Join me as I tell you the story of the beast of Gevaudan, France. In the early 1700s tales of a very large wolf attacked and killed over 100 villagers. To this day no one can explain what happened exactly.
Content Warning: Talk of death, gore, and attacks
Reference Links:
Beast Attacks/History/Eyewitness Accounts of Gevaudan, France:
https://r.search.yahoo.com/_ylt=AwrEt2gSOCNmKm4nfEkPxQt.;_ylu=Y29sbwNiZjEEcG9zAzMEdnRpZAMEc2VjA3Ny/RV=2/RE=1713612946/RO=10/RU=https%3a%2f%2fwww.smithsonianmag.com%2fhistory%2fbeast-gevaudan-terrorized-france-countryside-180963820%2f/RK=2/RS=fBtL4XZAxyE8gQKUWbZCSUwrm1c-
https://museumhack.com/beast-gevaudan/
https://allthatsinteresting.com/beast-of-gevaudan
https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/the-beast-of-gevaudan-1764-1767/
https://www.historicmysteries.com/unexplained-mysteries/beast-of-gevaudan/22582/
Dire Wolf:
https://www.britannica.com/animal/dire-wolf
https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/dire-wolf.htm
https://www.science.org/content/article/legendary-dire-wolf-may-not-have-been-wolf-all
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-03082-x
The "Casket"/Casquette Girls & The Ursuline Convent (00:23:46)
Dive into this weeks episode on the strange mysteries surrounding the "Casket"/Casquette girls who were thought to have been vampires locked on the third floor by nuns in the Ursuline Convent in New Orleans, Louisiana. The pope also blessed the convent at one point.
Content Warning:
Talk of death, prostitution, and vampires.
Reference Links:
https://www.nola.com/entertainment_life/a-lot-to-unpack-how-1720s-french-casket-girls-brought-vampires-to-the-ursuline-convent/article_6024e8ec-4747-11ed-9576-9fb56ada11e9.html
https://www.verylocal.com/ursuline-convent-casket-girls/20209/
https://www.neworleans.com/listing/old-ursuline-convent-museum/30728/
https://www.neworleans.com/things-to-do/history/the-casket-girls-of-new-orleans/
https://mythicalencyclopedia.com/new-orleans-casket-girls/
Zombie Road-The Haunted Trail (00:24:45)
Join me as I go into detail on Zombie Road or Rock Hollow Trail. It is based on many urban legends that send many curious people to ghost hunt at night. This has led to many shadow people sightings, and pictures to prove it. An abandoned town actually exists here as well.
CONTENT WARNING:
Warning of tragedies including: deaths, crimes, supernatural, war, and disrespect of Native Americans.
Reference Links:
Wildwood History:
https://www.cityofwildwood.com/2035/Rock-Hollow-Trail
Zombie Road
https://www.stlmag.com/culture/travel/Zombie-Road-Ghosthunting-in-Wildwood/
Carol Schulte
https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/local/body-found-meramec-river-in-jefferson-county/63-84dd443c-6ce2-44b0-be74-c4248a277276
Children Of The Grave-tv show
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0926758/
The Great Train Wreck of 1870
https://kenoder.com/2018/10/the-great-train-wreck/
The St. Louis Fire
https://www.stltoday.com/news/archives/may-17-1849-the-great-fire-that-changed-the-face-of-st-louis/article_ff8faca9-1ba5-5f52-9252-e8397b705240.html
Information On Native American Burial Mounds
https://www.kcur.org/housing-development-section/2023-03-05/st-louis-was-once-mound-city-its-native-american-residents-still-feel-erased
https://wymancenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Local-Sites.pdf
https://www.riverfronttimes.com/news/grave-losses-2470341
https://satellites.pro/Indian_Mound_map.Missouri.USA#google_vignette
Man dumped at Rock Hollow Trail
https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/crime/article283800088.html
Arthurs Seat: 17 Tiny Coffins (00:10:34)
Take a peak at the mystery of 17 tiny coffins with figurines that were found on an ancient volcano named: Arthurs Seat and the theories and mysteries surrounding it.
CONTENT WARNING:
Talk of death and serial killers
Reference Links:
https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/people/the-arthurs-seat-coffins-the-strange-edinburgh-mystery-linked-to-burke-and-hare-and-witchcraft-4097904
https://www.iflscience.com/the-centuries-old-mystery-of-the-arthurs-seat-coffins-71122
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/edinburghs-mysterious-miniature-coffins-22371426/
http://wightonfamily.ca/genealogy/essays/funerals.html
https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Burke-and-William-Hare
Haunting Of Hinton Ampner Estate: England 1765 (00:10:18)
Listen to the terrifying story of an estate built and occupied by a family that went through hell when living at the home-with ghostly murmurs, echos of footsteps, vanishing spirits, and even violent knocking.
