You've unlocked another Closer Look episode, where we bring you a shorter episode that relates to a topic we've touched on before. In this week's episode, Sammy looks into the bewitching tale of Connecticut's own Wicked Witch of Monroe: Hanna Cranna. Sammy wades through trout-filled rivers, encounters a familiar rooster, and finds herself wanting to embrace her inner witch with a long, flowy skirt. By the end, you'll be left craving more of the strange small-town legends that refuse to die.

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SOURCES:

“The CT Files: Hannah Cranna, 'The Wicked Witch of Monroe'” by Ray Bendici on CTInsider

“Hannah Cranna” by Ray Bendici on damnedct.com

“Hannah Cranna, or the Witch's Funeral: A Story From Connecticut” by Peter Muise on newenglandfolklore.blogspot.com

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In this week’s episode, Jessie takes the ladies to an island of deceit, death, and ghosts: Alcatraz. As the 19 Crimes is poured, the ladies share new book recs, hoard potential family heirlooms and ask Snoop Dogg their burning questions. So grab your favorite California red and watch out for Al Capone’s banjo, Ladies Who Scream at the Staff Party will have you booking a trip to San Francisco ASAP.

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TW: violence, torture, death

Sources:

“The Ghosts Of Alcatraz, The Rock and My Scary Silly Imaginations” by Osan Fernando on Medium

“Ghosts of Alcatraz Island, California” by Kathy Alexander on Legends of America

“Alcatraz Island | The Haunted Prison” on SF Ghosts

“Alcatraz Escape” on FBI website

“Alcatraz Island | Hauntings of the Island Prison” on US Ghost Adventures

“Alcatraz Island” on National Park Service

r/todayilearned OP Historicalhysteria

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In this week’s episode, Sammy scares the ladies with the most haunted house in America: The Sallie House. As the L’Ecole #41 is poured, the ladies learn what keto is, praise the rebellious history of the Renaissance Faire and stop at nothing to play pickleball. So grab your favorite cabernet sauvignon and don’t light the candles, Ladies Who Live in Anxiety will make you never want to buy a house ever!

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TW: horror, bodily harm

Sources:

“Our History” by Staff at City of Atchison on cityofatchison.com

“Senate Stories | David Rice Atchison: (Not) President for a Day” by Senate Historical Office on Senate.gov

“The Haunted History of The Sallie House” by Isabella Gearinger on BCCircut.com

“The Sallie House” by Staff on USGhostAdventures.com

“The Sallie House Haunting, America’s Most Scary Paranormal Case” by Staff at StrangeAndTwisted.com

https://theclio.com/entry/187138

“The Sallie House” by Kenzie Pietzsch and David Trowbridge on theclio.com

“Sunflower Magic and Folklore” by Patti Wigington on LearnRegligions.com

Atchison Haunted Tours Website: https://www.visitatchison.com/haunted-tours

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In this week’s episode, Lindsay takes the ladies to a remote island to encounter the mother of witchcraft: Circe. As the Assyrtiko is sipped, the ladies read a listener lore about manifestation, conjure coffee machines, and beg Sammy to watch Game of Thrones. So grab your favorite Santo white and ask before eating someone’s food, Ladies Who Choose Their Main Character will have you rethinking the Odyssey in no time.

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TW:

Sources:

Argonautica by Apollonius of Rhodes

Metamorphoses by Ovid

Aeneid by Virgil

Theogony by Hesiod

The Odyssey by Homer

"KIRKE (Circe) - Greek Goddess of Sorcery, Sorceress of Aeaea" on Theoi Project

"The Glaucus Effect" by Pietro Tramontin on Medium

"Turning Circe Into a Good Witch" by Claire Messud on The New York Times

"Circe – A Witch Guide" by Phoenix LeFae on Patheos (The Witches Next Door)

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In this week’s episode, Jessie leads the ladies through the jungle to discover a living dinosaur: the Mokele-Mbembe. As the Gruber Roschitz is sipped, the ladies make weather predictions, swoon over romantic cryptozoology and gamble on the Bone Wars. So grab your favorite veltliner and watch your canoe, Ladies Who Roar will have you itching to watch Jurassic Park for the 100th time.

