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Legends 6: Summer Camp Scares (ad-free)
🕑 Added 2023-07-24 04:01:01 +0000 UTCSummer is here, and for many people, that also means it’s camping time. But few pairings are as perfect as campfires and spooky tales, so be ready for some scares.
Narrated and produced by Aaron Mahnke, with writing by Harry Marks and research by GennaRose Nethercott.
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Further Reading
- “The Headless Soldier Who Can Scare.” The Washington Post, June 3 1985 https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1985/06/03/the-headless-soldier-who-can-scare/8733855c-31a6-4941-b832-54ef6f889d9e
- “Camp Schmidt.” Rosa L. Parks Elementary School. Accessed December 14, 2022. https://schools.pgcps.org/Rosa-Parks/Camp-Schmidt
- “Camp Stories.” Scary For Kids, November 1, 2015, https://www.scaryforkids.com/camp-stories
- “Old Man Clutch.” Booksie. Accessed December 14, 2022. https://www.booksie.com/posting/ilive42012/old-man-clutch-304925
- “William S. Schmidt papers.” University of Maryland Archive. Accessed December 14, 2022. https://archives.lib.umd.edu/repositories/2/resources/1262
- “Headless Hattie.” Google Drive. Accessed December 15, 2022. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qtl3-kap2lhXf14dnUFd8o59WBcN3Ef3zaQZ8uJUwVc/edit
- Simpkins, Joshua. Haunted Marion, Ohio. (Haunted America, 2011). Pp 222 – 227. https://books.google.com/books?id=ZLl_CQAAQBAJ&pg=PT90&lpg=PT90&dq#v=onepage&q&f=false
- “Cropsey Legend.” CropseyLegend.com. Accessed December 16, 2022. https://imperialpdx.com/cropseylegend
- “Cropsey: The Terrifying Urban Legend Brought to Life.” The Lineup. January 8, 2019. https://the-line-up.com/cropsey-monster-of-staten-island
- “History Of Willowbrook, And The Terrifying Legend Of Cropsey.” Classic New York History. Accessed December 16, 2022. https://classicnewyorkhistory.com/history-of-willowbrook-and-the-terrifying-legend-of-cropsey
- “Inside the Abandoned Children’s Hospital and Tunnels at Seaview Hospital, Staten Island.” Untapped Cities. Accessed December 16, 2022. https://untappedcities.com/2015/03/03/inside-the-abandoned-childrens-hospital-and-tunnels-at-seaview-hospital-staten-island
- “Willowbrook, the institution that shocked a nation into changing its laws.” Medium. June 15, 2017. https://timeline.com/willowbrook-the-institution-that-shocked-a-nation-into-changing-its-laws-c847acb44e0d
- “Aren't You Glad You Didn't Turn on the Light?.” Snopes. September 8, 2000. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/arent-you-glad-you-didnt-turn-on-the-light
- Brunvand, Jan Harold. Encyclopedia of Urban Legends. (Norton, 2002). Pp 187, 240-241, 358.
- “The Origins of 6 Terrifying Urban Legends and Classic Campfire Stories.” Mental Floss. October 28, 2016. https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/87935/origins-6-terrifying-urban-legends-and-classic-campfire-stories
- “The Writing on the Wall.” BibleGateway. Accessed December 16, 2022. https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Daniel%205&version=NIV
Comments
Brian Moynihan
From the time I was 7-10 years old, I went to a sleep away summer camp in Thomas, PA , and Cropsey was our summer camp boogie man. I never ever went anywhere near the woods after dark.
