Buried Secrets Podcast

Satanic Rituals at the Bridge: A look at the urban legends claiming that cultish activity has occurred at Texas' famously haunted Old Alton Bridge, or Goatman's Bridge.

Content note: This episode contains discussions of white supremacist hate groups and urban legends about animal abuse.

Highlights include: • Some possible debunkings • A creepy abandoned house • Rumors of rituals in the woods • A look at one of the Buzzfeed Unsolved claims

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A deep dive into strangeness associated with the Goatman's Bridge, featuring weird stories that I found on forums and comment sections, including a devil sighting, a ghost driver, lights turning red, terrifying laughter, Bigfoot-type phenomena, and more.

Highlights include:

• A ghostly driver redirecting a car to a cemetery
• Disembodied voices
• Will-o'-the-wisps
• Glowing eyes

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North Texas has four different Goatman legends, including the Old Alton Bridge Goatman. Here's a look at those stories, as well as other urban legends about goatmen around the world.

As I continue my series on the Old Alton Bridge, or Goatman's Bridge, I take a little detour to look at different goatmen throughout history. What similarities are there between the Old Alton Bridge and others? Why are there so many Goatman stories?

Highlights include: • Satyrs • Pan • The Pope Lick Monster • Vanishing hitchhikers

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A look at one legend behind the Goatman's Bridge, the period of history that inspired it, and a suspicious recent death at the bridge.

Highlights include:

• The Texas Troubles
• Attempts to bury history
• Mass hysteria and bloodthirsty vigilantes
• Some creepypasta-style urban legends

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Update: Looks like there was a technical glitch when I initially published this episode. It should be fixed now, but let me know if not!

One of the most famous urban legends about the Goatman's Bridge (aka the Old Alton Bridge) has roots in a hidden, unpleasant part of the county's history. This episode looks at the legend of the Goatman and the history underpinning the story.

CONTENT NOTE: This episode contains discussions of racially motivated murders and white supremacist hate groups.

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In December 2021, I visited the Old Alton Bridge, or Goatman's Bridge. Here's what it's like to visit the famously haunted bridge, as well as the history of the bridge itself.

CONTENT NOTE: I talk about gun use in this episode (not about people getting shot, but about people shooting guns near the bridge because they're bored.) If you don't want to hear about that, then skip this episode. You should be fine to pick back up on the series in the next episode. (Also, worth nothing that I recorded this before some of this week's gun violence.)

Highlights include: • Lots of mud • Some bridge trivia • Some . . . interesting . . . reviews of the bridge that I found

The Old Alton Bridge, or Goatman's Bridge, is a famously haunted site in north Texas. It has been featured in Buzzfeed Unsolved and Ghost Adventures, and the urban legends about the bridge are well-known in the paranormal world. But in my research, I've discovered that everything may not be as it seems at the Old Alton Bridge . . .

Highlights include: • a Reddit troll who makes some wild claims about the bridge • what it was like growing up in north Texas • a look at trickster elements of the paranormal

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I talk about some of the strangeness and patterns that have emerged during my own randonauting trips. Plus, I tell the story of some freaky fire-related synchronicities that have happened since last week.

Highlights include: • Ominous warnings from Randonautica • Lots of owl lawn decorations! • Three fires I've encountered since recording the last episode

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I finally talk about some of the weird stuff that has happened to me at the Hell Gate since releasing my episodes about the Hell Gate in 2020. Also, nominally, this episode is part of my series on randonauting, so I of course talk about the ways that Randonautica has led me back to the Hell Gate, as well as the concepts of memetics and the despair meme.

Don't know what the despair meme is? It's a randonauting thing, and I explain it. But in general, we're not talking about internet memes here; instead, I'm looking at memes as anything that spreads information, behavior, styles, symbols, practices, and ideas. (The example that makes sense to me is: If someone is humming a tune, and another person gets that stuck in their head, the tune is a meme that was spread from one person to another.)

So at one point in the episode, I do have to ask the question: is it possible that a supernatural force or entity is transmitting a meme to me when I visit a certain part of the Hell Gate? Does that have anything to do with the widely reported despair meme that has come up among randonauts? I have no answers, but do have fun exploring the questions.

Highlights include: • An attempt at explaining memetics • A possible initiation experience • Ghost-transmitted memes?

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A look at the connection between strange synchronicities and Randonautica.

Plus, I explore some unusual synchronicities that happened to me while just talking and thinking about randonauting. Can Randonautica cause synchronicities when you aren't even actively using the app? I'm not sure, but I'm ready to speculate wildly.

Highlights include: • Stumbling across a piece of art called "Synchronicity" • Conspiracy thinking • A higher-than-average number of references to 80s music

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