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Beth shares about her favorite British castle and its 7 ghosts. Wes shares two 100 year old cold cases. 

Our Sources: 

https://www.war.gov/ufo/

https://unknownkentandsussex.co.uk/the-many-ghosts-of-arundel-castle/

https://great-castles.com/arundelghost.html

www.spookyisles.com/arundel-castle/

www.arundelcastle.org/castle-history/

www.historic-uk.com/DestinationsUK/Arundel-Castle/

https://connectparanormal.net/2025/04/25/arundel-castle-a-journey-through-history-and-hauntings/

https://clevelandmagazine.com/articles/look-back-how-a-100-year-old-cold-case-murder-continues-to-haunt-parma/

https://www.cleveland19.com/2022/01/26/community-still-haunted-by-murder-2-parma-school-teachers-101-years-ago/

https://allthatsinteresting.com/canada-woman-in-the-well-alice-spence

https://wjla.com/criminally-obsessed/saskatoon-woman-in-the-well-identity-mystery-solved-remains-found-missing-woman-cold-case-saskatchewan

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/canadian-police-identify-centuryold-remains-of-woman-in-the-well-using-dna-technology-b2836974.html

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Wes and Beth dive into the mythology and modern day sightings of mermaids.

Our Sources: 

www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_JN9Sc_F20

www.audubon.org/magazine/sirens-of-greek-myth-were-bird-women-not-mermaids

www.centreofexcellence.com/sirens-in-mythology/

www.britannica.com/topic/mermaid

https://ocean.si.edu/ocean-life/marine-mammals/mermaids-manatees-myth-and-reality

https://theconversation.com/mermaids-arent-real-but-theyve-fascinated-people-around-the-world-for-ages-150518

https://otherworldlyoracle.com/types-of-mermaids/

https://folklorethursday.com/folktales/top-mermaid-sightings-in-the-last-century-that-are-hard-to-deny/

www.ripleys.com/stories/mermaids

https://oceaninfo.com/exploration/myths-and-legends/mermaid-sightings/

https://allthatsinteresting.com/mermaid-sightings

https://www.timescolonist.com/opinion/dave-obee-mysterious-mayne-mermaid-was-real-sort-of-4638500

www.paranormaldatabase.com/reports/mermaid.php

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Wes and Beth go deep into the lore and many sightings of the legendary cryptid. 

Our Sources:

https://pinelandsalliance.org/learn-about-the-pinelands/pinelands-history-and-culture/the-jersey-devil-and-folklore/

https://weirdnj.com/stories/jersey-devil/

www.atlanticcountynj.gov/government/government-information/history-of-atlantic-county/jersey-devil-fact-or-fiction

https://levittownnow.com/2025/10/18/the-time-the-jersey-devil-came-to-bristol/

https://americanfolklore.net/folklore/2010/07/joseph_bonaparte_and_the_jerse.html

www.capitalcentury.com/1909.html

https://njhumanities.org/humanities-to-go/psp/the-jersey-devil-in-myth-and-history/

www.nj.com/entertainment/2016/10/13_places_the_jersey_devil_has_been_spotted_in_the.html

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Beth shares some of the Alabama mansion’s history and ghostly encounters. Wes shares some of the UFO encounters in the Scottish triangle. 

Our Sources:

www.abandonedalabama.com/sweetwater-mansion/

https://usghostadventures.com/haunted-stories/americas-most-haunted-south/sweetwater-mansion-and-her-ghosts/

https://shoalsblackhistory.omeka.net/items/show/1318

www.thewillingham.org/the-blog/the-sweetwater-mansion

www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-50262655

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

www.scotclans.com/pages/bonnybridge-most-ufo-sightings-on-the-planet

www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/terrified-man-says-6ft-aliens-34061710#amp-readmore-target

www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/16367637.scotlands-greatest-ufo-mysteries-truth/

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Wes and Beth tempt fate by looking at the origin of the many superstitions  surrounding the number 13, and a secret society that set out to clear 13’s “bad” reputation. 

Our sources:

www.britannica.com/topic/Friday-the-13th-superstition

www.history.com/articles/friday-the-13th

https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/2024/12/on-the-possible-origins-of-friday-the-thirteenth-metafolklore-fear-and-fun/

www.theparisreview.org/blog/2015/03/13/morituri-te-salutamus/

www.atlasobscura.com/articles/thirteen-club-superstition-new-york

www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/five-men-who-hated-or-loved-the-number-13-66940720/

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Episode description: Wes and Beth take a deep look at the infamous murders, the various suspects, and the alleged hauntings at the Iowa home. 

