Petrafaction Horror Stories

Vampires are said to exist in New Orleans.  Listen to the story of the Saint Germains (The Comte de Saint Germain and Jacques Saint Germain).  Then hear the story of two serial killers, the brothers John and Wayne Carter, all of whom are thought to be real vampires (once) living in New Orleans.  

References

The Vampire Legends of New Orleans, by Brian Harrison, July 7, 2020

The Bell Witch is America's most famous Poltergeist case.  It began when John Bell, while hunting with his son, shot at a strange looking dog that had a rabbit's head.  Shortly following this, poltergeist activity began in the home and continued for several years, ending only after John Bell's death.  However, It is said the witch returned on more than one occasion.  It is also well documented and had been witnessed by several of the towns folk.  The Bell Witch is believed to now reside in a cave on the former Bell Farm property and tours are available to explore.

Following the bell witch are stories about various Spook Lights in America, including the Paulding Lights of Michigan, Marfa Lights of Texas and Brown Mountain lights in North Carolina.  These mysterious lights are seen all around the world and are referred to as spook lights, mystery lights or ghost lights.  Stay tuned to hear of eyewitness accounts of these mysterious lights.  What are they?  Nobody seems to know.

REFERENCES

Buck's County Spook Lights, by Obiwan, January 29, 2019

Brown Mountain Lights,  reported on Ohiogamefishing.com by NCBassattack 

Hansell Road Green Ghost, reported by Obiwan on January 29, 2019

The Bell Witch

Spook Lights, by Rhetta Akamatsu, Rhetta.wordpress.com 

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Monsters!  This episode is full of weird and scary monsters.  You will find out about the snake like thing that abducted a boy in Crosswick, Ohio.  It was witnessed by more than 60 men and because so many people testified to seeing this thing, it was and is considered a very legitimate monster sighting.  

A flap is going on in Chicago.  Did you know that there have been many "Mothman" sightings at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport?  In the last few years there have been more than a dozen reports directly from airport personnel and many, many more from the area surrounding Lake Michigan.  This is an on-going investigation and includes a recent report.

References:

The 11 Most Bizarre Mythical Creatures From Ohio, columbusnavigator.com

52 Interesting Facts About Ohio, by Editorial Staff, last updated on September 25, 2021, thefactfile.org

Attack of the Crosswalk Monster, by Isabella Warner, HCP Columnist

Chicago Aviation Department Employee Reports 'Mothman' Sighting at O'hare, by Emily Wayland/ The Singular Fortean Society, singularforteansociety.com

Devil's Den:  The Reckoning, By Terry Lovelace, published by Terry J Lovelace

Fun Facts About Ohio, by thefactfile.org

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Episode 19!  New Jersey has so many weird things happen there, this touches on just some of them.  The Jersey Devil lives in the Pine Barrons, but did you know it likes to travel?  The Jersey Devil visits a wilderness area in Pennsylvania.  What about witness accounts of the Devil?  We have those here too!  And did you know there was a real Blob off the Jersey shore that smelled like rotten eggs and had to be removed?  Only in Jersey will you hear a story of a haunted road and a haunted tree.  So welcome to today's episode all about the weird state of New Jersey!

References

The Jersey Devil’s visit to the I-80 Frontier of the PA Wilds

• BY LOU BERNARDJANUARY 28, 2020
• Pawilds.com

16 Creepy Alleged Sightings Of The Jersey Devil

Shannon Quinn - January 7, 2019

Historycollection.com

JERSEY WEEK AT WALT DISNEY WORLD

yourfirstvisit.net

By Dave Shute

The Most Haunted Places in New Jersey | Haunted Rooms America

The 10 Most Haunted Places in New Jersey

Hauntedrooms.com

frightfind.com

The Legend of Haunted Clinton Road, America’s Most Cursed Highway

FrightFind

31 Creepy New Jersey Facts for Halloween

newjerseyisntboring Oct 22, 2019 at 6:25pm PDT

newjerseyisntboring.com

Onlyinyourstate.com

Posted in New Jersey Creepy January 02, 2016 by Kristen

These 16 Urban Legends In New Jersey Will Keep You Awake At Night

The New Jersey Blob, By Jill P. Capuzzo

• Aug. 12, 2003
• The New York Time

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Warning, contains profanity

He or she signed the letters, "The Watcher."

 A couple purchased their dream house in Westfield, New Jersey.  They did some renovating and slowly began to move into the house located at 657 Boulevard, but started to receive a series of creepy and threatening letters from "the watcher."  Police were brought in, private investigators were too.  Even two former FBI agents were asked to help identify who the Watcher could be, but nothing was ever definitely found out.  Another horror story for new home owners, but not really a haunting in the traditional sense.  Creepy, nonetheless.

