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    The Monster Arkansas Tried to Protect: The White River Monster | Cryptids & Strange Encounters

    24/08/2026 | 31 mins.
    For decades, people along Arkansas’s White River reported seeing an enormous grey creature moving beneath the muddy water. In 1937 the sightings sparked a full-scale monster hunt involving armed patrols, a professional diver and hundreds of spectators, before the creature returned more than thirty years later and Arkansas created an official refuge to protect it.

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    Research Links:
    https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/white-river-monster-2790/
    https://time.com/archive/6768313/science-newports-monster/
    https://aymag.com/arkansas-backstories-white-river-monster/
    https://www.ozarksalive.com/stories/white-river-monster-long-lived-ozarks-story
    https://www.entetsu.co.jp/tetsudou/kisaragieki/
    https://arkansasroadstories.com/monsters/ms3.html
    https://whiterivermonster.weebly.com/in-the-press.html
    https://www.arkansas.com/state-parks/experiences/park-events

    Thanks so much for listening, and we'll catch up with you again on Thursday.

    Sarah and Tobie xx

    "Spacial Winds," Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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    The Haunted House Beside the Mill: The Willington Ghost | British Hauntings & Paranormal History

    23/08/2026 | 26 mins.
    For more than a decade, the Procter family and their visitors reported footsteps, violent knocking, moving beds and apparitions inside their home beside Willington Mill in Northumberland. The haunting became so notorious that sceptical surgeon Edward Drury spent the night there in 1840, only to leave after an encounter with a grey-clothed woman that he recorded in writing just days later.

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    Research Links:
    https://blogs.ncl.ac.uk/speccoll/2016/10/26/the-haunted-house-at-willington/
    https://blogs.ncl.ac.uk/speccoll/tag/willington/
    https://blogs.ncl.ac.uk/speccoll/page/22/
    https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Notes_on_the_folk-lore_of_the_northern_counties_of_England_and_the_borders/Chapter_10
    https://www.spr.ac.uk/9-hauntings-and-poltergeists
    https://twsitelines.info/SMR/1177
    https://www.icysedgwick.com/willington-mill/
    https://benbeck.co.uk/fh/collaterals/5Oa07cousins.html
    https://www.encyclopedia.com/science/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/willington-mill

    Thanks so much for listening, and we'll catch up with you again on tomorrow.

    Sarah and Tobie xx

    "Spacial Winds," Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
    Licenced under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licence
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    Count Its Legs: Kerala’s Shape-Shifting Odiyans | Malayali folklore from Kerala in South India

    22/08/2026 | 31 mins.
    Before electric light reached the villages of rural Kerala, travellers were warned to examine every animal waiting beside the road. An unnatural bull, dog or buffalo might be an Odiyan, a practitioner of secret magic said to change shape, stalk victims through the darkness and carry out attacks for those willing to pay.

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    Research:
    https://ml.wikisource.org/wiki/ഐതിഹ്യമാല/ചെമ്പ്രയെഴുത്തച്ഛന്മാർ
    https://www.gutenberg.org/files/35690/35690-h/35690-h.htm
    https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.71073/2015.71073.Cochin-State-Manual_djvu.txt
    https://global.oup.com/academic/product/lore-and-legends-of-kerala-9780195698893
    https://www.keralatourism.org/districts/palakkad/
    https://indiaartreview.com/stories/odiyan-dark-knights-that-dwarf-halloween/
    https://www.newindianexpress.com/kerala/2025/Nov/04/keralas-mysterious-odiyan-legends-find-global-recognition
    https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/ഒടിയൻ
    https://ijrar.org/papers/IJRAR25B2484.pdf
    https://ideas.repec.org/a/ajp/edwast/v8y2024i6p5687-5692id3239.html

    Sarah xx

    "Spacial Winds," Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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    True Paranormal Reddit Stories | The White Figure, The Psychic, The Dream, and The Painting

    19/08/2026 | 24 mins.
    Sorry, there's no YouTube episode today. They will be back in a couple of months!

