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Monsters Among Us

S18 Ep50: Haunted prisons, witch hunters and the devil's footprints: Hometown Legends 18 Part I (Sn. 18 Ep. 50)

Monsters Among Us

Derek Hayes | Audioboom Studios

Society & Culture, Natural Sciences, History, Science

4.87.6K Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2025

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

Tonight we explore your horrifying hometown legends, including chilling tales of witch hunters, haunted prisons, the devil's footprints and much, much more. 

Season 18 Episode 50 of Monsters Among Us Podcast, true paranormal stories of ghosts, cryptids, UFOs and more, told by the witnesses themselves.

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Watch FREE - Shadows in the Desert: High Strangeness in the Borrego Triangle  - https://www.borregotriangle.com/

Monsters Among Us Junior on Apple Podcasts  - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/monsters-among-us-junior/id1764989478

Monsters Among Us Junior on Spotify -
https://open.spotify.com/show/1bh5mWa4lDSqeMMX1mYxDZ?si=9ec6f4f74d61498b

El Tarasco - https://eltarascoest1965.com/

LAX Quarenetine Center - https://locator.lacounty.gov/lac/Location/3176286/united-states-centers-for-disease-control-and-prevention---los-angeles-quarantine-station

Rebobs - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3m-ZoX11Bc

Rebob Info - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6atDDkmIl_w

Rebob Info - https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Napa_Rebobs

The Devil’s Footprints – Devon’s Diabolical Hoofmarks in the Snow (article) - https://shorturl.at/OjS0e   

Local Crop of ‘Devil Stories (article) -  https://shorturl.at/fHMAn   

Saw ‘Devil’ Tracks (article) - https://shorturl.at/vUdZt   

Jersey Devil Tracks - https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=504160330806349

The Navy Base Scenario - https://soundcloud.com/jurgen-mantzke-752342688/the-navy-base-scenario/s-NnAIV2dxovp?si=210c9df843f6447d998c664c393b6f16&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Is Jersey Devil In Our Region? (article) - https://shorturl.at/VYUfk   

Is Thelma Real? - https://www.mlive.com/living/kalamazoo/2011/10/the_ghost_of_the_kalamazoo_civ.html

Acsah Strong Wells - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30714539/achsah-wells

Acsah Strong Wells Death Certificate - https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LRCC-9RG/achsah-strong-1818-1900

Elyse Pahler - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Elyse_Pahler

Pahler/Slayer Second Lawsuit Info - https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2001/jan/24/features11.g23

Witch Finder General Documentary - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvVm29b1EP4&t=6s


Music from tonight's episode:

Music by Iron Cthulhu Apocalypse - https://www.youtube.com/c/IronCthulhuApocalypse

CO.AG Music - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcavSftXHgxLBWwLDm_bNvA

Music by White Bat Audio - https://www.youtube.com/@WhiteBatAudio

White Bat Audio Songs:
Is Anyone Left
Running from the Wendigo
Light Years
The Witching Hour

Transcript

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0:00.0

We're going to be.

0:03.0

We're going to see.

0:07.0

We're going to be. The

0:23.6

The Good evening and welcome to Monsters Among Us.

0:55.8

I am your guide, Derek Hayes.

1:00.8

A good evening, indeed.

1:03.8

It's a downright pleasure to have you here with us tonight.

1:07.9

Per usual, I have all sorts of goodness lined up for you.

1:13.6

But not per usual. Tonight's calls are going to be a little bit different than what we usually play here on the program.

1:20.6

Because you see, we've reached that point in the season where things come to an end.

1:24.6

And this evening we celebrate the end of season 18.

1:30.2

With a special episode.

1:34.1

Now when I first started this program nine years ago, I knew there would be a handful of folks

1:38.9

out there that wanted to participate, but they simply didn't have a story of their own to share. I know that's rare,

1:48.0

because in my experience most everybody has had at least one weird, crazy, unexplainable

1:53.7

or downright spooky story to share. But there are those rare individuals that simply have never

1:59.6

had anything unexplainable happened to them.

2:04.1

So I came up with a way that those people too could not only help provide content for the program,

2:10.5

but also participate in the storytelling aspect of the show.

2:15.4

I named it The Hometown Legends. A special episode where we explore those

2:20.7

local legends, small town tales and fortian folklore, crybaby bridges, haunted forests, legendary

2:29.2

encounters from a bygone era, or myths about but a monster, just outside of town.

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