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Alcoholic parents, CIA backed drug use, and a series of grisly murders. This is the story of the Manson Family. Welcome back to The Lore Lodge...  Subscribe on Patreon to support The Lore Lodge for just $1 per month! https://patreon.com/thelorelodge  Check out more of our stuff via https://linktr.ee/theaidanmattis  Shop our curated storefront at https://amazon.com/shop/aidanmattis  Discord: https:...

Home to beautiful scenery, natural wonders, and countless hiking trails, Yosemite National Park is also known for something much darker: the unsolved disappearances of numerous people. From a mystery body discovered in the 60's to the disappearances of teenaged Stacy Arras and hiker Timothy Barnes in the 1980's, this national treasure seems to be hiding a concerning secret. Welcome back to The Lor...

What a week. The Queen died, we debunked the Skunk Ape (sort of) and Aidan was reminded about the time that Joe Exotic's third husband tried to court him. Welcome back to The Lore Lodge...  Subscribe on Patreon to support The Lore Lodge for just $1 per month! https://patreon.com/thelorelodge  Check out more of our stuff via https://linktr.ee/theaidanmattis  Shop our curated storefront at https://a...

For over a century, strange disappearances and grisly murders have occurred in Nahanni National Park Preserve - also know as the Valley of Headless Men - in the Northwest Territories, Canada. These stories are strange, not only because they are unexplained, but because the folklore of the region and even historical events do suggest that something strange is going on in the valley. Is it something...

Of all the cults to be discovered in the 20th century, perhaps none is more enigmatic that Heaven's Gate. The pseudoscience based Christianity knockoff began innocently enough, but by 1997, it became deadly. Welcome back to The Lore Lodge...  Subscribe on Patreon to support The Lore Lodge for just $1 per month! https://patreon.com/thelorelodge  Check out more of our stuff via https://linktr.ee/the...

In 1970, the world was introduced to Annabelle. This haunted doll would go on to become a fixture in cinema, inspiring the wildly successful series of movies about Ed and Lorraine Warren, demonologists and occultists from Connecticut. But how reliable are they? Welcome back to The Lore Lodge...  Subscribe on Patreon to support The Lore Lodge for just $1 per month! https://patreon.com/thelorelodge...

It is a common theme of European folklore that the beings which inhabit forests bear some resemblence to the stag. Be it the Leshy, the Europeanized Wendigo, or the Horned God Cernunnos, what drives us to depict some creatures in this way? We dive into the history of the Horned Beast, and the many iterations that we have seen. Welcome back to The Lore Lodge...  Subscribe on Patreon to support The...

Thornbury and our friend Ryan Day (History Daddy) discuss a few film topics such as Hays Code and the movie Waterloo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The disappearance of Stacy Arras is one of the more intriguing Missing 411 cases. Not because it is so baffling or inexplicable, but because it was handled in so strange a manner. Stacy's last words with her father, her choice of companion, and especially records of the incident, make no sense. Furthermore, the Department of the Interior maintains that this is an ongoing matter, despite the fact t...

Most people who know our guest today know them from their TikTok, howdyhowdyyall1, which chronicles life as a college student who also happened to be raised in a cult. Tonight, we dive into the reality of cults in the United States, and discuss how these strange - and sometimes dangerous - communities form, grow, and function. Welcome back to The Lore Lodge...  Subscribe on Patreon to support The...

Tom Messick is out on a hunting trip, and he hasn't been home in a few days...2,436 days, to be exact. We covered the disappearance of Tom Messick for our very first episode of Into Thin Air, and there was quite a bit to uncover. We're breaking down our trip, what we learned, what was left out of the original story, and what is beginning to feel like a plausible theory regarding the Missing 411 ph...

In the Book of Job, the Devil went down to Edom, he was looking for a soul to steal...from God. Often cited as a story of God's cruelty and indifference, Job is, in reality, far more complex than that. Possibly a compilation of an old Jewish story and later Greek influenced philosophical dialogue, the book details the trials of the most righteous man of the day, the wealthy and successful Job. Sat...

I have some thoughts on the confession of Brian Laundrie. In September of 2021, I received a snapchat message from one of my followers, asking if I could post about his sister, Gabby Petito, who had gone missing a couple of days prior. She was hiking with her boyfriend, Brian Laundrie. I immediately posted about it, using the story given to me by her younger brother, TJ. There were, at the time of...

