Where Our Minds Wander

Oct 30 2024 147 ep. 37 mins 21
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From the creepy attic's dark corners to the very end of a shadow-filled dirt road, our minds wander towards the odd, supernatural and not easily explained. Pull up a cozy seat and your favorite beverage and delve into our Strange but True stories from around the globe and beyond.

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131 Gothic Ghost stories Part 2

Oct 30 2024 49 mins  
Beth tells the perfectly creepy tale "The Voice in the Night" by William Hope Hodgson. Wes shares S.E. Schlosser's ghostly tale of "A Dead Woman's Picture." https://absolutehorror.fandom.com/wiki/The_Voice_in_the_Night_by_William_Hope_Hodgsonwww.seschlosser.com/a-dead-womans-picture/Middle music: Credit: https://www.purple-planet.comSend us a text Support the showAll our links:Our

130 Gothic Ghost stories Part 1

Oct 23 2024 95 mins  
Beth and Wes each tell a spooky gothic ghost story: "The Old Nurse's Story" by Elizabeth Gaskell and "The Red Room" by H.G. Wells. Our Sources:https://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks06/0605581h.htmlhttps://www.gutenberg.org/files/23218/23218-h/23218-h.htm Middle Background music via https://www.FesliyanStudios.comSend us a text Support the showAll our links:Our website: www.whereourmindswa

129 Florence Stadium UFO and Victoria’s Black Swan Inn

Oct 16 2024 45 mins  
Beth shares the intriguing UFO sighting from 1957 when 10,000 spectators saw some sort of UFO over Florence, Italy. Wes explains exactly why the San Antonio inn is considered one of Texas's "most haunted" locations. Sources Used: www.sportshistoryweekly.com/stories/italy-soccer-world-euro-cup-fiorentina,1220https://unbelievable-facts.com/2014/12/a-football-match-came-to-a-halt-60-y

128 Witches of New York and Big Nose Kate’s Saloon

Oct 09 2024 51 mins  
Beth shares the various folklore and legends surrounding real-life witchcraft cases in New York state. Wes shares the intriguing history of Big Nose Kate and her haunted saloon. Our Sources:https://sleepyhollowcountry.com/witch-of-west-nyack/www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley/culture/article/witchcraft-trials-new-york-state-17546934.phpwww.clarkstown.gov/history/https://en.wikipedia.o

127 George Reeves and the Dark Watchers

Oct 02 2024 48 mins  
Beth recounts the mysterious death of TV's original Superman, George Reeves. Wes shares tales of the dark entities said to roam the Santa Lucia mountains of CA. Sources Used:www.thedailybeast.com/inside-the-mysterious-death-of-george-reeves-the-original-supermanhttps://unsolved.com/gallery/george-reeves/https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Reeveswww.theguardian.com/film/2006/no

126 Kaspar Houser and Shades Of Death Road

Sep 25 2024 47 mins  
Beth tackles the mystery of who Kaspar Houser could have been. Wes adds to the mystery by discussing the lore and legends of the supernatural along NJ's Shades of Death Road. *Episode Correction: We realized (post-production) that Beth mistakenly stated Kaspar Houser's year of death as 1882. It was actually 1833. Sources Used: www.thegypsythread.org/shades-of-death-road/https://en.

125 Merrehope Mansion and the Rougarou

Sep 18 2024 42 mins  
Beth tells the tale of two spirits said to haunt the historic Meridian, Mississippi mansion. Wes shares the lore and recent sightings of the terrifying Louisiana cryptid. Sources Used: https://visitmeridian.com/historic-trail-markers/civil-war/civil-war-trail-marker-5/https://visitmeridian.com/things_to_do/merrehope/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merrehopehttps://merrehope.com/www.m

124: Thunderbirds: Terror from Above

Sep 11 2024 42 mins  
Wes and Beth explore the mythology and recent sightings of the legendary Thunderbird.Sources Used: www.pnsn.org/outreach/native-american-stories/thunderbird-and-whale/thunderbird-and-whale-stories/the-thunder-bird-a-tillamook-legendhttps://pawilds.com/legend-of-the-thunderbird/www.legendsofamerica.com/thunderbird-native-american/www.devilslakewisconsin.com/learning-center/devils-la

123: Henry Rathbone and Carl Tanzler

Sep 04 2024 39 mins  
Beth tells the story of Henry and Clara Rathbone, the other couple in the Presidential Theater Box at Ford's Theater in 1865. Wes tells the tale of Carl Tanzler, the man who took his unrequited love to the extreme.Sources Used: www.thegettysburgexperience.com/a-christmas-murderwww.nyhistory.org/blogs/attending-fords-theater-with-the-lincolns-the-tragic-lives-of-clara-harris-and-hen

122: Thousand Islands Castles and Body-Snatchers

Aug 28 2024 46 mins  
Beth tells the mysterious tales of Boldt and Singer castles. Wes shares about the time both Chebacco Parish and Abraham Lincoln's tomb were raided by body snatchers. www.boldtcastle.com/visitorinfo/aboutwww.usboattours.com/a-short-history-of-boldt-castle-in-the-thousand-islands/https://19thcenturyghosts.com/2016/09/07/boldt-castle-of-the-thousand-islands/https://boldtcastle.wordpre