In this episode of International Supernatural, Alana and Liam check into Haunted Hotels. Alana invites you to stay the night at Los Angeles's famous Roosevelt Hotel where you just might encounter the spirits of film stars from Hollywood's Golden Age. Liam takes you on a tour of the haunted grounds and corridors of Ballyseede Castle in Tralee, Country Kerry Ireland, which saw its fair share of misfortune and murder throughout the centuries. Asides include: a memorable Halloween costume; a ghost in Alana's living room (according to Liam); current movie recommendations; and delicious Turkish delight, a fun way to die!

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Roosevelt Hotel:

• https://www.hauntedrooms.com/california/los-angeles/haunted-places/haunted-hotels/hollywood-roosevelt-hotel 
• https://totally-la.com/hauntings-hollywood-roosevelt-hotel/ 
• https://ghost.hauntedhouses.com/california_hollywood_roosevelt_hotel# 
• https://backpackerverse.com/hollywood-roosevelt-hotel/ 
• EVP = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwWAaqILDQI 

Ballyseede Castle:

• https://www.spookyisles.com/ballyseede-castle/
• https://www.ballyseedecastle.com/blog/2020/03/20/ballyseede-castles-resident-ghost/73-6/
• http://traleetoday.ie/mwahahaha-ballyseede-named-one-worlds-haunted-hotels/
• https://www.hauntedrooms.co.uk/haunted-hotels/ireland
• https://www.spookyisles.com/irelands-10-most-haunted-hotels/

In this episode of International Supernatural, Alana and Liam attempt to scare the bejeezus out of each other in Petrifying Paranormal. Liam regales listeners with the story of the Banshee as well as his own experience with that mournful lady. Alana recounts the tragic and bloody homicide that resulted in an alleged abundance of paranormal activity at a farmhouse in Villisca, Iowa. Tangents include: a song for Tara, Liam has many many cousins, Aragon saving hobbits and ouija boards.

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The Banshee

• Liam’s brain
• https://www.irishpost.com/life-style/exploring-irish-mythology-banshee-170287
• https://www.yourirish.com/folklore/banshees-in-ireland
• https://www.irishtimes.com/news/offbeat/ireland-s-banshee-a-delusion-of-peasants-or-a-spirit-with-a-mournful-wail-1.3881517
• https://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/tigs/tigs09.htm
• https://www.connollycove.com/banshee/

 
Villisca Murders and House

• https://exemplore.com/paranormal/A-Paranormal-Investigation-Inside-the-Villisca-Ax-Murder-House#:~:text=J%20.B.%20and%20Sarah%20Moore%20raised%20their%20four,be%20one%20of%20the%20country%27s%20most%20haunted%20locations.
• http://www.villiscaiowa.com/index.php
• https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/ppm84g/why-did-a-ghost-hunter-stab-himself-inside-a-famous-axe-murder-house-1118
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villisca_axe_murders

EVP

• = https://youtu.be/70bG-wT_4YQ

In this episode of International Supernatural, Alana and Liam jump aboard the stupid train and explore Stupid Supernatural. Alana tells the story of Old Raw Head, a "terrifying" creature from North American Midwestern folklore. Liam takes you on a tour of his top 10 weird-ass medieval monsters. Asides include: the correct pronunciation of hoof/hooves, pigs in Vera Wang, sexy squids, terrible accents, and Alana’s (stupid/not stupid) cushion.

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Old Raw Head:

• https://www.cracked.com/article_18814_the-7-most-ridiculous-ghost-stories-from-around-world.html
• Young, R. and Dockery Young, J. (eds), (2005), Favorite Scary Stories of American Children.
• https://esoterx.com/2013/04/22/tommy-rawhead-and-bloody-bones-the-monster-so-nice-they-named-him-twice/
• “Bloody Bones, n.” Oxford English Dictionary Online, March 2012. Retrieved 12 August 2020. < https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/20450 >

Medieval Monsters:

• https://www.historyhit.com/most-bizarre-creatures-from-medieval-folklore/
• https://vocal.media/horror/the-15-most-bizarre-monsters-from-medieval-folklore
• https://www.messynessychic.com/2019/03/28/the-unexpected-relevance-of-medieval-monsters/
• https://www.medievalists.net/2013/10/top-ten-monsters-of-the-middle-ages/
• https://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/monster_list.html
• Heck, Christian & Remy Cordonnier. The Grand Medieval Bestiary: Animals in Illuminated Manuscripts

In this episode of International Supernatural, Liam and Alana set sail on Spectral Seas. Liam delves into the stories of the Finfolk of the Northern isles who, if you're not careful, will force you into captivity (and matrimony) in their underwater city of Finfolkaheem. Alana takes you aboard the Caleuche, a Chilean ghost ship crewed by wicked warlocks with a cargo of lost souls. Tangents include: David Hasselhoff in a speedo, sexy pigs, stupid pirate songs and Alana’s mom.

