This week, we’re talking about one painting that refuses to burn and one family that decided reality was optional. From The Crying Boy curse that terrified Britain to the Tromp family’s “we’re going off-grid, kids” road trip, we’re unpacking the chaos, the confusion, and the downright weird energy connecting these two infamous tales. Seatbelts on — emotionally and otherwise.

• The Sun (1985) — original tabloid coverage that triggered the panic
  

• Punt PI, BBC Radio 4, Series 3 (2010) — “The Crying Boy” episode
  

• Massimo Polidoro, “Curse That Painting!”, Skeptical Inquirer (Nov/Dec 2012) https://skepticalinquirer.org/2012/11/curse-that-painting/
  

• Atlas Obscura, “A Painting of a Crying Boy Was Blamed for a Series of Fires in the ’80s.” https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/crying-boy-painting-fires
  

• Wikipedia — The Crying Boy overview https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crying_Boy
  

• ABC News: “Mark Tromp apologises for hurt, concern caused by bizarre family road trip”. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-09-06/mark-tromp-apologises-for-puzzling-family-road-trip/7818562 ABC
  

• SBS News: “Tromp father apologises over road trip”. https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/tromp-father-apologises-over-road-trip/2gwj4tafd SBS Australia
  

• SBS News: “Tromp family road trip still a mystery”. [https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/tromp-family-road-trip-still-a-mystery/cu9o25rc7 SBS Australia
  

• The New Daily: “Ella Tromp charged with car theft as family’s ‘road trip’ saga mystery deepens”. https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/national/2016/09/05/ella-tromp-stolen-car The New Daily
  

• The New Daily: “Tromp daughter found hiding in the back of a ute”. https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/national/2016/09/02/tromp-holiday The New Daily
  

Pedestrian.TV: “Mark Tromp gives first statement after vanishing on bizarro family trip”. https://www.pedestrian.tv/news/mark-tromp-gives-first-statement-after-vanishing-on-bizarro-family-trip/ Pedestrian.tv

We’re diving into the witchy OGs: the Witch of Endor (who once summoned a dead king like it was her side hustle) and Mother Shipton, the Yorkshire prophetess who had thoughts about the future. Miracles? Curses? Early influencer energy? Grab your brooms — we’re judging everyone.

• Bible Odyssey – The Woman at Endor
  

• 1 Samuel 28 – Bible Gateway
  

• University of Hertfordshire – The Witch of Endor in History and Folklore
  

• Jewish Encyclopedia – Endor, The Witch of
  

• GotQuestions – Who Was the Witch of Endor?
  

• Marg Mowczko – The Witch of Endor and King Saul
  

• Wikipedia – Witch of Endor
  

• My Jewish Learning – The Witch of Endor
  

• Tandfonline – The Witch of Endor in Folklore Studie

• Mother Shipton — Wikipedia. Wikipedia
  

• Mother Shipton’s Cave — Wikipedia (petrifying well history & tourist site). Wikipedia
  

• “Mother Shipton and Her Prophesies” — Historic UK (local legend & summary). Historic UK
  

• The Prophesie of Mother Shipton in the raigne of King Henry the Eighth (Early printed edition, 1641 — EEBO entry, University of Michigan). Quod Lib.
  

• The Park / Official Mother Shipton’s Cave site (history of the Petrifying Well & tourism). Mother Shipton's Cave
  

• Atlas Obscura — Mother Shipton’s Cave and the Petrifying Well.
  

• “Divining the Witch of York: Propaganda and Prophecy” / Public Domain Review (essay on myth formation and later interpolations). Wikipedia+1
  

• Sacred-Texts / “Mother Shipton Investigated” — collected prophecies and later attributions. Internet Sacred Text Archive
  

Various archival & reprint references to early editions and Victorian additions (Google Books / AbeBooks listings for collected early editions). Google Books+1

It’s one thing when your neighbors suck — it’s another when they’re invisible, angry, and possibly from hell. This week, we’re talking the Smurl haunting and those nightmare-fuel Black-Eyed Children who don’t understand the concept of the word “no.” Buckle up, witches — this one’s pure chaos, so grab your champagne and lets dive in!

Champagne Pairing: Luc Belaire Luxe

A little dramatic, a little supernatural. Glossy black bottle, gold lettering — perfect for an episode that goes from haunted houses to black-eyed horrors.

