“SECRETS OF SEANCE CHARLATANS” And More Disturbing But True Stories! #WeirdDarkness

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IN THIS EPISODE Victorian era s ances where mediums claimed to bridge the living and the dead with mysterious rituals and eerie phenomena But they had some elaborate tricks and illusions up their sleeves all with the intention of misleading millions with the promise of communicating beyond the grave and lining their own pockets of course Secrets of the Seance Charlatans Underneath the Nevada desert a 13-year-old Marc Brooks was exploring and encountered the unknown A secret chamber a mysterious artifact and a chilling humanoid creature defies explanation What lies underground in the desert Reptile Men And Underground Bases From charitable beginnings to centuries of cruelty Bedlam England s first mental hospital has a shocking history It s dark past of inhumane treatments and public spectacles are such well-known atrocities that we ve eventually come to use the word bedlam to describe uproar and confusion We ll take a look at the chilling stories of the hospital that started it all Nightmare at Bedlam The 1976 Chowchilla school bus kidnapping saw 26 California children abducted buried alive and held for ransom then they miraculously escaped The Chowchilla Kidnapping Spells magic and curses have captivated the human imagination from the beginning of time From ancient Egyptian tombs to modern-day superstitions beliefs in the supernatural have shaped history influenced cultures and continue to fascinate us today Why does magical misfortune still hold such an interest for us Magic Curses and Supernatural Spells A man almost crashed an entire country s economy by tricking a bank into printing real money for him It was one of the most audacious schemes in financial history flooding Portugal with millions in genuine but unauthorized banknotes It was great while it lasted but the crash was brutal The Man Who Almost Broke a Country Urraca Mesa is a mysterious table mountain in New Mexico where compasses spin wildly and ghostly blue lights dance in the night It s full of stories of vanished ancient tribes and terrifying supernatural encounters with evil spirits It s a hotspot for unexplained phenomena and those who seek it We ll learn some of the eerie secrets of the Urraca Mesa The Urraca Mesa Portal AND MORE YOUTUBE CHAPTERS amp TIME STAMPS 00 00 00 000 Title Story Preview00 03 40 127 Show Open00 07 04 743 Secrets of the Seance Charlatans00 17 39 716 Nightmare At Bedlam00 26 11 195 Reptile Men and Underground Bases00 33 15 502 The Chowchilla Kidnapping00 37 14 825 Magic Curses and Supernatural Spells00 46 52 636 The Man Who Almost Broke a Country s Economy00 53 59 982 The Urraca Mesa Portal01 00 41 319 Bizarre Name Changes01 08 17 156 Show CloseSOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM THE EPISODE Reptile Men And Underground Bases source Marc Lowth at UFOInsight com https weirddarkness tiny us 64vrrh66The Chowchilla Kidnapping source Jessica O Connor at AllThatsInteresting com https weirddarkness tiny us cxefxjksThe Man Who Almost Broke a Country s Economy source Kaushik Patowary at AmusingPlanet com https weirddarkness tiny us 2p94ykzwMagic Curses and Supernatural Spells source Liz Leafloor at Ancient-Origins com https weirddarkness tiny us 3yk42ksbThe Urraca Mesa Portal source Zoe Mitchell at Anomalien com https weirddarkness tiny us 4x2t99mcSecrets of the Seance Charlatans source Liv Pasquarelli at Ranker com s Graveyard Shift https weirddarkness tiny us 2p9x54v9Nightmare at Bedlam source Bipin Dimri at HistoricMysteries com https weirddarkness tiny us 2p93tt8cBizarre Name Changes source Jeffrey Morris at ListVerse com https weirddarkness tiny us 29xt7j5uWeird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library Over time links seen above may become invalid disappear or have different content I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use whenever possible If I somehow overlooked doing so for a story or if a credit is incorrect please let me know and I will rectify it in these show notes immediately Some links included above may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases I have come into the world as a light so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness John 12 46 WeirdDarkness is a registered trademark Copyright 2024 Weird Darkness Originally aired June 25 2024CUSTOM LANDING PAGE https weirddarkness com secrets-of-seance-charlatansClick here to visit this podcast episode