19: She Failed That Test and The Boogeyman Umbrella

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09/15/22 • 25 min

Beth tells the tale of Marthe Brossier, a young Frenchwoman possessed by demons, who brought them with her on a travelling roadshow in the 1590s. Wes shares the origin story of the Boogeyman: where the legends come from, how they differ, and how to avoid running into him.
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Sources:
https://www.spookyisles.com/bogeyman/

https://www.babbel.com/en/magazine/halloween-2014

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

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

https://strangenewengland.com/2015/07/18/7-oclock-man-bogeyman-maine/

https://deepsouthmag.com/2014/10/17/bloody-bones-a-history-of-southern-scares/

https://www.roanoke-chowannewsherald.com/2018/11/12/creepy-creatures-lurking-out-of-sight/

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

https://www.ancient-origins.net/unexplained-phenomena/exorcism-marthe-brossier-0010566

https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/martha-brossier-exorcism-hoax

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Our website: www.whereourmindswander.com

Our email: [email protected]

Check us out on Facebook @ Where Our Minds Wander Podcast

Middle Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

Sources:
https://www.spookyisles.com/bogeyman/

https://www.babbel.com/en/magazine/halloween-2014

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

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

https://strangenewengland.com/2015/07/18/7-oclock-man-bogeyman-maine/

https://deepsouthmag.com/2014/10/17/bloody-bones-a-history-of-southern-scares/

https://www.roanoke-chowannewsherald.com/2018/11/12/creepy-creatures-lurking-out-of-sight/

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

https://www.ancient-origins.net/unexplained-phenomena/exorcism-marthe-brossier-0010566

https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/martha-brossier-exorcism-hoax

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

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?
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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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