Pretty Wicked

On a cold December night on a remote cluster of islands off Scotland, three lighthouse keepers vanished without a trace, leaving behind a silent tower, unanswered questions and a story that has haunted the North Atlantic for over a century. Some say it was the sea, others say it was something much more sinister...

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Macabrium is a podcast exploring dark history, crime, lore, & legend, and is part of the Southern Gothic Media Podcast Network. The show is hosted by actors Megan Alda and Derek Stephen Brown, with writing and research by Chloe Kibbe.

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-Source Material & Further Reading-

Flannan Isles Mystery

Flannan Isles Lighthouse Keepers: The disappearance

The Mysterious Disappearance of the Flannan Islands Lighthouse Keepers

The mysterious disappearance of the Eilean Mor lighthouse keepers 

The Flannan Isle mystery: The three lighthouse keepers who vanished

What caused the disappearance of the Flannan Isle lighthouse keepers? 

Flannan Isle Mystery: When Three Lighthouse Keepers Vanished Forever

The Flannan Isle Mystery 

Inside The Chilling Flannan Isle Mystery Of The Three Lighthouse Keepers Who Suddenly Vanished In 1900

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🗄️ This episode originally aired on Haunted History / Macabrium, a co-hosted dark history podcast. The show has since been rebranded as Pretty Wicked, a solo true crime and mystery podcast hosted by Megan.

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This episode was written by Chloe Kibbe and hosted by Megan Alda.

🖤 SOURCES & FURTHER READING

Here is everything used to research this episode.

🔗 WEB SOURCES

Wikipedia - Flannan Isles Lighthouse

National Records of Scotland - The Flannan Islands Lighthouse: A Disappearance

National Records of Scotland - The Mystery of the Flannan Islands Lighthouse

Northern Lighthouse Board - Flannan Isles

Royal Museums Greenwich - The Flannan Isle Mystery

BBC News - Letter on Mystery of Three Missing Lighthouse Keepers to Go on Display

Sky History - The Flannan Isle mystery: The three lighthouse keepers who vanished

History Hit - Flannan Isle Mystery: When Three Lighthouse Keepers Vanished Forever

Mental Floss - The Mystery of the Missing Keepers at the Flannan Isles Lighthouse

Discovery UK - What Was the Flannan Isle Mystery and What Happened to the Missing Eilean Mor Lighthouse Keepers?

The Courier - Vanishing men: the mystery of the Flannan Isles lighthouse keepers

📚 BOOKS

Goodreads - The Lighthouse: The Mystery of the Eilean Mor Lighthouse Keepers by Keith McCloskey (The History Press, 2014)

🎬 DOCS

TheTVDB - Look Stranger: Finlay J. Macdonald on the Flannan Isles (BBC Two, 1970)

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Two teenage girls, best friends, were wrapped up in their own world, dreaming of freedom and escape. But when a mother tried to stand in the way, those fantasies took a darker turn. What happened next on a quiet day in Christchurch was shocking and left everyone asking how far obsession can really go.

-About Us-

Macabrium is a podcast exploring dark history, crime, lore, & legend, and is part of the Southern Gothic Media Podcast Network. The show is hosted by actors Megan Alda and Derek Stephen Brown, with writing and research by Chloe Kibbe.

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-Source Material & Further Reading-

The Sinister Story Of Pauline Parker And Juliet Hulme, The Best Friends Who Committed One Of New Zealand’s Most Infamous Murders

The Parker-Hulme murder: Why it still matters to us

Adaptation of a Murder/Murder as Adaptation: The Parker-Hulme Case in Angela Carter's “The Christchurch Murder” and Peter Jackson's Heavenly Creatures

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There are ships that vanish without a trace… and then there are ships that turn up when they shouldn’t. The Carroll A. Deering was one of those. A five-masted schooner, found run aground off the Outer Banks in 1921, her crew gone without explanation. No distress call, no goodbye, nothing. Some say it was mutiny, others say pirates, and a few still wonder if something far stranger was at play…

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Macabrium is a podcast exploring dark history, crime, lore, & legend, and is part of the Southern Gothic Media Podcast Network. The show is hosted by actors Megan Alda and Derek Stephen Brown, with writing and research by Chloe Kibbe.

-Connect with Us-

Visit our socials, ⁠Instagram⁠, ⁠Facebook⁠, & ⁠YouTube ⁠@macabriumpod. You can learn more about us by visiting our website ⁠here. ⁠

-Support Us-

You can support Macabrium by joining our Patreon ⁠here⁠. This will help toward our goal of podcasting full time which means bringing you more Macabrium, more often! 

-Content Warning-

Some episodes may contain content that some listeners find disturbing or potentially triggering/ Please take care while listening.

-Source Material & Further Reading-

National Park Service – Cape Hatteras National Seashore
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration – Office of National Marine Sanctuaries
U.S. Coast Guard History
Maine Maritime Museum
Historical Blindness Podcast
National Archives
North Carolina Digital Collections – State Archives of North Carolina
The Ghost Ship of Diamond Shoals
The Mystery of the Carroll A. Deering
The Outer Banks Gazetteer
The Carroll A. Deering: A Historical Review

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Late at night in Hawai'i, people say you can hear it start with the faint pound of drums. Then, a glow of torches flickering in the distance, and the ground almost feels like it’s alive, shaking with footsteps you can’t see. Locals will warn you: if the Night Marchers come your way, you don’t look, you don’t breathe, you don’t move. Because if you do… you might not be here by morning.

