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Beth tells the story of one family's encounter with aggressive bigfoots in Oklahoma. Wes shares details of the icky problem that plagued New York City in the late 1800s. 

Our Sources: 

www.bfro.net/avevid/ouachita/siege-at-honobia.asp

www.oklahoman.com/story/news/2007/08/07/constant-sasquatch-watch-held-in-honobia/61554513007/

www.oklahoman.com/story/news/2000/01/30/sooners-tracking-bigfoot/62212356007/

www.fox7austin.com/news/2-million-bounty-placed-on-bigfoot-in-oklahoma-town-must-be-captured-alive-and-unharmed

https://people.com/human-interest/oklahoma-representative-proposes-hosting-a-bigfoot-hunting-season/

www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/Great-Horse-Manure-Crisis-of-1894/

https://fee.org/articles/the-great-horse-manure-crisis-of-1894/

www.newyorker.com/magazine/2009/11/16/hosed

www.businesshorsepower.com/lessons-great-horse-manure-crisis-1894/

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Beth tells the tale of Vermont's Hayden House- a home said to be haunted by a cursed family. Wes explores a former prison in Boise, Idaho, where both volunteers and visitors have reported some ghostly encounters. 

www.vermonter.com/hayden-curse-ghosts/

www.caledonianrecord.com/littleton_record/news/local/the-haunted-hayden-house-of-albany/article_be56eee1-a0d1-51bb-9ba7-06f1ed623ff7.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Hayden_House_(Albany,_Vermont)

https://newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/the-nineteenth-century-curse-of-mercie-dale/

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

www.intermountainhistories.org/items/show/734

www.onlyinyourstate.com/idaho/most-haunted-place-on-earth-id/

www.vvdailypress.com/story/lifestyle/travel/2023/10/11/the-stories-from-inside-old-idaho-state-penitentiary-are-spooky/71051676007/

www.boisestatepublicradio.org/science-research/2022-10-31/nighttime-paranormal-investigations-lead-dozens-to-the-old-idaho-penitentiary

https://hauntedhouses.com/idaho/idaho-state-penitentiary/

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Beth explores the controversy over a little Viking coin found on the shores of Maine. Wes looks at two cryptids in a league of their own: Iowa's Van Meter Monster and Sinkhole Sam of Inman, Kansas.

Sources Used:

www.atlasobscura.com/articles/maine-norse-penny-archaeology-vikings-north-america

www.ancient-origins.net/artifacts-other-artifacts/controversial-origins-

www.grandrapidscoins.com/the-maine-penny-a-coin-mystery-from-history/

www.grunge.com/712961/the-unsolved-mystery-of-the-maine-penny/

https://strangenewengland.com/2015/07/06/the-maine-penny-

www.ruralmessenger.com/blogs/the-legend-of-sink-hole-sam-3/

https://northamericancryptids.com/sink-hole-sam/

https://kansascitymag.com/is-there-a-mysterious-monster-lurking-in-a-kansas-sinkhole-1/

https://jackandkitty.com/kingman-county-kansas-lake-monster/

www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2015/07/01/van-meter-remembers-

https://northamericancryptids.com/van-meter-monster/

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Beth shares the history and hauntings of one Oklahoma Bed & Breakfast. Wes tells the creepy tale of the Northumberland Strait Ghost Ship.


www.hauntedrooms.com/oklahoma/haunted-places/haunted-hotels/stone-lion-inn-guthrie

https://hauntedhouses.com/oklahoma/stone-lion-inn/

https://ktul.com/news/investigations/haunted-oklahoma-the-stone-lion-inn-in-guthrie-has-issues

https://thehauntedattic.uk/2024/07/16/the-stone-lion-inn/

www.ocolly.com/owner-of-guthrie-inn-didnt-believe-in-the-paranormal-until-

https://wanderwisdom.com/travel-destinations/Oklahomas-Most-Haunted-City-

https://ns-ghost-stories.wixsite.com/folklore-and-legends/post/the-ghost-ship-of-northumberland

https://cwesleyclough.wordpress.com/2023/06/09/ghost-ships-the-phantom-

https://mysteriesofcanada.com/newfoundland/ghost-ships-of-the-north-atlantic/

www.paranormalenlightenment.com/phantom-ship-northumberland-strait/

www.saltwire.com/atlantic-canada/news/phantom-ship-spotted-by-visitor-151203/

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Wes and Beth tell the remarkable stories of Violet Jessop and Arthur Priest who both survived all three of the White Star Line's sister ships' maritime disasters: the Olympic, the Titanic, and the Britannic.


