In July 1996, Blair Adams left his home in Canada convinced someone was following him. His journey spanned airports, highways, and strange detours until it ended in a Knoxville parking lot. He was found half-dressed, surrounded by cash, gold, and unanswered questions. Was he running from a real threat or from his own mind? This episode of Manic Manor unravels the mysterious final days of Blair Adams.

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https://web.archive.org/web/20171215145826/https://knoxsheriff.org/coldcase/robert_adams.php?iframe=true&width=90

https://web.archive.org/web/20180612144437/http://etspj.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/BlairAdams.pdf

https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Blair_Adams

https://discover.hubpages.com/politics/The-Mysterious-Murder-of-Blair-Adams

https://medium.com/tftunderworld/defying-explanation-the-baffling-murder-and-strange-final-days-of-blair-adams-ad4ba37b170e

https://www.talesfromtheunderworld.com/p/defying-explanation-the-baffling

https://youtu.be/8nnueyNARVg

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In 1969, six year old Dennis Martin vanished without a trace in the Smoky Mountains. No screams, no clues, nothing in sight. This episode of Manic Manor revisits the chilling disappearance of Dennis, the following search, and the memories that haunt the area.

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https://www.wbir.com/article/news/special-reports/the-vanished/the-vanished-dennis-martin/51-dea1f82d-4bfa-470b-9a69-5b2c603c1510

https://vault.fbi.gov/dennis-martin

https://allthatsinteresting.com/dennis-martin

https://www.missingkids.org/poster/NCMC/1178747/1

https://www.nps.gov/aboutus/foia/upload/1969_GRSM_DennisMartin_dissapearance_REDACTED.pdf

https://www.wate.com/news/lonely-bones/6-year-old-dennis-martin-still-missing-after-disappearing-in-smokies-in-1969/

https://www.wate.com/news/top-stories/dennis-martin-50-years-later-search-and-rescue-lessons-learned/

The Smoky Mountains are as dangerous as they are beautiful. Although you don't expect it to happen, there have been people to disappear off the trails, never to be heard from again. Today, we talk about one of those missing people.

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https://www.canadiangurl77.com/

https://www.wate.com/news/lonely-bones/girl-still-missing-after-disappearing-on-1976-high-school-trip-in-the-smokies/

https://www.nps.gov/aboutus/foia/upload/Trenny_Gibson_Case_Incident_Report_Redacted.pdf

https://icestationpoetry.medium.com/what-happened-to-trenny-roberts-d62cc8c280fe

We're taking a look at an area most familiar to any Knoxville native, the historic Bijou Theatre in the HEART of downtown Knoxville!

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https://www.knoxnews.com/story/life/2022/10/05/east-tennessee-haunted-homes-sites-visit-october/69508932007/

https://knoxbijou.org/

https://usghostadventures.com/knoxville-ghost-tour/the-bijou-theatre/

https://www.wvlt.tv/2023/10/31/bijou-theatres-haunting-history/

https://www.wbir.com/article/news/local/51-608699714

https://insideofknoxville.com/2023/10/inside-the-haunted-200-year-old-bijou-theatre-do-you-believe/

https://knoxvillehistoryproject.org/bijou-theatre/

Join me in exploring Haunted Tennessee! Our first stop is one of the most notorious haunted areas in my home state, Brushy Mountain!

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https://www.knoxnews.com/story/life/2022/10/05/east-tennessee-haunted-homes-sites-visit-october/69508932007/

https://www.wate.com/haunted-tennessee/six-places-in-east-tennessee-with-haunted-history/

https://tourbrushy.com/history

https://morgancountychamber.com/tourism/historic-brushy-mountain/

https://lylerussell.net/2022/09/26/tn-gl-episode-7-brushy-mountain-state-penitentiary/

We have some more chilling legends for you today, including two tales out of Cherokee legends and how a ghost solved her own murder in West Virgina!

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https://www.travelchannel.com/shows/mountain-monsters/articles/10-mountain-monsters-found-lurking-in-appalachia

https://mythlok.com/raven-mocker/

https://easttennessean.com/2022/11/02/a-cryptic-column-spearfinger-a-cherokee-legend/

https://gatlinburggo.com/blogs/news/spearfinger-smoky-mountains?srsltid=AfmBOorlbCFel9uwsxB80d_G2t7BtCbiPNl5rDNDuWPy6BmAOhQPe0KM

https://www.thegreatsmokies.net/scariest-trail-great-smoky-mountains/

https://greenbrierwv.com/editorials/the-greenbrier-ghost

https://dannyechase.com/blog/greenbrier/

Today's episode dives into another scary urban legend...The weeping woman who is La Llorona.

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https://www.sfgate.com/mexico/mexicomix/article/Mexico-s-legend-of-La-Llorona-continues-to-3933072.php

https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/2021/10/la-llorona-an-introduction-to-the-weeping-woman/

https://www.britannica.com/topic/La-Llorona

https://www.legendsofamerica.com/gh-lallorona/

Let's take a look at one of the most infamous cults in history and how its leader's paranoia brought everything to an ugly head.

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https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/jonestown/

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jim-Jones

https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/jonestown-13-things-you-should-know-about-cult-massacre-121974/

https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/jonestown