Episodes
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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
Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0
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
Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0
TOP RIGHT:
Carved Route 66 Sign - Devils Elbow - Missouri - USA
Adam Jones from Kelowna, BC, Canada
Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0
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
Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0
BOTTOM RIGHT:
Historic Route 66 in Joplin, Missouri
Gorup de Besanez
Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0
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/ -
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This week we hop into our ride and cruise the Historic Route 66 and check out some Ghost Towns, almost ghost towns and totally not ghost towns. In Part 1 of this series, we stop in California and check out the following locations:
Bagdad, Calico, Chambless, Essex, Ludlow, Newberry Springs and Siberia.
CREDITS & LINKS
OPENING SONG:
Courtesy of the amazing country legend, my friend, Bobby Mackey
COVER PHOTO:
Found on WikiMedia Commons
TOP IMAGE:
The abandoned Dry Creek service/gasoline station on National Old Trails Road (formerly U.S. Route 66) in Newberry Springs, California. A faded painted sign on the building front that appears to read “Italian and American Dishes” can be seen in the photograph. Originally built in 1951 as a diner ("Tony's Café") with railroad ties and plastered with stucco, it expanded into one of the Whiting Brothers' many roadside service stations (#45) until its closure after Route 66 was bypassed by Interstate 40.
Amin Eshaiker
Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0
BOTTOM LEFT IMAGE:
The original Ludlow Cafe located on National Old Trails Road (formerly known as U.S. Route 66) in Ludlow, California. The cafe opened in the 1940s and closed after Route 66 was bypassed by the newly built Interstate 40. The building was demolished in 2015.
Thomas Shahan
Creative Commons Attribution 2.0
BOTTOM RIGHT IMAGE:
Hist. Route 66 near Amboy, California, USA
Dietmar Rabich
Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0
PIXABAY:
https://pixabay.com/music/mystery-mysterious-celesta-114064/
https://pixabay.com/music/electronic-scary-spooky-creepy-horror-ambient-dark-piano-cinematic-115052/
https://pixabay.com/music/beats-bewitched-121509/
https://pixabay.com/music/mystery-music-box-for-suspenseful-scenes-166461/
https://pixabay.com/music/modern-country-western-165285/
https://pixabay.com/music/build-up-scenes-ghost-town-ballad-198998/
https://pixabay.com/music/video-games-ghost-town-166358/
https://pixabay.com/music/modern-country-western-duel-165284/
https://pixabay.com/music/beats-ghost-money-city-173819/
https://pixabay.com/music/alternative-mexican-ghost-town-146146/
https://pixabay.com/music/modern-country-western-acoustic-guitar-149685/ -
Today we explore Virginia City, Nevada...stopping at several phenomenal locations along the way.. including the Yellow Jacket Mine - a location were some unlucky miners remain to this very day, forever entombed - The Silver Terrace Cemeteries (Not all, as there are 11 of them) The Gold Hill Hotel, and deadly events - The Yellow Jacket Mining Disaster - which left at least 25 men dead - and the Great Fire of 1875.
CREDITS & LINKS
OPENING SONG:
Courtesy of country legend, Bobby Mackey
COVER PHOTO:
Found on Wikimedia Commons -
Silver Terrace Cemetery Virginia City NV
Noah_Loverbear
Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0
Silver Terrace Cemetery Virginia City NV - panoramio.jpg
Recommended read: https://www.historynet.com/yellow-jacket-mine-fire/
PIXABAY:
https://pixabay.com/music/mystery-scary-dark-trailer-146541/
https://pixabay.com/music/electronic-scary-spooky-creepy-horror-ambient-dark-piano-cinematic-115052/
https://pixabay.com/music/pulses-in-the-embrace-of-darkness-197925/
https://pixabay.com/music/scary-childrens-tunes-slow-calm-smooth-scary-music-halloween-horror-creepy-spooky-118584/
https://pixabay.com/music/video-games-frontline-heroes-tribute-first-responders-instrumental-upbeat-pop-142471/
https://pixabay.com/music/ambient-caves-of-dawn-10376/
https://pixabay.com/music/scary-childrens-tunes-dark-ambient-horror-cinematic-halloween-atmosphere-scary-118585/
https://pixabay.com/music/mystery-mysterious-and-mystic-116127/ -
This week Tessa discusses two notorious locations in New York. Plagued with death, severe mistreatment, and horrific living conditions.
