Join me as I tell you the story of the beast of Gevaudan, France. In the early 1700s tales of a very large wolf attacked and killed over 100 villagers. To this day no one can explain what happened exactly.

Content Warning: Talk of death, gore, and attacks

Reference Links:

Beast Attacks/History/Eyewitness Accounts of Gevaudan, France:

https://r.search.yahoo.com/_ylt=AwrEt2gSOCNmKm4nfEkPxQt.;_ylu=Y29sbwNiZjEEcG9zAzMEdnRpZAMEc2VjA3Ny/RV=2/RE=1713612946/RO=10/RU=https%3a%2f%2fwww.smithsonianmag.com%2fhistory%2fbeast-gevaudan-terrorized-france-countryside-180963820%2f/RK=2/RS=fBtL4XZAxyE8gQKUWbZCSUwrm1c-

https://museumhack.com/beast-gevaudan/

https://allthatsinteresting.com/beast-of-gevaudan

https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/the-beast-of-gevaudan-1764-1767/

https://www.historicmysteries.com/unexplained-mysteries/beast-of-gevaudan/22582/

Dire Wolf:

https://www.britannica.com/animal/dire-wolf

https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/dire-wolf.htm

https://www.science.org/content/article/legendary-dire-wolf-may-not-have-been-wolf-all

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-03082-x

Dive into this weeks episode on the strange mysteries surrounding the "Casket"/Casquette girls who were thought to have been vampires locked on the third floor by nuns in the Ursuline Convent in New Orleans, Louisiana. The pope also blessed the convent at one point.

Content Warning:

Talk of death, prostitution, and vampires.

Reference Links:

https://www.nola.com/entertainment_life/a-lot-to-unpack-how-1720s-french-casket-girls-brought-vampires-to-the-ursuline-convent/article_6024e8ec-4747-11ed-9576-9fb56ada11e9.html

https://www.verylocal.com/ursuline-convent-casket-girls/20209/

https://www.neworleans.com/listing/old-ursuline-convent-museum/30728/

https://www.neworleans.com/things-to-do/history/the-casket-girls-of-new-orleans/

https://mythicalencyclopedia.com/new-orleans-casket-girls/

Join me as I go into detail on Zombie Road or Rock Hollow Trail. It is based on many urban legends that send many curious people to ghost hunt at night. This has led to many shadow people sightings, and pictures to prove it. An abandoned town actually exists here as well.

CONTENT WARNING:

Warning of tragedies including: deaths, crimes, supernatural, war, and disrespect of Native Americans. 

Reference Links:

Wildwood History:

https://www.cityofwildwood.com/2035/Rock-Hollow-Trail

Zombie Road

https://www.stlmag.com/culture/travel/Zombie-Road-Ghosthunting-in-Wildwood/

Carol Schulte

https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/local/body-found-meramec-river-in-jefferson-county/63-84dd443c-6ce2-44b0-be74-c4248a277276

Children Of The Grave-tv show

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0926758/

The Great Train Wreck of 1870

https://kenoder.com/2018/10/the-great-train-wreck/

The St. Louis Fire

https://www.stltoday.com/news/archives/may-17-1849-the-great-fire-that-changed-the-face-of-st-louis/article_ff8faca9-1ba5-5f52-9252-e8397b705240.html

Information On Native American Burial Mounds

https://www.kcur.org/housing-development-section/2023-03-05/st-louis-was-once-mound-city-its-native-american-residents-still-feel-erased

https://wymancenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Local-Sites.pdf

https://www.riverfronttimes.com/news/grave-losses-2470341

https://satellites.pro/Indian_Mound_map.Missouri.USA#google_vignette

Man dumped at Rock Hollow Trail

https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/crime/article283800088.html

Take a peak at the mystery of 17 tiny coffins with figurines that were found on an ancient volcano named: Arthurs Seat and the theories and mysteries surrounding it.

CONTENT WARNING:

Talk of death and serial killers

Reference Links:

https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/people/the-arthurs-seat-coffins-the-strange-edinburgh-mystery-linked-to-burke-and-hare-and-witchcraft-4097904

https://www.iflscience.com/the-centuries-old-mystery-of-the-arthurs-seat-coffins-71122

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/edinburghs-mysterious-miniature-coffins-22371426/

http://wightonfamily.ca/genealogy/essays/funerals.html

https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Burke-and-William-Hare

Listen to the terrifying story of an estate built and occupied by a family that went through hell when living at the home-with ghostly murmurs, echos of footsteps, vanishing spirits, and even violent knocking.

Content Warning: Images of ghostly figures, terrifying hauntings, and trigger warning of bones being found of a possible child.

Reference Links:

https://www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk/hauntings/hinton-ampner-house/

https://blogs.bl.uk/untoldlives/2021/10/hauntings-at-hinton-ampner-.html

http://www.museum.alresford.org/displayed/displayed_12-1.php

Content Warning: Details of graphic imagery, death, and sexual content are included in this episode.

Formerly known as Athens Lunatic Asylum, and its dark history of patient treatments plus a stain from a deceased patient that can't be cleaned and is still there to this day, the asylum is now apart of Ohio State University and has given many students and visitors the chills due to apparitions, distorted voices, and much more.

Reference Links:

https://www.legendsofamerica.com/oh-athensasylum/

https://woub.org/2019/10/29/the-legends-behind-the-ghosts-of-athens/

https://www.neh.gov/humanities/2018/summer/statement/the-athens-asylum-was-the-forefront-treatment-in-the-19th-century

Learn about the true story behind the most iconic horror film: "The Nightmare On Elm Street."

LINKS:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0306987788900710%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20

https://hmongamerican.org/unexplained-deaths-inspired-a-nightmare-on-elm-street/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2970580/

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A short story portaying a ravaging poltergeist-like entity that terrorized a family and dozens of witnesses.

References:

www.ajc.com/news/locoal/surrency-haunting-still-mystery/kbEig7eOXhTQH4o7JInN4O/

www.otherworldlyoracle.com/haunted-georgia-surrency-ghosts/

www.myhauntedsalem.tumblr.com/post/658678859820056576/the-surrency-haunting-in-the-early-1870s-a

The legends surrounding Mount Shasta have long intrigued locals and visitors alike. Tales of strange disappearances and a lost city fill the minds of many who attempt to make sense of the mysteries of the mountain.

These are the documented links I used to put this podcast together:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/mount-shasta-spirituality

https://www.kqed.org/news/11684091/the-whole-story-faith-and-fraud-in-mt-shasta

https://www.npr.org/2015/06/07/412098380/a-mountain-of-many-legends-draws-spiritual-seekers-from-around-the-globe

https://www.travelchannel.com/shows/into-the-unknown/episodes/the-legend-of-mount-shasta

https://www.thesnowboardersjournal.com/exclusive/in-search-of-telos/

Los Angeles Times Newspaper (1932): www.documentcloud.org/documents/285021-a-people-of-mystery.html