Episode 732: Episode Revisit: Fairy Lights, Witches & Curses OH MY! | Forensic Files

Hey weirdos, I'm Ash. And I'm Elena. And this is Morbid. It's morbid at night. At night. Alina won't get that
reference. But at night, Spongebob. >> Oh my god. >> It's always Spongebob. >> I was going to say, you shouldn't be
surprised at this point. I almost said it. I was almost like, is that Spongebob? If I say that it's a
reference you're not going to get, I feel like eight out of 10 times it's probably Spongebob.
>> Yeah, I could see that. Yeah, that makes sense. That checks. >> Or a hip rap song, which I probably
won't get, but I try. >> So, today we're doing kind of like um a spooky legend >> episode. Yeah,
>> episode. We're doing kind of like a mishmash. >> A spooky legends. >> Mishmish mush.
>> A mishmash. A smish mash. Yeah, we figured like Halloween legends Halloween >> and legends they just go hand in hand.
>> They do. And it just felt right. Um because we haven't really done anything like Halloween related.
>> No. >> On the pod. I mean we we've been doing some spooky things, >> but we've been doing just a lot of like
true crime cases. So we're like, you know what? Let's bring it to a place of Halloween.
>> A place of of spookiness, >> a place of weird. A place of Elena and Ash. Which, by the way, speaking of
spooky and weird and awesome, we went to the Salem Night Fair the other night. >> Dude, it was so much fun.
>> Ryan and Matt do at from the Black Veil. They're the ones who put it on. They do
such an amazing job. It's insane. Like, shout out to them. And all the vendors and like everybody who makes it happen.
It's just like it's one of the Elena literally walked in there and she was like, I want to live here.
>> Yeah. I texted John and because he was home with the kids and I was like um because they were sleeping and one of us
had to stay home because we're kind of like short-handed with help this week. >> But uh I texted him cuz he was like,
"How is it?" And I was like, "I'm not kidding you. I feel like this is the inside of my mind."
>> It Oh, it absolutely is. >> And it felt like it was. >> Oh my god. I have to still unpack the
candles that I got there. And when I do, I need to I need to shout out the the woman who makes those candles because
she was telling us like how she does it and everything and she sets intentions and all this stuff and they're so
beautiful and they smell so good. I can't wait to light one. >> It's just like it's like spooky Etsy
come to life. >> It's just these amazing vendors, >> like so many cool things like good food
and tarot card readings. It's just >> it's everything just delightful that you could want. And it's at the Salem
Pioneer Village, which makes it just spooky and awesome. >> It was so rad. It was also the start to
like a really awesome weekend for me. >> Yeah. >> Like this past weekend was one of the
best weekends I've had in years. >> Look at you. >> Cuz I got to do that with you and like a
bunch of our spooky fun friends. >> And then the next day we got to go to um Drew's cousin's bachelorette and she's
just like the sweetest human and all her sisters are so cool. >> I love that. >> And it was like so fun hanging out with
them. And then yesterday I got to hang out with you and our family. >> Exactly. And it was like so wonderful.
>> And we got to go to a haunted house finally. >> And we got to Sheena and Tid.
>> Yes. Oh wow. The way that I almost just outed Tid's identity. >> I was just I went
>> Yep. You said you said pump the brakes. >> I said Tid. >> Oh man, that was a close call.
>> Yeah. If you guys aren't following Sheena, Melwani, and Tid, >> the real Indian dad.
>> Yeah. Yeah. >> You got to do it. Go follow their Tik Tok. Go check them out. They're
hilarious. And also they happen to be like the sweetest, most amazing people in real life. So they've become recently
like um some of our new best friends and it's really exciting. >> Um and it was Sheena's first haunted
house ever. So it was really fun to bring her to that. >> I I felt so I felt like so important
bringing her to her first haunted house. >> I know. And also it was so much fun.
>> It was It was needed. We haven't hit one this year. No. It just It hasn't worked
out. You know, people have been sick. Kids have been sick. It just hasn't been a thing that we could do.
>> Yeah. and we've just been so busy that it just isn't working out. And finally,
>> I know >> it was after all the kids went to sleep and I was like, you know what? Let's go.
We can go. >> Hell yeah. >> Yeah. And we used Elena and I used to go to a haunted house literally every
weekend in October. Like it was our thing that we did together and we'd like invite whoever, but we always went no
matter what. And the past couple years, it's been co and kids and busy and craziness. So, it's like next year we
got to get back on our grind. get back on it, you know. But we met a ton of you guys at the night fair, too. And I just
wanted to say you guys were awesome and it was really cool to meet you and you kind of made our nights, so thanks for
being rad. >> Yeah, it was just it just felt a good weekend. >> It felt right. Every time somebody came
up and was like, "Oh my god, hey." It was like we would meet here. Like you know what I mean? Like I was like,
"Yeah, like this feels right that we're meeting here." >> That's our our good meet cute with
people, you know? So, thanks for being awesome and saying hi to us cuz that was really cool.
>> It was so fun. >> And I hope you guys had fun at the night fair, too. And I hope everybody had a
good weekend no matter what they did. And you know what? It's Halloween spooky random legend time. So, this episode
goes out on like a Wednesday. People are going to be like, "It's literally the middle of the week." Like,
>> you know. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. But, you know, it's coming. >> Whatever. >> Yeah. Halloween's coming.
>> Oh, I didn't. You were so confused. >> It's What time is it? It's late. I don't
know. I don't even know. >> Yeah. >> Who knows? It's like 8:30 p.m. So, I'm geriatric and it's way past my bedtime.
>> But, do you want to start or should I? >> No. Whoa. >> I never start this. All right. Oh my.
>> Wow. If you could see her face right now, everybody. >> No. Wa. Okay. Well, I'm going to be
covering um a little bit like just a little little handful little scoop of uh fairy lights. The legends of fairy
lights. >> You do that. I have a joke for you. >> Okay. >> I'm not like Michael Scott. I'm
superstitious. >> Yeah. So that's why you have to start. >> Oh, I see. Okay. That took me a second.
>> It also took me a second to form the joke and that's why I had to interrupt you and tell the joke at a bad spot.
>> Very nice. >> But I had to do what I had to do. >> Yeah. Cuz I at first my brain was going
to the actual quote like the I'm not superstitious, but I'm a little siticious. >> So I got confused. But I like it. Okay.
And retroactively, I'm laughing right now. All righty. Like, you son of a [ __ ]
>> Tell me about you. Tell me about your fairies. And remind me not to tell a joke when it's too late.
>> Look at Ash doing a tight 10 up in here. Uh, so yeah, I'm going to talk about
some fairy lights. Particularly, I'm going to start with ones from Louisiana. >> Oh, do you like that place or something?
>> I do. I think Louisiana is great. >> Tinyurl.com/theb butcher in the ren. >> Thank you.
>> You're welcome. >> But these are called lufoles. >> Ooh, kind of like a beignet but
different. >> Not at all like a beignet, but I I would like a beignet. No, >> I've never had a beignet.
>> Beignet. >> Beignette. >> Beignette. No, these are called lufles. And these entities are also known as the
cinjun fairies or the swamp fairies. M. >> And it may sound beautiful, but it has a
truly sinister motive for appearing to unsuspecting victims. >> So, back the [ __ ] up.
>> Yeah, the It sounds great, but no. So, this word is obviously French. I don't
know if you could tell. >> Oh, that's weird. I thought it was German. >> The fufu.
>> Uh, it's obviously French, and it has a few different translations. I've seen
marsh fire, but I've also seen crazy crazy fire, which I think crazy fire kind of like fits better.
>> I like that. Now, a lot of people with cinjun heritage today in especially in
the Louisiana area have probably heard tales of these entities from their parents, grandparents, you know, the
like. They're the kind of tales that come with a strong lesson of not following things into the swamp or the
woods. >> Lessons are important. >> They are, you know, stay out of the swamps and just don't be a crazy little
wanderer. You know, >> that's actually like exactly who I am. >> Yeah. Don't be a crazy little wanderer.
Not in these parts. Now, these little things are balls of light. Usually very small, but sometimes they could be a