-About Us-

Macabrium is a podcast exploring dark history, crime, lore, & legend, and is part of the Southern Gothic Media Podcast Network. The show is hosted by actors Megan Alda and Derek Stephen Brown, with writing and research by Chloe Kibbe.

-Connect with Us-

Visit our socials, Instagram, Facebook, & YouTube @macabriumpod. You can learn more about us by visiting our website here. 

-Support Us-

You can support Macabrium by joining our Patreon here. This will help toward our goal of podcasting full time which means bringing you more Macabrium, more often! 

-Content Warning-

Some episodes may contain content that some listeners find disturbing or potentially triggering/ Please take care while listening.

-Source Material & Further Reading-

The Legendary Night Marchers by Mysteries of Hawaii
The Legend of Night Marchers in Hawai’i by Catherine Toth Fox

‘The Nightmarchers’ author finds horror on a Hawaiian island in time for Halloween by Scott Yunker

The Hawaiian Storyteller Youtube Channel

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Behind the calm voice and polite demeanor was something truly sinister. In the 1970s, a towering figure roamed the California coast, hiding monstrous urges behind an ordinary exterior. He charmed, he manipulated, and he killed his victims as proxies in a twisted war with the one woman who haunted his life the most...

About The Show

Macabrium is a podcast exploring dark history, crime, lore, & legend, and is part of the Southern Gothic Media Podcast Network. The show is hosted by actors Megan Alda and Derek Stephen Brown, with writing and research by Chloe Kibbe.

Connect With Us

Visit our socials, Instagram, Facebook, & YouTube @macabriumpod. You can learn more about us by visiting our website ⁠here. ⁠

Support Us

You can support Macabrium by joining our Patreon ⁠here⁠. This will help toward our goal of podcasting full time which means bringing you more Macabrium, more often! 

Content Advisory 

Some episodes may contain content that some listeners find disturbing or potentially triggering/ Please take care while listening.

Source Material & Further Reading

The Co-Ed Killer: A Study of Murder in the 1970s – Margaret Cheney
Serial Murderers and Their Victims – Eric W. Hickey
Mindhunter: Inside the FBI’s Elite Serial Crime Unit – John E. Douglas and Mark OlshakerThe Twisted Tale of "The Co-ed Killer"

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Hi friends! We’ll be back very soon on September 2nd with a brand new lineup and a wild first episode. In the meantime while you wait, check out one of our favorite Lore & Legends episodes on the Jersey Devil.

See you next week for a new episode!
-Megan

In the heart of the New Jersey Pine Barrens, where the trees grow dense and the roads give way to tangled wilderness, something stirs. The locals say you can hear it on the coldest nights...a high-pitched shriek, something not quite human, not quite beast.

The stories go back centuries. Some say it was a curse, an omen of misfortune that slithered into this world on a storm wracked night. Others claim it was the child of a mother who, in her desperation or her rage, called upon the Devil himself. The details shift with time, but the warning remains the same: stay out of the pines after dark...

Because if you listen closely, past the rustling leaves and the distant howl of the wind, you might just hear the beat of leathery wings.

And by then, it’s already too late.

Macabrium is a part of the Southern Gothic Media Network and is hosted by Megan Alda and Derek Stephen Brown with writing and researching by Chloë Kibbe.

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Hey friends, Megan here! We’re taking a short summer pause, but I wanted to drop in with a quick hello and share a peek at what we’ve been working on behind the scenes.

More importantly, mark your calendars, because we will be back September 2nd!

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Hi friends! Though we are on summer break, I want to invite you to revist this episode from our archives. Behind the scenes we are putting in some work to give you an even better Macabrium when we return.

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The ad promised love.

The reply sealed a fate. Martha watched as Raymond penned another letter, his words a perfect trap—soft, seductive, laced with lies. She had read enough of them to know how this would end. A train ride, a candlelit promise, a kiss that tasted like forever.

Then the screams. The blood. The body they’d have to bury.

Another lonely heart, hopelessly in love. Hopelessly doomed.

Macabrium is a part of the Southern Gothic Media Network and is hosted by Megan Alda and Derek Stephen Brown with writing and researching by Chloë Kibbe.

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Step into the world of the unknown and unravel the dark history, and infamous legends of the American South. Join us as we journey into the heart of this rich and fascinating region, uncovering its ghostly stories, haunted places, and eeriest tales through captivating storytelling, in-depth historical research, and an immersive audio soundscape. From the Bell Witch of Tennessee to the haunted Waverly Hills Sanatorium, the ghostly tales of the Myrtles Plantation, the Curse of Lake Lanier and beyond, get ready for an unforgettable experience that brings history to life and uncovers the truth behind classic tales of the paranormal.

Macabrium is produced by Macabrium Creative and hosted by Megan Alda and Derek Stephen Brown, with writing and research by Chloë Kibbe, Megan Alda and Derek Stephen Brown. 

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