THE HOROSCOPE RACKET: The Astronomers Who Took On The Casinos Of Mars | #MidnightInTheMacabre
Episode 16 min 40s

THE HOROSCOPE RACKET: The Astronomers Who Took On The Casinos Of Mars | #MidnightInTheMacabre

The skyrockets at a Mars casino town's Marsy Gras keep ruining $1,000 photographs of the night sky at the Mars Observatory, so the astronomers start offering tourists free horoscopes, and every one warns the reader he'll lose consistently at Harvey's Club.

EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/HoroscopeRacket

SOURCES and RESOURCES: “$1,000 A Plate” by Jack McKenty: https://amzn.to/3NcdSFo

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Midnight In The Macabre (MITM), originally aired: October 06, 2026

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