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In the history of the Delta blues, there is no bigger name than that of Robert Johnson. According to popular legend, Robert Johnson sold his soul to the devil at a crossroads, in exchange for his musical talent.

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Notes:
https://www.amazon.com/Up-Jumped-Devil-Robert-Johnson/dp/1641600942
https://www.robertjohnsonbluesfoundation.org
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/25/obituaries/robert-johnson-overlooked.html
https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/devils-music-myth-robert-johnson/
https://www.npr.org/2011/05/07/136063911/robert-johnson-at-100-still-dispelling-myths
https://www.classicfm.com/composers/paganini/niccolo-gifted-violinist-deal-with-devil/
https://www.vialma.com/en/articles/266/Niccolo-Paganini-The-Devils-Violinist
https://radiolab.org/podcast/199705-crossroads
https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0981600212/radiolabbooks-20/
https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0452279496/radiolabbooks-20/
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Dr. Hawley Crippen is one of the most notorious murderers in history. But modern forensic D.N.A. tests may change everything we think we know.

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Notes:
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-nov-16-la-me-basement-babies-20101116-story.html
https://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/hawley-crippen/199/
https://www.amazon.com/Thunderstruck-Erik-Larson/dp/1400080673
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7050714.stm
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Was Charles Manson part of a CIA mind control program? In 1969, Charles Manson and his cult shocked the world when they committed the Tate-LaBianca murders. But is that the whole story? A 2019 book by journalist Tom O'Neill offers evidence that there's a lot more to the story than we know.

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Notes:
https://www.amazon.com/Chaos-Charles-Manson-History-Sixties/dp/0316477559?dplnkId=3442e754-04ae-46cc-8842-b198b10fdd5f&nodl=1
https://jacobin.com/2023/05/the-manson-murders-may-have-something-to-do-with-cia-mind-control-experiments
https://theintercept.com/2019/11/24/cia-mkultra-louis-jolyon-west/
https://www.muckrock.com/news/archives/2017/dec/19/mkruby/
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The following music was used for this media project:
Music: Mesmerize by Kevin MacLeod
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Approximately 70% of the Earth's surface is covered by oceans. Yet 95% of that area remains unexplored. Throughout history there have been people who have encountered gigantic creatures we would describe as sea monsters. In this episode, I'm going to tell you about some of them.

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Notes:
https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/bloop.html
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/fishermen-dredged-up-30ft-dinosaur-30731086
https://www.wired.com/story/bloop-mystery-not-solved-sort-of/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/these-mythical-sea-monsters-may-have-been-whales-with-unusual-dining-habits-180981729/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/five-real-sea-monsters-brought-life-early-naturalists-180953155/
https://www.wgbh.org/news/local/2024-05-22/regaling-tales-of-the-gloucester-sea-serpent-a-forgotten-legend-of-cryptozoology
https://skepticalinquirer.org/2019/09/gloucester-sea-serpent-mystery-solved-after-two-centuries/
https://www.history.co.uk/articles/strange-sea-serpent-sightings-from-history
https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/2016/08/great-american-sea-serpent/
https://www.marineinsight.com/maritime-history/the-unexplained-mystery-of-the-sea-serpent/#:~:text=Their%20origins%20can%20be%20traced,multi%2Dhead%20serpent%20called%20Tiamat.
https://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/mythic-creatures/water/sea-monsters#:~:text=Hundreds%20of%20years%20ago%2C%20European,longer%20than%20a%20school%20bus.
https://www.iflscience.com/the-uss-stein-monster-in-1978-a-massive-creature-attacked-a-navy-frigate-shredding-parts-of-its-hull-65325
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In this episode I talk about the golden age of pirates. I dispel some of the myths and misconceptions of pirates throughout history, and focus on the lives of two of the most famous pirates ever, Captain Kidd and Blackbeard.

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Notes:
https://www.amazon.com/Under-Black-Flag-Romance-Reality/dp/081297722X
https://www.amazon.com/Born-Be-Hanged-Gentlemen-Princess/dp/031670363X/ref=pd_lpo_sccl_3/130-5994515-7318958?pd_rd_w=4OVxs&content-id=amzn1.sym.1ad2066f-97d2-4731-9356-36b3edf1ae04&pf_rd_p=1ad2066f-97d2-4731-9356-36b3edf1ae04&pf_rd_r=N614Y4X83Q8T1ZGSY5VJ&pd_rd_wg=Kpz8j&pd_rd_r=98e213d1-bd89-4a77-bef0-f4e1b695ace3&pd_rd_i=031670363X&psc=1
https://www.amazon.com/Pirate-Hunter-True-Story-Captain-ebook/dp/B0042XA38A/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3K8MZUQR10ICU&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.rn8jIL4ZM1Xj1EKJY0kLqCh7cOSKxPuCJDPDjxNqhKI4P8dvTCbJKJFDIY-GYmqd-vdO3v1aAZVVwk2zmcCJmbswDhwH-fN3bLdRR1shxCoA_u8v_Edl7euP3RbHLN9-OmQDXYuA5-xx1aWniwddUUWXfnRij6NRb9qShJkM2ZUYL7QtZ91SAer3hHBekhWpFT90QFqcoDqibR4gx0uCcQIBNRo-Bfk-tCMUpuCgzI0.n77Ag-ch7Y-r-ysVlH23--Z6e9CGWLzxtrcsN4NGYeo&dib_tag=se&keywords=the+pirate+hunter&qid=1716664110&s=books&sprefix=the+pirate+hunter%2Cstripbooks%2C113&sr=1-1
https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/blackbeard-edward-teach-pirate
https://www.historytoday.com/archive/months-past/execution-captain-kidd
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In this second part of my 2-part episode on the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa. In this episode I talk about some of the major theories on what happened to Hoffa.
Notes:
https://slate.com/culture/2019/08/the-irishman-scorsese-netflix-movie-true-story-lies.html
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2013/06/jimmy-hoffa-donald-frankos-there-was-never-any-reason-to-think-jimmy-hoffa-was-buried-under-giants-stadium.html
https://thecasebreakers.org/2023/11/hoffa-has-moxy-the-dog-solved/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-record/42409431/
https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/oakland/2021/11/25/jimmy-hoffa-theories/8758204002/
https://www.history.com/news/9-places-investigators-have-searched-for-jimmy-hoffa
https://www.cnn.com/2013/01/14/us/hoffa-burial-claim/index.html
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