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  • In part two of Words By My Grandfather, Tessa reads a entry from her grandpa's journal about D Day, the plan, what really happened, terror, and chaos, and brave soldiers fighting to the very end.

    CREDITS & LINKS

    COVER PHOTO:

    This photo is part of my late grandfathers collection and was taken of him during World War II.

    STORY BLOCKS:

    https://www.storyblocks.com/audio/stock/fields-of-glory-epic-battle-music-fantasy-action-s2_ogydgvkdz2p7cm.html

    https://www.storyblocks.com/audio/stock/farewell-whisper-piano-348907061.html

    https://www.storyblocks.com/audio/stock/vengeance-epic-trailer-music-347267553.html

    https://www.storyblocks.com/audio/stock/unsung-hero-full-version-347212047.html

    https://www.storyblocks.com/audio/stock/winter-melancholy-cello-duo-348517130.html

  • On the 23rd anniversary of the terrorist attacks that shook the Nation, Tessa discusses true cases of people surviving the ever-so-deadly day. From a dog leading her blind owner, to a man escaping just in time and so much more.

    Warning - the beginning of this episode there is a recording of that day.

    CREDIT AND LINKS

    STORY BLOCKS :

    https://www.storyblocks.com/audio/stock/calming-ombre-smlhcbwvwkepyjmsg.html

    COVER PHOTO:

    Fire fighters amid smoking rubble following September 11th terrorist attack on World Trade Center, New York City. Sept. 11, 2001. Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2002719362/. (Accessed September 03, 2016.)

    Call Number: LC-A05- D27 [item] [P&P] Forms part of: Collection of unattributed photographs ...

    The 250 color slides made at the World Trade Towers in New York City on September 11, 2001, received from the New York District Attorney's office from an unattributed photographer, are in the public domain. Privacy and publicity rights may apply.

    These slides were received from the New York District Attorney's office with the photographer relinquishing any and all copyright and right of attribution. Therefore, the photographer's name will not be associated with these photographs.

    Note – This image has been digitally adjusted for one or more of the following: - fade correction, - color, contrast, and/or saturation enhancement - selected spot and/or scratch removal - cropped for composition and/or to accentuate subject matter

    - straighten image'

    Mike Goad

    Public domain

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  • Tessa discusses premonitions, from a storm making its way and changing the outcome of D Day, to a novel written almost a decade and a half before the Titanic sinks to it's watery grave, but with so many similarities many thought the author saw into the future. A murder victim has a vision a year prior to their brutal murder. And much more.

    CREDIT & LINKS

    INTRO MUSIC:

    Bobby Mackey “Pillow of a Fool”

    MUSIC:

    Stick the Landing “The Headliner”

    COVER PHOTO:

    TOP LEFT:

    Cropped screenshot of Sharon Tate from the trailer for the film Eye of the Devil

    Self made screen capture from a public domain film trailer

    Licencing information : http://www.creativeclearance.com/guidelines.html#D2

    Public domain

    TOP RIGHT:

    Mark Twain

    Mark Twain photo portrait.

    Unknown author

    Public domain

    BOTTOM LEFT:

    D day

    Chief Photographer's Mate (CPHoM) Robert F. Sargent

    Public domain

    Featured picture, Picture of the year, Picture of the day

    Into the Jaws of Death 23-0455M edit.jpg

    BOTTOM RIGHT:

    Titaniic

    View of the bow of the RMS Titanic photographed in June 2004 by the ROV Hercules during an expedition returning to the shipwreck of the Titanic.

    Courtesy of NOAA/Institute for Exploration/University of Rhode Island (NOAA/IFE/URI).

    Public domain

    Valued image

    Titanic wreck bow.jpg

    STORY BLOCKS :

    https://www.storyblocks.com/audio/stock/song-for-dad-h870fgq-vkdbvn13i.html

    https://www.storyblocks.com/audio/stock/the-forgotten-crypts-of-despair-348533763.html

    https://www.storyblocks.com/audio/stock/ghost-fading-away-rg3vih23lphk0wxs6zd.html

    PIXABAY:

    https://pixabay.com/music/main-title-victoryx27s-anthem-war-212726/

    https://pixabay.com/music/modern-classical-the-transilvanian-castle-11496/

    MY OWN RECORDINGS:

    Baby laughing

  • The 🧙‍♀️ Witch of November comes with a vengeance and for two days in 1905 she will batter the area, taking 29 🚤 vessels down with, sending 36 men to their 🪦 watery graves. Dubbed as the Mataafa Strom, they knew this could not happen again and Split Rock Lighthouse was built, which has a haunting tale of its own, and then of course the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald... known as the Titanic of the Great Lakes.

