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Episode 218: Notorious (ad-free)
🕑 Added 2023-01-02 05:01:01 +0000 UTCSome of the darkest folklore in America is hidden right inside many of the place names that are dotted across the landscape—and one special location that defies the norm.
Written and produced by Aaron Mahnke, with research by Cassandra de Alba and music by Chad Lawson.
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Further Reading
- “Codex Gigas (The Devil's Bible),” Atlas Obscura, August 2022, https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/codex-gigas-the-devil-s-bible.
- Agnew, Aileen. “The Devil and the Wilderness.” Maine History Online. Accessed May 30, 2022. https://www.mainememory.net/sitebuilder/site/772/page/1181/display
- Alexander, Kathy. “Stull, Kansas.” Legends of America, October 2020. https://legendsofkansas.com/stull-kansas/
- Anderson, Brian. “The Hell Portal Where NASA's Rocket King Hung Out With L. Ron Hubbard.” Vice, October 28, 2012. https://www.vice.com/en/article/8qqqkx/hunting-the-hell-portal-where-the-founder-of-nasa-s-jpl-divined-cosmic-rockets-with-l-ron
- Aschaiek, Sharon. “Demons within: U of T researcher writes about spiritual life in France's North American colony.” University of Toronto News, October 29, 2021. https://www.utoronto.ca/news/demons-within-u-t-researcher-writes-about-spiritual-life-france-s-north-american-colony
- Barber, John Warner. Connecticut Historical Collections, Containing a General Collection of Interesting Facts, Traditions, Biographical Sketches, Anecdotes, Etc., Relating to the History and Antiquities of Every Town in Connecticut, with Geographical Descriptions (Durrie & Peck, 1849). https://books.google.com/books?id=aOxHAQAAMAAJ
- Berman, Tosh. “Remembering Cameron and the late bohemian world of L.A.” Please Kill Me, September 2, 2020. https://pleasekillme.com/marjorie-cameron/
- Blair. “Top 10 Most Haunted Woods and Parks in the Midwest.” Mysterious Heartland. Accessed May 30, 2022. https://mysteriousheartland.com/top-10-most-haunted-woods-and-parks-in-the-midwest/
- Bogdan, Henrik. “The Babalon Working 1946: L. Ron Hubbard, John Whiteside Parsons, and the Practice of Enochian Magic.” Numen, 63(1), 2016. https://www.jstor.org/stable/24644838
- Cave, Alfred A. “New England Puritan Misperceptions of Native American Shamanism.” International Social Science Review, 63(1), Winter 1992. https://www.jstor.org/stable/41882032
- Davis, Erik. “Babalon Laughing: Jack Parsons, Rocketry, and the ‘Method of Science.’” In Magic in the Modern World: Strategies of Repression and Legitimization, ed. Edward Bever and Randall Styers (Penn State University Press, 2017). https://www.academia.edu/35960422/Davis_Babalon_pdf
- “Devil Places.” Spooky Geology, July 30, 2018. https://spookygeology.com/devil-places/
- “Devils, Demons, and Spirits.” Encyclopedia.com. Accessed May 30, 2022. https://www.encyclopedia.com/religion/legal-and-political-magazines/devils-demons-and-spirits
- “Devil’s Gate.” Atlas Obscura. Accessed May 30, 2022. https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/devil-s-gate
- “Devil’s Gate.” WyoHistory.org, January 2, 2015. https://www.wyohistory.org/encyclopedia/devils-gate
- “Devil’s Gate: Pasadena’s Personal Portal to Hell.” California Curiosities. Accessed May 30, 2022. http://www.californiacuriosities.com/devils-gate/
- “Devil’s Gate (Wyoming).” Atlas Obscura. Accessed May 30, 2022. https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/devil-s-gate-wyoming
- “Devil’s Gulch.” Geocaching. Accessed May 30, 2022. https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC238DZ_devils-gulch?guid=51d0c295-df54-40bd-9f4f-9f1042fe9833
- “Devil's Gulch: Jesse James Jumped Here.” Roadside America. Accessed May 30, 2022. https://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/17917
