This week features the sad tale of Ocey Snead and her mysterious family.  When Ocey was found dead in the bath after losing so much, it was logical to think she might have been overcome by her depression....but what if that was not the case?

Sources:

https://heathermonroe.medium.com/the-slow-death-of-ocey-snead-c68ed05f56ba

https://www.amazon.com/Three-Sisters-Black-Bizarre-Bathtub-ebook/dp/B079RVFHMX/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2T4F8OLLHRENY&keywords=three+sisters+in+black&qid=1675139831&sprefix=three+sisters+in+black%2Caps%2C222&sr=8-1

We're back...again!  We've been out of commission (stay tuned for a catch up episode this next week...we hope), but we're bringing it back for 2023!  And, since it's a special episode, Michelle and Ron are joined by none other than East Coast Listener!  And East Coast Listener #2!  It's a real family affair.

Join us as Gina, the East Coast Listener herself, regals Ron and Michelle with a tale from her neck of the woods.  To follow up, Ron was supposed to do research but didn't so Michelle comes in clutch with a tale from the Ozarks.  

We're excited to be back!

Join us for an incredible (albeit often interrupted) tale of a weekend trip gone horribly wrong.  It's a rip-roaring good time with tons of side stories...sorry about that...

Also, Scott's still here!  So yay for the guest host-iest guest host to grace our podcast!

We're back!  And we brought back Scott!  Join us as we chat about tactical planning for a worst case scenario, weird dreams, and then the main event: The Goblin of Zaragoza.

Music by GuilhermeBernardes from Pixabay

Sources:

1. https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/unconscious-ventriloquism-the-unsolved-mystery-of-the-zaragoza-goblin

2. https://www.nytimes.com/1934/12/16/archives/zaragoza-ghost-is-laid-by-science-but-citizens-refuse-to-accept.html

3. https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/68606/goblin-possessed-stove-was-blamed-voice-throwing-maid

4. https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2021/10/the-bizarre-and-frightening-case-of-the-goblin-of-zaragoza/ 

Is it a monster? Is it a spirit?  Is it a convenient excuse for your murderous rampage?  This episode, Michelle covers the Wendigo, an enigmatic being from Native American folklore.  Tune in to hear about it!

The world is a tough place, so we are coming at you again with another Not-so-Grim-Feature.  Today, Michelle shares about the Ghost Camels she ran across (not personally of course) and tells us how the heck these animals came to haunt the USA in the first place.

Music by GuilhermeBernardes from Pixabay

Sources:

1. https://www.legendsofamerica.com/we-ghostcamels/

2. https://armyhistory.org/the-u-s-armys-camel-corps-experiment/

3. https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/best-reads/2015/10/29/arizona-ghost-story-red-ghost-camels/72599326/

Today's not-so Grim Feature is the tale of Deadshot Mary...one of New York City's first "lady detectives" and all around amazing woman.  She's quite a lady with quite a story and we think you'll enjoy! 

Music by GuilhermeBernardes from Pixabay

Sources:

1. Dead-shot Mary quitting. (1957, September 17). The Montreal Star, p. 49. Retrieved February 13, 2022, from https://www.newspapers.com/image/743629717/?terms=deadshot%20mary&match=1.

2. https://allthatsinteresting.com/dead-shot-mary-shanley

3. https://mashable.com/feature/deadshot-mary

4. https://flashbak.com/new-yorks-greatest-man-catcher-dead-shot-mary-shanley-372074/

An obscure case today as Michelle fills Ron in on his newest nightmare: Sam the Sandown Clown!  Ghost, interdimensional being, or alien?  We don't know, but what we can tell you is this story will definitely have you questioning how anyone survived the 70s with their lack of stranger danger.

In 1929, a tragic murder case rocked the small Arkansas community of St. James...but when the murder victim showed back up to testify at his own trial this case went from straight-forward to completely off-the-rails.  Tune in as Michelle regales Ron with this head-scratcher!

Music by GuillhermeBernardes from Pixabay

Sources:

1. The Commercial Appeal (Memphis, Tennessee). Sun, Dec 15, 1929, Page 20. Retrieved from Newspapers.com

2. https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2021/10/the-strange-case-of-the-arkansas-ghost-trial/

3. https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/connie-franklin-5929/

4. Caldoni, V. & Swaney, J. (Hosts). (2020, February 25). The Arkansas Ghost Trial (No. 2) [Audio podcast episode]. In The Shocking Details. https://www.theshockingdetails.com/home/the-arkansas-ghost-trial

5. Blevins, B. (2009). The Arkansas Ghost Trial: The Connie Franklin Case and the Ozarks in the National Media. The Arkansas Historical Quarterly, 68(3), 245–271. http://www.jstor.org/stable/40543237