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A man's uncle found a box in the woods near Indian Lake which might prove that there had been experiments done on children. But did it happ

Location

Near Indian Lake, maybe

Sources for the show:

Adirondack Experience, 13 July 2020, www.adirondackexperience.com/blog/2015/10/amateur-video-crew-possibly-missing-near-indian-lake-ny.

The Indian Lake Project, indianlakeproject.blogspot.com/.

“Indian Lake Project Video.” YouTube, uploaded by Adirondack Experience, 27 Oct. 2015, www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1ecs5yFA_4&feature=youtu.be.

Charlie, and Charlie. “Forever Wild: The Cultural and Natural Histories of the Adirondack Park.” Forever Wild The Cultural and Natural Histories of the Adirondack Park, 24 Oct. 2016, hamiltoncs.org/forever-wild/uncategorized/freaky-the-indian-lake-project/.

Nick Crowley. “The ‘Indian Lake Project’ Mystery.” YouTube, uploaded by Nick Crowley, 29 Aug. 2019, www.youtube.com/watch?v=sM7w7ypRbUM.

“The Mystery of the Indian Lake Project.” YouTube, uploaded by That Chapter, 4 Jan. 2019, youtu.be/ig-AK3e7V8k.

Staters, York. The Indian Lake Project: Fact or Fiction?, 1 Jan. 1970, yorkstaters.blogspot.com/2006/10/indian-lake-project-fact-or-fiction.html.

Music:

Cattails Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Ghost Dance Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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#Conspiracy #Indian Lake

A female serial killer without the fame. Hint, it's not Borden. Blogger https://unearthlyupstate.blogspot.com/ Facebook https://www.faceboo

Location

Burlingham, New York

Sources for the show:

Bonn, Scott. “The Unique Motives of Female Serial Killers.” Psychology Today, Sussex Publishers, 24 June 2019, www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/wicked-deeds/201906/the-unique-motives-female-serial-killers.

Conway, John, et al. “A Short History Of Serial Killer Lizzie Brown Halliday.” New York Almanack, 11 Aug. 2014, newyorkhistoryblog.org/2014/08/a-short-history-of-serial-killer-lizzie-brown-halliday/.

“Eliza Margaret ‘Lizzie’ McNally Halliday...” Find a Grave, www.findagrave.com/memorial/39165384.

Estephe, St. Serial Killer Lizzie Halliday Was Known in New York State as "The Worst Woman On Earth" - 1893, 1 Jan. 1970, unknownmisandry.blogspot.com/2011/09/serial-killer-lizzie-halliday-was-known.html.

“Lizzie Halliday.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 26 Nov. 2019, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lizzie_Halliday.

“The Pokeepsie Evening Enterprise. (Pokeepsie [I.e. Poughkeepsie], N.Y.) 1892-1918, February 07, 1898, Page 1, Image 1.” The Pokeepsie Evening Enterprise. (Pokeepsie [I.e. Poughkeepsie], N.Y.) 1892-1918, February 07, 1898, Page 1, Image 1 - NYS Historic Newspapers, Enterprise Pub. Co., nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn90066261/1898-02-07/ed-1/seq-1/.

Says:, Crimeset. “The Psychology of Female Serial Killers.” Research Digest, 30 July 2016, digest.bps.org.uk/2015/03/05/the-psychology-of-female-serial-killers/.

“Sullivan County Record. (Jeffersonville, N.Y.) 187?-19??, July 06, 1894, Page 1, Image 1.” Sullivan County Record. (Jeffersonville, N.Y.) 187?-19??, July 06, 1894, Page 1, Image 1 - NYS Historic Newspapers, Arthur Bird, nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn83031330/1894-07-06/ed-1/seq-1/.

“The Worst Woman on Earth.” Murder by Gaslight, www.murderbygaslight.com/2014/12/the-worst-woman-on-earth.html.

Music:

Cattails Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Ghost Dance Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Around the world strange noises in the sky are called many different names. Seneca Guns might be the most familiar. We talk about how the

Location

Seneca Lake and other locations

Sources for the show:

Bishop, Lauren “ Believe it or not: Cayuga Lake’s Legends” Ithaca Journal 2005

SRL 82:5 “What is That Mysterious Booming Sound?’ Opinion (by David P. Hill), www.seismosoc.org/Publications/SRL/SRL_82/srl_82-5_op/hill_op.html.

