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This is a Grave Talks CLASSIC EPISODE! Perched against the rugged cliffs of California's coastline, the Big Sur Lighthouse has watched over countless ships since its commissioning in 1889. Built as a beacon of safety, it became just as well known for the tragedies it witnessed—storms that swallowed ships whole, sailors lost to the waves, and families who arrived full of hope only to leave long before their first year was done. Isolation, danger, and restless emotion shaped life inside those walls. But what becomes of that energy when the keepers are gone? In this episode of The Grave Talks, we explore the history and hauntings of the Big Sur Lighthouse with Julie Nunes, whose research and experiences shed light on a place where the past refuses to stay quiet. Are the spirits of former lighthouse keepers still tending their post? Do echoes of fear, duty, and heartbreak linger in the structure itself? Or is something else—something older—still keeping watch over the sea? #TheGraveTalks #BigSurLighthouse #HauntedLighthouse #GhostStories #CaliforniaHauntings #HauntedHistory #Paranormal #HistoricHauntings #GhostlyEchoes #CoastalSpirits #ParanormalPodcast #UnexplainedEncounters Love real ghost stories? Don't just listen—join us on YouTube and be part of the largest community of real paranormal encounters anywhere. Subscribe now and never miss a chilling new story:
This is a Grave Talks CLASSIC EPISODE! Perched against the rugged cliffs of California's coastline, the Big Sur Lighthouse has watched over countless ships since its commissioning in 1889. Built as a beacon of safety, it became just as well known for the tragedies it witnessed—storms that swallowed ships whole, sailors lost to the waves, and families who arrived full of hope only to leave long before their first year was done. Isolation, danger, and restless emotion shaped life inside those walls. But what becomes of that energy when the keepers are gone? In this episode of The Grave Talks, we explore the history and hauntings of the Big Sur Lighthouse with Julie Nunes, whose research and experiences shed light on a place where the past refuses to stay quiet. Are the spirits of former lighthouse keepers still tending their post? Do echoes of fear, duty, and heartbreak linger in the structure itself? Or is something else—something older—still keeping watch over the sea? This is Part Two of our conversation. #TheGraveTalks #BigSurLighthouse #HauntedLighthouse #GhostStories #CaliforniaHauntings #HauntedHistory #Paranormal #HistoricHauntings #GhostlyEchoes #CoastalSpirits #ParanormalPodcast #UnexplainedEncounters Love real ghost stories? Don't just listen—join us on YouTube and be part of the largest community of real paranormal encounters anywhere. Subscribe now and never miss a chilling new story:
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Last time we spoke about the beginning of the battle of lake Khasan. On a frost-bitten dawn by the Chaun and Tumen, two empires, Soviet and Japanese, stared at Changkufeng, each certain the ridge would decide their fate. Diplomats urged restraint, but Tokyo's generals plotted a bold gamble: seize the hill with a surprise strike and bargain afterward. In the Japanese camp, a flurry of trains, orders, and plans moved in the night. Officers like Sato and Suetaka debated danger and responsibility, balancing "dokudan senko", independent action with disciplined restraint. As rain hammered the earth, they contemplated a night assault: cross the Tumen, occupy Hill 52, and strike Changkufeng with coordinated dawn and night attacks. Engineers, artillery, and infantry rehearsed their movements in near-poetic precision, while the 19th Engineers stitched crossings and bridges into a fragile path forward. Across the river, Soviet scouts and border guards held their nerve, counting enemy shadows and watching for a break in the line. The clash at Shachaofeng became a lightning rod: a small force crossed into Manchurian soil in the restless dark, provoking a broader crisis just as diplomacy teetered. #179 From Darkness to Crest: The Changkufeng Battle Welcome to the Fall and Rise of China Podcast, I am your dutiful host Craig Watson. But, before we start I want to also remind you this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Perhaps you want to learn more about the history of Asia? Kings and Generals have an assortment of episodes on history of asia and much more so go give them a look over on Youtube. So please subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry for some more history related content, over on my channel, the Pacific War Channel where I cover the history of China and Japan from the 