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Escape Your Limits & LIFTSLIFTS Episode 49 - Sustainability & AI Workouts | The Gym of the Future with Yves PreisslerWelcome to this week’s episode of LIFTS, your bite-size dose of the Latest Industry Fitness Trends and Stories. Today, hosts Matthew Januszek, Co-Founder of Escape Fitness and Mo Iqbal, Founder & CEO of SweatWorks, are joined by Yves Preissler, CEO of YP Fitness Consulting, an expert in turnkey and modular gym design solutions across global fitness, sport, wellness and recovery industries. With 40+ combined years’ experience, Yves and his team of professional consultants have a wealth of global expertise creating high end finishes to create tailor-made concepts that deliver results for investors, developers and business owners. This...2024-11-1739 min
FD DagkoersHet internet is stuk, zegt de uitvinderBegin je dag met de podcast Dagkoers van Het Financieele Dagblad. VVD, CDA en de ChristenUnie zoeken de randen van de coalitieafspraken op zonder de stikstofdoelen aan te passen. De provinciale afdelingen van de partijen vrezen dat zij bij de komende verkiezingen afgerekend zullen worden op het stikstofbeleid, vertelt politiek verslaggever Bas Knoop. Lees: Stikstofplan kabinet onder vuur: wat klopt er van de kritiek? Vorig jaar is een aanbesteding voor twee grote stopcontacten op zee stilgelegd vanwege een 'potentieel veiligheidsrisico' door betrokkenheid van Chinese partijen. Het kabinet geeft landelijk netbeheerder Tennet in de toekomst meer...2022-06-2314 min
Small Town SecretsANOTHER SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT (SMALL TOWN SECRETS IN THE BIG CITY)New job, new place new city, I'll be back when I can.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/small-town-secrets. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.2022-01-0704 minSmall Town SecretsA SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT (I'M GOING ON A BREAK)Taking a break for the rest of the year, I'll be back on the air on January 8th. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/small-town-secrets. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.2021-12-1104 min
Small Town SecretsMatton, IL/ Pascagoula, MSBurger King. It was here that the “Mad Gasser” would grip the town in fear for a few weeks in 1944.Wikipedia article about Mattoon, IllinoisWikipedia article about Mad Gasser of Mattoonamericanhauntingsink.com/madgasserjg-tc.com/news/author-claims-to-have-solved-mystery-of-mad-gassers-identity/article_2a2b65fc-91c3-5bb6-b989-dd2f9ed2a5e2.htmlatsdr.cdc.gov/csem/carbon-tetrachloride/toxicological_effects.htmlDuring WWII Pascagoula’s population tripled overnight. This small coastal town mostly known for its fishing soon became a hub for the war effort, churning...2021-11-2043 min
Small Town SecretsGranite Falls, WA/ Kapahulu, HIYou can follow the show on Twitter (@stscast) or Facebook, (@stscast.fb) or on Instagram (@stscast.gram)Check out Patreon at, https://www.patreon.com/STScastThis week's featured podcast is All Things Dreams Be sure to check out Straight Up Strange Productions for more great pods!Granite Falls started as a homestead in 1883 but soon grew into a town with a post office and a general store. They saw a large boom in 1889 when gold was discovered in the Cascade Mountains. Today the town has a modest popu...2021-11-0644 min
Small Town SecretsEagle River, WI/ High Bridge, NJYou can follow the show on Twitter (@stscast) or Facebook, (@stscast.fb) or on Instagram (@stscast.gram)Check out Patreon at, https://www.patreon.com/STScastThis week's featured podcast is Spooky Science Sisters Be sure to check out Straight Up Strange Productions for more great pods!The small city of Eagle River is the county seat of Vilas County Wisconsin. It boasts a population of 1,398. Eagle River was the first Native American settlement in the area. In 1961 it was the place to be if you needed some alien s...2021-10-2449 min
Small Town SecretsSTS Back Roads Freebie #3 (Hansen's Hunting Trip)Since I wasn't able to upload the main show this week. Here's this most recent episode of Back Roads. Make sure to listen to 7.03 it'll probably help. Be sure to check out the Patreon for more bonus content.n July of 1970 Hansen released his own magazine article. It was in Saga Magazine and it was titled “I Killed the Apeman of Whiteface”.Is this the true origin of the Minnesota Iceman?Neanderthal: The Strange Saga of the Minnesota Iceman, by Bernard Heuvelmans. Anomalist Books ( © 2016) “NEANDERTHAL Strange Saga Minnesota Iceman ebook” on Amazon2021-10-2123 min
Small Town SecretsRollingstone, MN/ La Fria, VENYou can follow the show on Twitter (@stscast) or Facebook, (@stscast.fb) or on Instagram (@stscast.gram)Check out Patreon at, https://www.patreon.com/STScastThis week's featured podcast is Oddball Aussie Be sure to check out Straight Up Strange Productions for more great pods!Rollingstone Minnesota… has a Minimart. That’s it, that’s all I’ve got. However, back in 1969 this little town became the center of attention for any big-foot researcher or cryptozoologist in the country. It was the home of the Minnesota Iceman.Wi...2021-10-031h 26
Small Town SecretsOssett, ENG/ Brookfield, CTYou can follow the show on Twitter or Facebook @stscast, or on Instagram@stscast.gramCheck out Patreon at, https://www.patreon.com/STScastThis week's featured podcast is the Weird Tales Radio Show Be sure to check out Straight Up Strange Productions for more great pods!The town of Ossett has a population of around 21,000. It’s part of the West Riding of Yorkshire. Some might remember it for the bombs that accidentally dropped there during WWII but most remember it for the horrifying crimes of Micheal Taylor...2021-09-1957 min
Small Town SecretsSTS Backroads Freebie #2 (The Zanfretta Encounter)!Check out this free episode of STS Backroads!. You can find this and more over at my Patreon.You can follow the show on Twitter or Facebook @stscast, or on Instagram@stscast.gramCheck out Patreon at, https://www.patreon.com/STScastDecember 6th of 1978 was a frigid one in the Italian village of Torriglia. It would also be the night that Pier Zanfretta’s life would be forever changed.Wikipedia article about Torrigliacryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Zanfretta's_Aliensrinodistefano.com/en/books/the...2021-09-1627 min