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Sources:

“Mokele-mbeme” on Cryptid Archives Fandom

“Mokele-Mbembe: The Truth Behind Africa's Mythical River Monster” by Desiree Bowie on How Stuff Works

“In Search of the Congo Dinosaur: by William J. Gibbons on Institute of Creation Research

“Mokele-Mbembe (cryptozoology)” by Daniel Horowitz on EBSCO

“The Congo’s Dinosaur of Discord” by Ryan Biller on New Lines Magazine

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In this week’s episode, Sammy tells the tale of Fresno’s quirkiest cryptid: The Fresno Nightcrawlers. As the Witching Hour is sipped, the ladies theorize about the moon landing, choose their chaotic parentage, and add another unsolved mystery to their to-do lists. So grab your favorite Cabernet Sauvignon and playback your security camera feed, Ladies Who Love Fresno will have you giggling through the mayhem.

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Sources:

“Fresno” by Staff at Visit California

“Fresno Nightcrawler” by Anonymous at Cryptidwiki

“More than Fresno famous: How the Nightcrawler captured the world’s imagination” by Anon at The Business Journal

“Bigfoot, Chupacabra, and … Fresno Nightcrawler? Walking pants bring Fresno freaky fame” by Carmen George on Fresno Bee

“Strange creature reported in Carmel area” by Anonymous on HighlandCountryPress.com

“Cryptid fans are in love with this ‘funky little dude.’ What is the Fresno Nightcrawler?” by Fernanda Galan on Fresno Bee

“Origins of the Fresno Nightcrawler, a Pants-shaped Cryptid” by Desiree Bowie on Science.HowStuffWorks.com

“‘This weird little story.’ Why Fresno’s goofy Nightcrawler legend might just live forever” by Gisselle Medina on fresnoland.org

“‘This weird little story.’ Why Fresno’s goofy Nightcrawler legend might just live forever” by Brian Dunning, episode 826 on skeptoid.com 

“Fresno Nightcrawler: Hoax or real? Mystery remains years later” by Kellie Helton on YourCentralValley.com

“Fresno Nightcrawlers: Legends with Long Legs” by David Albaugh on BasementOfTheBizarre.com

“Unveiling the Mystery of the Fresno Nightcrawler” by Staff on DiscoveryUK.com

“The Fresno Nightcrawler | Meet the Mysterious Local Cryptid” by Anonymous at VisitFresnoCounty.org

“The Curious Story of The Fresno Nightcrawler, The California Cryptid That’s Charmed The Internet” by Kaleena Fraga on Allthatsinteresting.com

“The Fresno Night Crawlers” by Emily Zarka on Rocky Mountain PBS

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In this week’s episode, Lindsay walks the ladies through the garden to spin tales of small but mighty magical creatures: Flower Fairies. As the Cote de Rose is sipped, the ladies discover their tarot card personalities, congratulate Sammy on being awesome and have their own Poltergeist moment. So grab your favorite chilled rose and hold tight to your cactus, Ladies Who Live in Flowers will have you clapping for fairies again.

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Sources:

Crutchely, Megan. "A Need for Belief: The Victorians and Fairies." Retrospect Journal. 2021.

Strand, Sophie. "The Fairies Are Back & They're Even Smaller: The Meeting of Magic & the Microscopic World of 'Smalls'." Braided Way Magazine. 2021.

Williams, Holly. "When Britain Was Gripped by Fairy Mania." BBC Culture. 2023.

"Cottingley Fairies: How Sherlock Holmes's Creator Was Fooled by a Hoax." BBC News. 2020.

"The Victorian Fairy Craze." History Skills.

Young, Simon (ed.). The Fairy Census. fairycensus.com. Ongoing.

Conan Doyle Estate. "Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: Beliefs and Experiences." arthurconandoyle.co.uk.

Dumont, Henrietta. "The Language of Flowers." Project Gutenberg. Originally published 1851.