19th century until the end of the Pacific War. As remarked in the 19th division's war journal "With sunset on the 30th, the numbers of enemy soldiers increased steadily. Many motor vehicles, and even tanks, appear to have moved up. The whole front has become tense. Hostile patrols came across the border frequently, even in front of Chiangchunfeng. Tank-supported infantry units were apparently performing offensive deployment on the high ground south of Shachaofeng." Situation maps from the evening indicated Soviet patrol activity approaching the staging area of Nakano's unit near the Tumen, moving toward Noguchi's company to the left of Chiangchunfeng, and advancing toward Matsunobe's unit southwest of Shachaofeng. Russian vessels were depicted ferrying across Khasan, directly behind Changkufeng, while tanks moved south from Shachaofeng along the western shores of the lake. The 19th division's war journal states "Then it was ascertained that these attack forces had gone into action. All of our own units quietly commenced counteraction from late that night, as scheduled, after having systematically completed preparations since nightfall." Meanwhile, to the north, the Hunchun garrison reinforced the border with a battalion and tightened security. All evidence supported the view that Suetaka "in concept" and Sato"(in tactics" played the main part in the night-attack planning and decisions. Sato was the only infantry regimental commander at the front on 30 July. One division staff officer went so far as to say that Suetaka alone exerted the major influence, that Sato merely worked out details, including the type of attack and the timing. Intertwined with the decision to attack Changkufeng was the choice of an infantry regiment. The 76th Regiment was responsible for the defense of the sector through its Border Garrison Unit; but the latter had no more than two companies to guard a 40-mile border extending almost to Hunchun, and Okido's regimental headquarters was 75 miles to the rear at Nanam. T. Sato's 73rd Regiment was also at Nanam, while Cho's 74th Regiment was stationed another 175 miles southwest at Hamhung. Thus, the regiment nearest to Changkufeng was K. Sato's 75th, 50 miles away at Hoeryong. Although Suetaka had had time to shuffle units if he desired, Sasai suggested that troop movements from Nanam could not be concealed; from Hoeryong they might be termed maneuvers. Suetaka undoubtedly had favorites in terms of units as well as chiefs. K. Sato had served longest as regimental commander, since October 1937; Okido's date of rank preceded K. Sato's, but Okido had not taken command until 1938. He and Cho were able enough, but they were unknown quantities; T. Sato and Cho were brand-new colonels. Thus, K. Sato was best known to Suetaka and was familiar with the terrain. While he did not regard his regiment as the equal of units in the Kwantung Army or in the homeland, K. Sato's training program was progressing well and his men were rugged natives of Nagano and Tochigi prefectures. From the combat soldier's standpoint, the Changkufeng Incident was waged between picked regulars on both sides. The matter of quantitative regimental strength could have played no part in Suetaka's choice. The 74th, 75th, and 76th regiments each possessed 1,500 men; the 73rd, 1,200. Even in ordinary times, every unit conducted night-attack training, attended by Suetaka, but there was nothing special in July, even after the general inspected the 75th Regiment on the 11th. It had been said that the most efficient battalions were selected for the action. Although, of course, Sato claimed that all of his battalions were good, from the outset he bore the 1st Battalion in mind for the night attack and had it reconnoiter the Changkufeng area. Some discerned no special reasons; it was probably a matter of numerical sequence, 1st-2nd-3rd Battalions. Others called the choice a happy coincidence because of the 1st Battalion's 'splendid unity' and the aggressive training conducted by Major Ichimoto, who had reluctantly departed recently for regimental headquarters. Coming from the 75th Regiment headquarters to take over the 1st Battalion was the 40-year-old aide Major Nakano. By all accounts, he was quiet, serious, and hard-working, a man of noble character, gentle and sincere. More the administrative than commander type, Nakano lacked experience in commanding battalions and never had sufficient time to get to know his new unit (or they, him) before the night assault. He could hardly be expected to have stressed anything particular in training. Since there was no battalion-level training, the most valid unit of comparison in the regiment was the company, the smallest infantry