Binghamton. “Lore and Legends of Cayuga Lake.” Ithaca Journal, Binghamton, 14 July 2016, www.ithacajournal.com/story/life/2015/08/12/lore-legends-cayuga-lake/31556451/.

“Earthquake Hazards.” Education, earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/topics/booms.php.

“The Lake Gun.” The Project Gutenberg E-Text of The Lake Gun, by James Fenimore Cooper, www.gutenberg.org/files/2328/2328-h/2328-h.htm.

Robortella, John. “Boom and Bust of the Seneca Lake Guns.” Democrat and Chronicle, Democrat and Chronicle, 17 Nov. 2016, www.democratandchronicle.com/story/rochester-magazine/finger-lakes/2016/03/22/seneca-guns-phenomenon/81978860/.

“Skyquake.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 15 June 2020, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skyquake.

“What Are the Seneca Guns?” Federal Point Historic Preservation Society, 3 June 2016, federal-point-history.org/previous-month-meeting-report/what-are-the-seneca-guns/.

Music:

Cattails Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Ghost Dance Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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The Battle of Saratoga was a major turning point for the Revolutionary war. We discuss the battle, Arnold's leg, black soldiers, and more B

Location

Saratoga National Historical Park

Stillwater, NY

Sources for the show:

“African-American Service during the Revolution.” American Battlefield Trust, 28 May 2019, www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/african-american-service-during-revolution.

“Battles of Saratoga.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 9 June 2020, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battles_of_Saratoga.

Freedman, Geraldine. “Exhibit Looks at Black Soldiers' Contributions to Revolutionary War.” Star, 12 Feb. 2012, poststar.com/news/local/exhibit-looks-at-black-soldiers-contributions-to-revolutionary-war/article_9c536df0-55ce-11e1-afc0-0019bb2963f4.html.

Monroe, Lea. “This Haunted Hike In New York Will Send You Running For The Hills.” OnlyInYourState, 21 Oct. 2016, www.onlyinyourstate.com/new-york/haunted-hike-ny/.

“Saratoga National Historical Park.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 16 May 2020, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saratoga_National_Historical_Park.

“Saratoga National Historical Park (U.S. National Park Service).” National Parks Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, www.nps.gov/sara/.

Music:

Cattails Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Ghost Dance Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

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#Saratoga Battlefield #Revolutionary War

We start our second year talking about a pirate that sailed the Thousand Islands during the early 1800's. Blogger https://unearthlyupstate.b

Location

Clayton, NY

Upper Canada

Thousand Islands

Sources for the show:

“Bill Johnston (Pirate).” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 30 Nov. 2019, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Johnston_(pirate)#Destruction_of_the_Sir_Robert_Peel.

Bill Johnston: 2. Declares Personal War on Britain, www.raidersandrebels.com/2010/01/bill-johnston-2-declares-personal-war.html.

“Bill Johnston: Correcting the Historical Record.” Bill Johnston: Correcting the Historical Record > Thousand Islands Life Magazine > Thousand Islands Life Magazine All Archives, tilife.org/BackIssues/Archive/tabid/393/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/1032/Bill-Johnston-Correcting-the-Historical-Record.aspx.

Wentling, Mark. William Johnston, 1852-1860, www.rockislandlighthouse.org/johnston.html.

Music:

Cattails Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Ghost Dance Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

#War of 1812 #Bill Johnson #Pirate #Thousand Islands #Clayton #NY

We discuss the female serial killer Waneta Hoyt and how her crimes were ignored by one person that could have stop them, because he had his

Waneta Hoyt

Location

Owego, NY

Sources for the show:

Beverly, Ashley, Handoga, Melissa, and Williams, Jubal Pryor. “Waneta Ethel Hoyt” Department of Psychology, Radford University

Blanco, Juan Ignacio. “Waneta Ethel Hoyt: Murderpedia, the Encyclopedia of Murderers.” Waneta Ethel Hoyt | Murderpedia, the Encyclopedia of Murderers, www.murderpedia.org/female.H/h/hoyt-waneta.htm.

