October 17, 2025

The VERY Messed Up Origins of The Jangly Man

22 minutes

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» 0:00 - Haunted Hot Spots

» 1:49 - Part I: Scary Stories

» 4:25 - Part II: Jangly Tales - Story #1 What Did You Come For?

» 9:49 - Story #2 - Me-Tie-Dough-Ty-Walker

» 16:24 - Part III: Haunted History

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▼ Resources ▼

» my favorites: https://messeduporigins.com/books

» Stelle’s Website: https://www.stellecommunity.com/

» Galactic cult prefers suburbia Rejection: https://web.archive.org/web/20160330150129/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1997-04-04/news/1997094095_1_kieninger-suburbia-cult

» Me-Tie-Dough-Ty-Walker Theory: https://www.reddit.com/r/scarystories/comments/iemded/i_think_i_figured_out_what_me_tie_doughty_walker/

» Me-Tie-Dough-Ty-Walker Theory 2: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskScienceFiction/comments/rx8fld/scary_stories_to_tell_in_the_dark_what_do_the/

» Chambers, Robert. Popular Rhymes of Scotland. London, Edin- burgh: W. & R. Chambers, 1870: https://archive.org/details/popularrhymesofs00chamrich

» Bacon, A. M., and Parsons, E. C. “Folk-Lore from Elizabeth Cith County, Va." https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/535008.pdf

» Boggs, Ralph Steele. “North Carolina White Folktales and Riddles.”: https://doi.org/10.2307/535686

» Halbert, Herbert: https://www.jstor.org/stable/27655413

▼ Art Sources ▼

» The Illustrations scene in this episode were created by Stephen Gammel: https://litfinalstephengammel.tripod.com/stephen-gammell-2.html

▼ Music Sources ▼

» Kevin Macleoud - https://incompetech.com

» @co.agmusic - https://www.youtube.com/@co.agmusic

» https://artlist.io

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October 17, 2025

The VERY Messed Up Origins of The Jangly Man

22 minutes

Thanks to Huel for sponsoring this video! Get 15% off Huel’s newest and existing products by heading to https://huel.yt.link/iKGG9Mb and using code JONSOLO (new customers only, min $75 purchase).

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▼ Podcast Links! ▼

» Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/jon-solos-messed-up-origins-podcast/id1631064271

» Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0zC1NxCX576HHQUoYCuGDo

» Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/e2ab5016-5166-4670-b0a3-7c6ade06947d/jon-solos-messed-up-origins-podcast

» Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/jon-solos-messed-up-origins-podcast

» iHeartRadio: https://iheart.com/podcast/99117988/

▼ Chapters ▼

» 0:00 - Haunted Hot Spots

» 1:49 - Part I: Scary Stories

» 4:25 - Part II: Jangly Tales - Story #1 What Did You Come For?

» 9:49 - Story #2 - Me-Tie-Dough-Ty-Walker

» 16:24 - Part III: Haunted History

► Want More?

» ALL Messed Up Origins: https://bit.ly/MessedUpOrigins

» For MORE Urban Legends and Scary Stories: https://bit.ly/scarystoriesexplained

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► Join the Official Channel Discord:

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► Business:

» [email protected] (Business Inquiries ONLY)

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▼ Credits ▼

» Jon Solo – Creator, Host, Director, Writer

» Dillon Bowen – Lead Editor

https://www.instagram.com/dbproductions.mtl/

» Payton Swan – Editor

https://www.youtube.com/@PaytonSwan

» Jack Daly – Folklore Consultant

https://tiktok.com/@thefolklord

https://twitter.com/thefolklord

▼ Resources ▼

» my favorites: https://messeduporigins.com/books

» Stelle’s Website: https://www.stellecommunity.com/

» Galactic cult prefers suburbia Rejection: https://web.archive.org/web/20160330150129/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1997-04-04/news/1997094095_1_kieninger-suburbia-cult

» Me-Tie-Dough-Ty-Walker Theory: https://www.reddit.com/r/scarystories/comments/iemded/i_think_i_figured_out_what_me_tie_doughty_walker/

» Me-Tie-Dough-Ty-Walker Theory 2: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskScienceFiction/comments/rx8fld/scary_stories_to_tell_in_the_dark_what_do_the/

» Chambers, Robert. Popular Rhymes of Scotland. London, Edin- burgh: W. & R. Chambers, 1870: https://archive.org/details/popularrhymesofs00chamrich

» Bacon, A. M., and Parsons, E. C. “Folk-Lore from Elizabeth Cith County, Va." https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/535008.pdf

» Boggs, Ralph Steele. “North Carolina White Folktales and Riddles.”: https://doi.org/10.2307/535686

» Halbert, Herbert: https://www.jstor.org/stable/27655413

▼ Art Sources ▼

» The Illustrations scene in this episode were created by Stephen Gammel: https://litfinalstephengammel.tripod.com/stephen-gammell-2.html

▼ Music Sources ▼

» Kevin Macleoud - https://incompetech.com

» @co.agmusic - https://www.youtube.com/@co.agmusic

» https://artlist.io