Small Town SecretsCarlisle, ENG/ Palos Verdes, CAYou can follow the show on Twitter or Facebook @stscast, or on Instagram@stscast.gramCheck out Patreon at, https://www.patreon.com/STScastThis week's featured podcast is Monsters N Friends Be sure to check out Straight Up Strange Productions for more great pods!The town of Carlisle started out as a Roman stronghold due to its close vicinity to the border of Scottland, about 8 miles away. It’s also about the same distance from the famed and beautiful Solway Firth. It would be here in 1965 that a father...2021-09-0746 min
Small Town SecretsAdams, TN Part 2You can follow the show on Twitter or Facebook @stscast, or on Instagram@stscast.gramCheck out Patreon at, https://www.patreon.com/STScastThis week's featured podcast is Into the Portal Be sure to check out Straight Up Strange Productions for more great pods!Even though the bell family who lived through the experience are long gone and the farm has far since been broken up into several tracts and sold off the story of the Bell Wich lives on even today.bellw...2021-08-151h 20
Small Town SecretsAdams, TN Part 1You can follow the show on Twitter or Facebook @stscast, or on Instagram@stscast.gramCheck out Patreon at, https://www.patreon.com/STScastThis week's featured podcast is Nothing Ever Happens in Canada Be sure to check out Straight Up Strange Productions for more great pods!Adams Tennessee is located in Robertson County in the northern part of the state, just past the Kentucky border. It's a small town with a population of around 600. It started out as Adams Station due to its location on the Red River an...2021-08-011h 08
Small Town SecretsCoyame, MEX/ Aztec, NMYou can follow the show on Twitter or Facebook @stscast, or on Instagram@stscast.gramCheck out Patreon at, https://www.patreon.com/STScastThis week's featured podcast is Spell Cast Be sure to check out Straight Up Strange Productions for more great pods!Coyome is a small, sparsely populated town (pop. 709). It acts as mostly a hub for many of the nearby ranchers in the area. Coyame is beyond a “sleepy” little town. However, in the late summer of 1974 is may have been host to one of the strangest...2021-07-181h 14
Small Town SecretsJackson, MN/ Collinsville, ILYou can follow the show on Twitter or Facebook @stscast, or on Instagram@stscast.gramCheck out Patreon at, https://www.patreon.com/STScastThis week's featured podcast is Into the Portal Be sure to check out Straight Up Strange Productions for more great pods!Jackson Minnesota is the county seat of Jackson County. The town boasts a population of just over 3,000 and is the hometown of Megadeath bassist David Ellefson. But just a few miles south there is Loon Lake. Loon lake has it all fishi...2021-07-0550 min
Small Town SecretsPort Henry, NY/ Kelowna, BCYou can follow the show on Twitter or Facebook @stscast, or on Instagram@stscast.gramCheck out Patreon at, https://www.patreon.com/STScastThis week's featured podcast is Can't Make this up History Be sure to check out Straight Up Strange Productions for more great pods!There are many small towns and cities that border the massive body of water that is Lake Champlain. However, it’s the small hamlet of Port Henry that boasts being the home of Champ, the Lake’s mysterious sea...2021-06-201h 03
Small Town SecretsSTS Backroads Freebee!Check out this free episode of STS Backroad!. You can find this and more over at my Patreon.You can follow the show on Twitter or Facebook @stscast, or on Instagram@stscast.gramCheck out Patreon at, https://www.patreon.com/STScast37-year-old Peggy Casey a mother of four was last seen leaving a bar in downtown Covington Kentucky in the early morning of April 2, 1994. Peggy would never seen alive again.intimateviolencedeathnews.blogspot.com/2010/07/burlington-ky-strip-club-owner.htmlimgur.com/a/M09wgeTarchive.courierpress.com/ne...2021-06-1216 min
Small Town SecretsCarmel, INYou can follow the show on Twitter or Facebook @stscast, or on Instagram@stscast.gramCheck out Patreon at, https://www.patreon.com/STScastThis week's featured podcast is Stright-Up Enigmas Be sure to check out Straight Up Strange Productions for more great pods!Carmel Indiana boasts a population of just over 100,000 ppl. Just north of Indianapolis, the states’ capital city. The town borders the White River to its side. Today it’s known as the “Roundabout Capital” of the USA due to its 128 or so roundabouts. It...2021-06-061h 16
Small Town SecretsSanta Paula, CA/ Bladenboro, NCYou can follow the show on Twitter or Facebook @stscast, or on Instagram@stscast.gramCheck out Patreon at, https://www.patreon.com/STScastThis week's featured podcast is The Mad Scientist Podcast Be sure to check out Straight Up Strange Productions for more great pods!The city of Santa Paula lies in southern Ventura County in California. The small city is the self-proclaimed “citrus capital of the world”. But perhaps, just perhaps there is something stalking through the orange groves, something called the Billiwhack Monster.Wikipedia...2021-05-161h 36
Small Town SecretsTroy, OH/ Tadmor, OHYou can follow the show on Twitter or Facebook @stscast, or on Instagram@stscast.gramCheck out Patreon at, https://www.patreon.com/STScastThis week's featured podcast is Spooky Science Sisters Be sure to check out Straight Up Strange Productions for more great pods!Troy Ohio is the county seat of Miami county. It’s home to the annual Strawberry Festival. It’s also where the very first barcode scanner using the UPC was set up. In 1974 at the Marsh Supermarket to buy a pack of Wrigley gum. But...2021-05-021h 06
Small Town SecretsCharleston, TN/Exeter, RIYou can follow the show on Twitter or Facebook @stscast, or on Instagram@stscast.gramCheck out Patreon at, https://www.patreon.com/STScastThis week's featured podcast is Legendary Africa Be sure to check out Straight Up Strange Productions for more great pods!651 people live in the tiny town of Charleston, Tennessee. Its first name was Walker's Ferry as named because the town emerged around an established ferry that crossed the Hiwassee River. In the early 20th century something strange found buried just outside of town. Some call it...2021-04-1850 min