little bigger. Like they Some of them are the size of like a quarter. >> And then some of them can be like a
cantaloupe size. >> A cantaloupe, you say? >> And Yeah. And they'll look like a flickering flame.
>> Cantaloupes are pretty big. I imagine a flickering cantaloupe flame. >> Yeah. But they're far away. They start
out far away. So you'll see them and they just kind of vary in size. No, they appear in the darkness of the Louisiana
bayou and they just kind of like dance along the tree line. And initially, these lights were seen as a good omen at
first cuz people were like, "Oh, lights, that's great." >> Lights are always good.
>> Sounds good. And the story can sometimes vary depending on who is telling it. But
there is a strong consistency with the important parts of the stories when it comes to where these came from. Some
people believe that these fires are the spirits of babies that died unbaptized or died while they were or died while
they were still nursing. >> Oh >> yeah. And these aren't like grown people who weren't baptized as babies. These
are babies who were not baptized and died as babies. >> Oh >> yeah, that's what these are.
>> You said let me clarify. You're confused and I was. So thank you. Okay. Or these are babies who died while
they were still nursing. >> Oh, that's terrible. >> And then they now have to like wander
around in some kind of purgatory state. >> I hate that. >> Now, a lot of these tales kind of tales
regarding them are scary and have like a really hopeless feeling to them. If they're not babies, then some people
believe that these are just like spirits of those who died. They lived terrible lives, like did wicked things in their
lives, and they entered purgatory and then were spit back into the earthly realm because their lives were so filled
with sin that they're now forced into this like punishment afterlife. >> Damn, you're so bad you can't even hang
out in purgatory. >> They spit you out of purgatory. Like neither one of them are taking you.
>> Who the hell gets spit out of purgatory? >> Apparently the people who turn into
lufallets. >> But lufale is so beautiful. >> It does sound beautiful. That's that's
their game. >> So others believe that these are bright like these are the spirits of loved ones
who have died and this was their way of returning home to pass on a message or to comfort those who are struggling with
their loss. >> All right, so so far we've got dead babies which is absolutely terrible.
We've got people wicked human beings so terrible that they can't even hang out in purgatory and now I have a loved one.
>> Well, and this is what it is. This is where the issue lies. This is a trap. They are all traps. You are compelled by
these lights to follow them, but you will never quite reach them and they're just not they're not good. They appear
to be seen as as what you want them to be. Loved ones to comfort you and bring you news from beyond. Like they are that
they try to make themselves into what you need them to be. But they are not your loved ones. They are not anything
good. They are masking as such and are in fact there to lure you into the swamps to your [ __ ] death.
>> Well, that's why they shouldn't have gotten kicked out of purgatory. Leave them there so they can't [ __ ] with me
and mine. >> So even though the people who would believe these were their their loved
ones were being tricked by these entities, what they are is they really are like evil things. So I don't think
and I the whole like babies in purgatory thing I think is just like a whole other
series of issues. But I think it's it seems to me like the one that fits right is these cuz these are evil. Like
they're not good. >> Like Frank from Hellraiser. >> Yeah, exactly. Like he would
>> he would definitely be one of these. >> I'm a horror queen. >> Wow. >> Yeah. It's me, Ash. I watch horror
movies now. I introduced Ash to Hellraiser like what last week? >> Yeah, like two weeks ago.
>> Two weeks ago for the first time she had seen it and she loved it and I proud. I
was so proud >> mama. >> I was real proud. I was like, "That's my girl. That's my girl." Next on Scream,
just like quick diversion. If you guys don't listen to Scream, you should listen. It's a lot of fun.
>> Yeah. It's a podcast that we're on with our friend Caleb and we do horror movies. But, um, we're going to do Black
Sunday and I'm really excited for it. It's my pick. So, like, I really am becoming a true horror head.
>> And guys, now's the time to go listen to listen to Scream if you're not listening
already. >> Yeah, come on. Go ahead. It's fun. So, back to this. They're not your loved
ones. They're going to lead you to your [ __ ] death in the swamp. Their entire thing is to distract you.
>> Like, they they're like, "Ooh, pretty lights." And then you follow them. >> Pretty lights and you love me. Let's go.
>> Exactly. And once they have you, they keep you. Oh. Oh, they're not letting you go. I did not like the little eye
thing that you just did. >> They keep you. They keep you. I was like, don't look at me like that.
>> They keep you. And they lead you further and further into the swamps, making sure
that you lose your way, that you're paying attention to them. You're not paying attention to where you're going.
And when you realize how far you have wandered, it's always too late. >> Oh my damn.
>> You're either lost or you will fall into the swamp and drown. >> Those are the two outcomes. And some
legends even say, I found a few things that say they'll try to lure you into the swamps and into briars or sharp
prickly bushes to get you torn to pieces. >> Jesus Christ. Again, like hell raiser.
>> Exactly. >> Whoa. Are these just centubites? >> Are the Maybe these could be just pin
head and like butterball over there, >> my man. >> But my man, now they have also been
associated though with treasure treasure seeking people. >> Okay. So there are stories that say it
was common for highranking pirates to kill a crew member before they would bury their treasure. They would then
throw the body of this crew member into the hole with the treasure. And this p this act would connect this dead man's
soul to the treasure forever. >> And they are now forced into the job of guarding the treasure until the pirates
come back to claim it. >> Why do I kind of love that? >> Isn't that gnarly? >> The murder part. Isn't that so gnarly?
Like they murder one of their crew mates, throw him in the hole, and he's now bound to this treasure. That's some
Pirates of the Caribbean [ __ ] >> That's some pirate [ __ ] Yeah, we should cover like some pirate stories.
>> We got to cover some pirate stories. >> There's some crazy ones lingering out
there in the >> Yo ho ho. Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum. >> Ohoy. Maybe. >> Maybe.
>> There you go. Arg. Did we just become pirates? >> We did. We did. Remember when everybody
would get excited about speak like a pirate day or everybody would get excited about on Facebook they would let
you change your language to pirate? >> I do briefly remember instead of like what what do you cuz you know how like
when you would put up a status update it would say like what's on your mind what's on your mind it would change to
like what ye be plundering or something. >> That must have been when Facebook like
first happened and I think I was like a little bit after that >> and everyone was like real into it. They
were like I'm a pirate. It says, "What you be plundering right now?" >> I kind of love that.
>> It was funny. We were like, we were a simpler people back >> when you would just get into like poke
fights on Facebook. >> It was simpler time. It was a beautiful time. >> Yeah. Poking used to be a way of like
flirtation back in my day. >> Oh, yeah. It was It was a much simpler time. But enough of that. So these
spirits that are now connected to this treasure are said to become lefu especially when the treasure was finally
claimed by the pirate that initially buried it because they would still stay and guard the place that the p that the
treasure was. >> Then they would lure other people toward the the treasure place only to lead them
to certain death and bury them alive. >> All righty. So people think they're being led to buried treasure. There's a
tale of like these two guys. I read it in a few different sources. These two guys were working on a railroad
together. They were friends. They saw the lufallets and they were like, "Ooh, we have to follow them cuz maybe they're
going to lead us to treasure." And they followed >> and the lufale went into the dirt like
into the like led them astray. >> Went into the dirt and they were like that must be where the treasure is. So
they started digging and they were working on the railroad so they had shovels >> all the live long day.