CREDIT & LINKS
OPENING SONG:
Courtesy of the lovely Bobby Mackey
WIKIMEDIA COMMONS:
Letchworth Village - Rockland County, New York
Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States
Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0
PIXABAY:
https://pixabay.com/music/mystery-alone-with-the-darkness-9859/
https://pixabay.com/music/beats-creepy-mood-141972/
https://pixabay.com/music/scary-childrens-tunes-spirits-of-the-moor-180852/
https://pixabay.com/music/ambient-veil-of-darkness-197924/
https://pixabay.com/music/pulses-dead-home-9309/
https://pixabay.com/music/ambient-suspense-dark-ambient-8413/
https://pixabay.com/music/scary-childrens-tunes-scary-laugh-on-halloween-march-dark-night-monsters-ghosts-bats-116553/
https://pixabay.com/music/scary-childrens-tunes-curse-of-the-manor-152594/
https://pixabay.com/music/crime-scene-stalking-my-next-victim-cinematic-true-crime-and-detective-music-198242/
https://pixabay.com/music/suspense-last-days-166612/
MY OWN RECORDINGS:
Baby laughing -
This week we visit two phenomenal locations in North Dakota. First up is Fort Abercrombie in Abercrombie, ND where people have seen apparitions of the Dakota Sioux and of Soldiers. Reporting for Spiritual Active Duty! Second location is Riverside Cemetery in Fargo, ND where many have heard scratch like sounds coming from a 1920 mausoleum!
CREDIT & LINKS
OPENING SONG:
Courtesy of the lovely Bobby Mackey
WIKIMEDIA COMMONS:
Cover photo (Fort Abercrombie)
BUILT IN 1857 AT THE HEAD OF NAVIGATION ON THE RED RIVER TO PROTECT THE TRADE BETWEEN ST. PAUL, MN AND THE SETTLERS COMING INTO DAKOTA TERRITORY FROM MAINTOBA AND SETTLING IN THE PEMBINA VALLEY
JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ MD
Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0
PIXABAY:
https://pixabay.com/music/main-title-dark-skies-151930/
https://pixabay.com/music/ambient-lost-soul-30sec-177569/
https://pixabay.com/music/main-title-the-epic-trailer-200555/
https://pixabay.com/music/horror-scene-inside-serial-killerx27s-cove-thriller-horror-music-loopable-15384/
https://pixabay.com/music/mystery-dramatic-atmosphere-with-piano-and-violin-143149/
https://pixabay.com/music/beats-mysterious-forest-creepy-lofi-halloween-lofi-halloween-music-168238/
https://pixabay.com/music/drama-scene-dramatic-piano-and-strings-177000/ -
In Season 5's final episode - During its 101 years, first as a Territory prison, then a State prison, it had seen thousands of dangerous individuals come through, some being notorious serial killers.
CREDITS & LINKS
INTRO SONG:
Courtesy of the lovely Bobby Mackey
WIKIMEDIA COMMONS:
Cover Photo is not my own, but found on WikiMedia Commons -
The Old Idaho State Penitentiary is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Tamanoeconomico
Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0
PIXABAY:
https://pixabay.com/music/fantasy-dreamy-childrens-let-the-mystery-unfold-122118/
https://pixabay.com/music/ambient-voices-of-ghosts-119211/
https://pixabay.com/music/mystery-mystical-dark-atmosphere-174806/
https://pixabay.com/music/horror-scene-spooky-piano-and-vox-146536/
https://pixabay.com/music/ambient-gloomy-reverie-190650/
https://pixabay.com/music/horror-scene-mystery-suspense-piano-theme-oscar-134582/
https://pixabay.com/music/modern-classical-instrumental-mystic-song-for-paranormal-videos-181707/
https://pixabay.com/music/scary-childrens-tunes-are-you-afraid-of-the-dark-172133/
https://pixabay.com/music/indie-pop-haunting-music-113291/
MY OWN RECORDINGS
Buttercup the Cat 🐈 meowing -
Welcome to Brazil's Bermuda Triangle. Snake Island. Where your next step could easily be your last, and this is said with no exaggeration. Thousands of extremely venomous snakes - the Golden Lance Head, call this place home.
