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The Haunting Truth

Truth Sleuths LLC

Join us for haunted history, metaphysical happenings, unexplained disappearances, and unconventional murders—events that challenge everything you thought you knew

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00:21:47

Japanese Christmas Traditions

The Haunting Truth ·

2025/12/24

Today's episode includes discussion of death, suicide, emotional abandonment, wartime trauma, depression, spiritual unrest, and folklore involving ghosts and vengeful spirits- as they relate to Christmas in Japan.Source Notes & References BBC News. "Why KFC Is Japan’s Go-To Christmas Dinner." Japan Times. "How Christmas Became a Romantic Holiday in Japan." National Diet Library of Japan. Historical records on post-war Westernization and consumer culture. Turnbull,

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00:20:56

The Yule Cat: Iceland’s Fashion Focused Monster

The Haunting Truth ·

2025/12/22

Journey with us to Iceland, where we discuss a towering feline menace with a taste for fashion—and flesh. Sources: The Myth of the Yule Cat: Iceland’s Weird Christmas Monster | The Pagan Grimoire Yule cat - Wikipedia Beware the Yule Cat, Iceland’s Child-Eating Christmas Monster - Atlas Obscura Christmas Cat Cost Causes Controversy

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00:33:28

Jack Frost- Legend and Killer?!

The Haunting Truth ·

2025/12/15

Most of us know Jack Frost as a playful trickster. However, did you know that he is linked to a modern true-crime case?Join us today as we explore the legend that is Jack Frost. SOURCES & REFERENCES Grimm, Jacob. Teutonic Mythology. (1883). Briggs, Katharine. A Dictionary of Fairies. (1976). Rydberg, Viktor. Teutonic Mythology: Gods & Goddesses. (1907). Anglo-Saxon Chronicle references to winter spirits (translated editions). Afanasyev, Alexander. Russian Fairy Tales — Morozko story

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00:25:46

Blood and Fire: The Pagan Origins of Christmas

The Haunting Truth ·

2025/12/08

Join us as we explore the pagan origins behind Christmas, including blood sacrifice, ancient rites, pagan gods and the beauty of the Time-Life book series.Sources & Reference Material: The Pagan Origins of Christmas: Saturnalia, Yule, and Other Pre-Christian Traditions | History Cooperative Hidden History Of Christmas: Pagan Origins of Babylon - HubPages 3 Christmas traditions that may have pagan roots, and 4 that (probably) don't | Live Science Saturnalia: Meaning, Festival & Christmas

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00:24:34

Beneath the Horns of the Alpine Demon-Krampus!

The Haunting Truth ·

2025/12/01

Join us as we journey to Europe, where the jingling of bells belongs to a creature who stalks the shadows of December searching for those who’ve been bad. His name is Krampus, the Christmas demon. Half-goat, half-man — a remnant of something far older than Christmas itself.

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00:32:59

Not Your Momma's Thanksgiving

The Haunting Truth ·

2025/11/24

The feast. The alliance. The disease. The massacre. The ghostly echoes of lives and lands lost. Today's episode explores the darker, rarely told truths about a major US holiday - Thanksgiving.

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00:17:23

Killer Thanksgiving Drama- Family Edition

The Haunting Truth ·

2025/11/17

Today we are discussing cases where the family drama went just a little too far and the holiday table became a crime scene. TV Recommendation: Happily Never After - Season 1, Episode 5: “Devoured by Love” Deadly Women – Season 6, Episode 7: “Love You to Pieces” Sources & Reference Material: Thanksgiving Massacre Witness: Paul Merhige Ate Dinner, Sang Songs Then Executed Family - CBS News 2009 Thanksgiving murders - Wikipedia [UPDATED with Victim's Daughter at Parole Denial:] Omaima Aree

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00:43:01

The Soldier Ghost of Cape Henlopen

The Haunting Truth ·

2025/11/10

Join us as we head to one of the most mysterious and eerie sites in Delaware-Cape Henlopen State Park. Cape Henlopen, home to Fort Miles, is a former military installation that has seen centuries of history and hauntings. One of those hauntings lingers today- the Soldier Ghost. Today we discuss the tale that whispers from the windswept shores of Delaware. Source Notes: Fort Miles History The U.S. National Park Service has detailed records on the history of Fort Miles, including its role during

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00:30:58

Shane Montgomery- Thanksgiving (Drinksgiving) and a...

The Haunting Truth ·

2025/11/03

Join us as we trace the final steps of Shane Montgomery — a college student who vanished from Philly on Thanksgiving Eve in 2014. Some believe his disappearance is part of a larger, more disturbing pattern, one that points to a hidden network of killers. Show/movie recommendations: Smiley Face Killers: The Hunt for Justice (TV Series 2019– ) - IMDb Sources & Reference Material: CONSPIRACY: The Smiley Face Killer | Crime Junkie Podcast Fox News True Crime Newsletter: Alex Murdaugh's money

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00:38:55

The Jersey Devil Legend and a cross-dresser??

