It's the week before Halloween! join Jess as she takes a deep dive into the history of Halloween! where did it all begin? When did people start dressing up, carving pumpkins and bobbing for apples? The origins may surprise you…

References:
Eastwood, Luke. SAMHAIN: The Roots of Halloween. S.L., History Press, 2021.

‌https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIIaOlIZ8lw

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Halloween

https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2021/10/the-origins-of-halloween-traditions/#:~:text=Yet%2C%20the%20Halloween%20holiday%20has,costumes%20to%20ward%20off%20ghosts.

https://www.newgrange.com/samhain.htm#:~:text=The%20entrance%20passage%20to%20the,Ireland%20about%202%2C500%20years%20ago.

https://www.history.com/news/halloween-trick-or-treating-origins

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-history-of-trick-or-treating-goes-back-centuries-79408373/

https://heritageireland.ie/places-to-visit/hill-of-tara/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fUpMmHdS1c

https://druidry.org/resources/tlachtga-and-the-ancient-roots-of-halloween-samhain

https://druidry.org/druid-way/beliefs

https://oldsoulartisan.com/blogs/library/the-legend-of-stingy-jack

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In Today’s episode Jess will go on the ultimate quest in search of the truth behind the Jersey Devil. Explore the history of cryptozoology and Cryptids to get better understanding of how just maybe? it’s possible the Jersey Devil is more than just a figment of our dark imagination.

Resources:

https://www.gaia.com/article/these-cryptids-proven-to-be-real-give-us-hope-for-these-5-others

https://www.ancient-origins.net/unexplained-phenomena/cryptids-0017386

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https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/invertebrates/facts/giant-squid#

https://www.atlanticcountynj.gov/government/government-information/history-of-atlantic-county/jersey-devil-fact-or-fiction

https://www.nj.com/entertainment/2016/10/13_places_the_jersey_devil_has_been_spotted_in_the.html

‌ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hq5lay5ykQ

https://www.chasingfamilyghosts.com/post/the-legend-of-the-jersey-devil

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/weird/nys-mythical-lake-creature-njs-jersey-devil-among-most-searched-for-monsters-in-us/4275648/

https://www.atlanticcountynj.gov/government/government-information/history-of-atlantic-county/jersey-devil-fact-or-fiction

https://www.discoveryplus.com/video/the-jersey-devil-monster-in-the-pines/the-jersey-devil

https://weirdnj.com/stories/legends-of-the-blue-hole/

Coleman, Loren, and Jerome Clark. Cryptozoology a to Z: The Encyclopedia of Loch Monsters, Sasquatch, Chupacabras, and Other Authentic Mysteries of Nature. New York, Ny, Simon & Schuster, 1999.

Regal, Brian, and Frank J Esposito. The Secret History of the Jersey Devil: How Quakers, Hucksters, and Benjamin Franklin Created a Monster. Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019.

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This is not a regular scheduled episode, just a quick announcement about the future of Crooked Campfire. Rachel has decided to take a step back from the Podcast at this time. But don't you worry, Jess plans to continue with the regular schedule of every other Thursday moving forward.

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Jess is holding down the fort In today’s episode, taking a deep dive into some of the true stories behind some of the most haunted campgrounds in America. Visiting Big Moose Lake in New York, Beaver Creek Campground in Montana, Free-Town State Forrest in Massachusetts and Fort Worden State Park in Washington state.

References:

“Murder of Grace Brown.” Wikipedia, 10 Feb. 2024, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Grace_Brown.

“Big Moose Lake.” Adirondack Experience, 13 Mar. 2024, www.adirondackexperience.com/paddling/big-moose-lake. Accessed 24 June 2024.

“The Murder at Big Moose Lake: One of the Adirondacks’ Most Sensational Murders.” Adirondack.net, www.adirondack.net/history/grace-brown/.

“An Adirondack Ghost Story.” Adirondack Experience, 9 Jan. 2023, www.adirondackexperience.com/story/2014/10/adirondack-ghost-story. Accessed 24 June 2024.