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The Finnfolk:

• Tulloch, L. & Fitzgibbon, A., 2014. Shetland folk tales, Stroud, Gloucestershire: The History Press.
• http://www.orkneyjar.com/folklore/selkiefolk/origins/origin2.htm
• https://www.ancientpages.com/2016/02/22/fin-folk-mythical-amphibious-sea-people-orkney-shetland/
• https://www.uhi.ac.uk/en/research-enterprise/cultural/institute-for-northern-studies/research/conferences/previous-conferences-/the-finnfolk/
• https://www.jstor.org/stable/534874?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents
• https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212682113000164

The Caleuche:

• https://www.vayaadventures.com/blog/el-caleuche-the-ghost-ship-of-chiloe/
• https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/into-the-cave-of-chiles-witches-20138093/
• Petreman, D. (2006) “The Chilean Ghost Ship: The Caleuche” in J. Febles (ed.) Into the Mainstream: Essays on Spanish American and Latino Literature and Culture, Newcastle, pp. 202-214.
• http://chiloemitologico.cl/la-brujeria-y-sus-personajes/el-caballo-marino
• https://mandradey.wixsite.com/myths/cart
• http://chilotemyth.com/ 

In this episode of International Supernatural, Liam and Alana explore Deathly Disappearances. Alana reports on what is considered the Area 51 of colonial American history, the Lost Colony of Roanoke Island. Liam transports you to the chilly reaches of Iceland to tell the spooky saga of Solveig and her ill-fated romance with Rev. Oddur Gíslason. Tangents include: American Horror Story, writing your own songs, the macarena, Icelandic delicacies (a.k.a. rotten shark), and the film Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga.

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The Lost Colony of Roanoke:

• https://www.britannica.com/place/Lost-Colony
• Campbell, Lyle (1997). American Indian languages: The historical linguistics of Native America. New York: Oxford University Press. 
• https://www.nps.gov/fora/learn/education/indian-towns-and-buildings-of-eastern-north-carolina.htm
• http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~jmack/algonqin/phelps66.htm
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roanoke_Colony#cite_note-Fullam_2017-20
• Lawler, Andrew (2018). The Secret Token: Myth, Obsession, and the Search for the Lost Colony of Roanoke. New York: Doubleday. 
• https://www.nps.gov/fora/learn/education/search-for-the-lost-colony.htm
• https://www.ancient-origins.net/unexplained-phenomena/dare-stone-0011493
• https://www.history.com/news/archaeologists-find-new-clues-to-lost-colony-mystery
• https://avalon.law.yale.edu/16th_century/raleigh.asp

The Mysterious Solveig:

• https://thrandur.com/miklabaejar-solveig/
• https://umsjon.ruv.is/frett/miklabaejar-solveig
• https://blogs.transparent.com/icelandic/2012/10/23/the-heartbroken-girl-who-became-a-legend/
• https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=e_3jxYe5nTMC&pg=PA354&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false
• https://timarit.is/page/3550796#page/n11/mode/2up
• https://www.snerpa.is/net/thjod/miklasol.htm
• https://grapevine.is/mag/column-opinion/200

In this episode of International Supernatural, Alana and Liam navigate Eerie Islands. Liam explores the violent legends that left their ghostly mark on Eilean Donan, a tiny island situated in the Scottish Highlands. While Alana trades a “boo” for an “aloha” in her report on the otherworldly frights lurking amongst the sandy beaches of Hawaii. Tangents include: Charmed TV show, talking to birds, ghosts in the gift shop, and drooling over Dwayne “the Rock” Johnson. 

