Small Town Secrets

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Taking a break for the rest of the year, I'll be back on the air on January 8th.

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Burger King. It was here that the “Mad Gasser” would grip the town in fear for a few weeks in 1944.

Wikipedia article about Mattoon, Illinois

Wikipedia article about Mad Gasser of Mattoon

americanhauntingsink.com/madgasser

jg-tc.com/news/author-claims-to-have-solved-mystery-of-mad-gassers-identity/article_2a2b65fc-91c3-5bb6-b989-dd2f9ed2a5e2.html

atsdr.cdc.gov/csem/carbon-tetrachloride/toxicological_effects.html

During WWII Pascagoula’s population tripled overnight. This small coastal town mostly known for its fishing soon became a hub for the war effort, churning out battleships. This surge of growth brought many strangers to town, but none stranger then the phantom barber of Pascagoula.

blog.newspapers.com/the-phantom-barber-of-pascagoula/

historyofyesterday.com/the-phantom-barber-of-pascagoula-e4c9a21ba2bf

mentalfloss.com/article/55316/strange-states-mississippis-phantom-barber-pascagoula

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This week's featured podcast is All Things Dreams

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Granite Falls started as a homestead in 1883 but soon grew into a town with a post office and a general store. They saw a large boom in 1889 when gold was discovered in the Cascade Mountains. Today the town has a modest population of 3,364. It’s a quiet peaceful place but in the early 2000s, the peace was shattered on East Stanley Street.  

Wikipedia article about Granite Falls, Washington

heraldnet.com/news/man-gets-five-years-in-neighbors-death/

Fear Thy Neighbor, Season 6 Episode 9 Mailbox Madness imdb.com/title/tt10392870/?ref_=ttep_ep9

The small neighborhood of Kapahulu sits in between Waikiki Beach and the Diamond Head volcano. Its name means “worn out soul” or perhaps “the nightmare”. The name “nightmare” may be very apt because of a man named Jerry Hannel.

hawaiinewsnow.com/story/1885683/kapahulu/

nbcnews.com/news/us-news/neighbor-wanted-hawaii-cop-killing-suspect-evicted-years-ago-n1120101

staradvertiser.com/2020/01/19/breaking-news/2-honolulu-police-officers-shot-near-diamond-head/

Fear Thy Neighbor, Season 7 Episode 1 Hell in Hawaii imdb.com/title/tt14161510/?ref_=ttep_ep1

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The small city of Eagle River is the county seat of Vilas County Wisconsin. It boasts a population of 1,398. Eagle River was the first Native American settlement in the area. In 1961 it was the place to be if you needed some alien space pancakes.

Wikipedia article about Eagle River, Wisconsin

forteana.freeservers.com

milwaukeemag.com/stories-of-strange-and-unusual-ufo-sightings-in-wisconsin/

High Bridge is a borough located in northwestern New Jersey. There is not much to say about this little town unless you count the stories of Alien Contactee Howard Menger.

Wikipedia article about High Bridge, New Jersey

weirdnj.com/stories/unexplained-phenomena/howard-menger-high-bridge/

Fate Magazine Issue # 737 “Top UFO Contactees by Timothy Green Beckley” fatemag.com

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Since I wasn't able to upload the main show this week. Here's this most recent episode of Back Roads. Make sure to listen to 7.03 it'll probably help. Be sure to check out the Patreon for more bonus content.

n July of 1970 Hansen released his own magazine article. It was in Saga Magazine and it was titled “I Killed the Apeman of Whiteface”.

Is this the true origin of the Minnesota Iceman?

Neanderthal: The Strange Saga of the Minnesota Iceman, by Bernard Heuvelmans. Anomalist Books ( © 2016) “NEANDERTHAL Strange Saga Minnesota Iceman ebook” on Amazon

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This week's featured podcast is Oddball Aussie

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Rollingstone Minnesota… has a Minimart. That’s it, that’s all I’ve got. However, back in 1969 this little town became the center of attention for any big-foot researcher or cryptozoologist in the country. It was the home of the Minnesota Iceman.