• Wikipedia — Smurl Haunting
  

• All That’s Interesting — The Smurl Haunting: One Family’s Nightmare
  

• Times Leader — “Demon in Home Grabs Our Attention”
  

• Brian Fanelli — “Revisiting the Smurl Story and The Haunted (1991)”
  

• People — Where Is the Smurl Family Now?
  

• IMDb — The Haunted (1991)
  

Pocono Record — Jack Smurl Obituary & Retrospective

• Brian Bethel, Abilene Reporter-News: “Brian Bethel recounts his possible paranormal encounter with ‘BEKs’.” https://goo.gl/BNe9Y9
  

• Wikipedia — Black-eyed children: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-eyed_children
  

• Snopes — Fact Check: Black-eyed children: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/black-eyed-children/
  

• Atlas Obscura — Death as a Child: The Modern Legend of the Black-Eyed Children: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/black-eyed-children-urban-legend
  

• The Guardian — Black-eyed ghosts and giant mutant rats: the scare stories…: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/dec/30/black-eyed-ghosts-killer-cats-terrifying-nearly-brought-britain-to-knees
  

• ITV News — Return of The Black-Eyed Child ghost in Staffordshire: https://www.itv.com/news/central/update/2014-09-30/return-of-the-black-eyed-child-ghost-in-staffordshire/
  

• Reddit (community encounters): https://www.reddit.com/r/ParanormalEncounters/comments/1edemv5/are_black_eyed_children_real/ https://www.reddit.com/r/mrballen/comments/1ie5c9b/brian_bethel_and_the_blackeyed_kids/
  

One came as a whisper from the afterlife. The other, a blip from the stars. Both changed the way we think about who — or what — might be trying to reach us. This episode unpacks two strange moments in history that made humanity stop and listen.

Champagne Pairing: Luc Belaire Luxe

• Wikipedia — Greenbrier Ghost (concise overview with trial and autopsy details). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenbrier_Ghost. Wikipedia
  

• Greenbrier County / local history writeup — “The Greenbrier Ghost, Zona Heaster Shue” (local perspective and marker info). https://greenbrierwv.com/editorials/the-greenbrier-ghost. Greenbrier WV
  

• GothicHorrorStories — “The death, resurrection and retribution of Zona Heaster Shue: The Greenbrier Ghost.” (narrative retelling with period flavor). https://www.gothichorrorstories.com/gothic-travel/the-death-resurrection-and-retribution-of-zona-heaster-shue-the-greenbrier-ghost/. gothichorrorstories.com
  

• Dannye Chase blog — clear chronology and summary. https://dannyechase.com/blog/greenbrier/. Dannye Chase
  

AppalachianHistory — local storytelling version and context. https://www.appalachianhistory.net/2018/01/greenbrier-ghost.html

1. Big Ear Radio Observatory — official Wow! page: https://www.bigear.org/wow.htm Big Ear
   

2. Wikipedia — Wow! signal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wow%21_signal Wikipedia
   

3. Antonio Paris (2017) — Hydrogen Line Observations of Cometary Spectra at 1420 MHz (arXiv): https://arxiv.org/abs/1706.03259 arXiv
   

4. Scientific American — “The Wow! Signal Might Not Have Been Aliens — But a Weird Cosmic Outburst”: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-wow-signal-seti-mystery-might-at-last-be-solved/ Scientific American
   

5. Phys.org — “The 'Wow!' signal gets an update: It was even stronger than we thought”: https://phys.org/news/2025-08-wow-stronger-thought.html Phys.org
   

Astrobio / coverage of archival Arecibo/Big Ear re-analysis (Aug 2025): https://astrobiology.com/2025/08/arecibo-wow-ii-revised-properties-of-the-wow-signal-from-archival-ohio-seti-data.html Astrobiology

In this episode we explore two of America’s most haunting vanishings separated by centuries but tied by the same unsettling question: what really happened?

First, we journey to the late 16th century and the vanishing of the Lost Colony of Roanoke—117 English settlers who disappeared from Roanoke Island, leaving only the cryptic word “CROATOAN” as a clue. What theories persist to this day, and what new discoveries might be rewriting the story?

