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Horror at the Milk Bar

Horror, history, true crime, survival, redemption, a mixture of them all and a few quick bites. Horror at the Milk bar digs into the odd, hopeful and horrifying stories that make life and death so interesting. Please enjoy, it"s our pleasure and privilege to record these amazing stories......xoxoxoxoxoxo Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Episode 84 - A long weekend

Horror at the Milk Bar ·

2025/10/29

In the summer of 1974, the Cowden family — Richard, Belinda, and their two young children — decided to spend Labor Day weekend camping in the quiet mountains of southern Oregon. It was meant to be a peaceful getaway, a few days surrounded by pine trees, fresh air, and the sound of running creek water. But when friends came by to visit their campsite the next day, the family was nowhere to be found. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Episode 83 - The finer details

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2025/10/28

Today’s true story takes place in Australia, in the early 1960s — a time when the country felt unstoppable.New suburbs were rising, families were buying homes, and people believed the future could only get better.But sometimes, the smallest choices — the ones that seem meaningless — end up rewriting everything.This is a story about that kind of moment.It starts with luck — a life-changing twist of fate — and ends with a nightmare that no one could have imagined. This story is about the finer

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Episode 82 - Fontainebleau Trust

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2025/10/27

Today’s true story takes place at the crossroads of wealth and prestige, where the question of ‘enough’ is an unrecognisable concept. It is a cautionary tale and a reminder that Jealousy and greed truly do not discriminate based on wealth or worldly possessions...... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Episode 81 - Two men one Ghost

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2025/10/22

Today’s story will be told in two parts… taking place in the lives of two men — both of whom fought in the First World War.These men did not serve together. In fact, they came from very different worlds, wore different uniforms, and carried different burdens. Yet both served the same country — Italy, a nation already fractured by the chaos of war, and soon to be haunted by something far stranger than battle.Through a series of coincidences, confusions, and cruelties that only the fog of war can

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Episode 80 - T.O.S. 1981

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2025/10/21

María Luisa García thought it was just a cold. A little cough, some aches — nothing she hadn’t pushed through before. But within days, her body began to fail her. Her muscles locked, her chest burned, and her skin took on a strange, grey hue. In her small Madrid apartment, her husband watched helplessly as neighbours up and down the street fell ill with the same mysterious sickness. Hospitals overflowed. Children couldn’t breathe. Entire families were struck down overnight. No one knew what was

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Episode 79 - The Philly Killer

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2025/10/20

Bill Singleton was on his way to the American Legion convention in Philadelphia — a reunion he’d looked forward to all year. The city was buzzing with celebration, the hotels packed with veterans swapping stories, flags waving in the summer heat. But soon after he checked into the grand Bellevue-Stratford Hotel, something strange began to spread through the halls. Men who had marched through wars were suddenly struck by fevers, coughing fits, and crushing fatigue. Within days, dozens were dead — and

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Episode 78 - El Silbon

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2025/10/15

From the misty plains of Venezuela and Colombia comes the terrifying legend of El Silbón — “The Whistler.” Once a spoiled young man who murdered his father, his cursed spirit now roams the countryside carrying a sack filled with his father’s bones. His eerie whistle drifts through the night — a haunting tune that rises and falls with the wind. They say if the whistle sounds close, you’re safe… but if it seems far away, death is near. Farmers, drunkards, and those who mistreat their families are his

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Episode 77 - Okikus Well

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2025/10/14

At Himeji Castle in Japan lies Okiku’s Well — a place steeped in sorrow and legend. The story tells of Okiku, a loyal servant falsely accused of losing one of her master’s ten precious plates. When she could not find the missing dish, she was thrown into the well and left to die. Ever since, her spirit is said to rise from the depths, counting in a trembling voice — “one… two… three…” — always stopping at nine before releasing a piercing scream that chills the night air. Locals say if you listen