- “Devils Tower.” National Park Service. Accessed May 30, 2022. https://www.nps.gov/deto/index.htm
- “Devils Tower.” Roadside America. Accessed May 30, 2022. https://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/42055
- Donnelly, Claire. “How Curious: What Is The Spooklight?” KGOU, October 15, 2018. https://www.kgou.org/oklahoma-news/2018-10-15/how-curious-what-is-the-spooklight
- Erdoes, Richard, and Alfonso Ortiz (eds). American Indian Myths and Legends (Pantheon Books, 1984). https://www.gusd.net/cms/lib/CA01000648/Centricity/Domain/2027/AmericanIndianMythsAndLegends.pdf
- Fanebust, Wayne. “Where Myth Meets the West: The James Brothers Escape Through Dakota.” Conference paper, 47th annual Dakota Conference, 2015. https://www.augie.edu/sites/default/files/u78/2015DakConfPapers.pdf
- Faye, Shon. “Why did Satan start to possess girls on screen in the 70s?” Dazed, July 19, 2016. https://www.dazeddigital.com/artsandculture/article/32103/1/why-did-satan-start-to-possess-girls-on-screen-in-the-70s
- Ferguson, Kevin. “Obscura Society brings you face to face with Los Angeles' weird history.” KPCC Off-Ramp, February 21, 2014. https://archive.kpcc.org/programs/offramp/2014/02/21/36140/obscura-society-brings-you-face-to-face-with-los-a/
- Gelo, Daniel J. Indians of the Great Plains (Taylor & Francis, 2016). https://www.google.com/books/edition/Indians_of_the_Great_Plains/w8SlDQAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0
- Gencarella, Stephen. Spooky Trails and Tall Tales Connecticut: Hiking the State's Legends, Hauntings, and History (Rowman & Littlefield, 2019). https://books.google.com/books?id=EwqiDwAAQBAJ
- Gintowt, Richard. “Hell hath no fury.” Lawrence.com, October 26, 2004. http://www.lawrence.com/news/2004/oct/26/stull/
- Hallberg, Mary. “The truth about Stull Cemetery.” Mary Hallberg. July 11, 2020. https://www.maryhallbergmedia.com/post/the-truth-about-stull-cemetery
- Heitz, Lisa Hefner. Haunted Kansas: Ghost stories and other eerie tales (University Press of Kansas, 1997). https://archive.org/details/hauntedkansasgho0000heit/
- Horjus, Maureen. Haunted Hikes: Real Life Stories of Paranormal Activity in the Woods (Falcon Guides, 2017). https://www.google.com/books/edition/Haunted_Hikes/SQ8oDwAAQBAJ
- Huffstetler, Edward W. Tales of Native America (MetroBooks, 1996). https://archive.org/details/talesofnativeame00huff
- Hunhoff, Bernie. “Did Jesse Jump Devil’s Gulch?” South Dakota Magazine, July/August 1994. https://www.southdakotamagazine.com/devils-gulch
- “Indian Ford New Hartford Beauty Spot.” Hartford Courant, June 17, 1928. https://www.newspapers.com/image/369445140/
- “Is the Arroyo Seco’s Devil’s Gate the seventh portal to hell?” Arroyo Monthly, July 1, 2017. https://arroyomonthly.com/is-the-arroyo-secos-devils-gate-the-seventh-portal-to-hell/
- Kastner, Marianne Sue. “Iktomi: A Character Traits Analysis of a Dakota Culture Myth.” Doctoral dissertation, Portland State University, 2012. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1895&context=open_access_etds
- Kelley, Kevin J. “What's in a Name? Mysterious, Devilish and Kinky Monikers in Vermont.” Seven Days, August 28, 2013. https://www.sevendaysvt.com/vermont/whats-in-a-name-mysterious-devilish-and-kinky-monikers-in-vermont/Content?oid=2265873
- La Puma, Joe. “Ariana Grande: ‘Shadow of a Doubt.’” Complex, November 5, 2013. https://www.complex.com/music/2013/11/ariana-grande-interview-shadow-of-a-doubt-2013-cover-story
- Loewen, James W. Lies across America: What our historic sites get wrong (Simon & Schuster, 2000). https://archive.org/details/liesacrossameric00loew/
- Lukpat, Alyssa. “Here’s a little known Halloween fact: Satan’s Kingdom is in Massachusetts.” The Boston Globe, October 29, 2019. https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2019/10/29/here-little-known-halloween-fact-satans-kingdom-massachusetts/QLcVnsPqDjz0hAKKnsX7yN/story.html
