EPISODE 154 - Pukwudgie

Send us a textIn this episode we dive head-first into the weird, wild world of the Pukwudgie — tiny but terrifying beings from Native American folklore, especially via the Wampanoag. These little forest dwellers stand only about two to three feet tall, with grey or ashen skin, enlarged ears, noses, and fingers, and are often described as part-human, part-goblin/troll. Once, according to legend, Pukwudgies might have even helped humans or lived peacefully alongside them — but things went south when they got jealous of the giants humans worshipped (like Maushop). Suddenly, “helpful forest folk” turned into nasty tricksters: they shapeshift, vanish on a whim, conjure magic, shoot poison arrows, and even lure people off cliffs. Homespun Haints+2Belief Hole Podcast+2In this episode, we’ll unravel the twisty legend of the Pukwudgie — why they went from “helpful” to “horrific,” what woods they’re tied to, and the wild tales that still swirl about people spotting them. We’ll ask: are they harmless forest spirits, or vengeful little monsters best left alone?So settle in, maybe turn off the lights, and get ready to meet some very small terror from the woods…Support the showThank you for listening. If you would like to see any of our videos and photos please check out the links below. If you like what you hear please be sure to like and follow as it really helps us keep doing this!Subscribe to the show and get access to the BLAM episodes @https://www.buzzsprout.com/2115848/subscribePlease follow us @ https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100089047737544&sk=abouthttps://www.instagram.com/perplexedpodcasts/https://www.tiktok.com/@perplexedpodcasts?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pcPlease subscribe to our channel @ https://www.youtube.com/@perplexedpodcast/featuredPlease support the show @https://www.buzzsprout.com/2115848/supportBuy us a coffee @https://www.buymeacoffee.com/perplexedpodUse this link & code to start your first podcast and grab your voucher. Using this code will support our show too so it's a win win!!https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=2096726Much love

Send us a textIn this episode, we dive into the unsettling yet ultimately hopeful story of Beth Thomas, widely known from the viral Child of Rage interviews. We explore the real-life trauma behind her early violent behavior, how severe neglect shaped her emotional world, and what her case taught mental-health professionals about attachment disorders.Through careful analysis and compassionate storytelling, we separate myth from fact, break down how Beth’s therapeutic journey unfolded, and discuss why her story became such a landmark case in childhood trauma studies. This episode looks beyond the shock factor to examine the science, the treatment approach, and Beth’s path toward healing, offering listeners a clearer and more human perspective on a story that has been sensationalized for decades.Support the showThank you for listening. If you would like to see any of our videos and photos please check out the links below. If you like what you hear please be sure to like and follow as it really helps us keep doing this!Subscribe to the show and get access to the BLAM episodes @https://www.buzzsprout.com/2115848/subscribePlease follow us @ https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100089047737544&sk=abouthttps://www.instagram.com/perplexedpodcasts/https://www.tiktok.com/@perplexedpodcasts?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pcPlease subscribe to our channel @ https://www.youtube.com/@perplexedpodcast/featuredPlease support the show @https://www.buzzsprout.com/2115848/supportBuy us a coffee @https://www.buymeacoffee.com/perplexedpodUse this link & code to start your first podcast and grab your voucher. Using this code will support our show too so it's a win win!!https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=2096726Much love

Send us a textIn this episode, we step beyond folklore and fiction into the chilling, bewildering world of feral children—real individuals who grew up isolated from human society, some reportedly in the company of animals. Inspired by stories like The Jungle Book’s Mowgli, we explore the unsettling reality behind these cases and what they reveal about human development, survival, and the deep need for connection.We unpack some of the most well-known and controversial accounts: children said to have been raised by wolves, monkeys, and even dogs. How much of this is myth, misunderstanding, or media sensationalism? And in the rare instances that are documented, what happens when these children are brought back into human society?From the eerie similarities across global case reports to the scientific and ethical questions they raise, this episode dives into the boundary between humanity and the wild. Expect psychological insight, historical context, and moments that will leave you questioning where the line between nature and nurture truly lies.Whether you’re fascinated, skeptical, or just deeply curious—prepare to be perplexed.Support the showThank you for listening. If you would like to see any of our videos and photos please check out the links below. If you like what you hear please be sure to like and follow as it really helps us keep doing this!Subscribe to the show and get access to the BLAM episodes @https://www.buzzsprout.com/2115848/subscribePlease follow us @ https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100089047737544&sk=abouthttps://www.instagram.com/perplexedpodcasts/https://www.tiktok.com/@perplexedpodcasts?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pcPlease subscribe to our channel @ https://www.youtube.com/@perplexedpodcast/featuredPlease support the show @https://www.buzzsprout.com/2115848/supportBuy us a coffee @https://www.buymeacoffee.com/perplexedpodUse this link & code to start your first podcast and grab your voucher. Using this code will support our show too so it's a win win!!https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=2096726Much love

