This week on a special episode of Babe I Want to be Able to Sleep Tonight, I tell my husband and our special guest ( my dad) some of the spookiest stories our home state of Wisconsin has to offer.

Sources

⁠Ed Gein⁠ page on Wikipedia.

“⁠The Grace- Robbing The Macabre Story Of Ed Gein, The Serial Killer Who Used Human Body Parts To Make Furniture⁠” By ⁠Kaleena Fraga⁠ | Edited By ⁠John Kuroski⁠ on the All Things Interesting Website.

⁠“Serial Murder Multi-Disciplinary Perspectives for Investigators⁠” Behavioral Analysis Unit-2

National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime

Critical Incident Response Group

Federal Bureau of Investigation

⁠Psycho: The Lost Tapes of Ed Gein ⁠MGM film

⁠The Beast of Bray Road⁠ Wikipedia page

Article from the Green Bay Press Gazette By Keith Uhlig “⁠ From the hodag to Pepie the Lake Monster, Wisconsin cryptid legends abound”⁠

⁠Dodge Correctional Institution⁠ Wikipedia page.

“⁠Ed Gein: American Serial Killer⁠” by John Phillip Jenkins on Britannica.com

A Video on Britannica.com “ ⁠The Real Serial Killer who Inspired Psycho⁠”

The page “ ⁠Edward Theordore Gein⁠” on the website Alcatrazeast.com

The page “ ⁠The Disappearance of Evelyn Hartley⁠” from the website Stories of the Unsolved. The page ‘ ⁠Victor Travis and Ray Burgess⁠” on the Unsolved Mysteries Wiki

Hello my Spooky friends. In this mini- episode we ask the question. Why are phantom chickens crossing the road in WI.

Sources

Sources

⁠“From the hodag to Pepie the Lake Monster, Wisconsin cryptid legends abound⁠” by Keith Uhlig at the Green Bay Press-Gazette

⁠“5 Fearful Wisconsin Creatures that Will Keep You Up at Night⁠

⁠Paranormal investigator Chad Lewis details the eerie beings that stalk our state⁠” by Chat Lewis on Volume One

Ghost Walks of the Lane Website “ ⁠Legion of the Damned⁠”

⁠“Signs of a Residual Haunting”⁠ by Zak Bagan From the Book Ghost Hunting for Dummies Pulled from the “ For Dummies Website.

“⁠Types of Hauntings⁠” from the Paranormal Library on the Website Haunted Orange County

Happy 2025 ! This one kept me up at night Spooky friends. In this episode I tell my husband the chilling stories of the Wendigo and that of the Donner Party. Stay warm and sleep tight.

Sources Used for Research

Britannica Article by Rene Ostberg titled “ ⁠Wendigo Algonkian Mythology⁠”

An article on “All Thats Interesting.com” by Jaclyn Anglis “⁠What Is The Wendigo? Meet The Cannibalistic Cryptid Of Your Nightmares⁠”

An Article on Facing History & Ourselves by Kaitlin Smith Titled ⁠“ More Than Monsters: The Deeper Significance of Wendigo Stories”⁠

⁠Wendigo⁠ page on Wikipedia

A page on the Truckee- Donner Historical Society website titled “⁠What if Lincoln Had Joined the Donner Party?⁠” ​By Heidi Sproat

⁠Donner Party⁠ Wikipedia Page

⁠Donner Party Timeline⁠ Wikipedia Page

A page on the ⁠History Channel Website 10 Things You Should Know About the Donner Party⁠ By Evan Andrews.

Seek Ghosts Blog “⁠ Phantoms of the Donner Party”⁠ By Virginia Lamkin

⁠Tamsen Donner⁠ page Wikipedia

Donner Summit Historical Society “⁠ Heroism and pathos on Donner Summit⁠”

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