“COLUMN ONE : A Mother Who Lost Five Babies : One after Another, Waneta Hoyt's Children Died. Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Was Blamed. Years Later, Hoyt Said She Killed Them--Then Recanted. Now, She Faces Murder Trial amid a Swirl of Questions.” Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 1994, www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-05-22-mn-60929-story.html.

Chicago Tribune. “SETTING THE MEDICAL RECORD STRAIGHT.” Chicagotribune.com, 30 Aug. 2018, www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1997-09-27-9709270164-story.html.

Connelly, Sherryl. “THAT DAMNED DOCTOR HE MADE HIS REPUTATION ON THE BONES OF SLAIN INFANTS.” Nydailynews.com, 28 Sept. 1997, www.nydailynews.com/damned-doctor-made-reputation-bones-slain-infants-article-1.782212.

“Convicted Killer Waneta Hoyt Dies.” AP NEWS, Associated Press, 11 Aug. 1998, apnews.com/d78346e179e5fb9412302534a92c1aeb.

Ewing, Charles Patrick. Trials of a Forensic Psychologist: a Casebook. John Wiley & Sons, 2008.

“How Two Baby Deaths Led to a Misguided SIDS Theory.” Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 1997, www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-oct-20-he-44680-story.html.

Judson, George. “Mother Guilty In the Killings Of 5 Babies.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 22 Apr. 1995, www.nytimes.com/1995/04/22/nyregion/mother-guilty-in-the-killings-of-5-babies.html.

Keefe, Patrick Radden, and Philip Gourevitch. “Getting Away with Murder.” The New Yorker, www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/did-a-murderer-in-waiting-go-undetected-because-she-was-a-woman.

Knox, James (director). 2009. DEADLY WOMEN | Mothers Who Kill | Waneta Hoyt | S3E10. Beyond International

Neuroskeptic. “Waneta Hoyt: The Serial Killer Paper.” Discover Magazine, Discover Magazine, 20 Nov. 2019, www.discovermagazine.com/mind/waneta-hoyt-the-serial-killer-paper#.XIg74XVKjgc.

“Press-Republican. (Plattsburgh, N.Y.) 1966-Current, March 26, 1994, Page 5, Image 5.” Press-Republican. (Plattsburgh, N.Y.) 1966-Current, March 26, 1994, Page 5, Image 5 - NYS Historic Newspapers, Plattsburgh Pub. Co., nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn88074101/1994-03-26/ed-1/seq-5/.

“Press-Republican. (Plattsburgh, N.Y.) 1966-Current, March 31, 1995, Page 5, Image 5.” Press-Republican. (Plattsburgh, N.Y.) 1966-Current, March 31, 1995, Page 5, Image 5 - NYS Historic Newspapers, Plattsburgh Pub. Co., nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn88074101/1995-03-31/ed-1/seq-5/.

Sanz, Cynthia, and Cynthia Sanz. “A Mother's Fatal Embrace.” PEOPLE.com, people.com/archive/a-mothers-fatal-embrace-vol-44-no-15/.

Setaysha, Oceana. “The Most Evil Mother of All Time: Waneta Hoyt.” Stay at Home Mum, 12 Feb. 2018, www.stayathomemommy.com/true-crime-series/the-most-evil-mother-of-all-time-waneta-hoyt/2/.

Wahi, Monika M. “Two Reasons Why SIDS Can Be Undiagnosed Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy: Reason 2.” The Proxy Project, 8 Dec. 2015, proxyprojectresearch.wordpress.com/2015/11/27/two-reasons-why-sids-can-be-undiagnosed-munchausen-syndrome-by-proxy-reason-2/.

“Waneta Hoyt.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 22 Mar. 2020, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waneta_Hoyt.

Music:

Cattails Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Ghost Dance Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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WARNING this episode may be upsetting for some, the clue is in the title. We discuss how a tree came to be known as the Torture Tree. Blog

Location

Boyd Parker Memorial Park

US Hwy 20A

Cuylerville, NY

Sources for the show:

A Glimpse of....., www.letchworthparkhistory.com/mem.html.

“Boyd and Parker Ambush.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 10 Mar. 2020, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boyd_and_Parker_ambush.

“Cuylerville, NY - Torture Tree.” RoadsideAmerica.com, www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/58614.

“Here We Go Round: The Boyd-Parker Torture Tree.” OTIS (Odd Things I've Seen), www.oddthingsiveseen.com/2018/01/here-we-go-round-boyd-parker-torture.html.

