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/

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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

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.

Episode 91: Macabre Manors and the Snallygaster

Hometown Haunts Podcast