Get Creepy: A Midwest Podcast

About Get Creepy: A Midwest Podcast

A midwest podcast about haunts, folklore, true crime, and all things creepy IG: @getcreepypod Music by: Matthew Kunkel

Publisher

Get Creepy Podcast

Category

true crime

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

28 Aug 2024

Latest episode

8 Nov 2024

Latest episodes

7 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   8 Nov 2024

   Episode 6: Buried Alive

   Get creepy with us as we learn about taphophobia: the fear of being buried alive, safety coffins, and two Michiganders known to have been buried alive: "Little Mary" McNaughton (Michigan's Bloody Mary) and Dorrance Williams. Sources: Awaken Haunt. The Local Legend of Little Mary-The Ghost of Hillcrest Cemetery (https://awakenhaunt.com/the-local-legend-of-little-mary-the-ghost-of-hillcrest-cemetery/) Blogball. 10 Horrifying Premature Burials (https://listverse.com/2010/02/02/10-horrifying-premature-burials/) D. Lawrence Tarazano. People Feared Being Buried Alive So Much They Invented These Special Safety Coffins.  (https://www.smithsonianmag.com/sponsored/people-feared-being-buried-alive-so-much-they-invented-these-special-safety-coffins-180970627/) John Robinson. Peek Through Time: Legend of 'Little Mary' is a Jackson ghost story passed down through the ages (https://99wfmk.com/little-marys-grave-2018/) Kate Cherrell. Buried Alive! A short history of premature burial and safety coffins (https://burialsandbeyond.com/2019/03/27/buried-alive-a-short-history-of-premature-burial-and-safety-coffins/) Leanne Smith. MLive. Peek Through Time: Legend of 'Little Mary' is a Jackson ghost story passed down through the ages (https://www.mlive.com/news/jackson/2012/10/peek_through_time_legend_of_li.html) Mark Frankhouse. The Story of Jackson, Michigan 7-Year-Old Who Was Allegedly Buried Alive  Read More: Story of Jackson, MI 7-Year-Old Who Was Allegedly Buried Alive (https://wrkr.com/mary-mcnaughton-jackson-buried-alive/) Mark Hartzman.   Books, Misc., ScienceProper Care for the Not-Quite-Dead-Yet: The London Association for the Prevention of Premature Burial (https://www.weirdhistorian.com/proper-care-for-the-not-quite-dead-yet-the-london-association-for-the-prevention-of-premature-burial/) Michael Delaware. The Tragedy of Dorrance Williams: A Man Who was Buried Alive - Battle Creek, Michigan (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEg1Vzt0WJA) Wikipedia. Jackson, MI (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson,_Michigan) Wikipedia. Premature Burial (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premature_burial) Wikipedia. Battle Creek, MI (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_Creek,_Michigan#History)

2. 

   25 Oct 2024

   Episode 5: Lake Superior Myths & Legends

   Journey with us through the lore in Lake Superior. We will see Mermen, Ghost Ships, "Old Whitey," and more. Sources: Agawa Rock: Vision Quest by Adam Leith Gollner (https://northernontario.travel/best/agawa-pictographs) Creatures, Giants, and Monsters Hiding in Great Lakes by John Robinson (https://99wfmk.com/great-lakes-monsters-2020/) Cryptid Profile: A Lake Superior Cave Monster by Adam Benedict (https://pinebarrensinstitute.com/cryptids/2019/11/11/cryptid-profile-lake-superiors-tentacled-monster) Folklore Profile: The Lake Superior God of the Waters (AKA: The Great Lakes Merman) by Adam Benedict (https://pinebarrensinstitute.com/cryptids/2020/11/2/folklore-profile-the-lake-superior-god-of-the-waters-aka-the-great-lakes-merman) Ghost Ship SS Kamloops: Lost Ships of the Great Lakes. Donna Dashney Newmark Collection (https://opposite-lock.com/topic/5263/ghost-ship-ss-kamloops-lost-ships-of-the-great-lakes) Great Lakes Monsters by John Robinson (https://99wfmk.com/great-lakes-monsters-2020/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral) Meet Mishipeshu the Underwater Panther in Lake Superior by Lindi Osborne (https://greatlakes.guide/ideas/meet-mishipeshu-the-underwater-panther-in-lake-superior) Lake Superior. Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Superior) Mermaids: A Monster in Lake Superior, 1782 – Fall 1971 by David Dougald (https://nmgl.org/mermaids-a-monster-in-lake-superior-1782-fall-1971/) Pressie: Lake Superior's Serpentine Guardian by Dr. Elizabeth Harper (https://hangar1publishing.com/blogs/cryptids/pressie-lake-superior?srsltid=AfmBOorKiw0rKgoBRZnTBtkeUK5j6kwkVzvBtJlnVScpJ7s7pNRRnfJx) Shipwrecks. Split Rock Lighthouse (https://www.mnhs.org/splitrock/learn/shipwrecks) SS Bannockburn. Wikipedia. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Bannockburn) SS Kamloops. Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Kamloops) The SS Bannockburn or, ‘The Flying Dutchman’ of Lake Superior. Ashley from Curious Archive. (https://www.curiousarchive.com/the-ss-bannockburn-or-the-flying-dutchman-of-lake-superior/) The Lake That Never Gives Up Her Dead. Caitlin Doughty. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0Lg9HygEJc&t=525s) Volcanic Lakeshore Cliff. Michigan State University (https://mnfi.anr.msu.edu/communities/description/10723/volcanic-lakeshore-cliff#:~:text=The%20cliffs%20range%20in%20height,northern%20shoreline%20of%20Isle%20Royale)

3. 