- Mark, Joshua J. “Religion & Superstition in Colonial America.” World History Encyclopedia, April 9, 2021. https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1725/religion--superstition-in-colonial-america/
- Mays, Kevin. “Picturing history: Devil’s Gate, Natrona County, Wyoming.” Deseret News, July 10, 2019. https://www.deseret.com/2019/7/10/8936029/picturing-history-devil-s-gate-natrona-county-wyoming
- “New England Notes – No. 7.” The Paterson Daily Press, September 16, 1873. https://books.google.com/books?id=3EVVAAAAIBAJ
- Newitz, Annalee. “The strangely true connection between Scientology, the Jet Propulsion Lab, and Occult Sorcery.” Gizmodo, January 24, 2013. https://gizmodo.com/the-strangely-true-connection-between-scientology-the-5978746
- Owens, Jay. “Atomic California.” Roads and Kingdoms, October 19, 2015. https://roadsandkingdoms.com/2015/atomic-california/
- Parsons, Jack. “The Collected Writings of Jack Parsons.” Sacred Texts. Accessed May 30, 2022. https://www.sacred-texts.com/oto/lib49.htm
- Pendle, George. “Strange Angels.” Frieze, March 4, 2002. https://www.frieze.com/article/strange-angels
- Philips, David E. Legendary Connecticut (Curbstone Press, 1992). https://archive.org/details/legendaryconnect00phil/
- “Police, not devil, to greet people at Stull Cemetery.” The Iola Register, October 31, 1989. https://www.newspapers.com/image/636336794/
- Randle, Kevin. “The Joplin Spooklight.” A Different Perspective, September 17, 2006. http://kevinrandle.blogspot.com/2006/09/joplin-spooklight.html
- Rasmussen, Cecilia. “Life as Satanist Propelled Rocketeer.” Los Angeles Times, March 19, 2000. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-mar-19-me-10501-story.html
- Rea, Tom. Devil's Gate: Owning the Land, Owning the Story (University of Oklahoma Press, 2012). https://books.google.com/books?id=QjVN80kxqHoC
- Reid, Hiram Alvin. History of Pasadena: Comprising an Account of the Native Indian, the Early Spanish, the Mexican, the American, the Colony, and the Incorporated City, Occupancies of the Rancho San Pasqual, and Its Adjacent Mountains, Canyons, Waterfalls and Other Objects of Interest: Being a Complete and Comprehensive Histo-cyclopedia of All Matters Pertaining to this Region (Pasadena History Company, 1895). https://books.google.com/books?id=uRU1AQAAMAAJ
- “Satan's Kingdom State Recreation Area.” Atlas Obscura. Accessed May 30, 2022. https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/satans-kingdom
- Solon, Olivia. “Occultist father of rocketry 'written out' of Nasa's history.” Wired, April 23, 2014. https://www.wired.co.uk/article/jpl-jack-parsons
- “Strange Disappearances at the Cursed Devil’s Gate Reservoir.” Weird U.S. Accessed May 30, 2022. http://www.weirdus.com/states/california/unexplained_phenomena/devils_gate_reservoir/index.php
- “Stull Cemetery Church Reduced to Rubble.” Lawrence Journal-World, March 30, 2002. http://genealogytrails.com/kan/douglas/stullchurch.html
- “Stull, Kansas: Gateway to Hell.” Weird U.S. Accessed May 30, 2022. http://www.weirdus.com/states/kansas/stories/gateway_to_hell/
- “Stull – Property Owner Ordered Razing of Abandoned Church.” Lawrence Journal-World, March 31, 2002. http://genealogytrails.com/kan/douglas/stullchurch.html
- Thomas, Justus. “Places Named After Satan in the US.” Reddit. Accessed May 30, 2022. https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/a1yxr6/oc_places_named_after_satan_in_the_us_posted_an/
- “Town tires of cemetery myth.” The Iola Register, October 30, 2000. https://www.newspapers.com/image/636449021/
- W., Victoria. “Some Believe The Devil’s Gate In California Could Be A Portal To Hell.” Only In Your State, August 22, 2016. https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/southern-california/devils-gate-ca/
- Wood, Steve. “Satan’s Kingdom, New Hartford.” CTMQ. Accessed May 30, 2022. https://www.ctmq.org/1-satans-kingdom
