Immortal Monsters Podcast: Recent Episodes
Lee Dawna
The podcast shedding candlelight on cryptids, hauntings, mythology, and more. If it's weird, we're talking about it! Join thriller and suspense author Lee Dawna on a journey through the macabre. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/leedawna/support
In this episode of Immortal Monsters, we dive into the origins and complex relationships of Loki, the infamous trickster giant with the heart of a god. His journey from an outsider to a central figure of Norse mythology is filled with cunning, shape-shifting, and chaos! Join me as I shed a little candlelight on Loki's mischievous deeds and his unique relationship with the Allfather himself, the wise and one-eyed Odin.
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Resources:
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Loki
https://mythology.net/norse/norse-gods/loki/
https://www.greekmythology.com/Myths/Norse/Loki/loki.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loki
https://mythicalencyclopedia.com/loki/
https://www.norsemythology.org/gods/loki
https://scandinaviafacts.com/did-loki-give-birth-to-animals-in-norse-mythology/
The Theft of Thor's Hammer Summary (shmoop.com)
Loki, the mischievous god and his pranks: His tricks and their consequences for the gods (histoires-du-monde.com)
The Fortification of Asgard - Norse Mythology for Smart People (norse-mythology.org)
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In another tale as old as time, the German Knecht Ruprecht is a Santa Claus precursor. One who has undergone transformation from a possibly-a-sprite god of the Black Forest to the sidekick of St. Nicholas. In both versions, there are elf-like creatures with a taste for blood!
Resources:
11 Fascinating Facts About Germany You Didn't Know (theculturetrip.com)
98 Fun & Cool Facts about Germany You Probably Didn't Know | CBS
30 interesting facts about Germany: test your knowledge | Expatica
Knecht Ruprecht - Wikipedia
Who is Knecht Ruprecht? St Nicholas's Christmas-time Companion (germangirlinamerica.com)
Knecht Ruprecht: Santa’s German Helper | OddFeed
Black Forest - Wikipedia
The Longest Words in the German Language (thoughtco.com)
How does one go from being a valued midwife to being burned at the stake for witchcraft? In this episode, we walk through the tragic story of Walpurga Hausmännin. Listen on Podcast players worldwide.
Resources:
Walpurga Hausmannin - Wikipedia
Witchcraze readings - Free reading - 36 THE CONFESSION OF WALPURGA HAUSMANNIN, 1587 The prosecution - Studocu
https://youtu.be/l_j_KQX98iQ?si=jZ_P_yQFZagiv6Ku
Germany’s Most Famous Witch | German Language Blog (transparent.com)
Cunning Folk: Professional Magical Practitioners of Europe (magickalspot.com)
Walpurga Hausmannin — Experts@Minnesota (umn.edu)
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In 1955, a salesman traveling through Loveland, Ohio spotted three small figures standing on the side of the road. These small creatures defied what he knew of nature, and stories of them have since fueled sightings and debate. We discuss five potential sightings in this episode and speculate about how Masons might be involved in starting this bit of Ohio folklore.
Resources:
The Cryptonaut Podcast – A weekly podcast exploring everything from Aliens, Cryptozoology, Ghosts, The Occult, Paranormal Phenomenon, UFOs, Ufology and Unsolved Mysteries
https://youtu.be/SauR4CNqpDs
Loveland Castle
Loveland frog - Wikipedia
Loveland, Ohio - Wikipedia
Chateau Laroche - Wikipedia
Officer reveals true story of Loveland Frogman (wcpo.com)
Bigfoot, Grassman, Frogman: Ohio doing pretty well, monster-wise (cincinnati.com)
Gadsden Times - Google News Archive Search
'Loveland Frogman' Spotted Again? | Snopes.com
The Loveland Frog (skeptoid.com)
2-17-2023 (lovelandoh.gov)
Classic Cryptid: The Legend of Ohio's Loveland Frogmen (weekinweird.com)
Freemasonry - Wikipedia
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In 1896, Ceely Rose was twenty-three years old, and in love with a boy seven years her junior. Her parents denied her the opportunity to continue carrying on the relationship. A relationship that may have been only one-sided.
In this episode, I discuss the Rose family's background and the solutions Ceely found for her 1896 dilemma. Listen on podcast players worldwide, or watch the video version on Spotify, Patreon, and YouTube.
I highly recommend that you read The Ceely Rose Murders at Malabar Farm written by Mark Sebastian Jordan.
Additional resources:
Mark Jordan documents Ceely Rose's 1896 killings in new book (mansfieldnewsjournal.com)
Ceely Rose House | Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ohiodnr.gov)
Malabar Farm State Park | Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ohiodnr.gov)
The Terrible Tale Of Ceely Rose (anomalien.com)
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When Hesiod first called Medusa and her sisters by name, he didn't mention their appearance. In this episode, we discuss the "why" and trace the origin of the Gorgon to a time long before our snake-haired Queen was called Medusa.