CREDITS & LINKS
INTRO SONG:
Courtesy of the lovely Bobby Mackey
COVER PHOTO:
Not my own, found on Wikimedia Commons.
A Golden Viper [bothrops inularis] culled up into a rocky area ready to bite the next animal or human who will pass next to it with her dangerous and deathly venom.
Vasilis Kalaitzis
Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0
PIXABAY:
https://pixabay.com/music/ambient-lost-soul-medium-177571/
https://pixabay.com/music/mystery-dramatic-atmosphere-with-piano-and-violin-143149/
https://pixabay.com/music/horror-scene-scary-forest-90162/
https://pixabay.com/music/scary-childrens-tunes-spirits-of-the-moor-180852/
https://pixabay.com/music/solo-piano-a-piano-with-a-creepy-atmosphere-for-scary-stories-161660/
https://pixabay.com/music/beats-bewitched-121509/
https://pixabay.com/music/beats-creepy-mood-141972/
https://pixabay.com/music/solo-piano-dramatic-piano-175502/ -
Ernest Hemingway, beloved novelist, world traveler, ladies man and much more. From surviving plane crashes, to the women in his life.
CREDITS & LINKS
INTRO SONG:
Courtesy of the amazing Bobby Mackey
COVER PHOTO:
4 were Taken by me in Key West, Florida at the Hemingway House circa 2020
Hemingway photo:
Wikimedia Commons:
Hemingway posing for a dust jacket photo by Lloyd Arnold for the first edition of "For Whom the Bell Tolls", at the Sun Valley Lodge, Idaho, late 1939.
Date | 1939
Source | http://www.phoodie.info/2013/07/19/from-the-desk-of-ernest-hemingway-this-weekend-cuba-libre-celebrates-my-birthday/
Author | Lloyd Arnold
This work is in the public domainbecause it was published in the United States between 1929 and 1963, and although there may or may not have been a copyright notice, the copyright was not renewed.
VOICE OVER FAM:
🫶 Arne Heayn
🫶 Jerry Mauro
🫶 Bryce Kolb
🫶 Shawn Curtis
PIXABAY
Bewitched
Sedative
The Cradle of Your Soul
Inspiring Emotional Uplifting Piano
Perfect Beauty
Cinematic Dramatic
THE WAY HOME -
For several hundred years the Newgate Prison in London have seen countless inmates come and go, some would enter the prison and never leave. Hear about history, executions at both Tyburn Gallows and the orison itself and about the executioners themselves.
CREDITS:
INTRO SONG:
Courtesy of Bobby Mackey
PIXABAY:
Mysterious And Mystic Strings
Witches Cauldron
Church
Dark Ambient Gloomy Serious
Exploring the Cursed Cemetery
Melancholic Cinematic Waltz
Haunting Music
Chilliwave - Yesterday
Mysterious Journey - Electronic Instrumental
WIKIMEDIA COMMONS:
Cover photo:
A painting titled, Exterior view of Newgate Prison by English artist Philip Norman (1842–1931)
Philip Norman
Public domain -
Out of his 36 years in Law Enforcement for the Seattle area, Cloyd Steiger spent 22 of those years as a Homicide Detective. During his time, he came face to face with some of the most heinous murderers Washington has ever seen.
Be sure to check out the Podcast that Cloyd is part of - "Citizen Detective Podcast"
and find his book "Homicide: A View From Inside the Yellow Tape"
CREDITS + LINKS
The images used for the cover photo were provided by special guest Cloyd Steiger.
Intro Song courtesy of country music legend Bobby Mackey.
PIXABAY:
In the Dark Jungle -
Located in the town of Junee stands the Monte Cristo Homestead. Many consider this to be one of Australia's most haunted homes. Learn more about the history of this site, the deaths and the haunts.
CREDITS
Picture for the cover photo was found on Wikimedia Commons:
Monte Cristo Homestead.jpg
Monte Cristo Homestead in Junee, New South Wales.
