The Monkey's Paw

The account of a “cursed” mummy being on the Titanic is popular but FALSE. This ghost story was concocted by two Englishmen (William Stead and Douglas Murray) at the turn of the century. Stead and Murray told their fanciful tale about a mummy whose remains wreaked havoc wherever it went to eager newspaper reporters who — then as now — weren't about to let the truth get in the way of a sensationally good story. To learn more about David Holt visit

Our assistant producer, Deidrene Crisanto, in the spirit of this episode and the spirit of Halloween, walked through The Museum of Haunted Objects with its curators, Greene Rollins and Anca Tutescu. The Museum of Haunted and Mysterious Objects is located above Cat’s Cradles Antiques in Provo, Utah and runs every weekend through the month of October until November 5th. To learn more about it, check out Cat’s Cradles Antiques Provo on Facebook.

In this episode, we've been poking our noses into mysterious places and things. In this story, from Kim Weitkamp, the mysterious Mr. Ramsey remains an intriguing character even after death. To learn more about Kim Weitkamp visit www.kimweitkamp.com .