>> They ended up banging into something. They're like, "Holy [ __ ] it's treasure." They got so excited that one
of them was greedy and decided to knock the other one out with a shovel to take the treasure for himself.
>> Oh, that's fake as [ __ ] >> But when he got to the treasure, he opened it up and it was a leaflet who
was [ __ ] with him and that leaflet killed him. And then his friend woke up and ran back to the railroad and was
like, "Holy [ __ ] what happened?" And they never found the other friend again. So he was a [ __ ] greedy [ __ ] And
he got eaten by the lofule. >> Eaten. You said >> I said the lfule, but it's just lafulet
because that's two. >> Whoa. >> But so don't follow the lufale. And if you follow the lufleet with a friend,
don't get [ __ ] greedy cuz one of you is going to die. >> Wow. This is a cautionary
tale. >> Yeah. And you might be thinking to yourself right now, "Well, shit." >> Yeah.
>> Is this it? I'm usually thinking to myself, "Well, [ __ ] If they appear, do I have a choice or is it just my fate to
follow them? Like, are they going to force me to follow them? >> Yeah. What are my options here?
>> Like, what's what do I do here? >> I'm saying, >> well, some locals believe that you can
you actually can fight against their otherworldly power and keep yourself from becoming a victim of the swamp
fairies >> with a little one-two punch. >> No, not a one-two punch. They don't give
a [ __ ] about that. They're like, "Get the [ __ ] out of here with your little hands."
>> Why was that so funny? They don't give a [ __ ] about They don't. They don't care
about that >> fufu on your one too [ __ ] >> I'm fufu. I don't care about your little
like boop boop hands. >> So apparently these little entities though, they don't care about you
throwing hands, but they do care about iron. They cannot cross anything iron. >> Oh,
>> not sure why. So if you're seeing one and you're feeling the pull of their power, you have to put something iron
between you. Usually, it's recommended that you drive something into the ground that's iron, like a blade or I read a
lot of people use iron needles. And this is interesting because it works the the
way that it works is the fufu are compelled to try to fit through the eye of the needle.
>> They try to fit through it. >> Why does that sound familiar to me? Like, >> well, I'll I'll get I'll tell you
because you probably remember it from a couple of other things. So, they'll try to get through the eye of the needle and
then they will spend a lot of time and effort trying to do this and they'll momentarily lose sight of the fact that
they came here initially to lure you into the swamp to watch you die a horrific slow death.
>> It's kind of like you lure them into the eye of the needle and watch them have a
horrific slow death. >> You pay you play their own game. So, when they're distracted, you can run as
far away as humanly possible and never look back. This works a lot like the legends that include leaving a lot of
things outside your door for spirits to count. That might be what you're thinking about. We've covered things
before like these key We've covered some of these like keepaway methods for spirits.
>> Yeah. Like salon. >> Yeah. Now, one of these I found actually cuz I started looking into other ones
cuz I was I thought the same thing. I was like that sounds so familiar. Yeah. I think I was thinking of all these
different um like cultures and legends that would be like they will count this many things outside your door and forget
that they're coming in to you. >> Now, one of these that I found terrifying and fascinating is the haint.
>> Oh, >> which is an evil ghost from Galaguchi culture found in the south near like
Florida, Georgia, North and South Carolina area. These hints have a method. And these hints are like evil
ghosts. And they have a method of killing their victims by chasing them until they die of exhaustion.
>> That's my worst [ __ ] nightmare. >> That's their goal. They just exhaust you
to death. I >> I mean, life is already doing that to me. So, can you not? >> So, can you not? But you can keep these
away, it said, by a few methods. First, you can apparently use newspaper as wallpaper. Um, or that's not my vibe.
>> You can read you can put pages of books as wallpaper, which sounds kind of cool.
>> Also not my vibe >> because the hint just has to read every single word. They will stop and have to
read every single word in these papers. So the more papers the better. >> Okay. >> They will never be able to get you. The
sun will come up and they'll be banished. >> Awesome. Bye. You can also leave sand,
rice, or a broom outside your home because the hint will have to count every grain of sand or rice and they
will have to count every bristle on the broom >> and they get confused really easily. So,
they'll have to start over a bunch of times. >> The more things you can leave out for
them to count, the better. >> All right. You can also paint your porch, ceiling, or floor paint blue.
>> Oh, >> because it makes them think that it's water and that's something they can't go
past. >> Isn't that interesting? >> That is interesting. >> And those you will still find porches,
especially in the south. >> Yeah. >> Um it's like in the Carolinas and stuff, you'll find a ton of porches have that
blue. >> I found that out a couple years ago. I knew somebody who had like a blue roof
on their porch. >> Mhm. Yeah. Now this brings us back to iron and the fufulets. >> Yes,
>> they can't pass iron. So you can sometime what trick them with whatever you have to put in the ground.
>> They will at least pause to think it over and you can get out of there. >> Will kale count.
>> Kale. There you go. Iron rich. Iron rich kale. >> Yeah. >> So apparently they can also enter your
home though, which is terrifying. >> No thanks. Can I give them something to count?
>> You can. So there's a thought that lufale really love to terrorize children, particularly infants.
>> Yeah. See, I don't that's why I don't think they're babies. >> Yeah. They're dicks. So if your baby
wakes up with rosy cheeks, it's thought that the fufu came into your home at night and stole some of your infant's
breath >> and that's why their cheeks are a little rosy. >> Not just that they're a a warm sleeper.
>> No foulet. Okay. So, in order to make sure that doesn't happen again or happen
at all really, >> it's suggested that you scatter mustard seeds on the floor of the nursery
because again, lufale will stop to count them all and eventually the sun will rise and they will be banished another
day. >> Okay. >> Of course, you now have mustard seeds all over the floor of your nursery, but
hey, your baby still has oxygen. So, that is that's a good toss up in my book. Although, like mustard seeds do
kind of seem like they would be a choking hazard. So, >> well, if your baby's in the crib,
>> yeah, they >> baby's not getting out of the crib. Not as >> not as an infant. This is like infant
infant. >> This isn't toddler. Like, this is infant. >> So, they're swaddled. Like, you got a
swaddler in there. >> I love the little swaddle. >> I love the little swaddle baby mushies.
>> I feel like I could just like smell that. >> I know. >> Like smell a little swaddled babe.
>> No, those were that was all interesting to me. But then while searching for information about these things, I kept
coming across like things like it that were like really >> I want to do like a whole episode I
swear on these kind of things because they're just very interesting. And I kept finding them from all over the
world. And there are the will of the wisps in Scotland which I'm going to talk about in a second, but those are
the ones I knew about growing up. Like Ma used to talk about them. And then one I hadn't heard of is from Denmark,
>> and they are literally called the jacko'lanterns, >> but they're not >> But they're not pumpkins.
>> Okay. >> They are lights as well. And they're said to and this is Denmark. They're
said to be spirits of unrighteous men. >> Are you righteous? >> No. >> No. >> I'm a jacko'lantern. Actually,
>> now these unrighteous men come back because they were kicked out of the other realm and sent back to Earth. They
make it their goal to lure travelers off their paths and lead them into bogs and
marshes and swamps so that they drown alone. >> Also, don't you dare point at one if you
see it. If you point at one, they will always see you pointing at them no matter what, and they will seek you out.
>> Well, you are pointing right now, so I suggest you stop. >> I'm pointing right at you.
>> Well, there's three fingers pointing right back at you. >> Oh, I That's funny.
No, it's the same concept, but this time it's grown unrighteous men. And the way
