Join us as we explore some of the known unknowns of Illinois. The fifth in our state by state series describing the strange, fortean, unknown, unsolved, and just plain weird things of America.

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Join us this week as we discuss the history around the most famous legendary lost gold mine in America and the characters who went looking for it.

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This week Peter is stuck in limbo while moving, so we're going to give you another special Fortean Five patreon episode!

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Check out the weird Max Headroom signal hijacking, the history of the luckiest American idiot named Timothy Dexter, the mysterious Solway Firth Spaceman picture, the Ignoble Prizes, and the creepy Smiley Face Killer theory in today's episode!


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