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Vintage zines and research woes (Learning Things: May 8, 2023)

Here's a rundown of what I've been up to this week: Paranormal research Over the weekend, I spent a while looking through old UFO newsletters and zines. I love the aesthetic of the typewritten, xeroxed 1950s-1980s publications (I definitely have a bit of anemoia when it comes to 'em.) I

a yellow UFO with a purple background with a graph of notes
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Rewriting Urban Legends (Goatman's Bridge Series)

An attempt to trace the current tales of the Goatman’s Bridge to their source: a 2008 YouTube video that contained seemingly new information about the urban legend, including some information that linked the story to the Mothman legends.

Rewriting Urban Legends (Goatman's Bridge Series)
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Who is the Goatman? (Goatman’s Bridge Series)

North Texas has four different Goatman legends, including the Old Alton Bridge Goatman. Here’s a look at those stories, as well as other urban legends about goatmen around the world.

Who is the Goatman? (Goatman’s Bridge Series)
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Death at the Goatman's Bridge (Goatman’s Bridge Series)

A look at one legend behind the Goatman’s Bridge, the period of history that inspired it, and a suspicious recent death at the bridge.

Death at the Goatman's Bridge (Goatman’s Bridge Series)
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I went to Goatman’s Bridge (Goatman’s Bridge Series)

In December 2021, I visited the Old Alton Bridge. Here’s what it’s like to visit the famously haunted bridge, as well as the history of the bridge itself.

I went to Goatman’s Bridge (Goatman’s Bridge Series)
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Goatman’s Bridge Series: Sources and Episode List

Here’re the sources I used in the Goatman’s Bridge series. (The individual episode pages linked below may contain some additional sources.) Check out the whole series: * The Trickster and the Goatman (Goatman’s Bridge Series) * I went to Goatman’s Bridge (Goatman’s Bridge Series) * This Way to

Goatman’s Bridge Series: Sources and Episode List
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The Trickster and the Goatman (Goatman's Bridge Series)

The Old Alton Bridge, or Goatman’s Bridge, is a famously haunted site in north Texas. But in my research, I’ve discovered that everything may not be as it seems at the Old Alton Bridge . . .

The Trickster and the Goatman (Goatman's Bridge Series)
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Haunted Asheville, North Carolina

A look at some popular ghost stories from haunted Asheville, North Carolina, along with a strange F. Scott Fitzgerald conspiracy theory. Highlights include: • Haunted bridges • Gruesome disinterments at a potter’s field • A haunted high school • Two dead women named Helen • A bookseller’s memories of hanging out with F.

Haunted Asheville, North Carolina