and KILLER COLLECTIONS: Dark Artifacts from True Crime. In July of 2024 Paul will release his latest book, The Art of Gothic Living: Dark Decor for the Modern Macabre. 
 

We chatted about collecting, got to know more about collectors, learned about dope ass collections, talked about mortality and death, the ethics of collecting, and bunch of other juicy shit you don't wanna miss! 

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The Chupacabra or "Goat-Sucker" is an urban ledged that has been around since the 70's. This creature has changed appearances through out the years debating if it was a alien like creator or something that resembled a dog. this debate ended when a  women  believes to have caught two of theses beasts and sends them off for DNA testing.
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Fan Man-yee was only 23 when she was abducted, tortured and raped for a month before her remains were placed inside a hello kitty stuffed animal.
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in 1922 6 members of a farm house including two young children were brutality murdered and there cases were never solved. 

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A family moves into a new home in one of the safest town in America. only to start receiving letters from an anonymous source referring to themselves as "The Watcher" . These letters go on to say personal things about there lives like there names and schedules, including threats to harm the family's children. 
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Vickie dawn Jackson was a nurse for over a decade when in 2000 she decided to murder 10 of her patients who were "too demanding" 
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her crimes took the lives of 
Donna Alice Jennings - December 11, 2000
 Sanford Ray Mitchell - December 20, 2000
 James Wesley Gore - December 29, 2000
 Jimmy Ray Holder - January 7, 2001
 Dorothy Jean Vandenburg - January 7, 2001
 J. T. Nichols - January 11, 2001
 John Walter Williams - January 11, 2001
Omo Ovella Glenn Wyler - January 24, 2001
Orvel Lee Moore, Jr.  - January 30, 2001
 Everett E. Jackson -  February 4, 2001
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Joe Methany was a serial killer who took the lives of possibly 13 people. his crimes rose in popularity after rumors spread of Methany disposes of his victims bodies into the meat he used to make burgers at his road side stand. 
This episode will make you think twice about your next burger...
Cathy Ann Magaziner 
Randall brewer
Randy Piker
Everett Dowell
Kimberly Lynn Spicer 
Rita Kemper 
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from 1918 to 1919 the city of new Orland's Louisiana was terrorized by a serial killer who would murder people in there homes using a weapon he found on the property, most times an axe. Coining him the name The Axe Murderer Of New Orland's.
over that time he claimed the lives of the following victims.
This crime has never been solved.
Joseph Maggio
Catherine Maggio
Louis Besumer
Harriet Lowe
Anna Schneider
 Joseph Romano
Charles Cortimiglia
Rosie Cortimiglia
Mary Cortimiglia
Sarah Laumann
 Mike Pepitone
Ester Pepitone
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The Jekyll island club house is over 150 years old and houses 134 rooms. guests have reported some of the founding members staying behind to occupie there rooms. from drinking your coffee and reading your news paper to a bell hop dressed from the 1920s they are sure to serve you even from he grave. 


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in 1994 a football player named OJ Simpson took over the media world when he is put on trial for the murder of his ex wife Nicole Simpson and her possible lover Ron Goldman.
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MOTHMAN 
Moth man is a humanoid creature who terrorized West Virginia from 1966-1967. Though his time was short, more recent sightings has brought this cryptic to modern times.


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Would you believe me If I told you a 3 year old boy survived 3 days on his own, outside agents  freezing cold tempters and heavy thunderstorms? or that a 13 year old boy calls his family after being missing for 4 years asking them to call the poliece? 
were gonna talk about three victims stories and how these missing kids came to be found. 

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Have you read about of The island of dolls in new Mexico? Or Robert The Doll in the key west museum? Or maybe you watched the famous Annabelle story and want to learn her true origins. you're in the right place!  We are talking about some of the scariest haunted dolls I could find across the internet. You might wanna listen to this one with he lights on. 

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Flannan Isles Lighthouse is a lighthouse near the highest point on Eilean Mòr. For centuries locals have told tales of spirits and strange occurrences on the island. the most haunting being when three lighthouse keepers all disappeared without a trace. 
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In 1990 a security guard at the Gardner Museums in Boston is ambushed by two thief's disguised as police officers. in only 81 minutes they stole over 500million dollars worth of art work that to this day has never been found. 

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This Episode is under the name casefile #10852 Because I wanted to bring light to the victims of those case rather then the killer and the nickname they have given him. so rather then titling this episode, and episodes in the future, after a serial killers and the newspaper headline worthy titles they have coined over the years. They will simply be known as a Number. 
The Victims in this case are listed Below since there names couldn't be in the name of the episode. 
Patrice Candace Walsh - 24
Douglas Scott Zyskowski - 26
Shana Holts- 18
Regina Kay Walters - 14
Ricky Lee Jones - 18

Robert Ben Rhodes drove an 18 wheeler with a homemade torcher chamber in the sleeper room for over 20 years. picking up hitchhikers and sex workers fitting his MO  he claimed over 50 victims while driving across America. Headlines called him "The Truck Stop Killer" 

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 Spontaneous Human Combustion is what medical coroners and scientists refer to when someone has gone up in flames for seeming no reason. no match, no accelerants, just the legs of the people left behind.  join me as we talk about the people who have lost there lives to this phenomena and try to uncover the truth about what really causes  Spontaneous Human Combustion.

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Abby and Libby were two bright teenagers going out for a hike on a day off from school when someone took them and ended there life. using video form one of the girls phones police try to solve there murder. 

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Travis Alexander was only 30 when his girlfriend Jodi Ann Aries  murdered him over jealousy in his Arizona home. Jodi attempt to cover up her crime to leaves behind a camera with photographs of Travis's last moments. 


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