Content Warning: Images of ghostly figures, terrifying hauntings, and trigger warning of bones being found of a possible child.
Reference Links:
https://www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk/hauntings/hinton-ampner-house/
https://blogs.bl.uk/untoldlives/2021/10/hauntings-at-hinton-ampner-.html
http://www.museum.alresford.org/displayed/displayed_12-1.php
Athens Asylum: Ohio Dark Past & Haunting (00:13:40)
Content Warning: Details of graphic imagery, death, and sexual content are included in this episode.
Formerly known as Athens Lunatic Asylum, and its dark history of patient treatments plus a stain from a deceased patient that can't be cleaned and is still there to this day, the asylum is now apart of Ohio State University and has given many students and visitors the chills due to apparitions, distorted voices, and much more.
Reference Links:
https://www.legendsofamerica.com/oh-athensasylum/
https://woub.org/2019/10/29/the-legends-behind-the-ghosts-of-athens/
https://www.neh.gov/humanities/2018/summer/statement/the-athens-asylum-was-the-forefront-treatment-in-the-19th-century
Nightmare On Elm Street: The TRUTH (00:20:42)
Learn about the true story behind the most iconic horror film: "The Nightmare On Elm Street."
LINKS:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0306987788900710%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20
https://hmongamerican.org/unexplained-deaths-inspired-a-nightmare-on-elm-street/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2970580/
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The Surrency Family Haunting (00:07:54)
A short story portaying a ravaging poltergeist-like entity that terrorized a family and dozens of witnesses.
References:
www.ajc.com/news/locoal/surrency-haunting-still-mystery/kbEig7eOXhTQH4o7JInN4O/
www.otherworldlyoracle.com/haunted-georgia-surrency-ghosts/
www.myhauntedsalem.tumblr.com/post/658678859820056576/the-surrency-haunting-in-the-early-1870s-a
Mount Shasta: Lost City, Disappearances, & Mysteries (00:26:09)
The legends surrounding Mount Shasta have long intrigued locals and visitors alike. Tales of strange disappearances and a lost city fill the minds of many who attempt to make sense of the mysteries of the mountain.
These are the documented links I used to put this podcast together:
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/mount-shasta-spirituality
https://www.kqed.org/news/11684091/the-whole-story-faith-and-fraud-in-mt-shasta
https://www.npr.org/2015/06/07/412098380/a-mountain-of-many-legends-draws-spiritual-seekers-from-around-the-globe
https://www.travelchannel.com/shows/into-the-unknown/episodes/the-legend-of-mount-shasta
https://www.thesnowboardersjournal.com/exclusive/in-search-of-telos/
Los Angeles Times Newspaper (1932): www.documentcloud.org/documents/285021-a-people-of-mystery.html
Telekinesis & Levitation 1909 (00:23:24)
Taken from old newspaper clippings, including "The Times" and more, this episode with portray the short life of the worlds most amazing psychic ever known or studied-Eusapia Palladino and her phenomenal supernatural abilities.
The Haunted Bedroom-1936 (00:19:24)
Take a dive into one of the most famous ghost hunters at the time. Mr. O'Donnell, && how he recounts a strange haunting.
Apparition of 1939-United Kingdom (00:11:42)
A feeling of horror, a horrible feeling, an apparition that vanishes and reappears. Accounts taken from a man in Birmingham, UK to the Birmingham Gazette Newspaper of 1939.
70 ft beast of 1877 (00:19:52)
Episode 1 details a 70 ft beast that was found on the banks of a Missouri River by a group of farmers. It was shaped oddly & horrifyingly huge. Citations: "The Dundee Courier" and "The Global Democrat" Links: https://blog.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/2014/10/27/11-unusual-tales-of-terror-from-historical-newspapers/ Link 2: https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000162/18771023/077/0007 Link 3: https://newspaperarchive.com/tags/?pc=25601&psi=58&pci=7&ndt=by&py=1877&pey=1877&plo=70-ft/
Cryptic Detective (00:00:28)
From old newspaper article, to the unexplained and more- if you grew up watching Unsolved Mysteries like me, then you crave the taste of stories like these. Cryptic Detective gives you that craving. Link for Hydrojug: https://www.thehydrojug.com/?aff=18693
