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In which a strange ghost-like figure terrorises the streets of London.

SOURCES https://web.archive.org/web/20061018113915/http://living.scotsman.com/people.cfm?id=1465132006 https://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/Spring-Heeled-Jack/ https://unresolved.me/springheeled-jack https://eehe.org.uk/?p=33406 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Beresford,_3rd_Marquess_of_Waterford https://www.irishpost.com/entertainment/origins-painting-town-red-waterford-england-alcohol-fuelled-debauchery-169446 https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/93472/19th-century-aristocrat-who-literally-painted-town-red The Legend of Spring-heeled Jack by Karl Bell

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In which a magician and some naked witches summon a series of monsters, including Nessie.

SOURCES https://twitter.com/tetzoo/status/1279732505285984257 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_%22Doc%22_Shiels https://www.google.com.au/books/edition/Monstermind/IhE8MQAACAAJ?hl=en https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penwith_Society_of_Arts https://cornwallartists.org/cornwall-artists/tony-doc-shiels http://www.artcornwall.org/features/Paul_Francis_Memoirs.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgawr_(folklore) https://tetzoo.com/blog/2021/2/2/morgawr-and-the-mary-f-photos https://www.encyclopedia.com/science/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/morgawr http://www.artcornwall.org/features/Andy_Roberts_Tony_Doc_Shiels.htm Sixpence for the Wind: A Knot of Nautical Folklore by Malcolm Archibald https://itsmth.fandom.com/wiki/Morgawr http://magoniamagazine.blogspot.com/2013/12/monstrous-tales.html https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/cornish-owlman-mawnan-smith-been-4045776 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loch_Ness_Monster https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/tetrapod-zoology/photos-of-the-loch-ness-monster-revisited/ https://www.apstrange.com/2019/04/nessie-day-4-tony-shiels-whats-up-doc.html

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In which Robert Johnson does a deal with The Devil at the crossroads in order to become a great blues guitarist.

SOURCE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaKkzNqCPnc&t=672s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Johnson Up Jumped The Devil: The Real Life Of Robert Johnson by Bruce Conforth and Gayle Dean Wardlow ReMastered: Devil At The Crossroads, director Brian Oakes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_House https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Johnson_recordings#Sessionography https://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/devil-and-robert-johnson.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Me_and_Mr._Johnson https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/jun/16/robert-johnson-sells-soul-devil https://trueblueser.wordpress.com/2010/04/14/the-truth-about-robert-johnson/ https://web.archive.org/web/20070718180120/http://www.nps.gov/history/delta/blues/people/tommy_johnson.htm

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In which the Elves of Iceland assert their power over the government.

SOURCES

https://www.nytimes.com/1982/03/30/world/iceland-s-elves-are-enlisted-in-anti-nato-effort.html https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2009/04/iceland200904 https://sedulia.blogs.com/sedulias_quotations/2012/11/michael-lewis-on-alcoas-problem-with-elves-and-icelanders.html https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2009/03/reality_check_vanity_fairs_fis.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hulduf%C3%B3lk https://timarit.is/files/12740786 https://web.archive.org/web/20120329134710/https://www.icelandreview.com/icelandreview/daily_news/Angry_Elves_Said_to_Have_Wreaked_Havoc_in_West_Fjords_0_379383.news.aspx https://web.archive.org/web/20210125004333/https://www.icenews.is/2011/07/02/icelandic-town-hopes-angry-elves-have-been-soothed-by-songs/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iceland https://www.dw.com/en/iceland-searching-for-elves-and-hidden-people/a-2786922 https://theelfschool.com/ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/road-project-in-iceland-delayed-to-protect-hidden-elves-9021768.html Huldufolk 102, directed by Nisha Inalsingh https://grapevine.is/mag/articles/2014/08/20/it-was-my-way-and-the-highway/

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In which a secret service officer makes a mortal error, and shoots JFK in the head.