    CREDIT & LINKS

    INTRO SONG:

    Music 🎵 “Johanna” by Bobby Mackey

    🎶 MUSIC:

    Alien Manner
    “Green Dragon”
    “Listen Official”
    “Zinger”

    Like what you heard? Click below to listen to more of Alien Manner's amazing music:

    https://www.instagram.com/alienmanner?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

    🎙️ VOICE OVER:

    Shawn Curtis as Captain McSorely

    GUEST:

    Mike Shields

    COVER PHOTO:

    TOP IMAGE:

    SS Edmund Fitzgerald underway.

    Unknown author

    Public domain

    BOTTOM LEFT:

    Each year, Split Rock Lighthouse is lit on the anniversary of the wreck of the steamer Edmund Fitzgerald. The Fitzgerald was lost with all hands during a terrible storm on Lake Superior on November 10, 1975.
    The weather was awful for the lighting. It was raining. It was windy. It was cold. There were 5 foot waves crashing into the shore. I stayed long enough to shoot just a couple of photos and then headed for the hotel to enjoy a nice pool and some warm pizza with my wife and kids.

    Pete Markham from Loretto, USA

    Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0

    Split Rock Lighthouse - The Annual Lighting to Commemorate the Loss of the Edmund Fitzgerald

    BOTTOM MIDDLE:

    The bell from the SS Edmund Fitzgerald on display at the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum

    Duchene9

    Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0


    BOTTOM RIGHT:

    Split Rock Lighthouse, near Duluth, Minnesota.

    Chefranden

    Creative Commons Attribution 2.0

    PIXABAY:

    https://pixabay.com/music/pop-meine-ostsee-150125/

    https://pixabay.com/music/funk-atlantic-voyage-117088/

    https://pixabay.com/music/folk-seven-seas-sea-shanty-13745/

    https://pixabay.com/music/beats-maritime-231627/

    https://pixabay.com/music/christmas-i-saw-three-ships-christmas-piano-music-12338/

    https://pixabay.com/music/adventure-marching-to-glory-223580/

    https://pixabay.com/music/ambient-dark-and-scary-wind-9658/

    https://pixabay.com/music/horror-scene-walk-alone-dark-cinematic-music-horror-music-153445/

    https://pixabay.com/music/mystery-alone-with-the-darkness-9859/

  • The words you hear in this episode were written by Tessa's dear late Grandfather Gerald, where he talks about his time in the Second World War. You will hear about girls, training, SNAFU's, fun times - like seeing Glen Miller perform (before he disappeared forever of course) and much more!

    CREDITS & LINKS

    COVER PHOTO:

    This special image you see was taken during WWII of Tessa's Grandfather, Gerald, in his halftrack. Before his death, he gave this photo to Tessa, which she holds dear to her heart!

    PIXABAY:

    https://pixabay.com/music/main-title-victoryx27s-anthem-war-212726/

  • In the final ROCKER DEATH series, Tessa talks about Slipknot's Paul Gray, Sound Garden & Audioslave's Chris Cornell, Linkin Park & Grey Daze Chester Bennington, The band Chase, and Survivor's Kyle Woodring.

    Suicide was discussed A LOT in this episode. if you or someone you know is depressed and are suicidal, please call 1-800-273-8255.

    CREDITS & LINKS

    COVER PHOTO/S:

    Not my own images, got them from Wikimedia Commons:

    TOP LEFT:

    Bass guitarist Paul Gray performing in metal band Slipknot in 2005.

    Gene Smirnov - http://www.genesmirnov.com - philadelphia commercial

    portrait and music photographer.

    Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0

    TOP RIGHT:

    Chris Cornell live at Washington, 2013

    Matthew Straubmuller

    Creative Commons Attribution 2.0

    BOTTOM LEFT:

    Ron Schendorf from New York

    Creative Commons Attribution 2.0

    Chester Bennington, Dead By Sunrise

    BOTTOM MIDDLE:

    My own photo Image of a Piper PA-30 Twin Comanche landing

    Drgitlow at English Wikipedia

    Public domain

    BOTTOM RIGHT:

    Kyle Woodring

    Kirkwoodring

    Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0

    Kyle hat.jpg

    ~~ MUSIC SHOUT OUT'S ~~

    Intro song: "Listen Official" by Alien Manner

    Music is provided by:

    Stick the Landing:

    "Headliner"

    "My Wish"

    Like what you heard? Click below to listen to more of Stick The Landing's amazing music:

    http://YouTube.com/@stickthelandingband

    Liars Handshake:

    "Reflection"

    Like what you heard? Click below to listen to more of Liars Handshake's amazing music:

    https://liarshandshake.com/en-usd/

    Alien Manner:

    "Zinger"

    Like what you heard? Click below to listen to more of Alien Manner's amazing music:

    https://www.instagram.com/alienmanner?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

    ~~ VOICE OVER SHOUT OUTS ~~

    THOMAS JAYNES as Paul Gray / Reporter

    KASEY MAURO as Breanna Gray

    SHAWN CURTIS as Chris Cornell / Chester Bennington

    BRYCE KOLB as Shawn Crahan / Corey Taylor

    JERRY COOPER as Kirk Woodring

  • Tessa has a new line up this week in rocker death part 4. A terrible car crash and overdoses and a ton of heart break! Theresa joins in and shares experiences with all the phenomenal folks in the line up.

    CREDIT & LINKS

    INTRO MUSIC:

    Stick the Landing "Headliner"

    GUEST SHOUT OUT:

    Theresa

    COVER PHOTO:

    The images you see are not my own:

    TOP LEFT was taken by, and provided by this episodes guest Theresa, she took this of the one and only Dimebag Darrell!!

    The other images I found on Wikimedia Commons:

    TOP RIGHT:

    Bassist Chi Cheng of Deftones performing at the Hultsfred Festival in Sweden.

    Daniel Jordahl

    Creative Commons Attribution 2.0

    BOTTOM LEFT:

    Wayne Static frontman of Static-X.

    The original uploader was Brondra at Czech Wikipedia.

    Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0

    BOTTOM RIGHT:

    Scott Weiland performing with Stone Temple Pilots at Open Air St. Gallen on June 26, 2010

    Michael Dornbierer - ausnahmezustand.ch

    Creative Commons Attribution 2.0

    VOICE OVER SHOUTOUTS:

    Kasey Mauro as Jeanne Marie Cheng

    Shawn Curtis as Wayne Static

    Bryce Kolb as Tony Campos & Scott Weiland

    MUSIC SHOUTOUTS:

    Alien Manner (Woodland Hills, California)
    "Green Dragon"
    "Zinger"

    Like what you heard? Click below to listen to more of Alien Manner's amazing music:

    https://www.instagram.com/alienmanner?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

    Liars Handshake (Pueblo, Colorado)
    "Stockholm"
    "Reflection"

    Like what you heard? Click below to listen to more of Liars Handshake's amazing music:

    https://liarshandshake.com/en-usd/

    Stick the Landing
    "The Headliner"
    "The Little Black Book"
    "Dominique"

    Like what you heard? Click below to listen to more of Stick The Landing's amazing music:

    http://YouTube.com/@stickthelandingband

  • In Rocker Deaths part 3, Tessa discusses the events that took place that wiped these people off the earth, from a plane crash to a massacre, suicides, a tsunami and much more.

    CREDITS & LINKS

    INTRO MUSIC:

    Bobby Mackey "Johanna"

    COVER PHOTO/S:

    The images you see are not my own, I found them on Wikimedia Commons:

    TOP:

    (Seventeen)

    Scenes from a beach in Banten after tsunami struck

    Indonesian National Armed Forces

    Public domain

    Sunda strait tsunami 2.jpg

    BOTTOM LEFT:

    (Ricky Nelson)

    Publicity photo of American entertainer, Ricky Nelson promoting him as a musical artist on Decca Records, circa 1966.