component trained and equipped to conduct combat missions independently. Sato valued combat experience among subordinates; Nakano's 1st Battalion was considered a veteran force by virtue of its old-timer company commanders. All but one had come up through the ranks; the exception, young Lieutenant Nakajima, the darling of Sato, was a military academy graduate. For assault actions synchronized with those of the 1st Battalion, Sato selected Ito, the one line captain commanding the 6th Company of the 2nd Battalion, and Takeshita, 10th Company commander, one of the two line captains of the 3rd Battalion. In short, Sato had designated five veteran captains and a promising lieutenant to conduct the night-attack operations of 30-31 July, the first Japanese experience of battle against the modern Red Army. During the last two weeks of July, numerous spurious farmers had gambled along the lower reaches of the Tumen, reconnoitered the terrain, and prepared for a crossing and assault. Scouts had operated on both the Manchurian and Korean sides of the river. Major Nakano had conducted frequent personal reconnaissance and had dispatched platoon and patrol leaders, all heavy-weapons observation teams, and even the battalion doctor to Sozan Hill, to Chiangchunfeng, and close to enemy positions. In Korean garb and often leading oxen, the scouts had threaded their way through the Changkufeng sector, sometimes holing up for the night to observe Soviet movements, soil and topography, and levels of illumination. From this data, Nakano had prepared reference materials necessary for an assault. Hirahara, then located at Kucheng BGU Headquarters, had established three observation posts on high ground to the rear. After Chiangchunfeng had been occupied, Hirahara had set up security positions and routes there. Regarding Changkufeng, he had sought to ensure that even the lowest private studied the layout. Formation commanders such as Takeshita had volunteered frequently. Sato had also utilized engineers. Since the order to leave his station on 17 July, Lieutenant Colonel Kobayashi had had his regiment engage in scouting routes, bridges, and potential fords. Sato's 1st Company commander had prepared a sketch during 3% hours of reconnaissance across from Hill 52 during the afternoon of 18 July. Captain Yamada's intelligence had contributed to the tactical decisions and to knowledge of Russian strength and preparations. The most important information had been his evaluation of attack approaches, suggesting an offensive from the western side, preferably against the right flank or frontally. This concept had been the one applied by the regiment in its night assault two weeks later; Yamada had died on the green slopes he had scanned. Cloudy Saturday, 30 July, had drawn to a close. The moment had been at hand for the 75th Regiment to storm the Russians atop Changkufeng. Setting out from Fangchuanting at 22:30, Nakano's battalion, about 350 strong, had assembled at a fork one kilometer southwest of Changkufeng. The roads had been knee-deep in mud due to intermittent rain and downpours on 29–30 July. Now the rain had subsided, but clouds had blotted out the sky after the waning moon had set at 22:30. Led by Sakata's 1st Platoon leader, the men had marched silently toward the southern foot of Changkufeng; the murk had deepened and the soldiers could see no more than ten meters ahead. It had taken Sakata's men less than an hour to push forward the last 1,000 meters to the jump-off point, where they had waited another two hours before X-hour arrived. Scouts had advanced toward the first row of wire, 200–300 meters away. Platoon Leader Amagasa had infiltrated the positions alone and had reconnoitered the southeastern side of the heights. Sakata had heard from the patrols about the entanglements and their distance and makeup. While awaiting paths to be cut by engineer teams, the infantry had moved up as far as possible, 150 meters from the enemy, by 23:30. Although records described Changkufeng as quite steep, it had not been hard to climb until the main Russian positions were reached, even though there were cliffs. But as the craggy peak had been neared, the enemy defenses, which had taken advantage of rocks and dips, could not have been rushed in a bound. It had been 500 meters to the crest from the gently sloping base. The incline near the top had been steep at about 40 degrees and studded with boulders. Farther down were more soil and gravel. Grass had carpeted the foot. Japanese Army radio communications had been in their infancy; wire as well as runners had served as the main means of linking regimental headquarters with the front-line infantry, crossing-point engineers, and supporting