Small Town SecretsVillisca, IA/ Elk Creek WIYou can follow the show on Twitter or Facebook @stscast, or on Instagram@stscast.gramCheck out Patreon at, https://www.patreon.com/STScastThis week's featured podcast is October Pod. Be sure to check out Straight Up Strange Productions for more great pods!The small town Villisca Iowa (Population 1,252) lies in the southwest of Iowa in Montgomery County. This small and sleepy place is known across the country, for one thing, it’s known as the Villisca Axe Murder House. chadlewisresearch.combackroadslor...2021-04-041h 39
Small Town SecretsRendlesham, ENG Part 2You can follow the show on Twitter or Facebook @stscast, or on Instagram@stscast.gramCheck out Patreon at, https://www.patreon.com/STScastThis week's featured podcast is Weird Tales Rado Show Be sure to check out Straight Up Strange Productions for more great pods!Of course when one starts looking into the Rendlesham Incident many go straight to it being an alien craft. But that's not the only way to look at it.Encounter in Rendlesham Forest, by Nick Pope, John Burroughs, and Jim Pe...2021-03-141h 18
Small Town SecretsRendlesham, ENG Part 1You can follow the show on Twitter or Facebook @stscast, or on Instagram@stscast.gramCheck out Patreon at, https://www.patreon.com/STScastThis week's featured podcast is Into the Portal Be sure to check out Straight Up Strange Productions for more great pods!Rendlesham is a small village of 3,000 located near the shore the borders Suffolk County. In between the village and the shore is a Rendlesham Forrest. In 1980 the two USAF bases located in the forest would become ground zero for one of the most intri...2021-02-2857 min
Small Town SecretsWeston, WV/ Milledgeville, GAYou can follow the show on Twitter or Facebook @stscast, or on Instagram@stscast.gramCheck out Patreon at, https://www.patreon.com/STScastThis week's featured podcast is Monsters N Friends Be sure to check out Straight Up Strange Productions for more great podsWeston is a small town in Lewis County, West Virginia. Like many other little towns in West Virginia, it holds a haunting secret. It's home to the infamous Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum.Wikipedia article about Weston, West VirginiaWikipedia ar...2021-02-141h 20
Small Town SecretsRittman, OH/ Statesville, NCYou can follow the show on Twitter or Facebook @stscast, or on Instagram@stscast.gramCheck out Patreon at, https://www.patreon.com/STScastThis week's featured podcast is Monsters N Friends Be sure to check out Straight Up Strange Productions for more great pods!Rittman Ohio is a little out of the way place on the borders of Wayne and Medina counties. It has a population of 6,491. This town truly has a secret. It is the home to a ghastly train wreck with ghostly remnants. However, most peopl...2021-01-3151 min
Small Town SecretsSocorro, NM/ Dayton TXYou can follow the show on Twitter or Facebook @stscast, or on Instagram@stscast.gramCheck out Patreon at, https://www.patreon.com/STScastThis week's featured podcast is All Things Dreams Be sure to check out Straight Up Strange Productions for more great pods!The sleepy town of Socorro lies 140 miles north of Las Cruces. A town that that was put on the map in 1964 when a humble police officer saw something he could not explain. WikiPedia article about Socorro, New Mexicosocorronm...2021-01-171h 03
Small Town SecretsTilly, AR/ Wilmington, OHYou can follow the show on Twitter or Facebook @stscast, or on Instagram@stscast.gramCheck out Patreon at, https://www.patreon.com/STScastThis week's featured podcast is Straight Up Enigmas Be sure to check out Straight Up Strange Productions for more great pods!Tilly Arkansas is a tiny unincorporated community in Pope County. Sadly this tiny town is known for just one thing, the murder of the Mueller family at the hands of Daniel Lewis Lee, and Chevie Kehoe.Wilmington Ohio is the county...2021-01-0344 min
Small Town Secrets2020 Holiday Special: TNT Area Estes Method SessionYou can follow the show on Twitter or Facebook @stscast, or on Instagram@stscast.gramCheck out Patreon at, https://www.patreon.com/STScastDecompress from the year and the Holidays with the Estes Method that we did at the mysterious TNT Area near Point Pleasant. It's the 2020 Holiday Special!Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/small-town-secrets. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.2020-12-261h 26
Small Town SecretsSTS Backroads Ep. 5 (Full Patreon Episode)You can follow the show on Twitter or Facebook @stscast, or on Instagram@stscast.gramCheck out Patreon at, https://www.patreon.com/STScastCheck out this entire episode of STS Backroads, the exclusive Patreon Only Podcast!. This is one of my favorite Backroads episodes I hope you'll enjoy it as well. Be sure to check out the Patreon page extra content and more.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/small-town-secrets. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.2020-12-2538 min
Small Town SecretsLily Dale, NY/ Scole ENGYou can follow the show on Twitter or Facebook @stscast, or on Instagram@stscast.gramCheck out Patreon at, https://www.patreon.com/STScastThis week's featured podcast is Weird Tales Radio Be sure to check out Straight Up Strange Productions for more great pods!Lily Dale New York is actually a Hamlet of Pomfret New York. It’s located just over the Pennsylvania border east of Cassadaga Lake. Lily Dale is a very special little place. It’s a place solely dedicated to Spiritualism.WikiPedia ar...2020-12-201h 04
Small Town SecretsBoulia, AUS/ Hessdalen NorwayYou can follow the show on Twitter or Facebook @stscast, or on Instagram@stscast.gramCheck out Patreon at, https://www.patreon.com/STScastThis week's featured podcast is Into the Portal Be sure to check out Straight Up Strange Productions for more great pods!301 people live in the tiny Out Back Australian town of Boulia. The town actually lies in the Shire of Boulia. It’s home to a couple of things such as Boulia Desert Sands Camel Races and also the strange and mysterious Min Min Light....2020-12-061h 09
