Wes Guay & Beth Guay

Where Our Minds Wander

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From the creepy attic's dark corners to the very end of a shadow-filled dirt road, our minds wander towards the odd, supernatural and not easily explained. Pull up a cozy seat and your favorite beverage and delve into our Strange but True stories from around the globe and beyond.

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Wes Guay & Beth Guay

Episodes

15: Two Haunted Red Onions and Would You Eat That? 18.08.2022 26:03

Wes peels back the historic layers of two haunted saloons: The Red Onion in Skagway, Alaska and the Red Onion of Aspen, Colorado. Beth offers up the Sin-Eater as a contender for the worst job in history. Show Notes: Our website: www.whereourminds.wander.com Our email: whereourmindswander@gmail.com Check us out on Facebook @ Where Our Minds Wander Podcast https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/red-o...

13: Backyard Find and He Got Burned 11.08.2022 26:17

Wes visits a San Francisco backyard where the 140-year old child "Miranda Eve" was discovered by unsuspecting homeowners. Beth takes us to Falcon Lake, Manitoba where one man encountered a rather unfriendly UFO in 1967. Show Notes: https://www.ranker.com/list/glass-coffin-san-francisco-discovery-facts/trilby-beresford https://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/great-glass-coffin-scam/ htt...

A Special Message for all you Wanderers 08.08.2022 1:28

Support the show All our links: Our website: www.whereourmindswander.com/ Our email: whereourmindswander@gmail.com Facebook : www.facebook.com/WhereOurMindsWander Support the Show: www.whereourmindswander.com/support/ Our Merch store: www.teepublic.com/stores/where-our-minds-wander?ref_id=27458 Our Books on Amazon www.amazon.com/dp/B0CG2R726Y www.amazon.com/dp/B0CG412JMK Youtube channel: www....

12: The Dark (and Light) Side of Ghost Marriages 05.08.2022 31:25

Beth explores the enduring tradition of Ghost Marriages in China. Wes dives into two contemporary women's tales of dating ghost lovers and the problems they faced in their spirited relationships. Show Notes: https://www.grunge.com/935530/the-long-history-of-ghost-weddings-in-china-explained/ https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-37103447 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-04-07/ghost-marri...

11: A Long Nap at the Beach and A Rather Forward Witch 04.08.2022 40:13

Beth sifts through the unsolved Somerton Man case of Australia. Wes pays a visit to the Bell Witch legend of Tennessee. Show Notes: www.purple-planet.com https://www.grunge.com/383562/the-bizarre-true-story-of-the-somerton-man/ https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-57166662 https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/news-life/bombshell-claim-on-somerton-man-mystery-i-saw-his-dead-body/news-sto...

10: Edison Got Ghosted and This Was No Care Bear 28.07.2022 31:28

Wes examines Thomas Edison's grand plans to speak to the dead through his Spirit Phone. Beth hunts the terrifying Beast of Gevaudon, France in 1764. Show notes: https://www.purple-planet.com https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/dial-a-ghost-on-thomas-edisons-least-successful-invention-the-spirit-phone https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/602456/thomas-edison-nikola-tesla-spirit-phone https://...

9: A Subterranean Town and Don't Mess With Porcupines 21.07.2022 29:50

Beth tunnels headfirst into the unique underground opal mining town of Coober Pedy, Australia. Wes takes us on a tour through some of the weird and wacky US laws still in the books - and which ones you may have unknowingly broken. This episode contains explicit content - listener discretion is advised. Show notes: https://www.purple-planet.com https://www.cnet.com/pictures/the-strange-underground-...

8: The Yuba County 5 and Does Satan Have Office Hours? 21.07.2022 31:43

Wes takes us back to 1977 and the bizarre unsolved case of the Yuba County Five. Beth jumps into the abyss of Houska Castle where portals open, ghosts haunt, and Satan has a basement office. Show notes: https://www.purple-planet.com https://www.strangeoutdoors.com/mysterious-stories-blog/2017/12/7/mathias-group-from-yuba-city https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/532063/bizarre-hell-disappearance-y...

7: Not Just Deja Vu and a Sticky Gooey Disaster 14.07.2022 38:59

Beth examines four intriguing childhood reincarnation cases, including Egyptologist Dorothy Eady. Wes takes us to Boston in 1919, during the catastrophic Great Molasses Flood. Show Notes: Check out Buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=1922971 https://www.purple-planet.com If you want to know more about our topics: https://www.ranker.com/list/pollock-sisters-reincarnation-story/erin-...

6: Can You Smell That Smell and Long Live the Black Cat 08.07.2022 28:46

Wes guides us through the Honey Island Swamp in Louisiana with first hand accounts of an unusual Creature. Beth dives into the cat mythology and persecution that still connects black cats to Halloween today. https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=1922971 Show notes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfPv8prUQUI https://www.purple-planet.com https://countryroadsmagazine.com/outdoors/knowing-nature/t...

5: The House That Frank Built and a Couple of Green Kids 01.07.2022 30:03

Beth takes us to Taliesin, Frank Lloyd Wright's cursed and haunted home. Wes tells the true tale of the green-skinned children of Woolpit. Show Notes: https://www.purple-planet.com https://nypost.com/2019/10/05/the-tragic-story-of-guggenheim-architect-frank-llyod-wrights-secret-love-nest/ https://oldhousesunder50k.com/the-heinous-crime-haunted-house-story-of-frank-lloyd-wright/ https://www.a...

4: Tillie is That You and A Scarecrow Village 01.07.2022 32:59

Beth shares the heroic story of Tillie Pierce and her and Wes's stay in Tillie's haunted house including creepy EVPs we captured. Wes takes us to the Nagoro Village of Dolls where the life sized dolls far outnumber the humans. Show Notes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tillie_Pierce https://tilliepierce.com/ At Gettysburg, or What a Girl Saw and Heard of the Battle by Tillie Pierce Allem...

3: Think Your Job Sucks and They Came for the State Fair Sausages 24.06.2022 47:07

Wes talks about one of the worst jobs in history, The Black Plague Doctor, and Beth shares numerous sightings of the Dutchess County Boomerang UFOs, including her own. Show Notes: https://purple-planet.com https://academic.oup.com/occmed/article/62/4/304/1469050 https://allthatsinteresting.com/plague-doctors https://www.history.com/topics/middle-ages/black-death#:~:text=The%20Black%20Death%20was%2...

2: Why's Bella in a Tree and Who's Your Boo Daddy? 18.06.2022 38:22

Beth tells the grisly tale of Bella in the Wych Elm, speculating on how the unidentified woman ended up inside a tree. Wes explores the Gullah legend of the Boo Hag and how to tell if you might be living with one. Show notes: https://purple-planet.com https://americanfolklore.net/folklore/2010/05/boo_hag.html https://charlestonterrors.com/boo-hags-haint-blue-vampires-of-the-lowcountry-the-paint-th...

1: Poison Gardens and Vampires Oh My! 11.06.2022 25:39

Beth takes us to the Alnwick Poison Garden and Wes shares the chilling, true story of the Exeter Vampire. Show notes: https://purple-planet.com https://www.dark-tourism.com/index.php/great-britain/15-countries/individual-chapters/325-alnwick-poison-garden https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/04/27/525143152/welcome-to-the-poison-garden-medicines-medieval-roots https://www.mentalfloss.co...

Where Our Minds Wander - Trailer 05.06.2022 1:01