to stop them is not with iron, but by turning your cap inside out. >> What if I don't have a cap?
>> Well, what's funny to me is like, so basically a rally cap will send these [ __ ] packing.
>> Yeah. >> Do you remember she's shaking her head? She literally was like, "No."
>> I was like already I don't remember. playing like baseball or softball, a rally cap was like you you put your head
inside out when you're not doing great cuz you're you're aiming you're manifesting a rally.
>> Do you remember that I was the girl on the softball team who convinced everybody to make matching bows and then
we all wore those to games and then the softball coaches really didn't like me for that?
>> I do remember that. >> You're welcome. >> But softball but make it fashion. It's
still funny that like a rally cap is like a turned inside out cap to like manifest a rally when you need one and
that >> will send the jacko'lanterns gone like packing. >> Is there anything else I can do or
that's my only >> That's it. That's all I could find. So if you don't have a cap, I guess you're
[ __ ] out of luck. >> Well, [ __ ] Uh, but that's awesome. Now, back to the Will of the Wisps because there those I
just love those. >> Ma talked about these. Uh, >> mom and I remember dad telling me a
story about the will of the wisps cuz they are from Scotland. >> I never heard them talk about these. Now
I'm interested. >> It's probably the closest thing I knew to lufale. >> Okay. >> They originate in Scotland and they're
kind of the same idea. They're fairy lights that lead people astray to their demise. And they are sometimes referred
to as ignispatus, I believe. I'm probably saying that wrong. But it's Latin >> and it's Latin for I was just going to
say it's probably good that I can't say that. So that's fairly great. It's Latin
for foolish fire. >> Ah, >> and it makes sense. That's exactly what it is. So travelers or just any wary
victim would see what looked like a flickering flame of a lantern or a candle over the moors or bogs or
marshland. They would feel compelled to follow it. And sometimes it gave the impression of someone needing help.
>> Oh >> yeah. So it like praise on people's like need to help others. >> Oh right.
>> Or something you just needed to go and check out like something interesting. They were like
>> And these little lights are very like playful. They're like fairy lights and and at first they bounce and jump and
like really invite you. >> They're like, "Check me out." >> Like they're like, "Girl, let's go."
>> Damn, I'm never going to look at a firefly the same after. >> No, that's truly. Now, these the will of
the wisps are bad omen. And seeing one can mean you or someone you know is about to die.
>> Oh [ __ ] >> Yeah. And they're also said to possibly lead someone to maybe see Fay, which can
be >> or Yeah. You don't want to [ __ ] with Fay? >> No, you do not. >> And they also will lead you to
leprechauns. >> Huh. >> So, that seems like [ __ ] to me, but that cuz that's more in like the uh like
the Irish version of things. But there's like a little buried treasure bit here,
too, that in Scotland it says like you could find treasure, too. So, I guess that lines up with like leprechauns
>> or you could die. >> Truth. So, it's a real it's a real 50/50 shot. Now, it's the origin of Will of
the Wisps that really interested me at first. It's a just like an interesting story. Apparently, the legend says that
there was a man named Will who was an [ __ ] Will >> there you go. He did all sorts of bad
things while he was alive. And when it was time for him to shuffle off this mortal coil, he went to meet St. Peter
at the pearly gates and his the film of his life rolled before him and it was a flop. This film sucks.
>> Critics hated it. >> Rotten Tomatoes gave it a 10% at best. The letter box score was even worse. It
was just so St. Peter was like, "My guy, we can't let you in with those kind of numbers. You can't come in here."
>> Well, [ __ ] >> So, he was like, "You have to try this [ __ ] again, William." He was like, "You
got to Will." It's actually It is William and Will and different sources you see. But I I got Will
>> get you a boy who could do it. >> Exactly. So, he sent Willm back to Earth to give it another try.
>> Oh, okay. So, you better shape the [ __ ] up, sir. >> This idiot [ __ ] it up again.
>> I bet he did. >> In fact, he was even worse this time around. >> Oh, no. St. Peter didn't was like, "Get
out." When he came back, >> [ __ ] >> He kicked him out, not back to Earth, but banished him from the other place,
too. >> So, he was walking around purgatory, and the devil shows up. He said, "Hey." And
the devil was like, "Wow, you're pathetic." And he gave him a burning piece of brimstone and he was like,
"Here, it's [ __ ] cold in here. Hold that." Like as the devil would. He was like,
"It's cold in purgatory. Here's some [ __ ] fiery brimstone to hold on to." Like, "Hope it keeps you warm."
>> I don't think the devil would like help you out like that. >> Well, and he gave it to him and he was
like, "Don't be a dick." And then he just left. >> Like, "Here's some fiery rock. Try to
make something of yourself in purgatory." >> I want to know what the devil was doing
in purgatory. Well, Will, I think he's just got He probably like tootses in there a little bit and is like, "How's
everybody doing?" Like, he's probably just a dick in there. >> Do you guys follow Satan on Tik Tok?
Because you should. >> Follow Satan on Tik Tok. >> I know his true identity, but I won't
spoil it. >> Hilarious. >> It's so >> You got to follow it. But he basically said, "Don't be a dick. Here's some
fiery rock." >> Like, yeah, take do something. >> You will with that. But Will took this
as an opportunity to enact his bitter revenge on the world, which might have been the devil's
>> plan all along because he knew that William was a dick set up. >> Here's some fiery rock. Be a nice guy.
And then he just left. >> Yeah. Like what? >> But he continues his reign of terror now
using his brimstone rock gifted by Lucifer to lure travelers into the bogs to die.
>> Nice, Will. Now, I'm not going to ruin this by pointing out that all of these
lights can possibly be attributed to swamp gas and bioluminescent mushrooms analogy,
>> but you like just did though. >> It's spirits. Happy [ __ ] Halloween. >> I love that send off.
>> That's the end of mine. >> That was really funny. And you said us the ends of mine.
>> All right. Well, I Oh, fairy lights. I am a witch. Oh, yeah, you do. I have a
witch because it's [ __ ] Halloween. A witch and a curse and a >> Yes, actually. I wish a witch and a few
curses and always some when it's my story. >> All right. Well, mine is the legend of
Hannah Crana aka the wicked witch of Monroe. Hannah Crana. >> Hannah Crana. >> Hey girl.
>> I [ __ ] love her to be honest. >> I already love her. All right, so like I said, the Hannah Cran legend comes to us
from Monroe, Connecticut. Much like the Warren. >> Hey, close by. Hey. So Hannah was a lady
who was born way back in 1783, one who was said to be a witch. Now, luckily for Hannah, like by the time she
was doing her witchy thing, people in New England had already seen the hysteria caused uh in Salem by the witch
trials. So they were a little more hesitant to bring women that they believe to be witches to trial.
>> That's so nice of them. >> Yeah. Yeah. They were like, "We saw how this went and I think instead we'll just
spread some rumors throughout town and mess with them from afar." >> Oh, there you go.
>> Yes. So, again, it was they saw that it was a flop the first time around and they were like, "Let's not repeat that."
>> They said, "We're not in our flop era. >> No, we are not. >> We're in our [ __ ] [ __ ] ass era, so
let's spread rumors and run a muck. >> We're in our Are we in our It might be in our [ __ ] ass era again."
>> Yeah, we're >> seems like the whole world is in that [ __ ] ass era. very much in a [ __ ] ass
era at this moment in time. But back then they were not in their flop era. They were again in their [ __ ] ass era.
And that was the case with Miss Hannah. They they bullied her from afar. Now Hannah's a bit of a mystery woman even
when it comes to her name because some sources say that she was married to a man named Joseph Hovie and her grave
actually even says that she's the wife of that man's. Hm. But I also found an article on newspapers.com
and it referred to her husband as Silas Crana. >> Huh. >> So I was trying to figure out if like
Silus was like mister or sir or something like that, but it seems to be a name. >> So that's weird.
>> That's interesting because nobody really knows when Hannah became known as Hannah
Crana. Some people say that it was a nickname given to her in like a jokey way, but I mean, I guess it really
