Episode description: Wes and Beth take a deep look at the infamous murders, the various suspects, and the alleged hauntings at the Iowa home.

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https://murderhouse.com/

https://usghostadventures.com/haunted-houses/villisca-axe-murder-house/

https://iowacoldcases.org/case-summaries/villisca-axe-murders/

https://roadtrippers.com/magazine/villisca-ax-murder-house-iowa/

https://murderhouse.com/hauntings/

https://adelaidehauntedhorizons.com.au/haunted-villisca-ax-murder-house-ghosts/

www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=HMT19160617-01.2.6&e=-------en-20--1--img-txIN%7CtxCO%7CtxTA--------0------

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Beth shares the rousing tale of Willard Carpenter and his now very haunted library. Wes shares the well-documented, years-long, British case of an unexplained hum and possibly connected UFO sightings.

Our Sources:

www.willardlib.org/history

www.willardlib.org/the-grey-lady-ghost

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willard_Library

https://fox59.com/news/indys-most-haunted-the-grey-lady-ghost-haunts-the-willard-library/

www.14news.com/story/23715198/join-the-hunt-for-the-grey-lady-of-willard-library/

www.jahernandez.com/posts/the-warminster-thing-and-decades-of-unexplained-phenomena-in-england

www.mentalfloss.com/article/638338/warminster-thing-ufo

https://vocal.media/fyi/the-warminster-thing

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Episode Description: Beth shares a ghost story and the history of the former asylum. Wes shares the mysterious tale of a lesser-known, yet possible, cryptid.

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https://www.peoriamagazine.com/article/so-no-other-human-would-suffer-as-you/

www.peoriastatehospital.com/psh-history

www.atlasobscura.com/places/peoria-state-hospital

https://michaelkleen.com/2018/01/23/ethereal-remains-of-peoria-state-hospital/

www.bumpinthenight.net/peoria#:~:text=The%20Peoria%20State%20Hospital%20%E2%80%94%20then,just%20locked%20away%20and%20forgotten.

www.idaillinois.org/digital/collection/isl/id/31308/

www.almanac.com/man-who-cried-everyone

www.jahernandez.com/posts/old-book-ghost-of-peoria-state-hospital-in-bartonville-illinois

https://karlshuker.blogspot.com/2010/09/behold-trunko.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trunko

www.cryptozoonews.com/trunko/

https://cryptidindex.com/trunko/

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Episode description: Beth daydreams about living in the Loneliest Houses in the world off the coast of Iceland and the mountains of Portugal. Wes adds another contender to the Worst Jobs in History list, with the sewer thieves of Victorian London.

Our Sources:

https://allthatsinteresting.com/loneliest-house-in-the-world

www.ndtv.com/offbeat/the-story-behind-the-worlds-loneliest-house-2340575

www.architecturaldigest.com/story/ellidaey-island-really-loneliest-house-in-the-world

www.portugal.com/location/the-strangest-house-in-the-world-casa-do-penedo-portugal/

www.ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-europe/casa-do-penedo-portuguese-flintstones-house-009784

www.smithsonianmag.com/history/quite-likely-the-worst-job-ever-319843/

https://vocal.media/history/this-is-the-worst-job-in-history-the-toshers-of-victorian-london

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Episode description: Beth (who’s not afraid of dolls) tackles the lore and history of the Island of the Dolls. Wes looks at the history and ghosts at the colonial-era Daniel Benton Homestead.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xochimilco

https://thelittlehouseofhorrors.com/isla-de-las-munecas/

www.discovery.com/exploration/the-island-of-the-dolls-has-a-murky-and-terrifying-history

https://nypost.com/2021/10/30/real-story-behind-haunted-island-of-the-dolls-in-mexico/

www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2022/10/the-haunting-story-of-the-man-who-built-the-island-of-dolls-723402

www.abc.net.au/news/2022-10-30/spooky-story-behind-the-mexican-island-of-dolls/101594254

https://occult-world.com/daniel-benton-homestead/

https://historicbuildingsct.com/the-daniel-benton-homestead-1720/

www.damnedct.com/daniel-benton-homestead-tolland/

https://tollandhistorical.org/daniel-benton-homestead/

www.haunted-places-to-go.com/real-haunted-places.html

www.riseupparanormal.com/database/bentonhomestead.htm

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Episode Description: Beth shares the story of the unique Bowman Family mausoleum and their haunted mansion. Wes shares the incredible encounter one elk hunter had with an alien named Ausso One.

www.bowmanmansion.org/mansion

www.mychamplainvalley.com/ask-the-expert/vermont-historical-society/this-place-in-history-laurel-hall-and-laurel-glen-mausoleum/

https://shrewsburyhistoricalsociety.com/html/People/bowman.html

www.vermonter.com/bowman-monument-of-cuttingsville-vt/

www.uvm.edu/~histpres/HPJ/NR/laurel/mausoleum.html

www.wcax.com/2021/11/05/bowman-mansion-mausoleum-be-honored-with-historical-marker/

www.nytimes.com/1974/10/27/archives/cashing-in-on-an-old-haunt-cashing-in-on-an-old-haunt.html

https://cowboystatedaily.com/2023/09/30/alien-abductions-of-2-wyoming-men-in-the-1970s-remain-unexplainable/

www.thinkanomalous.com/carl-higdon.html

https://timefordisclosure.com/carl-margery-higdon-the-carl-higdon-alien-abduction-story/

www.encyclopedia.com/science/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/sprinkle-ronald-leo-1930

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Episode Description: Beth shares the 1948 National Guard pilot’s deadly encounter with a UFO. Wes brings us the story of a hoax in 1762 London involving a vengeful angry spirit.

Our Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantell_UFO_incident

https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/tag/thomas-francis-mantell-jr/

www.army.mil/article/263119/questions_remain_75_years_after_mysterious_fort_knox_ufo_incident_downed_pilot

https://historiclondontours.com/tales-of-london/f/scratching-fanny-of-cock-lane

https://burialsandbeyond.com/2020/03/28/scratching-fanny-the-ghost-of-cock-lane/

“Scratching Fanny” by Sarah Bakewell, Fortean Times magazine, September 2001

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Episode description: Two very different hauntings: first, Wes covers the most haunted hotel in Wyoming, still reliving its Wild West glory. Beth covers the unique haunting at the Peel Mansion of Arkansas.

Our Sources:

www.occidentalwyoming.com/

www.occidentalwyoming.com/history

www.buffalowyo.com/about-buffalo

www.buffalowyoming.org/occidental.htm#:~:text=Rebuilt%20and%20added%2

https://usghostadventures.com/haunted-places/oddities-at-the-occidental-

https://cowboystatedaily.com/2023/09/16/at-wyomings-historic-occidental-

www.bhparanormal.com/occidental-hotel-investigation/

https://ghostlandia.media/2022/07/14/the-ghosts-of-the-occidental-hotel/

https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/peel-mansion-museum-and-

https://onlyinark.com/arkansas-women-bloggers/take-walk-history-peel-

https://honorsblog.uark.edu/the-legal-and-political-career-of-samuel-west-

https://mosthauntedplacesintheworld.com/is-the-peel-mansion-haunted-

www.vintagebentonville.com/peel-mansion-has-it-very-own-

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