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In 1938 Carl Pruitt found his wife in bed with another man. Crazed with uncontrollable anger he strangled his wife with a chain and then shot himself. Unfortunately for Pulaski County, Kentucky, Carl's anger manifested a curse upon his gravestone. When people began hearing the stories some dared Carl Pruitt's spirit to show itself, it would be the last request they would ever make.

Listen to the curse and if the story really happened on today's episode of Myths, Mysteries, & Monsters!

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https://completely-kentucky.fandom.com/wiki/Carl_Pruitt,_the_Killer_Ghost

https://1428elm.com/2016/10/16/kentucky-ghost-story-carl-pruitt-chain-strangler/

https://gspcentre.tripod.com/dan/killer_ghost.htm

https://darkhauntings.wordpress.com/2016/06/06/the-cursed-grave-of-carl-pruitt/

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

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On April 21st, 1907 the Chicago Tribune published a story of a Russian steamer called The Parrier docked off the coast of Santa Monica, California. The crew aboard the ship had been attacked by some unseen force driving them mad forcing them to take their own lives or that of their crewmates.

Several decades later the same thing happened aboard the Ivan Vassili forcing the ship to be docked and unused. The story appearing in The Minneapolis Star on April 14th, 1940. But did any of this actually happen? And if not why are two ships reported in newspapers as having succumbed to the same invisible terror?

Find out what really happened on today's episode of Myths, Mysteries, & Monsters!

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https://www.instagram.com/factschology/

https://archive.journal.com.ph/editorial/mysteries/thing-aboard-parrier

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Japanese_War

https://www.newspapers.com/image/350219026/?terms=Parrier&match=1

https://www.newspapers.com/image/350219020/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/350219769/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/178733154/?terms=Alec%20Govinski&match=1

http://www.underworldtales.com/ivan-vassili/

http://paranormaljunkie.net/real-ghost-stories-ivan-vassili-the-haunted-ghost-ship/

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

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Okean_as_hospital_ship.jpg

https://skepticalinquirer.org/1984/01/the-haunting-of-the-ivan-vassilli/

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Off Trout Run Road in Hellam Township, Pennsylvania, there is a place secluded and surrounded by forest said to be a gateway into Hell. Legend tells of seven gates needed to be crossed before a portal will take you directly there. The history of the location, filled with anger and violence is said to be what caused the portal to open but is there any truth in the history that is told?

Find out if there really is a gateway to Hell on today's short episode of Myths, Mysteries, & Monsters.

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https://www.hellamtownship.com/

https://puzzleboxhorror.com/seven-gates-of-hell-urban-legend/

http://www.weirdus.com/states/pennsylvania/local_legends/seven_gates_of_hell/

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/hellam-township

https://yorkblog.com/yorktownsquare/seven-gates-of-hell-a-history-mystery-of-mythical-proportions/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellam_Township,_York_County,_Pennsylvania

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In Denton County, Texas near the ghost town that once was Alton a bridge was constructed at the Hickory Creek in 1884. A half a century later a legend of a monstrous half-goat, half-man demon was born. Throughout the years multiple origins for the Goatman have spread but the one that remains consistent is the feeling that the demon is watching...

Listen to all the origins and find out which are real on today's episode of Myths, Mysteries, & Monsters!

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http://www.randomconnections.com/paranormal-activity/

https://web.archive.org/web/20101123083727/http://goatmansbridge.com/Paranormal-activity.html

https://newspaperarchive.com/tags/abandoned-alton-bridge-car-disappearance/?pc=7326&psi=94&pci=7&ndt=by&py=1607&pey=1967&plo=abandoned-car-disappearance/

https://mooshujenne.com/old-alton-bridge-goatmans-denton-texas/

https://www.pbase.com/image/80955292

https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1703339/m2/1/high_res_d/CRITTENDEN-THESIS-2020.pdf

http://www.texasescapes.com/CentralTexasTownsNorth/Alton-Texas.htm

https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/alton-tx-denton-county

https://starlocalmedia.com/lakecitiessun/old-alton-bridge-a-legend-in-denton-county/article_32390a5e-5bb8-11e4-859b-fb074b8b933f.html

https://cw33.com/news/dfw-ghost-stories-does-the-goatman-haunt-old-alton-bridge/

https://www.tsl.texas.gov/exhibits/civilwar/trouble.html

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On this month's bonus episode, I interview my brother, Steven, who six years ago experienced a haunting that started with an encounter with a shadow person. Is it possible the hauntings Steven experienced all have scientific explanations? 

In the end you decide.

Listen to his story on today's episode of Myths, Mysteries, & Monsters

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https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/science-tech/why-brain-programmed-see-faces-everyday-objects#

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winslow%E2%80%93Turner_Carriage_House

https://www.liveabout.com/shadow-people-2596772

https://qz.com/quartzy/1444843/what-is-sleep-paralysis/

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Considered one of the most haunted towns in the United States, Jerome, Arizona has had a troubled past. A town dependent on the mining of copper in the 88 miles beneath the dirt roads it has had far too many fires, explosions, accidents, and deaths.

Today it seems there's a ghost at every corner and a haunted location at every end of the street. Find out a few of the stories of the ghosts that inhabit Jerome, Arizona on today's episode of Myths, Mysteries, & Monsters.

