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    370: The Crenshaw House (Hickory Hill)

    13/11/2026 | 1h 22 mins.
    This week let’s talk about The Crenshaw House aka Hickory Hill. The dark history of this place might be what plays into the hauntings associated with it
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    Sources

    https://dnrhistoric.illinois.gov/experience/sites/site.crenshaw-house-hickory-hill.html

    https://www.nps.gov/places/old-slave-house-crenshaw-house.htm

    https://news.siu.edu/2015/07/073015amh15084.php

    https://news.siu.edu/2011/07/072011amh11142.php

    https://archon.library.illinois.edu/ihlc/index.php

    https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/ihlcsfa/cornelius-crenshaw-hickory.pdf

    https://dnrhistoric.illinois.gov/experience/sites/southeast/crenshaw-house.html

    https://www.nps.gov/places/old-slave-house-crenshaw-house.htm

    https://news.siu.edu/2015/07/073015amh15084.php

    https://hauntedillinois.com/realhauntedplaces/hickory-hill.php

    https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/America/United_States/Illinois/_Texts/DRUOIH/Southern_Illinois/12%2A.html

    https://www.gothichorrorstories.com/haunted-travels/ohio-river-valley/southern-illinois-hauntings-and-legends/old-slave-house-crenshaw-house-ghost-stories/

    https://www.nprillinois.org/illinois/2019-05-15/old-slave-house-still-standing-but-for-how-long

    https://archon.library.illinois.edu/ihlc/?id=885&p=collections%2Ffindingaid
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    369: Gravity Base Vernal

    06/11/2026 | 1h 7 mins.
    This week we look into Gravity Base Vernal! Is there really something happening here? Or is it all just a misunderstanding of what the government, NASA, and Colleges were actually doing?
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    Sources

    https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19750012847/downloads/19750012847.pdf

    https://www.skinwalkerranch.org/videos/seismo.pdf

    https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1962-04-14/pdf/FR-1962-04-14.pdf

    https://www.aflcmc.af.mil/NEWS/Article/3224957/this-week-in-aflcmc-history-november-21-27-2022/

    https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19930012185/downloads/19930012185.pdf

    https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19680025679/downloads/19680025679.pdf

    https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1029/JB074i010p02637

    https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1972/0130/

    https://www.nationalacademies.org/read/13355/chapter/5

    https://www.usgs.gov/data/scanned-recordings-rangely-colorado-usa-earthquake-control-experiment-1972

    https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/gravity/1999/document/html/vernal.html

    https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/gravity-data

    https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED089994.pdf

    https://www.congress.gov/92/crecb/1972/03/08/GPO-CRECB-1972-pt6-5-1.pdf

    https://ugspub.nr.utah.gov/publications/utah_geology/utgeol3-2/utgeol3-2_123.pdf

    https://www.subtitlecat.com/subs/1130/Mystery%20at%20Blind%20Frog%20Ranch%20-%20S05E03%20-%20Episode%203%20WEBDL-1080p.en.html

    https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/gravity/1999/document/html/utah_doc.html
    https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19810004169/downloads/19810004169.pdf
    https://www.deseret.com/1996/6/30/19251541/frequent-fliers/
    https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/details?id=21588454
    https://www.nicap.org/chronos/1967fullrep.htm
    https://cufos.org/PDFs/HUMCAT/HUMCAT_Index_1967.pdf
    https://www.ebooks2go.com/img/samplefiles/9781599557786_Sample.pdf
    https://www.deseret.com/1996/10/20/19272708/millionaire-leads-quest-for-ufo-data/
    https://www.deseret.com/1996/12/12/19282354/universe-reports-on-strange-utah-occurrences/
    https://www.deseret.com/2001/1/1/19561572/ranch-still-studying-cattle-mutilations-unexplained-sightings/
    https://disclosurearchives.com/aawsap
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    368: The Black Monk of Pontefract

    30/10/2026 | 1h 5 mins.
    This week, for Halloween, we take a look into the Legend of the Black Monk of Pontefract!! There’s no denying that there once were monks in that area… but how much else is true and how much is legend?
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    Sources
    https://www.30eastdrive.com/
    https://www.30eastdrive.com/happenings/
    https://www.30eastdrive.com/introductions/
    https://www.30eastdrive.com/location/
    https://www.30eastdrive.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/FEAT-WHEN-LIGHTS-GO-OUT.pdf
    https://openlibrary.org/books/OL3785794M/Poltergeist%21
    https://bestiarypedia.com/en/beings/black-monk-of-pontefract
    https://www.richardestep.net/black-monk-pontefract/
    https://sosupernaturalpodcast.com/haunted-the-black-monk-of-pontefract/
    https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12229a.htm
    https://pontefractsandalcastles.org.uk/this-day-in-history/1645-03-01
    https://pontefractsandalcastles.org.uk/this-day-in-history/22-03-1322
    https://pontefractsandalcastles.org.uk/pontefract-castle-17th-century
    https://paranormalreason.com/the-pontefract-poltergeist-in-search-of-a-lost-well-by-kester-lee
    https://www.higgypop.com/hauntings/pontefract
    https://astonishinglegends.com/al-podcasts/2018/09/08/ep-117-the-black-monk-of-pontefract-part-1
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    367: The Demon of Brownsville Road

    16/10/2026 | 1h 13 mins.
    This week we discuss the Demon of Brownsville Road! Were all the stories of what happened to the family true? Or was it all an elaborate hoax?
     Check out our sources below for more info and to continue learning!

