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Tori Selznick and Krysti Adams Season 4 Episode 9

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Krysti leads off with the tale of Clipperton Island. This island is now the home to poisonous crabs and that’s about it. This island was “owned” by many countries by the end of its saga. This island was the source of mass amounts of guano which was in high demand for fertilizer. There were fights between countries over this itty bitty island. This led to Mexico claiming the island and leaving a contingent of folks to guard it. These settlers get stuck due to things like WWI and the Mexican Revolution. This also prevented the supply ships from coming. All the things proceed to go wrong and bat shit crazy is a term for a reason. This island is now a French island. Tori takes us to Edinburgh Castle. This castle has been in use since AD 638. This castle has been a source of conflict between the English and the Scottish. The Scots did retain it and is home to the Lia Fail and the Honours of Scotland. This castle has been the home to kings, queens, sheriffs, and soldiers. The castle itself is made of limestone, we’ve talked about limestone and stone tape theory before. And guess what? This sucker is haunted with many ghosts. 

Our Sources: historydefined.net, damninteresting.com, historicmysteries.com, historic-uk.com, edinburghcastle.scot, great-castles.com, thelittlehouseofhorrors.com, mercattours.com


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