EPIDOFR 91: MACABRE MANORS AND THE SNALLYGASTER

Have you ever wondered who came up with the first haunted house? Tonight Kat shares the history of Macabre Manors and haunted houses around the world. 

Then, Jen shares the story of the Snallygaster, a cryptid from Maryland who is part dragon, part octopus, and snatching people left and right in Colonial America. 

Christina reads a hometown haunt!

Sources Haunted Houses:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Guignol
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/history-haunted-house-180957008/
https://www.history.com/news/halloween-haunted-house-great-depression
https://www.hollycombe.co.uk/news/entry/worlds-oldest-haunted-house
https://www.npr.org/sections/theprotojournalist/2014/10/29/359547119/halloween-for-adults-a-scary-history
https://www.wdwinfo.com/history/a-brief-history-of-disney-the-haunted-mansion/


Sources Snallygaster:
https://www.snallygastermuseum.com/about-5
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snallygaster
https://www.snallygasterdc.com/
 https://www.preservationmaryland.org/haunted-maryland-the-monsters-lurking-in-frederick-county/
 https://southmountaincreamery.com/products/ice-cream/

Upcoming Events: 

October 28th, 2023: Hometown Haunts Live at the Lane Library. Kat is calling into the live show! 
 
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Episode 91: Macabre Manors and the Snallygaster

Episode 94: Unexplained Lights in the Sky

LAST EPISODE OF 2023!

Professional pilot Fred Barbi joins Kat, Jen, and Christina tonight to report an unusual sighting he experienced flying recently. What was it? We do not know but other pilots reported it too.

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Episode 94: Unexplained Lights in the Sky

Episode 95: MUMMIES AND WEREWOLVES

Kat, Jen, and Christina start 2024 covering the Werewolf of Defiance and Eugene the mysterious mummy. 

Werewolf Sources:
https://www.cleveland19.com/2018/10/19/werewolf-defiance-is-an-ohio-local-legend-that-still-haunts-video/
CLE Weekend segment on YouTube
Astonishing Legends: https://www.astonishinglegends.com/astonishing-legends/2020/10/11/the-werewolf-of-defiance-ohio
https://puzzleboxhorror.com/werewolf-of-defiance-other-cryptid-canines/

Mummy Sources:

 https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/ohio/bizarre-event-90-years-ago-oh/
 https://www.recordherald.com/2018/10/04/the-mummy-man-of-sabina/
 https://theskeletonkeychronicles.com/2020/07/14/dead-men-tell-no-tales-the-story-of-eugene/
http://www.weirdus.com/states/ohio/local_heroes/eugene_the_mummy/index.php

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Episode 95: Mummies and Werewolves

Episode 96: Central State Hospital

Listener discretion is advised. 

For over 150 years the west side of Indianapolis was the home of Central State Hospital, intended to help and care for individuals with mental psychosis throughout the Hoosier state. The institution's history lives on in the collections at the Indiana Medical History Museum and the countless ghost stories retold about the abandoned hospital. 

Kat, Jen, and Christina discuss the haunted lore behind this institution. 

Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_State_Hospital_(Indiana)#External_links
https://www.indystar.com/picture-gallery/news/2022/02/24/central-state-hospital-indiana-power-house/9269118002/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEP5U4QbiiI
https://www.indystar.com/story/news/2020/09/19/museum-enumerates-central-states-unmarked-graves/5750569002/
https://www.thestatehousefile.com/politics/out-of-office-the-hidden-history-of-central-state-hospital/article_c6224a8b-1001-5a0e-87b8-d5cda1012b65.html
https://www.imhm.org/


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Episode 96: Central State Hospital

Episode 97: THE ALASKAN HOTEL AND THE WITCHES TOWER

Nestled among the hustling and bustling bars on South Franklin Street sits the historic Alaskan Hotel and Bar. For over 100 years the hotel and bar has welcomed quite a few spirits in, but one can’t find her want out.  

Our second story dives into the tales of Kettering’s Witch’s Tower, a watchtower in Hills and Dales MetroPark. Strange tales have surrounded the tower for decades.