The Haunting Truth ·

2025/10/31

The Jersey Devil is one of the most infamous creatures said to haunt the Pine Barrens of New Jersey. But what is it and why is it there? And how does it tie into politics, rumor and cross-dressing? Join us for the last episode of our Halloween week and learn something new and unexpected!Sources: "The Jersey Devil" by James F. McCloy and Ray Miller Jr. A comprehensive history of the Jersey Devil legend, covering early sightings and theories. "The Pine Barrens" by John McPhee A

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00:27:55

Post Malone and the Dybbuk Box: Repercussions?

The Haunting Truth ·

2025/10/30

What do you think happens when two famous people collide with a cursed relic? Join us as we delve into the depths of a religious relic's legend and its impact on the people around it.Is it coincidence, curse or hoax?Movie Recommendation: ⁠The Possession (2012) - Plot - IMDb⁠ Sources & Reference Material: ⁠Finally, the truth behind the 'haunted' Dybbuk Box can be revealed⁠ ⁠A jinx in a box? - Los Angeles Times⁠ ⁠The Dibbuk Box | Skeptical

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00:33:12

Mummies, Curses and Mormons?

The Haunting Truth ·

2025/10/29

One of Hollywood's most iconic movie monsters has a resting place right here in the States. Join us for a trip to a land famous for its cheesesteaks, its football fans and a home to thousands of relics, intricate sarcophagi, and other relics of the past- the Penn Museum in Philadelphia. Resources: Penn Museum's Egyptian and mummy collection overview: vast Egyptian & Nubian artifacts, including mummies.museum.upenn.eduWikipedia Historical context of Philadelphia’s mummies: from early

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00:33:12

Sleepy Hollow, Celtic legends and a Mexican Outlaw-...

The Haunting Truth ·

2025/10/28

Ride with us into the fog as we cross continents and centuries, Irish moors, Scottish valleys and Mexican borderlands...in pursuit of that legend that lacks a head. That’s right- we are discussing the rider that has infiltrated all our Halloween stories, the one that carries a legend of vengeance... the Headless Horseman! Movie Recommendations: Disney's Sleepy Hollow Sleepy Hollow (1999) - IMDb Book Recommendation: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Sources & Reference Material: What Inspired

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00:35:38

Maryland Witch Trials

The Haunting Truth ·

2025/10/27

You might be surprised to know that the Blair Witch Project did have a kernel of truth in there and that not all witch trials happened in Salem. Join us as we explore the witch trials of Maryland.

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00:46:02

Werewolves in America

The Haunting Truth ·

2025/10/20

Primal beasts from fiction and film- could they be real?Join us as we journey from the foggy swamps of Louisiana to the dark forests of Michigan in pursuit of the werewolf in America.Are they misunderstood animals or figments of fear? Let’s find out together!Sources:Linda S. Godfrey – Real Wolfmen Wikipedia – Beast of Bray Road Wikipedia – Michigan Dogman Wikipedia – Rougarou LiveScience – Werewolves Explained Terrifying Northeast Oklahoma Dogman Encounter: Anonymous Eyewitness comes

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00:54:14

Gettysburg and the life of Mary Jemison

The Haunting Truth ·

2025/10/13

Join us as we explore one of the most haunted locations in the US. You may be familiar with Gettysburg and its history of war, loss, blood and survival. However, you might be surprised to know that Gettysburg and the area surrounding faced this well before the Civil War. This week we follow the life of Mary Jemison.Sources: History of Gettysburg, PA | Destination GettysburgThey Knew Gettysburg Before the Battle in the Civil War 1863 8 Gettysburg Ghost Stories That'll Keep You Awake At Night A

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00:51:38

Battlefield Beauties Part II- the Mancies!

The Haunting Truth ·

2025/10/06

Divination? Say what? Join us and the Beauties for a dive into Victorian era divination methods...with a big focus on cheese : )

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00:43:59

The Vanishing Cursed Village of Dudleytown

The Haunting Truth ·

2025/09/29

Join us as we creep into a patch of forest near Cornwall Connecticut… dense, quiet, and so eerily still, locals say even the birds won’t sing there. Hidden among the trees lie the stone foundations of what was once a thriving colonial village—Dudleytown. But no maps will guide you there. No tour signs, no plaques. Only legends… and warnings. Source Notes: Joseph Citro, “Weird New England” (Penguin Books, 2005) Sam & Colby, Darkness Prevails Podcast Source: The New England Historical Society and

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00:31:17

Macabre Obsession-Love in the Keys

The Haunting Truth ·

2025/09/22

Today's tale comes from the celebrated haunt of Ernest Hemingway and his six toed cats, Key West. What obsession led to a reconstructed corpse and a 1947 pulp publication called "The Secret of Elena's Tomb"? Join us as we tell you all about The Haunting Truth. Book Recommendation: Haunted Key West, David L. Sloan Sources & Reference Material: https://allthatsinteresting.com/carl-tanzler

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00:19:03

The Lady in White - Banning Manor

The Haunting Truth ·

2025/09/15

Do you have a childhood memory that influences your afterlife belief? Join Jenn as she discusses a particular incident imprinted on her memory that resonates today.

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