Wisconsin Legends Podcast

It seems as though Wisconsin has had a hand in almost all of the major American UFO incidents of the modern era. Mike and Jeff discuss Wisconsin UFO history from the 1970s to 2023. What role did Wisconsin play in the Roswell mythos? What landed at the Baker's farm in Wisconsin's Northwoods? Did William Bosak encounter a fly cow humanoid? And what happened two years to that day? What is Wisconsin's...

Wisconsin has played an outsized role in the history of ufology. Mike and Jeff discuss the early years of Wisconsin UFO sightings with the "airship" flap of 1897. Can these be dismissed as hysteria or was something otherworldy appearing in the skies over Chicago, Milwaukee, Madison, and as far north as Wausau? How did a solitary building on the shores of Lake Geneva play a role in the li...

Madison is best known for being a college town and the state capital of Wisconsin. It's usually characterized by raucous crowds at Camp Randall, its lakes, reveling on State Street, and the picturesque backdrops of photo-ops like the Capitol Building, the Monona Terrace, the Union Terrace, and Bascom Hill. But, few know that Madison was the setting for a string of unsolved murders not too long ago...

Live from the Milwaukee Paranormal Conference The Devil in Milwaukee w/ Allison Jornlin (American Ghost Walks- Milwaukee) Allison joins Mike and Jeff to discuss three curious cases from her hometown. Recorded live at the Irish Cultural and Heritage Center in downtown Milwaukee, October 14th, 2023. Outro: Halloween Pumpkin by PurplePlanetMusic Wisconsin Rapids native, Jeff Finup is the mind behind...

Spawned from the lumber camps of the Northwoods comes the Hodag, Wisconsin's most fearsome critter. From bunkhouse tale to worldwide phenomenon. Discover who or what created this mythical creature and how it became so popular. Why is Rhinelander the "Home of the Hodags" and who is carrying on the tradition of the beast. Hodag Hodag 125th Anniversary Hodag - wiki William T Cox Snallygaster Capture...

On March 8th, 1921, the remains of a young boy were found floating in a pond near the O’Laughlin Stone Company’s Waukesha quarry. The boy was dressed in a gray sweater, black stockings, a blouse, patent leather shoes, and Munsing undergarments. The quality clothing and fancifully dressed suggested the young man was from means. The newspaper writers gave the unidentified boy the nickname, Litt...

In the conclusion of the Frank Lloyd Wright saga, we find Frank dealing with the loss of his beloved Mamah. Wright finds love in an unusual way, but his first wife, Kitty stands in the way refusing to file for divorce. After another ill-fated marriage, Wright finds a new mystically-inclined woman in his life. What events led to Wright's arrest in Minnesota? Who was this mystical stranger from...

Join Jeff and Mike for the kickoff of Season 2 of the Wisconsin Legends Podcast In this episode they discuss Frank Lloyd Wright who is known today as “the greatest American architect of all time”. Wright’s career in architecture spanned 73 years and he is credited with many incredible works as well as the progenitor of a movement that reshaped how American’s live within their homes. His humble beg...

One of the Dairy State's most notorious hauntings, The Ridgeway Phantom, terrorized the Old Military Ridge Road that ran from the Fox Valley in the Northeast to Prairie du Chien in the Southwest of the state. From the 1840s, residents of the Driftless area near Ridgeway have spoken about the phantom, who acts more like a troublemaker and trickster than a traditional ghost as he stalks the road. Bu...

Today, Devil’s Lake is known as Wisconsin’s most visited state park, a designation it has held for over 100 years. But, the region has been inhabited by man for nearly 500 generations. With its rich history comes plenty of legends and lore. Mike and Jeff discuss the early inhabitants, tales of Thunderbirds and lake monsters, and the many ghost stories that line the shores of the small enigmatic la...

Do you know the legend of Haunchyville near Muskego, Wisconsin? Near the end of Mystic Drive is supposedly a barn where a farmer hung himself. Underneath the body were many child-sized footprints all around. In the barn was a sign, scrawled in his own blood saying "The Haunchies made me do it." Whether it is a group of vengeful circus dwarves or a debauched town of Wizard of Oz 's munchkins, littl...

In 1991, on a slow news week at the end of December, an article was published in small weekly Walworth County paper called “The Week”. The article was titled, “Tracking down “The Beast of Bray Road””. The story by Linda Godfrey detailed the rumors of a creature that stalked Walworth County along with two eyewitness interviews. Nicknamed Wisconsin’s Werewolf, The Walworth County Werewolf,...

Jeffrey Dahmer was one of the most notorious serial killers in American history. Over the course of thirteen years, he raped, murdered, and dismembered seventeen victims, young men. His crimes were so heinous that even now, nearly thirty years after his death, he continues to terrify the public imagination. Some say that his spirit still lurks in the places he haunted in life. Others believe that...

The vestiges of the Maribel Caves Hotel lie in ruin near the town of Cooperstown in Manitowoc County. Nicknamed “Hotel Hell”, it has been home to many legends. It allegedly burnt three time, all on the same date. It was the scene of a mass murder and suicide. It was owned by Al Capone during prohibition. It served as a hideout as well as a stop for his rum-running business, which included John Dil...

It was the crime that shocked 1950s America, Ed Gein was born in Wisconsin in 1906 and grew up on a farm desperately attached to his strict, religious mother. When she died, his isolation and terrifying obsessions led to stealing corpses from graves and making trophies and keepsakes out of their lifeless bodies. In 1957, he was arrested for murdering two women and was arrested and institutionalize...