Resources:
The Language of the Goddess: Gimbutas, Marija, Campbell, Joseph: 9780500282496: Amazon.com: Books
https://www.greekmythology.com/Myths/Creatures/Medusa/medusa.html
Medusa: Sympathy for a Monster | Classical Wisdom Weekly
Medusa - Wikipedia
Spolia - Wikipedia
Medusa | Myth & Story | Britannica
🐍 Medusa :: The Real Story of the Snake-Haired Gorgon (greekmythology.com)
Medusa in Greek Mythology - Origin Story & Death - World History Edu
Medusa and the Gorgons: The Origins of the Legendary Tale – War and Civilization (camrea.org)
Gorgons - Wikipedia
Gorgoneion - Wikipedia
Hesiod, Theogony, line 270 (tufts.edu)
Ceto - Wikipedia
Phorcys - Wikipedia
Corfu - Wikipedia
Apotropaic magic - Wikipedia
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Ornithology is the scientific study of birds and ornithomancy is the practice of observing birds for the purpose of divining how their flight patterns and/or their songs will impact our lives. According to folklore, the birds can even predict what type of man a woman is destined to marry. Join me as we explore a practice seemingly as old as time itself.
Resources:
11 Odd Old-Timey Valentine's Day Traditions | Mental Floss
Ornithology – The Science of Birds
Augury - Wikipedia
Ornithomancy - Wikipedia
Ornithomancy: Divinatory Arts From The Behavior Of Birds (awakenche.org)
The Beginner's Guide To Ornithomancy | Pagans & Witches Amino (aminoapps.com)
Ornithomancy - 30 Ways to Tell the Future | Merriam-Webster
Auguraculum - Wikipedia
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Alternate realities, doppelgangers, and fairies. History is filled with the unexplainable and some of the most fascinating stories are built upon the idea of alternate realities. In this episode, I walk us through a few such stories, both new and old, and touch on what scientists are saying about the very real possibility of mirror worlds.Resources:Woman Claims To Be From A Parallel Universe - Ghost TheoryThe Incredible Story of Lerina García: A Woman From Parallel Universe Woke Up In Different Reality (infinityexplorers.com)Stories of Crossing Over to Parallel Dimensions or Worlds - ExemploreInexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology: Change of Scenery: Other Dimensions, Other People10 Creepy Tales Of Interdimensional Travel - Listverse4 Weird “Clues” That Parallel Universes Exist - Stranger DimensionsThe Mysterious Man from Taured – Evidence for a Parallel Universe? | Ancient Origins (ancient-origins.net)NASA Scientists Discover Evidence of a Parallel Universe (heavy.com)The Proof That Alternate Realities & Parallel Universes Exist (voomed.com)https://www.voomed.com/scientists-cre...New study claims alternate reality could exist beside our own (nypost.com)Green children of Woolpit - WikipediaTrapping pit - WikipediaGerald of Wales - WikipediaPyrenees - WikipediaVisitandorra, the official Andorra tourism website Contact me: leedawnabooks@gmail.comPostal Mail: PO Box 205, MacArthur WV 25873
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"I didn't do it. Robert did." When young Gene was gifted a life-sized doll, no one could have predicted the trouble that would follow. Is Robert the Doll truly haunted, though, or did the adults in young Gene's life cause a maelstrom of mayhem that's still spinning today?
This episode will be live on podcast players worldwide on December 6th, but you can listen now on Patreon by clicking here.
Resources:
Robert (doll) - Wikipedia
ROBERT THE DOLL®
Store for Robert the Doll Merch - www.kwahs.org (mybigcommerce.com)
Robert the Doll | Key West Art and Historical Society (kwahs.org)
Visit The Fort East Martello Museum | Key West Art and Historical Society (archive.org)
Discover the Story of Robert The Doll at our Key West Inn (artisthousekeywest.com)
Steiff - Wikipedia
Wood wool - Wikipedia
Key West - Wikipedia
Kobold - Wikipedia
Pixie - Wikipedia
Culture of Bahama Islands - history, people, traditions, women, beliefs, food, customs, family, social (everyculture.com)
Prussia - Wikipedia
Otto von Bismarck - Wikipedia
Santería - Wikipedia
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The ancient Hebrew lore of the malicious Dybbuk spirit was brought to the forefront in 2003 when fiction writer Kevin Mannis used the Dybbuk as a backdrop for his story surrounding an antique wine cabinet that he sold on eBay. He's since outlined his hoax, but did his confession come too late? Resources:
Dybbuks and Jewish Women in Social History, Mysticism and Folklore - Kindle edition by Elior, Rachel. Religion & Spirituality Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.
