On Halloween night in 1991, eighteen-year-old Doris Gipson was driving along a rural road outside Elkhorn, Wisconsin, when she struck something with her car.
She stopped to investigate.
There was nothing in the road.
Then she saw something running toward her on two legs.
Within months, reports of a strange, upright, wolf-like creature had turned an ordin ... Show More
Today
31 Days of Halloween | Day 11: The Woman Who Tamed Halloween
In 1899, Halloween was so destructive in parts of America that grown men sat outside their homes with shotguns, waiting for the pranksters to arrive.People stole gates, overturned outhouses, tore up sidewalks, and sometimes set property on fire.Halloween wasn't the family-friendl ... Show More
22m 45s
Oct 9
31 Days of Halloween | Day 9: The Witches of Pendle Hill
In 1612, a young woman named Alizon Device asked a traveling peddler for some pins.He refused.A short distance down the road, the man collapsed.Today, a doctor would probably call it a stroke. Alizon believed she'd done it with witchcraft.And she confessed.Within months, accusati ... Show More
20m 3s
Oct 8
31 Days of Halloween | Day 8: The Jersey Devil
In January of 1909, strange tracks began appearing in the snow across New Jersey.They crossed yards. Climbed fences. Appeared on rooftops. Witnesses reported hearing wings outside their homes and seeing something with hooves, glowing eyes, feathers, fur—and occasionally a head li ... Show More
23m 22s
Apr 2024
61: Folklore: Southern Gothic Horror
The haunting of the Gray Man, The vengeful Witch of Yazoo, and the man who made a deal with the devil. Today, we're exploring the horrors of the gothic south Subscribe on Patreon for bonus content and to become a member of our Rogue Detecting Society. Patrons have access to ad-fr ... Show More
33m 3s
Jul 2023
28: Folklore: Stories of Appalachian Horror
Witches in the woods, screams in the middle of the night, the most haunted piece of land in all of Appalachia. Bring a backpack, because we're going deep into the Appalachian wilderness to hear the most terrifying folklore around. Subscribe on Patreon for bonus content and to bec ... Show More
29m 43s
Jan 2021
212-Armenian Folklore: Witchy Woman
An awesome story about a young king who wants to do the impossible! And the ill-advised! And, frankly, makes a kind of stupid choice to go into the murder forest that took the lives of his father and six consecutive brothers.Inside, a deeper, darker secret lurks, one that brings ... Show More
37m 26s
Jan 2025
The Stranger / The Old Plantation (Tales for the Midnight Hour)
In this spooky double feature, journey into the eerie unknown with two spine-tingling tales:
In The Stranger on the Train, a family vacationing in Transylvania finds their private rail car invaded by a mysterious, ghostly passenger. Then, a young businessman inherits an abandoned ... Show More
22m 56s