Then, we leap forward to February 1978 in Northern California, where five men from Yuba County set out on a routine drive home and vanished into the wilderness. Over time their car, bodies, and one permanently missing man turned into one of the most bizarre and confounding true crime mysteries in U.S. history.

Join us as we compare these two enigmas of disappearance: their facts, the theories, the lingering questions, and what draws us to stories where people simply vanish from our grasp.

Champagne Pairing for this episode is: Ruinart Blanc de Blancs

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1. Britannica — The Lost Colony of Roanoke https://www.britannica.com/story/the-lost-colony-of-roanoke
   

2. National Park Service — Fort Raleigh National Historic Site: https://www.nps.gov/fora/
   

3. NPS — Major Theories of the Lost Colony: https://www.nps.gov/fora/learn/historyculture/major-theories-of-the-lost-colony.htm
   

4. History.com — Archaeologists Find New Clues to “Lost Colony” Mystery: https://www.history.com/articles/archaeologists-find-new-clues-to-lost-colony-mystery
   

5. First Colony Foundation — Hidden Images Revealed on Elizabethan Map of America: https://www.firstcolonyfoundation.org/news/hidden-images-revealed-elizabethan-map-america/
   

6. Encyclopedia Virginia — John White returns to Roanoke: https://encyclopediavirginia.org/primary-documents/john-white-returns-to-roanoke-an-excerpt-from-the-fift-voyage-of-master-john-white-into-the-west-indies-and-parts-of-america-called-virginia-in-the-yeere-1590-1600/
   

7. Popular Archaeology — Lost and Found: The Evidence for the Lost Colony: https://popular-archaeology.com/article/lost-and-found-the-evidence-for-the-lost-colony/
   

8. Colonial Williamsburg — What Happened To The Lost Colony?: https://www.colonialwilliamsburg.org/discover/resource-hub/trend-tradition-magazine/trend-tradition-spring-2025/lost-colony/
   

9. Andrew Lawler — analysis piece: https://www.andrewlawler.com/we-finally-have-clues-to-how-americas-lost-colony-vanished/
   

British Museum / John White map object page: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1906-0509-1-3

1. Wikipedia — Yuba County Five https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuba_County_Five Wikipedia
   

2. AllThat’s Interesting — The Yuba County Five: California's Most Baffling Mystery https://allthatsinteresting.com/yuba-county-five All That's Interesting
   

3. KCRA — local coverage and note on recent documentary attention https://www.kcra.com/article/yuba-county-five-mystery-disappearances/63906316 KCRA
   

4. ABC News (Australia) — Five men disappear on a snowy February night — four are found dead, and one is never seen again. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-24/yuba-county-five-missing-persons-case/103472558 ABC
   

5. Charley Project — Gary Dale Mathias https://charleyproject.org/case/gary-dale-mathias charleyproject.org
   

6. Den of Geek — Files of the Unexplained: What Netflix's Yuba County Five Doc Leaves Out https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/files-of-the-unexplained-what-netflixs-yuba-county-five-doc-leaves-out/ Den of Geek
   

Historic Mysteries https://www.historicmysteries.com/unexplained-mysteries/yuba-county-five/28692/ Historic Mysteries

When we first launched Champagne and Murder, Please, we covered the chilling stories of Georgia Tann—the woman who built an empire of stolen children—and Fritz Haarmann, the “Butcher of Hanover.” But those early days came with rookie audio, nerves, and not nearly the depth we wanted to give these cases. So we’re taking a second look.

In this refreshed episode, we revisit both Tann and Haarmann with sharper research, deeper storytelling, and a little more champagne. If you’ve been with us since the beginning, think of this as a remastered classic. And if you’re new here—well, buckle up.