“Sullivan Expedition.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 24 Sept. 2019, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sullivan_Expedition.

“The Sullivan Expedition of 1779.” History Is Fun, 18 June 2015, www.historyisfun.org/blog/the-sullivan-expedition/.

www.facebook.com/ExploringUpstate. “The Torture Tree - Cuylerville, NY.” Exploring Upstate, 1 Sept. 2019, exploringupstate.com/torture-tree-cuylerville-ny/.

Music:

Cattails Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Ghost Dance Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

#Native American #Season 4 #Sullivan Expedition #Torture Tree #Revolutionary War

Technical difficulties made us dig this short episode out of our files. Enjoy the discussion about a possibly haunted medical museum Blogge

Location

Dr. Best House & Medical Museum

1568 Clauverwie Road

Middleburgh, NY 12122

Sources for the show:

“Dr. Best House & Medical Museum.” Haunted History Trail of New York State, hauntedhistorytrail.com/explore/dr-best-house-and-medical-exhibit.

“Dr. Best House & Medical Museum.” Dr. Best House & Medical Museum, drbesthouse.com/.

“Dr. Best House: Middleburgh-library5.” Middleburgh, www.middleburghlibrary.info/dr-best-house.

“Dr. Christopher S. Best House and Office.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 20 May 2019, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Christopher_S._Best_House_and_Office.

Dunn, Julia. “Dr. Best House: A Medical Museum Frozen in Time in Middleburgh.” WRGB, WRGB, 17 Oct. 2019, cbs6albany.com/community/positively-upstate/dr-best-house-a-medical-museum-frozen-in-time.

Huynh, Ngoc. “10 Reasons to Visit Cool Medical Museum in Upstate.” Newyorkupstate, 29 Oct. 2019, www.newyorkupstate.com/attractions/2019/10/10-reasons-why-you-must-see-this-cool-medical-museum-in-upstate-ny.html.

“Middleburgh.” Times, www.timesjournalonline.com/article.asp?id=103657.

Poirier, Alan. The Christopher Best Medical Exhibit, www.mvls.info/lhg/besthouse/index.html.

Music:

Cattails Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Ghost Dance Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

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#Dr. Best House & Medical Museum #Medical #Museum

Zoar Valley is a beautiful place to visit and explore, but there are dangers there. We explore some of the folklore in the area. Blogger ht

Location

Zoar Valley Multiple Use Area

Near Cattaraugus, NY

Sources for the show:

(n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.weirdus.com/states/new_york/fabled_people_and_places/claw_foot_people/index.php

(required), N. (2020, March 20). Haunted Hikes: Zoar Valley. Retrieved from https://spookeats.com/2020/03/31/haunted-hikes-zoar-valley/

Bastine, M., & Winfield, M. (2011). Iroquois supernatural: Talking animals and medicine people. Bear & Company.

EverHaunt. (2016, March 03). Our Area's Most Haunted Places... Zoar Valley - Persia,NY/Collins, NY/Otto, NY. Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/notes/everhaunt/our-areas-most-haunted-places-zoar-valley-persianycollins-nyotto-ny/1222655567763979/

Lesinski, David. (2007, Nov 16) Zoar Valley - Phantom Tour 13 Most Haunted Places [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/GE4NPmqeuZw

A LOOK BACK: The Peddler's Curse. (2017, October 11). Retrieved from http://www.springvilletimes.com/12/a-look-back-the-peddlers-curse/

McShea, K. (2018, June 11). At beautiful and dangerous Zoar Valley, a cautionary tale for hikers. Retrieved from https://buffalonews.com/2018/06/10/at-beautiful-and-dangerous-zoar-valley-a-cautionary-tale-for-hikers/

The Melted Coins. (2020, February 13). Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Melted_Coins

Miller, Rick (2017, May 24) Zoar Valley Campaign has Reduced Injuries, Deaths. Retrieved from http://www.salamancapress.com/news/zoar-valley-campaign-has-reduced-injuries-deaths/article_2b3cc644-407d-11e7-a520-cb929161d62e.html

Skinner, C. M. (n.d.). Myths and Legends of Our Own Land - Complete. Project Gutenberg.

