Where Our Minds Wander

Wes Guay & Beth Guay

From the creepy attic's dark corners to the very end of a shadow-filled dirt road, our minds wander towards the odd, supernatural and not easily explained. Pull up a cozy seat and your favorite beverage and delve into our Strange but True stories from around the globe and beyond.

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145 Could aliens be time traveling humans and Craigdarroch Castle

Where Our Minds Wander

02/06/25 • 47 min

Beth looks at the theory that aliens could be time traveling humans from the future. Wes discusses the history of Victoria, British Columbia's gorgeous bonanza castle and its ghostly inhabitants.

Our Sources

www.space.com/aliens-time-traveling-humans-ufo-hypothesis.html

https://metro.co.uk/2020/02/10/ufos-time-travelling-humans-visiting-future-professor-says-12212585/

https://thedebrief.org/scientists-successfully-simulate-backward-time-travel-with-a-25-chance-of-actually-changing-the-past/

https://futurism.com/quantum-experiment-negative-time

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

https://604now.com/historic-craigdarroch-castle-victoria-haunted-bc/

https://thecastle.ca/

https://thecastle.ca/pages/dunsmuir-family

https://npiweb.com/Blog/Posts/haunted-places-series-craigdarroch-castle

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132 The Birdcage Theater and The Haunted Capitol Building

Where Our Minds Wander

11/06/24 • 56 min

Beth places her bet at the infamously haunted Tombstone saloon and gambling hall. Wes walks the haunted halls of the US Capitol building.
Our Sources
https://phoenixghosts.com/the-birdcage-theatre/

https://thelittlehouseofhorrors.com/the-bird-cage-theatre/

www.theatrebloom.com/2021/11/remembering-the-birdcage-theatre/

www.echoesofthesouthwest.com/2011/05/tombstone-birdcage-theatre-ghosts-and.html

https://ghostcitytours.com/tombstone/haunted-tombstone/bird-cage-theatre/

https://capitolhistory.org/capitol-history-blog/the-haunted-history-of-the-us-capitol/

https://ghostcitytours.com/washington-dc/haunted-places/us-capitol-building/

https://dcghosts.com/us-capitol-building/

www.aoc.gov/explore-capitol-campus/blog/haunted-halls-congress-5-creepy-capitol-legends

https://hauntedhouses.com/district-of-columbia/u-s-capitol-building/

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9: A Subterranean Town and Don't Mess With Porcupines

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07/21/22 • 29 min

Beth tunnels headfirst into the unique underground opal mining town of Coober Pedy, Australia. Wes takes us on a tour through some of the weird and wacky US laws still in the books - and which ones you may have unknowingly broken.
This episode contains explicit content - listener discretion is advised.
Show notes:
https://www.purple-planet.com
https://www.cnet.com/pictures/the-strange-underground-homes-in-the-coober-pedy-desert-australia/

https://allthatsinteresting.com/coober-pedy

https://adventure.howstuffworks.com/coober-pedy.htm

https://www.cooberpedy.com/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/unearthing-coober-pedy-australias-hidden-city-180958162/

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/14/travel/coober-pedy-australia.html

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/coober-pedy

https://bestlifeonline.com/weird-amazing-facts/

https://www.insideedition.com/gallery/you-cant-do-what-there-some-weirdest-laws-us-48474

https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/

https://www.sevendaysvt.com/vermont/funny-food-laws/Content?oid=2320114

https://www.sevendaysvt.com/vermont/wtf-why-is-public-nudity-legal-in-vermont-but-public-disrobing-isnt/Content?oid=2804753

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127 George Reeves and the Dark Watchers

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10/03/24 • 48 min

Beth recounts the mysterious death of TV's original Superman, George Reeves. Wes shares tales of the dark entities said to roam the Santa Lucia mountains of CA.
Sources Used:
www.thedailybeast.com/inside-the-mysterious-death-of-george-reeves-the-original-supermanhttps://unsolved.com/gallery/george-reeves/https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Reeveswww.theguardian.com/film/2006/nov/18/features.weekend1https://allthatsinteresting.com/george-reeves-deathwww.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-sep-15-et-reeves15-story.htmlwww.sfgate.com/local/article/dark-watchers-santa-lucia-range-stories-steinbeck-16012812.phpwww.atlasobscura.com/articles/dark-watchers-santa-lucia-mountains-californiahttps://dailyyonder.com/local-lore-dark-watchers-from-santa-lucia-mountains-of-california-onto-the-pages-of-classic-american-writers/2022/01/21/https://random-times.com/2021/04/10/californias-dark-watchers-that-have-been-spooking-hikers-for-centuries/https://vcorner.medium.com/chilling-encounters-terrifying-tal

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14: If These Walls Could Talk and Not Your Average Jogger

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08/18/22 • 29 min

Beth take us inside the infamous Chelsea Hotel where artistic luminaries thrived and their spirits still roam. Wes takes us to the notorious Pickfair Estate where Hollywood royalty Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks cohabitated with ghosts of their own.
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Our website: www.whereourminds.wander.com
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https://www.purple-planet.com
https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2020/10/23/ghostly-guests-of-the-chelsea-hotel/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/16/nyregion/chelsea-hotel-nyc.html

https://www.grunge.com/937150/heres-why-people-think-the-chelsea-hotel-is-haunted/

https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/new-york/haunted-chelsea-hotel-ny/