Send us a textJust when you thought you’d heard every strange rule out there, America says, “Hold my root beer.” In this brand-new volume, we’re heading back across the States to uncover even more wonderfully weird, wonderfully real laws still lurking in the books.From states that forbid ice cream on Sundays (tragic) to small towns where it’s technically illegal to walk backwards while eating a doughnut — this episode is a love letter to the glorious oddities that make America, well… America.Kate’s on the mic with her trademark humour, plenty of “you’ve-got-to-be-kidding” moments, and just enough genuine curiosity to make you wonder why someone ever needed to write these laws in the first place.Expect: 🦆 Ducks in trousers (we don’t make the rules, we just report them). 💋 Kissing restrictions that’ll have you side-eyeing your local sheriff. 🥒 And the legendary law that decided what counts as a “real” pickle.It’s one hour of laughter, disbelief, and affectionate chaos — proof that sometimes truth really is stranger than fiction.Support the showThank you for listening. If you would like to see any of our videos and photos please check out the links below. If you like what you hear please be sure to like and follow as it really helps us keep doing this!Subscribe to the show and get access to the BLAM episodes @https://www.buzzsprout.com/2115848/subscribePlease follow us @ https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100089047737544&sk=abouthttps://www.instagram.com/perplexedpodcasts/https://www.tiktok.com/@perplexedpodcasts?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pcPlease subscribe to our channel @ https://www.youtube.com/@perplexedpodcast/featuredPlease support the show @https://www.buzzsprout.com/2115848/supportBuy us a coffee @https://www.buymeacoffee.com/perplexedpodUse this link & code to start your first podcast and grab your voucher. Using this code will support our show too so it's a win win!!https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=2096726Much love

Send us a textWhen a well-dressed stranger calling himself Peter Bergmann arrives in a quiet Irish town, he seems ordinary—until he begins methodically disposing of his belongings, checks into a hotel under a fake name, and walks alone toward the sea, never to return; what follows is a chilling investigation into a man who tried to erase himself completely, leaving behind no clues, no past, and one of the most haunting unsolved mysteries in modern Europe. Support the showThank you for listening. If you would like to see any of our videos and photos please check out the links below. If you like what you hear please be sure to like and follow as it really helps us keep doing this!Subscribe to the show and get access to the BLAM episodes @https://www.buzzsprout.com/2115848/subscribePlease follow us @ https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100089047737544&sk=abouthttps://www.instagram.com/perplexedpodcasts/https://www.tiktok.com/@perplexedpodcasts?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pcPlease subscribe to our channel @ https://www.youtube.com/@perplexedpodcast/featuredPlease support the show @https://www.buzzsprout.com/2115848/supportBuy us a coffee @https://www.buymeacoffee.com/perplexedpodUse this link & code to start your first podcast and grab your voucher. Using this code will support our show too so it's a win win!!https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=2096726Much love

Send us a text🎃 Halloween Special: Ghosts of Norfolk & Suffolk 👻It’s spooky season, and we’re going full ghoul mode!In this extra-haunted Halloween special, Sarah takes us on a chilling tour through the haunted halls and misty streets of Norfolk. Then Kate heads over the border to Suffolk, where the ghosts are just as lively — from hooded monks to pubs where the spirits pour more than just gin.Expect cold shivers, dark humour, and the occasional nervous laugh as we swap eerie local legends, creepy eyewitness stories, and a few “nope, absolutely not” moments.Grab your pumpkin spice, light a candle, and join us for a Halloween hour of ghostly gossip from East Anglia’s most haunted corners.Because if you can’t summon the dead in October… when can you?👻✨ Available wherever you get your podcasts — and maybe, if you listen closely, you’ll hear more than just us…Support the showThank you for listening. If you would like to see any of our videos and photos please check out the links below. If you like what you hear please be sure to like and follow as it really helps us keep doing this!Subscribe to the show and get access to the BLAM episodes @https://www.buzzsprout.com/2115848/subscribePlease follow us @ https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100089047737544&sk=abouthttps://www.instagram.com/perplexedpodcasts/https://www.tiktok.com/@perplexedpodcasts?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pcPlease subscribe to our channel @ https://www.youtube.com/@perplexedpodcast/featuredPlease support the show @https://www.buzzsprout.com/2115848/supportBuy us a coffee @https://www.buymeacoffee.com/perplexedpodUse this link & code to start your first podcast and grab your voucher. Using this code will support our show too so it's a win win!!https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=2096726Much love

