Legends of the Loftus House and Local Lore

Tonight we dive even deeper into your hair-raising hometown legends, including frightening folklore about creatures that lurk in the darkness, unsettling hauntings, mermaids and more.

Season 18 Episode 51 of Monsters Among Us Podcast, true paranormal stories of ghosts, cryptids, UFOs and more, told by the witnesses themselves.

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The Mameyes Landslide Drawings -  https://ylafamilia.org/the-mameyes-landslide/  

Coverage of the Mameyes tragedy - https://shorturl.at/ECbEE  

SS Eastland Tragedy - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Eastland

SS Eastland News Coverage - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuPjb58Ne_I

Haunted Harpo Studios - https://mysteriouschicago.com/the-hauntings-of-harpo-studios/

Blue Devil Dogman - https://theclio.com/entry/85665

Lake Arrowhead Underwater Trains - https://blogs.chapman.edu/huell-howser-archives/2000/01/08/under-lake-arrowhead-californias-gold-2011/

(Snake Road Article) Young Girl Is Brutally Beaten By 3 Bandits -  https://shorturl.at/8frXZ 

(Snake Road Article) Death Rides Canyon Roadm - https://shorturl.at/u3bUS 

(Snake Road Article) A. Schlueter Found Shot Dead By Auto - https://shorturl.at/TRQHj 

(Snake Road Article) Suicides In Auto at Lone Moraga Spot - https://shorturl.at/0BhTF 

(Snake Road Article) Stray Bullet Thought to Have Killed Man -  https://shorturl.at/0whMv 

(Snake Road Article) Carjacking suspect arrested after chase - https://shorturl.at/FYrHx (

(Snake Road Article) Woman critically hurt in beating, police say - https://shorturl.at/GqZIq 

(Snake Road Article) Deputy in chase overturns patrol car - https://shorturl.at/fgaVU 

(Snake Road Article) Police seek to ID fatally injured cyclist - https://shorturl.at/Wfgk5

Ohio's Loftus House - https://www.ohioexploration.com/paranormal/hauntings/jeffersoncounty/

Ireland's Loftus Hall - https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1639158783606888

Orford Castle -- and a merman - https://bitaboutbritain.com/orford-castle-and-a-merman/ 

Cape Fear Mermaids - https://www.wral.com/story/mermaid-point-legend-of-mermaids-in-the-cape-fear-dates-back-to-the-revolutionary-war/20175311/

Christopher Columbus Mermaid/Manatee Mixup - https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/january-9/columbus-mistakes-manatees-for-mermaids

Marshall Mermaid Parade Ad - https://www.instagram.com/madison_county_nc/reel/C7U7HuDvMxE/

Marshall Mermaid Parade Info - https://exploremarshallnc.com/mermaid-parade-and-festival/

Pacific View Mall Info - http://bit.ly/3E0vBii


Music from tonight's episode:

Music by Iron Cthulhu Apocalypse - https://www.youtube.com/c/IronCthulhuApocalypse

CO.AG Music - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcavSftXHgxLBWwLDm_bNvA

Music by White Bat Audio - https://www.youtube.com/@WhiteBatAudio

White Bat Audio Songs:
Behind the Shadows
Is Anyone Left
Cryptid
Prey
Crypt Dweller