IN THIS EPISODE A 1930s art deco swimming pool is not the first place you think of when people mention the most haunted places in the country So why is this 85-year-old building bursting at the seams with spirits and specters The answer to that is not any easy one to give The Haunted Smethwick Baths They look strange there s a weird otherworldliness to them when encountered people often find the ve lost hours of time with no memory and the beings are often known to abduct people in the middle of the night It sounds like I m describing alien abduction but the same all of it can also be said of fairie folk in European legend Is it possible there is a connection Could the mythical fairies of old actually be the extraterrestrials we tell stories about today The Extraterrestrials Want Twinkies Elsie Eiler pays taxes to herself She grants her own liquor license to herself for the tavern she owns which is possible when you are the mayor and bartender and law enforcement and even the librarian You see Elsie Eiler is the sole resident of Monowi Nebraska but that doesn t mean she s alone Monowi Nebraska Population One They don t try for a perfect likeness They have to suppress their creativity They even find help from birds nests We ll look at some of the trade secrets used by forensic artists The Secret Formula of Forensic Artists CHAPTERS amp TIME STAMPS All Times Approximate 00 00 000 000 Disclaimer and Monowi Nebraska teaser00 01 58 245 Show Open00 04 26 637 Monowi Nebraska Population One 00 15 37 704 The Haunted Smethwick Baths 00 21 03 489 The Extraterrestrials Want Twinkies00 33 57 077 The Secret Formula of Forensic Artists00 43 26 078 Show CloseSOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM THE EPISODE Monowi Nebraska Population One by Ripley s Believe it or Not https tinyurl com tzd3dqo Laura Moss for MNN link no longer available Karen I Chen for Travel amp Leisure https tinyurl com sksb2rq Maria Carter for Country Living https tinyurl com tlfbahnThe Haunted Smethwick Baths by Andy Moore for Mysterious Britain and Ireland https tinyurl com snv5dpyThe Extraterrestrials Want Twinkies by Julian Whitefish for The New Folklore link no longer available The Secret Formula of Forensic Artists by Jake Rossen for Mental Floss https tinyurl com tq8vfe3Weird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library Over time links seen above may become invalid disappear or have different content I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use whenever possible If I somehow overlooked doing so for a story or if a credit is incorrect please let me know and I will rectify it in these show notes immediately Some links included above may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases I have come into the world as a light so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness John 12 46 WeirdDarkness is a registered trademark Copyright 2024 Weird Darkness Originally aired September 29 2023CUSTOM LANDING PAGE https weirddarkness com extraterrestrials-are-here-for-our-twinkies Click here to visit this podcast episode
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