• Wikipedia — Georgia Tann: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_Tann
  

• Tennessee State Library & Archives — Georgia Tann Investigation Scrapbooks (1950): https://tsla.tnsosfiles.com.s3.amazonaws.com/history/manuscripts/findingaids/GEORGIA_TANN_TN_CHILDRENS_HOME_SOCIETY_INVESTIGATION_SCRAPBOOKS_1950.pdf
  

• WBUR On Point — Orphan Victims of a Black-Market Baby Business: https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2019/10/22/lisa-wingate-before-and-after-orphans-tennessee-children
  

• Los Angeles Times — “Together Again: After 44 Tortured Years, a Mother Finds Her Stolen Child Via ‘Unsolved Mysteries’” (Alma Sipple’s story): https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-08-20-vw-882-story.html
  

• Elmwood Cemetery Blog — Tennessee Children’s Home Society Lot and Memorial: https://www.elmwoodcemetery.org/blog/posts/http-www-elmwoodcemetery-org-blog-the-tennessee-childrens-home-society-lot-at-elmwood
  

• Business Insider — Overview and survivor reporting: https://www.businessinsider.com/georgia-tann-tennessee-children-home-society-survivors-speak-out-2019-12
  

• Devereaux Bruch Eyler, No Mama, I Didn’t Die: My Life as a Stolen Baby (memoir): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34300356-the-complete-story
  

• Judy Christie & Lisa Wingate, Before and After: The Incredible Real-Life Stories of Orphans Who Survived the Tennessee Children’s Home Society: https://www.randomhousebooks.com/books/612909/

• Wikipedia – Fritz Haarmann
  

• All That’s Interesting
  

• Atlas Obscura – Haarmann Victims Memorial
  

• Find A Grave – Victims of Fritz Haarmann Memorial
  

• Crime Library Archive
  

• Fritz Haarmann Victims Archive

Two chilling stories—one shrouded in cosmic mystery, the other rooted in rural folklore. In 1966, two Brazilian men were found dead on a hillside, dressed in raincoats and strange lead masks, with no clear cause of death. Were they victims of a UFO experiment gone wrong, a secret ritual, or something even stranger? Then we travel back to rural England, where the brutal 1945 murder of Charles Walton still haunts the quiet village of Lower Quinton. With whispers of witchcraft and curses surrounding the case, fact and folklore blur in unsettling ways.

Join us as we unravel the eerie threads connecting unexplained phenomena, superstition, and the human need to explain the unexplainable.

Champagne Pairing:

Wikipedia (English): Lead Masks case — background, note text, and chronology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead_masks_case Wikipedia

Get ready CAMPers!!!!!

From the shadowed caves of Zugarramurdi in Spain to the misty woods of Sleepy Hollow in New York, tales of witches and specters have haunted communities for centuries. In this episode, we unravel the dark history of the infamous Basque witch trials and the legends tied to the “Witches’ Cave,” before crossing the Atlantic to revisit Washington Irving’s chilling tale of the Headless Horseman. Were these stories born of folklore, fear, or something more supernatural? Grab a glass and join us as we dive into witchcraft, myth, and mystery across two continents.Champagne Pairing: Veuve Clicquot Yellow Label Brut → Golden, harvest-ready, and bold — an autumn equinox classic.

1. Yale Law Library — The Largest Witch Hunt in World History: The Basque Witch Trials (1609–1614) (overview & references). https://library.law.yale.edu/news/largest-witch-hunt-world-history-basque-witch-trials-1609-1614 Lillian Goldman Law Library
   

2. Wikipedia — Basque witch trials (general summary, context, akelarre term). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basque_witch_trials Wikipedia
   

3. Atlas Obscura — Cave of Zugarramurdi (site description, visitor info, images). https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/cave-of-zugarramurdi
   

4. Xareta (regional Basque tourism/culture) — Witchcraft museum and caves (local cultural framing). https://www.xareta.eus/en/quehacer/witchcraft_museum_zugarramurdi/2 and https://www.xareta.eus/en/quehacer/witches_cave_zugarramurdi/3 xareta.eus
   

5. Pyrenean Experience — The Witches of Zugarramurdi – the scene was set! (informal regional history with accessible narrative). https://www.pyreneanexperience.com/witches-of-zugarramurdi/ Pyrenean Experience
   

6. Pierre de Lancre — Wikipedia (context on French Basque witch hunts that influenced the region). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_de_Lancre Wikipedia
   

7. Local and travel pieces / modern reflections — HuffPost Spain and regional news pieces about remembrance events (Auto-da-fé commemorations, recent festivals). https://www.huffingtonpost.es/sociedad/el-caso-mas-famosos-historia-brujeria-espanola-ultimas-quemas-europa-hpe1.html https://cadenaser.com/rioja/2024/11/01/logrono-revive-la-historia-del-auto-de-fe-de-1610-con-las-fiestas-en-memoria-de-las-brujas-de-zugarramurdi-radio-rioja/