Zoar Valley. (2019, September 07). Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoar_Valley

Zoar Valley Multiple Use Area. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.dec.ny.gov/lands/36931.html

Music:

Cattails Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Ghost Dance Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

#Zoar Valley

The disappearance of William Morgan prompted the formation of the first successful third political party in the United States. We discuss t

Location

Youngstown, New York

Sources for the show:

The Brewster standard., (Brewster, N.Y) 1869-current, June 24, 1881, Page 2, Image 2. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn84031640/1881-06-24/ed-1/seq-2/

The Disappearance of William Morgan. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://projects.leadr.msu.edu/uniontodisunion/exhibits/show/freemasons-and-the-murder-of-w/the-disappearance-of-william-m

The Geneva gazette, and general advertiser. (Geneva, N.Y.) 1825-1829, October 24, 1827, Page 2, Image 2. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn84035849/1827-10-24/ed-1/seq-2/

The Geneva gazette, and general advertiser. (Geneva, N.Y.) 1825-1829, September 05, 1827, Page 2, Image 2. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn84035849/1827-09-05/ed-1/seq-2/

Geneva palladium. volume (Geneva, N.Y.) 1816-1828, March 21, 1827, Page 2, Image 2. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn84031213/1827-03-21/ed-1/seq-2/

The Masonic Murder! (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.masonicinfo.com/morgan.htm

Masonic Roundtable. “Episode 131 - The Morgan Affair”, YouTube, Aug 30, 2016 https://youtu.be/Ux9FRRnJVM0

Newsbatavian. “William Morgan (Part One): The Vanishing of William Morgan”, You Tube, Jan 15, 2009 https://youtu.be/FVCSYNkxhik

Newsbatavian. “William Morgan (Part Two): Theories - Masons vs. Anti-Masons”, You Tube, Jan 15, 2009 https://youtu.be/69sIrXzR5i4

Republican monitor. (Morrisville, Madison County, N.Y.) 1823-1841, October 31, 1827, Page 1, Image 1. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn83031470/1827-10-31/ed-1/seq-1/

Stezano, M. (2018, December 19). One Man Exposed the Secrets of the Freemasons. His Disappearance Led to Their Downfall. Retrieved from https://www.history.com/news/freemason-secrets-revealed

William Morgan (anti-Mason). (2020, April 13). Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Morgan_(anti-Mason)

Music:

Cattails Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Ghost Dance Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Lake Champlain shares the borders of New York, Vermont, and Quebec. It is known for its history, its fishing, and a large creature called C

Location

Eastern NY: Between New York, Vermont, and Canada

Sources for the show:

The UnMuseum - Champ, www.unmuseum.org/champ.htm.

“Champ (Folklore).” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 10 Feb. 2020, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champ_(folklore).

“Champ the Lake Champlain Monster.” Backroads, www.backroads.com/blog/champ-the-lake-champlain-monster/.

“The Death of Champ: What Happened to the Lake Champlain Monster?” Week In Weird, 20 Apr. 2015, weekinweird.com/2010/01/11/death-of-a-champ-what-happened-to-the-lake-champlain-monster/.

Demmon, Beth. “Searching for Champ: Lake Champlain's Mythical Monster Is Either a Gentle Giant or a Silly Hoax.” Roadtrippers, 2 Sept. 2019, roadtrippers.com/magazine/lake-champlain-champ/.

Figura, David. “Looking for Champ: Sonar Image Could Provide Proof of Lake Champlain Monster.” Newyorkupstate, 26 Aug. 2019, www.newyorkupstate.com/capital-region/2019/08/looking-for-champ-sonar-image-could-provide-proof-of-lake-champlain-monster.html.

“Lake Champlain.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 13 Apr. 2020, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Champlain.

“Lake Champlain Region.” Champ, the Lake Champlain Monster | Lake Champlain Region, 2 May 2020, www.lakechamplainregion.com/heritage/champ.

“Loch Ness.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 19 Mar. 2020, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loch_Ness.

Loucy, Cassandra. “Champ the Lake Monster.” Sun Community News & Printing, 3 July 2017, www.suncommunitynews.com/articles/ncl-magazine/champ-the-lake-monster/.

Radford, Benjamin. “Champ: America's Loch Ness Monster.” LiveScience, Purch, 30 May 2013, www.livescience.com/37012-lake-champlain-monster.html.