4 Easy Magic Spells For Manifestation - Manifestation Magic
13 Powerful Manifestation Techniques That Actually Get Results! (moderndaymanifestations.com)
How To Create A Tulpa: The Complete Guide – SpiritualGreatness.com
The Dibbuk Box - The Haunted Jewish Winebox
The Possession: The True Story of The Dybbuk Box (screenrant.com)
The True Story of the Dybbuk Box and Where It Is Now - Exemplore
Jewish Superstition of Spitting Three Times (jewishvirtuallibrary.org)
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A strange graphic for an odd episode. Gilgamesh is widely honored as an epic kind of hero, a great king sent by the gods themselves. In this episode, I walk us through some historical records and then go ahead and point out some of the more despicable sides of a man who is most certainly the prototype for the hero's journey. Take this with a grain of salt, breathe, and laugh a little.
Resources:
Epic of Gilgamesh - Wikipedia
Bronze Age | Definition, History, Inventions, Tools, & Facts | Britannica
21st century BC - Wikipedia
Third Dynasty of Ur - Wikipedia
Enmebaragesi - Wikipedia
Gilgamesh - Wikipedia
https://youtu.be/XTdEHUbHUSw
The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature (ox.ac.uk)
Lilu (mythology) - Wikipedia
Prunus mahaleb - Wikipedia
Enki - Wikipedia
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It's no secret that I love vampires, and this OG vamp lore has a little bit of everything! Enjoy!
Resources:
By Light Unseen - Vampires in Media and Culture
Vampires in Greece: From Ancient Greek Creatures to the Vrykolakas (greekreporter.com)
Vrykolakas - Wikipedia
https://youtu.be/l5IJMfff7rw
A Timeline of Witch Hunts in Europe (thoughtco.com)
Arithmomania - Wikipedia
Apotropaic magic - Wikipedia
Habsburg monarchy - Wikipedia
"MAY THE GROUND NOT RECEIVE THEE". An Exploration of the Greek Vrykolakas and His Origins by Inanna Arthen (1998) The article contains a detailed historical overview of known beliefs and attested vrykolakas reports.
"Greek Accounts of the Vrykolakas" by D. Demetracopoulou Lee. From The Journal of American Folklore, No. 54 (1941) A collection of vrykolakas accounts, supplied by Greek immigrants in the United States.
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In today's episode, I discuss the legend of the Dearg Due - a female Irish vampire. This one is short and sweet, right after my rant about The CW and Netflix ;)
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Dearg Due (Female Vampire): Irishman's 2023 Tale (theirishroadtrip.com)
Dearg Due – The Vengeful Irish Vampiress - Symbol Sage
The Dearg Dur - the origin story of the Waterford legend (irishcentral.com)
Waterford - Wikipedia
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Enjoy this special Patreon release! I thought it prudent to add this episode to the public viewing list because it's a snapshot of John Keel's book - The Mothman Prophecies, covering some of the flying saucer and spaceman accounts that resulted in Keel becoming what he described as a "raving paranoic".
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Resources: (clickable links in a blog post on my website, if needed https://leedawnabooks.com/blogs/news/immortal-monsters-episode-5-mothman)
1960s: Counterculture and Civil Rights Movement
HISTORYSilver Bridge
The Silver Bridge Collapse That Killed 46 People (allthatsinteresting.com)
Mothman - WikipediaThe Mothman Timeline | TheMothMan Wikia | FandomHistory of the Ohio River (ohiorivertrail.org)
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Long before John Keel's famous Mothman Prophecies book was published, birdman sightings had been taking place in the Ohio River Valley for decades. However, it was the aforementioned book and the film adaptation of the same name that tied these sightings to prophesy. In today's episode, we discuss the sightings leading up to the collapse of the Silver Bridge on December 15, 1967.
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1960s: Counterculture and Civil Rights Movement | HISTORY
Silver Bridge - Wikipedia
Inside The Silver Bridge Collapse That Killed 46 People (allthatsinteresting.com)
Mothman - Wikipedia
The Mothman Timeline | TheMothMan Wikia | Fandom
History of the Ohio River (ohiorivertrail.org)
Kanawha River - Wikipedia
THE CORNSTALK CURSE — American Hauntings (americanhauntingsink.com)
The Comet Moth: A Brightly Colored Moth Found In The Forests Of Madagascar | Adopt And Shop
Small Town Monsters
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Throughout history, twins have been a focal point in mythology, religion, and folklore. Why?