guns across the Tumen in Korea. From Chiangchunfeng to the 1st Battalion, lines had been installed from the morning of 29 July. Combat communications had been operated by the small regimental signal unit, 27 officers and men. In general, signal traffic had been smooth and reception was good. Engineer support had been rendered by one platoon, primarily to assist with wire-cutting operations. Nakano had ordered his 1st Company to complete clearing the wire by 02:00. At 23:30 the cutters had begun their work on the right with three teams under 1st Lieutenant Inagaki. Since the proposed breach had been far from the enemy positions and there were no outposts nearby, Inagaki had pressed the work of forced clearing. The first entanglements had been breached fairly quickly, then the second. At about midnight, a dim light had etched the darkness, signaling success. There had been two gaps on the right. On the left side, Sakata's company had hoped to pierce the barbed wire in secrecy rather than by forced clearing. Only one broad belt of entanglements, actually the first and third lines, had been reconnoitered along the south and southeastern slopes. Sakata had assigned one team of infantry, with a covering squad led by Master Sergeant Amagasa, to the engineer unit under 2nd Lieutenant Nagayama. Covert clearing of a pair of gaps had begun. The Russian stakes had been a meter apart and the teams cut at the center of each section, making breaches wide enough for a soldier to wriggle through. To the rear, the infantry had crouched expectantly, while from the direction of Khasan the rumble of Soviet armor could be heard. At 00:10, when the first line of wire had been penetrated and the cutters were moving forward, the silence had been broken by the furious barking of Russian sentry dogs, and pale blue flares had burst over the slopes. As recalled by an engineer "It had been as bright as day. If only fog would cover us or it would start to rain!" At the unanticipated second line, the advancing clearing elements had drawn gunfire and grenades. But the Russians had been taken by surprise, Sakata said, and their machine guns had been firing high. Two engineers had been wounded; the security patrol on the left flank may have drawn the fire. Sakata had crawled up to Lieutenant Nagayama's cutting teams. One party had been hiding behind a rock, with a man sticking out his hand, grasping for the stake and feeling for electrified wire. Another soldier lay nearby, ready to snip the wire. The enemy had seemed to have discerned the Japanese, for the lieutenant could hear low voices. Although the cutters had been told to continue clearing in secrecy, they had by now encountered a line of low barbed wire and the work had not progressed as expected. Forced clearing had begun, which meant that the men had to stand or kneel, ignoring hostile fire and devoting primary consideration to speed. The infantrymen, unable to delay, had crawled through the wire as soon as the cutters tore a gap. Ten meters behind the small breaches, as well as in front of the Soviet positions, the Japanese had been troubled by fine low strands. They had resembled piano-wire traps, a foot or so off the ground. The wires had been invisible in the grass at night. As one soldier recalled "You couldn't disengage easily. When you tried to get out, you'd be sniped at. The wires themselves could cut a bit, too." Sakata had kept up with the clearing teams and urged them on. On his own initiative, Amagasa had his men break the first and third lines of wire by 01:50. Meanwhile, at 01:20, Nakano had phoned Sato, reporting that his forces had broken through the lines with little resistance, and had recommended that the attack be launched earlier than 2:00. Perhaps the premature alerting of the Russians had entered into Nakano's considerations. Sato had explained matters carefully, that is, rejected the suggestion, saying Changkufeng must not be taken too early, lest the enemy at Shachaofeng be alerted. The entire battalion, redeployed, had been massed for the charge up the slope. In an interval of good visibility, the troops could see as far as 40 meters ahead. A little before 02:00, Nakano had sent runners to deliver the order to advance. When the final obstructions had been cut, Nagayama had flashed a light. Then a white flag had moved in the darkness and the infantry had moved forward. Sakata's company, heading directly for Changkufeng crest, had less ground to traverse than Yamada's, and the point through which they penetrated the wire had been at the fork, where there appeared to have been only two lines to cut. The soldiers had crawled on their knees and one hand and had taken cover as soon as they got