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July 25, 2010 — 7 Comments

Episode 125...Lost Cities, Lost Bones
Ever been to Urkhammer or Ashely? Have you picked up your hat and cup and keychain from Doveland? Travel across the country and you'll find rumors of towns that don't exist and places people remember but can't quite communicate about. It could be collective amnesia, the Mandela Effect, or maybe just a case of the Internet having a little fun […]
Episode 124...Battle of the Two Dolls
With Ella begging me to allow her to do the Backrooms episode, we had to switch gears a little bit. It's okay to follow Robert's Rules and believe in the curse. It's okay to fall back on Voodoo curses and wild affairs and attempted murder. It's okay to swoon when the tales get taller and the stories get darker and the monster comes out […]
Episode 123...Never Follow the Music
There are a few rules that you should never break when thinking about tripping after a ghostly legend. Don’t forget a flashlight if you’re going into the woods. Never cross a bridge unless you’ve seen someone heavier cross it first. Remember to leave a few coins whenever you pass by some graves. And of course, if you hear music in the woods, never follow i […]
Episode 122...What Has a Face but No Head?
A clock tower, and mausoleum made to order, and an old man with no head waiting to chit chat for a while. Tallahassee does its ghost stories a little differently. Tripping on Legends travels up to the state capital to examine the case of Calvin C. Phillips, the Northern designer and loner who decided to come to Florida to die. Most people find some kind of […]
Episode 121...No Heads Are Better than One
The story of the Dead Man's Oak is one of those Tripping on Legends covered early, and one that continues to confuse folklorist, legend trippers, and investigators in Florida, but the Dead Man is not the only headless ghost in the state. Join Christopher Balzano and Deanna Mulhern as they travel to three corners of the state tracking four ghostly lege […]

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