Small Town SecretsEnfield ENG, Humpty Doo AUSEnfield in a borough in North London with a modest populaton of 333,000. In 1977 something would transpire at small council house at 284 Green Street. A hunting? A poltergeist? Whatever you want to call it books have been written, movies have been made, this is the story of Enfield poltergeist.WikiPedia article about London Borough of EnfieldWikiPedia article about Enfield poltergeistpeople.com/movies/inside-the-real-story-that-inspired-the-conjuring-2/This House is Haunted: The True Story of the Enfield Poltergeist, by Guy Playfair. White Crow Books ( © 1980, 2011) amazon.com/This-House-Haunted-Enfield-Poltergeist/dp/1907661786/ref=sr_1_3?crid=2D3ENMTKDHUP4&dchild...2020-11-271h 20
Small Town SecretsBattle Creek MI, Olalla WAYou can follow the show on Twitter or Facebook @stscast, or on Instagram@stscast.gramCheck out Patreon at, https://www.patreon.com/STScastThis week's featured podcast is Folklore on the Rocks Be sure to check out Straight Up Strange Productions for more great pods!The small city of Battle Creek Michigan (pop 52,347) sits where the Kalamazoo River and Battle Creek meet. The town took hold after a scuffle between some Native Americans and surveyors over food. Later a deal was reached and the NA left leaving se...2020-11-0758 min
Small Town SecretsStraight Up Strange Productions Presents, The Monkey's PawYou can follow the show on Twitter or Facebook @stscast, or on Instagram@stscast.gramCheck out Patreon at, https://www.patreon.com/STScastBe sure to check out Straight Up Strange Productions for more great pods!A collaborative reading of the classic tale The Monkey's Paw by W.W. JacobsSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/small-town-secrets. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.2020-10-3127 min
Small Town SecretsBloody Bridge Estes Method Session, Halloween SpecialExclusive audio form our recent investigation at Bloody Bridge in St. Mary's Ohio, enjoy!You can follow the show on Twitter or Facebook @stscast, or on Instagram@stscast.gramCheck out Patreon at, https://www.patreon.com/STScasthttps://www.mymiamicounty.com/bloody-bridgeSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/small-town-secrets. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.2020-10-3151 min
Small Town SecretsGulf Breeze FL, Part TwoYou can follow the show on Twitter or Facebook @stscast, or on Instagram@stscast.gramCheck out Patreon at, https://www.patreon.com/STScastThis week's featured podcast is Can't Make this up History Be sure to check out Straight Up Strange Productions for more great pods!Throughout all of this Ed and his family had thier fair share of ridcule and support. From Debunkers to the support of Bud Hopkins and Bruce Maccabee, it ran the gambit.YouTube video (Vqbs-NCKxXs)WikiPedia a...2020-10-171h 18
Small Town SecretsSTS Back Roads preview #4 (A Patreon Exclusive Podcast)Ed didn’t just see UFO on that last night in may of 88 he was taken aboard it. What happend in the hour of 15 minutes of missing time would change Ed’s life forever.You can check out this and many other rewards for supporting the show over at my Patreon.https://www.patreon.com/STScastSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/small-town-secrets. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.2020-10-1502 min
Small Town SecretsGulf Breeze FL, Part OneYou can follow the show on Twitter or Facebook @stscast, or on Instagram@stscast.gramCheck out Patreon at, https://www.patreon.com/STScastThis week's featured podcast is Monsters N Friends Be sure to check out Straight Up Strange Productions for more great pods!The little town of Gulf Breeze rests in far north Florida, in the panhandle. The town of 7,000 or so in a quiet affluent community. Today most people stop by Gulf Breeze to enjoy the zoo, but for four months at the end of 1987 into...2020-10-041h 11
Small Town SecretsYuba City, CA/ Big Timber, MOYou can follow the show on Twitter or Facebook @stscast, or on Instagram@stscast.gramCheck out Patreon at, https://www.patreon.com/STScastThis week's featured podcast is Obscure Anomalies Be sure to check out Straight Up Strange Productions for more great pods!Yuba City is nestled in the mountains of Northern California. It was settled in 1848 and become the county seat of Sutter County in 1856 after winning it back from the town of Nicolaus. Over the year’s Yuba has had it’s fair share tra...2020-09-191h 03
Small Town SecretsNiagara Falls, NY/ Delcambre, LAThe little city of Niagara Falls hardley needs and introduction a picturesque city nestled beside two of natures greatest sights, the American Fall and Bridal Veil Falls. Not everything in Niagara Falls New York is postcard worthy. In 1978 a neighborhood called Love Canal would make national news as it was declared a national emergency. However the story of Love Canal started way before 1978.WikiPedia article about Niagara Falls, New YorkWikiPedia article about Love Canallaphamsquarterly.org/roundtable/making-love-canaltheatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1979/12/love-canal-and-the-poisoning-of-america/376297/buf...2020-09-041h 09
Small Town SecretsSTS Back Roads preview #3 (A Patreon Exclusive Podcast)You can check out this and many other rewards for supporting the show over at my Patreon.https://www.patreon.com/STScastSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/small-town-secrets. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.2020-08-2903 min
Small Town SecretsCelebration, FL/ Ong's Hat, NJCelebration Florida lives close to Disney World and with good reason. The town with a current population of 7,427 was started being developed in 1996 by The Walt Disney Company itself. It is not some Disney themed town, in fact, Disney is now mostly “hands-off”. But in 2000 and 2001 a man named calling himself John Titor started posting from this small town in Florida. John claimed to be a time traveler from the year 2036 sent back with a very important mission to save his world line.’’WikiPedia article about Celebration, FloridaWikiPedia article about John Titortimetrav...2020-08-221h 29
