Paranormal Experience with Melissa and Mandi

Urban Legends

In this episode Mandi teaches us the history of Urban Legends as well as some popular Lore. 

The babysitter and the man upstairs

Candyman

 

The killer in the back seat

The licked hand

Pop Rocks

Poisoned Halloween candy

Bloody Mary

The hook

Chain Letters

The body under the bed

Organ transplants/Kidney Thieves

 

 

 

References:

 

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/649385/urban-legends-origins

https://www.livescience.com/7107-urban-legends-start-persist.html

https://www.asuprepdigital.org/student_blog/i-heard-it-from-a-friend-of-a-friend-the-history-of-urban-legends-2/

https://www.cityliveglasgow.com/journalism/2022/5/5/the-candyman-the-urban-legend-and-true-story

https://investigatingurbanlegends.quora.com/What-is-the-urban-legend-about-the-Candyman?top_ans=40065716

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_babysitter_and_the_man_upstairs

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Licked_Hand

https://www.thrillist.com/entertainment/nation/humans-can-lick-too-how-urban-legends-spread

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killer_in_the_backseat

https://www.thrillist.com/eat/nation/pop-rocks-urban-legend-mikey-death

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisoned_candy_myths

https://www.today.com/parents/family/poison-halloween-candy-myth-rcna121984

https://abc13.com/1974-candyman-turned-halloween-terrifying-pasadena-texas/375883/

https://www.pcsb.org/site/default.aspx?PageType=3&DomainID=5837&ModuleInstanceID=27652&ViewID=6446EE88-D30C-497E-9316-3F8874B3E108&RenderLoc=0&FlexDataID=28107&PageID=14981

https://www.hauntedrooms.co.uk/the-bloody-mary-legend

https://collective.world/this-is-the-dark-origin-of-bloody-mary-your-favorite-childhood-superstition/

https://www.americanfolklore.net/the-hook/

http://www.supernaturalwiki.com/Hook_Man_Legend

https://nerdbot.com/2023/05/30/urban-legend-fact-or-fiction-the-hook-hand-killer/

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/the-bawdy-under-the-bed/

https://www.dazeddigital.com/life-culture/article/59730/1/interact-4x-to-claim-chain-letters-are-taking-over-tiktok

https://slate.com/culture/2010/10/the-curious-history-of-chain-letters.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chain_letter

https://theexodusroad.com/organ-trafficking-facts/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/transplant-myths-urban-legends/

https://paranormaldailynews.com/kidney-thieves-the-urban-legend/2158/

https://astonishinglegends.com/astonishing-legends/2023/10/1/the-legend-of-cropsey

 

The Ghosts of the Alamo

In this Episode Kelly educates Mandi and Melissa about the history of the Alamo and it's ghostly claims. 

 

References:

 

https://www.thealamo.org/remember/battle-and-revolution/defenders#:~:text=Many%20know%20the%20famous%20names,Who%20were%20they%3F
https://www.legendsofamerica.com/tx-alamoghosts/#:~:text=Today%2C%20apparitions%20continue%20to%20appear,final%20assault%20on%20the%20fort.
https://www.legendsofamerica.com/tx-alamoghosts/
https://usghostadventures.com/haunted-stories/the-alamo/
https://www.legendsofamerica.com/tx-alamo/

 

Mel's Hole Fact or Fiction

Have you ever heard the Legend of Mel's Hole? A bottomless pit in Washington? I was the only one, neither Mandi or Kelly had.  Let me to tell you, I had heard of it, but it was a saga with turns I never expected.

Just in time for Aril fools day, join us as we dive deep into Mels' hole...Real or hoax...

Trigger warnings: Childish humor and Animal abuse.

 

References:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYAQ9YIRJS8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Bc8WMqVUog

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj5fz3NBqWk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcYkniMSrVc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIHKmUIYkkY

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kola_Superdeep_Borehole

https://www.gi.alaska.edu/alaska-science-forum/hollow-earth-theory

https://www.8newsnow.com/news/local-news/coast-to-coast-am-radio-host-art-bell-died-of-drug-overdose/

https://www.dailyrecordnews.com/news/getting-to-the-bottom-of-mels-hole/article_d72b6a68-7ac2-11e1-b3ce-001a4bcf887a.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth%27s_crust

https://www.nwlegendsmuseum.com/Mel_Hole_Transcripts.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kola_Superdeep_Borehole

https://www.spreaker.com/episode/exclusive-art-bell-and-the-story-of-mel-s-hole--63146007

 

 

 

 

Shadow Figures

Have you ever seen a shadow figure? There are different types and different names for these entities from different cultures.  Join us while we discuss and learn about them all. 

 

References:

https://bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3788890/shadows-of-ourselves-the-unexplained-phenomena-of-shadow-people-dead-time/

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slender_Man

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choctaw_mythology#Shadow-like_beings

https://www.ranker.com/list/different-classes-of-shadow-people/maggie-clendenin

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_People_(film)

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/shadow-boxing/201307/shadow-people

https://thehatmanproject.com/

The History of Ouija

Do you know the history of Ouija? If the answer is no, I didn't either, until this episode. 

