Unexplained Richard MacLean Smith

Part two of Season 6 Episode 20: Children of the Pastures

Lucia is faced with a true test of her faith as the Mayor attempts to put an end to her and her cousin's extraordinary claims. 

Meanwhile, excitement grows for the miracle that the Virgin Mary has apparently promised to perform at her 6th and final appearance...

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In the spring of 1916, three young children from the village of Aljustrel in western Portugal claimed to see the Virgin Mary while out tending sheep in a nearby pasture. 

The incident marked the beginning of what is now known as the Fatima Prophecies.

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In March 1974, Terry Matthews and his mother, Gerri Betz, came across a strange metallic sphere in the woods close to their home in Jacksonville, Florida.

Then, things got a little strange...

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In 1951, 67-year-old Mary Reeser moved down from Columbia, Pennsylvania to Florida to be closer to her son and grandchildren.Five weeks later, Mary was dead; killed in the most horrifying and bizarre circumstances that continue to confound to this day.

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It is said that St Francis of Assisi was the first person to receive the stigmata, back in 1224. 

Since then only thirty or so people have seriously claimed to have suffered from it, with perhaps the most famous of them being Francesco Forgione, or as he would later be known, Padre Pio.

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In the late 1940s, Italian sculptor Amilcare Santini was commissioned to make a statue of the Immaculate Heart of Mary to use as a model for mass production. 

Little did he know, that it would become just about the most famous depiction of the Immaculate Heart ever created.

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