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When nine villagers die days after Peter Plogojowitz is buried, the townspeople swear he’s come back for them. This episode takes a look at the chilling 1725 case that helped launch the European vampire panic.The BOOKBY US A COFFEESubscribe to our PATREONEMAIL us your storiesJoin us on INSTAGRAMJoin us on TWITTERJoin us on FACEBOOKVisit our WEBSITEResearch:https://literaryvampire.tumblr.com/post/95223258219/copy-of-a-writing-from-the-gradiska-district-inhttps://bitterwinter.org/the-theological-and-esoteric-debate-on-the-existence-of-vampires-17th-19th-centuries-2-an-epidemic-of-vampirism-in-the-austro-hungarian-empire/#:~:text=The%20prosecutor%2C%20%E2%80%9Cafter%20an%20examination,%E2%80%9Dhttps://the-footnote.org/2024/11/12/vampyrus-serviensis-the-first-vampire-craze-in-the-habsburg-monarchy/#:~:text=Beginning%20in%20the%20mid,%E2%80%9Dhttps://www.atlasobscura.com/places/kisiljevo-cemeteryhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petar_Blagojevi%C4%87https://vampirologist.blogspot.com/search?q=+Petar+Blagojevi%C4%87Sarah xx"Spacial Winds," Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licenced under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licencehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Between 1945 and 1950, five people vanished in Vermont’s Bennington Triangle. Only one body was ever found, under strange circumstances. This episode explores the strange disappearances, dark folklore, and the lingering presence around Glastenbury Mountain.The BOOKBY US A COFFEESubscribe to our PATREONEMAIL us your storiesJoin us on INSTAGRAMJoin us on TWITTERJoin us on FACEBOOKVisit our WEBSITEResearch:https://www.fs.usda.gov/r09/gmfl/recreation/glastenbury-wildernesshttps://vermontdailychronicle.com/secrets-of-the-bennington-triangle/https://vermontdailychronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/ms062_01_18_middieRivers.pdfhttps://charleyproject.org/case/paula-jean-weldenhttps://benningtonmuseum.org/event/bhs2022sept/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11417022/episodes/?season=1https://podcast24.co.uk/episode/scared-to-death/cursed-ubGsOHwN2sEhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bennington_TriangleSarah xx"Spacial Winds," Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licenced under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licencehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

In the forests of Whitley County, Kentucky, something ancient and shapeshifting prowls the night. Locals call it the Mulberry Black Thing, a silent predator glimpsed in the form of a black panther, a bear, or something far worse.The BOOKBY US A COFFEESubscribe to our PATREONEMAIL us your storiesJoin us on INSTAGRAMJoin us on TWITTERJoin us on FACEBOOKVisit our WEBSITEResearch:https://www.theodysseyonline.com/haunted-williamsburghttps://www.tapatalk.com/groups/theshadowlandsmessageboard/the-mulberry-black-thing-t1862.htmlhttps://www.theshadowlands.net/places/kentucky.htmhttps://www.reddit.com/r/Kentucky/comments/1n0mn1g/folklore_in_eastern_kyhttps://www.reddit.com/r/coolguides/comments/3tzrp0/cool_guide_to_mythical_creaturesSarah xx"Spacial Winds," Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licenced under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licencehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

In the centre of Liverpool, ordinary people walk into the past without warning, into gas-lit streets and vanished shopfronts, only to return moments later in a state of confusion. This episode explores the unexplained time slips reported around Bold Street and other corners of the city.The BOOKBY US A COFFEESubscribe to our PATREONEMAIL us your storiesJoin us on INSTAGRAMJoin us on TWITTERJoin us on FACEBOOKVisit our WEBSITEResearch:https://www.icysedgwick.com/time-slipshttps://thetab.com/2025/02/24/erm-apparently-theres-a-time-slip-on-bold-street-and-every-liverpool-student-knows-about-ithttps://www.yoliverpool.com/forum/showthread.php?27794-Ghosts-and-Timeslips#:~:text=%3E%20%20,near%20the%20Lyceum%20Post%20Office%2FCaf%C3%A9https://www.goodto.com/family/are-time-slips-real-526367https://medium.com/@NellRose1/the-liverpool-time-slips-and-mysterious-occurences-in-bold-street-7a42898c124bSarah xx"Spacial Winds," Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licenced under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licencehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

