Chris Woodyard returns to tell us all about the strange and mysterious phenomenon of The Women in Black that erupted in the United States at the end of the 1800s. Patrons can read a selection of contemporary news stories about this outbreak at patreon.com/monstertalk. LINKS FOR THIS EPISODE:<a href="https://historycollection.com/panic-outbreaks-that-shaped-history-and-controlled-the-masses/16/">Ghost &amp; Witch Panics</a><a href="https://recollections.biz/blog/victorians-in-mourning/">Victorian Mourning Clothes</a><a href="https://www.whitbygothweekend.co.uk/about-wgw/">Whitby Goth Weekend</a><a href="https://www.wchsmuseum.org/blog/crosswickmonster">Ohio Cryptid - The Crosswick Monster</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gossamer_(Looney_Tunes)">Gossamer (Looney Tunes)</a>More by Chris Woodyard:<a href="https://amzn.to/47o2pLJ">Chris' Amazon Author Page (affiliate Link)</a><a href="https://thevictorianbookofthedead.wordpress.com/">Victorian Book of the Dead blog</a><a href="http://hauntedohiobooks.com/">Haunted Ohio books blog</a>---------------Extra: <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/peter-dobbin-1/mythical-monster-stories?ref=ksr_email_creator_launch"> Kickstarter for amazing monster book</a> Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

306 - S2E45 - The Truth About Dowsing

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