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There is so much in this episode! Charles Tex Watson and Leslie Van Houten join The Family. Dean Moorehouse returns! Manson befriends a Beach Boys and tries recording a few more times and the Family moves to Spahn Ranch. But the biggest news is that the family commits their first murders! This is a turning point for all involved and it starts the road the leads to Helter Skelter.
Join Eric and guest Emily Ferguson as they continue to discuss life in The Family.



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This episode begins a special multi-part series giving you the complete true story of The Manson Family as told by the people who lived it!

It's true that members of The Manson Family committed at least 9 known murders and attempted at least several more and this is why they became infamous. But where did it all begin? That's what we're diving into on this episode featuring guest co-host Mack and Liv from the podcast Death by Champagne.


Tonight we'll discuss the childhood of Charles Manson as well as some of his followers. We'll learn how Manson met the first member of what would become The Family and the techniques he used to gain favor with others. We'll learn a bit about his musical ambitions and get hints as to where all this is leading. 

We'll also discuss daddy/daughter role play and how NOT to name a child. All this and more in The Manson Family pt 1


Featuring the voice talents of Tristyn Sepersky, Jackie Marchetti, Mary Widow, and Quinton Kappel


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Sources for this episode include Manson by Jeff Guinn, Helter Skelter by Vincent Bugliosi and Curt Gentry and the following websites:
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Mansondirect.com

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Your host, Eric Dwinnells, is taking some time off to prepare for a special series of episodes to be published throughout August. But he'd never leave the Spookaroos high and dry! So this week we present a remixed episode with an all new intro! In the intro, Eric explains the plan for the next few weeks plus he tell us all about his film debut, starring* in Adam Sandler's upcoming Halloween movie, Hubie Halloween! Then it's time to go all the way back to episode #4....

Did you know that if you play "Stairway to Heaven" backwards, you can hear Robert Plant talking about making a deal with the devil and encouraging you to do the same? It's true!...well...not really, but certain groups wanted you to believe that for a time. They called this process backmasking (or back masking). And it wasn't just Led Zeppelin  many groups were accused of hiding satanic messages in their music using this technique. Groups accused include The Beatles, Queen, Judas Priest, AC/DC and even Weird Al Yankovic! And some of them were actually guilty! Kinda.

Join Eric and his guest cohost, Brian Toney, as they talk about the history of backmasking from how it started innocently as a studio trick pioneered by non other than John Lennon all the way up to the Satanic Panic of the 1980's. Was there any truth to the accusations? Is such a technique even possible to master? Can our subconscious be affected by hearing backward messages? Find out in this rocking episode of Spooky A S!

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We all know that the assassination of President Lincoln has figuratively haunted the collective conscious of the US since the day it happened in 1865...but some claim it's reach goes far beyond that one moment in time. Tonight we examine the Ghosts of Ford's Theater...both the figurative and literal!

Learn of the fate of Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth and the haunted life of the man who may (or may not) have shot him, Boston Corbit. And how did this remarkable event effect the man sitting next to Lincoln at that fatal moment? What madness overcame Henry Rathbone?

We'll also discuss the alleged curse that hangs over Ford's Theater and, for our grand finally, we'll discuss famous encounters with ghost of Lincoln himself!

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Tonight Eric Welcomes back Fatima Elmi as they discuss Killer Dolls! We'll take a close look at both the original Child's Play and the new reboot. We'll also touch on Annabell, The Twilight Zone and The Simpsons.
So which Child's Play is best? Is Aubrey Plaza a good movie mom? Are dolls made evil or born that way? All this plus much more killer doll history and the big reveal of the Disney ride that almost made Fatima sick with fright on tonight's Spooky A S!

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It's no secret that Eric was a HUGE wrestling fan growing up. One of his favorite wrestlers is STILL going at it today and just happens to be the spookiest of them all, The Undertaker!
Early in his WWF career, Taker was "killed" by Yokozuna, but he promised his spirit would live on and that The Undertaker would return and be "reborn". Fans waited, but for months there was no sign Taker. The Million Dollar Man, Ted Debiase, said, using his millions, he could buy The Undertaker and fans were shocked when he showed up with "the dead man". 

But The Undertaker's manager, Paul Bearer, cried foul and said Debiase's Undertaker was nothing but an UnderFAKEr!

And so the match was set: at SummerSlam 1994, The Undertaker would battle...The Undertaker?!?!

This controversial match has been the subject of debate for the past 25 years, and many fans agree it my be the worst storyline Taker was ever involved in...but are they right?

Tonight, Eric and his guest Tyler Clapp re-examine this classic tale and break kayfabe to tell you what was going on behind the scenes of Undertaker vs Underfaker!
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Tonight, 25 years after the crime took place, Eric welcomes back true-blue Spookaroo Susan Barrett to give a book report on if I DID IT: Confessions of the Killer by O.J. Simpson. 


This book was written by a ghostwriter working off interviews he'd conducted with Simpson. In it, Simpson goes on at length detailing his issues with ex-wife Nicole and then goes on to, hypothetically, explain how he WOULD have killed Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman IF he'd done it. O.J. now denies he had anything to do with this book, however recently released interviews and the details contained in the book strongly suggest otherwise.


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Long before Tales from the Crypt, The Twilight Zone or even Inner Sanctum, horror had a home on television. Tonight Eric goes old school to discuss Lights Out; television's original horror anthology series!


But Lights Out didn't start with television. In fact, TV is basically the end of the story! Long before television, Lights Out was a hugely popular radio show making it's debut in 1934. It was not the first horror-themed radio program, but it was the nastiest. This was thanks in large part to the show's creator/head writer, Wyllis Cooper who had a taste fore gore and a twisted sense of humor. When he left the show, an up and coming young writer named Arch Oboler took over and brought the show to even greater heights.


This is what Spookaroos of the 30's and 40's had as their doorway to horror. One particular episode was so memorable that it left lasting impressions on bth disgraced comedian Bill Cosby and novelist Stephen King...beware The Chicken Heart!
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This episode is primarily sourced by the wikipedia pages for Lights Out and Arch Oboler


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Have you ever written a social media post and then wondered "What if I die suddenly and that's the last post I ever write and it will live on the internet forever? Eric has! And it got him thinking....what were the last words of some of our favorite (or least favorite) celebrities, historical figures, musicians, and criminals? So tonight we're looking at some Famous Last Words...or Last Words of the Famous. Some are funny and some are sad but all will make you stop and think!

What celebrity did Walt Disney namedrop from his deathbed? What did Tupac Shakur tell the police when they asked who shot him? What was Groucho Marx's last quip? What did Elvis announce just before he "left the building" for good? What was Chris Farley's unanswered dying request? All shall be revealed on tonight's Spooky A S!

Don't forget it's not to late to chip in on the GoFundMe campaign:
www.gofundme.com/spookaroos19


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Sure, we all know the story of Little Red Riding Hood...or at least we think we do! In the Brother's Grimm version, a little girl in a red cap is swallowed whole by a devious cross dressing wolf, but she is then rescued by a noble huntsman and she lives happily ever after. But unfortunately for Red, in most versions of the tale, that's not how the story ends.
Tonight, based on a version of the story told by Professor Hannah B. Harvey in her course, The Art of Storytelling, Eric adds his own take on the fairytale and breaks down the symbols and themes found in the story. Strap in, theres a lot to unpack!


Also, Eric will talk about the show's gofundme campaign and it's possible heavenly origins as well as update you on the possibility of changing the shows name!

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