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The Zodiac Killer is one of America's most infamous unsolved mysteries — but what if the most chilling secret isn't who he was, but whether he ever existed at all?

*No AI Voices Are Used In The Narration Of This Podcast*

IN THIS EPISODE: A man starts to dig a swimming pool in his backyard – and unearths numerous human corpses. The resulting story is so incredible that it inspired the film, “Grave Secrets”. The true story behind the “Black Hope Horror”. (Black Hope Horror) *** America… the home of baseball, apple pie, jazz, and… the birth of spiritualism. (Spiritualism) *** From the spirits of famous female historical figures, to the girlish ghouls of urban legend, female ghosts are some of the scariest spirits out there. (Ghoulish Ghost Girls) *** Was the legendary serial killer the Zodiac a hoax? (Zodiac: The Phantom Killer) *** A hundred years ago, the Spanish Influenza epidemic ripped through the United States, with fatalities reaching as high as 1,000 per week. We’ll look at what happened. (The Epidemic That Brought America To Its Knees) *** A young girl, dealing with the trauma of her parents getting a divorce, is traumatized even more when staying at a friend’s house that appears to be haunted. (A Haunted House, Sleep Paralysis, and Shadow People) *** Joan Crawford’s daughter exposed her sadistic behavior – but how truthful were those accusations? (The Claims of Christina Crawford) *** Along with sightings of Bigfoot, extraterrestrials, ghosts, and shadow people, there is a growing number of reports of entities which appear to be wearing futuristic armor, or high-tech suits. Could these be inter-dimensional beings? Extraterrestrial spacemen? Time-traveling soldiers? What is it people are seeing? (Armored Phantoms)

CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = The Foreboding
00:02:51.227 = Show Open
00:05:15.088 = Zodiac: The Phantom Killer
00:41:15.802 = Spiritualism in America ***
00:47:58.789 = Ghoulish Ghost Girls
00:55:06.124 = Armored Phantoms ***
01:17:07.471 = The 1900s Epidemic That Brought America To Its Knees ***
01:25:33.567 = Haunted House, Sleep Paralysis, and Shadow People
01:34:37.172 = The Claims of Christina Crawford ***
01:40:43.596 = The Black Hope Horror
01:48:39.374 = Show Close
*** = Begins immediately after inserted ad break

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SOURCES and RESOURCES:
“Zodiac: The Phantom Killer”: https://tinyurl.com/s39qy65
“Spiritualism in America” by Troy Taylor: https://tinyurl.com/s48kes8
“Ghoulish Ghost Girls” by Carolyn Cox:

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