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Oct 2021
38m 16s

This Man Grows Pumpkins That Weigh a TON...

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On this episode of Our American Stories, Joe Jutras shares how he broke the record in 2017 for the largest giant green squash ever grown coming in at 2118lbs; Halloween historian Lisa Morton is going to be unpacking the history of Haunted Attractions (AKA: Halloween Haunted House) which is directly tied into today’s practice of Trick-or-Treating; Chris Siriano tells the curious story about Benjamin Purnell, whom was sealed in a glass coffin in the House of David and how his coffin was robbed.

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Time Codes:

00:00 - This Man Grows Pumpkins That Weigh a TON

23:00 - Halloween - Haunted Attractions

35:00 - The Man In The Glass Coffin

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