In this episode, we discuss twin speak, twin dreams, and how people throughout history have been fascinated by twins - from persecution to reverence.
Watch this episode on Spotify or YouTube, or listen on podcast players worldwide.
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Episode Resources: ( website blog link - Episode 4 of the Immortal Monsters Podcast - Twin Tales Part 2 - ESP & – LeeDawnaBooks )
ESP in Twins and Twin Telepathy: Separating Fact From Fiction (verywellfamily.com)
Twin Telepathy: Is there a ‘Special Connection’? – New Dawn: The World's Most Unusual Magazine (newdawnmagazine.com)
Twin Brains and Twin Dreams | Psychology Today
Mother and daughter have the same dream on the same night | Lauri Loewenberg | Dream Expert
Understanding Twins | Psychology Today
Twins in mythology - Wikipedia
When Do Twins Start Playing with Each Other? » TwinStuff
Loss of a Twin | Psychology Today
Twinless Twins Support Group International
Gluskap | Encyclopedia.com
Glooscap - Wikipedia
Malsumis - Wikipedia
Ibeji - Wikipedia
Emily Hanson Twins and Vodou.pdf (ufl.edu)
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Throughout history, twins have been a focal point in mythology, religion, and folklore. But what does science actually know about them?
In this episode, we lay some groundwork for all things twin, touching on known facts and twin types, and wetting out appetites for the more obscure parts of twindom - items we'll cover in a future episode, such as dream sharing and other telekinetic links. For now, we'll bask in the fact that the twin next door might be a chimera.
For all we know, you might be too.
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6 Types of Twins That Are Extremely Rare - YouTube
Twins — Science Learning Hub
Pregnancy: Multiple Births, Twins, Triplets, and More (onhealth.com)
Evil twin - Wikipedia
Twins in mythology - Wikipedia
Chimera (genetics) - Wikipedia
Human chimera - Wikipedia
Scientists have made a mouse embryo that's 4% human -- the highest level of human cells in an animal yet | CNN
3 Human Chimeras That Already Exist - Scientific American
AVESTA: YASNA: (English)
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What are poltergeist? Evil entities or paranormal beacons that draw in ghost and ghoul alike? Today’s episode explores the link between poltergeist and psychokinesis, and takes a walk down the rocky trail of the Mackie Poltergeist case as reported by minister Alexander Telfair.Contact me: leedawnabooks@gmail.comWebsite: https://leedawnabooks.comPatreon: Immortal Monsters PodcastMailing List - join here!Postal Mail: PO Box 205, MacArthur WV 25873Social Media: Facebook - Instagram - Twitter - YouTubeResources for this episode:What is a Poltergeist? - The Paranormal SocietyPoltergeist - Wikipedia[TCP] A true relation of an apparition expressions and actings of a spirit which infected the house of Andrew Mackie in Ring-Croft of Stocking, in the paroch of Kerrick, in the stewartry of Kirkcudbright, in Scotland / by Mr. Alexander Telfair, minister of that paroch ; and attested by many other persons who were also eye and ear-witnesses. (ox.ac.uk)Historic Poltergeist Cases - PsychicScience.orgAre women really more talkative than men? - PubMed (nih.gov)Other cases:Epworth Rectory (1716-1717)Hinton Ampner (1764-1771)Ballechin House (1876)Great Amherst Mystery (1878-1879)Thornton Heath poltergeist (1938)--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/leedawna/support
The first episode of Immortal Monsters is all about that part of Irish mythology known as the Leprechaun. Think you know what they are? I did, too. Then I fell down the rabbit hole of leprechaun lore and built an altar to the fallen angels. You know, just to be safe.
Research resources:
Danu | Celtic goddess | Britannica
https://youtu.be/1MI4PgTs3lw
https://youtu.be/Eszb1jqJtoQ Irish Leprechaun Facts & Myths - Irish Folklore Stories From Ireland (yourirish.com)
Luchorpán - definition of Luchorpán by The Free Dictionary
Thomas Dekker (writer) - Wikipedia
The Honest Whore - Wikipedia
The Origins of Leprechauns: Where Did They Come From? - Holidappy
Bizarre Cases of Real Encounters with Leprechauns (mysteriousuniverse.org)
Leprechauns | Encyclopedia.com
Where does the name Ireland come from? (irishcentral.com)
Goddess Danu: Complete A Guide to the Irish Goddess (mythologysource.com)
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Immortal Monsters - the podcast shedding candlelight on cryptids, hauntings, mythology, and more! Join thriller and suspense author Lee Dawna on a lighthearted journey through the strange, weird, and macabre.
Video version is available on Spotify, and YouTube under the Immortal Monsters playlist of the Lee Dawna Books channel.
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