Legend Podcast

Ojai, California is bursting with urban legends. One in particular stands out, the most popular of the legends, his name is Char Man. Whether he was burnt in a horrific wild fire, or a mishap from gasoline, an airplane, or a car accident… Char Man still terrifies the locals. His body is a blackened to a crisp and you’ll know he’s coming from the foul odor he emits before you even see him. Be careful because he’s after your skin! Listen in as Samm tells Amy’s the grizzly details of Char Man’s origin stories and sprinkles in a few of the other local urban legends around the Ojai/Ventura County area in the 40th episode of Legend.

Spring Break, 1977, three separate accounts of a mysterious creature spotted roaming around the woods of Dover, Massachusetts. What was it? A moose? An animal with mange? Maybe it was an abandoned ET, forgotten by his friends. Join us on the 39th episode of Legend as Amy tells Samm all about this bigheaded, long fingered, emaciated being.

In the 1960s there were several sightings of a dapper looking grinning man dubbed Indrid Cold. His appearance, paired with several UFO sightings, created a media frenzy and may have driven one man to lose everything. What do Mothman and Indrid Cold have in common? Find out when Samm and Amy discuss The Grinning Man and his strange appearance in Point Pleasant at the same time as Mothman on the 38th episode of Legend.

Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary! Oh right, need to say that in front of a dimly lit mirror, we can try again later. For now you should listen to episode 37 to find out just who you may be summoning up. Is she a queen, a witch, or an unfortunate car accident victim? Listen as Amy explains to Samm some of the different ladies that make up this urban legend and then stick around for our experiment.

Is it a bird, is it a plane, or is it some sort of flying bug man that interestingly enough looks like a moth? If you’re from Point Pleasant, West Virginia, the latter is probably the first thought to come to your mind. Mothman was originally seen around Point Pleasant in the 1960s preceding America’s most deadly bridge collapse and since then has only grown in popularity. Is he an evil being? Is he paranormal or extraterrestrial? Or is he a warning of disastrous things yet to come? Come find out what we think about this cryptid on the 36th episode of Legend.

Norman Glenwood Baker, showman, business man, conman. There is nothing Norman couldn’t do, as long as he saw some else do it first. On the 35th episode of Legend Amy picks up where she left off with telling Samm all about Norman Baker. Listen as we travel through his life and many business ventures, all the way to his time at Leavenworth and ultimately his death.

Adam Ellis started having strange dreams about a dead child with a misshapen head in the summer of 2017. Shortly after, another child told him in his dreams that the one he had seen with the misshapen head was named “Dear David”. You can ask him two questions as long as you say “Dear David” first but if you ask him a third… you’ll die. Adam Ellis asked Dear David a third question and from there things get bonkers. Listen as Samm tells Amy all about it in the 34th episode of Legend.

When you think of Arkansas what pops in your head? Small towns, Ozark Mountains, not a whole lot of anything? Well one thing they have is the most haunted hotel in America. The Crescent Hotel in Eureka Springs, a town with an already spectacularly interesting history. On episode 33 Amy tells Samm all about the creepy happenings and the crazy history of this hotel.

Two seemingly upstanding and incredibly smart people became the face of UFO abductions in the 1960s. On their way back home from their honeymoon- Betty, a social worker, and Barney, a veteran and civil rights speaker, claimed to have been abducted in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. Hear their sensational story on the 32nd episode of Legend as Samm tells Amy about the experiments they claimed to have done to them by beings from another planet and all they went through after that one eventful night home.

Once upon a time a Chimpanzee escaped from a wrecked circus train car, he made his way to Honey Island Swamp where he found an amazing Alligator. Despite their differences they fell madly in love. Miraculously one day the Alligator found herself with child. She struggled with the birth and ended up passing away after giving birth to a healthy fur ball. The Chimp took care of the baby until he passed away from a broken heart. Orphaned and alone this Chimpagator grew up in the swamp terrorizing hunters and wild boars, barely getting by without being discovered till one day two outdoorsmen crossed his path. Am I giving your the story of the Honey Island Swamp Monster right here in the summary or am I pulling your chain? Come snoopin’ and poopin’ to our 31st episode where Amy tells Samm all about this Louisiana Wookie.