SOURCES https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortal_Error https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_John_F._Kennedy https://youtu.be/jdwVUBlK-Y0 https://youtu.be/cDZweMXXY6Y https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-bullet_theory http://www.jfkfiles.com/jfk/html/zaxis.htm https://www.archives.gov/research/jfk/select-committee-report/part-1a.html https://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/russ/infojfk/jfk6/timing.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy_assassination_conspiracy_theories https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=336&dat=19661103&id=bclOAAAAIBAJ&pg=4883,718763 https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1992-02-23-1992054044-story.html https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/53763/9-people-who-killed-jfk-according-conspiracy-theorists https://edition.cnn.com/2013/11/16/us/jfk-assassination-conspiracy-theories-debunked/index.html https://www.archives.gov/research/jfk/warren-commission-report/chapter-4.html#marine http://jfk.hood.edu/Collection/Weisberg%20Subject%20Index%20Files/D%20Disk/Donahue%20Howard/Item%2006.pdf https://spartacus-educational.com/JFKhickey.htm https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1997-09-30-1997273060-story.html https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=dUsxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gOYFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4654%2C213971 https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/opinion/aussie-out-to-show-secret-service-blunder-was-to-blame/news-story/46f853573c29c89f4f8fcb016fb9f1e8 https://www.heraldsun.com.au/truecrimeaustralia/jfk-assassination-robert-f-kennedy-took-his-brothers-brain-after-autopsy/news-story/e22123c43934d769aaa439bb0eeea761 https://www.inquirer.com/philly/news/Shooting_holes_in_theory_that_a_Secret_Service_agent_killed_President_Kennedy.html https://www.amazon.com/review/R1NDDJNK9HO8W3 https://www.smh.com.au/opinion/stuffing-up-the-mother-of-all-jfk-conspiracy-theories-20131106-2x1kk.html https://medium.com/@mokan9997/hidden-in-plain-sight-4761be7b8115

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In which a pair of hairy hands haunt the roads and fields of Dartmoor, England.

Sources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hairy_Hands https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dartmoor#Myths_and_literature https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HM_Prison_Dartmoor https://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/wiki/index.php?title=B3212 https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/local-news/terrifying-tale-disembodied-hairy-hands-696625 https://www.spookyisles.com/hairy-hands/ Wild Talents by Charles Fort http://www.bbc.co.uk/devon/discovering/legends/hairy_hands.shtml Paranormal Encounters on Britain's Roads: Phantom Figures, UFOs and Missing Time by Peter A. McCue Real Ghosts, Restless Spirits, and Haunted Places by Brad Steiger (segment by Nick Redfern) https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2011/11/the-hairy-hands-horror/ Lore of the Ghost: The Origins of the Most Famous Ghost Stories Throughout The World by Brian Haughton Scottish Myths & Legends by Judy Hamilton https://www.legendarydartmoor.co.uk/hairy_hands.htm http://www.everythingghost.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=967

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In which the USS Eldridge "bamfs" hundreds of miles away in an event known as the Philadelphia Experiment.

SOURCES https://www.avclub.com/an-invisible-warship-is-at-the-center-of-wwii-s-greates-1826028487 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia_Experiment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Eldridge https://people.howstuffworks.com/philadelphia-experiment.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_K._Jessup http://skepdic.com/philadel.html https://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/523/did-the-u-s-navy-teleport-ships-in-the-philadelphia-experiment/ The Case For The UFO: Varo Edition by Morris K Jessup https://cassiopaea.org/cass/Varo-Jessup.PdF https://www.de173.com/ https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/einsteins-grand-quest-for-a-unified-theory http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/glossary/unified_field_theory.html Anti-gravity and the World Grid edited by David Hatcher Childress http://web.archive.org/web/19990202181126/parascope.com/en/articles/allende.htm https://rense.com/ufo/philahoax.htm The X Files Book Of The Unexplained Vol 2 by Jane Goldman

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In which the loudest underwater noise ever recorded... is recorded. Is it Megalodon? A giant squid? Cthulu?