doesn't matter that much because throughout the year, she's more known as the wicked witch of Monroe.
>> Whoa. >> So, the house that she and her husband lived on was on Cralgy, I hope I'm
saying that right, Craly Hill in Monroe, Connecticut. Now, evidently these days,
what is left of their home, we'll get more of that later, is guarded by different sized snakes.
>> Ooh. >> To this day, >> damn. Now, Hannah's story seems to start with the death of her husband.
>> So, there are two very different accounts of how she killed the man. Oh. >> Um, neither has been proven to be true,
but let's explore both, shall we? >> Let's look at both. So, story one says that Hannah's husband went out for a
walk one night and he drifted a little too far from home. Now, somehow he stumbled over and fell off the edge of a
cliff >> in Connecticut. um >> in Connecticut. >> In Connecticut. Uh >> and when you said drifted too far from
home, I just pictured him like clinging to a piece of driftwood and just like drifting.
>> No, he's just walking. He's just slowly drifting, >> drifting away. I don't want to get sued.
Um his body was found the next day and immediately people thought that Hannah had something to do with it.
>> Hannah Crano. >> They thought Hannah Krano. They thought Hannah Crano. >> They did.
>> And they said she put some kind of spell on him that led to his death. The spell
must have disoriented him so much that it just left him walking blindly to this cliff having no idea what he was
actually doing. Damn. >> So, that could be it. Could be it. Or the other variation of the story is uh
pretty dark. In this version, Hannah's husband partakes a little too often in excessive drinking and she's through
with it. She's had enough. >> Well, she's Hannah. >> She's Hannah and she's not here for your
[ __ ] >> No, she's not. >> So, he comes home one day and they get into it cuz she's like, "Hey, you smell
like booze again and I'm kind of sick of this shit." Yeah. So, they start fighting. They bring their argument
outside cuz she says, "You won't take this outside." And they walk toward the cliff and things get more and more
heated until finally Hannah grabs her husband. Apparently, she's very strong like bull. And she tosses him over the
edge of the cliff. >> No. Holy [ __ ] >> Allegedly, >> I'm laughing just because of like the
thought of this like I'm picturing Hannah Cran in my head as like a very small woman.
>> Yeah, me too. I don't know why. Like it just came to my brain that way. >> And then I'm just picturing her like
hoisting this man. >> Like like uh Louisa. >> Yes. >> From from Encanto like she does with the
with the donkey. >> Hannah's the strong one. And she's not nervous. >> No, she's not.
>> She's as strong as the crust of the earth is. So, and the Native Americans watched her
be as strong as the crust of the earth is from the bottom of the cliff as this happened. Even though Hannah thought
that nobody had seen, but word spread around town either way, whether she tossed him over the cliff herself or if
she concocted some kind of spell that made him do it. So, either way, he went over a cliff. He did in Connecticut. Um,
and there were a couple of people who really actually did want her persecuted for witchcraft. But for one reason or
another, that never happened. But some people think that's because the local authorities were so scared of her that
they didn't want to press the issue and try their luck. >> I mean, there's two choices here. She
either bewitched the man off a cliff or she hoisted him above her head and tossed launched him off a cliff. Nay, I
say yeed it. >> There is there I understand why they were a little little hesitant to get
involved in that whole thing. >> And we're only ling because this is a legend. >> It's a legend. This is all legend. So,
>> it's hilarious. >> So, Hannah's husband uh he was said to have died in May and she wasn't seen
again until that next October. >> So, she disappeared for a little while >> and then she came back for spooky
season. >> She did because she's Hannah. >> She's like, "It's Halloween, bitches."
>> Yes. Now, when she was spotted, there were two men riding past her. And according to the New Town B newspaper,
she was quote dressed in white flowing garments and with disheveled hair standing in the swamp near the road in
the rear of her home. >> I love that for her. She is now um a swamp hag and that's pretty great.
>> Also, a swamp banshee. That's what she didn't kill her husband and maybe she was just a little distraught that the
man's yeeted himself over a cliff. So, she was just having a quick moment in the swamp and you could just let her
have at it. >> Yeah. Let her grieve in the swamp, man. >> Let me grieve in the swamp so that I
know it's real. >> Let me like She's having a a hot banshee summer. Okay. She had a hot banshee
summer. It's October now. >> Next summer. You heard it here first. I am having a hot banshee summer.
>> That's what Hannah was doing. >> Don't at me. >> She's just finishing off her hot banshee
summer. She was stepping into spooky season by stepping into the swamp. >> Yes. >> It was just her moment. Like everybody
needed to let her have her moment. >> Let her live. >> Yeah. >> Um but they didn't want to let her live.
And after that sighting, people would see her from time to time and word kind of started to spread because people
weren't seeing her too often. And a lot of the times the sightings would be really late at night. So people really
kind of started to latch on to this idea that she was a witch and they wouldn't see her again until that next spring.
>> Now she came back with a [ __ ] bang. And maybe she wouldn't have or if it weren't for like a little neighborly
dispute. Maybe she would have just continued hanging out and minding her own GD business.
But apparently one of her ne apparently apparently apparently one of her neighbors cattle had gotten into her
yard and messed up some of her flowers. Now she took great pride in her garden. She grew tiger lilies and she was like,
"Don't [ __ ] with them." >> Do you know how hard it is to keep a plant alive? >> Yes, I do because I became a plant mom
this past year. >> Plant parents of the world, I tip my hat to you because that [ __ ] is hard.
>> It is. That [ __ ] is [ __ ] hard >> cuz all so many plants are different and
like some like this weather >> takes a lot of commitment. >> Some like that weather. Some you can't
water too much. Some you have to give the water amount. Some you can't even [ __ ] water. Like who knew you
couldn't leave a freaking cactus in your bathroom and that it would be too steamy
in there and that you would kill a cactus even though nobody can kill a cactus. I'm not speaking from personal
experience. >> Yeah. Who knew? >> Apparently you. Who knew? >> I don't know. >> Who knew?
>> But anyway. Yeah. Hannah. Hana. Hana. She got in a dispute with her neighbor because she was like, "Hey, you're being
careless. You got to watch your cattle and not let them eat my [ __ ] or my tiger
liies." And this guy was not hearing her side of the story at all. He didn't give
a [ __ ] >> Oh, no. >> So, she got real angry. Real angry. He laughed in her face and told her she was
an old woman without a husband. And what would she even do to stop him? >> That is literally like Tai and Clueless.
You're a virgin who can't drive. >> Like that's You're an old woman with no husband. Like that is so gnarly. Like
what? >> It's the Connecticut version of that. >> Dude, my guy, that is not nice.
>> Yeah, that hit different. >> Like that's like really I would ax your ass. >> Yeah. I would learn dark magic if I
didn't know it. >> I mean, >> that would be it. >> She showed him. >> Damn. >> Because according again to the New Town
Bee from December 7th, 1900, Hannah, quote, with strangely flashing eyes and a voice tense in its vindictiveness,
cried with an outstretched, menacing arm, "MY CURSE UPON you and my curse upon your crop."
I love Hannah Cran. Hannah Crana is my mother effing girly >> cuz I don't think she killed her
husband. Or do I? >> I think it was an accident. He stumbled off a cliff in Connecticut. And I think
>> he was known to drink. >> I think she is She's cursing. >> Yeah, I think she became a witch.
>> I think she was pushed into this. >> And on that day, I became a witch. >> There you go.
>> You know Tik Tok. >> Yeah, >> you know Tik Tok. >> Hello Tik Tok. >> Of course she does. Hannah knows all.
She'd be a great Tik Tocker. >> I'd follow her. >> I would. >> I'd show you how to grow tiger liies.
>> She would have an Etsy shop for shey. >> For sure she would. >> I wish you had said for she
>> and I would buy [ __ ] from it. >> Yes. >> Yeah. >> Yes. >> Yeah. She'd be at the night fair.
>> All right. Well, listen. She would have. But so before that fateful day, this
