There’s a 200-square mile area of eastern Massachusetts that boasts more bizarre history, paranormal activity, and cryptid sightings than anywhere else in the United States - and possibly the world. In the first episode of a two-part series, Sarah tells Clay about King Phillip’s War, history’s first recorded UFO sighting, and more strange occurrences of the Bridgewater Triangle!

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Sources:

• https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/the-bridgewater-triangle-abington-rehoboth-massachusetts-wbz-tv-it-happens-here/
• https://newengland.com/travel/massachusetts/the-mystery-of-dighton-rock/
• https://fun107.com/rehoboth-anawan-rock-haunted/
• https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/profile-rock
• https://www.enterprisenews.com/story/entertainment/2021/10/13/bridgewater-triangle-halloween-taunton-rehoboth-freetown-nippenicket-hockomock-ghosts-haunted/6060701001/
• https://www.enterprisenews.com/story/lifestyle/things-to-do/2021/09/30/haunted-ghosts-brockton-halloween-taunton-whitman-east-bridgewater-stonehill-easton-middleboro/8371538002/
• https://www.history.com/news/americas-first-ufo-sighting

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Hitler planned to sabotage American industry utilizing highly trained spies. But it failed almost immediately. Let me tell you why.

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Sources

• Francis MacDonnell, 1995, “Insidious foes: the Axis Fifth Column and the American home front”, Oxford University Press
• Joseph McCann, 2006, “Terrorism on American soil : a concise history of plots and perpetrators from the famous to the forgotten”, Sentient Publications
• https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/inside-story-how-nazi-plot-sabotage-us-war-effort-was-foiled-180959594/
• https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/nazi-saboteurs-and-george-dasch
• https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2017/06/23/six-nazi-spies-were-executed-in-d-c-white-supremacists-gave-them-a-memorial-on-federal-land/

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As a wise man once said, "Whoever controls the media, controls the mind." There's no better example of that than a little piece of war-time propaganda that has stood the test of time for nearly a century; one that you probably believe yourself! Check out this week's episode to learn how the German Luftwaffe was brought to its knees with a single misinformation campaign.

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• https://www.history.com/news/napoleon-complex-short
• https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/a-wwii-propaganda-campaign-popularized-the-myth-that-carrots-help-you-see-in-the-dark-28812484/
• “The Bomber Will Always Get Through” | Air & Space Forces Magazine (airandspaceforces.com)
• The Original Lord Woolton Pie – Recipe No. 151 – The 1940's Experiment (the1940sexperiment.com)

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In 1988, Mehran Nasseri entered Charles de Gaulle Airport in France and he would not leave for 18 years. During his long residency outside of Terminal One, he would become a fixture and a minor celebrity. But he would also take on a new identity as living nearly two decades on a bench slowly altered his mind and reality.

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Sources:

• https://www.theguardian.com/film/2004/sep/06/features.features11
• https://h2g2.com/edited_entry/A33471100
• https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/12/europe/the-terminal-movie-paris-airport-mehran-karimi-nasseri-dies-intl-hnk/index.html
• "Sir Alfred of Charles de Gaulle Airport" Directed by Hamid Rahmanian. 2000

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In 1940, with war raging in Europe, America was in need of a hero - and publisher Martin Goodman was in need of a cash cow. There was only one superhero for the job: not a perfect soldier, but a good man. This week, Sarah covers the rise and fall of the Star-Spangled Man With a Plan.

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• https://lithub.com/the-century-of-captain-america-a-brief-history-of-a-beloved-comic/
• https://origins.osu.edu/milestones/captain-america-changing-conscience-nation?language_content_entity=en
• https://www.freecomicbookday.com/Article/250274-A-Look-Back-At-80-Years-of-Captain-America

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The incredible story of brothers reunited and an investigative journalist uncovering a monstrous study.

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Source: “Three Identical Strangers” by Tim Wardle; 2018 CNNFilms

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This week we’re celebrating our fiftieth episode with a double-header! Sarah kicks things off with the bizarre and ultimately tragic history of the Noid, Domino’s forgotten mascot. Clay wraps up with the amazing legend of the 17th Century bisexual dueling opera singer: Julie d’Aubigny.

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• https://www.foodandwine.com/comfort-food/pizza-calzones/tragic-end-dominos-noid
• https://movieweb.com/the-noid-dominos-villain-real-story/
• https://headstuff.org/culture/history/julie-la-maupin-daubigny-swashbuckling-opera-singer/
• https://www.lapl.org/collections-resources/blogs/lapl/julie-daubigny-la-maupin-and-early-french-opera
• https://theculturetrip.com/france/articles/the-story-of-julie-daubigny-the-french-opera-singing-sword-fighter/
• https://kellygardiner.com/fiction/books/goddess/the-real-life-of-julie-daubigny/

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Join as Clay shares the history of lost media, from silent movies to modern entertainment, and why important parts of our history go missing.

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• https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/myspace-lost-music-809455/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cinematic_firsts
• https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-13-209/
• https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/more-lost-doctor-who-episodes-30195820
• https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/pixar-s-billiondollar-delete-button-nearly-lost-toy-story-2-animation-7758083.html

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You’ve probably never heard his name, but no one person has affected the day-to-day lives of society more than Ziryab. This pre-Renaissance renaissance man has so many credits on his resume that you won’t believe your ears. If you’ve ever shaved, had bangs, played chess, or eaten dessert, you have him to thank. Check out this week’s episode for the incredible, incomparable life story of the most influential person in history.

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• https://muslimheritage.com/ziryab-the-musician/
• https://www.islamicspain.tv/arts-and-literature/ziryab-poet-of-cordoba/

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The election of the first US President was not as simple as it is often portrayed. Today we look into the complicated election process and the political scheming that took place during the Election of 1789.

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• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZO1O3CeW2w
• https://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/elections/election1789.html

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