Old Timey Crimey #84: Tower of London Ghosts - "Second Verse"

We visit the Tower of London and meet its many, many, many ghosts. OOOooOOoOoo! 
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Music: 
Evil Plan by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3725-evil-planLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Sources
Fascinate.com by Stephanie KelseyThetravel.com by Vanessa ElleRanker.com by Erin McCannForlklore Thursday. Kim McGreal. Dr. Ed Morris. Exploring Castles. https://www.exploring-castles.com/uk/england/tower_london_ghosts/Tracy Borman. History Extra. https://www.historyextra.com/period/victorian/anne-boleyn-guy-fawkes-and-the-princes-a-brief-history-of-the-tower-of-londonHistoric Royal Palaces. https://www.hrp.org.uk/tower-of-london/history-and-stories/the-tower-of-london-menagerie/Joseph Curtis. Daily Mail. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4094312/Does-picture-finally-solve-500-year-old-mystery-princes-Tower-Mother-two-claims-photobombed-ghost-Richard-III-s-12-year-old-victim-Edward-V.htmlWikipedia. “Anne Boleyn.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Boleyn “Ball Lightning.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball_lightningHaunted Rooms. https://www.hauntedrooms.co.uk/the-tower-of-london-ghostshttp://www.strangehistory.net/2015/07/15/the-cylinder-monster-1-the-witness-account/Travel Channel https://www.travelchannel.com/interests/haunted/articles/tower-of-londonPaul Anthony Jones. Mental Floss. https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/64629/9-bizarre-objects-owned-henry-viiiJessica Ferri. The Lineup. https://the-line-up.com/tower-of-london-ghostsChris Garcia. “G-G-G-G-Ghosts!!!!!” The Drink Tank. https://efanzines.com/DrinkTank/DrinkTank418.pdf
 

Old Timey Crimey #83: Edgar Allan Poe - "Brave Little Toaster"

When will we know the truth of Poe's death? Well, the man said it himself...nevermore. Scott, Kristy, and Amber talk about his weird life and mysterious death as SPoOoOokyween continues. 
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Music:
Evil Plan by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3725-evil-planLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Breaktime by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3457-breaktimeLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Sources:
Natasha Geiling.  Smithsonian Magazine. “The (Still) Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe.” https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/still-mysterious-death-edgar-allan-poe-180952936/
Kat Eschner. Smithsonian Mag. https “Who Was the Poe Toaster? We Still Have No Idea”  http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/who-was-poe-toaster-we-still-have-no-idea-180961820/
The Poe Museum. https://www.poemuseum.org/poes-biography
Findagrave. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/4074/elizabeth-hopkins-poe
Wikipedia. “Sarah Royster.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Elmira_Royster
New England Historical Society. “Sarah Helen Whitman, Providence Poet Who Dumped Edgar Allan Poe.” https://www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/sarah-helen-whitman-providence-poet-dumped-edgar-allan-poe/
Poetry Foundation. “Sarah Helen Whitman.” https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/sarah-helen-whitman
Wash times. 'Toaster' rejects French cognac at Poe's grave.” https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2004/jan/19/20040119-100633-6879r/
Providence Athenaeum . “Poe & Whitman.” https://providenceathenaeum.org/about/history/poe-whitman/
The Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore. “The Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe” https://www.eapoe.org/geninfo/poedeath.htm
Michele Debcsack. “Baltimore’s New Poe Toaster Honors Edgar Allan Poe.” Mental Floss. https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/73908/baltimores-new-poe-toaster-honors-edgar-allan-poe
 
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/edgar-allan-poes-greatest-mystery-was-his-death
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Edgar_Allan_Poe
https://www.poemuseum.org/poes-death
https://www.biography.com/news/edgar-allan-poe-death-facts
https://www.history.com/news/how-did-edgar-allan-poe-die
Britannica.com
openculture.com
icytales.com
nbc12.com
biography.com
nps.gov
 

Old Timey Crimey #82: Albert Ostman - "Woolen Bananahammock"

He was a manly man's man, and then a man of a different kind took him on a little trip. A man covered in hair. A man...with large feet. 
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 Music:
Evil Plan by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3725-evil-planLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Sources: 
http://www.bigfootencounters.com/classics/ostman.htm
https://www.ufoinsight.com/cryptozoology/bigfoot-encounters/sasquatch-abduction-albert-ostman
https://ecampusontario.pressbooks.pub/adultlitfundreader3/chapter/searching-for/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portlock,_Alaska
https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/alaska/scary-abandoned-town-port-chatham-ak/
https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Genoskwa
https://www.reddit.com/r/MysteriousUniverse/comments/dp3a55/an_interesting_comparison_of_missing_411_cases/
Animalplanet.com
Newspapers.com (The Province, Saturday, May 4, 1957
Findagrave.com
nytimes.com
NYTimes. David C. Anderson. “It’s hard to prove that something, even a monster, doesn’t exist.”  https://www.nytimes.com/1974/01/20/archives/stalking-the-sasquatch-its-hard-to-prove-that-something-even-a.html
Wikipedia. “Toba Inlet.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toba_Inlet “Portlock.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portlock,_Alaska. “Albert Ostman.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Ostman
Canberra Times, 1982. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/130838866?searchTerm=albert%20ostman
Carey Seward. “This Abandoned Ghost Town In Alaska Is Downright Bone Chilling.” Only in Your State. https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/alaska/this-abandoned-ghost-town-is-downright-bone-chilling-ak/
“Mysteries of Portlock Alaska and the Abandonment of the Small Town in the 1900s.” KINY radio. https://www.kinyradio.com/news/news-of-the-north/mysteries-of-portlock-alaska-and-the-abandonment-of-the-small-town-in-the-1900s/
Animal Planet. “Top 10 Hairiest Bigfoot Stories.” http://www.animalplanet.com/tv-shows/finding-bigfoot/lists/9-the-tale-of-albert-ostman/
Don Lory. “Kidnapped by a Sasquatch.” Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/image/?clipping_id=44400288&fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjUwMTMwNTQwMiwiaWF0IjoxNjAxNTA4OTUxLCJleHAiOjE2MDE1OTUzNTF9.2wmFv8gkExT22U-dfxNsHyIRtet67vjDbSelZ_4WQWU
Tim Flight. “The Hairy History of Bigfoot in 20 Intriguing Events.” History Collection. https://historycollection.com/the-hairy-history-of-bigfoot-in-20-intriguing-events/7/
Daily Colonist. https://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist18840704uvic/18840704#page/n2/mode/1up
Bigfoot, Yeti, and the Last Neanderthal: A Geneticist's Search for Modern Apemen by Bryan Sykes (genre: “controversial literature” lol)
 
 

Old Timey Crimey #81: The Crouch Family Murders - "Milked by Jacob"

We start of spookytime October with the Crouch family murders. The twists! The turns! And a ghoooost...that's creepy in all the wrong ways.
 
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Sources:
Findagrave
LeeAnn Smith. MLive.com
Newspapers.com
Detroit Free Press
Officialdata.org
John Robinson. Haunted Michigan.
Steve's Ghost Stories. mix957gr.com