 

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-ouija-board-cant-connect-us-to-paranormal-forces-but-it-can-tell-us-a-lot-about-psychology-grief-and-uncertainty-5860627/

https://www.rd.com/article/nike-just-do-it-origin/

https://www.rd.com/list/chilling-crimes-involving-ouija-boards/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Fuld

https://horroraddicts.wordpress.com/2024/02/04/odds-and-dead-ends-a-brief-history-of-the-ouija-board/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouija

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-ouija-board-cant-connect-us-to-paranormal-forces-but-it-can-tell-us-a-lot-about-psychology-grief-and-uncertainty-5860627/

 

 

The Dogman of Northern MI

The Athens Lunatic Asylum

We love to dig into the history of old asylums and the Athens Lunatic Asylum is unique because some of the buildings are still used today to house college students. There are numerous stories of hauntings at the college to this day. 

We hope you enjoy.

 

References:

https://www.hercampus.com/life/haunted-campus-stories-ohio-university-dorm-room-ghosts/

https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/2010/10/26/ghosts-roam-halls-of-ohio-university-greek-houses/61204474007/

https://hauntedathensohio.com/wilson-hall-room-428/
https://www.ohiohauntedhouses.com/real-haunt/ohio-
university.html#:~:text=Claimed%20by%20some%20to%20be,treatment%20of%20the%20patie
nts%20within.
https://hauntsandhistory.blogspot.com/2009/08/ohio-university-of-haunts.html
https://misteriopress.com/2021/10/true-ghost-stories-an-encore/

https://prezi.com/ljh0iwimfo-g/wilson-hall-room-428/
https://www.athensnews.com/news/family-of-deceased-ou-student-suing-university-in-wrongful-
death-case/article_b3d8bd0a-8385-11ec-8e95-33bc6e03af4a.html
https://www.imdb.com/news/ni56847445/

https://thelittlehouseofhorrors.com/the-athens-lunatic-asylum-the-ridges/

https://www.uphs.upenn.edu/paharc/timeline/1801/tline14.html#:~:text=Kirkbride%20was%20a%20strong%20advocate,greater%20freedom%20with%20better%20behavior.

https://www.npr.org/2005/11/16/5014594/walter-freemans-lobotomies-oral-histories

ps://woub.org/2019/10/29/the-legends-behind-the-ghosts-of-athens/

https://www.neh.gov/humanities/2018/summer/statement/the-athens-asylum-was-the-forefront-treatment-in-the-19th-century

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athens_Lunatic_Asylum

https://www.ohio.edu/ridges/history

 

 

 

Mothman

Who doesn't love a cryptid episode, were not sure but we do!

In this episode Melissa, Mandi, and Kelly discuss the origins of the mysterious cryptid.  We hope you enjoy it as much as we did!

Reference's:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mothman

https://www.wboy.com/only-on-wboy-com/paranormal-w-va/the-legend-of-mothman-paranormal-w-va/

https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/unsolved-mysteries-volume-4-episode-5-mothman-revisited

https://clutchmov.com/wild-wonderful-and-weird-the-mothman/index.html

http://theresashauntedhistoryofthetri-state.blogspot.com/2022/11/mothman-in-st-albans.html?m=1

https://folklife.si.edu/magazine/mothman-point-pleasant-west-virginia

https://maphub.net/wisconsincaps/mothman-sightings

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Point_Pleasant

https://ssir.org/articles/entry/where_two_rivers_meet_the_water_is_never_calm

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-salina-journal-mothman-article-4/72515/

https://folklife.si.edu/magazine/mothman-point-pleasant-west-virginia

https://uwm.edu/letters-science/in-focus-2021/history-student-tells-the-story-of-the-mothman/

 

 

 

 

Our Paranormal Experiences

Hi, 

 

This episode is our personal experiences that we consider paranormal. These are not our only paranormal experiences, they are simply the experiences we chose to speak of on the show.  

Happy New Year!

We hope you enjoy.

 

 

The Curse of Lake Lanier

 

Melissa nd mandi discuss the Mysterious, Cursed, Lake Lanier in Forsyth county Georgia. 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1912_racial_conflict_in_Forsyth_County,_Georgia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forsyth_County,_Georgia

https://www.11alive.com/article/news/history/lake-lanier-deadliest-day/85-ef100b07-7d2d-41f3-af44-158421ba9649

https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/31/us/lake-lanier-urban-legends-trnd/index.html

https://nypost.com/2023/07/14/ushers-ex-tameka-foster-wants-to-drain-georgias-lake-lanier-where-son-kile-glover-died-in-2012/

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3037663/College-student-disappeared-complaining-flu-symptoms-dead-lake-gunshot-wound-month-later.html

https://www.newsweek.com/georgia-fisherman-van-submerged-lake-body-missing-man-inside-1473169

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