There is a road, an “old path” if you will, in southeast Nebraska. And according to the local lore, in the 1900s there were seven women who were murdered on this road. So this legend has been kind of circulating for more than a century so there are a ton of variations and add ons and honestly even more sightings and spooky occurrences. Lots of sevens in today’s story: from seven sisters to seven hills.

Stay safe out there.

With love,

Saaniya and Maddie x

Sources:

https://www.legendsofamerica.com/seven-sisters-road/

https://www.ranker.com/list/legend-of-nebraska-haunted-hills/erin-wisti

https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/nebraska/haunted-road-ne/

https://www.podiumrunner.com/culture/tales-from-the-trail-seven-hills-road/

https://www.antiquearchaeology.com/blog/tag/seven-sister-road/

Rebecca Coriam, a Disney Crew member on the Disney Wonder, sent her last message to her parents on March 21st 2011 saying she would call the next day. However, when she didn't call or show up for work the next morning, the crew understandably got worried. From there began a series of investigations that frankly left more to be desired. Nobody knows what exactly happened from when she was last seen on CCTV at 5:45am. Was it a 100 foot rogue wave that mysteriously appeared in calm waters like Disney suggests? Did she decide to take her own life even though she had made future plans? Honestly, I don't think we'll ever know. But all we can say for sure is we hope Rebecca Coriam's family and friends may one day find peace. 

Stay safe out there. 

With love, 

Saaniya and Maddie 

Sources: 

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

https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/shows/when-missing-turns-to-murder/articles/vanished-britains-five-most-famous-missing-persons-cases

https://www.grunge.com/614962/inside-the-mysterious-disappearance-of-rebecca-coriam/

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/4285188/girlfriend-of-missing-disney-cruise-ship-worker-rebecca-coriam-breaks-six-year-silence-to-claim-lover-took-drugs-and-considered-suicide/

https://www.cheshire-live.co.uk/news/chester-cheshire-news/channel-4-probes-case-missing-17859163

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2011/nov/11/rebecca-coriam-lost-at-sea?fbclid=IwAR1XQGpR0RU7QPTMT3PWMe_EUTlzDJefx4OQRoAkaC1wmEeHhARt6N-fk-A

"Harry Maine — you have heard the tale;

He lived there in Ipswich Town;

He blasphemed God, so they put him down,

With an iron shovel, at Ipswich Bar;

They chained him there for a thousand years,

As the sea rolls up to shovel it back ;

So when the sea cries, the goodwives say

“Harry Maine growls at his work today.”"

Stay safe out there. 

With love, 

Saaniya and Maddie x 

Sources: 

https://www.legendsofamerica.com/harry-maine/

https://historicipswich.org/2021/03/08/the-ghost-of-harry-maine/

http://newenglandfolklore.blogspot.com/2015/10/harry-main-and-black-cats-from-hell.html

https://listverse.com/2015/11/06/10-myths-and-legends-from-new-england/

An article in the Smithsonian Magazine by Colin Dickey (December 15th 2017), called A Plea to Resurrect the Christmas Tradition of Telling Ghost Stories reminded us that especially in this day and age, we really only let the spooky things happen at Halloween. But if you know anything about whack Christmas traditions, you’ll know the very famous story by Charles Dickens titled A Christmas Carol. The story is about a man tormented by a series of ghosts the night before Christmas, and it belongs to the now mostly forgotten tradition of telling ghost stories on Christmas Eve. And you can still see this now in songs like ““It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year” with the lyric “there’ll be scary ghost stories.” For much of the 19th century, the holiday was very much associated with ghosts and the specters. But telling these stories was something the Puritans didn’t really love so the tradition died down in America. In honor of the early tradition, we will be reading you a story called Dark Christmas by Jeanette Winterson… hope you enjoy :)

Stay safe out there.

With love,

Saaniya and Maddie x

Sources:

https://carterhaughschool.com/10-spooky-ghost-stories-for-christmastime/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/plea-resurrect-christmas-tradition-telling-ghost-stories-180967553/

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/dec/24/christmas-ghost-stories-dark-jeanette-winterson

With some people saying things like ““We took pictures of our kids swinging. Later we looked at pictures and saw several figures that looked like children watching In several pictures” and “I was there the other day taking pictures and actually caught a pic with 3 shadow people who appeared to be adults, not children,” It is no surprise that the Maple Hill Cemetery and the Dead Children’s Playground is one of the most haunted places in Alabama… So stay tuned for this spooky ghost story :)

Stay safe out there.