Send us a textEd Gein: The Butcher of PlainfieldEd Gein was born in 1906 in Plainfield, Wisconsin — a small town that would later wish it had never existed. His childhood was, to put it lightly, grim. His mother, Augusta, was a religious fanatic who preached that all women (except her, of course) were instruments of sin. His father was a drunk. His older brother died mysteriously in a fire, and — surprise, surprise — Ed was the one who found him.After his mother’s death in 1945, Ed completely unraveled. He boarded up her room like a shrine and started dabbling in some light grave robbing — as one does. He’d dig up corpses from the local cemetery, bring them home, and use the body parts to make things like lampshades, bowls, and even a “woman suit” made from human skin. Yeah. That happened.When police finally caught up with him in 1957, they found the body of Bernice Worden — a local hardware store owner — hanging in his shed, gutted like a deer. Inside the house? A museum of horrors: skulls used as bowls, furniture upholstered in skin, and masks made from human faces.Gein was declared legally insane and spent the rest of his life in mental institutions until his death in 1984.His crimes inspired some of the most infamous characters in horror history — Norman Bates (Psycho), Leatherface (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre), and Buffalo Bill (The Silence of the Lambs). Basically, without Ed Gein, the modern horror genre might look very different... and maybe a little less terrifying.00:00:00 Trigger Warning00:00:28 Intro chat00:09:18 Random BLAMS GO00:12:32 Random BLAMS DONE!!00:13:56 Start Of Episode00:36:10 The Death Of Ed's Brother00:53:01 Our Discussion Begins01:32:51 End Of EpisodeSupport the showThank you for listening. If you would like to see any of our videos and photos please check out the links below. If you like what you hear please be sure to like and follow as it really helps us keep doing this!Subscribe to the show and get access to the BLAM episodes @https://www.buzzsprout.com/2115848/subscribePlease follow us @ https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100089047737544&sk=abouthttps://www.instagram.com/perplexedpodcasts/https://www.tiktok.com/@perplexedpodcasts?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pcPlease subscribe to our channel @ https://www.youtube.com/@perplexedpodcast/featuredPlease support the show @https://www.buzzsprout.com/2115848/supportBuy us a coffee @https://www.buymeacoffee.com/perplexedpodUse this link & code to start your first podcast and grab your voucher. Using this code will support our show too so it's a win win!!https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=2096726Much love

Send us a textEd Gein: The Butcher of PlainfieldEd Gein was born in 1906 in Plainfield, Wisconsin — a small town that would later wish it had never existed. His childhood was, to put it lightly, grim. His mother, Augusta, was a religious fanatic who preached that all women (except her, of course) were instruments of sin. His father was a drunk. His older brother died mysteriously in a fire, and — surprise, surprise — Ed was the one who found him.After his mother’s death in 1945, Ed completely unraveled. He boarded up her room like a shrine and started dabbling in some light grave robbing — as one does. He’d dig up corpses from the local cemetery, bring them home, and use the body parts to make things like lampshades, bowls, and even a “woman suit” made from human skin. Yeah. That happened.When police finally caught up with him in 1957, they found the body of Bernice Worden — a local hardware store owner — hanging in his shed, gutted like a deer. Inside the house? A museum of horrors: skulls used as bowls, furniture upholstered in skin, and masks made from human faces.Gein was declared legally insane and spent the rest of his life in mental institutions until his death in 1984.His crimes inspired some of the most infamous characters in horror history — Norman Bates (Psycho), Leatherface (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre), and Buffalo Bill (The Silence of the Lambs). Basically, without Ed Gein, the modern horror genre might look very different... and maybe a little less terrifying.00:00:00 Trigger Warning00:05:17 Random BLAMS GO00:10:46 Random BLAMS DONE00:18:47 Start Of Episode00:37:18 Ed's House00:52:56 Sarah & Kate DiscussSupport the showThank you for listening. If you would like to see any of our videos and photos please check out the links below. If you like what you hear please be sure to like and follow as it really helps us keep doing this!Subscribe to the show and get access to the BLAM episodes @https://www.buzzsprout.com/2115848/subscribePlease follow us @ https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100089047737544&sk=abouthttps://www.instagram.com/perplexedpodcasts/https://www.tiktok.com/@perplexedpodcasts?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pcPlease subscribe to our channel @ https://www.youtube.com/@perplexedpodcast/featuredPlease support the show @https://www.buzzsprout.com/2115848/supportBuy us a coffee @https://www.buymeacoffee.com/perplexedpodUse this link & code to start your first podcast and grab your voucher. Using this code will support our show too so it's a win win!!https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=2096726Much love

Send us a textBIG NEWS!!!! We finally unveil what we've been working on......Support the showThank you for listening. If you would like to see any of our videos and photos please check out the links below. If you like what you hear please be sure to like and follow as it really helps us keep doing this!Subscribe to the show and get access to the BLAM episodes @https://www.buzzsprout.com/2115848/subscribePlease follow us @ https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100089047737544&sk=abouthttps://www.instagram.com/perplexedpodcasts/https://www.tiktok.com/@perplexedpodcasts?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pcPlease subscribe to our channel @ https://www.youtube.com/@perplexedpodcast/featuredPlease support the show @https://www.buzzsprout.com/2115848/supportBuy us a coffee @https://www.buymeacoffee.com/perplexedpodUse this link & code to start your first podcast and grab your voucher. Using this code will support our show too so it's a win win!!https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=2096726Much love

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