Beth tells the tale of Marthe Brossier, a young Frenchwoman possessed by demons, who brought them with her on a travelling roadshow in the 1590s.  Wes shares the origin story of the Boogeyman: where the legends come from, how they differ, and how to avoid running into him.

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Sources:

https://www.spookyisles.com/bogeyman/

https://www.babbel.com/en/magazine/halloween-2014

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bogeyman

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sack_Man

https://strangenewengland.com/2015/07/18/7-oclock-man-bogeyman-maine/

https://deepsouthmag.com/2014/10/17/bloody-bones-a-history-of-southern-scares/

https://www.roanoke-chowannewsherald.com/2018/11/12/creepy-creatures-lurking-out-of-sight/

https://bestlifeonline.com/weird-amazing-facts/

https://www.ancient-origins.net/unexplained-phenomena/exorcism-marthe-brossier-0010566

https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/martha-brossier-exorcism-hoax

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Brossier

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