Bidgee
Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0
INTRO SONG: “Johanna” Courtesy of Bobby Mackey
PIXABAY :
Alone with the Darkness
Dramatic Atmosphere with Piano and Violin
Suspense Dark Ambient
Romantic Piano
Cinematic Dramatic
An Alien Presence
Dead Silence
Witches Cauldron
MY OWN RECORDINGS:
Boot steps (Tombstone, AZ)
‘Eagle’ the Rooster (Penitente Canyon, CO)
‘Buttercup’ the Cat (Jacksonville, NC) -
Located in Massachusetts you can find Bridgewater Triangle which hosts residents like unidentified flying objects, Bigfoot, bizarrely large snakes and much more.
CREDITS & LINKS
WIKIMEDIA COMMONS:
Bridgewater Triangle.png
A map of the Bridgewater Triangle.
Lord Belbury
Open Database License
Bridgewater Triangle.png
PIXABAY:
Background mysterious music for video vlog. Footsteps in the dark
Sad Emotional and Dramatic Piano
Mysterious Forest / Creepy Lofi / Halloween Lofi / Halloween Music
An Alien Presence
Martians on the Lawn
Horror Background Music (IG Version 60s)
Inside Serial Killer's Cove - Thriller Horror Music - loopable
Darkness
Tense Piano Cinematic
Tense Cinematic -
Part two of this special two part series, Tessa discusses some of the executions, where both men and women drew their last breaths.
CREDITS & LINKS
WIKIMEDIA COMMONS:
Cover photo:
SQ Lethal Injection Room.jpg
The lethal injection room at San Quentin State Prison, completed in 2010.
CACorrections (California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation)
Public domain
SQ Lethal Injection Room.jpg Copy
Ron Hacker - Prison Mind - Live at Blues moose radio.webm
Ron Hacker - Prison Mind - Live at Blues moose radio
Ron Hacker
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
STORY BLOCKS
Untroubled Mind
Jailhouse Blues -
When John Miller's head is nearly decapitated during a botched execution, it rattles Amos Lunt, San Quentin's official executioner, to the bone. Hear about some of California's death penalty history and a handful of the executions that were conducted here at one of the United States most notorious state prisons. SAN QUENTIN.
CREDITS & LINKS
Intro Song courtesy of Bobby Mackey
WikiMedia Commons:
The Cover photo was found on WMC.
San Quentin Gas Chamber.jpg
The gas chamber that was located in San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, California. The chamber was dismantled in 2019 when Governor Gavin Newsom issued a moratorium on capital punishment in California and ordered the execution sites to be dismantled.
California Department of Correction and Rehabilitation
Public domain
PIXABAY :
A Sinister Power Rising - Epic Dark Gothic Soundtrack
Bewitched
Suspenseful Moods (Cinematic) (2:13s)
Dead Home
Dark Mountain Haze
Spooky Choir
The Wait
A Grave Conversation - Ambient Piano Strings Dark
Dramatic Piano and Strings -
December 15th of 1944, Major Glenn Miller, Lieutenant Colonel Norman Baessell and Flight Officer John Stuart Morgan take off in a bush plane headed to France, but something happens during the trip and the men and the plane are never heard from or seen again.
CREDITS & LINKS
Into song “Johanna” courtesy of my friend Bobby Mackey
VOICEOVER:
Journal entries written by my grandfather and read by my father Jerry.
Wikimedia Commons:
Glen miller.jpg
This photo from a US Government website (http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/afp/afp1297.htm) shows Maj. Glen Miller during his service in the US Army Air Corps.
US Army photographer
Public domain
Hickory and Twine - Airmen of Note - United States Air Force Band.mp3
"Hickory and Twine" performed by the Airmen of Note of the United States Air Force Band. Track 9 from Compositions (2012).
Composition: Alan Baylock; Performance: United States Air Force Band, Airmen of Note; Recording: United States Air Force
Public domain
Hickory and Twine - Airmen of Note - United States Air Force Band.mp3
PIXABAY:
Don't Look Down the Basement - True Crime Thriller Loopable Music
Risk
Winning Elevation
Price of Freedom
Out of Time
Motivational Anthem
The Power of a Heroic Epic Story 60s -
In the small town of Madrid, New Mexico, stands Santa Fe counties oldest continually run Tavern = Mineshaft Tavern. Long since believed to be haunted it is jam packed with history and a few haunts!
