Where Our Minds Wander

Wes and Beth share three more compelling stories of past life memories.


https://7news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/boy-who-proved-he-was-reincarnation-of-dead-woman-named-pam-leaves-internet-spooked--c-8604425

www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/young-boy-claims-princess-diana-28787230

www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/boy-who-claims-princess-diana-31940411

https://nypost.com/2022/10/19/i-was-killed-and-now-im-reincarnated-and-i-can-prove-it/

https://fox2now.com/news/do-you-believe-in-past-lives-toddlers-testimony-has-family-questioning-if-he-was-a-chicago-woman/

https://psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk/articles/jenny-cockell-mary-sutton-reincarnation-case

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Wes and Beth discuss the unique hostel's history and alleged hauntings. 


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

https://ghostwalks.com/articles/quick-history-ottawa-jail

https://todayinottawashistory.wordpress.com/2023/06/10/the-carleton-county-gaol/

https://heritageottawa.org/50years/carleton-county-gaol

www.hostelworld.com/blog/survive-worlds-haunted-hostel/

https://npiweb.com/Blog/Posts/haunted-places-the-ottawa-jail-hostel

www.historicalsocietyottawa.ca/publications/ottawa-stories/momentous-events-in-the-city-s-life/the-last-man-hanged-in-ottawa

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Join Wes and Beth for the Victorian tradition of telling spooky ghost stories on Christmas as they share A. M. Burrage's creepy short tale "Smee."


Sources Used:

https://archive.org/details/Stage5A.M.BurrageGhostStories/page/n5/mode/2up

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Wes and Beth share the many priests' tales of unexplained activity in the haunted vicarage and discuss why it's considered the most haunted house in all of Sweden.



https://thelittlehouseofhorrors.com/borgvattnet-vicarage/

www.atlasobscura.com/places/borgvattnet-vicarage

https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/borgvattnet-swedens-haunted-village/

www.voguescandinavia.com/articles/8-most-haunted-locations-in-scandinavia

https://swedesinthestates.com/borgvattnet-the-most-haunted-house-in-sweden/

www.bellaonline.com/articles/art183907.asp

www.goragunda.com/activities-/sweden's-largest-haunted-house

www.atlasobscura.com/places/borgvattnet-vicarage

https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/borgvattnet-swedens-haunted-village/

https://swedesinthestates.com/borgvattnet-the-most-haunted-house-in-sweden/

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Beth shares the amazing story of "the man no prison could hold." Wes delves into the mysterious lights seen over a North Carolina mountain for centuries. 


Sources Used:

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

www.tokyoweekender.com/art_and_culture/japanese-culture/yoshie-shiratori/

https://allthatsinteresting.com/yoshie-shiratori

https://globalbizarre.com/yoshie-shiratori-the-man-that-no-prison-could-hold-in/

www.romanticasheville.com/brown_mountain_lights.htm

www.ourstate.com/brown-mountain-lights/

https://blueridgecountry.com/newsstand/magazine/brown-mountain-lights-revisited/

www.blueridgeoutdoors.com/environment/aliens-ghosts-and-giant-fireflies-solving-the-mystery-of-the-brown-mountain-lights/

https://thebluebanner.net/14981/arts-features-2/illuminating-appalachia-a-brief-history-of-the-brown-mountain-lights/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_Mountain_lights#:~:text=The%20Brown%20Mountain%20lights%20are,a%20USGS%20scientist%2C%20George%20R.

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Beth tells tales of the apple-throwing pygmy bigfoot of Pennsylvania. Wes tells tales of West Virginia's aggressive Sheepsquatch.

Sources Used: Albatwitch

www.chesapeakebay.net/news/blog/the-albatwitch-haunts-lancaster-county-pennsylvania

https://unchartedlancaster.com/2021/10/03/haunted-lancaster-meet-columbias-little-bigfoot-the-albatwitch/

https://ghostsoftherivertowns.com/albatwitch

www.bfro.net/GDB/show_report.asp?id=28777

https://unchartedlancaster.com/2024/06/22/albatwitch-sighting-in-southern-lancaster-countys-fishing-creek-nature-preserve/

Sources Used: Sheepsquatch

www.wboy.com/only-on-wboy-com/paranormal-w-va/what-is-the-west-virginia-sheepsquatch/

www.wvghosts.com/true-stories/cryptozoology/sheep-squatch/

www.wvghosts.com/true-stories/cryptozoology/sheep-squatch/

https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/232572083.pdf

www.singularfortean.com/singularjournal/2018/2/17/sheepsquatch

https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Sheepsquatch

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Wes and Beth share the impressive 100 years of history of the iconic parade, with all its balloons, floats, and infamous mishaps.  


