S2 Ep22: The Mechanic and Mr. Machine
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The episode explores strange family stories and unexplained events in a Victorian house in North Carolina.
In tonight's dead letter, listener Dean takes us to his grandmother's old Victorian house in a region of Scott’s home state of North Carolina known as the Sandhills. His family has traded strange stories about the family home for generations, from slamming doors in an empty house to a lady in white under the apple tree. He spent years as the family skeptic, right up until he started helping his aunt sort through the massive Americana collection left behind by her late husband we’ll simply call ‘D’, a mechanic with a passion for old gas pumps, slot cars, and vintage toys. A series of events that were too strange to chalk up to coincidence finally convinced Dean that something unexplained was going on, and frankly…we agree. Reference Links Mr. Machine from Ideal (1960) — Toy Tales Mr. Machine — Wikipedia Horikawa Robots and the Space Explorer "TV Robot" — Fab Tin Toys House in the Horseshoe — NC Historic Sites The Coastal Plain and Sandhills — NCpedia "Haint Blue" — Historic New England Black Shuck — Wikipedia The Beast of Bladenboro — North Carolina Ghosts What a Hospice Physician Can Tell Us About End-of-Life Visions — Discover Magazine Ep 209: The Phantom Horse of Greensboro —…
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