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Join us this week as we head to Norfolk, England with Anastasia! We're spending the night in the famous Raynham Hall. For over 400 years this regal estate has been the seat of the Townshend family. And, like many centuries old buildings, it has quite the reputation.

From stately landscaping and architecture ahead of its time, Raynham has also provided one of the most famous photographic captures of an earth bound spirit- The Brown Lady of Raynham Hall.

Rumored to be Lady Dorothy Walpole, the sister of Robert Walpole and wife of Lord Charles Townshend, the Brown Lady has wandered the halls for nearly 200 years. A loveless marriage turned dark when her jealous husband found out about her past romances and staged her funeral, all the while keeping her as prisoner in their home. 

Since her death, Dorothy has haunted the halls as she did during her final year and has provided amusing (to us) hauntings and spookings to those who have dared stay the night. Some have claimed the infamous photograph to be a fake, but regardless, Dorothy's tale makes for a spine-tingling ghost story!

Wait to Panic is a weekly podcast where two longtime friends take turns sharing stories that just might make your skin crawl. If you like what you hear and want more, give us some love and come back each Sunday for our newest episode!

Have a story of your own that you want us to share? Email it to us at [email protected] and we'll read it during our listener episodes!

Sources:

https://the-line-up.com/raynham-hall-brown-lady

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raynham_Hall

https://countrysidebooks.co.uk/blogs/news/the-brown-lady-of-raynham-hall

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_Lady_of_Raynham_Hall

We think you all know how much we love a good spooky story, so it's that time again!  We're sharing some of our favorite spine tingling stories this week. We knew there was a reason we weren't a fan of lake houses and closing shifts....Leave the lights on and grab a blanket and your beverage of choice... Aunties Anastasia and Loren are going to read you some spookums.

Wait to Panic is a weekly podcast where two longtime friends take turns sharing stories that just might make your skin crawl. If you like what you hear and want more, give us some love and come back each Sunday for our newest episode!

Have a story of your own that you want us to share? Email it to us at [email protected] and we'll read it during our listener episodes!

Story Links:

https://www.mydomaine.com/real-ghost-stories

https://www.reddit.com/r/Ghoststories/comments/js0vk4/the_church_benches_pt_1/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Ghoststories/comments/jra50a/the_lake_house/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Ghoststories/comments/jgis49/well_i_guess_i_believe_in_fking_ghosts_now/

https://jezebel.com/10-of-the-spookiest-scary-stories-youll-ever-read-1452658773

We are thrilled to bring you a horrifying, but happy ending filled story for once! A true story of grit and determination--- with a solid dose of badassery that we haven't seen before--- Loren is bringing us the survival story of Mary Vincent.

Six months after her assault, Mary faced her assailant, Lawrence Singleton, in the courtroom. Though only sentenced to fourteen years--- the maximum sentence allowed by California law at the time--- the presiding judge remarked, "If I had the power, I would send him to prison for the rest of his natural life."

Join us this week for the whole story and the happy ending that came of this horrifying story. We promise, no matter how terrible it gets, there really is a silver lining for Mary!

Wait to Panic is a weekly podcast where two longtime friends take turns sharing stories that just might make your skin crawl. If you like what you hear and want more, give us some love and come back each Sunday for our newest episode! 

Have a story of your own that you want us to share? Email it to us at [email protected] and we'll read it during our listener episodes!

Sources: 

https://www.chillingcrimes.com/blogs/news/mary-vincent

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Singleton

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-08-01-vw-4970-story.html

https://morbidology.com/left-for-dead-mary-vincent/

https://www.reddit.com/r/HumansAreMetal/comments/aoxdtv/mary_vincent_and_her_attacker_in_custody_summer/

https://www.ranker.com/list/mary-vincent-lawrence-singleton-case/laura-allan

There's something something romantic about the shores of Scotland that we can't seem to escape from! This week, we're heading back to Scotland, but there's no romance in store... Well, not entirely, but it's not a good romance in the traditional sense. It does involve one big happy family though. Join us this week as Anastasia shares the gruesome tale of Alexander Bean and his family. 

What could be so bad about them you ask? Well, grab your favorite beverage because you'll need it. This family makes Hannibal look tame by comparison and they're the basis for some popular horror movies and writings... 

Also, we're sorry that you can never unhear us ruining Beanie Babies forever. 

Wait to Panic is a weekly podcast where two longtime friends take turns sharing stories that just might make your skin crawl. If you like what you hear and want more, give us some love and come back each Sunday for our newest episode! Have a story of your own that you want us to share? Email it to us at [email protected] and we'll read it during our listener episodes! 