    Decca Records

    Public domain

    BOTTOM MIDDLE:

    (Miami Showband)

    Simple Memorial Plaque at location of the Miami Showband Killings in 2019

    Bigar

    Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0

    BOTTOM RIGHT:

    (Barry Cowsill)

    Louise Palanker

    Creative Commons Attribution 3.0

    TheCowsills

    MUSIC SHOUT OUTS:

    Alien Manner (Woodland Hills, California)

    "Listen Official", "Zinger", "Green Dragon"

    Like what you heard? Click below to listen to more of Alien Manner's amazing music:

    https://www.instagram.com/alienmanner?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

    Stick the Landing (Chicago, Illinois)

    "Headliner", "Heartache"

    Like what you heard? Click below to listen to more of Stick The Landing's amazing music:

    http://YouTube.com/@stickthelandingband

    Liars Handshake (Pueblo, Colorado)

    "Stockholm", "Halfway Home"

    Like what you heard? Click below to listen to more of Liars Handshake's amazing music:

    https://liarshandshake.com/en-usd/

    VOICE OVER SHOUTOUTS:

    Thomas Jaynes as Pilot Ken and Pilot Don Ruggles
    Jerry Cooper as Firefighter Louis Glover and Bart Herbison
    Shawn Curtis as Terry Six and Steve Travers
    MJ Mauro as Stevie Nicks

    PART 3 LINE UP:

    * Ricky Nelson and his band The Stone Canyon Band
    * The Exploding Hearts - Adam Cox, Jeremy Gage, & Matt Fitzgerald
    * The Miami Showband - Brian McCoy, Tony Geraghty & Fran O'Toole
    * Barry Cowsill from The Cowsills
    * Seventeen - Windu Andi Darmawan, Herman Sikumbang, Awal Bani Purbani, Oki Wijaya & Dylan Sahara

    SUICIDE HOTLINE:

    1-800-273-8255

  • In Part 2 of Rocker Deaths, Tessa dives six feet deep into rock deaths, a whole new line up awaits.. Featuring Yardbird's Keith Relf, Chicago's Terry Kath, Plasmatics Wendy Orlean Williams, James Hodges Ellis AKA Orion, and Lynyrd Skynyrd's Ronnie Van Zant, Cassie and Steve Gaines, and Dean Kilpatrick. Murder, suicides, an eerie plane crash and more... oh yeah... and a whole bunch of heart break~!

    CREDITS & LINKS

    OPENING SONG 🎵:

    “Johanna” courtesy of Bobby Mackey

    COVER PHOTO:

    The images you see, are not my own, I found them on Wikimedia commons.

    🎙️ VOICE OVER FAM 🎙️:

    Jerry Cooper as Chicago’s Lee Loughnane and Steven Van Zant (Lynyrd Skynyrd)

    Kasey Mauro as Wendy Orlean Williams

    Thomas Jaynes as Captain Walter McCreary

    Shawn Curtis as Artimus Pyle (Lynyrd Skynyrd)

    MUSIC 🎵 🎙️ :

    Alien Manner:

    Green Dragon, Listen Official, Zinger

    Like what you heard? Click below to listen to more of Alien Manner's amazing music:

    https://www.instagram.com/alienmanner?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

    Stick the Landing:

    My Wish, The Headliner, Heartache

    Like what you heard? Click below to listen to more of Stick The Landing's amazing music:

    http://YouTube.com/@stickthelandingband

    Liars Handshake:

    Halfway Home, Stockholm, Reflection

    Like what you heard? Click below to listen to more of Liars Handshake's amazing music:

    https://liarshandshake.com/en-usd/

    FEATURED:

    Keith Relf (Yardbirds)
    Terry Kath (Chicago)
    Wendy Orlean Williams (Plasmatics)
    James Hodges Ellis (Orion)
    Lynyrd Skynyrd plane crash - Ronnie Van Zant, Steven and Cassie Gaines, Dean Kilpatrick

    Suicide was discussed a lot in this episode, if you or someone you know is going through suicidal tendencies or thoughts, please reach out and know you are not alone:

    1-800-273-8255

  • Tessa dives deep into rocker deaths. In this first episode of a mini rocker death series, she discusses Pantera/Damageplan's Dimebag Darrell and Quiet Riot/Ozzy Osbourne's Randy Rhoads... Also mentioned is Vinnie Paul, Eddie Van Halen, John Lennon.

    CREDITS & LINKS

    COVER PHOTO

    The images you see are not my own, I found them on Wikimedia Commons:

    Left:

    Dimebag Darrell with Pantera live at The Bayou in Georgetown, Washington, DC, on the Cowboys from Hell tour.