Small Town SecretsPatterson, NJ/ Bay Village, OHThe small city of Patterson New Jersey was founded on November 22, 1791, as a township and then reincorporated in 1851 as a city. It’s known as the “Silk” city due to its major silk production during the industrial revolution. It would be here in the early hours of June 17, 1966, the shot rang out inside the Lafayette Grill would dip the Patterson into mystery and controversy for more than thirty years.WikiPedia article about Paterson, New JerseyWikiPedia article about Rubin Carternorthjersey.com/story/news/columnists/mike-kelly/2019/06/17/rubin-carter-john-artis-what-really-happened-night/1419996001/Bay Vill...2020-08-081h 07
Small Town SecretsSTS Back Roads preview #2 (A Patreon Exclusive Podcast)You can check out this and many other rewards for supporting the show over at my Patreon.https://www.patreon.com/STScastSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/small-town-secrets. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.2020-08-0104 min
Small Town SecretsFarrar, IA/ New London, TXarrar is a SMALL town, if you look at its wiki you won’t even find a population listed (it’s around 30). It’s actually an unincorporated township close to Maxwell Iowa. In this out of the way place on the plains of Iowa is Farrar Elementary a defunct school that for some reason has become a hotbed of paranormal activity.WikiPedia article about Farrar, Iowahauntingatfarrar.com/about-farrarYouTube video (mNH0DyS0qIc) (The sprit board session)iowacoldcases.org/case-summaries/terry-vanden-hull/A Haunting at Farrar: Investigating one of the World...2020-07-251h 17
Small Town SecretsElkhorn, WI/ Gévaudan, FranceElkhorn is the quintessential small midwest town. It lays in Wisconsin, north of Chicago and south of Milwaukee. It’s the County seat of Walworth county. Around 10,000 people go on with their lives in this little town. However, in the early 1990s, something emerged from the shadows on the edge of Bray Road.WikiPedia article about Elkhorn, Wisconsinlindagodfrey.comThe Beast of Bray Road: Tailing Wisconsin’s Werewolf, Linda S. Godfrey. Self Published ( © 2003, 2015) amazon.com/gp/product/0996263055/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1M...2020-07-111h 00
Small Town SecretsSTS Back Roads preview #1 (A Patreon Exclusive Podcast)You can check out this and many other rewards for supporting the show over at my Patreon.https://www.patreon.com/STScastSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/small-town-secrets. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.2020-07-0207 min
Small Town SecretsEstes Park, CO/ Austin, TXYou can follow the show on Twitter or Facebook @stscast, or on Instagram@stscast.gramThis week's featured podcasts are Into the Portal and Brew Crime Be sure to check out Straight Up Strange Productions for more great pods!The town of Estes Park is a quaint place with a population of 6,352. The small town that is tucked up high on a mountain was a place for members of the Arapaho tribe to gather and spend time during the summer. It was named after early settler Joel Estes. In 1903...2020-06-2759 min
Small Town SecretsBuckeye, AZ/ Sedona, AzBuckeye Arizona started life in 1877 as Sidney. Settler Malie Jackson named the town after his hometown of Sidney, Ohio. Jackson also helped to build the nearby Buckeye canal, the canal was named after Ohio state tree. In 1888 the town was renamed Buckeye. As of now, Buckeye boasts a population of 79,620. The town lies in Maricopa County and is surrounded by desert and mountains. It may also be surrounded by something else, it may be surrounded by being from somewhere else.WikiPedia article about Buckeye, Arizona WikiPedia article about 1995 Palo Verde, Arizona derailment ...2020-06-131h 50
Small Town SecretsAmityville,NY Part TwoThe story of the Amityville house did not stop with the DeFeo’s. In December of 1975 the Lutz family moved into their dream house. Not only was it their dream home the got it and much of the DeFoe’s Belongings at a steal. Twenty-eight days later the family would flee in terror form the house never to return to it. This is where the the story goes from true crime to paranormal.tonyspera.com/amityville/YouTube video (tgaWzCfckHM)YouTube video (7W8eS5FXC8E)YouTube video (WkyeeSni...2020-05-221h 37
Small Town SecretsAmityville, NY Part OneAmityville is a actually a small village that is part of Babylon New York. According to legend when the settlers wanted to establish a post office they needed a name. A meeting of the town name became heated with someone yelling out, “What this meeting needs is some amity!”. It would seem that Amityville started with a hint of bedlam, something that would carry on. Years later Ronald Defoe would murder his entire family under mysterious circumstances. However, that’s just the beginning of the Amityville Haunting. WikiPedia article about Amityville, New Yorkwww.zillow...2020-05-081h 08
Small Town SecretsAlamosa, CO/ Dalby, Isle of ManThe town of Alamosa Colorado actually started out as a rail center established by the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad. Over the years the rail center evolved into the town of 8,780 that is today. There is a very curious story about Alamosa. That is the story of Snippy the horse, which may have been the first “cattle” mutilation.WikiPedia article about Alamosa, Coloradoweekinweird.com/2013/01/08/death-dunes-ufos-start-cattle-mutilation-san-luis-valley/alamosanews.com/article/after-50-years-snippy-still-a-mysterywww.ourstrangeplanet.com/50-year-anniversary-of-the-snippy-case/Dalby is a small hamlet on the Southwestern side of the...2020-04-181h 13