man's crop was growing quite quite nicely. You know how it was. You know how it goes when your crop grows in so
nicely. I love when my crop grows nicely. >> Why does that sound like gross? Why does
that sound like dirty in a way? >> You can make anything dirty. >> It's truth. >> However, the morning after the curse was
uttered, the man woke up to a very different set of crop. >> I bet he did. I know you're probably
supposed to say crops, but saying crop and like making it feel plural is fun for me.
>> I like that. Cool. Every last one of his potatoes had died and the ground. I know. Like how dare like Hannah, I love
you, but like not the potatoes. >> That was a misstep, Hannah. >> Yeah, but it wasn't. Nothing Hannah does
is a misstep in my opinion. IM O. >> I love a potato. >> I do too. But you can get them from
another guy who won't tell you that you're old or that you don't have a husband to defend you.
>> I forgot about that. That's bad. So poo poo on him. All of his potatoes were dead and the ground was littered with
stinky oozing dead potatoes. Ew. Much like he deserved. >> So a while later, after trying
everything he possibly could to make his potatoes grow again and having all of his attempts fail, that [ __ ]
went with his tail between his legs to go apologize to M. Hannah. >> I was just going to say you should go
apologize. >> And he did >> admit your wrongdoing. >> He admitted his wrongdoing and I respect
that. >> I do too. So she told him, "Thank you for the apology and mark my words, next
year's crop will be beneficial to you, my dude." Look at her. Look at this forgiving queen. Forgiving queen.
>> Look at She sees growth. >> She gives chances. >> She sees growth and she rewards it.
>> Well, listen. The next year, the man was walking through the neighborhood and
Hannah gave him a little hello and beckoned him over. And she said to him, "Go out tonight at 10:00 to your crops
and you will see a significant change from last year." So he did. He went out to those crops. And as he stood there,
he heard some kind of rustling in the distance. But then the sound got louder and louder, and he stood there in awe.
The corn was literally growing as he watched it. >> Wo! >> And by the time it was done, it was at
least 20 in taller than when he'd first gotten there. That's a significant change,
>> one might say. So, as he stood there, probably with his jaw on the ground, Hannah just came walking out of the
stalks. >> Yeah, she did. >> And she said to him, and this is a quote again from the New Town B newspaper
because they had the best information on this. >> They had the scoop a scoop. >> They did. It was written in 1900 and it
was so much fun to read. >> I love this. >> But she told him, quote, "Always remember that as others do to me, even
so I do to them. Good for good, evil for evil. >> Oh, >> a little law of return for my witch
[ __ ] out there. >> I am with Hannah. >> I am too. >> Team Hannah. >> I am a great believer in the rule of
3x3. >> Mhm. So, Theodore Beach and Isaac Nicholls, two local farmers, would soon
learn all about Hannah's philosophy. They were passing her house one day and they called out to her in a real nasty
tone, kind of doubting how powerful she was because obviously this farmer before
them had been like, "Holy [ __ ] you guys, you got to like be nice to Hannah. She can make [ __ ] up your spuds.
>> She could [ __ ] up your spuds or she could make corn happen." And it's a beautiful thing.
>> The choice is yours. >> Yes, one might say corn. >> Make it a great day or not.
>> The choice is yours. Yeah, >> you're really ruining my corn joke here. I'm just trying to say calm.
>> I knew you were going there. >> I know. >> I knew it. >> Um but yeah, so so he was like,
"Listen." But these two [ __ ] were like, "Hey, you old hag, if you're so powerful, let's see it." And Hannah was
like, "Oh, baby, let's go." So she pointed to a nearby oak tree and she said, "You want to see some [ __ ] Before
you have a chance to even pass that tree, you're going to find out just how powerful your girl is." By the way,
these are all direct quotes. They're direct quotes. But then she turned around and she just cackled all the way
inside like a true [ __ ] queen. So the two men continued doubting her and as they turned to go on their merry way,
>> they really shouldn't have because once Hannah was back inside her home, they
tried to continue down the road and they were carrying like a huge load of hay with them and leading uh the like hay
barrel majiggy was two oxen. They were pulling the cart. But as they signaled the animals to head down the road, they
simply could not move the cart. It was completely stuck. Hannah. Yeah. They kept trying and eventually one of the
wheels came flying off and everything went flying. And as that happened, unfortunately, it did startle the
animals. So they ran away through a fence and just kept running. And they ran so far away. And the two farmers
went down the road after them after glancing back at Hannah's house and hearing her cackling from inside. And
they just kept running and running and running and she kept cackling. And all the reports kind of make it seem like
the more Hannah was laughing, the faster they ran. Like her laughter was controlling the speed of their
>> Oh my god. >> their run. >> I'm obsessed with that. >> Yeah. Almost like they were bewitched by
laughter. >> I love it. And then she's just laughing her ass off. >> Exactly. >> That's amazing. So they never [ __ ]
with her again. And strangely enough they were like later on two a couple of people stumbled across um the cart of
hay and there was this jar of strange liquid inside that the two farmers said was not there before.
>> Wo. >> But like no explanation about that. Just some weird ass liquid. >> Weird liquid.
>> They're like Hannah did it. >> Yeah. >> Wow. Yeah. So Hannah was said to kind of
love that people thought of her as a witch. You know >> maybe from time to time she would use it
to her advantage. >> Yeah. She knew that people were a little scared of her, so why not benefit from
that? >> So, she'd go to her neighbors and ask them for like firewood or pies. And
remember, she's a widow. She like she was left with next to nothing, so she needs a little help from her neighbors,
of course. >> And she would give it to them had they asked. She give them a bundle of tiger
liies, you know. >> Oh, yeah. She would. >> An eye for an eye. A tiger lily for a
pie. >> Exactly. I love that she's in her villain era, though. I love that she's
just leaning into it. She's like, "You going to be scared of me? Be scared of me." She doesn't give a single [ __ ] And
that is something I aspire for sure. >> So yeah. So if they wouldn't give the pies to her or the firewood, she would
just tell them that she was going to curse them. Or she'd just kind of like utter some kind of curse at them and
just [ __ ] them all up. >> That's what I'm going to do now. >> I mean, yeah. Somebody will give me a
pie. I'm just going to be like, I'll curse you. I'll give you any pie you want. >> So one day, one of her neighbors was
making a [ __ ] ton of pies and Hannah was like, "Hey, like can I get in on those?
You want to get out on this pie? >> Can I get some of that? Can please. Oh, please.
>> I like pumpkin. She said, "I am your neighbor." So, the neighbor woman, she seemed a bit put out by the request.
But, but you're making pies. You're making so many. >> You're making pies for people to
consume. It's also really funny like the take that some people want to take on this story cuz you can tell some people
that reiterate these accounts are not on Hannah's side and they're like she just
told Hannah that her husband really loved that pie and that she didn't want to give it to her and Hannah just like
punched her in the face. Like that's not what happened. I'm a Hannah truther. Okay. So what really happened was
I'm a Hannah truther. So Hannah asked for one of them and this [ __ ] gave her the smallest one. And
Hannah was like, "You're kind of selfish, huh? Making all these pies. I got nothing and you give me the smallest
one. Have you heard the word on the street? I'm a [ __ ] widow." So the lady tries to start with her and
Hannah says, "Hush hush now." And she turns around to go home. But as she does, she mutters something under her
breath. You better hope she didn't mutter at you. And it turned out that it was some kind of curse because that
[ __ ] ass woman, she was never able to bake another pie again. Hannah, is that you?
>> I'm scared. >> Could never bake pie again. >> Never bake again. >> But now, no pies for you.
>> To the sad part of my story. >> Oh, okay. Let me get myself together. After years of cursing and such, Hannah,
my queen, No, like my actual queen predicted her own death. Are you okay over there? This is the sad