“The Mysterious Ghost of Grace Brown.” Unsolved Mysteries, 16 May 2023, unsolved.com/gallery/ghost-of-grace-brown/.

“Beaver Creek Campground.” Recreation.gov, 2020, www.recreation.gov/camping/campgrounds/233181. Accessed 24 June 2024.

https://southwestmt.com/specialfeatures/this-is-montana/special-places/hebgen-lake-earthquake-and-quake-lake/

Morris, Larry. The 1959 Yellowstone Earthquake. Arcadia Publishing, 13 Aug. 2010.

https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/experiences/massachusetts/haunted-forest-freetown-ma

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freetown-Fall_River_State_Forest

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emu

https://ghostlyactivities.com/fort-worden-ghost-hunting-report/

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Jess is running solo today to bring you a story on a stormy evening at the Johnson Space Center, NASA's elite training center. Thad Roberts with the help of some friends pull off the most audacious heist in NASA’s history, stealing an entire safe of moon rocks and other valuables only to be caught red-handed, with the help of a Belgium veteran rockhound named Axel and the FBI in an elaborate sting operation that the four amateur thieves never saw coming.

References:

NASA. “Lunar Rocks and Soils from Apollo Missions.” Curator.jsc.nasa.gov, 16 Aug. 2023,curator.jsc.nasa.gov/lunar/#:~:text=Between%201969%20and%201972%20six

NASAeClips. “Our World: The Stories Moon Rocks Tell.” YouTube, 25 Oct. 2023, www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7U1EjDotYQ&t=64s. Accessed 19 June 2024.

“Sex on the Moon: The Amazing Story behind the Most Audacious Heist in History: Mezrich, Ben: 9780307741349: Amazon.com: Books.” Amazon.com, 2024, www.amazon.com/Sex-Moon-Amazing-Audacious-History/dp/0307741346. Accessed 19 June 2024.

NASA EClips Episode – Our World: The Stories Moon Rocks Tell - NASA. www.nasa.gov/stem-content/nasa-eclips-episode-our-world-the-stories-moon-rocks-tell/. Accessed 19 June 2024.

CBS News. “Man Steals Moon Rocks for Love.” YouTube, 10 July 2011, www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxkaKu_Oof0. Accessed 19 June 2024.

Museum, Cleveland. “A Lunar Gem | Cleveland Museum of Natural History.” Cmnh.org, 2024, www.cmnh.org/in-the-news/science-blog/june-2018/a-lunar-gem. Accessed 19 June 2024.

TEDx Talks. “TEDxBoulder - Thad Roberts - Visualizing Eleven Dimensions.” YouTube, 28 Dec. 2010, www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSz5BjExs9o. Accessed 14 Apr. 2021.

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Linda Burflied Hazzard entitled herself a doctor and martyr for her beliefs that her fasting regiment was the panacea for all illnesses and/or ailments. The fasting specialist would later be linked to over a dozen deaths and be exposed as a con artist, not only swindling her patients, but starving them. The “Starvation Doctor” claimed her innocence until her last breath, despite the trail of lives she left behind.

References:
Lovejoy, B. Lovejoy, B. (2014, October 27). The Doctor Who Starved Her Patients to Death. Smithsonian Magazine. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/doctor-who-starved-her-patients-death-180953158/

Olsen, Gregg. (1997). Starvation Heights: A True Story of Murder and Malice in the Woods of the Pacific Northwest. Crown.

Burfield Hazzard, L. (1907, October 6). Why I Believe in Starvation as a Cure for All Bodily Ills. Seattle Daily Times, pp.6.

Unknown. (1910, May 12). Officials to probe Death of L.E.Rader. Seattle Daily Times, pp.1

Unkown. (1910, July 31). Ad for Linda Burfield Hazzard’s services. Seattle Daily Times, pp.10

Unkown. (1910, September 15). Starvation Advocate Seeks New Pastures. Seattle Daily Times, pp. 8.

