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220. Krampus
35:10||Ep. 220This December, while the world decks its halls with sugarplum sweetness, Within the Mist dives into the rattling chains and cloven hooves of something far older and far darker.Join hosts Gary and GoldieAnn as we journey deep into the frozen Alpine valleys to meet Krampus – the horned, fur-clad punisher who stalks alongside St. Nicholas on the eve of December 5th. Hear the chilling 1742 tale of two Bavarian brothers who learned firsthand what happens when the Christmas Devil decides you’ve been more naughty than nice.We’ll trace his shadowy origins from ancient pagan winter spirits to the Church-tamed (yet never fully tamed) folk demon who survived bans, wars, and modernity itself. Then fast-forward to today’s roaring Krampusnacht celebrations – torch-lit parades thundering through European villages and the wild, counterculture Krampus runs now sweeping across America.Lock your doors, stoke the fire, and ask yourself: have you been good this year?Because Krampus already knows… and he’s coming.
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219. Hairy Man of Vergas Trail
42:07||Ep. 219Deep in the tangled backroads of Minnesota’s Vergas Trails, something ancient and furious still walks barefoot through the pines. For over fifty years, locals have spoken in hushed tones of the Hairy Man—an eight-foot, musk-drenched giant that dents car hoods like tin cans, chases snowmobiles through blizzards, and locks eyes with terrified witnesses before vanishing into the bog.From the thunderous 1966 attack that left Ken Zitzow’s Ford crumpled and his nerves shattered, to a twelve-year-old Cheryl Hanson outrunning a roaring nightmare on a frozen trail, to a mysterious human-like skull pulled from the Klondike swamp, the legend only grows darker.Is it a feral hermit defending his territory? A family of Sasquatches stalking Otter Tail County? Or something older that the forest itself refuses to name?Join Gary & GoldieAnn as they venture Within the Mists of Minnesota… because on the Vergas Trails, every rustle in the trees might just be the Hairy Man of Vergas Trail waiting for his next set of headlights.
218. Tower of London
36:48||Ep. 218The gates are locked. The tourists are gone. The ravens fall silent. Tonight, step past the daylight laughter of the Beefeaters and into the thousand-year night that still owns the Tower of London.In our latest episode, Gary and GoldieAnn lead you across Tower Green where Anne Boleyn walks at the exact hour of her execution… carrying her head like a lantern beneath her arm. Where blind, sixteen-year-old Lady Jane Grey still gropes for the block that ended her nine-day reign. Where two little princes clutch cold hands on a staircase that swallowed them alive in 1483.Hear the documented terrors that made hardened soldiers hand in their rifles, the CCTV footage that refuses explanation, the EVP that whispers “I cannot find the block…” and the ravens—those black guardians of the Crown—who bow their heads only when the queens return.
217. Nakani
34:00||Ep. 217There is a valley carved by ice and time, where the South Nahanni River snakes through canyons deeper than any grave... and where men go in with dreams of gold and come out (when they come out at all) missing their heads. This is the Valley of the Headless Men.For over a century, prospectors have vanished here. Cabins burn with no trace of fire. Skeletons are found minus the skull. Gold pans sit untouched beside the ashes, as if whatever took those heads wasn’t interested in riches.The Dene have always known why. Not the shy, camera-dodging Bigfoot of the Pacific Northwest. They describe it as a creature the size of a Kodiak bear with shaggy hair and dressed in the remnants of clothing and furs.Join Gary and GoldieAnn as they paddle Within the Mists of Canada's Northwest Territory to search for the Nakani.
216. Banshee (With Jill & Steph of Bantering Banshees Podcast)
44:17||Ep. 216Join host Gary and the Bantering Banshees, Jill and Steph, as they descend into Ireland’s most mournful legend. From Lady Fanshawe’s 1642 moonlit terror at Ballyallia Castle—where a red-haired phantom keened “Ahone! Ahone!” just hours before an O’Brien kinsman’s death—to the famine-ravaged Corofin Workhouse, where a ragged wraith paced the fog, heralding mass graves. Is she Aibhill, fairy queen of the Dalcassians? A betrayed lover’s ghost? Or just a barn owl’s shriek twisted by grief and superstition? One thing is certain: when the Bean Sí calls your ancient name—O’Brien, O’Neill, or otherwise—death is already at the door.
215. White Bluff Screamer
38:55||Ep. 215In the fog-choked hollows of Dickson County, Tennessee, a cry rises from the shadows of Montgomery Bell State Park—a wail that begins as a woman’s tormented sob and builds into a beastly shriek that shatters the night.From blood-soaked ruins along Trace Creek to trail-cam blurs in 2025, the screams never stop.Join Gary and GoldieAnn as they travel Within the Mists of Tennessee to unravel the legend of the White Bluff Screamer: a settler family butchered in their cabin, a white-furred nightmare that mimics voices to lure prey, and a banshee whose wails foretells slaughter.Lock your doors, hush your dogs, and join us—if you dare. The White Bluff Screamer is calling your name.
214. Varghina UFO Incident
43:15||Ep. 214In January 1996, the sleepy Brazilian town of Varginha became ground zero for terror from the stars. A crippled cigar-shaped craft plummets from the sky, spewing sulfurous smoke and unearthly debris. Three terrified girls lock eyes with a frail, oil-slicked being—massive head ridged with horns, glowing red orbs pleading in the shadows. Military police grapple a wounded creature into their trunk, its ammonia reek searing lungs and souls alike. Then comes the horror: a young officer scratched by alien touch, whispering "It's inside me" as infection claims his life. Join Gary and GoldieAnn as they peer Within the Mist of Brazil to discuss the cover-ups, vanishings, and red-eyed creatures that haunt the sky—Brazil's Roswell, where the mist hides secrets that still watch from above.