References

"The Watcher"*This article appears in the November 12, 2018, issue of New York Magazine.

'The Watcher’ house is sold years after a family was terrorized with creepy letters

By Allen Kim, CNN, August 12, 2019

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Warning, contains profanity

He or she signed the letters, "The Watcher."

 A couple purchased their dream house in Westfield, New Jersey.  They did some renovating and slowly began to move into the house located at 657 Boulevard, but started to receive a series of creepy and threatening letters from "the watcher."  Police were brought in, private investigators were too.  Even two former FBI agents were asked to help identify who the Watcher could be, but nothing was ever definitely found out.  Another horror story for new home owners, but not really a haunting in the traditional sense.  Creepy, nonetheless.

References

"The Watcher"*This article appears in the November 12, 2018, issue of New York Magazine.

'The Watcher’ house is sold years after a family was terrorized with creepy letters

By Allen Kim, CNN, August 12, 2019

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Season one Episode

Dogman sightings.  Two very credible swat team members encounter a pair of dogmen while training.  A young man experiences a dogman at his grandparents' home and learns of a tale about his grandfather and an aggressive dogman back in 1974.  In another account, a man reports his uncles' sighting while traveling on rough roads in a lonely part of Mexico.  And finally reports from the Lycan Loop.  You wanted dogmen stories!  Hope that you enjoy these eerie tales of the canine type.  

The final story is really horrifying!  It's a Deacon's story about being present at an exorcism and what he saw during it.  Please go to the podcast "BigFoot: Terror in the Woods" episode 116 to hear the episode in its entirety. 

Be Petrified!!  Just so you know, I definitely was...

References

Aggressive Upright Canine Encounters Multiple Witnesses in Centre County, PA, Bi-Pedal Report, by Butch Witkowski, March 30, 2019

Bigfoot Terror in the Woods Podcast, Episode 116, "Batsquatch, Demonic Possessions, and a BigFoot in Wyoming" September 11, 2021, Hosted by WJ Sheehan and KJ Sheehan

Dogman Encounters: The 21st Century's Cryptozoological Phenomenon

Lon Strickler, Phantoms and Monsters website, Lon Strickler, July 29, 2016

Upright Canine Encounter in Centre County, PA, posted on The PA Upright Canine/ Dogman Interactive Map,  

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If you have a bigfoot, dogman or any other cryptid sighting you would like to share, email it to [email protected]

Surprise!  To celebrate Halloween, Petrafaction is giving you another episode, a bonus episode!  Is it a trick or is it a treat?  You decide.  First get a history of the origins of what's become known as Halloween and then enjoy an old Scottish legend, that of Sawny Bean.  And keep listening because that's not all!  Enjoy short stories of the possessed.  Yikes!  Happy Halloween friends!

References:

10 True Stories of Demonic Possession That'll Make You Believe in Pure Evil, By Jacob Geers, June 10, 2016

"Halloween," from History.com, dated October 14, 2021

"Sawney Bean's Cave, Scotland," from Atlas Obscura, www.atlasobscura.com, 2021

Terrifying Real Cases of Demonic Possession, The Power of Christ Compels You, Slappedham.com, June 19, 2019

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Warning, there is some profanity in this episode.

More October Hauntings!  The movie "Poltergeist," the Poltergeist Curse and other stories of hauntings.  One Real-Estate agent goes through a house that creeps her out, a man makes a video as a kid and years later sees a shadow person when reviewing the video, an abandoned house gets sold and comes with some extra special activities, a place with a creepy closet/kids' room and another home with black shadows.  Creepy stuff, be prepared to be "Petrified!"

References:

Poltergeist: Was There A Curse on the Cast? by Jason St. Jacques, July 12,2020

4 True Stories of Haunted Homes, from Kin Insurance at Kin.com, October, 30, 2018

50 True Stories From People Who Have Lived in a Haunted House, by Rikki Austin

Wikipedia, "Poltergeist"

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Located in the Pittsburgh suburb of Brentwood stands a house on Brownsville road that tormented one family for nearly two decades.  The Cranmer house was the scene of things beyond belief.  They had shadow men, loud banging, slamming doors, voices, family members were bitten and scratched.  Visitors also witnessed many things.  PRS (Penn State Paranormal Research Society) came in to help document this case so that the Church could help with an exorcism.  

References: 

The Demon of Brownsville Road

A Pittsburgh Family's Battle with Evil in Their Home, by Bob Cranmer and Erica Manfred

Tantor Audio, Published 9-15-14

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