While Kaydra recovers from Crime Con, enjoy this remastered version of Texas Urban Legends where Kaydra tells the haunting stories from San Marcos, Texas State University, and St. Mary's Orphanage.

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Episode keywords:
haunted, haunted places, haunted locations, paranormal, paranormal podcast, Texas folklore, Texas history, Texas urban legends, St. Mary's Orphanage, Galveston flood, San Marcos, Texas State University, creepy stories, true horror stories

We lived in these dwellings for millions of years… sleeping, creating life, preparing food, and performing rituals. Our ancestors have worshipped their limestone and crystal, believing them to possess mystical properties. Today, some still believe these burrows harness energy and amplify paranormal activity. Others believe creatures lurk in the shadows, crawling along the walls and stealing the souls of any who dare to enter. Some curious explorers have gotten lost and met their demise, dying alone in the dark. 

From history, to folklore, to creatures, to disappearances, and deaths, there are endless stories from these dark caverns. 

Today’s episode is all about caves!

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SOURCES:

https://www.grunge.com/1153709/the-frightening-conspiracy-theory-that-links-missing-persons-cases-to-u-s-cave-systems/
https://www.stumpcrosscaverns.co.uk/cave-dwelling-cryptids-9-mythical-creatures-that-live-in-caves
https://www.icysedgwick.com/folklore-of-british-caves/
https://www.stumpcrosscaverns.co.uk/caves-in-myths-and-legend
https://thedebrief.org/magical-properties-of-devils-church-cave-used-by-shamans-and-healers-for-centuries-linked-to-sites-rare-acoustics/
https://www.yahoo.com/news/inside-costa-rica-cave-death-192306563.html
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-44791998
https://divernet.com/scuba-news/dave-shaw-died-from-carbon-dioxide-black-out/
https://travelnevada.com/nevada-magazine/m-cave-and-the-unexplained-disappearance-of-kenny-veach/
https://wasg.org.au/specialties/environmental-hazards/foul-air
https://pioneerwalks.com.au/caving-dangers-foul-air/
https://www.dfwgrotto.org/safety.htm
https://www.lovetoknow.com/life/lifestyle/5-most-haunted-caves-us-deep-exploration
https://www.reddit.com/answers/50fab7ba-dd04-4e13-8a31-8a8e70e721bd/?q=Floyd+Collins+Mammoth+Cave&source=SERP&upstreamCID=c4a21f85-b9ce-489f-97eb-a9de2cdfee78&upstreamIID=4bfb449c-aed5-44d0-9383-2fe7c460afe1&upstreamQ=Floyd+Collins+Mammoth+Cave&upstreamQID=664f3fd8-0f87-41fd-bd95-80b7e2ae0551
https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article312620866.html
https://osirisparanormal.medium.com/new-creature-on-the-block-the-potential-case-for-the-crawler-877d8e973153
https://monster.fandom.com/wiki/The_Rake
Wikipedia
https://medium.com/@chrisbigaj/the-disappearance-of-kenny-veach-7884a5bcfe22

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Episode keywords:
Disappearances, cave, crawler, rake, cryptid, Appalachian stories, haunted Appalachia, Kenny Veach, Dave Shaw, paranormal podcast, true crime podcast, unsolved, unsolved mysteries, Area 51, folklore, paranormal stories, true horror stories, 

While Kaydra catches up from a weekend with family, enjoy this re-mastered playback of the story that first got Kaydra into the paranormal! The terrifying story of Heol Fanog, AKA Hellfire Farm. 

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Episode keywords:
Heol Fanog, Hellfire Farm, paranormal podcast, exorcism, demonic possession, cursed house, haunted house, haunted locations, paranormal stories, true horror stories, dark history, weird history, supernatural, mystery podcast, scary stories

Today, we venture inside mysterious gateways. We step through the glass, and gaze beyond our own reflection. Around the world for thousands of years, these objects have been feared, covered, shattered, and whispered to. Some say they’re capable of trapping souls. Others claim they reveal hidden truths, and bring good luck, or bad. It depends on who you ask.

