Blake recounts his recent visit to see Robert the Doll, and his findings after a deep dive into newspapers and other literature. Patrons get follow-up info from the girl who was the subject of the “true doll haunting” from episode #114! Plus – see the attached PDFs for some of the research material used to craft this episode. Karen’s latest […]
Matt Baxter returns to join Karen and Blake in a discussion of allegedly haunted “bothies” in the remote hiking regions of the UK. This episode contains some discussion of guns, suicide, and cannibalism. Matt Baxter, his dogs and cabin (discussed in the episode) Links to further reading/listening: What is a “bothy?” Mountain Bothy Association BBC’s Uncanny episodes we mention: Don’t […]
Is the cave of the winds near Manitou Springs, CO HAUNTED!? Matt Baxter has investigated and he joins us to talk about what he found. Related Links: Spooky Science Sisters – Roanoke episode with Karen In Research Of… The Lost Colony – Blake & Jeb Card discuss the In Search Of… episode about Roanoke. Eclectic Shopping options in Manitou Springs The history of Manitou […]
Did a European-trained Werewolf haunt late 1800’s Georgia? Blake and Karen discuss the case of the Georgia Werewolf. Sheep Ranching in Georgia Red Wolf range today (and historically) Grave of the GA Werewolf (Don’t legend trip here – it’s private land) Ghostly re-telling of the Emily Burt story Same story – from Week in Weird Georgia Ghosts by Nancy Roberts(affiliate […]
Karen takes us down under to discover the tale of FISHER’S GHOST.
Download as MP3 (Right-click, Save As) We are joined by Ph.D. student Minwen Huang, who shares with us the history of the literary genre of Chinese Ghosts called Zhiguai, and how such beings (and literature) are viewed from ancient times to the present. A wiki page about the character for “ghost”: 鬼 Images of Women in Chinese Thought and Culture: Writings from the Pre-Qin […]
Karen tells us about her research into the strange 1921 case known as “The Guyra Ghost.”