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IN THIS EPISODE: The Hotel Del Coronado in San Diego is one of the most beautiful hotels in the world – and some say the most haunted. (A Thanksgiving Ghost Story) *** On November 19, 1924, Hollywood movie producer Thomas Ince died after celebrating his 42nd birthday aboard a yacht belonging to infamous newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst, but to this day, the exact circumstances of his death remain a mystery. Could this be why his ghost still wanders the movie studio that he founded? *** On the night of November 20, 1901, a young North Carolina woman named Nell Cropsey vanished from her family’s home in Elizabeth City. After a frantic search that lasted more than a month, Nell’s body was discovered floating in a nearby river. She had been brutally murdered – but by who? *** On November 23, 1910, American-born homeopathic physician and salesman Hawley Harvey Crippen (usually known simply as Dr. Crippen in crime annals) was hanged at Pentonville Prison in London for the murder of his wife, Cora. But was he really a murderer? *** While the holidays are usually a time of cheer and happiness, the people of Chicago learned of a Christmas-related tragedy on November 22, 1912 when the famed "Christmas Tree Ship" went down in a storm on Lake Michigan. The tragedy changed the face of the holidays for the people of Chicago in a very unexpected way. ***Plus the original short horror story “Black Friday” by horror master, Jason R. Davis!

CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Disclaimer and Show Open
00:03:09.646 = A Thanksgiving Ghost Story
00:09:19.245 = The Mysterious Death of Thomas Ince and the Haunting of Culver Studios
00:26:04.174 = The Lingering Ghost of Nell Cropsey
00:34:37.777 = The Strange Case of Dr. Crippen
00:47:57.950 = The Christmas Tree Ship Tragedy
00:56:34.563 = “Black Friday” by Jason R. Davis (short fictional holiday horror story)
01:28:27.301 = Show Close

SOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM THE EPISODE…
“A Thanksgiving Ghost Story” by Troy Taylor: https://tinyurl.com/y33xyhck
“The Mysterious Death of Thomas Ince and the Haunting of Culver Studios” by Troy Taylor: https://tinyurl.com/y4jqooov
“The Lingering Ghost of Nell Cropsey” by Troy Taylor: https://tinyurl.com/y3cj4nsv
“The Strange Case of Dr. Crippen” by Troy Taylor: https://tinyurl.com/y4cl7jeb
“The Christmas Tree Ship Tragedy” by Troy Taylor: https://tinyurl.com/y6qo24su
“Black Friday” written by Jason R. Davis: https://www.facebook.com/HAjasondavis
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Originally aired: November, 2021

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