Sources: https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofScotland/Sawney-Bean-Scotlands-most-famous-cannibal/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sawney_Bean https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/sawney-beans-cave https://allthatsinteresting.com/sawney-bean https://everything2.com/title/The+Ballad+of+Sawney+Bean

The best laid plans are made over a round of drinks, right? 

A plot was conceived around a round of drinks in Tony Marino's speakeasy in 1932. Tony Marino, Francis Pasqua, and Daniel Kriesberg- all part of "The Murder Trust"- concocted what they thought was an easy scheme. 

Insurance fraud was lucrative and profitable for those that could escape without being caught, so the Trust targeted Michael Malloy.  After all, it had worked before, so how hard could it be to pull off the scheme a second time? As it turned out, Michael Malloy wasn't known as “Iron Mike”, the “Rasputin of the Bronx”, or “Mike the Durable,” without reason. Stories of this Irishman’s ability to cheat death over and over again will live on in infamy.

Join us this week as Loren takes us through a truly ridiculous series of attempts by Marino and The Trust in Prohibition era New York City. It's a wild ride, so grab your comfort beverage of choice as we jump into it!

Have a story of your own that you want us to share? Email it to us at [email protected] and we'll read it during our listener episodes!

https://crimescribe.com/2020/02/22/on-this-day-in-1932-michael-malloy-the-man-who-would-not-die/

https://www.irishpost.com/life-style/incredible-story-durable-mike-malloy-donegal-man-living-new-york-simply-refused-die-169395

https://allthatsinteresting.com/michael-malloy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLFfhOs7qMI

http://www.drinkingcup.net/1933-the-legend-of-iron-mike-malloy-and-the-murder-trust/

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/durable-mike-malloy-article-1.226396

https://www.thejournal.ie/mike-malloy-donegal-bronx-murder-trust-prohibition-depression-alcohol-2410813-Dec2015/

https://libraryguides.missouri.edu/pricesandwages/1930-1939#state

We've extended our stay across the water and bringing you a story from Ireland this week! Join us as Anastasia takes us on a bit of a history lesson and tells us the tale of Alice Kyteler, aka "The Merry Widow" or "The Witch of Kilkenny."

Political intrigue, papal bulls, and accusations of the black arts are all front and center in this one. Aristocratic Alice Kyteler was one of the earliest known Irish women to be accused of witchcraft. Despised by her step children, and well as the local bishop of Ossory, she was accused of murdering her four husbands and of acquiring her wealth through the black arts.

Dame Alice and her band of "devil worshipping" cohorts  were accused and persecuted. The Bishop of Ossory was hellbent that he would bring this accused witch to trial and took every opportunity that he could to do so, nearly damning himself in the process. He had Dame Alice convicted in abesentia,  but her story is only just beginning....

We've talked about the last witch burned in Ireland- Bridget Cleary- now join us for the first. It's not who you might think...

Wait to Panic is a weekly podcast where two longtime friends take turns sharing stories that just might make your skin crawl. If you like what you hear and want more, give us some love and come back each Sunday for our newest episode!

Have a story of your own that you want us to share? Email it to us at [email protected] and we'll read it during our listener episodes!

Sources:

https://www.historyireland.com/medieval-history-pre-1500/the-sorcery-trial-of-alice-kyteler-by-bernadette-williams/

https://www.historickilkenny.com/alice-kyteler

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Kyteler

https://www.kytelersinn.com/dame-alice-kyteler/

Join us this week as we head back across the pond to Scotland! Loren is taking us on a chilling journey from Scotland--where our story begins-- to London--where it all comes crashing down.

Dennis Nilsen killed, defiled, and dismembered 15 young men between December 1978 and February 1983, practically under the noses of his neighbors. 

At the onset of puberty, Nilsen discovered he was homosexual, which initially confused and shamed him. He kept his sexuality hidden from his family and his few friends. Though Nilsen eventually recognized his sexual desires, he was never comfortable with them. Nilsen's first victim was in 1978 and over the next five years, he went on to kill-- according to his confession-- twelve young men and dissect their bodies before disposing of them in various ways. He said he went into a trance during the killings, saying of one victim: “In the morning he was lying there dead on one of the beds, fully clothed. I got the impression he wanted to go, and I must have killed him. I can’t remember strangling him.”

When police finally arrested him in 1983, it quickly became apparent that, had they linked a series of reported incidents from lucky escapees over the previous five years, they may have halted his hellish killing spree considerably sooner. Grab some whiskey, because you may need it for this one...and make sure you're done eating. Join us to hear all the chilling details!

