On this week’s episode I am starting a series of stories that are great to listen to around the campfire starting with a heavy hitter, the famous ghosts of the Pine Barrens in New Jersey. There is one very famous inhabitant of the Pine Barrens, but I was surprised by how many other famous ghost stories are littered about. Of course, the most famous inhabitant is the Jersey Devil, who sightings are still reported of today. 

And a lot of these stories are really well documented! I found so much that this became a pretty long episode. But it’s all so good. 

So lets get into shall we? Grab yourself a cup of tea, make sure the doors are locked, and the sage is close by. I have a story to tell you.

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Sources

https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/new-jersey/haunted-pine-barrens-nj/

https://www.insider.com/inside-new-jersey-pine-barrens-legends-abandoned-ghost-towns-2019-10#but-the-legends-myths-and-history-of-the-pine-barrens-live-on-because-of-the-hard-work-of-local-historians-already-stories-are-being-lost-as-the-older-generation-passes-on-but-for-now-the-lore-awaits-if-you-dare-50

https://weirdnj.com/stories/jersey-devil/

https://maps.roadtrippers.com/us/pine-barrens-nj/nature/the-pine-barrens

Astonishing Legends

https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/152517324/person/322133774383/facts

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74926420/deborah-leeds

https://www.atlantic-county.org/history/jersey-devil-pg2.asp

https://thelittlehouseofhorrors.com/the-pine-barrens/

https://americanfolklore.net/folklore/2010/07/joseph_bonaparte_and_the_jerse.html

https://youtu.be/aEXd1xt_xvY

https://youtu.be/SGBpiv-pOVo

On this week’s episode I’m taking you guys ghost hunting at the Sorrento Hotel in Seattle on Halloween weekend, looking for a famous lesbian weed activist spirit. The Sorrento is considered to be in the top ten haunted hotels in the United States and she did not disappoint.

So lets get into shall we? Grab yourself a cup of tea, make sure the doors are locked, and the sage is close by. I have a story to tell you. 

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On this week’s episode we going going to the Merchant Cafe, seattle’s oldest bar and possibly the most haunted. Its an awesome place and I don’t think I have been to a place that takes their haunting, and their documentation more seriously. Like the hauntings are embraced here! It’s so much fun. 

So lets get into shall we? Grab yourself a cup of tea, make sure the doors are locked, and the sage is close by. I have a story to tell you. 

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Sources 

https://www.merchantscafemenu.com/ghost-stories

https://www.king5.com/article/entertainment/television/programs/evening/spirits-historic-bar-seattle-pioneer-square-merchants-cafe-and-saloon/281-fb2aca71-b9bf-412a-a256-e85436936bc3

https://merchantscafeandsaloon.com/media-history/

Dead Files Season 2 episode 7

On today’s episode we are talking about just some of the ghosts you can encounter at the Pike Place Market, the world famous Seattle Market where they throw giant fish back and forth. It’s pretty freaking awesome. This place has such a rich history I am barely skimming the surface here, so I’m focusing on the ghost of Arthur Goodwin, the spirit that hangs around Ghost Alley Espresso, and the numerous ghost children that have been seen around the market, especially in the Down Under.  

So lets get into shall we? Grab yourself a cup of tea, maybe a Smog, which is an earl gray tea and espresso latte, I think that’s what I got when I was there, make sure the doors are locked, and the sage is close by. I have a story to tell you. 

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On this Spooky Snippet, I'm sharing with you some of the interesting articles I found in the Oregonian Archives, including a story of ANOTHER sea serpent, a feast that killed multiple people, and a random snippet about guillotining. 

On this week’s episode I am telling you about the dark history and hauntings of the Cape Disappointment and Northhead Lighthouses. These things have seen quite a lot of death in their times being in the middle of the Graveyard of the Pacific. One of the most prominent ghosts is that of Melancholy Mary who simply breaks my heart. 

So lets get into shall we? Grab yourself a cup of tea, make sure the doors are locked, and the sage is close by. I have a story to tell you.

A little side bar about this week’s episode again, trigger warning. I’m not sure what it is about this episode. I have talked about some pretty dark things on this podcast but this one really got to me. I cried reading the newspapers, I cried writing it all, I’ll probably cry during recording. It’s a rough one, at least for me so bare with me and check in with yourselves to make sure you are ok to listen to such a sad story. 

