8.12 | Ohio Witches and Vampires: The Dark Heart of it all!
Belief Hole | Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought SnacksShow Notes
In 1996 a curious call came in over the airwaves on Art Bell’s Ghost to Ghost radio program.
The caller would go on to claim he was given information that would inadvertently breathe new life into a local legend - the curse of the West Branch Witch.
Was a witch ever buried in this cemetery, and if not, could the legend itself have become a lure - manifesting in the dark and wearing a witch’s skin, to stalk the very ones who would seek her out?
From goat-legged, hoofed devils in a suburban basement to vampire covens in the Dayton underground, join us tonight, as we hop the cemetery wall, and attempt to dig up the undead truth behind disturbing encounters in our own backyard.
Welcome back to Ohio: the dark heart of it all..
⏰ Timestamps
00:00 | Episode Intro — Ohio: The Dark Heart of It All02:30 | Coming Up: West Branch Witch, Dayton Vampire Cults, and Ohio Ghost to Ghost Art Bell Calls09:24 | West Branch’s Lost Cemetery — The Elliott Family15:51 | The Legend of the Ravenna Witch | Story Read19:59 | Stolen Stones, Curses & Desecration23:26 | Who Was the Woman Behind the Witch Legend?26:54 | Can Belief Manifest a Monster? Tulpas & the Philip Experiment29:03 | The Lure of Desecration | Jannette Quackenbush31:20 | West Branch Witch Sightings & the Car-Crash Account37:24 | An Alternative Origin of the Witch Legend41:45 | The Call That Started It All | Art Bell & Fred43:43 | Witchcraft, Curses & Swarming Bees48:26 | The Listener Story That Wanted to Be Read52:01 | Mountain Witch | Ashley’s Listener Account | Mount Juliet, TN55:11 | Wart Witches, Granny Magic & “Bagging” Warts1:01:10 | Expansion Preview — Modern Dinosaur Encounters1:04:45 | Back from the Break — More Ohio Strangeness1:07:48 | Ohio Basement Devil | Art Bell Call1:15:19 | The Greyhounds and Their Invisible Master | Art Bell Call1:22:08 | Dayton’s Vampire Underground & the Disappearance of Phillip Gall1:24:36 | A City Beneath the City | Dayton Tunnel Report1:30:53 | The Asylum, Vampire Subculture & LARPing1:35:34 | A Former LARPer’s Account | Reddit Discussion1:38:09 | The Shelved Documentary & Unanswered Questions1:40:16 | Cincinnati Tunnels1:46:33 | Seafaring Vampires Move to the Expansion1:47:45 | Closing Thoughts & Halloween Plans Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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