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In 1921, a ship called the Carroll A. Deering wrecked against the Diamond Shoals, a particularly dangerous area to sail in North Carolina's Outer Banks. Also called the Graveyard of the Atlantic, the long string of barrier islands has seen countless shipwrecks and wild waters, but the mystery of the Carroll A. Deering was the first of its kind.

When a search party made its way to the ship, they found food left out in the kitchen, the steering equipment broken, and the crew missing. For over a hundred years, people have tried to figure out how the crew disappeared, where they went, and what actually happened on the Carroll A. Deering. In this episode, we explore the noted animosity between the ship's captain and first mate, the many, many theories about this case, and what the Bermuda Triangle has to do with it. (It has nothing to do with it.)

But first, Zoey is here with her Something Spooky: explaining the definitions of 1st, 2nd, and 3rd degree murder.

Sources: https://hauntedhospitality.wordpress.com/2022/11/29/ep-84-the-carroll-a-deering-and-the-graveyard-of-the-atlantic

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Don't you love it when you and your best friend have the same idea? This week's episode continues the collage of wild frights but with a more true crime twist. Zoey tells us about four different unsolved missing persons cases in the Smoky Mountains ranging from a 6 year old boy who disappeared without a trace to an 58 year old woman who may have ran off with a lover. 

But before we get hiking, Robin gives Zoey the most fair Southern Quiz to date and you'll be surprised about how many State Slogans she knows.

TW: Mentions of Suicide.

Sources: https://hauntedhospitality.wordpress.com/2022/11/22/ep-86-lost-in-the-smokies-unexplained-disappearances-in-the-smoky-mountains/

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It's time for the second installment of our weirdest, most nature-y mini series: Frights in the Wild! We're back with a vengeance and exploring six creepy stories that traverse the American South, from Florida beaches to North Carolina backroads to the Ozark Mountains.

Expect stories of a girl without a face, a metamorphosing raccoon/dog/bobcat/human/not-horse, an Abraham Lincoln-ish man chilling in the woods, an eerie possible doppelgänger situation, a sad Boy Scout in two places at once, and a creepy-as-all-get-out, grinning man with white hair and black eyes—who people keep seeing!

But first, Zoey is here with a Something Spooky about her trip to Zak Bagans' The Haunted Museum in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Sources: https://hauntedhospitality.wordpress.com/2022/11/15/ep-85-frights-in-the-wild-2-was-it-a-ghost-or-just-a-guy

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In this week's episode, Zoey covers the story of the murder of Orin Hendrickson, a story that was referenced in the Arkansas episode of the 2022 season of the Haunted College Tour Palooza. Also known as the Ouachita Murder or the Ouachita Dorm Mother Murder, this case covers the very complex series of events Pat Hendrickson took to hire someone to kill her husband.

Pat Hendrickson, along with friends Norma, Howard, and Mark, concoct a poorly made plan to murder Orin for his money. Pat asked Norma about hiring a hitman, Norma asked Mark, and Mark asked Howard. If you ask Howard, he says he thought it was a joke, so said he'd do it, so Mark told Norma, and Norma told Pat. And the rest of the episode continues in a very similar pattern.

This episode does include the guest star of the amazingly named bar, BJ's Star Studded Honky Tonk, which is a phrase Zoey will never stop saying. And though we mention it might be a two part-er, it is eventually a single episode. 

But before we get into that, Robin shares a list of Theater Superstitions, and is highly against saying "break a leg" due to her recent experiences. 

Sources: https://hauntedhospitality.wordpress.com/2022/11/08/ep-84-the-chaotic-story-behind-the-murder-of-orin-hendrickson/

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The USS Yorktown, also called the Fighting Lady, is a well-storied ship that served in World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War before docking near Charleston, South Carolina, as part of the Patriots Point Maritime Museum. This ship is chock-full of history — and, of course, ghosts. There are many, many accounts of paranormal experiences of all kinds: from strange shadows, to full body apparitions, to disembodied footsteps echoing up the stairs for an entire hour.

In this episode, we dive into these encounters and examine photographs that might just be evidence of the supernatural. In fact, Zoey and Robin agree that one photo taken by South Carolina ETV is the best photo of a ghost they've ever seen.

But first, Zoey is here with a Creature Corner about Indonesia's Kuntilanak (also called the Pontianak in Malaysia).