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Sources
https://westernmininghistory.com/towns/arizona/jerome/

https://heathermonroe.medium.com/the-murder-of-jennie-bauters-ae1b11006d0c

http://hauntedhouses.com/arizona/mile-high-inn-and-grill/

https://blog.azgs.arizona.edu/blog/2018-04/men-mines-and-geology-verde-mining-district-jerome-arizona

https://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/AZ-01-025-0047-11

http://www.the13thfloor.tv/2016/08/11/from-wickest-city-in-the-west-to-nightmarish-ghost-town-jerome-arizona/

https://tourism.az.gov/economic-impact/

https://jeromegrandhotel.net/hotel-history/

https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-contributor/2016/10/18/jerome-grand-hotel-most-haunted-place-arizona/92340696/

https://vacationistusa.com/arts/wickedest-history-wholesome-jerome/

https://www.legendsofamerica.com/az-jeromehaunting/

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In Dumbarton, Scotland there is a small bridge over a 50 foot drop where dogs have an uncontrollable urge to jump to rocky area below. No one knows why but many have their own beliefs; the spirit of a woman who lost the love of her life, a place between heaven and earth, or the smells of animals attracting dogs to leap to their deaths?

Find out the stories behind the Overtoun Bridge also known as Dog Suicide Bridge on today's episode of Myths, Mysteries, & Monsters.

If you have any myths, mysteries, or monsters you’d like us to cover, send an email to [email protected] 

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https://www.vice.com/en/article/evq98m/the-mystery-of-the-dog-suicide-bridge

https://allthatsinteresting.com/overtoun-bridge

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/27/world/europe/scotland-overtoun-bridge-dog-suicide.html

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/dog-suicide-bridge-scotland-dumbarton-scottish-gorge-a8849146.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/11/travel/thin-places-where-we-are-jolted-out-of-old-ways-of-seeing-the-world.html#

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St. Katherine's Abbey in County Limerick is home to two stories of spirits, one a sad tale of an accidental death and the other of a nun who lost her way and turned to black magic.

On today's short episode of Myths, Mysteries, & Monsters, we look at the tales of both and try to find any evidence of either having occurred.

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https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/looking-for-a-haunting-tonight-we-ve-found-13-of-ireland-s-most-haunted-places-1.1982476

https://www.irelandsown.ie/abbey-of-the-black-hag/

http://www.abandonedireland.com/OldAbbey.html

https://studyireland.ie/2020/10/27/limericks-legends-and-urban-myths/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissolution_of_the_Monasteries#Complaints

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_FitzGerald,_7th_Earl_of_Desmond

https://books.google.com/books?id=k7IKAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA384&source=gbs_selected_pages&cad=3#v=onepage&q&f=false

https://www.geni.com/people/Ellice-de-Barry-Baroness-of-Desmond/6000000056187417871

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Regarded as the most haunted townhouse in London, 50 Berkeley Square is home to tales of ghosts and monsters, the sights of which drive many insane before their deaths just days later. Today we'll look at the stories and history of what truly resides at 50 Berkeley Square in Mayfair, London.

Find out why it's considered the most haunted townhouse in London on today's episode of Myths, Mysteries, & Monsters!

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Lyttelton,_4th_Baron_Lyttelton

https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Nameless_Thing_of_Berkeley_Square

https://books.google.com/books?id=GhDPDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT196&lpg=PT196&dq

http://www.haunted-london.com/50-berkeley-square

https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Nameless_Thing_of_Berkeley_Square

https://www.intotheportal.com/into-the-portal-blog/2018/10/27/episode-xxxiv-the-nameless-horror-of-berkeley-square

https://london-beyond-time-and-place.com/50-berkeley-square-the-most-haunted-house-in-london/

https://london-overlooked.com/berkeley/

https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2018/06/the-bizarre-nameless-thing-of-berkeley-square/

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/50_Berkeley_Square

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In 1986 the Tallman family would move into a new home, one they considered their dream home but it would only take a few months for the spirit of a witch to begin terrorizing the home.

What brought the spirit into their home? Was it a bunk bed they purchased from a second hand shop or had the spirit been in the home all along?

Find out the full ghost story on today's episode of Myths, Mysteries, & Monsters!

Sources
https://milwaukeerecord.com/city-life/haunted-bunk-beds-and-4-other-wisconsin-related-mysteries-from-the-original-unsolved-mysteries/

https://www.cultofweird.com/paranormal/haunted-bunk-beds-in-wisconsin/

https://www.thescarechamber.com/tallman-bunk-beds/

https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Tallman_House

https://books.google.com/books?id=j9RTJEGSoWIC&pg=PA146&lpg=PA146&dq=tallman+house+unsolved+mysteries&source=bl&ots=bQpBY6zHJL&sig=67oex156otBnf47MVcc2NEMiQl0&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjLyIqC36jbAhWizlkKHf6ZCEo4FBDoAQg2MAI#v=onepage&q=tallman%20house%20unsolved%20mysteries&f=false

https://newspaperarchive.com/kenosha-news-feb-20-1988-p-3/

https://www.bobvila.com/articles/what-does-black-mold-look-like/

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