Great Lakes Lore Podcast
1) E28 1st Anniversary Recap!
Episode Notes In this special episode, Samantha and Aaron take a look back at the first year of Great Lakes Lore. What were their favorite episodes? What have they learned? What would they change? The...Show More
2) E27 The Belle Gunness Murders
Episode Notes What caused a series of Norwegians to move to a small town in Indiana, never to be seen again? In this episode, Samantha and Aaron explore the murders of Belle Gunness in La Porte, Indi...Show More
3) E26 Bigfoot in Michigan
Episode Notes This week, Samantha and Aaron begin their exploration of the bigfoot phenomenon! After laying a solid framework, featuring discussions on the nature of bigfoot and a history of bigfoot i...Show More
4) E25 An Exorcism in Earling
Episode Notes Screams could be heard throughout the town of Earling, Iowa in 1928. It was there, in a Franciscan Convent, that Father Theophilus Riesinger conducted a series of exorcisms on Anna Ecklu...Show More
5) E24 The Michigan Relics
Episode Notes In the 1890s, James Scotford discovered a series of ancient artifacts in Michigan’s Montcalm County that could cause a reevaluation of the way human history was understood…if they were a...Show More
6) E23 Tales of Melon Heads
Episode Notes Is there a group of small humanoids with bulbous heads living in the woods near Saugatuck, Michigan…and Cleveland, Ohio…and Newtown, Connecticut? Aaron and Samantha have a theory, so joi...Show More
7) E22 Swamp Gas and UFOs
Episode Notes This time on Great Lakes Lore, Samantha and Aaron tackle their first modern UFO case. They’ll introduce the broader topic of UFO sightings and the government response to them in the 1950...Show More
8) E21 The Whitechapel Club
Episode Notes Club? Professional networking opportunity? Secret society? In Gilded-Age Chicago, the Whitechapel Club was a little bit of all of these. Join Samantha and Aaron as they explore the origi...Show More
9) E20 The Rattle Run Murder
Episode Notes What happens when a bloody torso is found in a small Michigan church in 1909? With no immediate identification of the body, no apparent motive for the crime, and mysterious rumors in tow...Show More
10) E19 Gangster Ghosts of St. Paul
Episode Notes Haunted histories can be fun and they can allow people to explore actual history along with deeper metaphysical questions. But where is the line between haunted history and haunted attra...Show More