Music:

Cattails Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Ghost Dance Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

#Lake Champlain #Champ #Lake Monster

Our second part about creeks called Murderer's Creek. This episode, a murder, an attempted murder, and an attempted suicide happened on Hal

Location

Arkon, New York

Sources for the show:

Buckley, Eileen. “Murder, Mystery & Disappearance of Former Late 1800s Psychiatric Patient.” WBFO, news.wbfo.org/post/murder-mystery-disappearance-former-late-1800s-psychiatric-patient.

“Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. V.18 (1891).” HathiTrust, hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.hxnvrm.

“The Legend Of Murder Creek: Erie County Parks, Recreation and Forestry.” The Legend Of Murder Creek | Erie County Parks, Recreation and Forestry, www2.erie.gov/parks/index.php?q=legend-murder-creek.

Moonspenders. “Troubled Waterways: Origins of the Crybaby Bridge Legend.” Week In Weird, 3 Sept. 2011, weekinweird.com/2011/09/03/troubled-waterways-origins-crybaby-bridge-legend/.

Moses, Jamie, and Jamie Moses. “Murder Creek: The Sorry Case of Sadie McMullen.” Artvoice, 27 Oct. 2016, artvoice.com/2016/10/27/murder-creek-sorry-case-sadie-mcmullen/.

“On the St. Lawrence and Clayton Independent. (Clayton, Jefferson Co., N.Y.) 1886-194?, March 13, 1891, Page 6, Image 6.” On the St. Lawrence and Clayton Independent. (Clayton, Jefferson Co., N.Y.) 1886-194?, March 13, 1891, Page 6, Image 6 - NYS Historic Newspapers, Charles E. Hocknel, nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn87070153/1891-03-13/ed-1/seq-6/.

“The Port Jervis Union. (Port Jervis, Orange County, N.Y.) 1888-1924, March 05, 1891, Page 1, Image 1.” The Port Jervis Union. (Port Jervis, Orange County, N.Y.) 1888-1924, March 05, 1891, Page 1, Image 1 - NYS Historic Newspapers, Tri-States Print. Co., nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn91066174/1891-03-05/ed-1/seq-1/.

“Watertown Re-Union. (Watertown, N.Y.) 1866-1918, August 30, 1893, Page 3, Image 3.” Watertown Re-Union. (Watertown, N.Y.) 1866-1918, August 30, 1893, Page 3, Image 3 - NYS Historic Newspapers, A.H. Hall, nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn85054450/1893-08-30/ed-1/seq-3/.

Music:

Cattails Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Ghost Dance Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

#Sadie McMullen #Murderer's Creek

There are two Murderer's Creeks in New York that have had murders committed on or near them. We discuss the one on the eastern side of the state today. And speak in bad middle English and Dutch. Website https://tinyurl.com/UnearthlyUpstate Blogger https://unearthlyupstate.blogspot.com/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/UnearthlyUpstate/ Twitter https://twitter.com/UnearthlyU?lang=en Patreon https://www.patreon.com/UnearthlyUpstate Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/unearthlyupstate

Murderer's Creek Part 1

There are two Murderer's Creeks in New York that have had murders committed on or near them. We discuss the one on the eastern side of the state today. And speak in bad middle English and Dutch.

Location Athens, New York

Sources for the show: Chapter 10 - Legends - Biographical Sketches - The Catskills And The Region Around (1867), www.catskillarchive.com/rockwell/10.htm.

Beers History of Greene County Athens, sites.rootsweb.com/~nygreen2/beers_history_of_greene_county_athens.htm.

“Explore the Haunted Places of the Catskills.” The Best of the Catskill Mountains - Great Northern Catskills, NY, www.greatnortherncatskills.com/haunted-places-in-the-catskills.

Herbert, Geoff. “Haunted Places in Upstate NY: 87 Spooky Sites to Visit (If You Dare).” Newyorkupstate, 4 Oct. 2018, www.newyorkupstate.com/expo/life-and-culture/erry-2018/10/71a30528222137/haunted-places-in-upstate-ny-8.html.

Julia. “Black Sheep Sunday: Memories of Sally Hamilton's Murder.” Black Sheep Sunday: Memories of Sally Hamilton's Murder, 1 Jan. 1970, nightbeforenoon.blogspot.com/2009/07/black-sheep-sunday-memories-of-sally.html.