part. My queen died. >> I'm crying so hard. So, she had a rooster named Bereas or Boris. Are you
all right? She's stopping. >> Of course she did. She had chicken, snakes, and roosters and tiger [ __ ]
lilies. named Boris. >> Boris or Bereus? How would you pronounce B O R E A S? >> Borius.
>> Borius. >> Boris. >> Borious. >> Boris. I like Borius. >> Borius. >> Hannah. I hope I'm saying it right. All
due respect. >> Borius. >> Borius. So, she had a rooster named Borius, and he was like basically her
best friend. The people in town had gotten so used to him crowing at exactly midnight every single night that they
like knew him by name. And a lot of people thought that he might have been her familiar.
>> Oh. >> But one day, Bereas, Bereas, the rooster, >> died unexpectedly. And Hannah was obviously super sad. And
she went over to one of her neighbors that she actually got along with to chat about it. And she told the neighbor,
"Because my my beloved rooster has died, I know that my death is approaching, too. I can feel it." Oh, no. So she said
to this neighbor, she gave them explicit instructions about how her death was to
be handled. And when somebody does that, you respect their wishes. Yeah. Correct.
So she wanted her casket to be carried by hand down to the cemetery. They had to walk her down to the cemetery, hold
that casket, walk with their own two feet. However many people needed to be there, that's fine. But that's what they
had to do. Paul bear. Paul bear. >> Yeah. So, she also said that she was not to be buried until after sundown.
Hannah was found dead in her home the day after this conversation. >> I know. Hannah,
>> she knew. She knew. >> She knew. >> So, it was the middle of January and there was fresh snow on the ground. So,
the people in charge of moving her decided to ignore her request to be carried down to the cemetery and instead
they tried loading her casket onto a big sled so that they could be lazy and slide her down. Oh no. Mhm. But no
matter what they did, they could not get that casket to stay on the sled. It kept
falling off. People sat on it and tried to make sure that it wouldn't fall off. They would get thrown off. At one point
it apparently just started violently shaking. >> Oh, I would throw people off my casket
for sure. >> Absolutely. I'm not going to ever be in one of those, though. Um, they tried
tying chains to it to get it stuck to the sled. It still fell off no matter what. They couldn't keep it on there.
>> It's like, "Guys, just pick it up." >> Yeah. So, eventually these [ __ ] did.
They did as Hannah wished. And by the time they were through, they actually had no choice but to fulfill her final
wish to be buried after the sun went down. >> It's the middle of the night now. >> Straight up. So when the people carrying
her casket finally got her settled and were able to, you know, like fulfill her final wishes,
they made their way back into town and they passed by her house cuz they figured, you know, we did like she told
usually did the right thing eventually. >> No, when they did, they found her house
completely engulfed in flames. >> Oh, Hannah. She was not happy. Woo. Now, for some reason, the nearby well was
running dry, even though earlier that day, people had no issue using it. Someone claimed that around 11:00 a.m.
they'd gotten multiple buckets full of water. And now it was about 300 p.m. And it seemed like there hadn't been water
in the well at all that day. Not even a drop was left. The rocks at the bottom did not glisten like they were even
damp. This thing was dry. But I thought it was after dark. It was 300 p.m. >> Well, it was winter,
so it was dark that day. >> Oh, okay. I don't know. Maybe it was a long walk back.
>> It was a really long walk. >> Sources vary. All right. >> Maybe after dark meant like early mourn.
>> Yes. >> By the time they got her in there and it took a while for them to after sundown.
>> Yeah, exactly. >> And they had had a voyage. So, >> they did have a voyage. So anyway, the
well is bare and they knew that this was Hannah at work. Inconsistencies are fine. It's totally a legend, man.
>> I'm just So the fire roared on for multiple days and apparently even spread to multiple other towns. Oh, damn.
>> Because they could not get this fire out. >> The wellwater. >> Mhm. It spread to Danbury, Bridgeport,
and New Town. Now, legend has it when the fire started to settle and there was just a bunch of like rubble and ashes
everywhere, Hannah Craner Cran, excuse me, Hannah Cran appeared before the town's people
again, seemingly in search of something and slightly irritated. >> Slightly irritated
>> as she always was. >> I love that. >> So, as they all stood by and watched, she poked through the ashes with a
stick. But when she couldn't find what she was looking for, she just turned around and headed toward the well. And
when she made it there, her figure disappeared. And as she disappeared, the ghost of her rooster appeared. He said a
little cockadoodle do three times for everybody. And people claimed that the sound of this crow of his crow, excuse
me, was eerily similar to Hannah's voice. >> Oh. So, in the weeks following, people
around town started to float the idea that the rooster and Hannah were actually the same person or spirit.
Whoa. >> And she could just like appear as the rooster when she wanted to. >> Whoa.
>> They were like, I've never seen them in the same time in the same place at the
same time. >> I haven't seen Hannah and Boris in the same room. >> Okay. >> Okay. So, the next time somebody spotted
Hannah was the summer after she passed. This guy was walking home late at night and he passed by where her house used to
be. the well that she had disappeared by. And again, the one that went completely dry when her home was on
fire, seemed to be one of her favorite places because that's where this guy spotted her. So, that well had stayed
completely dry ever since the fire at Hannah's place broke out. No water whatsoever. But when this guy saw her,
Hannah was loading up a bucket with water and she was watering the tiger liies that were still in her yard.
>> He was freaked out to say the least, and he just like hurried home. And when he
woke up the next morning, he was probably having a hard time deciding if that was real or if he had dreamed it or
if he had like really gotten super smashed. >> So in order to be sure, he headed over
to the scene of the crime. >> Now when he got there, he was like, "Oh, okay. Phew." Because the well was still
all dried up. He was like, "Okay, that was totally a dream." >> Yeah. >> So he's like, "Cool, cool, cool."
>> But when he walks by the flowers, it was clear that the ground around them was
wet. >> Ooh. >> And it had not rained in days. >> She was using ghost water. Ghost Water.
>> So, people saw Hannah from time to time and actually one of the last times that
she was ever spotted was during the Civil War and allegedly PT Barnum was the one to spot her. He's always all up
in this [ __ ] He is. >> Remember he was in Champ. He was He was offering Champs. He wanted Champ's hide.
Did you also know that he was the mayor at one point of like Bridgeport, Connecticut? No, I didn't know that.
>> Nor did I. Wow. Yeah. Weird. Crazy. >> I know. So, he was the last one of the
last ones to spot her ghost at least. Um, but he saw her on a white horse with her black hair flowing in the wind. Oh,
hell yeah. >> Seemingly just on her way back home. >> Good for her. >> Yeah. But some legends claim that on the
road near the cemetery she was buried in, which is Gregory's four corners burial ground, Hannah will appear to
drivers on that road that's nearby. >> And when this happens, people will swerve to avoid her thinking she's a
real person. And when they do, they crash. >> So it's like, did they piss off Hannah
somehow? >> Oh, no. But that is the story of my true queen, Hannah. Crana. My true queen.
>> I'm obsessed with her. I love Hannah. >> I want to visit her grave. It's real.
Like I want to visit her to her grave. >> Yeah. I want to visit her grave. Connecticut's in New England. Let's go.
>> Yeah. Let's go. It's right there. Like I just spit at Connecticut. I didn't spit
at like you're mean. I spit it like I can reach you with my spit. >> Yes. >> Yeah. Loving loving spit.
>> Lovingly I spit at you. >> Yeah. I want to plant like tiger liies at her grave.
>> Let's go. >> Let's do it. >> I think we should. >> I would love to. >> Let's go see Hannah Cran.
>> All right. Well, damn. >> We're going to go do that and don't follow any ghost lights and do praise
Hannah. >> Yeah. And also, we do hope that you keep listening. >> And we hope you
>> keep it weird. But not so that you doubt my true queen or that you go follow some
ghost lights into purgatory because that doesn't really sound like a straight up
good time. >> It does. >> So, bye >> bye. Squeak.