   11 Oct 2024

   Episode 4: Murder Mystery at Ann Arbor Veterans Hospital

   Something weird happened at Ann Arbor's Veterans Hospital in the summer of 1975. Can the FBI figure out what really happened? Find out in today's episode. Sources: Curare: the South American arrow poison. Mr. Lee (https://www.rcpe.ac.uk/journal/issue/journal_35_1/Curare.pdf) FBI. RESMURS Case (Reservation Murders) (https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/resmurs-case-reservation-murders#Pre-Incident-Facts) Justia US Law. Harding v. State (https://law.justia.com/cases/maryland/court-of-special-appeals/1968/367-september-term-1967-0.html) Milton H Erickson Foundation. Investigative Hypnosis - Pt. 1 (https://www.erickson-foundation.org/blog/investigative-hypnosis-the-beginings-of-police-psychology) Science Direct. Curare (https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/curare) Society of Former Special Agents. Greg Stejskal. The Murders at Ann Arbor’s Veterans Hospital; What Went Right and What Ultimately Went Wrong in the Case (https://socxfbi.org/SFSA/SFSA/CaseStories/The-Murders-at-Ann-Arbor-s-Veterans-Hospital.aspx) "That Strange Summer" Documentary by Geri Alumit Zeldes UC San Diego. Critical Race Poetics and the Ghostly Matter of U.S. v. Narciso and Perez (https://escholarship.org/uc/item/98p4t81x) Wikipedia. Forensic Hypnosis (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forensic_hypnosis) Wikipedia. Hillside Strangler (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillside_Strangler) Wikipedia. Lethal Injection (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lethal_injection) Wikipedia. Pancuronium Bromide (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pancuronium_bromide)

4. 

   27 Sept 2024

   Episode 3: Bath School Massacre

   This is the tragic story of the Bath School Massacre, the deadliest terror act on school property in US history. Over 100 children and adults were injured or killed on May 18, 1927 by an angry maniac who was upset about taxes. Yes, you saw that right... Taxes. Sources Bath School bombing: Oldest surviving student recalls ‘how awful it was’. Rachel Greco. Lansing State Journal (https://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/news/local/2017/05/11/bath-school-bombing-oldest-surviving-student-recalls-how-awful/101194330/) Bath School Disaster. Wikipedia. (https://www.bathschooldisaster.com/copy-of-screenings) K12 Academics. History of School Shootings.  (https://www.k12academics.com/school-shootings/history-school-shootings-united-states) “Maniac” by Harold Schechter Putnam: Evil of Bath School Disaster remembered 89 years later. Judy Putnam. Lansing State Journal. (https://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/opinion/columnists/judy-putnam/2016/05/18/putnam-evil-remembered-89-years-later/84276384/)

5. 

   13 Sept 2024

   Episode 2: The Dogman & The Beast of Bray Road

   Fact or fiction, who really knows. Today we will investigate The Dogman of Northern Michigan and the Beast of Bray Road in Wisconsin. Sources: “Beast of Bray Road” Linda Godfrey Discovery UK. The Legend of the Michigan Dogman: A Modern Werewolf Tale (https://www.discoveryuk.com/mysteries/the-legend-of-the-michigan-dogman-a-modern-werewolf-tale/) Gast Ditch. The Logger’s Melody and the Michigan Dogman (https://gastditch.com/the-loggers-melody-and-the-michigan-dogman/) Michigan Public. Who’s a good boy? Not the Michigan Dogman. (https://www.michiganpublic.org/offbeat/2019-10-30/whos-a-good-boy-not-the-michigan-dogman) Michigan State University. White Pine Logging: A Background (https://project.geo.msu.edu/geogmich/loggingbackgrd.html#:~:text=The%20flood%20of%20pioneers%20to,a%20century%20prior%20to%201900) Newspapers. The Times Herald. Michgan: Full of monsters, mysteries (https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times-herald-monstersofthemidwest/31467369/) Northern Michigan History. The Legend of Michigan’s Dogman (https://northernmichiganhistory.com/the-legend-of-michigans-dogman/) The Gable Film (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fDeT8H2CwQ) Tumblr. Cryptozoology Informational Blog (https://labete-du-gevaudan.tumblr.com/post/189169523061/in-1937-robert-fortney-had-an-encounter-with-what)

6. 

   30 Aug 2024

   Episode 1: The Isle Royale Wendigo & Angelique and Charlie Mott

   Episode 1 features the folklore of early Michigan inhabitants. The Wendigo, a cannibalistic spirit known to the Ojibwe and other local tribes, is said to roam the Upper Peninsula looking for its next victim. Sources Britannica. Wendigo. (https://www.britannica.com/topic/wendigo) Cascade Vacation Rentals. Hauntings on Isle Royale. ( https://www.cascadevacationrentals.com/6571/isle-royale/) Michael B Clasen. On The Road. (https://mikelbclassen.com/starvation-on-isle-royale-the-story-of-angelique-mott/) National Park After Dark Podcast - Stranded on Isle Royale The National Park Service. Your Invitation to a Superior Wilderness. ( ⁠https://www.nps.gov/isro/index.htm) ⁠Wikipedia. Isle Royale National Park. ⁠ (⁠https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isle_Royale_National_Park) Wikipedia. Wendigo. (⁠https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendigo)

7. 

   28 Aug 2024

   Episode 0: Random Audio

   Listen to episode 0: Random Audio! These are random clips from episodes 1 & 2 which will start dropping next month. Do you have any guesses? Follow us on Instagram @getcreepypod, where you can guess what the first two episodes will be! https://www.instagram.com/getcreepypod/

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