    Rik Goldman

    Creative Commons Attribution 2.0

    Right:

    A guitarist in live

    It's not writed

    Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0

    MUSIC:

    Intro: Courtesy of Bobby Mackey

    The music throughout this episode is courtesy of:

    Zak Johnson + Andrew Kolb & their band "Stick the Landing"

    Featuring songs:

    * Headliner
    * Heartache
    * Love Turns
    * My Wish

    Like what you heard? Click below to listen to more of Stick The Landing's amazing music:

    http://YouTube.com/@stickthelandingband

    Jonathan Leverington and his band "Liars Handshake"

    Featuring Songs:

    * Stockholm
    * Reflection

    Like what you heard? Click below to listen to more of Liars Handshake's amazing music:

    https://liarshandshake.com/en-usd/

    Bryce Kolb & his band "Alien Manner"

    Songs featured:

    * Green Dragon
    * Listen Official
    * Zinger

    Like what you heard? Click below to listen to more of Alien Manner's amazing music:

    https://www.instagram.com/alienmanner?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

    VOICE OVERS:

    Andrew Kolb as Eddie Van Halen, Vinnie Paul, and James Taylor

    Thomas Jaynes as Don Airie and Phil Anselmo

    Shawn Curtis as Ozzy Osbourne

    Bryce Kolb as Randy Rhoads

    SHORT POEMS

    The two short poems were created by Gemini AI


  • In Sydney, Australia is the world's largest remaining operating cemetery from the Victorian Era.

    CREDIT & LINKS

    OPENING SONG:

    Courtesy of Bobby Mackey

    CLOSING SONG:

    Courtesy of Khent Anantakai

    COVER PHOTO:

    Not my image, found on Wikimedia Commons:

    No.1 Mortuary Railway Station, Rookwood Cemetery - remains of structure with roof removed Dated: c. 01/09/1957 Digital ID: 17420_a014_a014000312 Rights: www.records.nsw.gov.au/about-us/rights-and-permissions

    We'd love to hear from you if you use our photos.

    Many other photos in our collection are available to view and browse on our website using Photo Investigator.

    Photographic Collection from Australia

    Creative Commons Attribution 2.0

    Mortuary Railway Station c.1957 (2798269135).jpg Copy

    circa 1 September 1957

    PIXABAY:

    https://pixabay.com/music/funerals-funeral-165257/

    https://pixabay.com/music/dramatic-classical-dramatic-sad-tragical-strings-quartet-shopin-preludes-no4-118610/

    https://pixabay.com/music/funerals-funeral-for-a-soldadera-113578/

    https://pixabay.com/music/nostalgia-angels-crying-115985/

    https://pixabay.com/music/choir-cathedral-164234/

    https://pixabay.com/music/funerals-frederic-chopin-funeral-march-opus-35-classical-remix-95341/


    STORY BLOCKS:

    https://www.storyblocks.com/audio/stock/midnight-caravan-348504164.html

    https://www.storyblocks.com/audio/stock/soft-emotional-piano-quiet-storm-bcc2bmpgdkkodchgq.html

    https://www.storyblocks.com/audio/stock/memories-last-piano-solo-348766459.html

    https://www.storyblocks.com/audio/stock/ethereal-piano-dreams-348854908.html

    https://www.storyblocks.com/audio/stock/hopeless-sky-347560442.html

  • Black Diamond, Washington, a mining town dealt with heartbreak several times as at least three fatal explosions claimed the lives of the precious miners... the next explosion more deadly than the last.

    CREDITS & LINKS

    OPENING SONG:

    Courtesy of the lovely Bobby Mackey

    CLOSING SONG:

    Courtesy of Khent Anantakai

    COVER PHOTO:

    The cover photo you see, for this episode is not my own, I found it on Wikimedia Commons:

    Black Diamond Cemetery, Black Diamond, Washington.

