H.H. Holmes and the Mysteries of Murder Castle, Part 1

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SYMHC Classics: Giordano Bruno

This 2022 episode covers Giordano Bruno, a mathematician, philosopher, astronomer, occultist, and according to the Catholic church of 16th-century Italy, a heretic. He met a bad end because of his views, but he started out as a friar.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy inform ...  Show more

Behind the Scenes Minis: Martian Skulls

Tracy ponders how Sara Weiss knew some of the things she knew and whether her husband characterized her as less informed than she was. Holly talks about a possible relative of Theophilus Brome.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

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