Media, Sara Dunn Columbia-Greene. “Time Moves on as Historical Murder Cases Remain Cold.” HudsonValley360, 30 June 2016, www.hudsonvalley360.com/news/time-moves-on-as-historical-murder-cases-remain-cold/article_a712223b-c6c1-52a3-995b-65eef54fb70c.html.

“Murderers Creek.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 9 Jan. 2019, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murderers_Creek.

“Otsego Herald. (Cooperstown, N.Y.) 1805-1821, January 17, 1820, Page 2, Image 2.” Otsego Herald. (Cooperstown, N.Y.) 1805-1821, January 17, 1820, Page 2, Image 2 - NYS Historic Newspapers, Elihu Phinney, nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn84031005/1820-01-17/ed-1/seq-2/.

“Sally Hamilton (1793-1813) - Find A Grave...” Find a Grave, www.findagrave.com/memorial/117746006/sally-hamilton.

Music: Cattails Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Ghost Dance Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

In Angola, NY a crazed man wearing a pig head is supposed to haunt the woods, but he has nothing to do with the real horror that happened there. Website https://tinyurl.com/UnearthlyUpstate Blogger https://unearthlyupstate.blogspot.com/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/UnearthlyUpstate/ Twitter https://twitter.com/UnearthlyU?lang=en Patreon https://www.patreon.com/UnearthlyUpstate Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/unearthlyupstate

Location: Angola, New York

Sources for the Show: “The ‘Real’ Legend of American Horror Story: Roanoke's Pig Man.” Mental Floss, 27 Oct. 2016, www.mentalfloss.com/article/87347/real-legend-pig-man-american-horror-story-roanoke. “Angola Horror.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 24 Dec. 2019, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angola_Horror. “The Angola Horror of 1867; Train Crash Led to Rail Safety.” WBFO, news.wbfo.org/post/angola-horror-1867-train-crash-led-rail-safety. Janicki-Gechoff, Emma. “Where to Get Spooked for Real in Buffalo.” Step Out Buffalo, 11 Feb. 2020, stepoutbuffalo.com/where-to-get-spooked-for-real-in-buffalo/. Penot, Jessica. “The Terrible Pig Headed Specter of Pigman Bridge.” The Terrible Pig Headed Specter of Pigman Bridge, Blogger, 2 Aug. 2013, www.hauntingdarkness.com/2013/08/the-terrible-pig-headed-specter-of.html. “The PigMan of Bonnie Brae Bridge.” Denton Haunts and Ghost Stories, 14 Aug. 2012, dentonhaunts.wordpress.com/2011/10/01/the-pigman-of-bonnie-brae-bridge/. Seaburn, Paul, and Michael Rose. “Beware the Pig Man!” Mysterious Universe, 16 Aug. 2016, mysteriousuniverse.org/2016/08/beware-the-pig-man/. Staff, HistoryNet. “The Angola Train Wreck.” HistoryNet, HistoryNet, 24 Jan. 2018, www.historynet.com/the-angola-train-wreck.htm. Travel. “Pigman Road.” Travel Channel, www.travelchannel.com/videos/pigman-road-0188672. “Wanderstarr.” Wanderstarr, wanderstarr.com/listing/the-angola-horror-pigman-road/. “The Demonic Goatman's Bridge”, Nov 3, 2017, Buzzfeed Unsolved, https://youtu.be/XEZfGlyLQnA,

Music: Cattails Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Ghost Dance Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

After Willard Asylum closed, a discovery was made in a forgotten attic. A reminder of the people that had once lived their lives there. Website https://tinyurl.com/UnearthlyUpstate Blogger https://unearthlyupstate.blogspot.com/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/UnearthlyUpstate/ Twitter https://twitter.com/UnearthlyU?lang=en Patreon https://www.patreon.com/UnearthlyUpstate Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/unearthlyupstate

Location: Hayt Corners, NY 14521

Sources for the show:

Madigan, Rita, et al. “Willard Asylum for the Insane: Steward's Report 1900.” Social Welfare History Project, 13 Mar. 2018, socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/eras/willard-asylum-insane-stewards-report-1900/.