The story of Noah's Ark is one of the best known stories of the Bible, but are we taught the correct version? What of the "Sons of God" and the children they created with the "Daughters or Men"? Is the narrative we all heard in Sunday School really how the author of Genesis meant for us to believe, or were the "nephilim" deliberately obscured from our understanding? We're joined by  @InspiringPhil...

On May 21st, 2022, a strange looking creature was caught on camera outside the Amarillo Zoo. While many have suggested it is a Chupacabra, and alien, or something else entirely, we have a different theory, and we plan to explain. It all comes down to location, local folklore, and a bit pf a hunch. Welcome back to The Lore Lodge...  Subscribe on Patreon to support The Lore Lodge for just $1 per mon...

The boys are back with more Missing 411 content...on July 4th 1938, Alfred Beilhartz vanished while hiking to a fishing spot with his family. Despite being surrounded by his 9 siblings, nobody saw Alfred go missing, and the search that followed came back with more questions than it did answers. Welcome back to The Lore Lodge...  Subscribe on Patreon to support The Lore Lodge for just $1 per month!...

We often are confronted with legends and folktales that appear to us as otherworldly, but in many cases, the origins of these stories can be found in very real phenomena. Changelings, once thought to be replacement children left behind by the Fae, likely were an early explanation for autism and other social challenges. The Uncanny Valley may be the result of an ancient cousin of ours, which terrif...

In July of 2013, Matthew Greene of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, vanished while on a hiking trip in the Sierra Nevadas. An experienced outdoorsman, his sudden disappearance baffled his friends and the Mammoth Lakes Police Department, and stunned his community back home. Welcome back to The Lore Lodge...  Support The Lore Lodge via Patreon at https://patreon.com/thelorelodge Links and sponsors at https:...

In March 2014, Dr. James McGrogan and a few friends set off for a hiking trip in Vail, CO. James would go missing on the first day, never to be seen - alive - again. Welcome back to The Lore Lodge...  Support The Lore Lodge via Patreon at https://patreon.com/thelorelodge  Links and sponsors at https://aidanmattis.carrd.co  Discord at https://discord.gg/thelorelodge Learn more about your ad choices...

One of the most inexplicable and haunting Missing 411 cases is that of Aaron Hedges. In the Crazy Mountains of Montana, 38 year old Aaron disappeared - with a trace. Despite leaving a trail of clues, Hedges was never found. Aaron has since become known as "the hunter who vanished in the crazies", with even the most seasoned investigators remaining baffled by his unlikely disappearance. Welcome bac...

We're back to talk about our Top 3 Missing 411 Cases, because we know how much y'all love it. We'll be diving back into the details of the Tom Messick, Dennis Martin, and Garrett Bardsley disappearances, with a very important announcement at the end regarding the Missing 411 phenomenon, and how we plan to talk about these cases in the future. Welcome back to The Lore Lodge... Learn more about your...

If you come from a northern European culture, you've likely heard of the Fae. Today, the term is very broad, referring to all manner of fairies, elves, goblins, and more. But it wasn't always this way. Tonight, we sit down with best-selling author Piper CJ to discuss the Fair Folk, the similarities between folk tales of the Celtic, Germanic, and Greco-Roman traditions, and the controversy surround...

He is perhaps the most accomplished general in world history. Alexander the Great was the first man to do many things, from uniting the Greek peoples, to conquering the known world, the ambitious leader created an empire that spanned from the Adriatic coast to the Hindu-Kush. The course of history was forever changed from the moment Alexander first wore the crown of Macedon. Welcome back to The Lo...

He's emblematic of West Virginian folklore, a staple of Americana recognized around the world. To some, a harbinger of doom, to others, a simple folk legend from sleepy Point Pleasant. He is the Mothman, and he's a part of all our hearts. Welcome back to The Lore Lodge...   Support The Lore Lodge via Patreon at https://patreon.com/thelorelodge Links and sponsors at https://aidanmattis.carrd.co   L...

It's the week of St. Patrick's day and you know what that means...educational and entertaining content about Ireland, of course. We're talking the saint himself, the fae (or fair folk as you may know them), the otherworld, and some rather interesting suggestions regard the Irish and their history of "lands across the western sea". Welcome back to The Lore Lodge...   Support The Lore Lodge via Patr...