• Wikipedia: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow summary & background Wikipedia
  

• History.com article on inspiration and folklore roots HISTORY
  

• SparkNotes full plot summary & historical context insights SparkNotes+1
  

• Britannica entry on characters & setting Encyclopedia Britannica
  

• Hudson Valley and Westchester accounts of Irving’s legacy hudsonvalley.orgWestchester Magazine
  

• Analysis of themes in literary context solgoodmedia.comOpenEdition Journals
  

• Adaptations and media evolution WIREDWikipedia
  

• Historical sites and Sleepy Hollow tourism heirloomartco.comWikipedia+2Wikipedia+2sleepyhollowny.gov

We’re heading back into the misty past to revisit two of our most requested stories: the legendary Isobel Gowdie and the enigmatic Biddy Early. From whispered confessions of witchcraft in 17th-century Scotland to the charms and cures of a famed Irish “wise woman,” these tales are brimming with folklore, mystery, and the lingering shadows of superstition. Join us as we breathe new life into these episodes, exploring the blurred lines between magic, myth, and fear in communities that lived by candlelight and rumor.

✨ Champagne pairing for this episode: Laurent-Perrier Cuvée Rosé

CAMPers! Please keep Vanessa and her family in your thoughts, while they navigate this difficult time.

https://www.shca.ed.ac.uk/Research/witches/person.php?name=Isobel+Gowdie&source=3777

Pitcairn, Ancient Criminal Trials in Scotland (1833)—printed text of the confessions: https://archive.org/stream/ancientcrim43pt203pitcuoft/ancientcrim43pt203pitcuoft_djvu.txt
Liv Høgh Willumsen review of Emma Wilby, The Visions of Isobel Gowdie (2010) https://www.livhelenewillumsen.no/res/Review%20Gowdie_Willumsen.20.6.11%5B3%5D.pdf
Boosey & Hawkes, MacMillan’s The Confession of Isobel Gowdie (composer note): https://www.boosey.com/cr/music/James-MacMillan-The-Confession-of-Isobel-Gowdie/3115
Wikipedia: The Confession of Isobel Gowdie (work): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Confession_of_Isobel_Gowdie
Inverness Courier (Auldearn mural, 2021): https://www.inverness-courier.co.uk/news/extraordinary-witch-features-in-new-mural-257239/
Smithsonian Magazine (Scotland’s 2022 apology): https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scotland-issues-formal-apology-to-thousands-accused-of-witchcraft-180979869/
The Guardian (text/reportage on the apology): https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/mar/08/nicola-sturgeon-issues-apology-for-historical-injustice-of-witch-hunts
(Notes: Many details in the narrative—marriage to John Gilbert; residence around Loch Loy; dates and sequence of the four confessions; the Queen of Elphame, elf-arrows, Read Reiver; the July 1662 commission; and the uncertainty of Gowdie’s ultimate fate—are drawn from the Survey of Scottish Witchcraft case file and the Wikipedia article’s underlying citations, which synthesize Pitcairn’s printed text and modern scholarship.)

Irish Times, “Irish Lives: Biddy Early” (encyclopedic overview): https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/irish-lives-1.1286579
History Ireland, “Feakle’s Biddy Early: a victim of ‘moral panic’?” https://historyireland.com/feakles-biddy-early-a-victim-of-moral-panic/ historyireland.com
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biddy_Early Wikipedia
Lady Gregory, Visions and Beliefs in the West of Ireland https://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/vbwi/vbwi11.htm Internet Sacred Text Archive
Dúchas (National Folklore Collection), Schools’ Collection—Biddy Early bottle lore (two versions): • https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4922349/4872900/5072452 • https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4922348/4872795/5074512 duchas.ie+1
RTÉ Archives: • https://www.rte.ie/archives/2021/0629/1232043-biddy-early-and-the-changeling/ • https://www.rte.ie/archives/2015/0208/678387-biddy-early-wise-woman-or-witch/ RTE+1
Clare County Library—People of Clare: Biddy Early (local biography & context): https://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/people/biddy.htm Clare Libraries
Limerick’s Life (local historian compendium of sources & dates): https://limerickslife.com/biddy-early-the-witch-of-the-west/ Limerick's Life
Notes on sources: Where dates differ slightly across popular retellings, I favored the more conservative or scholarly references (History Ireland; Irish Times; Lady Gregory’s collected narratives and the Dúchas Schools’ Collection for folklore). The Dictionary of Irish Biography maintains an entry on Biddy Early but requires JavaScript to view; it also affirms the 1865 Ennis case and the broad outline of her life. See: https://www.dib.ie/biography/early-biddy-a2870