Have a story of your own that you want us to share? Email it to us at [email protected] and we'll read it during our listener episodes!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Nilsen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFIC_4iehLE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSW9Q7h3Efs

https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/dennis-nilsen

https://murderpedia.org/male.N/n/nilsen-dennis.htm

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/12672021/how-dennis-nilsen-die/

It’s been more than 50 years since residents of Point Pleasant woke up to these words stretched across the front page of the newspaper:

“Couples See Man-Sized Bird… Creature… Something.”

Join us this week as Anastasia tells the story of one of our favorite cryptids- The Mothman. Popularized by "The Mothman Prophecies," this bipedal winged being has fascinated us for years, earning a annual festival in its hometown of Point Pleasant. Mothman eyewitnesses have shared their stories, documenting what they experienced that fateful night on November 15, 1966.

Sightings have continued over the years, always foreshadowing some type of disaster. But is Mothman really a harbinger of disaster or just a unfortunate hybrid science experiment gone wrong? You'll have to listen to find out!

Have a story of your own that you want us to share? Email it to us at [email protected] and we'll read it during our listener episodes!

Sources:

Museum: https://www.mothmanmuseum.com/mothman-museum.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mothman

https://nerdist.com/article/mothman-why-we-are-so-obsessed/

https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=bOyM5d4a5fIC&pg=PA220&lpg=PA220&dq=mothman+battle+of+culloden&source=bl&ots=sxEL5STdYX&sig=t8WHsL7ji8-r2P6PCjnIWtyZ8oY&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiwxsON3Z3UAhUBlCwKHSyZCDYQ6AEIUTAN#v=onepage&q=mothman%20battle%20of%20culloden&f=false

http://www.theroyalscots.co.uk/quintinshill-train-crash/

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/mothman-statue

Join us this week as Loren guides us through one of the darker sides of the medical profession. Known as one of the most prolific serial killers of not just this type, but also one of the most prolific serial killers in history.

Donald Harvey (born in Butler County, Ohio in 1952) is known as one of the most prolific serial killers of all time, claiming to have murdered 87 people, while the official death toll has ranged anywhere from 36 to 57 deaths. He is a self-professed "Angel of Death". When John Powell died at the Drake Memorial Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio, the medical examiner noticed something strange as he performed the autopsy- the smell of burnt almonds. 

Police found that the hospitals Harvey had worked at all had very high fatality rates and that some of his acquaintances and homosexual lovers had also perished suddenly. For his part, Harvey claimed that he had been simply putting ill patients out of their misery. He could not offer an explanation for the other deaths. 

Tune in for the full details of Havey's crimes and how justice caught up with him in the end...  

Wait to Panic is a weekly podcast where two longtime friends take turns sharing stories that just might make your skin crawl. If you like what you hear and want more, give us some love and come back each Sunday for our newest episode! 

Have a story of your own that you want us to share? Email it to us at [email protected] and we'll read it during our listener episodes! 

Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Harvey https://murderpedia.org/male.H/h/harvey-donald.htm https://www.wcpo.com/news/crime/inmate-charged-in-cincinnati-angel-of-death-donald-harveys-fatal-prison-beating https://allthatsinteresting.com/donald-harvey

Halloween is right around the corner, which means that we are even more into the creepy and spooky stories! Join us this week as Anastasia and guest star, Blake, discuss the kind of trick or treaters you wouldn't want to see at your door or trunk.

They might knock on your door on a late wintry night. You may see them approaching your car while you are waiting at the signal or a gas station. It might seem like they need help or they might just stand still for no reason. These children don't look threatening, not initially. They just want to get in your house or your car...They will be persistent about this. Suddenly, you notice something is not right about these children. Their eyes, pure black, from lid-to-lid, dead black orbs devoid of sclera or iris will chill up your spine; you have finally come across the black-eyed children.

Black-eyed children or black-eyed kids is an urban legend of paranormal creatures that resemble children between the ages of six and sixteen. These creatures with pale skin and black eyes have reportedly been seen hitchhiking, panhandling, or at the doorsteps of residential homes.

Wait to Panic is a weekly podcast where two longtime friends take turns sharing stories that just might make your skin crawl. If you like what you hear and want more, give us some love and come back each Sunday for our newest episode!

Have a story of your own that you want us to share? Email it to us at [email protected] and we'll read it during our listener episodes!

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-eyed_children

https://the-line-up.com/black-eyed-children

https://tbsnews.net/splash/legend-black-eyed-children-55705