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/guests-report/1904098/

https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2013/10/chelsea-hotel-oral-history

https://www.britannica.com/list/11-or-12-things-remembered-well-about-the-chelsea-hotelhttps://www.scarymommy.com/lifestyle/scary-factshttps://www.grunge.com/755670/the-haunted-history-of-the-pickfair-estate/

https://allthatsinteresting.com/pickfair

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

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20: There's Something Witchy About This Tree and A Grave Situation

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09/22/22 • 30 min

Beth stops by the Witches' Tree in Louisville, Kentucky on her journey through the historical connection between trees and witches. Wes tells the harrowing, true (?) tale of Margorie McCall, otherwise known as The Lady of the Ring, who was buried alive in 1695. Or was she?
Show Notes:

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Sources:
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/witches-tree

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witch%27s_broom

https://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/Trees-Plants-used-in-Witchcraft/#:~:text=Many%20plant%2Dbased%20myths%20seem,%2C%20by%20default%2C%20with%20Witchcraft.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/witches-marks-and-other-tree-etchings-offer-window-english-past-180976003/

https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/2016/12/20/twisted-old-louisville-tree-enchants-visitors/93965516/

https://streetsofsalem.com/2013/10/17/witches-and-trees/

https://www.disneyfanatic.com/8-facts-pirates-caribbean-ride-thatll-saying-yo-go/

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-46026619

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70: A Man with a Mission

Where Our Minds Wander

08/31/23 • 30 min

Wes and Beth present the the varied and intriguing ways Sir Arthur Conan Doyle supported the Spiritualism movement- from investigating poltergeists himself to opening up his own Psychic bookstore.
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Middle Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

https://victorianweb.org/authors/doyle/spiritualism.html

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129 Florence Stadium UFO and Victoria’s Black Swan Inn

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10/17/24 • 45 min

Beth shares the intriguing UFO sighting from 1957 when 10,000 spectators saw some sort of UFO over Florence, Italy. Wes explains exactly why the San Antonio inn is considered one of Texas's "most haunted" locations.
Sources Used:
www.sportshistoryweekly.com/stories/italy-soccer-world-euro-cup-fiorentina,1220

https://unbelievable-facts.com/2014/12/a-football-match-came-to-a-halt-60-years-ago-when-spectators-spotted-unidentified-objects-flying-over-a-florence-stadium.html#google_vignette

https://thesefootballtimes.co/2020/04/21/the-eye-in-the-tuscan-sky-the-day-a-ufo-sighting-stopped-a-fio

www.bbc.com/news/magazine-29342407

www.victoriasblackswaninn.com/

www.mysanantonio.com/entertainment/article/paranormal-victorias-black-swan-san-antonio-ghosts-16536388.php

www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/salado-creek-battle-of

https://ghostcitytours.com/san-antonio/haunted-places/haunted-hotels/victorias-black-swan-inn/

https://usghostadventures.com/haunted-places/americas-most-haunted-hotels-and-inns/haunts-of-victorias-black-swan-inn/

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146 Sallie House and Hatley Castle

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02/13/25 • 47 min

Wes discusses the Sallie House, the most haunted house in all of Kansas. Beth takes us to British Columbia’s Hatley Castle.

Our Sources:

https://visitatchison.com/listing/sallie-house

https://usghostadventures.com/haunted-stories/31-days-of-halloween/sallie-

www.bumpinthenight.net/sallie

www.scrippsnews.com/us-news/the-hauntings-of-the-sallie-house

https://thehauntedattic.uk/2015/07/20/interview-with-debra-pickman-of-the-

https://hatleycastle.com/about-james-dunsmuir/

www.hatleypark.ca/history/hatley-castle

www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=15749&pid=0

www.vicnews.com/local-news/ghosts-secret-passageways-and-hollywood-

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/ghost-stories-hatley-castle

https://vocal.media/horror/the-real-haunted-story-of-hatley-castle

https://discover.hubpages.com/religion-philosophy/Haunted-Hatley-Castle

https://visitorinvictoria.ca/hatley-castle-victoria-bc-royal-roads/

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6: Can You Smell That Smell and Long Live the Black Cat

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07/08/22 • 28 min

Wes guides us through the Honey Island Swamp in Louisiana with first hand accounts of an unusual Creature. Beth dives into the cat mythology and persecution that still connects black cats to Halloween today.
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Show notes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfPv8prUQUI
https://www.purple-planet.com
https://countryroadsmagazine.com/outdoors/knowing-nature/the-honey-island-swamp-monster/

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

https://pelicanstateofmind.com/louisiana-love/legend-honey-island-swamp-monster/

http://www.pearlriverecotours.com/legendshttps://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-great-bed-of-ware-london-england

https://hauntedpalaceblog.wordpress.com/tag/great-bed-of-ware/https://www.history.com/news/black-cats-superstitions

https://historycollection.com/thou-shalt-not-suffer-a-cat-to-live-why-pope-gregory-ixs-vox-in-rama-implicated-cats-in-devil-worship/

https://nerdalicious.com.au/history/lucky-black-cats-of-war/

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Bastet

https://www.highlandtitles.com/blog/cat-sith/

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How many episodes does Where Our Minds Wander have?

Where Our Minds Wander currently has 163 episodes available.

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The podcast is about True Stories, Supernatural, Aliens, Society & Culture, Mysteries, History, Paranormal, Strange, Podcasts, Crime, Haunted, Bigfoot, Folklore and Ufo.

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The episode title '132 The Birdcage Theater and The Haunted Capitol Building' is the most popular.

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The average episode length on Where Our Minds Wander is 38 minutes.

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Episodes of Where Our Minds Wander are typically released every 7 days.

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The first episode of Where Our Minds Wander was released on Jun 5, 2022.

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