Episode 68: Normally the team hunts for the perfect slice of savory pizza, but York, Pennsylvania serves up a far darker dish. In this episode, we investigate one of York PA's most disturbing legends: the Fiji Cannibal Dwarf and the infamous events tied to the historic Penn Hotel. The story goes that the Fiji Cannibal Dwarf died at the Penn Hotel and was allegedly eaten, turning the site into one of the most talked about pieces of true crime folklore in Pennsylvania history. Buried in a potter's field in York, his story refused to stay underground. When the grave was later exhumed, the body was gone, sparking rumors of grave robbing, desecration, and lingering paranormal activity. As we explore the Penn Hotel location and surrounding historic sites in York PA, we sift through local legends, ghost stories, and documented accounts, encountering echoes of the past that refuse to rest. Is this simply a grotesque chapter of American history, or does something still linger where this unholy meal took place? Grab a slice of pizza and join us as we unravel one of York Pennsylvania's strangest mysteries, blending paranormal investigation, dark history, urban legend, and true crime into a story that still unsettles the city today. Sources: Spooky York Pennsylvania by Scott D. Butcher and Dinah Roseberry 2008 York Daily Newspaper- May 15, 1872 True Democrat Newspaper The Beauga Republican- March 6, 1872 Perry County Democrat - May 22, 1872 P. T. Barnum's "Struggles and Triumphs, Forty Years Recollection" 1872 James Shettells "Circus Scrap Book" Sites: www.holyhoundtaproom.com

Episode 67: This week the team wanders the quiet edges of Russell Lake and dives headfirst into one of Pennsylvania's strangest unsolved mysteries. In 1974, three local boys watched a mysterious craft streak across the night sky, plunge to earth, and vanish into a silt pond in Carbondale. What followed sounds less like small town gossip and more like a scene ripped from a lost Cold War fever dream. More than 1500 people gathered at the lake. Local police reportedly fired their weapons at a glowing light beneath the water. Witnesses claim a flatbed truck arrived in the dead of night and hauled away an unknown object, just hours before officials recovered what they later identified as an electric railroad lantern. Here's the problem. The lantern was still lit long after the manufacturer insisted it should have gone dark. Physics raised an eyebrow. Logic cleared its throat. Did the lantern somehow move on its own beneath the surface of the lake? Did it defy everything we know about batteries, water, and time? Or did something else entirely fall into Russell Lake that night and quietly disappear from the record? Join us as we explore the Russell Lake UFO incident, the Carbondale Pennsylvania mystery of 1974, and the unanswered questions that refuse to sink. The truth may be buried in the mud, but it is still glowing. Sources: The Pennsylvania Files by Jack Myers 2024 carbondalien.com Strange Knocks Magazine October 2025 "The Carbondale UFO Crash--the Reality, the Hoaxes and the Legend" by Matthew Graeber, was published in May 2004 Ohio UFO Notebook, Special Limited Edition Report, Number 139, by the Mutual UFO Network of Ohio

Episode 66: Slice of the Paranormal takes you to Staten Island, New York, to investigate some of the borough's most haunted and historic locations, with Jason from the Odd and Untold Podcast along for the ride. Our journey begins at the Conference House, a Revolutionary War landmark where Benjamin Franklin attempted to negotiate an end to the war. Beyond its historical significance, the house is said to be haunted by a young woman who was thrown down the stairs to her death after placing a lit candle in an upstairs window, and her spirit is rumored to still wander the halls. Next door, the H. H. Biddle House is another hotspot for paranormal activity, with reports of slamming doors, ghostly footsteps, objects moving on their own, and disembodied voices echoing from empty rooms. In this episode, we explore haunted Staten Island, Revolutionary War ghosts, cursed locations, historic hauntings, true paranormal investigations, urban legends, haunted New York, and spine-tingling ghost stories that mix history with unexplained supernatural phenomena.

Sources for the Conference House:

• Jason from the "Odd and Untold" Podcast https://oddanduntold.com
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conference_House?wprov=sfti1#Conservation
• https://factschology.com/mmm-podcast-articles/haunted-conference-billop-house#google_vignette

Sources for the H.H. Biddle House:

• https://conferencehouse.org/the-historic-houses-of-conference-house-park/the-h-h-biddle-house/
• https://www.silive.com/entertainment/2024/08/growing-up-in-the-historic-biddle-house-a-journey-through-time-with-a-long-time-resident-cool-spaces.html?outputType=amp

Site:

• https://conferencehouse.org