What happens when a wayward city-slicker gets lost in the stereotypical Midwest farm country? Nothing good, fella. 

This week, Ben brings us Midwest; the show's corniest creepypasta to date. Trust me, that joke was hilarious. 

Source: 

Black Fedora Man. Midewest. Creepypasta Wiki. January 2016. Midwest | Creepypasta Wiki | Fandom

In the fall of 1994, thirteen-year-old Nicholas Barclay went missing near his home in San Antonio, Texas. As a boy with a troubled past, authorities figured he had simply run away from home. Three years later, the story would become much more interesting. And much more French. 

Source:

Lavelle, Matthew. Bizarre Story of Con Man Nicholas Barclay, The. Ranker. February 25, 2020. The Bizarre Story of Con Man Nicholas Barclay (ranker.com)

This week, we learn that the plural of Lego is Lego, as Ben reads The Dead Lego. What happens when you receive an unexpected extra piece in your Lego set? Nothing good, my friend. Nothing good.

Source:

Anonymous. The Dead Lego. Creepypasta Wiki. Last accessed on February 22, 2021. https://creepypasta.fandom.com/wiki/The_Dead_Lego

In February of 1979, five friends depart for a day of fishing aboard The Sarah Joe. That afternoon, one of the worst storms in years suddenly swept through the area. The men would never return, but a discovery years later leads to more questions than answers.

Sources:

Cerizo, Kehaulani. 40 Years Later, Mystery Surrounds The Sarah Joe and its Five Hana Fishermen Who Didn't Return. The Maui News. February 10, 2019. https://www.mauinews.com/news/local-news/2019/02/40-years-later-mystery-still-surrounds-the-sarah-joe-and-its-five-hana-fishermen-who-didnt-return/

Crew of The Sarah Joe, The. Unsolved Mysteries Wiki. Last accessed on February 16, 2021. https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/The_Crew_of_the_Sarah_Joe

Alexei Leonov had a troubled childhood, which maybe prepared him for his troubled but historic mission to be the first human to perform a extra-vehicular excursion, aka a "space walk." 

This week, Ben takes a look at Alexei's amazing feat, and the myriad problems he and his co-pilot had to overcome in order for their mission to be deemed a success. 

Source:

First Spacewalk, The. BBC. Last accessed on February 8, 2021. The First Spacewalk (bbc.co.uk)

William Chaloner was a man of many talents—most of them underhanded. Among his various schemes and mostly illegal business pursuits, he became most famous for coin forgery. Unfortunately for William, the trail of bodies he left in his wake was bound to catch up to him. 

Sources:

Baxter, Peter. Top 10 Greatest Frauds in History. History Collection. Last accessed on January 28, 2021. Top 10 Greatest Frauds in History (historycollection.com)

Conliff, Ciaran. William Chaloner, Master Counterfeiter. History. Last accessed on January 28, 2021. William Chaloner, Master Counterfeiter - HeadStuff

Sometimes spirits are said to linger around places of loss, death, and sadness. Sometimes those places just happen to be surrounded by water on all sides. This week, Ben takes a look at a number of such places, which he calls "haunted islands." Because they're islands. And they're haunted. 

Sources: 

Black, Bela. Haunted Lighthouses: Sequin Island Light. American Ghost Stories. June 4, 2009. Haunted Lighthouses – Seguin Island Light – American Ghost Stories

MacGowen, Doug. Poveglia Island and its Haunting History. Historic Mysteries. Last accessed on January 16, 2021. Poveglia Island and its Haunting History | Historic Mysteries

Matthews, Dana. Ghosts of Seguin Island: Investigate an Isolated Lighthouse Haunted by a Bloody Ax Murderer. Week in Weird. January 10, 2017. Investigate Seguin Island's Isolated Lighthouse Haunted by an Axe Murder (weekinweird.com)

After a long break and a broken computer, we're back with a creepypasta. The Expedition is a funny story, but not entirely in the way the author intended it to be. Or maybe it's exactly in the way it was intended to be? You be the judge.

Source:

The Expedition. Creepypasta Wiki. Last accessed on January 12, 2021. The Expedition - Creepypasta

Things didn't seem like they could get much worse for the protagonist of this week's story. That's when he met a couple of kids at the local park, and things got much worse. 

This week, Ben read's CertainShadow's "The Children of Woodharrow Park"

source:

Certainshadows. The Children of Woodharrow Park. https://creepypasta.fandom.com/wiki/The_Children_of_Woodharrow_Park

Near the town of Vermillion, Ohio sits an area known as Swift's Hollow. It is home to a number of ghastly ghost tales, the majority of which center around the tragic death of over 100 children as the old Orphanage burned.

Like most urban legends, the tale is mostly false. Unfortunately, the real history of the area may be even worse than the legend.

Source:

Haunting History of Gore Orphanage and Swift's Hollow, The. Brownhelm Township. Last accessed on December 8, 2020. https://www.brownhelm.org/history/gore-orphanage/