SOURCES https://web.archive.org/web/20130206021811/http://www.science.org.au/nova/newscientist/102ns_001.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloop https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/sound01/background/bios/bios.html https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-fox-4589945a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unexplained_sounds#NOAA_(formerly_unidentified) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SOSUS https://web.archive.org/web/20200225041855/https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/acoustics/sounds/bloop.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/52-hertz_whale https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn6764-lonely-whales-song-remains-a-mystery/?ignored=irrelevant https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/article/56/1/49/224827 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0967063704001682 https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2015/12/151207-humpback-whales-sounds-noises-oceans-animals/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/maybe-worlds-loneliest-whale-isnt-so-isolated-after-all-180955005/ https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/invertebrates/g/giant-squid/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coelacanth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pole_of_inaccessibility#Oceanic_pole_of_inaccessibility https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cthulhu https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Bloop https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megalodon http://www.the13thfloor.tv/2016/04/13/cthulhu-lives-the-bloop-and-other-weird-oceanic-sounds/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9DqI1ggZHM https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_giant_squid_specimens_and_sightings https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpheidae https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cthulhu https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/8qpvdx/the-bloop-an-underwater-mystery-that-took-nearly-20-years-to-solve https://www.theverge.com/2013/11/12/4849860/the-cult-of-cthulhu-real-prayer-for-a-fake-tentacle https://www.wired.co.uk/article/bloop-mystery-not-solved-sort-of https://www.wired.co.uk/article/rarest-whale-found https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/bloop.html http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20161004-the-place-furthest-from-land-is-known-as-point-nemo

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In which Bill Kaysing births the greatest conspiracy theory of all time - that the moon landing was a hoax.

SOURCES https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Kaysing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_landing_conspiracy_theories https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-07-11/moon-landing-footage-faked-film-expert-shows-why-it-wasnt/11298680 https://gen.medium.com/the-moon-landing-hoax-theory-started-as-a-joke-5a8e66e15d56 http://billkaysing.com/biography.php https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rs0DNSfxt2U https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2019/07/18/how-stanley-kubrick-staged-the-moon-landing-and-other-stories/ We Never Went To The Moon by Bill Kaysing and Randy Reid https://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/luna/luna_apollomissions10.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20090309005033/http://ogiroux.blogspot.com/2008/06/worlds-fastest-lens-zeiss-50mm-f07.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rO8FsKJIgXY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQKVdVqFZv0 https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/false-stanley-kubrick-faked-moon-landings/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/1414144/Worlds-biggest-telescope-to-prove-Americans-really-walked-on-Moon.html https://www.cnet.com/news/bezos-expeditions-recovers-pieces-of-apollo-11-rockets/ https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/jan/26/secret-success-equations-give-calculations-for-keeping-conspiracies-quiet

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In which Kelly Cahill claims to have an encounter with aliens at Eumemmering Creek, Narrewarren.

SOURCES Encounter by Kelly Cahill https://digitalseance.wordpress.com/2011/09/04/kelly-cahill-the-hoax-is-over/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Chalker https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8PKD3MC8BM https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/the-oz-files-who-is-victorian-abductee-kelly-cahill-and-what-did-she-see-in-narre-warren-20160201-gmic19.html http://theozfiles.blogspot.com/2016/03/ https://www.facebook.com/354069178031749/posts/come-along-and-enjoy-a-cuppa-or-two-as-you-listen-to-these-two-fascinating-men-o/702416313197032/ https://www.reddit.com/r/UFOs/comments/672td0/the_remarkable_kelly_cahill_ufo_encounter_with/ Author interviews with Bill Chalker and John Auchettl https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-09-26/ufo-abduction-book-kelly-cahill-encounter-eumemmering-australia/12661498

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