From ancient superstitions to ghostly reflections – today we are discussing one of the most ordinary, yet powerful objects in our homes. Today’s episode is all about mirrors!

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SOURCES:
https://psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk/articles/psychomanteum-mirror-gazing/
https://www.jahernandez.com/posts/mirrors-superstition-mythology-psychology-sanity
https://www.cabinetmagazine.org/issues/14/mcelheny.php
https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2017/04/through-glass-darkly-mirrors-myths-and.html
https://hauntedwalk.com/news/the-haunting-of-the-myrtles-plantation/
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/the-haunted-mirror
https://usghostadventures.com/haunted-houses/villisca-axe-murder-house/

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Episode keywords:
Mirrors, haunted mirror, Bloody Mary, Bela Lugosi, cursed games, mirror box, mirror magic, paranormal podcast, psychomanteum, mirror gazing, myrtles plantation, haunted locations, villisca axe murders, superstitions, mirror superstitions

Today we’re looking up to the skies, rolling up our sleeves—and maybe grabbing an umbrella..because things are getting weird overhead. Imagine glancing up one afternoon only to find… meat. Falling. From. The. Sky. Or wandering through your neighborhood as gelatinous blobs drift down like strange raindrops an alternate dimension. 

History is filled with bizarre meteorological moments that challenge both science and sanity. But today’s stories will have you thinking the movie Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs is actually possible. So let’s get into it. Today’s perplexing episode is all about strange things that have fallen from the sky, The Kentucky Meat Shower and the Oakville Blobs.

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SOURCES:

https://vinepair.com/cocktail-chatter/kentucky-meat-shower-mystery/
https://www.weku.org/kentucky-arts-culture/2026-03-06/kentucky-meat-shower-150th-anniversary-draws-hundreds-to-bath-county
https://www.hollyhillandco.com/stories-recipes/meat-shower
https://www.wkms.org/sounds-good-conversations/2024-02-20/uncommon-history-brent-taylor-on-the-1876-kentucky-meat-shower-in-bath-county
https://davebarry.substack.com/p/the-kentucky-meat-shower
https://www.kentucky.com/news/state/kentucky/article314895873.html
Season 5 Episode 20 “Unsolved Mysteries”
https://www.kuow.org/stories/return-of-the-blobs-sw-washington-revisited-by-decades-old-gooey-mystery
https://www.discoveryuk.com/mysteries/what-were-the-oakville-blobs-and-what-caused-them/
https://www.sciencefocus.com/science/what-were-the-oakville-blobs
https://medium.com/@ajhotz23/do-not-ask-the-1994-oakville-blobs-711bd8631fa8
https://www.iflscience.com/oakville-blobs-in-1994-mysterious-gelatinous-goo-rained-down-on-washington-73717
https://www.rd.com/list/weird-things-fallen-from-sky/


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Episode keywords:
Weird history, Kentucky Meat Shower, Oakville Blobs, germ warfare, unsolved mysteries, Kentucky history, Washington history, mystery podcast, unsolved, funny history, true stories, weird science, weather, paranormal podcast, unsolved podcast 

Introducing the new long form investigative podcast from the team behind Missing in Hush Town, Secrets Beyond the Sacramento River.
Subscribe now wherever you get podcasts and catch new episodes each Monday.

Apple Podcast Link
Spotify Podcast Link 

Episode 1: Send Recovery
On September 9th, 2023, at 9:45 PM, a 911 call was made.
A witness reported a white sedan sitting on River Road in the Sacramento Delta.
Moments later, that same car began to move—rolling slowly from a stop, turning down an embankment, and disappearing into the Sacramento River.
Emergency response was called.
But what happened next, doesn’t make sense.
Within hours, the call was downgraded.
Medical was cancelled.
No confirmed search took place the following day.
Two days later, a dive team finally located the vehicle.
Four days later, Jeff Anderson was pulled from the bottom of the river—just 500 feet from where the car entered the water.
His car was:
-upside down
- in park.
Keys in his pocket.
His body in the back seat.
His phone was never recovered.
And in the months after his death—someone attempted to access his accounts.