Small Town SecretsHazelhurst, MS/ Clear Lake, IAHazelhurst is a town in central Mississippi, 4,000 strong. In the 1870s the town began to boom. It had become a rail stop for the newly developed New Orleans, Jackson, and Great Northern Railroad. Its growth was so large in fact that it became the county seat of Copiah County in 1872 which up until that point had been the town, Gallatin. It was here that one of the most influential and mysterious Blues artists were born, Robert Johnson. WikiPedia article about Hazlehurst, Mississippi anomalien.com/robert-johnson-at-the-crossroads-did-he-really-sell-his-soul-to-devil/ WikiPedia article about Robe...2020-04-031h 23
Small Town SecretsDuncan, BC/ Snowflake, AZOn Vancouver Island in British Columbia there lies the small town of Duncan. Its current population sits at around 4,944. It’s a quiet town known for having the largest collection of Totem Poles, so many in fact that in 1985 the city was officially nicknamed “City of Totems”. However, there is another story about a man named Granger Taylor. Taylor disappeared in 1980, but even more mysterious is where he may have gone.WikiPedia article about Duncan, British Columbiawww.vice.com/en_us/article/yvwjkv/the-man-who-went-to-space-and-disappeared-the-story-of-granger-taylordyingwords.net/did-aliens-really-abduct-granger-taylor/www.time...2020-03-211h 29
Small Town SecretsCircleville, OH/ Westfield, NJThe name Circleville comes from the town’s original layout. The Center of the town was once built around a 1,100-foot Hopewell earth mound. In the 1850s the town’s layout was changed to a more familiar grid-like layout. The town is known for its annual Pumpkin Show every October. It’s is also known for a mysterious set of happenings in the late 1970s that started with strange and threatening letters and may have ended with murder. the-line-up.com/circleville-letter-writerscarestreet.com/circleville-letters/YouTube video (v65yJwcfKDM)WikiPedia...2020-03-071h 50
Small Town SecretsBridgeport, CT/ Desert Center, CAThe town of Bridgeport Connecticut is an eastern seaport town that boasts a population of 144,900. P. T. Barnum founder of the Barnum and Bailey Circus took up residence there and was even mayor for a year. The Frisbee Pie Company was in Bridgeport making the town the default origin of the Frisbee. Also, the first Subway opened its doors in 1965. Five dollar footlongs and gravity-defying toys were not the only firsts to come from Bridgeport Connecticut. The small town is also the birthplace of the dreaded Men In Black.WikiPedia article about Bridgeport, Connecticutbport...2020-02-221h 02
Small Town SecretsOld Orchard Beach, ME/ Foss OKOld Orchard Beach is a small coastal Maine Town. It was incorporated in 1883 but records of it go as far back as 1653 when it was settled by Thomas Rogers. the name Old Orchard Beach comes from Rogers abandoned apple orchard (The family fled from the property after an attack by Native Americans. Like most towns in the country it’s a place filled with cars. There is one automobile in town that has a bad reputation, a cursed reputation. WikiPedia article about Old Orchard Beach, Mainelaughinggnomehollow.blogspot.com/2012/07/dazzling-razzberry-ii-another.htmljalop...2020-02-0848 min
Small Town SecretsFlatwoods, WV/ Pascagoula MSEven though Flatwoods was incorporated in 1901 it shows up on maps dating as far back as 1873. It’s a small place with population of just over 270. Like Point Pleasant to the north it’s a small quiet place in West Virginia that harbors a strange tale.WikiPedia article about Flatwoods, West VirginiaWikiPedia article about Flatwoods monsterwww.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2192www.history.com/news/flatwoods-monster-west-virginiaThe Flatwoods Monster: A Legacy of Fear, 2018 Small Town Monsters. www.imdb.com/title/tt8012820/?ref_=fn_al_tt_52020-01-2550 min
Small Town SecretsWillow Creek, CA/ Fouke, ARWillow Creek is technically a Census-designated place with a population of 1,710. It’s nestled on the north-east end of Humbolt County in Northern California. Willow Creek is known as the Bigfoot Capital of the World and for good reason. Not only was the widely controversial Patterson-Gimlin film shot there but also tracks found in the early 1950’s lead to the term Bigfoot being coined.WikiPedia article about Willow Creek, Californiahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patterson–Gimlin_filmwww.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/079790.htmlhttps://cryptomundo.com/crypt...2020-01-1158 min
Small Town SecretsPoint Pleasant, WV Part 3When you start to look at the Mothman case you very quickly start to understand that it’s not about a strange cryptid prowling around a West Virgina town at night. It’s more like a phenomenon that engrossed a whole year of high strangeness. No one probably understood this better then John Keel and Mary Hyre.The Mothman Prophecies, Joh A. Keel. Illuminet Press. www.amazon.com/Mothman-Prophecies-True-Story/dp/0765334984/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3D9RQCURFIEKH&keywords=the+mothman+prophecies+book&qid=1574304425&sprefix=the+Mothman,aps,139&sr=8-1John A. Keel: The Man, The Myths, a...2019-12-211h 54
Small Town SecretsPoint Pleasant, WV Part 2Just slighty before the events that would become the Mothman saga began. Another encoutner would happen along a West Virgina road near Parkersburg. Even though it has little to do with mothman is often rolled into the story. The simple reason is becasue Keel started researching this case along side Mothman and decided to include it in the book. This is the story of Woodrow Derenberger and his friend Indrid Cold. Vistors from Lanulos, Woodrow Derenberger. Self Published. www.amazon.com/Visitors-Lanulos-Woodrow-Derenberger/dp/1518815820/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=visitors+from+lanulos&qid=1575424670&sr=8-1Beyond Lanulos...2019-12-071h 22
Small Town SecretsPoint Pleasant, WV Part 1Point Pleasant is a small close-knit community just across the Ohio River from Gallipolis. Like many little towns in West Virgina, it’s quiet and keeps to itself. It’s surrouned by woodlands and winding roads once these roads get you to next small town the cycle repeats. Also like many town in WV it has a history of strange happens, it would start with sightings of the Mothman in 1966 and end with the collapse of the Silver Bridge in ’67.allthatsinteresting.com/mothmanwww.mothmanlives.com/index.htmlWikiPedia article about Poin...2019-11-231h 00
