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This month, I've been telling you stories about things that scare me, but I've saved this one for the last, for this Halloween week, because for me, it's by far the scariest. This is the final episode of Omitted. This is the story of me. --- Music: "Almost in F" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

CW: Murder, Suicide It was the vacation of a lifetime for the Duperrault family--a full week in the Caribbean sun. Arthur had always dreamed of taking his kids out on the water, but for one of them, that dream would become a nightmare. Music: “Least Favorite Things” – Jeremy & Holly Hall of the band Welcome Little Stranger & The Most Wonderful Wonder “Dreams Become Real” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

America's third coast was in its heyday and Robert Murray Battenfield was excited to see it. This was to be a Christmas like none other, filled with new sights and sounds, all culminating with a day in the city. But when a single spark caused chaos and confusion, Christmas break was cut short. It's a lesson learned the hard way--one we were still working on at least a hundred years later. --- Music: "Least Favorite Things" - Jeremy & Holly Hall of the band Welcome Little Stranger & The Most Wonderful Wonder "Every Mindful" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

The village of Rokusen-sawa is a ghost town today, but unlike most ghost towns, it wasn't a decline in industry or a lack of resources that led to its downfall. This place is perfectly hospitable, aside from the monster that lurks in the hills. This is the story of the anamotazu. --- Music: "Least Favorite Things" - Jeremy & Holly Hall of the band Welcome Little Stranger & The Most Wonderful Wonder "Long Note Four" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

This week, we're heading back to the South Pacific, to an island that's lost in time. There's a mix of old Melanesian Tanna with some... odd... and recently-developed religious practices. WWII airmen and the British royal family have shaped this place in some pretty strange ways, but the people are happy so I guess that's what matters? Sound effects: Zapsplat.com Music: Jeremy & Holly Hall - Welcome Little Stranger & The Most Wonderful Wonder Podcast

A few times over the course of Wrangel Island's history, individuals have been left completely alone, but this Arctic isle is the last place you'd want that. If the heat doesn't kill you, then the cold just might. It depends on your species and your will to survive.

Aloha! Pehea 'oe? E komo mai o Moloka'i! This week, we're heading to my favorite place in the world--the Hawaiian islands, to a peninsula paradise that was once hell on earth for thousands of people. This was the land where most men were afraid to go--Kalaupapa, the Given Grave. Creative commons sound effects/music courtesy of Zapsplat.com

61 miles off the coast of Southern California lies the tiny island of San Nicolas. It's a military island and we aren't supposed to be there, but this week, I'm still feeling pretty anarchist after our time on Tristan da Cunha. I want to tell you the story of Juana Maria, the Lone Woman, who called this island home. Audio for this episode courtesy of Zapsplat.com

It’s vacation time! For the first leg of our journey, we’re heading south of the equator to the remotest inhabited island on the planet. Settled by Americans and Britons, Tristan da Cunha lies 1200 miles from its nearest neighbors, smack dab in the middle of nowhere. They’re a hardy bunch of folks, who can’t be driven away by any monarch or natural disaster. They’ve built their community voluntarily, and you’d have a hard time prying them away. Audio provided royalty free by ZapSplat.com

In the final episode of the season, we're picking up where we left off last week, to finish out the story of a man whose name is certainly well-known, but whose philosophy and story have been purposely omitted. Check out the beginning of the episode for a special announcement regarding season 4! --- Music: Ukulele - Bensound.com, "Peace of Mind" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

When Malcolm Little was born on May 19, 1925, he was immediately met with instability. That instability followed him for most of his life, until he found a new faith in Allah. That new faith sparked a passion that hadn't existed before. It's a passion that carried him far--far enough that you've certainly heard his name--just not the one he was born with. Music: "Thinking Music" & "Drone in D" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Disclaimer: This episode contains talk of consensual sexual themes but may not be appropriate for young audiences. Dr Martin Luther King Jr's "I Have a Dream" speech was without a doubt the most famous of his entire career, but without the help of a man who stood two rows back that day, the speech would've never come to fruition at all. This is the story of Bayard Rustin, a man omitted from the narrative because he was who he was. Music: Music for Manatees Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Rosa Parks hadn't planned to be arrested the day she boarded her bus, and neither had Claudette Colvin. While Mrs Parks is remembered for her bravery and activism, Claudette's name has been all but forgotten--which is curious, because without Claudette, I'm not sure we'd have Rosa. Music: "Wisps of Whorls" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Five little words. Five little one-syllable words were all it took to rally Joseph McNeil’s friends and inspire a protest. In his dorm room at North Carolina A&T, with his roommate still half asleep in bed, he uttered five little words. Music: "Ever Mindful" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Last week, 291 elementary and middle schoolers from all over the world descended upon National Harbor, Maryland for one of the United States’s most time-honored and spellbinding competitions--the Scripp's National Spelling Bee. In the end Ananya Vinay walked away with the prize. She's the thirteenth straight Indian-American to win the National Spelling Bee, a fact that would've sent 1908 New Orleans into a serious rage. This is the story of Marie Chavous Bolden, champion speller, and an example of black greatness. Music: "Organic Meditations Three" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

I took to the road this week to meet a listener for the very first time. We met in a somewhat unconventional place, but it's exactly what I needed to get me out of the house. Road trips aren't my favorite concept, but in my research for this week’s episode, I learned that travel could be much, much worse. --- Music: "Almost in F" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Last week, we headed down south to Mississippi, to hear the story of Miss Endesha Ida Mae Holland and this week, we’re heading back, about two and a half hours southeast of Greenwood to the town of Meridian, where in 1964, the nation’s focus was directed, when a disappearance turned into a mystery, turned into a murder, and then a 40 year-long conspiracy. Music: "Drone in D" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ "Oh Healing River" - Dana Scott & the Crown Folk Portions of this audio courtesy of C-SPAN, NBC Film Archives and CBSN, Fair Use copyright

When Endesha Ida Mae Holland died on January 25, 2006, her passing was acknowledged with very little fanfare. It wasn't until 6 days later that many people knew her name. But if you had told an eleven year old Ida Mae that she would go on to do so much with her life that the announcement of her death would someday make into the pages of the New York Times, I think she would've wiped away her tears from her face and said “I know.” Music: "Peace of Mind" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

It's not hard to believe that states that fought for the confederacy in the civil war might be the ones most likely to hold on to those tired beliefs, but they're by no means the only ones. In this first episode of season three, we're traveling north of the Mason-Dixon Line to hear a story of a planned community that lost its way when its plans were challenged. Music: "Revival" "Bittersweet" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Let's face it, we can all be a little petty. But the family behind New York City's smallest piece of property took "petty" to a whole new level. This is the story of the Vorhes and the mark its owners left behind.  --- Music: "Covert Affair" "Thinking Music" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/