In this chilling episode, we dive into two of history’s most perplexing and haunting mysteries. First, we unravel the enigmatic case of the Isdal Woman—a woman found dead in Norway’s “Ice Valley” under circumstances so strange they’ve fueled decades of speculation, from espionage to secret identities. Then, we journey back to 18th-century France, where the countryside lived in terror of the Beast of Gévaudan, a monstrous creature responsible for dozens of gruesome attacks and still the subject of fierce debate: was it a wolf, a man, or something far darker?

To complement these tales of mystery and menace, our champagne pairing for this episode is the Billecart-Salmon Brut Rosé—a refined yet bold choice, perfect for sipping while pondering the unsolved.

Wikipedia overview with detailed case chronology, items recovered, aliases, burial details, and later forensic work: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isdal_Woman Wikipedia

A&E True Crime digest of the case and theories (good plain-language recap): https://www.aetv.com/real-crime/isdal-woman A&E
Norwegian American (English-language article) overview and context: https://www.norwegianamerican.com/bergens-cold-case-isdal-woman/ norwegianamerican.com

(A note on sources: the original NRK and BBC pages are excellent, but direct access is sometimes restricted; the links above reflect open sources that consolidate the core facts, plus academic/official summaries where available.)

Wikipedia — “Beast of Gévaudan” (overview, descriptions, Marin report, Chastel): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beast_of_G%C3%A9vaudan Wikipedia
French Wikipedia — “Bête du Gévaudan” (dates, counts, geography): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%AAte_du_G%C3%A9vaudan Wikipedia
Archives départementales du Cantal — document note identifying Jeanne Boulet (June 30, 1764) as first official victim: https://archives.cantal.fr/explorer/document-du-mois/2022/la-bete-du-gevaudan-dans-le-cantal archives.cantal.fr
Smithsonian Magazine — Jay M. Smith on the Beast and Moriceau’s national context for wolf attacks: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/beast-gevaudan-terrorized-france-countryside-180963820/ Smithsonian Magazine
History.com — “The Real Story Behind the ‘Beast of Gévaudan’,” for royal hunts (Denneval, Antoine), media panic, and timeline: https://www.history.com/news/beast-of-gevaudan-france-wolves HISTORY
Harvard University Press — Jay M. Smith, Monsters of the Gévaudan (book page): https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674061957 Smithsonian Magazine
Jean-Marc Moriceau (scholarship on wolf attacks; 3,000 attacks/9,000 fatalities context): Études rurales review (2012): https://journals.openedition.org/etudesrurales/9654 and Global Environment review (2009): https://www.environmentandsociety.org/mml/review-histoire-du-mechant-loup-history-big-bad-wolf-jean-marc-moriceau and Academia summary (2015): https://www.academia.edu/11509663/ OpenEdition JournalsEnvironment & Society PortalAcademia
Atlas Obscura — Marie-Jeanne Valet statue (Auvers) & museum in Saugues: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/marie-jeanne-valet-vs-the-beast-of-gevaudan and https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/museum-of-the-beast-of-gevaudan Atlas Obscura+1
Musée fantastique de la Bête du Gévaudan (official site): https://www.musee-bete-gevaudan.com/ and tourism pages on Marvejols’s Beast sculpture: https://en.aubrac-gorgesdutarn.com/discover/the-lot-valley/villages-of-the-lot-valley/marvejols/ musee-bete-gevaudanFrom Aubrac to the Gorges du Tarn
Research discussion on the Marin report (modern critique): Karl-Hans Taake preprint: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/373559206_The_1767_French_Rapport_Marin_-_a_Questionable_Report_about_the_Examination_of_an_Allegedly_Man-eating_Wolf_Canis_lupus ResearchGate
Film/culture — Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brotherhood_of_the_Wolf and IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0237534/ WikipediaIMDb