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    Sources

    Bob Cranmer & Erica Manfred, The Demon of Brownsville Road (Berkley, 2014)
    Sean D. Hamill, “Former residents of Brentwood ‘demon’ house dispute book’s claims,” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, October 26, 2014
    Isaac Craig to Henry Knox, “News from Pittsburgh,” March 31, 1792, Papers of the War Department

    Brentwood Borough, “A Brief History of Brentwood Borough”
    Brentwood Historical Society, Brentwood

    Bridgeville Area Historical Society, “The Demon of Brownsville Road”
    Autumn Sword, “The Satanic Skeptic Investigates the Demon of Brownsville Road,” Skeptical Inquirer, May 17, 2021
    Nicole Friedberg, “‘Demon of Brownsville Road’ House to Open as Bed & Breakfast,” Pittsburgh Magazine, October 7, 2019
    https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/314353/the-demon-of-brownsville-road-by-bob-cranmer

    https://www.post-gazette.com/local/south/2014/10/26/former-residents-of-brentwood-demon-house-dispute-book-s-claims/stories/201410210213

    https://wardepartmentpapers.org/document/42665

    https://www.brentwoodpa.gov/history

    https://www.everand.com/book/871514206/Brentwood

    https://bridgevillehistory.org/the-demon-of-brownsville-road

    https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/the-satanic-skeptic-investigates-the-demon-of-brownsville-road

    https://www.pittsburghmagazine.com/demon-of-brownsville-road-house-to-open-as-bed-breakfast

    https://demonofbrownsville.com/
    https://demonofbrownsville.com/excerpts/
    https://demonofbrownsville.com/media/
    https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/314353/the-demon-of-brownsville-road-by-bob-cranmer/
    https://www.post-gazette.com/local/south/2014/10/26/former-residents-of-brentwood-demon-house-dispute-book-s-claims/stories/201410210213
    https://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/brian-oneill/2014/02/23/brian-o-neill-haunted-cranmer-house-an-eerie-ring-of-truth/stories/201402230048
    https://www.post-gazette.com/local/south/2019/09/19/brentwood-house-gets-new-life-as-b-b-robert-cranmer/stories/201909190003
    https://bridgevillehistory.org/the-demon-of-brownsville-road/
    https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/the-satanic-skeptic-investigates-the-demon-of-brownsville-road/
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    366: Fairfield County Infirmary

    09/10/2026 | 1h 27 mins.
    This week we look into the Fairfield County Infirmary. Where do the modern stories and actual history intersect? And where do they differ? 
     Check out our sources below for more info and to continue learning!

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    Sources

    https://theresashauntedhistoryofthetri-state.blogspot.com/2024/01/in-defense-of-supt-hummel-fairfield.html

    https://www.fairfieldgenealogy.org/posts/publication/infirmary-records-fairfield-county-ohio-1848-1910-and-death-records-from-the-infirmary-records-1911-1980/

    https://www.ohioexploration.com/cemeteries/fairfieldinfirmarycemetery

    https://thefarlandlegacy.com/fairfield-county-infirmary

    https://thefarlandlegacy.com/infirmary-directors/

    https://theresashauntedhistoryofthetri-state.blogspot.com/2024/01/the-haunted-history-of-fairfield-county.html

    https://morrowcountygenealogy.org/library-holdings/ohio-counties/

    https://www.ohioexploration.com/structures/fairfieldcountypoorhouse

    https://www.rootsandrecall.com/fairfield-county/buildings/fairfield-county-poor-house/

    https://openlibrary.org/books/OL886729M/Infirmary_records_Fairfield_County_Ohio_1848-1910_and_death_records_from_the_infirmary_records_1911-

    https://ldsgenealogy.com/OH/Fairfield-County-Newspapers-and-Obituaries.htm

    https://www.ohioexploration.com/structures/fairfieldcountypoorhouse/

    https://www.ohioexploration.com/cemeteries/fairfieldinfirmarycemetery/

    https://www.ohioexploration.com/paranormal/hauntings/fairfieldcounty/

    https://theresashauntedhistoryofthetri-state.blogspot.com/2024/01/the-haunted-history-of-fairfield-county.html

    https://theresashauntedhistoryofthetri-state.blogspot.com/2024/01/tragedy-at-fairfield-county-infirmary.html

    https://theresashauntedhistoryofthetri-state.blogspot.com/2024/01/seven-foot-tall-shadow-man-at-fairfield.html

    https://theresashauntedhistoryofthetri-state.blogspot.com/2024/01/dolph-griggs-fci-fright-bite.html

    https://theresashauntedhistoryofthetri-state.blogspot.com/2024/01/fright-bite-meat-eater-of-fairfield.html

    https://ironcityparanormal.org/fairfield-county-infirmary-investigation/

    https://www.just-say-boo.com/fairfield-county-infirmary.html

    https://visitfairfieldcounty.org/listings/fairfield-county-infirmary/

    https://www.explorehockinghills.com/festivals-events/fairfield-county-infirmary-ghost-hunt/

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHi-t-CbzMY
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We tell the stories and history of haunted places, ghost encounters, cryptid encounters, the paranormal, preternatural, and every oddity imaginable. And we do it with a comedic twist and don't take anything, including ourselves, too seriously! Join your hosts Adam & Matt in their discussions of these topics and email them your thoughts at GraveYardTalesPodcast@gmail.com We thank you for joining us in the GraveYard!
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