The Past and The Curious Halloween Special: Twain's Ouija Novel (w Nate DuFort from Unspookable)

Unspookable

Nate DuFort

Stories For Kids, Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 15 October 2025

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

When a podcast asks Unspookable to collaborate, especially if it is one of our all time favorite podcasts with one of the coolest hosts in the business, we will jump at the opportunity. We are thrilled to present this special Halloween Edition of The Past and The Curious featuring Unspookable creator Nate DuFort. Give it a listen and if you want more cool, quirky, and surprising stories from history (with the best musical accompaniment), go subscribe to The Past and The Curious wherever you listen to podcasts. Did a no-longer-living Mark Twain send a novel from the great beyond with a Ouija Board? Find out about the real story with help from our pal Nate DuFort of the podcast, Unspookable. Looking for merch from Unspookable and your favorite Soundsington Media shows? Head on over to our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Dashery store ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠for t-shirts, hoodies, mugs, stickers, hats and more. ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://soundsington-media.dashery.com Advertise on Unspookable: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠advertising@airwavemedia.com

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0:00.0	Parenting is hard. We're out here trying to childproof everything. Corners at tables, electrical sockets, pet water bowls, our own emotional overwhelm. It's easy to get overwhelmed by tiny humans. You're somehow responsible for not messing up. It's nice to know you're not alone, though. We've been there. I'm Tori Phantom. And I'm Gwen to Lankland and we host Childproof.
0:21.4	We cover the good, the great, the hard, the feels impossible on Childproof, an Airwave Media
0:27.8	podcast, available everywhere you find your favorite podcasts. You're listening to an Airwave Media
0:35.5	podcast.
0:48.3	Oh my gosh, as you can tell.
0:52.3	This is a very special episode of the past in the curious.
0:55.9	In fact, we have our friends from unspookable,
1:00.2	which means this is actually the past and the unspookable,
1:04.1	or the unspookable and the curious.
1:08.8	How about the past and the unspookable and the curious?
1:11.4	Uh, yes, thank you, Nate. Well, that was Nate DeFort from unspookable and the curious. Ah, yes. Thank you, Nate.
1:14.5	Well, that was Nate DeFort from Unspookable.
1:16.9	A friend of mine, I'm Mick Sullivan.
1:19.9	And welcome to this very special episode.
1:26.0	It's a Halloween-ish episode that involves some messages from the Great beyond. Mark Twain,
1:29.3	a novel, Ouija board.
1:33.3	It's an enduring mystery. It's a really fun story. It's not spooky.
1:35.4	Glad you're here. I hope you enjoy
1:37.2	the show. Thanks to my friend Nate DeFort.
1:39.8	You'll hear his voice throughout the
1:41.5	episode.
1:44.5	Let's go.
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