Penny Dreadfuls were cheap, serialized literature that would often publish sensationalized stories often focusing on crime, murder, and supernatural entities. These stories fueled the youth culture of the time and helped entertain the working class.

Join Chris as he reads from another Jack Kutz's book "Mysteries and Miracles of Texas" all about the spook lights of Marfa, one of the most prominent unexplained aerial phenomenons in the United States.

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