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Send us a Text Message. Wes takes us to the Neolithic site of Skara Brae and the strange, intricately carved stone balls discovered there. Beth goes for a stroll through the Park of Monsters, an Italian Renaissance "garden" filled with mysterious grotesque statues. Show Notes: Our Merch store:https://www.teepublic.com/stores/where-our-minds-wander?ref_id=27458 Our website: https://www.whereourmindswander.com/ Our Website direct Contact page: https://www.whereourmindswander.com/contact/ Support...

Send us a Text Message. Beth delves into the strict but odd funeral and mourning practices of those wacky Victorians. Wes visits the dunes of Provincetown, Mass., and encounters the menacing "Black Flash" - a creature that stalked the Cape Cod town in 1939. Show Notes: Our Merch store:https://www.teepublic.com/stores/where-our-minds-wander?ref_id=27458 Our website: https://www.whereourmindswander.com/ Our Website direct Contact page: https://www.whereourmindswander.com/contact/ Support the Show...

Send us a Text Message. Wes braves a walk along Dead Woman's Crossing , Oklahoma to meet the ghost of Katie James before wandering down Zombie Road, Missouri, where even more phantoms are said to linger. Beth visits our neighbors to the north for the truth behind the legend of murderess La Corriveau. Our website: https://www.whereourmindswander.com/ Our Website direct Contact page: https://www.whereourmindswander.com/contact/ Support the Show: https://www.whereourmindswander.com/support/ Our Fa...

Send us a Text Message. Beth enrolls at the Grey Nuns Motherhouse in Montreal, Canada to check out the ghosts still walking its collegiate halls, perhaps coming from the crypt in the basement. Wes tours two haunted American castles, taking care to separate legend from fact, in an attempt to determine whose spirit still lingers. Show Notes: Our website: https://www.whereourmindswander.com/ Our Website direct Contact page: https://www.whereourmindswander.com/contact/ Support the Show: https://ww...

Send us a Text Message. Beth shares the harrowing tale of Blanche Monnier, a young woman imprisoned by her mother in her own home for 25 years. Wes cautiously approaches the Flannan Isles Lighthouse of Scotland, where 3 keepers mysteriously disappeared in 1900. Our website: https://www.whereourmindswander.com/ Our Website direct Contact page: https://www.whereourmindswander.com/contact/ Support the Show: https://www.whereourmindswander.com/support/ Our Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com...

Send us a Text Message. Wes tells the peculiar tale of Gef the Talking Mongoose, a spirit that tormented the Irving family on the Isle of Man in the 1930s. Beth excitedly shares two more stories from listeners about their real life experiences with something paranormal. Show Notes: Our website: https://www.whereourmindswander.com/ Our Website direct Contact page: https://www.whereourmindswander.com/contact/ Support the Show: https://www.whereourmindswander.com/support/ Our Facebook Page: http...

Send us a Text Message. Wes tackles the interesting history of everyone's beloved (or detested) outdoor ornament: the Garden Gnome. In honor of October, Beth shares two listener's stories about their real-life ghostly encounters. Show Notes: Our website: www.whereourmindswander.com Our email: whereourmindswander@gmail.com Check us out on Facebook @ Where Our Minds Wander Podcast Middle Music: https://www.purple-planet.com https://www.grunge.com/1009048/the-long-and-storied-history-of-garden-g...

Send us a Text Message. Wes takes us on to the mysterious Dog Suicide Bridge of Overtoun, Scotland where he asks us to decide if the dogs' deaths are caused by something natural or supernatural. Beth explores the secret society of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn and how Aleister Crowley may have caused its downfall. Show Notes: Our website: www.whereourmindswander.com Our email: whereourmindswander@gmail.com Check us out on Facebook @ Where Our Minds Wander Podcast Our Sources: https:/...

Send us a Text Message. Beth stops by the Witches' Tree in Louisville, Kentucky on her journey through the historical connection between trees and witches. Wes tells the harrowing, true (?) tale of Margorie McCall, otherwise known as The Lady of the Ring, who was buried alive in 1695. Or was she? Show Notes: Our website: www.whereourmindswander.com Our email: whereourmindswander@gmail.com Check us out on Facebook @ Where Our Minds Wander Podcast Sources: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/w...

Send us a Text Message. Beth tells the tale of Marthe Brossier, a young Frenchwoman possessed by demons, who brought them with her on a travelling roadshow in the 1590s. Wes shares the origin story of the Boogeyman: where the legends come from, how they differ, and how to avoid running into him. Show Notes: Our website: www.whereourmindswander.com Our email: whereourmindswander@gmail.com Check us out on Facebook @ Where Our Minds Wander Podcast Middle Music: https://www.purple-planet.com Sou...

Send us a Text Message. Please email us your true personal paranormal stories for our upcoming October episodes. We'd love to read them and share them on the show! Send them to: whereourmindswander@gmail.com Support the Show. All our links: Our website: www.whereourmindswander.com/ Our Premium Bonus Subscription Episodes: www.buzzsprout.com/1940655/subscribe Our email: whereourmindswander@gmail.com Our Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/WhereOurMindsWander Support the Show: www.whereourmindswande...

Send us a Text Message. Wes explores two creepy cryptids - the Flatwoods Monster and the Dover Demon- which terrorized two small towns 25 years apart. Beth visits Venice, Italy and the allegedly cursed (but gorgeous!) Palazzo Dario. Show Notes: Our website: www.whereourmindswander.com Our email: whereourmindswander@gmail.com Check us out on Facebook @ Where Our Minds Wander Podcast Middle Music: https://www.purple-planet.com Sources: https://wbsm.com/dover-demon-massachusetts-45-years-later/...