With love,

Saaniya and Maddie x

Sources:

https://www.alabamahauntedhouses.com/real-haunt/dead-childrens-playground-at-maple-hill-cemetery.html

https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/alabama/maple-hill-cemetery-al/

https://wearehuntsville.com/5-huntsville-ghost-stories/

https://wearehuntsville.com/maple-hill-cemetery-most-haunted-places/

https://www.hauntedplaces.org/item/maple-hill-cemetery/

So today we’re talking about the Black Widow of Valencia and the Poisoner of Melilla. And this is because she killed her entire family over a period of 14 years. We’ve talked a bit about women who kill over the years, and tragically most end up killing their own families. We will be talking a bit about filial infanticide in this episode, which we know could be a trigger for some people out there, so please make sure to take care of your own welfare xx

Stay safe out there.

With love,

Saaniya and Maddie x

Souces:

https://www.grunge.com/190380/the-most-notorious-female-serial-killers/

https://murderpedia.org/female.B/b/ballesteros-francisca.htm

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

https://hellhorror.com/serial-killers/francisca-ballesteros-serial-killer-105.html

Dozens of ghosts haunt the Historic Anchorage Hotel. In 1916 when the hotel was first opened, it was owned by Frank Reed. He had a young son that would go down to the Alaska Railroad terminal during the day to pick up luggage for the guests arriving at the hotel. One of the ghosts is a little boy. The second ghost is said to be the first chief of police of Anchorage looking for his killer, and the third is a bride hanged herself... So if you'd like to know more about why this hotel is such a hot spot for paranormal activity or just more about the ghosts who reside here, make sure to tune in to this weeks episode!

Stay safe out there. 

With love, 

Saaniya and Maddie x 

Sources: 

https://www.adn.com/features/article/ghost-sightings-downtown-anchorage-hotel-draw-paranormal-investigators/2012/10/31/

https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/alaska/haunted-anchorage-hotel-ak/

https://www.hauntedrooms.com/alaska/haunted-places/haunted-hotels/historic-anchorage-hotel

https://www.historicanchoragehotel.com/our-history.htm

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/hotels/galleries/The-worlds-most-haunted-hotels/anchorage-hotel-40/

https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/10/25/travel-these-hotels-are-said-to-be-haunted-by-guests-who-checked-out-violently/

https://www.travelmyth.com/Anchorage/Hotels/haunted

Maddie is back at it again this week with part 2 of Hammerhead, from the series called I Investigate Disturbing Cases: Here Are My Stories by Brian Young... so stay tuned if you'd like to hear the end of this spooky story because what a wild ride that was!

Stay safe out there.

With love,

Saaniya and Maddie x

Sources:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/BryanIsTheKing

Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/bryany97/

Hello friends and welcome back to grim! This week Maddie takes us back to the series called I Investigate Disturbing Cases: Here Are My Stories by Brian Young... and leaves us on just a bit of a cliffhanger... so stay tuned if you'd like to hear the end of this spooky story!

Stay safe out there, 

With love,

Saaniya and Maddie x

Sources: 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/BryanIsTheKing

Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/bryany97/

Joseph Roy Metheny was born on March 2nd 1955, and he was the type of murderer and rapist to declare himself a serial killer who killed 13 people, there was only sufficient evidence that he murdered 2 people in the Baltimore area. He said “My murder rampage started out as revenge but ended up as a passion for the taste of blood and the overwhelming sense of power one gets for taking the life of another.” And that’s not even the beginning. If you want to learn more, stay tuned for this episode… where let’s just say I’m glad to be vegetarian.

Stay safe out there.

With love,

Saaniya and Maddie x

Sources:

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

https://murderpedia.org/male.M/m/metheny-joe.htm

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/joe-metheny-dead-serial-killer-human-flesh-sandwiches-bbq-women-victims-maryland-dies-62-a7882141.html

https://allthatsinteresting.com/joe-metheny

https://www.ranker.com/list/facts-about-cannibal-joe/amandasedlakhevener

https://random-times.com/2020/04/15/joe-metheny-the-serial-killer-who-made-his-victims-into-hamburgers/