Unknown. (1911, July 28). Starvation Advocate Accused by Consul. Seattle Daily Times, pp.9.

Unknown. (1911, August 5). Linda Burfield Hazzard Faces Murder Charge. Seattle Daily Times, pp.2.

Unknown. (1911, August 6). Dr.Linda Burfield Hazzard Taken in Custody on Murder Charge. Seattle Daily Times, pp.5.

Unkown. (1911, August 8). Scenes at “Starvation Heights”, Near Olalla. Seattle Daily Times, pp. 1.

Unknown. (1911, August 9). Powerful Will of Woman Ruled Fast Sanitarium. Seattle Daily Times, pp.2-5.

Unknown. (1911, August 10). Hazzard Expose Lost Friends for Linda Burfield. Seattle Daily Times, pp.2.

Unknown. (1911, August 11). Hazzard Won Prominence in Army Circles. Seattle Daily Times, pp. 2.

Unkown. (1911, August 13). Forgery Will be Element in Hazzard Case. Seattle Daily Times, pp.4.

Unknown. (1911, August 20). Agassiz Lists All Articles He Says Dr.Hazzard Kept. Seattle Daily Times, pp.18

Unknown. (1911, August 27). Information Said to be Fatally Deficient by Hazzard Counsel. Seattle Daily Times, pp.3.

Unknown. (1912, January 22). Claire Williamson’s Will Introduced in Port Orchard Trial. Seattle Daily Times, pp.3.

Unknown. (1912, January 23). Dr.Hazzard’s Son Urged Girls to Keep Up Their Long Fast. Seattle Daily

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On May 24th, 1935, George H. Weyerhaeuser, age 9 was kidnapped off the street in Tacoma, WA in broad daylight walking home from school. His captors mailed a note to the Weyerhaeuser family demanding $200,000 ransom for the boy’s safe return. George was held handcuffed in a freshly dug pit in the woods. The Weyerhaeuser family complied with the $200,000 demand and on June 1st,1935 at 3:30am George was set free on a remote road in Issaquah, WA, 9 days after his kidnapping. A farmer drove George to town, media coverage on George’s story was intense so news spread quickly of George’s release which led to George being kidnapped for the 2nd time.

References:
Johnston, Bryan. Deep in the Woods. Post Hill Press, 14 Sept. 2021.

“George Weyerhaeuser Sr., Great-Grandson of Timber Company Founder and Kidnapped as a Child, Dies at 95.” The Seattle Times, 13 June 2022, www.seattletimes.com/business/george-weyerhaeuser-sr-great-grandson-of-timber-company-founder-and-childhood-kidnap-victim-dies-at-95/.

“George H. W. Weyerhaeuser.” Www.weyerhaeusermusehistory.com, https://www.weyerhaeusermusehistory.com/george-h-w-weyerhaeuser/ .Accessed 11 June 2024.

“Crime and Punishment.” Special.seattletimes.com, https://special.seattletimes.com/o/special/centennial/may/crime.html

Regimbal, Alec. “History: The P-I’s Role in the Kidnapping Case of George Weyerhaeuser.” Seattle Post-Intelligencer, www.seattlepi.com/local/seattle-history/article/seattle-p-i-role-in-george-weyerhaeuser-kidnapping-16463008.php. Accessed 11 June 2024.

Raftery, Isolde. “A Wild Tale of Kidnapping and Newshounding in the Northwest.” Www.kuow.org, 24 Oct. 2018, www.kuow.org/stories/wild-tale-kidnapping-and-newshounding-northwest. Accessed 11 June 2024.

“Weyerhaeuser Kidnapping.” Www.historylink.org, https://www.historylink.org/file/7750

“History.” Www.weyerhaeuser.com, www.weyerhaeuser.com/company/history/.

“Weyerhaeuser Kidnapping.” Www.historylink.org, https://www.historylink.org/File/7711

“George Weyerhaeuser Obituary (1926 - 2022) - Lakewood, WA - News Tribune (Tacoma).” Legacy.com,

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/tribnet/

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