Authorities ruled it an accident.

We disagree. 

In this first chapter of Secrets Beyond the Sacramento River, we walk you through the night Jeff Anderson lost his life—using dispatch calls, witness statements, and official reports—to uncover one question:

What happened to Jeff Anderson?

Subscribe wherver you get podcasts. 

Hosts Jen Rivera & Jules Thorp 
Produced in cooperation with Jeff Anderson's family.

Kaydra's friend, Jules, co-founder of Fire Eyes Media, returns to the podcast to shed light on 2 cases she has been researching for the past 2 years. Jules works closely with the families and believes these cases are solvable. These are the stories of 11 year old Bethany Markowski and 40 year old Jeff Anderson. 

https://bethanymarkowski.com
https://missinginhushtown.com
https://fireeyesmedia.com/shows

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Episode keywords:
Bethany Markowski, Jeff Anderson, unsolved podcast, unsolved, disappearance, true crime, true crime podcast, Missing in Hushtown, Secrets Beyond the Sacramento River, victims first, California crimes, unsolved mysteries, Tennessee crimes, missing person, Tennessee missing persons, California missing persons

Today you will hear 4 stories that will leave you wondering what else is out there: a massive silent object is seen moving slowly across the treeline, a man on his death bed gets visited by a loved one, a child makes a dark prediction about their mother’s future, and an outdoorsman witnesses a 2 foot tall man trudging along the forest road. 

Today’s episode is all about perplexing paranormal Reddit encounters.

Check out Believing the Bizarre wherever you get your podcasts.

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Episode keywords:
Reddit stories, paranormal stories, paranormal podcast, true horror stories, scary Reddit stories, true crime podcast, UFO, alien, paranormal encounters, near death experience, unexplained, cryptid, fairy, fae 

You remember them from childhood—sweet melodies sung before sleep, an intriguing yarn your parents told to chase away the dark. But what if these songs and stories actually stemmed from darkness? What if the seemingly innocent rhymes and fairytales we still spread today were never meant for children's ears?

Today, we peel back the soft, comforting veil of these stories to find what’s whispering beneath: plagues, betrayal, grim warnings, and violence. Forget happily ever after. 

Today’s episode is all about the perplexing and dark origins of nursery rhymes and fairytales!

Check out Cryptic Cocktail Party here!

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SOURCES:
https://www.mentalfloss.com/literature/nursery-rhymes/morbid-meaning-ring-around-the-rosie
https://www.mentalfloss.com/literature/nursery-rhymes/dark-origins-11-classic-nursery-rhymes
https://kids.kiddle.co/Ring_a_Ring_o%27_Roses
Wikipedia
https://www.historyhit.com/culture/the-disturbing-origins-of-fairy-tales/
https://www.tckpublishing.com/dark-fairy-tales/
https://time.com/3828261/dark-origins-11-nursery-rhymes/
https://www.classical-music.com/features/works/darkest-nursery-rhymes
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20150610-the-dark-side-of-nursery-rhymes
https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/jack-and-jill-nursery-rhyme-lyrics-origins-meaning-history/
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20150610-the-dark-side-of-nursery-rhymes

On January 15, 1947, a mother walking her child in a vacant Los Angeles lot discovered what she initially thought was a discarded mannequin, tragically it was the body of Elizabeth Short. She had been severed at the waist and drained of blood—a crime so theatrical and gruesome it changed the American media forever. In this episode, we peel back the layers of the "Black Dahlia" myth and the top suspects of who could be responsible.

This week Kaydra from Perplexity A Mystery Podcast is on the mic to help unpack this infamous case.
You can find all things perplexing at https://www.perplexitymysterypodcast.com/

Join me on social media @itstrulytwisted on Instagram and @trulytwisted on TikTok.
You can follow me personally @littleleesha

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Recourses used in todays episode:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Dahlia
https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/black-dahlia
https://www.novelsuspects.com/articles/a-brief-history-of-the-black-dahlia/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Dahlia_suspects
https://goldenglobes.com/articles/forgotten-hollywood-mystery-black-dahlia-killing/