For Ash's second Episode Revisit, we are heading back to the most wonderful time of the year, SPOOKY SEASON back in 2022! Alaina gives us Southern Gothic while Ash confirms that she's a #HannaTruther! Urban legends for Halloween? YOU BETCHA! Alaina brings us an urban legend straight out of the Louisiana Bayou- she really can’t get enough of that place, eh? Le Feu Follet is a really pretty set of words, but don’t you go following them into the dark. Even if you are listening to Death Cab For Cutie. And while we’re on this path of warning you about things you should and shouldn’t do, let me tell ya don't mess with Queen Hannah Cranna. She’s not noble, but she is a witch and she will fuck with your ability to make a good pie. If that's a little vague press play and Ash will clear it all up for you!

Cowritten by Alaina Urquhart, Ash Kelley & Dave White (Since 10/2022) Produced & Edited by Mikie Sirois (Since 2023) Research by Dave White (Since 10/2022), Alaina Urquhart & Ash Kelley Listener Correspondence & Collaboration by Debra Lally Listener Tale Video Edited by Aidan McElman (Since 6/2025) Listener Tale Theme Music licensed from https://www.purple-planet.com Main Theme: Matti Paalanen — Trick or Treat — Provided by Jamendo Ad Music: Title: Artist: BlueJay Studio — Spooky Waltz — Provided by Jamendo

Brief Summary

Ash and Elena discuss Halloween legends, including swamp fairies and Hannah Crana, while sharing personal spooky experiences from the Salem Night Fair.

Key points

Salem Night Fair Experience. Elena shares her enchanting experience at the Salem Night Fair.
Lufallets: The Deceptive Lights. A discussion about lufallets, spirits that lure people to their doom.
Swamp Fairies and Iron. Swamp fairies can be distracted by iron, which they cannot cross. A clever method involves using iron needles to lure them away.
The Haint: An Evil Ghost. The haint is an evil ghost that exhausts its victims to death. To keep them away, leave things for them to count.
Will-o'-the-Wisps: A Dangerous Light. These fairy lights lead travelers to their demise, often appearing as flickering flames. They prey on people's instincts to help others.
Hannah Crana: The Wicked Witch. The legend of Hannah Crana, a woman accused of witchcraft in Connecticut, begins with the mysterious death of her husband.

Episode highlights

Episode quotes

I feel like this is the inside of my mind.

Elena describes the Salem Night Fair.

2:26WatchDec 14, 2025

Tension

40/ 100Low tension

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