I'm Candace DeLong, host of the podcast Killer Psychie.

And in our newest season, we dissect the thoughts and behaviors of the most violent figures in history.

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The world is full of stories. Stories of mysteries, of curiosities, of oddities.

Join Pat and Jethro Gilligan Toth for a strange, the bizarre, the unexpected,

as they lift the lid and cautiously peer inside the box of oddities. We are quickly approaching our

500th episode, which is remarkable. It is. And throughout the years we have dealt with many,

many topics and several different holiday-related themes. Yeah, I was so concerned that you were going to

be talking about our 500th episode and I was like, dude, I can only focus on the holidays right now.

Don't do this to me. What do you do? Okay, so, all right. Yes, holidays. We've talked about some

weird stuff. And we thought we'd, would we live a few of those moments? Now, I touched on this

lightly in a recent episode, but did a deeper dive on this topic two, three years ago.

And that is Santa Claus' skeleton. What a wonderful time of year to bring this gem back.

It is, of course, days away from Christmas. And I have an appropriate story.

You have a holiday-themed story? Yes. I'm very excited about this.

It has to do with the skeletal remains of Santa Claus. Okay. I'm not sure where you're going,

but this is okay. Okay. All right. Well, let me clarify. Santa Claus, of course, is based on

St. Nicholas, a real person. Sure. St. Nicholas was a bishop who lived and died in what is now Turkey

in the first half of the fourth century. He was born very wealthy. He was a very generous man,

and he enjoyed giving people gifts. Sure. That makes a lot of sense. There's a few stories about that.

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