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Lore 281: The Silver Scream

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Aaron Mahnke

True Crime, Ghost, Folklore, Legends, Supernatural, Paranormal, Lore, Monsters, Myth, History, Spooky

4.6 β€’ 46.2K Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 2 June 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

We look to the theater for entertainment, distraction, and inspiration. But like so many other areas of popular culture, that glitz and glamour hides a darker past.

Narrated and produced by Aaron Mahnke, with writing by GennaRose Nethercott, research by Cassandra de Alba, and music by Chad Lawson.

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Indeed.com slash show. Terms and conditions apply. In 1975, Gregory Peck's son was found dead by apparent suicide.

1:25.4

It was only a month before the famed actor was due to begin shooting

1:28.6

a new film, and although racked by grief, the show must go on, so he boarded a plane

1:34.3

and headed for the set, which is when his plane was struck by lightning. Miraculously, Peck landed

1:41.3

unharmed, but shortly after, the film's producer Mace Newfield's plane

1:45.7

was also struck by lightning on the way to the set. Newfield two survived, only to nearly

1:51.9

perish a second time when the hotel where he was staying was bombed by the IRA. Next, the

1:58.5

film's crew hired a small plane for some aerial shots, but much to their chagrin,

2:03.3

it was given to another group at the last minute. It turns out that was the luckiest thing

2:07.7

that could have ever happened to them, because that plane crashed, killing everyone on board.

2:13.5

It sounds like a sequence out of final destination, and it doesn't end there.

2:18.7

Next came the animal handler brought on for a day to help calm some particularly unruly baboons

2:24.5

featured in a zoo scene.

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