Patreon Exclusive 24 - The Mystery of the Wizard Clip

I don't even know where to start with this episode. This episode is about a medication that no longer exists but is similar to Vick's topical analgesic. https://www.fadingad.com/fadingadblog/2015/03/12/lees-save-the-baby-more-misbranded-nostrums-from-our-not-so-distant-past/ https://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/features/look-back-old-time-medicines https://www.peoplespharmacy.com/articles/savethebaby-har

I was so unsatisfied by other re-tellings and explanations of this legend that I did an intense deep dive into it. I ended up obsessing over Father Gallitzin and did a cradle to grave biography about him and his episode is on this feed as well. The Mystery of the Wizard Clip is a supernatural event that took place in the 1790’s in Middleway, West Virginia which was investigated by the Catholic church. Was the Wizard Clip a ghost or a demon? Could it have simply been a human prankster? Listen to this Patreon exclusive and decide for yourself!  Apologies for my breathing being so prominent in this episode. I was still struggling with some asthma issues during this recording, it was also very late at night when I found time to record so I was sighing and yawning also. I try to hold myself to a higher standard and will try to do better in the future, but unfortunately at the moment I have to steal recording time when I can. Thank you so much for understanding!  SOURCES Hillbilly Horror Stories episode titled Midweek 4 Demon of Wizard Clip & Serial Spirits  Monsteropolis episode 77 titled to the woods where someone who writes in to the show believes that the wizard clip is related to the bell witch haunting.  Wizard Clip by Granny Sue https://www.miraclesofthechurch.com/2011/11/wizard-clip-adam-livingstons-miraculous.html https://www.mysticsofthechurch.com/2014/02/the-wizard-clip-mystic-voice-newspaper.html blog post that transcribed a newspaper article from 1926  THE KINGSTON DAILY FREEMAN NEWSPAPER Monday November 1, 1926 https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/wizard-clip-west-virginia-priest-field The Ghost Story Behind a Bucolic Catholic Retreat Center A brief, true history of West Virginia’s Priest Field and “The Legend of the Wizard Clip.” BY ERIC GRUNDHAUSER NOVEMBER 7, 2017 The Big Book of West Virginia Ghost Stories By Visionary Living, Inc. Wikipedia The mystery of the wizard clip a monograph by joseph m finotti in 1879 https://www.loc.gov/resource/dcmsiabooks.mysteryofwizardc00fino/?sp=13&r=-0.547,0.277,2.093,1.329,0 https://archive.org/details/mysteryofwizardc00fino https://www.loc.gov/collections/selected-digitized-books/?fa=segmentof:dcmsiabooks.mysteryofwizardc00fino/%7Csubject:west+virginia&sb=shelf-id&st=gallery http://middlewayconservancy.org/Wizard_Clip_Legend.html wizzard clip by w s laidley from west virginia magazine quarterly in 1904  I also watched some videos by Jim Surkamp who apparently was the Jefferson County Commissoner at one point. I couldn’t find out much about him but I guess he’s a historian and writer.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvnikVyxhzY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOPCk2O9c5Y

People who've worked in hotels tell all about their worst experiences on the job.  Music from https://filmmusic.io"Fretless" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) 

Today's Patreon exclusive episode is about the alien gravesite in Aurora, TX that reportedly contains the remains of "Ned", an alien who crash-landed and died. Is it a hoax? What do you think?

If you grew up in Alabama, you have probably been told the legend of Noccalula Falls. Many people do not know that this is a made-up story that is harmful to indigenous people of the United States rather than being a romantic story. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noccalula_Falls_Park https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Turkey

If you grew up in Alabama, you have probably been told the legend of Noccalula Falls. Many people do not know that this is a made-up story that is harmful to indigenous people of the United States rather than being a romantic story. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noccalula_Falls_Park https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Turkey

Miss Baker was a squirrel monkey who is buried just outside the Huntsville Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, AL. Miss Baker was the first mammal to survive being launched into space.  **Trigger warning for animal lovers. This episode, unfortunately, contains sad details regarding the mistreatment of animals.**

Today's short episode is about a weird cocktail from "long time ago days" when people added  ammonia smelling salts to coca-cola as a health tonic. It was very popular in the US and some people still enjoy it today.

After Roselind Nadine Earles passed away a week before Christmas, her parents honored her memory by building a permanent playhouse structure as a mausoleum over her grave site. Her parents are buried beside her in Lanett, Alabama. https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/little-nadine-earles-doll-house-grave-lanett   https://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/21933   https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11332/roselind-nadine-earles   https://www.al.com/living/2014/06/alabama_childs_playhouse_mauso.html  

In the South, we do things a lil bit different. Especially when it comes to weddings. Is burying a bottle of bourbon an ancient pagan ritual passed down from generations to curry favor with the gods that control the weather, or is it a made up tradition created by the alcohol industry?