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Sources

https://www.travelchannel.com/shows/ghost-adventures/photos/ghost-adventures-cape-disappointment

https://www.parks.wa.gov/241/North-Head-Lighthouse

https://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=115

https://www.visionaryliving.com/ghost-of-a-suicide-at-haunted-north-head-lighthouse/

Haunted Graveyard of the Pacific by Ira Wesley Kitmacher

https://www.chinookobserver.com/news/things-that-go-bump-on-the-coast/article_81049ba3-f6f8-5fc3-9357-ce0529c6ca9d.html

https://www.historylink.org/File/7602

Ghost Adventures season 20 episode 9

On this week’s episode we are talking all about ghost ships that have been reported near Astoria. 

So lets get into shall we? Grab yourself a cup of tea, maybe something with whiskey in it this week, make sure the doors are locked, and the sage is close by. I have a story to tell you.

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On this week’s episode we are delving deep into the Columbia River in search of the legendary Colossal Claude, a mysterious sea serpent reported several times near Astoria. Here’s the thing about the Pacific Northwest. There are a lot of sea serpents so we are going to examine the history of sightings of Claude, some of his closest neighbors, what he could be, and possibly even a new friend. 

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Sources

http://www.crmm.org

https://www.dailyastorian.com/life/in_one_ear/tales-of-claude-and-marvin/article_c3f7320f-091e-51c1-b531-515ba1d0a3ca.html

https://tocontriveandjive.wordpress.com/2019/12/22/does-colossal-claude-exist/

https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/sea-serpent-lore/#.Y7pphy2B1pQ

http://cryptozoo-oscity.blogspot.com/2009/06/claude-caddy-or-marvin-sea-monster.html

Haunted Astoria by Jefferson Davis 

Peter Ciams, "Colossal Claude and The Sea Monsters," The Oregonian. September 24, 1967.

https://www.donttakepictures.com/dtp-blog/2017/4/19/the-loch-ness-monster-turns-83-the-story-of-the-surgeons-photograph

https://oregonlive.newsbank.com

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sisiutl

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gonakadet

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadborosaurus

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilosaurus

https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/exploration.html

On today's Spooky Snippet, I am introducing you to Dr. Q's Spirit Hand, a lovely little disembodied hand that helps you communicate with the dead. 

I'm also explaining what a Spooky Snippet is.

Sources:

Thayer's Dr. Q Spirit Hand

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcvHopgYA8o

https://www.martinsmagic.com/allmagic/mentalism/dr-q-spirit-hand-by-thayer-quality-magic/

https://vimeo.com/408888240

On this week’s episode we are examining the glorious, haunted houses of the Flavel family. One haunted by spirits and the other haunted by the last generation of the family, one member of which became known as Hatchet Harry. This is the story of family secrets and a mystery that endured for decades. There’s a lot of twists and turns in this one.

So lets get into shall we? Grab yourself a cup of tea, make sure the doors are locked, and the hatchet is close by. I have a story to tell you.

This week we are moving out of Portland and up the coast to Astoria, Oregon, a sleepy little town directly on the Columbia River that has the cutest population of very loud sea lions. It’s tucked up in a valley that leads right down to the waterfront where you can watch big freighter ships and little lead boats going up and down. As we drove into town we hit a pretty crazy rainstorm that apparently flooded out a lot of places in town but otherwise it was very calm, off and on sunny and then foggy. It was kinda hard to believe that we were right in the midst of the Graveyard of the Pacific. According to the Columbia River Maritime Museum, “Since 1792 approximately 2000 vessels, including over 200 large ships, have sunk at the Columbia River Bar.  More than 700 people have lost their lives to the sea. Mariners agree that the combination of high seas, a mighty river, land shallow, and shifting sand bars make the Columbia River bar one of the most dangerous bar crossings in the world.”  Considering the stories from the museum I don’t want to see it at it’s worse. That’s kinda the backdrop to this week’s stories.

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Sources

https://astoriamuseums.org/explore/flavel-house-museum/

https://www.dailyastorian.com/news/flavel-family-mystery-unsealed/article_4c1e913d-45b8-5a07-a214-c96592e114a7.html

https://thatoregonlife.com/2017/10/flavel-house-astoria/ 

Haunted Astoria by Jefferson Davis 

https://www.dailyastorian.com/news/local/mary-louise-flavelflavel-s-death-closes-a-chapter-on-a-long-and-complex-history/article_ca446d03-7131-5d80-8fb5-5461286fc575.html

https://www.cultofweird.com/americana/flavel-house-astoria-oregon/

https://www.crmm.org/current-exhibits.html