    Joe Mabel

    Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0

    PIXABAY:

    https://pixabay.com/music/mystery-jasonx27s-open-house-148222/

    https://pixabay.com/music/modern-classical-sad-violin-150146/

    STORY BLOCKS:

    https://www.storyblocks.com/audio/stock/run-for-your-life-horror-cello-348872859.html

    https://www.storyblocks.com/audio/stock/light-in-the-whispering-woods-349055500.html

    https://www.storyblocks.com/audio/stock/song-for-dad-h870fgq-vkdbvn13i.html

    MY OWN RECORDINGS:

    Horse neigh at Del Norte, Colorado

    Khent playing guitar at La Posada, Winslow, Arizona

  • This week we grab the passports and head over to Argentina (La Chacarita Cemetery), Vietnam (Binh Húng Hóa Cemetery), England (London's Ancient Outcast Graveyard) and Mexico (Belen Cemetery)

    Ghosts, Haunts, Legends, and History.

    CREDITS & LINKS

    OPENING SONG:

    Courtesy of the lovely Bobby Mackey

    COVER PHOTO:

    Not my own, found on Wikimedia Commons

    Top : La Chacarita Cemetery , Argentina

    Jose Luis1972

    Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0

    Chacarita Cemetery-Statue of La Piedad.jpg

    Bottom left: London’s Ancient Outcast Graveyard

    Photograph of a shrine at the Cross Bones Graveyard in Bermondsey, South London.

    Ethan Doyle White

    Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0

    Shrine at the Cross Bones Graveyard.jpg

    Bottom right: Belen Cemetery, (Mexico)

    Guadalajara, Belén Cemetery, North Section

    Heterotrofo

    Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0

    PIXABAY:

    https://pixabay.com/music/solo-piano-a-piano-with-a-creepy-atmosphere-for-scary-stories-161660/

    https://pixabay.com/music/scary-childrens-tunes-spirits-of-the-moor-180852/

    https://pixabay.com/music/mystery-drowning-monas-194489/

    https://pixabay.com/music/mystery-dead-silence-163557/

    STORY BLOCKS:

    https://www.storyblocks.com/audio/stock/fear-of-the-dark-cello-and-guitar-horror-theme-348871257.html

    https://www.storyblocks.com/audio/stock/wandering-in-the-cemetery-dark-fantasy-background-347252781.html

    https://www.storyblocks.com/audio/stock/cemetery-celestial-347014993.html

    https://www.storyblocks.com/audio/stock/graveyard-trap-hsov0xggfks6au9a1.html

    https://www.storyblocks.com/audio/stock/cemetery-song-347343937.html

    MY OWN RECORDINGS:

    Train passing Yuma Territorial Prison (Arizona)

    Thunder storm (Colorado)

  • This week we venture over to Arkansas and check out three different haunted locations, 2 packed with history and haunts and the other is just altogether a mystery packed with legends.

    OPENING SONG:

    Courtesy of the lovely Bobby Mackey

    CLOSING SONG:

    Courtesy of Khent Anantakai

    COVER PHOTO:

    Wikimedia Commons

    Mount Holly Cemetery in Little Rock, Arkansas

    Bruce W. Stracener (WP Talk:Broooooooce)

    Public domain

    STORYBLOCKS:

    https://www.storyblocks.com/audio/stock/underworld-hfwswiep_knz1ujs2.html

    https://www.storyblocks.com/audio/stock/haunted-by-crimes-346985996.html

    https://www.storyblocks.com/audio/stock/haunted-wasteland-347433678.html

    https://www.storyblocks.com/audio/stock/yearning-ghosts-348567607.html

    https://www.storyblocks.com/audio/stock/twisted-secrets-348545682.html

  • Tessa ventures over to Wyoming, visiting two haunted locations, Laramie Prison where you may just smell an old inmates life...cigars and then the Kendrick Mansion, a beautiful historic mansion that was saved from being demolished.

    OPENING SONG:

    Courtesy of the lovely Bobby Mackey

    COVER PHOTO:

    Wikimedia Commons

    Front and side of the Wyoming Territorial Prison in Laramie, WY

    Lisam21

    Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0

    Wyoming Territorial Prison (front and side).jpg

    PIXABAY:

    https://pixabay.com/music/modern-blues-heartbraker-blues-piano-blues-music-1228/

    https://pixabay.com/music/choir-spooky-choir-8588/

    https://pixabay.com/music/pulses-mystery-194918/

    https://pixabay.com/music/scary-childrens-tunes-spirits-of-the-moor-180852/

    STORYBLOCKS:

