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Send us a text In 1972 Mike Shay hitchhiked from Texas To Berkley, CA. He shares the odd, funny, and frightening things that happened to him on his trip and what he learned about being an American. NOTE: I do not condone hitchhiking, but I think this is a good story. Support the show
Send us a text Putting the same amount of energy and passion that most artists reserve for marble or metal, Catherine Morris sculpts what she sees in her mind's eye into sand. If that wasn't hard enough, she lives thousands of miles from the nearest ocean. To find out how this Wyomingite who'd never even taken an art class got so good at sculpting sand in one of America's windiest states, check out this episode. Visit Catherine's Facebook Page See a video of Catherine Sculpting the fish from this episode Support the show…
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Send us a text The story of a blue figure rumored to haunt The Kane Cemetery and surrounding area in Northern Wyoming seems harmless enough until you really start to look into local history and a tragedy from the last century. If you or someone you know is contemplating suicide, please text or call 988 or call 911. Casper Daily Tribune Article about the tragedy Follow up coverage from The Tribune Recent Article About The Blue Lady by Wendy Corr Support the show…
Send us a text Over the decades 16 human skeletons have been found near Badwater Creek in Wyoming. Some were murdered and some we're not sure what happened. From homesteaders, to soldiers, to one who apparently came back to haunt a local family's root cellar, you're going to like this one! Jackie Dorothy's Original Article About The Wailing Skeleton Jackie Dorothy's Podcast Salt Lake Herald Article About The 12 Skeletons in The Aspen Grove The Battle of Crazy Woman Creek The Bates Battle "Today in Wyoming's History" (A Blogger's Visit To The Bates Battle) Looking for a Christmas Gift? Please consider buying The Burqa Cave a Wyoming-based novel written by podcaster Dean Petersen Support the show…
Send us a text You usually don't think of the arts when you think of marines, or marines when you think of artists. However, in this episode we interview a beret-wearing artist and former recon marine who went on to teach people how to print their photographs onto gold and ask if there is any crossover between the artistic and the militaristic. Check out Barrie's Art at Merglennstudios.com Marines Passing Out Underwater at Marine Recon School More about recon marines Support the show…
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like LikedSend us a text In 1987, a town known more for refinery workers and antelope herds saw a Hollywood production company arrive to make a horror movie in it old penitentiary. After finding out that the 300 real inmates the filmmakers were planning on using were not going to be available, railroad workers, accountants, and roughnecks showed up to be in Renny Harlin's film Prison about the ghost of a wrongfully executed prisoner seeking revenge. To learn how you can go on a tour of Wyoming's Frontier Prison click h ere . Photo Courtsey of John Bramley Support the show…
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Send us a text In 1988, Anne Arden McDonald took her portrait in Wyoming's Gas Chamber in the old Penitentiary in Rawlins, WY (see episode's icon). We ask her about the picture, why she took it, how she took it and how the scary old prison inspired the other photos she took there. Click Here to See More of Anne's Photos from The Prison Click Here to See Anne's Website and More of Her Work Click Here to Visit Wyoming's Frontier Prison's Website Support the show…
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like LikedSend us a text From the early 1900's until the early 1980's Wyoming's only maximum security prison was just half a dozen blocks away from downtown. The site of murders, arson, many executions, and even a lynching, Mark Setright walks us through the creepy old building on Walnut Street and describes the brutal and surreal events that happened within its walls. From an escape of almost 30 inmates that lead to locals shooting at prisoners trying to steal clothing from their clothes lines, a prison riot that lead one of Wyoming's governors to listen to the inmates demands, and an escape tunnel that had explosive results, Mark talks about the old pen and its impact on this tiny town along Interstate 80. Visit The Old Pen Listen to paranormal stories from the old pen Teenage Tours of an Old Prison Lorenzo Paseo's attack on Harry Featherstone The Lynching of Frank Wigfall by Robin Everett Building a Gallows for Joseph Seng The 1955 Prison Riot The Prison Tunnel Andrew Pixley & His Eyes The Murder of Orville Ventilng (Come Visit The Pen!) Support the show…
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like LikedSend us a text In 1958, Charles Starkweather was captured near Douglas, Wyoming after killing eleven people. We learn about the police chase through Douglas that lead to his capture as well as give a new look at the involvement or possible abduction of his former girlfriend, Carol Ann Fugate. The Killing Spree that Transfixed a Nation by Lesley Wischmann Starkweather by Harry N Maclean My Story by Elizabeth Smart Caril Fugate on A Current Affair Watch the trailer for Badlands Listen to Nebraska by Bruce Springsteen #CharlesStarkweather #CarilAnnFugate #StarkweatherKillings #Starkweathermurders #Murder #TrueCrime #DouglasWyoming #LincolnNebraska #Badlands #TerrenceMalick #SissySpacek #MartinSheen Support the show…