“The Most Haunted Places in Upstate New York, NY.” Haunted Rooms America, www.hauntedrooms.com/top-11-haunted-places-upstate-new-york-ny.

Ugc. “Willard Asylum for the Chronic Insane.” Atlas Obscura, Atlas Obscura, 20 Sept. 2016, www.atlasobscura.com/places/willard-asylum-for-the-chronic-insane.

“Willard Asylum Suitcases.” Willard Asylum Suitcases, www.willardsuitcases.com/.

“Willard Drug Treatment Campus.” Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, doccs.ny.gov/location/willard-drug-treatment-campus.

“Willard State Hospital.” Willard State Hospital - Asylum Projects, www.asylumprojects.org/index.php/Willard_State_Hospital.

www.facebook.com/ExploringUpstate. “An Inside Tour of 'Willard Asylum for the Chronic Insane' - Ovid, NY.” Exploring Upstate, 1 Sept. 2019, exploringupstate.com/willard-asylum-ovid-ny/.

Music:

Cattails Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Ghost Dance Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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We are back and with the hysteria that is surrounding our current health crisis, we thought we would talk about a recent event, that hysteria played a part in. Why did a group of teenage girls develop twitches and other ticks? Was it chemical? or something else?

Location:

Leroy, NY

Sources for the show:

Associated Press. “12 Girls at NY High School Develop Involuntary Tics; Doc Says It's 'Mass Psychogenic Illness'.” Washington Post, 20 Jan. 2012, web.archive.org/web/20120123183938/www.washingtonpost.com/national/12-girls-at-ny-high-school-develop-involuntary-tics-doc-says-its-mass-psychogenic-illness/2012/01/20/gIQA5k5bEQ_story.html.

Bartholomew, Robert E, et al. “Mass Psychogenic Illness and the Social Network: Is It Changing the Pattern of Outbreaks?” Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, Royal Society of Medicine Press, Dec. 2012, www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3536509/.

“Complex Rhetorical Contagion: A Case Study of Mass Hysteria.” Enculturation, enculturation.net/complex_rhetorical_contagion.

“Conversion Disorder.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 12 Mar. 2020, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conversion_disorder.(“Website” n.d.)

“The Curious Case Of Teen Tics In Le Roy, N.Y.” NPR, NPR, 10 Mar. 2012, www.npr.org/2012/03/10/148372536/the-curious-case-of-teen-tics-in-le-roy-n-y.

Dolan, Senior Producer Laura, and National Correspondent Jason Carroll. “Twitching Disorder Affects 12 Girls at New York High School.” CNN, Cable News Network, 19 Jan. 2012, www.cnn.com/2012/01/19/health/new-york-students-illness/index.html.

Dominus, Susan. “What Happened to the Girls in Le Roy.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 7 Mar. 2012, www.nytimes.com/2012/03/11/magazine/teenage-girls-twitching-le-roy.html.

Graham, Ruth. “Why Are More Than a Dozen Girls in Upstate New York Twitching?” Slate Magazine, Slate, 31 Jan. 2012, slate.com/human-interest/2012/01/mass-hysteria-in-upstate-new-york-why-lori-brownell-and-13-other-teenage-girls-are-showing-tourettes-like-symptoms.html.

Greenfield, Rebecca. “The Twitching Condition That (Maybe) Struck Le Roy's Girls.” The Atlantic, Atlantic Media Company, 30 Oct. 2013, www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/03/twitching-condition-maybe-struck-le-roys-girls/330830/.

Gulley, Neale. “School's End Clears up New York Students' Mystery Twitching.” Reuters, Thomson Reuters, 23 June 2012, www.reuters.com/article/us-students-twitcnew-york-h/schools-end-clears-up-new-york-students-mystery-twitching-idUSBRE85M0DF20120623.

“List of Mass Hysteria Cases.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 16 Mar. 2020, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mass_hysteria_cases.

“What is Conversion Disorder? | Comprehensive Review.” Dr. Todd Grande, https://youtu.be/U4nf3_QU82w.

“Mystery Illness SOLVED!” WPXI-TV News Pittsburgh, https://youtu.be/uDZOYk9jNhs

“Conversion Disorder” TodayTonightAdelaide, https://youtu.be/_jOuqAcgMrA

Music:

Cattails Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Ghost Dance Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

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The Twitching Girls of Leroy