Tripping on Legends Episode 85…Boogeyman: There Is No Fact or Fiction

It started with an old cold case. Now, as the question of who killed Little Miss Panasoffkee dances around in our brains, only one name seems to make complete sense. Trouble is, no one talks about it.

The case starts at the 34 minutes mark.

If there has been one boogeyman who has followed Tripping on Legends around since the beginning, it has been serial killer Gerald John Schaefer. From the Devil’s Tree to Shiloh to Rolling Acres, he’s popped in to let us know to #followthesigns. Join Christopher Balzano as he brainstorms a new project with Paradise After Dark looking at a man who’s myth has been plaguing the state for over 60 years, even after death.

Some links and resources on just why this serial killer may be the Boogeyman:

Whispers and Screams from Shiloh

The odd case of Julia and her potential killer:

Tales from the Devil’s Tree

Other Pemberton Ferry Stories:

Pemberton Ferry’s Lost Ghost Train

Where is Emmie’s Headstone?

Iron Bridge and the Deadly Withlacoochee

Love and Headstones

Episode 62…This Town is Myth

Episode 101…Which Witch is Witch

Episode 86…They Only Say the Stewarts Aren’t Ghosts

Episode 85…Boogeyman: There Is No Fact or Fiction

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You can contact us with questions, comments, and your favorite legend or tidbit of folklore at spookytripping@gmail.com.

Feel free to call our new phone number during our lives shows to get involved or whenever just to share a legend you’ve heard to ask a question at ((813) 418-6822. 

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  1. […] Gerard John Schaefer built his mythology by allowing people to sift through what might be the truth of his crimes. Out of one side of his mouth he would brag and then with his other file a lawsuit against someone for hinting he might be the monster the people believed him to be.  He was not above inflating his number of bodies and then straight out denying murders where there was evidence of him having been involved.  It fit the man who could be seen by one person as harmless, even romantic in his dealings with women and then turn around and engage in some of the most degrading and violent sexual acts with a willing partner only to then write or act out those same acts with an unwilling one. There is that duality to us all, but once arrested Schaefer seemed to enjoy and encourage the mystery around him. […]

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