Episode 127 Blue Whales, Backrooms, and Walking Sam
Tripping on Legends
There are a few reasons people make up folklore. They are trying to learn a lesson or remember something important to pass down. They are wanting to cherish a historical moment. Then some folklore is meant to explain something in nature that science has not yet tackled. Why are their lights in the sky? Where does thunder come from? Why does the snake slitter? Why are our kids dying? Walking Sam has been taking the blame for the teen suicide rate on the Pine Ridge Reservation for years. Problem is, he may be more monster than myth and more ghost than cautionary tale....
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Episode 126...Bones and Lies from Okeechobee
Tripping on Legends
Urkhammer or Ashely were just the beginning. Sure, we can agree they probably never existed, but did they have their own merch? In walks Doveland, Wisconsin and says, “Hold my urban legend.” In the second part of their Lost Cities, Lost Bones show, Trippers Christopher Balzano and Deanna Mulhern continue their trek across towns that never existed looking trying to make sense of all of these Mandela Towns before shooting over to Lake Okeechobee to debate whether their infamous bones are sketchy or point at a darker history of the “hole in the state.” We apologize ahead of...
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Episode 125...Lost Cities, Lost Bones
Tripping on Legends
Ever been to Urkhammer or Ashely? Have you picked up your hat and cup and keychain from Doveland? Travel across the country and you'll find rumors of towns that don't exist and places people remember but can't quite communicate about. It could be collective amnesia, the Mandela Effect, or maybe just a case of the Internet having a little fun at our expense. We continue to scratch our heads at Roanoke, but what about Tinsdale. Join Trippers Christopher Balzano and Deanna Mulhern as they skip from town to town looking for the answers before landing smack dab in the middle of the...
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Episode 124...Battle of the Two Dolls
Tripping on Legends
With Ella begging me to allow her to do the Backrooms episode, we had to switch gears a little bit. It's okay to follow Robert's Rules and believe in the curse. It's okay to fall back on Voodoo curses and wild affairs and attempted murder. It's okay to swoon when the tales get taller and the stories get darker and the monster comes out of the attic. All Roberts are a representation of the life and times during which They Did It. Just understand the doll you know and love is not the one you think he is, and the truth might be is as faded as the face on that little toy in...
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Episode 123...Never Follow the Music
Tripping on Legends
There are a few rules that you should never break when thinking about tripping after a ghostly legend. Don’t forget a flashlight if you’re going into the woods. Never cross a bridge unless you’ve seen someone heavier cross it first. Remember to leave a few coins whenever you pass by some graves. And of course, if you hear music in the woods, never follow it. Or maybe always follow it, just never try to join in on the beat. There is a deep history of music from the woods, but in the last two decades, people around the world have reported abandoned pianos in forest....
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Episode 122...What Has a Face but No Head?
Tripping on Legends
A clock tower, and mausoleum made to order, and an old man with no head waiting to chit chat for a while. Tallahassee does its ghost stories a little differently. Tripping on Legends travels up to the state capital to examine the case of Calvin C. Phillips, the Northern designer and loner who decided to come to Florida to die. Most people find some kind of peace after death, but Phillips and his story have changed as his body changes over the years, and the man who had been a mystery while he was alive, continues to be one in the afterlife. If only the poor man could find his...
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Episode 121...No Heads Are Better than One
Tripping on Legends
The story of the Dead Man's Oak is one of those Tripping on Legends covered early, and one that continues to confuse folklorist, legend trippers, and investigators in Florida, but the Dead Man is not the only headless ghost in the state. Join Christopher Balzano and Deanna Mulhern as they travel to three corners of the state tracking four ghostly legends where the walking dead end just above the shoulders. And there may be a few haunted dog, pirates, and politician along the way. Feel free to call our new phone number during our live shows to get involved, share a legend...
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Episode 120...Haunted Objects, Haunted Shop
Tripping on Legends
Tripping on Legends continues its Halloween haunted Trek into the Ocala to a place where what's on the shelf has a mind of its own. We put the tarot decks down and get more into the little shop where dolls move, keys unlock the unknown, and even simple cutlery can get spooky. Corrine Kenner, curator of Deland’s Haunted Antique Shop and Paranormal Museum and author of Gently Haunted joins Dan Horon as Christopher Balzano and Nikki Mu spend the night before the big day touring the idea of haunted objects and getting a little more into the story of what's for sale at the store. You can listen...
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Episode 119...The Tarot of Physics and Haunted Objects
Tripping on Legends
What was supposed to be the nuts and bolts of haunted objects and creepy antiques on the eve of Halloween quickly shifted gears just as the cameras rolled. Before we can get into the discussion, Dan Horon of the Haunted Antique Shop in Deland throws out there the idea of the Tarot of Physics. Before we know it, the Trippers are off on a journey into some crazy ideas into the nature and changing face of the decks which move the supernatural. Corrine Kenner, curator of Deland’s Haunted Antique Shop and Paranormal Museum and author of Gently Haunted joins Horon as Christopher Balzano and Nikki...
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Episode 118...Who the Hell Is Sam
Tripping on Legends
It’s Halloween time and mixed in with all of the witches and ghosts and spooky decorations, a newer mascot of the season has popped up in the last few years and taken control of the holiday.
info_outlineIn the premiere episode of Tripping on Legends, our hosts Natalie Crist and Christopher Balzano talk about how the idea of the show came about and how the theme song was chosen. They even get into a litte EVP discussion as they explore some of the sounds of the Samuel West House.
After getting that straight, they tell a few details of their legend trip at the Venice Train Depot (read the full report at www.trippingonlegends.wordpress.com/2016/11/20/venices-phantom-train).
You can see the Facebook Live videos from the night at: https://youtu.be/yhbdHvp4K1g https://youtu.be/shJ8sHeoeYU
Feel free to call our new phone number during our live shows to get involved, share a legend you’ve heard, or to just ask a question at (813) 418-6822.
Check out Christopher Balzano’s books, including the newly released Haunted Ocala National Forest at:
https://www.amazon.com/Christopher-Balzano/e/B001PH5BA6?ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vu00_i0
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