through. It had been 02:15 when the battalion traversed the barbed wire and began the offensive. The Japanese Army manual had stated that unaimed fire was seldom effective at night and that it had been imperative to avoid confusion resulting from wild shooting. At Changkufeng, the use of firearms had been forbidden by regimental order. Until the troops had penetrated the wire, bayonets had not been fixed because of the danger to friendly forces. Once through the entanglements, the men had attached bayonets, but, although their rifles had been loaded, they still had not been allowed to fire. The men had been traveling light. Instead of the 65 pounds the individual rifleman might ordinarily carry, knapsack, weapons and ammunition, tools, supplies, and clothing, each helmeted soldier had only 60 cartridges, none on his back, a haversack containing two grenades, a canteen, and a gas mask. To prevent noise, the regulations had prescribed wrapping metal parts of bayonets, canteens, sabers, mess kits, shovels, picks, and hobnails with cloth or straw. The wooden and metal parts of the shovel had been separated, the canteen filled, ammunition pouches stuffed with paper, and the bayonet sheath wrapped with cloth. Instead of boots, the men had worn web-toed, rubbersoled ground socks to muffle sound. Although their footgear had been bound with straw ropes, the soldiers occasionally had slipped in the wet grass. Considerations of security had forbidden relief of tension by talking, coughing, or smoking. Company commanders and platoon leaders had carried small white flags for hand signaling. In Sakata's company, the platoons had been distinguished by white patches of cloth hung over the gas masks on the men's backs, triangular pieces for the 1st Platoon, square for the second. Squad leaders had worn white headbands under their helmets. The company commanders had strapped on a white cross-belt; the platoon leaders, a single band. Officer casualties had proven particularly severe because the identification belts had been too conspicuous; even when the officers had lay flat, Soviet illuminating shells had made their bodies visible. On the left, the 2nd Company, 70–80 strong, had moved up with platoons abreast and scouts ahead. About 10 meters had separated the individual platoons advancing in four files; in the center were Sakata and his command team. The same setup had been used for Yamada's company and his two infantry platoons on the right. To the center and rear of the lead companies were battalion headquarters, a platoon of Nakajima's 3rd Company, and the Kitahara Machine-Gun Company, 20 meters from Nakano. The machine-gun company had differed from the infantry companies in that it had three platoons of two squads each. The machine-gun platoons had gone through the center breach in the entanglements with the battalion commander. Thereafter, they had bunched up, shoulder to shoulder and with the machine guns close to each other. Kitahara had led, two platoons forward, one back. The night had been so dark that the individual soldiers had hardly been able to tell who had been leading and who had been on the flanks. The 2nd Company had consolidated after getting through the last entanglements and had walked straight for Changkufeng crest. From positions above the Japanese, Soviet machine guns covering the wire had blazed away at a range of 50 meters. Tracers had ripped the night, but the Russians' aim had seemed high. Soviet illuminating shells, by revealing the location of dead angles among the rocks, had facilitated the Japanese approach. Fifty meters past the barbed wire, Sakata had run into the second Soviet position. From behind a big rock, four or five soldiers had been throwing masher grenades. Sakata and his command team had dashed to the rear and cut down the Russians. The captain had sabered one soldier who had been about to throw a grenade. Then Master Sergeant Onuki and the others had rushed up and overran the Russian defenses. The Japanese had not yet fired or sustained casualties. There had been no machine guns in the first position Sakata had jumped into; the trenches had been two feet deep and masked by rocks. To the right, a tent could be seen. Blind enemy firing had reached a crescendo around 02:30. The Russians had resisted with rifles, light and heavy machine guns, hand grenades, rifle grenades, flares, rapid-fire guns, and a tank cannon. "The hill had shaken, but our assault unit had advanced, disregarding the heavy resistance and relying only on the bayonet." The battalion commander, Major Nakano, had been the first officer to be hit. Moving to the left of Sakata's right-hand platoon, he had rushed up, brandishing his sword, amid ear-splitting