“ICELAND’S HIDDEN FOLK” #WeirdDarknessRadio WEEKEND OF SEPTEMBER 28-29, 2024

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ICELAND S HIDDEN FOLK WeirdDarknessRadio WEEKEND OF SEPTEMBER 28-29 2024 HOUR ONE In 1761 a young Frenchman died violently This tragedy would lead to what is still one of that country s most famous cases of judicial injustice Assuming of course that it truly was an injustice at all The Mysterious Death of Marc Antoine Calas Most know them as The Hidden Folk The elusive and magical residents of Iceland who live inside rocks and sometimes play games with unsuspecting passers-by Are they real That s a complicated question if you ask Icelanders The Elves of Iceland As two boys were walking back to the house on their farm a small stone rolled past them Then a second one They immediately thought some other boys were hiding in the scrub and throwing stones for a joke They couldn t have been more wrong Stone Throwing Spirits Belle Gunness lured numerous suitors to her Indiana farm Not to entertain them or to be courted by them She simply wanted to kill them in cold blood and dump their bodies in her hog pen Belle Gunness The Black Widow of the Midwest They re going to steal your organs screamed Sabina Eriksson before running toward oncoming traffic on the M6 highway having already been hit head-on by a Volkswagen Her twin sister Ursula legs crushed by the truck that had just run her over was spitting and screaming at paramedics on the side of the road Now many years after these events we re still no closer to understanding the chaos that occurred over two days in 2008 involving psychotic twin sisters on a UK highway The Disturbing Case of the Eriksson Twins HOUR TWO In 1882 the Ma amtrasna murders the brutal killing of several members of the Joyce family in rural Galway caused outrage in Irish society and remains one of the most notorious homicides in Irish history However a few years later Cork was rocked by an equally heinous case which has largely been forgotten We ll look at the brutal murders of four family members that took place in Castletownroche Ireland The Castletownroche Murders An Arizona family encounters a creature from the dark side of a Navajo legend The Arizona Skinwalker John Blair liked to keep things in the family But in his case it wasn t just a saying It was literal Because John was infamous for being bigamous Bigamous Blair Dozens of Korean War GI s claimed an unidentified flying object made them all sick Theories range from high-tech Soviet death rays to extraterrestrials studying how we engage in battle to combat-stress-induced hallucinations What actually happened The Korean War UFO SUDDEN DEATH OVERTIME Were people ever really tortured in Iron Maidens The Iron Maiden SOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM TONIGHT S SHOW The Disturbing Case of the Eriksson Twins by Harrison Tenpas for Graveyard Shift https tinyurl com r6cbnxfThe Mysterious Death of Marc Antoine Calas from Strange Company https tinyurl com rrs89rxThe Elves of Iceland by Rob Schwarz for Stranger Dimensions https tinyurl com u4bcw6vStone Throwing Spirits from The Fortean https tinyurl com qnuf7sdBelle Gunness The Black Widow of the Midwest by Steven Casale for The Line Up https tinyurl com tqycebyThe Iron Maiden by Karl Smallwood for Today I Found Out https tinyurl com t2y6vj6The Korean War UFO by Natasha Frost for History com https tinyurl com y765nsgmThe Castletownroche Murders by Fin Dwyer for the Irish Examiner https tinyurl com y9fhagfbThe Arizona Skinwalker by Stephen Wagner for Live About https tinyurl com yxkdh9vvBigamous Blair from London Overlooked https tinyurl com y9qpo54x Over time links seen above may become invalid disappear or have different content I always make sure to give authors credit for material I use whenever possible If I have overlooked doing so for a story or if a credit is incorrect please let me know and I will rectify it immediately Some links 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 WeirdDarkness 2024 To become a Weird Darkness Radio Show affiliate contact Radio America at affiliates radioamerica com or call 800-807-4703 press 2 or dial ext 250 https weirddarkness com WDR20240929Click here to visit this podcast episode