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Eilean Donan:

• https://spookyscotland.net/haunted-eilean-donan/
• https://www.exploring-castles.com/uk/scotland/eilean_donan_castle/
• https://www.hauntedrooms.co.uk/eilean-donan-castle-dornie-scottish-highlands
• https://www.thecastlesofscotland.co.uk/the-best-castles/scenic-castles/eilean-donan-castle/
• https://www.eileandonancastle.com
• http://www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk/hauntings/eilean-donan-castle/

Hawaii:

• https://people.howstuffworks.com/night-marchers-hawaii.htm
• http://www.honolulumagazine.com/Honolulu-Magazine/October-2014/Friday-Frights-The-Legend-of-Hawaiis-Night-Marchers/ 
• https://www.to-hawaii.com/legends/night-marchers.php
• http://theunexplainedmysteries.com/2017/08/09/spooky-hawaiian-legend/
• https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/hawaii/haunted-hike-hi/
• https://www.quotev.com/story/5641712/Ghost-Stories/26
• http://weirdus.com/states/hawaii/stories/old_pali_road/index.php

In this episode of International Supernatural, Alana and Liam bring you Murderous Mistresses. Join us as we take a dive into tales of murder, jealousy and revenge. Alana explores the infamous Lavinia Fisher who according to legend was the first female serial killer in the United States, while Liam takes you back to the story of the Faceless Lady of Belvelly Castle, County Cork, Ireland.


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Lavinia Fisher

• https://hellhorror.com/serial-killer-108/Lavinia-Fisher.html 
• https://www.swordandscale.com/the-truth-behind-the-legend-of-lavinia-fisher/ 
• https://www.legendsofamerica.com/sc-laviniafisher/ 
• https://www.postandcourier.com/charleston_scene/haunted-holy-city-some-of-charlestons-famous-ghosts-and-their-stories/article_5ea4cd70-c8de-11e8-bd29-6f57f5087329.html  
• https://scaresandhauntsofcharleston.wordpress.com/2012/03/07/lavinia-fisher/ 

The Facless Lady of Belvelly Castle

• https://www.castles.nl/belvelly-castle 
• https://www.irelandbeforeyoudie.com/top-five-scary-stories-ireland/
• https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/ghosts-most-haunted-places-ireland-6281353
• http://www.emeraldisle.ie/the-faceless-lady
• https://exemplore.com/paranormal/Haunted-Castles-in-Ireland
• https://readmaryann.wordpress.com/2013/02/28/belvelly-casstle/

In this episode of International Supernatural, Alana and Liam bring you Hellish houses. Join us as we explore what lurks within these troubled abodes. Liam explores the remote and sinister Windhouse in the Shetland Islands, Scotland, while Alana investigates alleged demonic happenings at Hallahan House, Connecticut USA.

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The Windhouse

• http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/2742611.stm
• http://www.ghostweather.com/essays/windhouse.html
• https://www.shetnews.co.uk/2017/09/21/ancient-graveyard-found-at-isles-most-haunted-house/
• https://www.shetland.org/60n/blogs/posts/spooky-tales-from-shetland
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYDGlDwdiww
• https://sites.google.com/site/aroundtheherra/windhouse

Hallahan House

• https://www.livescience.com/5346-real-story-haunting-connecticut.html
• https://skepticalinquirer.org/2009/05/demons-in-connecticut/ 
• https://sites.google.com/site/truehauntings/articles/haunting-in-connecticut
• http://www.damnedct.com/damned-interview-ray-garton/ 
• https://exemplore.com/paranormal/The-Real-Haunting-In-Connecticut 
• https://centerforinquiry.org/blog/demonizing_in_connecticut/
• https://www.paranormalscholar.com/the-snedeker-family-haunting-and-the-true-story-behind-the-haunting-in-connecticut-movie/
• Sally Jesse Raphael Show, 1992, Episode 1030-92  'I Was Raped By A Ghost' 
• Ray Garton (2014), In a Dark Place.

In this episode of International Supernatural, Alana and Liam bring you Hometown Horrors. Join us on a foray into scary stories near our respective homes. Liam explores the haunting of Ringcroft in Galloway, Southwest Scotland, while Alana recounts the urban legend of the Bunny Man Bridge in Northern Virginia.

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Ringcroft

https://web.archive.org/web/20070927132633/http://www.auchencairn.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=65&Itemid=107 

https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=6oipBgAAQBAJ&pg=PT176&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false 

https://www.scotsmagazine.com/articles/the-haunting-of-ringcroft/ 

http://www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk/hauntings/rerrick-poltergeist-1695/ 

 The Bunny Man Bridge

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/bunny-man-bridge-2 

https://www.washingtonian.com/2015/10/23/the-scary-weird-somewhat-true-story-of-the-fairfax-bunny-man/ 

https://web.archive.org/web/20170912234902/http://www.castleofspirits.com/clifton.html 

https://research.fairfaxcounty.gov/c.php?g=713238&p=5229327 

Scariest Places on Earth. Episode 7. 2001.