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May 2024
23m 59s

Gabbing Goblins with Colin Dickey

SiriusXM and Atlas Obscura
About this episode
Author Colin Dickey tells us the story of a Kentucky family who, in 1955, claimed to be in a wild gunfight with unidentified creatures who may or may not have been aliens. And we learn how this event had a mysterious, surprising, and shockingly long legacy that eventually inspired one of Hollywood's greatest movie makers to create multiple films about aliens ... Show More
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