Sources Used: 

www.iloveny.com/blog/post/history-of-the-macys-thanksgiving-day-parade/

www.history.com/news/the-first-macys-thanksgiving-day-parade

https://wwd.com/feature/macys-thanksgiving-day-parade-history-1235914592/

www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/macys-thanksgiving-day-parade-modest-start-american-tradition-rivaling-stuffing-pumpkin-pie-180985216/

https://people.com/tv/macys-thanksgiving-day-parade-balloons-history/

https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/23/us/macys-thanksgiving-day-parade-balloon-accidents-cec/index.html

www.mentalfloss.com/article/636676/macys-thanksgiving-day-parade-balloon-accidents

www.mentalfloss.com/article/71548/16-fun-facts-about-macys-thanksgiving-day-parade

https://macysthanksgiving.fandom.com/wiki/Floats

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Beth and Wes share the sobering history and abundant hauntings at the Australian historical landmark.


www.qstation.com.au/our-story.html

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

www.thesenior.com.au/story/7330164/the-original-quarantine-hotel-echoes-with-history-of-pandemics-past/

https://adelaidehauntedhorizons.com.au/haunted-sydney-quarantine-station-ghosts/

https://mgnsw.org.au/organisations/quarantine-station/

www.manlyaustralia.com.au/info/history/

https://irishgraves.blogspot.com/p/north-head-quarantine-station.html

www.timeout.com/sydney/things-to-do/this-place-is-pure-evil-are-you-brave-enough-to-enter-sydneys-most-haunted-bathroom

https://manlyobserver.com.au/spectres-of-the-quarantine-station/

www.theaccidentalaustralian.com/about/

https://debbie-johansson.com/2017/11/21/ghostly-encounters-at-quarantine-station/

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3058380/Inside-Australia-s-haunted-hotel-Quarantine-Station.html

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Beth explores the unfinished yet incredibly haunted Woodchester Mansion in England. Wes explores the mysterious disappearance of Diedrich Knickerbocker, whose story inspired the naming of the NY Knicks. 


www.haunted-britain.com/woodchester-mansion.htm

https://discovercotswolds.co.uk/woodchester-mansion/

www.woodchestermansion.org.uk/

www.richardestep.net/woodchester-mansion-the-breather-in-the-basement/

https://thelittlehouseofhorrors.com/woodchester-mansion/

www.haunted-houses.co.uk/ghost-hunt/woodchester-mansion/

https://cotswoldjourneys.com/blog/coaley-peak-woodchester-manison/

www.mentalfloss.com/posts/washington-irving-knickerbocker-hoax-named-new-york-knicks

www.britannica.com/topic/Diedrich-Knickerbocker

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

https://theleemsmachine.com/bean/blog/2021/03/24/the-story-of-dietrich-knickerbocker/

www.nba.com/knicks/history/knickerbocker

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Beth places her bet at the infamously haunted Tombstone saloon and gambling hall. Wes walks the haunted halls of the US Capitol building.


Our Sources
https://phoenixghosts.com/the-birdcage-theatre/

https://thelittlehouseofhorrors.com/the-bird-cage-theatre/

www.theatrebloom.com/2021/11/remembering-the-birdcage-theatre/

www.echoesofthesouthwest.com/2011/05/tombstone-birdcage-theatre-ghosts-and.html

https://ghostcitytours.com/tombstone/haunted-tombstone/bird-cage-theatre/

https://capitolhistory.org/capitol-history-blog/the-haunted-history-of-the-us-capitol/

https://ghostcitytours.com/washington-dc/haunted-places/us-capitol-building/

https://dcghosts.com/us-capitol-building/

www.aoc.gov/explore-capitol-campus/blog/haunted-halls-congress-5-creepy-capitol-legends

https://hauntedhouses.com/district-of-columbia/u-s-capitol-building/

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