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Episode 76 - The Hidebehind

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2025/10/13

Deep in the shadowy forests of North America lurks the Hidebehind — a creature said to stalk lumberjacks and wanderers who stray too far from camp. Described as impossibly fast and able to twist its body to remain unseen, it hides behind trees whenever looked at directly. Victims vanish without a sound, leaving only splintered tools and echoing whispers in the pines. For generations, loggers told tales of its long claws and hollow hunger — a reminder that in the deep woods, it’s not what you see

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Episode 75 - Fishers Ghost

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2025/10/08

The Ghost of Frederick Fisher In 1826, Frederick Fisher — a farmer living near Campbelltown, New South Wales — mysteriously vanished. Weeks later, a local man named John Farley stumbled into the police station, pale and shaking. He claimed he’d seen Fisher’s ghost sitting on a fence by the creek, silently pointing toward a paddock down the road. When police searched the spot, they found Fisher’s body buried exactly where the ghost had indicated. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more

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Episode 74 - Myling

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2025/10/07

Myling comes from Scandinavian folklore — the restless spirit of an unbaptised or unwanted child, often abandoned in the wilderness. Doomed to wander, these ghostly children are said to climb onto the backs of lone travellers at night, growing unbearably heavy as they demand to be carried to a proper burial ground. Their cries pierce the forest silence, and those who cannot bear the weight risk being crushed to death under the Myling’s grip. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more

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Corpo-seco

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2025/10/06

Corpo-Seco is a terrifying figure from Brazilian folklore. His name means “the dried-out corpse,” and he’s said to be the restless remains of a cruel man who was so wicked that even the earth, heaven, and hell rejected him. Condemned to wander, his body became blackened, dried, and skeletal, and he haunts graveyards and lonely roads. People claim he attacks travellers, dragging them into the darkness with his sharp, claw-like hands. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Episode 72 - Douen

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2025/10/01

In Caribbean folklore, especially Trinidad and Tobago, Douens are the spirits of unbaptised children who wander the forests. Small and childlike, they wear straw hats, have no faces, and their feet face backwards. They are said to lure living children into the woods by calling their names, never to return. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Episode 71 - La Llorona

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2025/09/30

One of Latin America’s most famous legends, La Llorona is the ghost of a woman who drowned her children and now wanders rivers and lakes crying “¡Ay, mis hijos!” (“Oh, my children!”). Said to lure the living to their deaths, her story—rooted in colonial history and Aztec myth—warns children to stay away from water at night and remains a powerful cultural symbol of grief and loss. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Episode 70 - Kuchisake-Onna

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2025/09/29

A Japanese urban legend, Kuchisake-onna is said to be the ghost of a woman with her mouth slit ear to ear. She approaches people at night, asking, “Am I pretty?” If they answer “no,” she kills them; if they answer “yes,” she reveals her wound and may mutilate them to look like her. The tale, with roots in older ghost stories, spread panic in Japan in the late 1970s and remains one of the country’s most enduring modern myths. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Milk Shots 32

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2025/09/25

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Episode 69 - Michelle McNamara, I'll be gone in the...

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2025/09/24

I’ll Be Gone in the Dark (2018) is Michelle McNamara’s true-crime book about her obsessive search for the Golden State Killer, a serial rapist and murderer who terrorised California between 1976 and 1986. The book blends meticulous research, survivor testimony, and McNamara’s own personal reflections. It re-branded the case with the now-familiar name “Golden State Killer,” reigniting public and police interest. Published posthumously after McNamara’s sudden death in 2016, the book became a

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Milk Shots 31

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2025/09/23

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Episode 68 - Borley Rectory

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2025/09/22

Borley Rectory, in Essex, England, was built in 1862 for Reverend Henry Bull and quickly gained a reputation as “the most haunted house in England.” Over the decades, residents and visitors reported ghostly nuns drifting across the grounds, phantom carriages rattling at night, mysterious writings appearing on walls, and objects moving on their own. The case drew national attention in the 1920s and 30s when famed paranormal investigator Harry Price studied the site, publishing accounts that cemented

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Milk Shots 30

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2025/09/18

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