Our Sources:

https://murderhouse.com/

https://usghostadventures.com/haunted-houses/villisca-axe-murder-house/

https://iowacoldcases.org/case-summaries/villisca-axe-murders/

https://roadtrippers.com/magazine/villisca-ax-murder-house-iowa/

https://murderhouse.com/hauntings/

https://adelaidehauntedhorizons.com.au/haunted-villisca-ax-murder-house-ghosts/

www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=HMT19160617-01.2.6&e=-------en-20--1--img-txIN%7CtxCO%7CtxTA--------0------

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Beth shares the rousing tale of Willard Carpenter and his now very haunted library. Wes shares the well-documented, years-long, British case of an unexplained hum and possibly connected UFO sightings. 

Our Sources: 

www.willardlib.org/history

www.willardlib.org/the-grey-lady-ghost

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

https://fox59.com/news/indys-most-haunted-the-grey-lady-ghost-haunts-the-willard-library/

www.14news.com/story/23715198/join-the-hunt-for-the-grey-lady-of-willard-library/

www.jahernandez.com/posts/the-warminster-thing-and-decades-of-unexplained-phenomena-in-england

www.mentalfloss.com/article/638338/warminster-thing-ufo

https://vocal.media/fyi/the-warminster-thing

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Episode Description: Beth shares a ghost story and the history of the former asylum. Wes shares the mysterious tale of a lesser-known, yet possible, cryptid.  

Our Sources: 

https://www.peoriamagazine.com/article/so-no-other-human-would-suffer-as-you/

www.peoriastatehospital.com/psh-history 

www.atlasobscura.com/places/peoria-state-hospital 

https://michaelkleen.com/2018/01/23/ethereal-remains-of-peoria-state-hospital/ 

www.bumpinthenight.net/peoria#:~:text=The%20Peoria%20State%20Hospital%20%E2%80%94%20then,just%20locked%20away%20and%20forgotten. 

www.idaillinois.org/digital/collection/isl/id/31308/ 

www.almanac.com/man-who-cried-everyone 

www.jahernandez.com/posts/old-book-ghost-of-peoria-state-hospital-in-bartonville-illinois

https://karlshuker.blogspot.com/2010/09/behold-trunko.html

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

www.cryptozoonews.com/trunko/

https://cryptidindex.com/trunko/

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Episode description: Beth daydreams about living in the Loneliest Houses in the world off the coast of Iceland and the mountains of Portugal. Wes adds another contender to the Worst Jobs in History list, with the sewer thieves of Victorian London.

Our Sources:

https://allthatsinteresting.com/loneliest-house-in-the-world

www.ndtv.com/offbeat/the-story-behind-the-worlds-loneliest-house-2340575

www.architecturaldigest.com/story/ellidaey-island-really-loneliest-house-in-the-world

www.portugal.com/location/the-strangest-house-in-the-world-casa-do-penedo-portugal/

www.ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-europe/casa-do-penedo-portuguese-flintstones-house-009784

www.smithsonianmag.com/history/quite-likely-the-worst-job-ever-319843/

https://vocal.media/history/this-is-the-worst-job-in-history-the-toshers-of-victorian-london

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Episode description:  Beth (who’s not afraid of dolls) tackles the lore and history of the Island of the Dolls. Wes looks at the history and ghosts at the colonial-era Daniel Benton Homestead.  

Our Sources

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

https://thelittlehouseofhorrors.com/isla-de-las-munecas/

www.discovery.com/exploration/the-island-of-the-dolls-has-a-murky-and-terrifying-history

https://nypost.com/2021/10/30/real-story-behind-haunted-island-of-the-dolls-in-mexico/

www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2022/10/the-haunting-story-of-the-man-who-built-the-island-of-dolls-723402

www.abc.net.au/news/2022-10-30/spooky-story-behind-the-mexican-island-of-dolls/101594254

https://occult-world.com/daniel-benton-homestead/

https://historicbuildingsct.com/the-daniel-benton-homestead-1720/

www.damnedct.com/daniel-benton-homestead-tolland/

https://tollandhistorical.org/daniel-benton-homestead/

www.haunted-places-to-go.com/real-haunted-places.html

www.riseupparanormal.com/database/bentonhomestead.htm

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