Small Town SecretsStanberry, MO/ Drem, ScottlandStandberry is a little place, with a population of around 1185 according to the 2010 Census. It lies in Gentry County Missouri. It’s a quiet place, like so places like it not much happens that was until Mike “Madman” Marcum moved in. This story starts off with a fun electrical experiment and ends up in the realm of time travel.d3adcc0j1hezoq.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/NEXUS-Marcum.pdfwww.facebook.com/madmanmarcum?__tn__=,dC-R-R&eid=ARCHX…-v4u&hc_ref=ARQK_…SwZk&fref=nffrom-the-shadows.blogspot.com/2007/01/mike-marcum-and-time-machine.htmlYouT...2019-11-081h 02
Small Town SecretsSheppton, PA/ Centralia PASheppton Pennsylvania like many small towns in Pennsylvania used to live, breath and eat coal. It was a coal-mining town, just like so many others. However, on August 13, 1963, three men would enter a defunct mine at Oneida Slope number 2. Hank Thorne, Dave Fellin, and Lois Bova went down into the darkness at 7:30 AM; two of them wouldn't see daylight for 14 days. One would never see daylight again.WikiPedia article about Sheppton, PennsylvaniaWikiPedia article about Blackdampwww.eastuniontownship.com/thrones-account-of-the-sheppton-mine-disaster/Sheppton: The Myth, Miracle & Music, Maxim W. Fure...2019-10-261h 10
Small Town SecretsChowchilla, CA/ Skidmore, MOChowcilla California lays in Madera County with a population of 18,270. It’s name is derived from Native American tribe known as the Chaushila, a Yokut tribe. It is said that the name translates to “murderers” which is a reference to the warlike nature of the tribe. Other then it’s intereting name there is not much to be said about the little town, but in 1976 something did happen that would put Chowcilla on the map.WikiPedia article about Chowchilla, CaliforniaWikiPedia article about 1976 Chowchilla kidnappingwww.latimes.com/visuals/photography/la-me-fw-a...2019-10-1149 min
Small Town SecretsThunder Bay Ontario, CAThunder Bay sits on the coast of Lake Superior just north the Michigan border. It boasts a population of around 108,000. It is actually an amalgamation of former cities Port Arthur and Fort William. On January 1st, 1970 the city of Thunder Bay was officially born. Just off the coast on the US side of the border lies Isle Royale. It’s now a state park full of hiking trails and campgrounds. Surrounding this island are a number of shipwrecks. One of them was called the SS Algoma. WikiPedia article about Thunder BayWikiPedia article about Isle...2019-09-2839 min
Small Town SecretsIndependence Township NJ/ West Milford NJJust from the name you know it’s gotta be chock full of creepy stuff. Shades of Death Road (or just Shades for short) is indeed full of stories. WikiPedia article about Shades of Death Roadweirdnj.com/stories/shades-of-death-road/https://maps.roadtrippers.com/stories/whatever-you-do-dont-exit-your-car-on-new-jerseys-shades-of-death-roadhttp://weekinweird.com/2015/05/18/the-haunted-shades-of-death-road-is-the-most-terrifying-stretch-of-new-jersey-and-thats-saying-something/books.google.com/bookswww.wackbag.com/threads/shades-of-death-road-polaroid-trail.114262/. Where Shades of Death road seems to have a few places with some large stories attached them...2019-09-1457 min
Small Town SecretsPoint Township, PA/ Niterói BROn the morning August 4th, 2002 at around 5:00 AM. Todd Sees got up grabbed his bow, hopped on his ATV and went off to do a little deer hunting. Todd would never been seen alive again. It would be mystery after mystery, layer after layer and to this day we still don’t have a lot of answears.www.phantomsandmonsters.com/p/todd-sees-investigation.htmlwww.blogtalkradio.com/binnallofamerica/2014/05/07/boaa822-lon-strickler-butch-witkowskiwww.nuforc.org/CB020824.htmlwww.wondercabinet.net/2015/03/07/what-sees-saw/www.norrycopa.net/index.php/coroner/www.daily-journal.com...2019-08-3148 min
Small Town SecretsStelle, IL/ Aldelphi, TXLocated close to Chicago in Rogers Township Illinois is small town known a Stelle. The town’s poputlation is around 100 or so. Today it’s a very different type of place then what you would normally see. The residetns maintain their own telephone and internet servieces as well as water treatment, and use mostly soloar and wind power. Today it’s a tight knit comunity focusing on a sustainable living. However that was not always the community’s purpose. ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2015/06/richard-kieninger-ufos-and-esoteric.htmlWikiPedia article about Stelle, IllinoisWikiPedia article about Lemuria (conti...2019-08-1853 min
Small Town SecretsFreetown, MA Part 2 of 2In the 1980’s and into the early 90’s the Satanic Panic Wave crashed onto our shores. Most of it turned out to be nothing but bored teenageers, misinterpretation of heavy metal music and just out made up stories and lies. Howevrer in and around Freetown Massachusetts area it may have just been real.Dark Woods; Cults, Crime and Paranormal in the Freetown State Forest by Christopher Balzano. Schiffer Press www.amazon.com/DarkWoods-Christopher-Balzano-November-2007/dp/B01B98OBP6/ref=sr_1_7?keywords=Christopher+balzano&qid=1562890085&s=digital-text&sr=1-7-catcorrhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial...2019-07-2749 min
Small Town SecretsFreetown, MA Part 1 of 2The area around Freetown is known to some as “the dumping ground of Southeastern Massachusetts”. It’s been called that due to people just dumping unwatned cars in the Freetown State Forest during the gas crisis of the 1970’s. Also what ever other junk anyone felt like pitching in the woods at the time. Now all that is changing, little by little people are coming back to the area, cleaning it up and making it something better, something stronger. However there are things experiences and stories that will never go away.Freetown State Forest cover...2019-07-1344 min
