One of these days we'll get back to telling ghost stories, but real quick, can we tell you this absolutely bonkers true story of a weird virgin who summoned the devil?

This is the story of John Dee. Come for the devil's hoofprint, stay for a professional ghost, a good male midlife crisis, this horoscope can't be right, cyclops cowboy, 12,000,000 degrees Celsius, book smart not street smart, and the devil changing a lightbulb.

Thanks to listener Caroline Jones for the research!

Sources:

• John Dee: Why The Elizabethan Spy Was The Original 007 | HistoryExtra
• The Magical Relics of John Dee at The British Museum – Curious Archive
• Catherine Cavendish: Dr. John Dee - Charismatic Eerie Genius of the Elizabethan Age
• John Dee: Scholar, Astrologer, and Occult Practitioner that Captivated the Royal Court of 16th Century England | Ancient Origins
• John Dee - Wikipedia
• https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-13982175

Some people say the Easter story is the greatest story ever told. But they're wrong. Strap in for the REAL DEAL.

This is the story of James Andrews and the Kennesaw House. Come for the ghosts, stay for naked Wednesday, please we have to find the monkeys, zero-plus, a whole-a$$ train, microwaved cheeseburgers for the whites, a boxcar with a pride flag, and purple monkey dishwasher.

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Sources:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Locomotive_Chase
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_J._Andrews
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kennesaw_House
• https://www.ghostsandgravestones.com/savannah/haunted-places-in-georgia

Once upon an evening dreary, while we podded pleased but weary, over a single ne'er-forgotten piece of American lore, while I nodded, nearly boisterous at my co-host's use of "moisturous" suddenly there came a WHaM! For next came a fun fact.

This is the story of Edgar Allan Poe. Come for the ghost, stay for dripping strength, rejected mortally speaking, I have spun such a tale, an auspicious day for both of us, bubble gum flavor, the Simon Cowell of the 19th century, this one is Simpsons good, and stunt double ghosts.

Sources:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Allan_Poe
• https://poemuseum.org/poe-as-americas-unabashed-critic/
• https://www.eapoe.org/works/info/chltales.htm
• https://usghostadventures.com/haunted-stories/the-ghost-of-edgar-allan-poe/
• https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/the-horse-you-came-in-on-saloon-named-most-haunted-restaurant-in-maryland/