204 - Joe vs the Sea Monsters

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204 - Joe vs the Sea Monsters

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Dec 19, 2019

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We're joined by veteran monster investigator Joe Nickell (of CSI) to discuss three historic sea monster cases he thinks he's solved. Classic monsters and science in this one. Case Files discussed in this episode: Gloucester Sea Serpent Arkansas White River Monster Kraken: Monster of the Deep Also mentioned: Karen has some new short stories on Amazon!

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Dec 19, 2019

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204 - Joe vs the Sea Monsters

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