Get creepy with us as we learn about taphophobia: the fear of being buried alive, safety coffins, and two Michiganders known to have been buried alive: "Little Mary" McNaughton (Michigan's Bloody Mary) and Dorrance Williams.
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Journey with us through the lore in Lake Superior. We will see Mermen, Ghost Ships, "Old Whitey," and more.
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Creatures, Giants, and Monsters Hiding in Great Lakes by John Robinson
Cryptid Profile: A Lake Superior Cave Monster by Adam Benedict
Folklore Profile: The Lake Superior God of the Waters (AKA: The Great Lakes Merman) by Adam Benedict
Ghost Ship SS Kamloops: Lost Ships of the Great Lakes. Donna Dashney Newmark Collection
Meet Mishipeshu the Underwater Panther in Lake Superior by Lindi Osborne
Mermaids: A Monster in Lake Superior, 1782 – Fall 1971 by David Dougald
Pressie: Lake Superior's Serpentine Guardian by Dr. Elizabeth Harper
The SS Bannockburn or, ‘The Flying Dutchman’ of Lake Superior. Ashley from Curious Archive.
Something weird happened at Ann Arbor's Veterans Hospital in the summer of 1975. Can the FBI figure out what really happened? Find out in today's episode.
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Curare: the South American arrow poison. Mr. Lee
FBI. RESMURS Case (Reservation Murders)
Justia US Law. Harding v. State
Milton H Erickson Foundation. Investigative Hypnosis - Pt. 1
"That Strange Summer" Documentary by Geri Alumit Zeldes
UC San Diego. Critical Race Poetics and the Ghostly Matter of U.S. v. Narciso and Perez
This is the tragic story of the Bath School Massacre, the deadliest terror act on school property in US history. Over 100 children and adults were injured or killed on May 18, 1927 by an angry maniac who was upset about taxes. Yes, you saw that right... Taxes.
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Bath School Disaster. Wikipedia.
K12 Academics. History of School Shootings.
“Maniac” by Harold Schechter
Putnam: Evil of Bath School Disaster remembered 89 years later. Judy Putnam. Lansing State Journal.
Fact or fiction, who really knows. Today we will investigate The Dogman of Northern Michigan and the Beast of Bray Road in Wisconsin.
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“Beast of Bray Road” Linda Godfrey
Discovery UK. The Legend of the Michigan Dogman: A Modern Werewolf Tale
Gast Ditch. The Logger’s Melody and the Michigan Dogman
Michigan Public. Who’s a good boy? Not the Michigan Dogman.
Michigan State University. White Pine Logging: A Background
Newspapers. The Times Herald. Michgan: Full of monsters, mysteries
Episode 1 features the folklore of early Michigan inhabitants. The Wendigo, a cannibalistic spirit known to the Ojibwe and other local tribes, is said to roam the Upper Peninsula looking for its next victim.
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Cascade Vacation Rentals. Hauntings on Isle Royale.
Michael B Clasen. On The Road.
National Park After Dark Podcast - Stranded on Isle Royale
The National Park Service. Your Invitation to a Superior Wilderness.
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