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In this week’s episode, Jessie tells the ladies about America’s oldest unsolved mystery: The Disappearance of the Roanoke Colony. As the Sohu is poured, the ladies fawn over pretty ladies in capes, acknowledge the intelligence of squirrels, and become terrified of real estate. So grab your favorite Croatian white and carve into the nearest tree, Ladies Who Vanish will have you baffled in no time. 

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TW:

Murder, death, drowning

Sources:

“The Lost Colony of Roanoke” by Jonathan Hogeback on Britannica

“The Lost Colony” on National Park Service Fort Raleigh

“Evidence Grows, the Lost Colony Split Up” by Frank Graff on PBS (2020)

“What Happened to the Lost Colony at Roanoke?” By Josh Clark and Nathan Chandler on How Stuff Works

“Legend of White Doe” by Daniel W Barefoot on NCpedia

“Ghost stories and unsolved mysteries: The haunted history of Roanoke Island” by Maureen Wurtz and Jenna Kurtz on Queen City News

“Haunted Roanoke” on Colonial Ghosts

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In this week’s episode, Sammy unearths the history behind lore’s most notorious creatures: Vampires. As the Vampire is sipped, the ladies read listener comments, confuse Hank Green for gangrene, and have controversial takes on Sweeney Todd. So grab your favorite merlot and burn your welcome mat, Ladies Who Are Spider Monkeys will have you screaming all day long.

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TW:

Gore, murder, death, sexual abuse

Sources:

“Long before Dracula, an ancient Mesopotamian civilisation raised the world's oldest vampires” by James Osborne on historyextra.com

“Vampires and rabies: What's the link?” by Tim Newman on Medical News Today

”The real-life diseases that spread the vampire myth” by Stephen Dowling on BBc

“How vampire lore emerged from shadowy medical mysteries” by Bella Isaacs-Thomas on PBS

“Vampires in Greece: From Ancient Greek Creatures to the Vrykolakas” by Annna Wichmann on Greek Reporter

“Vampiric Creatures of Ancient Myth and Legend” by Anonymous at Classicallyeducated.wordpress.com

“When New Englanders Blamed Vampires for Tuberculosis Deaths” by Crystal Ponti on History.com

“The New England Vampire Panic Was Very Real and Very Deadly” by Nathan Chandler on History.Howstuffworks.com

“Decomposing Bodies in the 1720s Gave Birth to the First Vampire Panic” by Karina Wilson on SmithsonianMagazine.com

“Vampire” by Staff on Britannica.com

“Bram Stoker Claimed That Parts of Dracula Were Real. Here's What We Know About the Story Behind the Novel” by Dacre Stoker and J.D. Barker on Time.com

“Vampire History” by Editors on History.com

“How ‘Nosferatu’ Reinvented the Vampire” by Becky Little on History.com

“Jure Grando: The world’s first recorded vampire” by Will Howard on Dangerousminds.net

“The Top 10 Real-Life “Vampires” from History” by staff at US Ghost Adventures

“Vampires & Arithmomania” by Anonymous on oddathenaeum.com

“Vampires are real: David Ono journeys to Serbia to find real story” by David Ono on abc7.com

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In this week’s episode, Lindsay teaches the ladies the practice of conjuring the universe: Manifestation. As the Minuty is sipped, the ladies get in touch with pet psychics, determine who their Greek God parents are, and summon Nikola Tesla’s ghost. So grab your favorite chilled rose and get your sigils ready, Ladies Who Practice Spicy Psychology will have you changing your life in no time.

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Sources:

CNBC Select Staff. "Jim Carrey Wrote Himself a $10 Million Check Before He Could Cash It — Here's the Science Behind Manifestation." CNBC. 2026.

Kim, Daniel. "There's More to Manifesting, Here's Its Philosophical Backstory." Seen & Unseen. 2025.

Serra, Giancarlo. "How Neville Goddard Manifested vs. The Principles of the Kybalion." GiancarloSerra.org. 2022.

Author Unknown. "Making Dreams Come True: Inside the New Age World of Manifesting." The Guardian. 2022.

#1 Neurosurgeon: How to Manifest Anything You Want & Unlock the Unlimited Power of Your Mind" (feat. Dr. Jim Doty). The Mel Robbins Podcast. Spotify. 2024.

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