Wikipedia article about Rollingstone, Minnesota

Wikipedia article about Ivan T. Sanderson

Wikipedia article about Bernard Heuvelmans

cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Minnesota_Iceman

cryptozoologymuseum.com

museumoftheweird.com

Neanderthal: The Strange Saga of the Minnesota Iceman, by Bernard Heuvelmans. Anomalist Books ( © 2016) “NEANDERTHAL Strange Saga Minnesota Iceman ebook” on Amazon

The tiny town of La Fria in Venezuela lies among the Rio La Grita River. It was here in that in 1917 François de Loys went in search of oil but he came back with something else.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_de_Loys

cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Dey_Loy's_Ape

forbes.com/sites/davidbressan/2016/01/31/de-loys-ape-was-a-well-played-anthropological-fraud/?sh=3b39677c4d25

Local Headlines

express.co.uk/news/uk/1498489/teamdogs-dog-ghost

bostonglobe.com/2021/09/23/metro/sale-one-conjuring-house-slightly-haunted/

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This week's featured podcast is the Weird Tales Radio Show

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The town of Ossett has a population of around 21,000. It’s part of the West Riding of Yorkshire. Some might remember it for the bombs that accidentally dropped there during WWII but most remember it for the horrifying crimes of Micheal Taylor.

Wikipedia article about Ossett

grunge.com/228121/the-truth-behind-the-exorcism-of-michael-taylor/

dreadcentral.com/news/401927/dread-the-unsolved-takes-on-the-exorcism-of-michael-taylor/

open.spotify.com/episode/2KM5EKGYwhdx8GzZdGPeTk

Brookfield is a small Connecticut town that rests within the foothills of the Berkshire Mountains in the southwest corner of the state. In the ’70s and '80’s the little town saw its population swell as many from nearby larger towns started moving out of the city. This is what Arne Johnson and Debra Glatzel did, little did they know what was to come.

Wikipedia article about Brookfield, Connecticut

oxygen.com/true-crime-buzz/conjuring-the-devil-made-me-do-it-and-arne-johnsons-trial

allthatsinteresting.com/arne-cheyenne-johnson

Wikipedia article about Trial of Arne Cheyenne Johnson

A Haunting: S2, Ep 6 imdb.com/title/tt0796708/?ref_=ttep_ep6

Local Headlines

wbontv.com/2021/09/13/rpd-man-shoots-gun-at-local-hotel-after-seeing-aliens/

coasttocoastam.com/article/loch-ness-monster-spotted-on-sonar/

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December 6th of 1978 was a frigid one in the Italian village of Torriglia. It would also be the night that Pier Zanfretta’s life would be forever changed.

Wikipedia article about Torriglia

cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Zanfretta's_Aliens

rinodistefano.com/en/books/the-zanfretta-case.php

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This week's featured podcast is Monsters N Friends

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The town of Carlisle started out as a Roman stronghold due to its close vicinity to the border of Scottland, about 8 miles away. It’s also about the same distance from the famed and beautiful Solway Firth. It would be here in 1965 that a father would take a picture of his young daughter only for it to go down in the addles of extraterrestrial lore. 

Wikipedia article about Cumbria

Wikipedia article about Solway Firth

Wikipedia article about Robin Rigg Wind Farm

cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Cumberland_Spaceman_(Solway_Firth_Spaceman)

bbc.com/news/uk-england-cumbria-27391210

Palos Verdes is a coastal town with a population of 41,643. The town is just an eyeshot away from Los Angeles and Catalina Island. The great views aside back in 1971 something strange visited this coastal town.

Wikipedia article about Rancho Palos Verdes, California

cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Giant_Space_Brains_of_Palos_Verdes

statecryptids.blogspot.com/2014/11/the-palos-verde-blue-space-brains.html

Local Headlines

leaderlive.co.uk/news/19527996.eerie-photo-taken-week-evidence-ghost-haunting-flint-castle/

theguardian.com/us-news/2021/aug/19/salem-witch-trials-pardon-woman-elizabeth-johnson

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