Welcome to episode 13 - Illinois First up in Weird News, we tell a delightful tale of a masturbating ghost monkey that will have you never looking at ghosts the same way. Then in this week's main topic, we have a doubleheader of Cryptids as we discuss two entities seen in Southern Illinois during 4 month period in 1973: The Mud Monster and Enfield Horror. James brings a story of a masturbating ghost monkey that will have you never looking at ghosts the same way.

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Research links:

Murphysboro Mud Monster

https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Murphysboro_Mud_Monster

https://sasquatchchronicles.com/the-big-muddy-monster/

https://anomalien.com/the-murphysboro-mud-monster/

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35668290/the-atlanta-constitution-atl-ga-31-oct/

Enfield Horror

https://cryptozoologycryptids.fandom.com/wiki/Enfield_Horror

https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2016/02/the-strange-case-of-the-enfield-horror/

https://anomalien.com/the-enfield-horror-what-happened-there/

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