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like LikedSend us a text Douglas, Wyoming was home to a massive Prisoner of War Camp during World War Two. When the war ended the camp was closed leaving behind only a hospital and an old officers' club where it's rumored some people never left. How Can I Visit The Old Officers' Club? Haunted Cheyenne Stumbling on Skeletons A Trail of Human Skeletons Odd Fellows Have Skeletons In Their Closets Support the show…
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like LikedSend us a text In 1943 several thousand Prisoners of War from Germany and Italy were taken across the US to the tiny farming and ranching town of Douglas, Wyoming. This episode shares oral histories from people who remembered the camp and what they learned about the people held inside. Click here to see how you can arrange a visit to the remaining Officers' Club. #WorldWarTwo #POWs #Wyoming #CampDouglas Support the show…
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like LikedSend us a text In 2017, Dallin Cooper left Riverton, Wyoming to live in China. While there, he ate strange things, slept on hard beds, and upon returning home, had an explanation about why so many toilets in Yellowstone get broken. 35 Chinese Translation Fails When East Meets West, Toilet Seats Take a Beating - Mike Koshmrl As Asian Tourism Soars, the Mystery of Broken Toilet Seats Has Been Solved - Tom Howard What Diseases Can You Get From Sitting on a Toilet? - Dan Brennan MD Why Do Chinese People Love Taking Photos with Western Tourists? Book Dallin to Speak Buy Dallin's Book Dallin's Podcast Dallin's YouTube Support the show…
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like LikedSend us a text Bill Betenson is Butch Cassidy's great nephew and says that his great grandmother insisted that Cassidy came back to visit his family in Utah in 1925, seventeen years after his supposed death in a Bolivian shootout. While myths of outlaws surviving their supposed deaths are common, Bill and his great grandmother share a very convincing story and DNA evidence also makes the time and place of Cassidy's death highly questionable. If you enjoy this episode, you might like this one about Butch Cassidy meeting with his lawyer in Piedmont, Wyoming before the Montpelier Idaho Robbery. Butch Cassidy, My Brother by Lula Parker Betenson Butch Cassidy: The Wyoming Years by Bill Betenson Butch Cassidy was described as "cheery and affable" on wanted posters DNA Testing of Cassidy and Sundance's alleged remains More on DNA and Cassidy/Sundance Support the show…
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like LikedSend us a text Lois Christiansen & Wendy Peterson still live within walking distance of the Ghost Town of Piedmont, Wyoming where Butch Cassidy met with his lawyer to help a friend facing a murder trial. In 1869, angry railroad workers forced dignitaries headed to the Golden Spike Ceremony in Utah off the tracks and held them there until they were paid. We ask our interviewees what it's like living and growing up in this remote spot so close to a ghost town that played a big part in Western History. By Bill Betenson's Book Butch Cassidy: The Wyoming Years here Bub Meeks' Robbery of The Guild Store in Fort Bridger Letters from Douglas Preston to Butch Cassidy Website to visit The Charcoal Kilns Support the show…
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like LikedSend us a text In the early 1980's, my older brother, Mark Petersen, started volunteering at a radio station in a log cabin with grass growing on it's roof near North Pole, Alaska. Known as King Jesus North Pole (KJNP), it broadcast religious messages to native people in Alaska's interior and even into the Soviet Union. Mark tells us what it was like working at a station where he butchered his own meat and sent on-air messages to trappers and gold miners in Alaska's remote regions. Photo of KJNP Courtesy of Carol M Highsmith KJNP Mark's YouTube Channel: Local Highlights Support the show…
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1 When Your Family Moves Into An Old Mormon Church 12:23
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like LikedSend us a text In 1993, Lisa Nicolle Hamilton's family moved into an old LDS church building built just after the American Civil War. She talks about what it was like growing up in the old building and how her family adapted the building into a home and the community's reaction to the church's new use. Lisa's YouTube Channel The Old Grantsville Church Twinpectol (Lisa's brothers' band with the song about living in the Church) Hey Kim and Katie (Lisa's relatives' podcast) Support the show…
