Dairyland Frights

Kangaroos? In Wisconsin? Since the late 1800s, countless Wisconsinites have reported seeing kangaroos around the state with zero explanation. The people of Waukesha even organized a kangaroo hunt in the late 1970s to catch the elusive marsupials. Listen to Meaghan’s comical telling of several wild stories, then decide for yourself if they sound real or a part of a grand, Wisconsin-wide hoax.

The Lincoln Park Zoo is located in Chicago where there once was a cemetery. The Chicago City Cemetery was open from 1843 to 1859 and it held the remains of more than 35,000 people. Stories say that as many as 12,000 -15,000 bodies still remain under the zoo, with no way to discern where the myriad burials remained, the city simply continued its plans to create a lakefront park, and Chicago moved on. Not all of the dead, however, did.

Hey spooky friends! We wanted you to enjoy the best of our episodes so far Haunted Door County, The Peshtigo Fire Summer Wind Mansion over this long weekend. We'll be back with a brand-new episode next week!

Description: In 1903, a tiny Iowa town of 400 people was terrorized by a winged beast for five nights. It had leathery bat-like wings, a horn on its head that emitted a beam of light, and made a sound that was described “as though Satan and a regiment of imps were coming forth for battle.” Eventually, an old-fashioned mob was formed to drive the beast out for good. But, was it all real? Or, was it an elaborate hoax created by some of the town’s most prominent residents? 
Listen to this episode of Dairyland Frights and decide for yourself! 
 

Since the 1800s, the DeSoto House Hotel in Galena, Illinois has had its fair share of hauntings and tragedies — fires, explosions, and wild paranormal activity. Guests have reported seeing ghostly apparitions of children, Union Soldiers, and most notably, a woman in black descending a staircase and disappearing into a wall. Are you brave enough to book a room at the Desoto House? Tune in as the Dairyland Frights gang covers the spookiest stories of haunted Galena.

Bachelor's Grove Woods is located just 25 miles outside of Chicago and is home to one of the most haunted cemeteries in the world. Bachelor's Grove Cemetery has had reports of well over 100 paranormal experiences, some of which were documented.
Get some extra pairs of pants and underwear ready. You’re going to need them!
 

A mysterious disappearance of an Ohio man that ended up not being what it seemed. This is the true story of Lawrence Joseph Bader that's so crazy that you have to listen to believe it!

After she died in 1874, Kate Blood has named a witch and a murderer making her grave part of a disturbing urban legend based in Appleton, Wisconsin. It is said that Kate’s apparition can be seen pacing behind her grave, which allegedly bleeds under the light of the full moon. But is there truth behind the stories? What happened to Kate Blood? Listen in to find out.

In this week's episode, we cover the fantasy horror character known as Slender Man. This urban legend convinced two girls in Wisconsin to stab their friend. Slender Man is a fictional supernatural character that originated as a creepypasta Internet meme created by Something Awful forum user Eric Knudsen (also known as "Victor Surge") in 2009. The Internet’s best and scariest legend. Slender man!

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