    In today's episode we share 4 spooky Reddit stories.

    Stories:
    https://www.reddit.com/r/Paranormal/s/9dCRtpkHrA
    https://www.reddit.com/r/Paranormal/s/hmjGDiWZta
    https://www.reddit.com/r/Paranormal/s/FB2Lirzw1m
    https://www.reddit.com/r/Paranormal/s/0vDPYw2y43

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    Thanks so much for listening, and we'll catch up with you again on Sunday!

    Sarah and Rog xx

    "Spacial Winds" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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    Hungry Ghost Month: Urban Legends, Ghost Stories & Modern Superstitions

    17/08/2026 | 31 mins.
    Every year, as Hungry Ghost Month begins, millions of people across Asia follow traditions that have been passed down for centuries. Offerings are left beside roads, front-row seats remain empty for unseen guests, and children are warned never to whistle after dark. In this episode, we explore the urban legends that surround the seventh lunar month, from ghostly getai audiences and spirits lurking beneath the water to the mysterious sound of marbles rolling across apartment floors in the middle of the night. These are not forgotten folktales from the distant past, they are stories that continue to be told in some of the world's most modern cities.

    The BOOK
    BY US A COFFEE
    Join Sarah's new FACEBOOK GROUP
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    Research Links:
    https://www.hawparvilla.sg/hells-museum/
    https://www.hawparvilla.sg/
    https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/hungry-ghost-festival-all-you-need-to-know-and-heed-about-the-7th-month-celebrations
    https://www.channelnewsasia.com/cna-insider/hungry-ghost-festival-beliefs-customs-taboos-getai-offerings-2930031
    https://www.visitsingapore.com/editorials/the-festival-of-the-hungry-ghosts/
    https://www.nlb.gov.sg/main/article-detail?cmsuuid=5bda4a3f-fdf8-45b2-bd84-4d597c8228f6
    https://www.roots.gov.sg/ich-landing/ich/hungry-ghost-festival
    https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/culture/article/3229093/hungry-ghost-festival-why-chinese-people-burn-paper-money-leave-food-and-avoid-swimming-during
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_Festival
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Getai
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyol
    https://www.homeanddecor.com.sg/design/news/strange-noises-you-hear-at-night-in-your-apartment-what-causes-these-sounds
    https://www.reddit.com/r/Paranormal/comments/2ck5oq/hungry_ghost_month_any_interesting_stories/
    https://www.reddit.com/r/singapore/comments/8vl0hx/what_is_the_marble_dropping_sound/
    https://www.reddit.com/r/singapore/comments/3r6mn7/marbles_dropping_sound/
    https://www.reddit.com/r/malaysia/comments/8tqz5t/marbles_dropping_sound/
    https://www.timeout.com/singapore/things-to-do/a-guide-to-the-hungry-ghost-festival-in-singapore
    https://theculturetrip.com/asia/singapore/articles/a-guide-to-singapores-hungry-ghost-festival
    https://www.remembersingapore.org/2012/08/31/hungry-ghost-festival-superstitions/

    Thanks so much for listening, and we'll catch up with you again on Thursday.

    Sarah and Tobie xx

    "Spacial Winds," Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
    Licenced under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licence
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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The Whispering Woods Paranormal PodcastDo you like to get scared to death by real life ghost stories?The Whispering Woods is a podcast devoted to the darker side of life. Join us every Sunday as we discuss and share true, scary stories of the paranormal from ancient folklore to modern hauntings. ​Using immersive audio, The Whispering Woods transports listeners to another time, or even realm. Join us as we explore the unimaginable and terrifying, relaying tales of the supernatural from poltergeists to cryptids, The Hat Man to skinwalkers.Visit our website www.thewhisperingwoodspodcast.com ​Contact us at thewhisperingwoodspodcast@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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