Your state might be spookier than you thought. For Halloween, we’re rounding up the scariest urban legends from all 50 states! Listen to find out what state is haunted by a horse, which is haunted by a pickup truck, and which is most likely the plot of a Scooby Doo episode.
Content Warning: This episode contains conversations about or mentions of infancide/child death, abduction, starvation, death, drowning, tuberculosis, anxiety and mental illness, shipwrecks, imprisonment, mind control, colonization, cave-ins, suffocation, beheading, car accidents, striking pedestrians, poisoning, animal death, violence against women, suicide, scientific experimentation, government conspiracy, hurricanes/natural disasters, bullying, teeth, and omens of death.
Housekeeping
- Recommendation: This week, Amanda recommends the podcast, Scam Goddess. Check out our previous book recommendations, guests’ books, and more at spiritspodcast.com/books
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About Us
Spirits was created by Julia Schifini, Amanda McLoughlin and Eric Schneider. We are founding members of Multitude, an independent podcast collective and production studio. Our music is "Danger Storm" by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com), licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0.
258: Paul Bunyan and Indigenous Traditions (with Leah Lemm)
257: Athena
256: Your Urban Legends LVI: The Spookiest Story We’ve Ever Told
255: The Conjuring and Haunted Houses (Myth Movie Night)
254: Mermaids, Magic, and Murder (with Maggie Tokuda-Hall)
253: Apollo
252: Your Urban Legends LV - Messy Chicken Bone Eater
251: Advice from Folklore V (with Dr. Moiya McTier)
250: The Magic of Home (with Sarah Hollowell)
249: Artemis
248: Your Urban Legends LIV - Do You Want to Be a Pickle Man?!
247: The Green Knight (Myth Movie Night)
246: Feminism, Judaism, and Fairy Tales (with Veronica Schanoes)
245: Dreams
244: Your Urban Legends LIII - The Ghost is Capitalism
243: Westworld, Robots, and AI (Myth Movie Night)
242: Ghosts and Indigenous Spirits (with Owl Goingback)
241: Crane Wife
240: Your Urban Legends LII - A Haunted Osmosis Jones Situation
239: Advice from Folklore IV (with Dr. Moiya McTier)
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