Ep 268 and our Halloween special is loose! And we have more gruesome tales of 'witches' and the truly chilling trials and hunts that took place in Europe for centuries.

How did the witch trials start in Germany? What happened in Würzburg? And who was Magic Jack?

The secret ingredient is... even MORE witches!!!

Happy Halloween spooky ones!

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Sources this week include:

https://www.exulanten.com/jackl.html

https://theravenreport.com/2017/10/27/hidden-witchcraft-how-the-magic-jackel-delivered-death-by-fear/

https://www.hauntedhistories.co.uk/the-zaubererjackl-witch-trials

https://www.streetroots.org/news/2021/10/06/sorcerer-jackl

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaubererjackl_witch_trials

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Ep 267 is loose! And it being spooky season, we thought we should explore another 'Universal Monster' and dive into the history of Frankenstein!

Who or what was the inspiration for Mary Shelley's great gothic novel? What crazy experiments were carried out in the pursuit of beating death? And how do you like your frogs' legs?

The secret ingredient is...electricity!

Here is the link to the Castle Frankenstein hoax broadcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYGRx1gDKgo

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Sources this week include biographies of Mary Shelley, Johann Dippel, Alessandro Volta, and Luigi Galvani, as well as Kathryn Harkup's Making the Monster, and the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. Plus:

https://www.exclassics.com/newgate/ng464.htm

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/tcr.202500043

https://publishing.rcseng.ac.uk/doi/pdf/10.1308/147363513X13500508916973

https://europe.stripes.com/your-community/frankenstein's-castle-and-a-halloween-prank-that-went-viral.html

https://allthatsinteresting.com/real-frankenstein-experiments/6

https://theconversation.com/frankenstein-the-real-experiments-that-inspired-the-fictional-science-105076

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Ep 266 is loose! And this week a man and his housekeeper lie in pools of blood in their Portsmouth home...

Who wanted Mr Langtrey dead? Why were these killings so vicious? And have we found another truly clueless policeman?

The secret ingredient is...a barber's pole!

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