https://explorethearchive.com/violet-jessop

www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/titanic/stories/violet-constance-jessop.htm

www.mentalfloss.com/posts/titanic-survivor-violet-jessop-facts

www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/titanic-survivor/violet-constance-jessop.html

www.dannydutch.com/post/violet-jessop-the-survivor-of-three-shipwrecks-the-titanic-the-britannic-and-the-olympic

www.amusingplanet.com/2023/10/arthur-john-priest-unsinkable-stoker.html

www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-17543632

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Beth discusses the 1972 Philip Experiment, when a group of Canadian paranormal researchers tried to create a ghost. Wes discusses Bannerman Island's haunted and abandoned castle in the middle of the Hudson River.


www.liveabout.com/how-to-create-a-ghost-2594058

www.ranker.com/list/philip-experiment-paranormal-study/jodi-smith

https://psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk/articles/philip-psychokinesis-experiments

https://seancescience.com/outside-seance-room-people/the-philip-experiment/

https://bannermancastle.org/history/

https://hvmag.com/life-style/bannerman-island-castle/

www.dutchess.org/history/bannerman_castle_history

https://hudsonvalleycountry.com/is-the-iconic-bannerman-castle-on-the-hudson-river-haunted/

https://lite987.com/the-ghosts-of-bannerman-island-cny-paranormal-video/

www.phsnewspaper.org/news/2021/10/12/hudson-valley-history-the-imps-of-dunderberg/

https://suzannespellen.substack.com/p/bannerman-island-and-the-improbable

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Episode 117 was released by Mistake today due to a technical issue.
 The episode has been removed and will release on Its Normal schedule date Thursday morning.
Were sorry for any inconvenience.
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Beth explains the mysterious disappearance of 19th century cyclist Frank Lenz. Wes outlines the many egg-shaped UFO sightings of 1957.

https://science.howstuffworks.com/space/aliens-ufos/rb-47-ufo.htm

www.theguardian.com/uk/2008/oct/20/aliens-crop-circles-ufo-roswell

www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/retired-pilot-explains-1957-ufo-incident/

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

www.onlyinyourstate.com/texas/ufo-sighting-tx/

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

https://daily.jstor.org/the-adventurous-life-and-mysterious-death-of-frank-lenz/

www.adventurecycling.org/blog/frank-lenz-the-lost-cyclist/

https://source.wustl.edu/2012/08/a-brave-and-resourceful-man-frank-g-lenz-cyclist/

www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-unsolved-case-of-the-lost-cyclist-57021309/

www.thevintagenews.com/2018/10/31/frank-lenz/

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Beth delves into the life of Jack Black: the Victorian Rat Catcher. Wes shares the infamous curse of 1976's "The Omen" movie.


https://goodnature.co/blogs/news/the-surprising-history-and-legacy-of-the-victorian-rat-catchers

www.tfcg.ca/old-occupation-rat-catcher

www.amusingplanet.com/2018/12/the-true-story-behind-pied-piper-of.html

www.geriwalton.com/child-rat-catchers-of-victorian-era/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Black_(rat_catcher)

www.laphamsquarterly.org/roundtable/her-majestys-rat-catcher

https://collider.com/the-omen-curse-production/#:~:text=Lightning%20strikes%2C%20plane%20crashes%2C%20and,causing%20genuine%20terror%20during%20filming.

www.cineworld.ie/static/en/ie/blog/the-curse-of-the-omen-facts-the-first-omen

www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/omen-1976-damien-curse-lightning-decapitations/

www.ranker.com/list/the-omen-film-set-haunting/erin-mccann

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Beth shares the history and haunts of a Maine lighthouse. Wes shares the tale of Vermont's bear-like cryptid.

https://mainelighthousemuseum.com/wood-island-lighthouse.html

www.nelights.com/blog/haunted-wood-island-lighthouse-in-maine/

https://woodislandlighthouse.org/about/ghosts-of-wood-island/

www.newenglandlighthouses.net/wood-island-light-history.html

http://fowilh.dynalias.com:1200/camera/index.html#/video

www.vermonter.com/slipperyskin-bear-bigfoot-or-indian/

http://newenglandfolklore.blogspot.com/2019/10/slipperyskin-bear-monster-or-spirit.html

https://www.vermonter.com/slipperyskin-creature-vermont/

https://vermontdailychronicle.com/the-governor-vs-the-man-bear/

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

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