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1798 Robbery of the Bank of Pennsylvania
The first recorded bank robbery in the U.S. resulted in the wrong man sitting in jail, a very strange confession, and a serious lawsuit for the admin…
1 year, 5 months ago
SYMHC Classics: Bram Stoker
This 2020 episode covers the life of the man who created Dracula. But even Bram Stoker's own life story - at least as he told it - may have some fict…
1 year, 5 months ago
Behind the Scenes Minis: Farewell, Halloween
Holly shares some of the theories about the Brown Lady photographers that characterizes them as charlatans. Tracy and Holly also share their experien…
1 year, 5 months ago
Ghosts of the British Isles, Part 2
Part two of our week of ghosts is all about one spirit – this time, a poltergeist. People have been arguing over this one since the 1660s, including …
1 year, 5 months ago
Ghosts of the British Isles, Part 1
Part one of our Halloween finale on British Isles ghosts features two very classic ghost tales: the brown lady of Raynham Hall and the ghosts of of B…
1 year, 5 months ago
SYMHC Classics: Greenbrier Ghost
This 2019 episode covers the story of Zona Heaster Shue's death and subsequent appearances to her mother as an apparition. This story is often referr…
1 year, 5 months ago
Behind the Scenes Minis: Literature and Kooky Houses
Tracy talks about a college course on gothic literature and a DDoS attack on archive.org. She and Holly then talk about the incongruities of Horace W…
1 year, 5 months ago
Horace Walpole’s Gothic Castles, Part 2
Part two of our episode on Horace Walpole gets into the gothic literature and gothic castles his life is associated with, including his own eclectic …
1 year, 5 months ago
Horace Walpole’s Gothic Castles, Part 1
Horace Walpole is best known for his gothic novel "The Castle of Otranto," but he lived a lot of life before that. The first part of this two-parter …
1 year, 6 months ago
SYMHC Classics: Vardø Witch Trials
This 2016 episode cover the disproportionate number of executions for sorcery that happened in Vardø during Europe's witch trials, This small fishing…
1 year, 6 months ago