    Jailhouse Blues by Yagull Music

    https://www.storyblocks.com/audio/stock/blues-county-roads-harmonica-version-347803097.html

    https://www.storyblocks.com/audio/stock/imagine-spaghetti-western-348956698.html

    https://www.storyblocks.com/audio/stock/murder-mystery-trap-hip-hop-beat-bbwc3pjfdkh2mjd3e.html

    https://www.storyblocks.com/audio/stock/country-folk-blues-348474579.html

    https://www.storyblocks.com/audio/stock/haunted-by-crimes-346985996.html

  • This week we find ourselves in two locations in Indiana. First up is the old Whitley County Jail. Home to escapes, and a botched execution that would change Indiana executions forever..The botched execution of Charles Butler.

    Next up is the Indiana Central State Hospital in Indianapolis, home to mistreatment, allegations of abuse, and tons of haunts and encounters.

    Intro song courtesy of:

    Bobby Mackey

    Cover photo:

    Scherrer, Adolph; John A. Schumacher Company; Smith, George

    Boucher, Jack E.

    Public domain

    My own recordings:

    Footsteps

    Pixabay:

    https://pixabay.com/music/scary-childrens-tunes-spooky-126761/

    https://pixabay.com/music/modern-classical-spooky-dark-night-109548/

    https://pixabay.com/music/horror-scene-walk-alone-dark-cinematic-music-horror-music-153445/

    https://pixabay.com/music/drama-scene-dramatic-piano-and-strings-177000/

    https://pixabay.com/music/small-drama-dramatic-background-hip-hop-music-for-cinematic-video-54-second-198794/

    https://pixabay.com/music/scary-childrens-tunes-scary-laugh-on-halloween-march-dark-night-monsters-ghosts-bats-116553/

    https://pixabay.com/music/beats-bewitched-121509/

    https://pixabay.com/music/mystery-dark-piano-more-on-spotify-bruno-magic-152569/

    https://pixabay.com/music/choir-spooky-choir-8588/

  • In the final episode of the Historic Route 66 series, Tessa travels throughout Texas and Illinois.

    CREDITS AND LINKS

    INTRO MUSIC:

    Bobby Mackey

    COVER PHOTO/S:

    The images in the cover photo were taken by Tessa (me) in April of 2024

    PIXABAY:

    https://pixabay.com/music/modern-country-coyote-canyon-198997/

    https://pixabay.com/music/funk-on-the-ride-173724/

    TESSA’S OPEN RECORDINGS:

    Train passing by Yuma Territorial Prison - May 2024

  • This week we venture over to Oklahoma and check out the several Ghost Towns, almost ghost towns and totally not ghost towns.Featured towns: Afton , Bridgeport , Catoosa , Clinton, Depew, Foss , McAlester, Miami, Picher , Narcissa , Texola, Tulsa, Warwick

    CREDITS & LINKS

    OPENING MUSIC:

    Courtesy of Bobby Mackey

    COVER PHOTO:

    TOP IMAGE

    Title: Big Blue Whale, Route 66, Catoosa, Oklahoma
    Physical description: 1 photograph : digital, TIFF file, color.
    Notes: Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer.; Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2009; (DLC/PP-2010:031).; Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.; Forms part of: Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.; The Blue Whale of Catoosa is a waterfront structure, located just east of the town of Catoosa, Oklahoma, and it has become one of the most recognizable attractions on old Route 66. Hugh Davis built the Blue Whale in the early 1970s as a surprise anniversary gift to his wife Zelta, who collected whale figurines. The Blue Whale and its pond became a favorite swimming hole for both locals and travelers along Route 66 alike.

    Carol M. Highsmith

    Public domain

    BOTTOM IMAGES FROM LEFT TO RIGHT (1-4)

    1 - The ghost town of Texola, Oklahoma

    Gorup de Besanez

    Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0

    2- Mural in Tulsa, Oklahoma

    Gorup de Besanez

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    3 - Old truck

    The ghost town of Texola, Oklahoma

    Gorup de Besanez

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    Texola, Oklahoma 07.jpg Copy

