Welcome once again to the best time of year and one of my favorite holidays, Halloween! Each year I like to bring you a reading of some classic horror literature, and this year's pick is an especially enjoyable one that delves into love, infatuation, and the supernatural! Sit back and enjoy this reading of Edgar Allan Poe's Ligeia.

Join Aaron in the shortest episode the podcast has ever recorded as he talks about the about piece of South Carolinian folklore and a modern-day cryptid, The Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swamp. Aaron lets you in on all the information he could gather up regarding this scaled cutie.

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To do more research:

https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Lizard_Man_of_Scape_Ore_Swamp

https://www.mythicalwildlife.com/episode-three-the-lizard-man

https://www.facebook.com/LIZARDMANSTOMP

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lizard_Man_of_Scape_Ore_Swamp

https://www.mpd.coop/news-releases/37445/

https://open.spotify.com/episode/4yfYCziYO482gxP3FdKtN6?si=qn_qwg-ISra24rNMnQGaXQ

https://open.spotify.com/episode/1KqilAEYkRLTRgRfXO6HTL?si=TpyhlTJ3RUasPn84CleKow

Join Aaron on a journey through time as we go back to the early 1900's to hear the tale of the Squonk. We meet this cryptid in the woods of Pennsylvania's hemlock forests. Where lumberjacks sit around the fire and tell the stories of the sad dissolving tortured soul of the woods.

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If you'd like to support this podcast financially, you can become a monthly donor at patreon.com/dotupodcast.

If you enjoy the podcast please tell your friends, subscribe and follow me on YouTube and all the social media platforms, and give me a rating wherever possible, but especially on Apple Podcasts. It'll really help the podcast grow.

Thanks so much for listening!

Doors Of The Universe Theme Song By : Gustavo Plaza

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Check out their band Telefonema

https://open.spotify.com/artist/5dqwjastOiSbSk9W7OAzAL?si=wq8DkMLxQtu84RqOGHWtvA

Dig Deeper:

Wikipedia - Squonk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squonk

Sinisterhood Episode 239 - The Squonk https://open.spotify.com/episode/2R7J0zkn3BGPD7W4DzOT2w?si=3a1c5cecb2964c85

Cryptid Fandom Squonk https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Squonk

Penn Live - What is a squonk? Pa.’s ‘quaint’ beast cries over how ugly it is. https://www.pennlive.com/life/2023/03/what-is-a-squonk-pas-quaint-beast-cries-over-how-ugly-it-is.html

Monster Wiki - Squonk

https://monster.fandom.com/wiki/Squonk

Archive.org - Fearsome Creatures of the Lumberwoods with a Few Desert and Mountain Beasts

https://ia801601.us.archive.org/29/items/fearsomecreatur00coxgoog/fearsomecreatur00coxgoog.pdf

Tedium - The Sad One

https://tedium.co/2023/09/08/squonk-cryptid-origin-story/

Unsplash - Jeremy Thomas

https://unsplash.com/ @jeremythomasphotography