Join Kat, Jen, and Christina to hear both stories plus a hometown haunt!

 

Sources:
https://alaskapublic.org/2018/10/26/ak-the-haunting-of-alaskan-hotels-room-315/
https://www.ktoo.org/2018/10/29/a-sailor-requested-a-haunted-room-at-the-alaskan-hotel-he-barely-survived/



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Episode 97: The Alaskan Hotel and the Witches Tower

EXPLICIT LANGUAGE: Episode 98: Living in a Haunted House 

What is it like to live in a haunted house? 

Kelly Hodson and Shelly Suittor join Kat, Jen, and Christina with eyewitness experiences in Kelly's house in Bellbrook, Ohio that were documented on My Ghost Story streaming on Disney Plus. From swinging pots and pans to playing fetch with the dog, she has some stories to tell!

Join Christina in Romania and Transylvania this June!
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EXPLICIT LANGUAGE: Episode 98: Living in a Haunted House

Episode 99 GREAT LAKES GHOST SHIPS & CEDAR POINT

Join Kat, Jen, and Christina on a tour of the haunted Great Lakes of the United States on the show tonight. Our first stop is highlighting the ghost ships said to still sail, and then Jen recounts the haunted history of Cedar Point on the coast of Lake Erie.

Join Christina in Romania and Transylvania this June!
https://sketchingtours.com/

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Episode 99: Great Lakes Ghost Ships & Cedar Point

Episode 100: Bobby Mackey's Music World Part 1: Covers the history of the property, with the murder mystery of Pearl Bryan and mob ties to the location. 

PART TWO: Covers from 1978 to present-day Bobby Mackeys. 

PART THREE: More listener and guest ghost stories!

Join Christina in Romania and Transylvania this June!
https://sketchingtours.com/

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Episode 100: Bobby Mackey's Music World Part 1

S5 Episode 100 Part II BOBBY MACKEY’S MUSIC WORLD

PART TWO: Covers from 1978 to present-day infamous Bobby Mackey's venue. 


PART ONE:  Covered the history of the property, with the murder mystery of Pearl Bryan and mob ties to the location. https://youtu.be/nSjStbpMNfw

PART THREE: More listener and guest ghost stories!

Join Christina in Romania and Transylvania this June!
https://sketchingtours.com/

Email us your hometown haunt story and we will read it on our next episode! hometownhauntedmail@gmail.com

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Episode 100 Part 2: Bobby Mackey's Music World

Episode 100 Part III: SPOOKY STORIES

PART THREE: More listener, host, and guest ghost stories!
Thanks Mark and Kari for the 100th episode ghost story!
Listen to Eerie Travels here: https://eerietravels.com/
Get Eerie Appalachia here: https://eerie-travels.square.site/shop/eerie-books/3ZJNFWAZ7NGGG6GNWDZPTGN3

PART ONE:  Covered the history of the property, with the murder mystery of Pearl Bryan and mob ties to the location. https://youtu.be/nSjStbpMNfw

PART TWO: Covers from 1978 to present-day infamous Bobby Mackey's venue. https://youtu.be/04XNdJmb-dA

Join Christina in Tuscany May 2025!
https://www.lisastatkus.com/christina-wald-a-sketching-obsession-in-tuscany-may-7th-16-2025/

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Episode 100 Part III: Spooky Stories

S5 Episode 101: ICE BOY AND THE WITCH'S TREE

We start our new season in Louisville, Kentucky, talking about Christina’s trip to the Witch’s Tree while Kat share spooky stories from the Derby City, the Ice Boy. 

Join Christina in Tuscany May 2025!
https://www.lisastatkus.com/christina-wald-a-sketching-obsession-in-tuscany-may-7th-16-2025/

Email us your hometown haunt story and we will read it on our next episode! hometownhauntedmail@gmail.com

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Episode 101: Ice Boy and the Witch's Tree

Hometown Haunts is a supplementary podcast to the Cincinnati Cabinet of Curiosities comics anthology about hauntings, strange phenomena, cryptids, and urban legends around the Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky Tri-state area. Hosted by Cincinnati artists Kat Klockow, Christina Wald, and Jen Koehler.

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