In 1836, a cache of tiny coffins was discovered in a cave on Arthur’s Seat — each one carved, dressed, and buried like a miniature funeral. Were they witchcraft, mourning dolls, or something darker: a ritual burial for those denied their graves? And across the city lies another chamber carved in secret: a stone labyrinth beneath a suburban street, whose purpose no one has ever truly explained.The BOOKBY US A COFFEESubscribe to our PATREONEMAIL us your storiesJoin us on INSTAGRAMJoin us on TWITTERJoin us on FACEBOOKVisit our WEBSITEResearch:Fairy Coffins of Arthur’s Seat:https://www.nms.ac.uk/discover-catalogue/the-coffins-found-on-arthurs-seathttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/edinburghs-mysterious-miniature-coffins-22371426/https://www.historicmysteries.com/unexplained-mysteries/burke-and-hare-murderdolls/467/Gilmerton Cove:https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/edinburgh/gilmertoncove/https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryMagazine/DestinationsUK/Gilmerton-Cove/https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/gilmerton-covehttps://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/history/mystery-edinburghs-gilmerton-cove-how-21413304Sarah xx"Spacial Winds," Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licenced under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licencehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Blind since childhood and raised in the remote hills of Bulgaria, Baba Vanga spent decades describing visions of disaster, war, and salvation into the ears of presidents and peasants. But how did a village mystic become one of the world’s most feared and revered prophets?The BOOKBY US A COFFEESubscribe to our PATREONEMAIL us your storiesJoin us on INSTAGRAMJoin us on TWITTERJoin us on FACEBOOKVisit our WEBSITEResearch:https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-62008147https://www.rferl.org/a/baba-vanga-bulgarian-mystic-prophet/31930838.htmlhttps://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/02/21/baba-vanga/https://allthatsinteresting.com/baba-vangahttps://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/baba-vanga-psychic-predictions-2023-b2254477.htmlhttps://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/baba-vanga-blind-mystic-who-predicted-the-futurehttps://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/baba-vanga-predictionsSarah xx"Spacial Winds," Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licenced under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licencehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

In the streets of 1980s Java, a man named John Chang, otherwise known as Dynamo Jack, demonstrated supposed paranormal mastery over energy, chi, and even fire. Was it ancient spiritual discipline or something far stranger?The BOOKBY US A COFFEESubscribe to our PATREONEMAIL us your storiesJoin us on INSTAGRAMJoin us on TWITTERJoin us on FACEBOOKVisit our WEBSITEResearch:https://www.mopaineikung.com/https://www.dingtwist.com/dynamo-jack/Sarah xx"Spacial Winds," Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licenced under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licencehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

In 1917, three shepherd children in Fátima, Portugal claimed to witness a radiant Lady from Heaven who gave them chilling secrets, visions of Hell, and a promise of a miracle. What followed was one of the most unnerving and awe-inspiring public paranormal events in history: the day the sun danced.The BOOKBY US A COFFEESubscribe to our PATREONEMAIL us your storiesJoin us on INSTAGRAMJoin us on TWITTERJoin us on FACEBOOKVisit our WEBSITEResearch:https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/34614/how-the-miracle-of-the-sun-helped-end-an-atheist-regimehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracle_of_the_Sunhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Secrets_of_F%C3%A1timahttps://www.franciscanmedia.org/franciscan-spirit-blog/the-third-secret-of-fatimahttps://americaneedsfatima.org/Apparitions-and-Miracles/the-apparitions-at-fatimahttps://cooltours-portugal.com/story-of-fatima-portugal/https://www.thecatholictelegraph.com/witnesses-describe-the-miracle-of-the-sun-at-fatima/53324https://www.fatima.pt/en/pages/the-story-of-fatimahttps://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/246429/third-secret-of-fatima-explainedSarah xx"Spacial Winds," Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licenced under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licencehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/