Seriously Spooked

We're headed up to northern Wisconsin today to talk about to Hodag! The hodag comes from some very real native stories and a certain very fake logging story. But the question is, is the Hodag actually real?

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Resources used in this episode:

• https://wisconsinlife.org/story/the-legend-of-the-hodag/
• https://www.rhinelanderchamber.com/about-the-hodag/
• https://www.thehodagstore.com/hodag-history?srsltid=AU7gw4VjijWBoUwDVc8n4ZanjBXbczMGMrVTTthyDFkN_7SVkObzanPY

The Hope Diamond is one of the most well-known cursed objects ever. Everyone who touches this diamond has bad luck thrust upon them. Luckily, now the Hope Diamond sits behind glass in the Smithsonian where no one can touch it. But how did it come to gain this crazy curse? Or is the curse even real?

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• Resources used in this episode:
  https://www.si.edu/spotlight/hope-diamond
• https://www.rockngem.com/the-hope-diamond-curse/

Today, we're headed to New York to learn about Rolling Hills Asylum, an extremely haunted asylum where ghost figures crawl, a giant man towers over you, and an old nurse cackles in the distance...Or maybe Jacob has an answer to all of these. Either way, Rolling Hills Asylum is still one of the spookiest places we've visited yet!

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Resources used in this episode:

• https://usghostadventures.com/haunted-places/americas-most-haunted-hospitals-and-asylums/rolling-hills-asylum/
• https://nyghosts.com/rolling-hills-asylum/
• https://www.rollinghillsasylum.com/about-rha/history

We're BAAAACK!!

After a lovely summer of trying to record, we finally sat down and got to work! Our first episode back includes government secrecy, UFOs, and the occasional "extraterrararar".

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Resources used in this episode:

• https://www.britannica.com/topic/Project-Blue-Book
• https://prologue.blogs.archives.gov/2019/12/19/saucers-over-washington-the-history-of-project-blue-book/
• https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/1947-year-flying-saucer
• https://www.archives.gov/research/military/air-force/ufos
• https://www.newsweek.com/project-blue-book-true-story-reality-tv-show-history-channel-ufo-sightings-1288942
• https://www.history.com/articles/j-allen-hynek-ufos-project-blue-book
  

Ahh, Poveglia Island. One of the most haunted places in the entire world, and for good reason. It's so haunted, people aren't even allowed to visit it anymore!

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Resources used in this episode:

https://www.historyhit.com/locations/poveglia-island/

https://www.walksofitaly.com/blog/art-culture/poveglia-island

In the second part of the Roanoke story, we look at the clues that have appeared about the missing people, and all of the theories that have been thrown around. Do you think the people will be found? What do you think might have happened?

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Resources used in this episode:
https://obxstuff.com/blogs/guides/facts-the-lost-colony-roanoke-island?srsltid=AfmBOoo1ZHTr1kXSGjaf4xf32T_gYHnzbhBFO4cGDPLIsgCBa1Td44Gc

https://www.npca.org/articles/3604-the-lost-colony-an-outer-banks-mystery

https://www.colonialwilliamsburg.org/discover/resource-hub/trend-tradition-magazine/trend-tradition-spring-2025/lost-colony/

https://www.nps.gov/fora/learn/historyculture/major-theories-of-the-lost-colony.htm

BUzzfeed Unsolved: The Mysterious Disappearance of Roanoke Colony

https://www.ncpedia.org/dare-stones

It's Abbie's birthday episode! For her birthday this year, we're chatting all about one of America's oldest and most confusing mysteries: the lost colony of Roanoke. In this first-part episode, we're focusing on the journey(s) to the 'new world' and everything leading up to the disappearance. While it may not be spooky, the lost colony of Roanoke has so many twists and turns, it's a whole adventure on its own!

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Resources used in this episode:

https://www.npca.org/articles/3604-the-lost-colony-an-outer-banks-mystery

https://www.history.com/articles/what-happened-to-the-lost-colony-of-roanoke

Two Girls one Ghost - Roanoke Part 1 and 2

https://www.firstcolonyfoundation.org/history/the-roanoke-colonies/#gref

https://www.nps.gov/fora/learn/historyculture/1585-the-military-colony.htm

https://www.colonialwilliamsburg.org/discover/resource-hub/trend-tradition-magazine/trend-tradition-spring-2025/lost-colony/

https://www.nps.gov/fora/learn/historyculture/major-theories-of-the-lost-colony.htm

Known as one of the biggest battles of the civil war, Gettysburg is full of historic facts and interesting things for everyone to learn about. And, for Abbie, it's extremely haunted! This episode could have easily been two hours long, and we will probably come back to Gettysburg at some point, but until then, enjoy all of the ghosts and haunted things all around the battle-strewn town!

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Resources used in this episode:

https://www.gettysburgpa.gov/history

https://www.gettysburgpa.gov/history/slideshows/battle-history

https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/gettysburg

https://gettysburgghosts.com/tillie-pierce-house-inn/

https://ghostcitytours.com/gettysburg/haunted-gettysburg/ghost-jennie-wade/

https://gettysburgghosts.com/spirits-of-the-childrens-orphanage/

How would you feel if your house had doors that opened to blank walls? Or staircases that lead to nowhere? Well, at the Winchester Mystery House, this is all true! There might even be a few ghosts throughout the massive house!

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Resources used in this episode:

https://winchestermysteryhouse.com/timeline/

https://winchestermysteryhouse.com/history/

https://www.countryliving.com/life/travel/a45210/winchester-mystery-house/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=mgu_ga_clv_md_pmx_prog_org_us_18605327224&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=18608477408&gbraid=0AAAAACq-Irvkp5sFkGDl_OBdd76FGSr2S&gclid=CjwKCAiA-sXMBhAOEiwAGGw6LM9oUESNoO1A3oop70ZsrtOhBIJqI-7xGgZZvEk_1Jc9AtYZzEbimBoCzmMQAvD_BwE

Well, we're a couple months late, and Abbie had to learn a brand new editing software, but we're back!! Krampus is one of the more well known cryptids out there, especially around the holiday season. Yes, we know, the holidays were months ago, but we still thought we'd talk about how this cryptid really brought everyone together in the holidays...in more ways than one!

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Resources used in this episode:

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Krampus

https://www.history.com/articles/krampus-christmas-legend-origin