S1 Ep39: Magic Man

Michigan Monsters

Jenn Carpenter

True Crime, History

4.9 • 656 Ratings

🗓️ 1 October 2019

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Marshall, Michigan is a strange little town with a dark past. In this episode, we discuss some of the weirdness Marshall has to offer- including the magic museum with a tragic connection to Harry Houdini, and a vintage mail-bombing murder.

Cases: Harry Houdini, Nola Puyear

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0:00.0	Welcome to So Dead, a podcast so disturbing, it's almost magical.
0:20.5	I'm Jen Carpenter.
0:21.4	And I'm Deany Fairman.
0:22.5	Happy True Crime Tuesday.
0:23.8	And happy Taco Tuesday, Deadheads.
0:26.1	Today's episode is going to be pure magic.
0:30.2	We're going to talk about the wonderfully weird town of Marshall, Michigan.
0:35.1	Starting with the thing that got us off our butts and into the car on a recent rainy Sunday, the American Museum of Magic, which is just one of the really cool things you'll find in Marshall.
0:47.3	The American Museum of Magic is the largest publicly accessible museum and archive of its kind.
0:59.5	No, the wizarding world of Harry Potter at Universal does not count as a magic museum.
1:01.3	Yes, it does.
1:03.8	It is awesome, but it's not a museum.
1:13.2	The museum was opened in April 1978 by magic historian and enthusiast Robert Lund on Michigan Avenue in downtown Marshall,
1:19.3	where it still stands today. The museum is open to the public, has weekly magic shows every Saturday, hosts a magic camp for kids every summer, and rents the space to the public, which
1:25.8	my wheels are already turning.
1:27.9	Like, I've got to do something there.
1:29.2	What can we do there?
1:30.5	I don't know what.
1:31.4	I'll come up with something.
1:32.9	Maybe I'll, like, renew my wedding vows there.
1:34.9	I don't know.
1:35.5	Something.
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