Small Town SecretsHayward, CA/ San Leandro, CAHayward is in the heart of the East Bay. It’s home to many things such as the famous Buffalo Bill’s Brewpub a large fiberglass Paul Bunyon- like statue called big mike and it’s where Tom Hanks graduted collage. Big Mike isn’t the only landmark in Hayward, on Mission BLVD stands a long cement building that resembles an aircraft carrier. This is the Hayward Plunge, a large indoor (possibly huanted) public pool.alt1053.radio.com/blogs/dallas/legend-haunted-hayward-plungeYouTube video (t2S2HriBzjc)youtu.be/EjPgUyjIvUIWikiPedia article abo...2019-06-2746 min
Small Town SecretsCumbria, EN/ Mineral Point, WIThe legend of the Groglin Grange Vampire is really the classic vampire story, but unlike Dracula this one may have actually happend. Crouglin is nestled in Cumberland County, England. The story first originated in a book by Augustus Hare titled My Solitary Life. Augustus claimed he was told the story by a descendent of hte Cranswell family, named Captain Fisher. It all started at a farmhouse known as now as Croglin Grange but was then called Groclin Low Hall. The grange is also located near an old cemetery and church.theunexplainedmysteries.com/Croglin-Grange-Vampire.htmlmys...2019-06-131h 06
Small Town SecretsHopkinsville, KY/ Loveland OHThe Hoppkinsville Gobblin Encounter, the Kelly-Hopkinsvilled Encounter or the Kelly Green Man Case. Whatever you name you give it, they all refer to the same thing. The night when when a family was terrorized by small humanoid beings with large yelllow eyes and gigantic ears.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly–Hopkinsville_encounterwww.astonishinglegends.com/al-podcasts/2017/7/20/ep-79-the-kelly-hopkinsville-encounter-part-1www.courierpress.com/story/life/columnists/2017/08/21/history-lesson-goblins-hopkinsville/104796526/cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Hopkinsville_GoblinsWikiPedia article about Mammoth Cave National Parkwww.nps.gov/maca/index.htmyo...2019-05-301h 23
Small Town SecretsBlanchester, OH/ Saanich BC, CanadaOn Wednesday, August 28, 1996 22yo Clarissa Ann Culberson (known as Carrie) returned home from a volleyball game at around 11:30 pm. Shortly after that Carrie and her read Honda CRX woud vanish, never to be seen again.unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Carrie_Culbersonwww.findcarrieculberson.comwww.cincinnati.com/story/news/2015/03/05/murderer-vince-doan-wins-taxpayer-money-dog-nites-nose/24445467/charleyproject.org/case/clarissa-ann-culbersonTo this day neither Carrie or her Honda CRX have been found. If anyone out there has any info that may lead to revovering her remains or the car the can contact the Br...2019-05-1640 min
Small Town SecretsBorley Essex/ West Pittson PAIt’s known in the as “The most huanted house in England”. The house is located in the tiny parish of Borley in Essex. It was located on Hall road next to the Borley Church. It was built for Reverend Henry Dawson Ellis Bull in 1862. The nearby church may date as far back as the 12th century.WikiPedia article about Borley Rectorywww.prairieghosts.com/brectory.htmlhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Pricehttp://www.borleyrectory.com/biblio/owennotes.htmhttps://ghostsnghouls.com/borley-rectory-brick/In 1973 th...2019-05-021h 01
Small Town SecretsKecksburg, PA/ Sokolec, PolandOn December 9th 1965 an anomalous object was tracked on radar and seen by thousands of people as it streaked across the night sky. The object flew over six states as well Winsor Ontario. It was reported that it left traces of hot metal over parts of Michigan and Northern Ohio. After Causing Sonic booms in Western Pennsylvania it came crashing to the earth just outside of Kecksburg Pennsylvania. The original explanation was a meteor. In 2005 NASA released a statement saying they had studied deris from the site and confirmed it was downed Russian satellite. However NASA’s findings for Kecksburg...2019-04-1854 min
Small Town SecretsAshtabula OH/ Hammond INThe Ashtabula train disaster has many names, the Ashtabula bridge disaster, the Ashtubla Horror or the Ashtabula river railroad disaster. Which ever name you choose they all refer to a terrible derailment that occured in Ashtubla Ohio on December 29, 1876.www.deadohio.com/AshTrain.htmhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashtabula_River_railroad_disaster#cite_note-25WikiPedia article about Amasa StoneDuring the last months of the first world war, on June 22, 1918 a horrific accident occured near Hammond Indiana. The 26 cars of the Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus were holding the performers and ot...2019-04-0948 min
Small Town SecretsVan Meter IA/ Middletown MD/Casstown OHIn 1909 and again in 1932 a large dragon-like creature was spotted from Maryland to Ohio. Was the Snallygaster real or just something made up to sell papers?www.legendsofamerica.com/snallygaster/www.phantomsandmonsters.com/search/label/snallygasterWikiPedia article about Thomas Chalmers HarbaughIn 1903 the small mining town of Van Meter Iowa was terrorized for a full week by an eight foot winged monster that came from the depths of their own mine. They called it the Van Meter Visitor.www.amazon.com/Van-Meter-Visitor-Mysterious-Encounter/dp/0982431465/ref=sr_1_1...2019-03-2153 minSmall Town SecretsComing March 2019Small Town Secrets is a podcast that explores the secrets and strangenss of small towns across the globe. Be it Paranormal, True Crime or just plain weird.Do you have a story to share of a town you’ve lived in? Then head over to stscast.com and use the submission form at the bottom of the page, it may end up on the show.FacebookTwitterSTScast.comSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/small-town-secrets. Our GDPR priv...2019-02-0801 min
Bouwmeesters | BNR2 november | Bouwen onder NAP De meest gewilde grond van Nederland ligt onder de zeespiegel. Ondanks dat Nederland goed is beschermd tegen de zee, moeten mensen dit niet vergeten. Moeten we wel steeds meer in dit gebied blijven bouwen of zouden we het toch hogerop in het oosten van het land moeten gaan zoeken met z'n alle? Te gast zijn:-Joost Knoop, Senior wetenschappelijk onderzoeker bij het Plan Bureau voor de Leefomgevingen-Hayke Veldman, Tweede Kamerlid van de VVD Vraag het FredDeze week in de rubriek 'Vraag het Fred' de vraag: "Ik w...2016-11-0222 min