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The Formula

Criminal by Vox Media Podcast Network

Mar 27, 202633:53Society & Culture

On Christmas Eve in 1926, a man came running into Bellevue Hospital in New York screaming that Santa Claus had been chasing him for blocks with a baseball bat. Not long after that, he died. And then another person arrive...

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The Formula is an episode from Criminal by Vox Media Podcast Network. On Christmas Eve in 1926, a man came running into Bellevue Hospital in New York screaming that Santa Claus had been chasing him for blocks with a baseball bat. Not long a...

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Published Mar 27, 2026, 33:53 long, audio available.

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