Midnight in the Mountains

On this episode of MITM, Laura and Aaron step back in time to Mesoamerica. 

Laura covers the rise of the Aztecs, revealing the harsh reality of how they came to brutally dominate the region with brute force and human sacrifice. Traveling ahead through time, nearly 200 years later, a few factors create the perfect storm that all contribute to the demise of the Aztec Empire. Aaron shares his findings on the discovery of the  “Aztec death whistle” and it’s possible use in rituals that involved human sacrifice to worship the Aztec’s Sun God.

Today paranormal investigators are using this “death whistle” as a trigger object by blowing into the whistle that produces an absolutely horrifying sound of a human screaming in extreme pain. The idea is that the sound of distress may attract negative entities and produce paranormal activity.

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On this episode of MITM Laura and Aaron discuss a terrible murder that turned a small town upside down and left women afraid to leave their houses.
The year was 1880 in a small rural Pennsylvania farm town when a tragic murder took place.  A young girl named, Etna Bittenbender,  left her house on a fateful Halloween afternoon, never to return home again.  Her body was found the next day by her siblings.  Almost One hundred and forty-three years later, the murder is unsolved.  It is said that her ghost has been seen in the area that she passed away in.
Hopefully she is resting peacefully. 

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It's been awhile since MITM has been around, but Laura and Aaron are back with this  episode recorded in March.  They share some information on the history of Ireland and how St. Patrick's day came to be.  Aaron's dog Bowser also had his first Bday and we discuss the plans for the party.  Also discussed are some mysterious ghost stories and the origins of Sleepyhollow!

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On this episode of MITM Laura and Aaron discuss ancient ghost stories, the first recorded ghost story in history to be exact.  Aaron talks about some other very old stories.  Then Laura shares the story she found that took place closer to the modern day, this story is said to be the first recorded ghost story in America.

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On this episode of MITM Laura and Aaron discuss, how over the years hitchhiking became less popular and the laws placed against it for everyone safety.  Even the FBI made posters warning against the dangers.
Laura tells the history of how a young girl tragically lost her life and has become known as the vanishing hitchhiker ghost, Resurrection Mary.  Many ghostly hitchhiking stories share similarities to Mary. 
Aaron shares an Appalachian horse riding, hitchhiker story.  One day a man picked up a woman who asked for a ride with him on his horse. In the short amount of time that he had taken her to her destination, he became so enthralled with the woman that he went back to her family the next day to ask her hand in marriage, only to find out the woman had been deceased. 
Stories that had been collected and grouped, by two folklorists in the 1940's are also discussed.

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On this episode of MITM Aaron and Laura discuss petroglyphs from the Appalachians all the way to Australia.  Some petroglyphs depict other worldly creatures, strange large serpent creatures, bird-like human figures, sorcerers, unicorns and aliens are mentioned.  They theorize what they could possibly represent. 

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On this episode of Midnight In The Mountains, Aaron shares a Tennessee railroad story and some other southern tales.  Then Laura share a premonition that a railroad conductor had of his own death. 

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On this episode of Midnight In the Mountains, Laura and Aaron take a look back through history, to see where Valentines day could have possibly originated from.  Laura explains the Pagan festival Lupercalia and the rituals that took place in ancient times. Christians may have used Valentine's day (a day that was used to remember St. Valentine's death or time of burial) in order to "Christianize" Lupercalia. 
Then Aaron tells some tragic love stories that have resulted in hauntings that still continue today.

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sources: https://www.history.com/topics/valentines-day/history-of-valentines-day-2
https://notebookofghosts.com/2016/02/14/happy-valentines-day-ghost-stories-of-tragic-love/