    4 - RT 66 In Clinton, OK

    Wallace Parry

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    PIXABAY:

    https://pixabay.com/music/indie-pop-american-youth-200545/

    https://pixabay.com/music/indie-pop-morning-light-203178/

    https://pixabay.com/music/corporate-road-trip-hopeful-loop-200974/

    https://pixabay.com/music/build-up-scenes-ghost-town-ballad-198998/

    https://pixabay.com/music/acoustic-group-we-travel-together-174400/

    https://pixabay.com/music/beats-western-journey-167030/

    https://pixabay.com/music/beats-happy-life-story-emotional-beat-191637/

    https://pixabay.com/music/beats-ghost-town-134068/

    https://pixabay.com/music/beats-creepy-mood-141972/

    https://pixabay.com/music/traditional-country-the-wheels-on-the-bus-rockabilly-style-instrumental-186682/

    https://pixabay.com/music/mystery-dramatic-atmosphere-with-piano-and-violin-143149/

    https://pixabay.com/music/alternative-mexican-ghost-town-146146/

    https://pixabay.com/music/main-title-western-background-music-146726/

  • In part three of this historic Route 66 series, we hit up Arizona and check out several Ghost Towns, almost ghost towns and totally not ghost towns. The Phenomenal locations: Adamana, Bellemont, Canyon Diablo, Chloride, Goldrod, Hackberry and Joplin

    CREDITS & LINKS

    OPENING MUSIC:

    Courtesy of Bobby Mackey

    COVER PICTURE:

    TOP LEFT:
    Found on Wikimedia Commons-

    1931 Studebaker sedan commemorating U.S. Route 66, a decommissioned transcontinental highway, where it passed through Petrified Forest National Park in northeastern Arizona, United States

    Finetooth

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    TOP RIGHT:
    Route 66 emblem on Route 66 at Seligman (AZ, USA)

    Roland Arhelger

    Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0

    BOTTOM LEFT:
    The U.S. Route 66 in Arizona.

    High Contrast

    Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 de

    U.S. Route 66 in Arizona - fuel station.jpg

    BOTTOM RIGHT:
    Title: Old jail cell, Route 66, Arizona
    Physical description: 1 photograph : digital, TIFF file, infrared.
    Notes: Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2009; (DLC/PP-2010:031).; Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.; Forms part of: Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.; Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer.

    Carol M. Highsmith

    Public domain

    PIXABAY:

    https://pixabay.com/music/beats-beat-tape-ghost-town-140843/

    https://pixabay.com/music/trap-retro-future-groove-ghost-town-195901/

    https://pixabay.com/music/modern-country-western-165285/

    https://pixabay.com/music/build-up-scenes-ghost-town-ballad-198998/

    https://pixabay.com/music/modern-country-western-duel-165284/

    https://pixabay.com/music/modern-country-western-acoustic-guitar-149685/

  • In this part 2 series of Historic Route 66 Ghost Towns, almost ghost towns and totally not ghost towns. We check out three different states - New Mexico, Kansas and Missouri.

    New Mexico locations: Anaconda, Cuervo, Glenrio, Golden, Madrid, Montoya & Newkirk

    Kansas: Galena

    Missouri: Arlington, Clementine, Hooker & Joplin

    CREDITS & LINKS

    OPENING MUSIC:

    Courtesy of the amazing Bobby Mackey

    COVER PHOTO:

    Not my own images.

    Wikimedia Commons :

    TOP LEFT:

    Historic highway marker for U.S. Route 66 in New Mexico.

    Original template by SPUI, modifications by Imzadi1979 to conform to New Mexico's signing plans

    Public domain

    TOP MIDDLE:

    Historic Route 66 in Kansas

    Gorup de Besanez

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    TOP RIGHT:

    Carved Route 66 Sign - Devils Elbow - Missouri - USA

    Adam Jones from Kelowna, BC, Canada

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    BOTTOM LEFT:

    Route 66, now frontage road running parallel to along north side of Interstate 40, at Cuervo, New Mexico. Camera is facing generally eastward.

    Ammodramus

    Creative Commons Zero, Public Domain Dedication

    BOTTOM MIDDLE:

    Main Street in Galena KS looking south from 4th Street. Old alignment of Route 66.

    Abe Ezekowitz

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    BOTTOM RIGHT:

    Historic Route 66 in Joplin, Missouri

    Gorup de Besanez

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    PIXABAY:

    https://pixabay.com/music/modern-country-western-165285/

    https://pixabay.com/music/ghost-town-ballad-198998/

    https://pixabay.com/music/beats-ghost-town-134068/