A Study of Strange explores the most riveting mysteries from the Golden Age of Piracy including why everything we know about pirates may be wrong. Topics include La Buse's hidden treasure, Anne Bonnie's fate, and the notorious pirate Henry Every's disappearance.

Goonies Never Say Die.

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A rerelease of a classic episode of A Study of Strange about the most notorious account of poltergeist activity in Canada. This infamous paranormal mystery involves Esther Cox, a young woman who began experiencing unexplainable events including objects moving, physical attacks, and fires starting on their own. These strange occurrences were reported on extensively, but they're still debated to this day.

Check out our guest, T.J. Rotell's, work! twitch.tv/channel29 linktr.ee/channel29 linktr.ee/geekyteej

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Links: https://www.amazon.com/Great-Amherst-Mystery-Supernatural-Collectors/dp/0809481081 https://www.amherst.ca/esther-fest.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Amherst_Mystery https://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/2021/10/28/the-great-amherst-mystery-1888/ http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/cox_esther_14E.html

On September 20, 1988, 19‑year‑old college student Tara Calico left her Belen, New Mexico home for a morning bike ride and never came back. This episode examines the haunting 1989 Polaroid that made this case a national obsession, witness accounts of an old pickup truck, and the recent breakthroughs in 2023. Tara Calico's case is a bizarre, true-crime mystery.

With special guest, filmmaker, Robert Cannon.

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LINKS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sbct63zPK0c

https://www.scribd.com/doc/270970248/New-Mexico-State-Police-Tara-Calico

https://charleyproject.org/case/tara-leigh-calico#:~:text=day%2C%20Doel%20found%20a%20Boston,riding%20away%20from%20her%20residence

https://people.com/crime/tara-calico-polaroid-photo-true-story/#:~:text=Calico%27s%20mom%2C%20Patty%20Doel%2C%20believed,Alive%20was%20a%20Horrifying%20Polaroid

https://www.taracalico.com/new-blog/2023/7/3/press-conference-on-update-on-tara-calicos-case

https://www.taracalico.com/press

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