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Resources
Articles
The man who killed Santa Claus (http://mentalfloss.com/article/518126/man-who-killed-santa-claus)
The day Santa died in Mesa (https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/mesa/contributor/2015/12/24/throwback-thursday-mesa-history-santa-died/77746690/)
The shame of the newspaper editor who ‘killed’ Santa in public view (https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/mesa-history/2017/12/21/shame-mesa-newspaper-editor-john-mcphee-who-killed-santa-figure-public-view/965590001/)
Santa Claus nearly died in Arizona (https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/santa-claus-nearly-died-in-arizona-in-1932-6637268)
How hundreds of kids witnessed the ‘death’ of Santa Claus after he jumped out of a plane (https://allthatsinteresting.com/john-mcphee)
The man who killed Santa (https://tucson.com/morguetales/the-man-who-killed-santa-claus/article_713907ba-ca4e-11e7-8efc-5b9847004e22.html)
The story of the Tribune and ‘The man who killed Santa’ (http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/news/the-story-of-the-tribune-and-the-man-who-killed/article_10d9020c-c87a-11e6-b439-47013198ef36.html)
Books
Weird Arizona
(https://books.google.com.au/books?id=LYr3fSjwfMYC&pg=PA103&lpg=PA103&dq=mesa+arizona+santa+parachute&source=bl&ots=qz_A1FlIP-&sig=ACfU3U3H1qN1O6GvTVyPw5QdkAiNpNIHqg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjar4iIkb7lAhUX8HMBHTttDbYQ6AEwCXoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=mesa%20arizona%20santa%20parachute&f=false)
Created & Produced by Sonya Lowe
Narrated by Noel Vinson
Music: “Nordic Medieval” by Marcus Bressler
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This True Crime Podcast was researched using open-source or archive materials.