CREDITS & LINKS
Into song “Johanna” courtesy of my friend Bobby Mackey
The photo you see in the cover picture was taken by Tessa Mauro, me, in 2022 of October.
STORY BLOCKS:
Creepy Sounds At Midnight
Mystery Of A Haunted Memory
Mysterious Bells
PIXABAY:
the foggy city
Retribution
Dramatic Atmosphere with Piano and Violin
Inside Serial Killer's Cove - Thriller Horror Music - loopable
Funny Happy Comedy Halloween Intro for Kids Children
Suspense Dark Ambient
An Alien Presence -
In addition to the tragic suicide of actress Peg Entwistle, Griffith Park has had its fair share of heartbreaking tragedies...with the land being used as dumping grounds for killers and at least two serial killers = the cousin duo the Hillside Stranglers (Angelo and Kenneth) and so much more.
Cover photo credit: found in Wikimedia Commons:
Griffith Park Coyote (18306740664).jpg
“Our biologist recently set a motion-triggered camera on one of P-22's deer kills. P-22 didn't return, but it was interesting to see who showed up to feed on his leftovers. Two bobcats and two coyotes finished off the meal!”
National Park Service from USA
Public domain
Griffith Park Coyote (18306740664).jpg
CREDITS & LINKS
Into song “Johanna” courtesy of my friend Bobby Mackey
Pixabay copyright free music and sounds:
Let the Mystery Unfold
The Epic Trailer
Stranger Things
Horror Background Music (IG Version 60s)
Don't Look Down the Basement - True Crime Thriller Loopable Music
Alone with the Darkness
A Sinister Power Rising - Epic Dark Gothic Soundtrack
Dead Home
Bewitched
Dramatic Atmosphere with Piano and Violin
Creepy Mood
Chasing the Killer Dark Detective Thriller Soundtrack (Loopable)
Music Box For Suspenseful Scenes
Suspense Dark Ambient
Witches Cauldron
The Yosemite Horror
A Piano With A Creepy Atmosphere For Scary Stories
Spooky Choir
Story blocks:
Transylvania Mania
The Crucible (End Titles)
Luna Park (Amusement Park)
Mountain Lion Growl -
Filled with heartbreak after the sudden death of her beloved father, young Peg moves to Hollywood with hopes of becoming a big movie star. While she gets tiny parts here and there, her first major role is suddenly taken away from her, leaving her depressed and feeling as if her dreams had been stolen from her. She takes her own life, jumping from the H of the then Hollywoodland sign. She is believed to haunt the area to this very day.
Credits and links
Cover photo was found in Wikimedia Commons:
Dltjrrb1122
Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0
Peg-entwistle-01.jpg
Intro song courtesy of Bobby Mackey
Pixabay - copyright, free music and sounds
Creepy Music Box - Halloween Music - Horror Scary Spooky Dark Ambient
Spellcraft
Spirits of the Moor
A Piano With A Creepy Atmosphere For Scary Stories
Dark Haunts
Ghastly Castle (111bpm, c#m) Loopable
Voice Of Antiquity
Nostalgic Piano
Haunting Music
Inspirational Piano Arpeggios
Dramatic Choir
Ghost In The Foyer (Scoopski) -
Many reports have poured in about a vanishing hitch hiker in Chicago, Illinois. Her true identity remains a mystery but she is forever known as Resurrection Mary.
CREDITS & LINKS
Cover photo is not my own. Wikimedia Commons:
Resurrection Cemetery
Gabriel Vanslette
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
Intro Song courtesy of the amazing Bobby Mackey
PIXABAY
Leonell Cassio - The Blackest Bouquet
Epic Hollywood Trailer
Scary Spooky Creepy Horror Ambient Dark Piano Cinematic
Dramatic Atmosphere with Piano and Violin
Happy Comedy Halloween Party Dance for Kids Children
Bewitched
Lost Soul_30sec
Suspense Dark Ambient
Creepy Mood
An Alien Presence
Spooky Choir - Montre plus