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Send us a text A strange tale involving Spanish explorers, Mormon pioneers, a spiritualist, possible former members of Butch Cassidy's gang, and a school teacher from Wyoming's Bridger Valley who barely made it out of the Uinta's with his life. Note: This Episode's icon is a photo of a known mine near Park City, UT and is not of any lost mines. Sources Cited: -Footprints In The Wilderness: A history of The Lost Rhoades Mines -Faded Footprints: The Lost Rhoades Gold Mines & Other Hidden Treasures of the Uinta's -The Gold of Carre-Shinob -The Dominguez & Escalante Expedition -Territorial Evolution of Mexico -Deseret News Article About Spanish Mission in Utah -Mormon Gold Coinage -Lee Davidson's 1989 Article about Amasa A Davidson's 1920 near-fatal hunt for the gold -Deseret News Article About Two Men Arrested While Hunting Gold Support the show…
Send us a text In a lonely spot along the Wyoming/Utah Border in the Uinta Mountains is a place called "Suicide Park." On this episode I try to find out how it got its name. Sources: History of logging in Sweden Video of man walking on logs in a river (starts about 6 mins 19 sec) What and how much did lumberjacks eat? The icon for this episode is a photo of logging from 1939 in Wisconsin courtesy of The National Archives. Support the show…
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like LikedSend us a text Across the Rocky Mountains Sheep Herders from places as diverse as Greece to Scotland and The Basque Region to Peru have left messages and drawings on Aspen Trees. We talk with Dr. Alison Krögel about some of the 300 aspen carvings she has documented and the deeper meanings and connections she's found in them at times. Please check out her website The Aspen Archives to learn more and see pictures of some of them. Do you want to advertise with That Doesn't Happen Every Day? Please send me and email: deanarthurpetersen@gmail.com This episode's icon is courtesy of Mark Chapman. Support the show…
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like LikedSend us a text Despite their best efforts to remove all the bodies from a cemetery in Green River, Wyoming, remains of people and their graves continue to be found under and around The Sweetwater County Library. In addition to physical items, staff and visitors have also claimed to have frightening and unusual encounters there. We interview two people who've worked there about some the weird things they've seen and heard there. If you visit The Sweetwater County Library , please be respectful and remember that it is first and foremost a library. Please check out Micki Gilmore's book about the library Spirits in the Stacks: Tales from Sweetwater County's haunted library If you'd like to advertise on this podcast please email me: deanarthurpetersen@gmail.com Support the show…
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like LikedSend us a text In the early 1970's, John Mionczynski was studying Big Horn Sheep in Wyoming's Wind River Mountains when something happened that would change his life forever. More info: Why no bones? Numbers of Black Bear in Oregon What throws better? Primates or People? Sasquatch: Legend Meets Science - Dr Jeff Meldrum The Relic Hominoid Inquiry The Scientist Grover Krantz Risked It All... Chasing Bigfoot Scientist John Bindernagel Spent Decades Stalking Sasquatch Support the show…
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like LikedSend us a text In the mid 1970’s, ranchers in Wyoming’s Bridger Valley suffered extensive cattle mutilations with little explanation of why or who was behind it. Former Uinta County Sheriff Leonard Hysell shares his memories of the mutilations as well as who he believes was behind it all. Sources Sited: Army: Nerve Agent Near Dead Utah sheep in ’68 – Jim Woolf. The Salt Lake Tribune 1998 Did Dugway Conduct Over 600 Radiation Tests? - Lee Davidson. The Deseret News 1994. US Army Chemical Materials Activity - Staff. US Army Chemical Materials Agency 2012. Support the show…
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like LikedSend us a text After going back to Rock Springs, Wyoming, Mark Pedri and his wife Kari moved into Mark's late grandfather's home and discovered a knife hidden in his bed. To learn more about this man who lived across the street from Mark for much of his life, he goes on a journey over 5,000 miles away from Wyoming to find out more about the things his grandfather never talked about. Mark Pedri's film Dear Sirs will air on Wyoming PBS June 6th at 7pm. You can also watch it via PBS' live stream here at that time. Please go to the Dir Sirs Webpage to learn more about screenings and other events. If you enjoyed this episode you might also like a previous episode called Vietnam in Our Family Album . Support the show…
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Send us a text What happens when the old house you are given to live in for the summer has mice in the walls, lights that come on in the attic, and gives you horrible, horrible nightmares. Many thanks to Scott Leon Smith for his being on the show today. If you are looking for an actor or voice actor here is Scott's website Monster Vox Productions . Scott's reading of The Burqa Cave written by Dean Petersen is available at this link on Audible. If you would like a paper or e-copy of The Burqa Cave , please go to this link . Photos Courtesy of James Campbell & The Library of Congress -No, it is not a photo of the actual house Scott talks about. Support the show…
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