Send us a Text Message. Beth closely inspects the Demon Wall of Sauherad, Norway and its questionable beginnings. Wes takes a wild ride with Salomon Andree's ill-fated Arctic hot air balloon expedition of 1897. Show Notes: Our website: www.whereourmindswander.com Our email: whereourmindswander@gmail.com Check us out on Facebook @ Where Our Minds Wander Podcast Middle Music: https://www.purple-planet.com Sources: https://commonreader.wustl.edu/the-demon-wall/ https://www.atlasobscura.com/artic...

Send us a Text Message. Beth explores the still mysterious death of Edgar Allan Poe and the unknown Poe Toaster. Wes shines a light on the history of one of the most famous ghost photographs of all time - the Brown Lady of Raynham Hall. Show Notes: Our website: www.whereourmindswander.com Our email: whereourmindswander@gmail.com Check us out on Facebook @ Where Our Minds Wander Podcast https://www.purple-planet.com https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/still-mysterious-death-edgar-allan-poe...

Send us a Text Message. Beth take us inside the infamous Chelsea Hotel where artistic luminaries thrived and their spirits still roam. Wes takes us to the notorious Pickfair Estate where Hollywood royalty Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks cohabitated with ghosts of their own. Show Notes: Our website: www.whereourminds.wander.com Our email: whereourmindswander@gmail.com Check us out on Facebook @ Where Our Minds Wander Podcast https://www.purple-planet.com https://chelseacommunitynews.com/20...

Send us a Text Message. Wes peels back the historic layers of two haunted saloons: The Red Onion in Skagway, Alaska and the Red Onion of Aspen, Colorado. Beth offers up the Sin-Eater as a contender for the worst job in history. Show Notes: Our website: www.whereourminds.wander.com Our email: whereourmindswander@gmail.com Check us out on Facebook @ Where Our Minds Wander Podcast https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/red-onion-saloon https://thelittlehouseofhorrors.com/red-onion-saloon/ https://th...

Send us a Text Message. Wes visits a San Francisco backyard where the 140-year old child "Miranda Eve" was discovered by unsuspecting homeowners. Beth takes us to Falcon Lake, Manitoba where one man encountered a rather unfriendly UFO in 1967. Show Notes: https://www.ranker.com/list/glass-coffin-san-francisco-discovery-facts/trilby-beresford https://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/great-glass-coffin-scam/ https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/archived/booksandarts/unsuccessful-shakesp...

Send us a Text Message. Support the Show. All our links: Our website: www.whereourmindswander.com/ Our Premium Bonus Subscription Episodes: www.buzzsprout.com/1940655/subscribe Our email: whereourmindswander@gmail.com Our Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/WhereOurMindsWander Support the Show: www.whereourmindswander.com/support/ Our Merch store: www.teepublic.com/stores/where-our-minds-wander?ref_id=27458 Our Books on Amazon www.amazon.com/dp/B0CG2R726Y www.amazon.com/dp/B0CG412JMK Our Youtube cha...

Send us a Text Message. Beth explores the enduring tradition of Ghost Marriages in China. Wes dives into two contemporary women's tales of dating ghost lovers and the problems they faced in their spirited relationships. Show Notes: https://www.grunge.com/935530/the-long-history-of-ghost-weddings-in-china-explained/ https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-37103447 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-04-07/ghost-marriages-in-rural-china-continue-to-thrive/9608624 https://www.thevintagenews.com/202...

Send us a Text Message. Beth sifts through the unsolved Somerton Man case of Australia. Wes pays a visit to the Bell Witch legend of Tennessee. Show Notes: www.purple-planet.com https://www.grunge.com/383562/the-bizarre-true-story-of-the-somerton-man/ https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-57166662 https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/news-life/bombshell-claim-on-somerton-man-mystery-i-saw-his-dead-body/news-story/a78b959a0f922adc0d993d351a516c8d https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/...

Send us a Text Message. Wes examines Thomas Edison's grand plans to speak to the dead through his Spirit Phone. Beth hunts the terrifying Beast of Gevaudon, France in 1764. Show notes: https://www.purple-planet.com https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/dial-a-ghost-on-thomas-edisons-least-successful-invention-the-spirit-phone https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/602456/thomas-edison-nikola-tesla-spirit-phone https://www.liveabout.com/edison-and-the-ghost-machine-2594017 https://www.urbo.com/cont...

Send us a Text Message. Beth tunnels headfirst into the unique underground opal mining town of Coober Pedy, Australia. Wes takes us on a tour through some of the weird and wacky US laws still in the books - and which ones you may have unknowingly broken. This episode contains explicit content - listener discretion is advised. Show notes: https://www.purple-planet.com https://www.cnet.com/pictures/the-strange-underground-homes-in-the-coober-pedy-desert-australia/ https://allthatsinteresting.com/...

Send us a Text Message. Wes takes us back to 1977 and the bizarre unsolved case of the Yuba County Five. Beth jumps into the abyss of Houska Castle where portals open, ghosts haunt, and Satan has a basement office. Show notes: https://www.purple-planet.com https://www.strangeoutdoors.com/mysterious-stories-blog/2017/12/7/mathias-group-from-yuba-city https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/532063/bizarre-hell-disappearance-yuba-county-five https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuba_County_Five https://www.m...

Send us a Text Message. Beth examines four intriguing childhood reincarnation cases, including Egyptologist Dorothy Eady. Wes takes us to Boston in 1919, during the catastrophic Great Molasses Flood. Show Notes: Check out Buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=1922971 https://www.purple-planet.com If you want to know more about our topics: https://www.ranker.com/list/pollock-sisters-reincarnation-story/erin-mccann https://www.historicmysteries.com/pollock-twins/ https://www.today...