The fate of our four "hostages" are decided in the ending to our story! Jestina ends her two part story now. Thank you again for a year of listening and stories! We couldn't do this without you!

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https://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2011/06/15/137188796/mysterious-crop-circles-alien-messages-or-hoax

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

https://aliens.fandom.com/wiki/Alien_(Signs)

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What happens when a Tiktok game leads to a startling discovery in a cornfield? Check out part one of our anniversary episode! Thank you so much for a full year of podcasts! Can't wait for more! But we still have a new story from Jestina to get through!

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https://thanksgivingpoint.org/the-history-of-scarecrows/#:~:text=The%20Egyptians%20were%20the%20first,fields%20along%20the%20Nile%20River.

https://www.agecrofthall.org/single-post/history-of-scarecrows#:~:text=In%20Europe%2C%20scarecrows%20have%20long,might%20be%20strange%20things%20hiding.

https://monster.fandom.com/wiki/Scarecrow

https://www.learnreligions.com/scarecrows-guardians-of-the-harvest-2562307

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A dare leads to a ride into the darkness where a town legend lurks in din! A new story featuring a small town legend embraced by all. You might get a scare or a malt milkshake!

Originally Aired: 6/25/23

https://www.hugginmollys.com/legend

https://www.al.com/entertainment/2017/02/the_witch_legend_behind_huggin.html

https://moonmausoleum.com/huggin-molly/

https://drivinvibin.com/2022/11/07/huggin-molly-abbeville-alabama/

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An innocuous decision could be met with a grizzly consequence. Could inaction be your friend? You'll find out this week as we check out a Japanese urban legend that preys on you at your most vulnerable!

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Originally Aired: 6/9/23

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

https://yokai.com/akamanto/

https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Aka_Manto

https://www.tbsnews.net/splash/legend-aka-manto-39937

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Catholic Guilt Can Give Way To Real Fears Lurking In The Shadows! What happens when you combine a children's storybook, the Iberian Peninsula and a powerful need to fill the hole left by a profound loss? It gives birth to a terror that has seen many faces over a thousand years!

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Originally Aired: 5/26/23

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=cucuy

https://www.scarystudies.com/el-cucuy/

https://mexicounexplained.com/el-cucuy-mexican-bogeyman/

https://books.google.com/books?id=v72wKX9I6lgC&pg=PA57#v=onepage&q&f=false

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We know you shouldn't be in the woods alone, but here's one more reason! Learn what happens when you combine The Last Of Us, an irrational dislike of Ari Aster, tiktok and geometry!

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Originally Aired: 5/12/23

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

https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/blog/2019/08/what-is-a-fairy-ring/#:~:text=There%20is%20also%20the%20belief,or%20become%20trapped%20there%20forever.

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What do you get when you put together an odd virus, a pair of drunk brothers, and Dave Coulier? Believe it or not, a piece of Americana! This episode's subject might have started by accident in the early 1900s, but it has roots going back centuries, and even a smidgen of reality sprinkled into the lore!

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Originally Aired: 4/28/23

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

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

https://www.wired.com/2014/05/fantastically-wrong-jackalope/

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I Thought Leprechauns Wore Green? A story from Jestina about a familiar trope that you THOUGHT you knew and probably didn't!

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Originally Aired: 3/17/23

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

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What happens when only you can see the threat around you. And worse, knowing that threat sees you and is hunting you. A brand new story from Paul starts now!

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Originally Aired: 3/31/23

https://mandela-catalogue.fandom.com/wiki/Alternates

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_of_the_Body_Snatchers_(1978_film)

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

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I’ll Take My Chances with Allergies! What lurks in the dark when modern medicine is supposed to help instead of hinder? A brand new story from Jestina, talking about things that go bump in the night!

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Originally Aired: 4/14/23

https://monster.fandom.com/wiki/Hat_Man

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/hat-man-benadryl-tiktok-monster-1234620397/

https://the-line-up.com/the-hat-man

https://original.newsbreak.com/@melissa-mc-1604871/2920214148521-mysterious-hat-man-blamed-for-spike-in-deaths-across-the-globe

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

https://www.wattpad.com/281926921-creepypasta-origins-the-hat-man

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