Sources: https://hauntedhospitality.wordpress.com/2022/11/01/ep-83-uss-yorktown-full-body-apparitions-and-one-heck-of-a-ghost-photo

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Happy Halloween! In this very spooky episode Zoey shares one of her biggest, and newest, fears: men dressed up in full Bunny fursuits. In this episode we cover the legend of the Bunny Man in Fairfax, Virginia. The legend is based on two real, and scary, stories of men in Burke Virginia in 1969 and/or 1970 who threatened locals while dressed like Bunnies. From there, the legend spread to outrageous and easily deniable stories, but it is very spooky.

But before we get into that, Robin tells Zoey about the Zak Bagans Haunted Museum in Las Vegas, where Zoey will be honeymooning in just one week!

Sources: https://hauntedhospitality.wordpress.com/2022/10/25/ep-82-zoey-faces-her-biggest-fear-bunnies/

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Late at night in February 1946, Jimmy Hollis and Mary Jeanne Larey parked in a lovers' lane on the outskirts of Texarkana, a mid-size town that sat on the border between Texas and Arkansas. At 11:55 PM, a man in a white cloth mask approached the driver's side door and demanded they get out of the car, before attacking them. Both Jimmy and Mary Jeanne survived the encounter, but almost all other victims of the Phantom Killer — as he would come to be known — would not.

In this episode, we discuss the Phantom Killer's crimes, the victims, and the stories of the survivors.

But first, Zoey's Something Spooky is the story of Screaming Jenny in West Virginia.

CW: sexual assault and suicide

Sources: https://hauntedhospitality.wordpress.com/2022/10/18/ep-81-the-phantom-killer-texarkana-moonlight-murders

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Chupacabra literally means "goat sucker", and boy howdy is this cryptid aptly named. The Chupacabra is a vampiric beast with glowing red eyes, fangs, a long tongue with a sucker, wings, talons, and spikes. Or it might be a hairless dog. Who knows!

In this week's episode, Zoey goes into the legend and the sightings of the infamous Chupacabra in her most popular cryptid to date. A beast that started in Puerto Rico in 1995, he's traveled the world killing livestock on his way. Zoey even shares three images of the beast, two in your host's home state of SC and one in Texas. You can find those photos in the sources.

But first, Robin tells us about the probably potentially first depiction of a ghost in her Something Spooky!

Please note, if you get a sense of Deja Vu while listening to this, there is a good chance you heard this episode last week, instead of the Bear Creek Swamp episode, which is an amazing episode. So please make sure to go back and listen to that!

Sources: https://hauntedhospitality.wordpress.com/2022/10/11/ep-80-the-legend-of-the-chupacabra/

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On any given weekend, young locals will gather on the dirt road that stretches straight through Bear Creek Swamp in Autauga County, Alabama. They don't just go there to party — they also perform a Bloody Mary-esque ritual. Legend says if you say the words, "Bitch, I've got your baby," three times, the woman who haunts the swamp will attack you. And unlike your typical Bloody Mary story where children at a sleepover try and fail to scare themselves, creepy things really do happen after they say the words. 

In this episode, we explore the lore around Bear Creek Swamp, from a mysterious woman hiding by the creek to phantom cars to lights hovering over the water—and, of course, the horrifying porcelain dolls of it all.

But first, Zoey is here with her Something Southern: wedding traditions of the South!

Sources: https://hauntedhospitality.wordpress.com/2022/10/04/ep-79-btch-ive-got-your-baby-the-legends-of-bear-creek-swamp

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For the Alday Family, the day was just like any other. The men worked on the farm, the women worked in the houses. They were a happy, church-going, good family that never got into trouble. But trouble found them, in the shape of Carl Issacs, Wayne Coleman, George Dungee, and Billy Issacs. These four men were recent prison escapees who targeted the Alday family for their gas.

In this episode, Zoey walks you through the systematic murders of five family members and the court cases that came after. This is the story of the second largest mass murder in Georgia History, with the first being the Woolfolk Family Murders covered by Robin in Episode five.

But before we get to that, Robin brings us a Something Spooky news report about an ancient grave found with a woman who was buried with a sickle around her neck, as if preventing her from rising from her grave. Robin goes into the implications of this and why it's interesting.

CW: Rape

Sources: https://hauntedhospitality.wordpress.com/2022/09/27/ep-78-the-alday-family-tragedy/

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