fire and day-like flashes. He had felled an enemy soldier and then another who had been about to get him from behind. But a grenade had exploded and he had dropped, with his right arm hanging grotesquely and many fragments embedded in his chest and left arm. After regaining consciousness, Nakano had yelled at soldiers rushing to help him: "You fools! Charge on! Never mind me." Staggering to his feet, he had leaned on his sword with his left hand and pushed up the slope after the assault waves, while "everybody had been dashing around like mad." Sakata had encountered progressive defenses and more severe fire. The main body of the company had lost contact with other elements after getting through the entanglements. Sakata had thought that he had already occupied an edge of Changkufeng, but about 30 meters ahead stood a sharp-faced boulder, two or three meters high, from which enormous numbers of grenades had been lobbed. The Japanese, still walking, had come across another Soviet position, manned by four or five grenadiers. Sword in hand, Sakata had led Sergeant Onuki and his command team in a rush : "The enemy was about to take off as we jumped them. One Russian jabbed the muzzle of his rifle into my stomach at the moment I had my sword raised overhead. He pulled the trigger but the rifle did not go off. I cut him down before he could get me. The others ran away, but behind them they left grenades with pins pulled. Many of my men fell here and I was hit in the thighs". Onuki had felled two or three Russians behind Sakata, then disposed of an enemy who had been aiming at Sakata from the side. It had been around 03:00. On the right, the 1st Company had made relatively faster progress along the western slopes after having breached two widely separated belts of barbed wire. Once through the second wire, the troops had found a third line, 150 meters behind, and enemy machine guns had opened fire. Thereupon, a left-platoon private first class had taken a "do or die" forced clearing team, rushed 15 meters ahead of the infantry, and tore a path for the unit. At 03:00, Yamada had taken his men in a dash far up the right foot of the hill, overran the unexpected position, and captured two rapid-fire guns. The company's casualties had been mounting. Yamada had been hit in the chest but had continued to cheer his troops on. At 03:30, he had led a rush against the main objective, tents up the hill, behind the antitank guns. Yamada had cut down several bewildered soldiers in the tents, but had been shot again in the chest, gasping "Tenno Heika Banzai!" "Long Live the Emperor!", and had fallen dead. His citation had noted that he had "disrupted the enemy's rear after capturing the forwardmost positions and thus furnished the key to the ultimate rout of the whole enemy line." Sergeant Shioda, though wounded badly, and several of the men had picked up their commander's body and moved over to join Lieutenant Inagaki. On the left, Kadowaki had charged into the tents with his platoon and had played his part in interfering with the Russian rear. After this rush, the unit had been pinned down by fire from machine-gun emplacements, and Kadowaki had been wounded seriously. His platoon had veered left while watching for an opportunity to charge. Eventual contact had been made with Sakata's company. The assault on the right flank had been failing. With the death of Yamada, command of the company had been assumed temporarily by Inagaki. He and his right-flank platoon had managed to smash their way through the entanglements; Inagaki had sought to rush forward, sword in hand. Furious firing by Soviet machine guns, coupled with hand grenades, had checked the charge. Losses had mounted. Still another effort had bogged down in the face of enemy reinforcements, supported not only by covered but by tank-mounted machine guns. Russian tanks and trucks had appeared to be operating behind Changkufeng. Sergeant Shioda had been trying to keep the attack moving. Again and again, he had pushed toward the Soviet position with five of his surviving men, to no avail. The left-flank platoon had sought to evade the fierce fire by taking advantage of rock cover and hurling grenades. Finally, a private first class had lobbed in a grenade, rushed the machine gun, and silenced the weapon. By now, precious time and lives had been lost. Either instinctively or by order, the 1st Company had been shifting to the left, away from the core of the enemy fire-net. Inagaki had decided to veer left in a wide arc to outflank Changkufeng from the same side where the 2nd Company and most of the battalion were at-tacking. There would be no further attempts to plunge between the lake and the heights or to head for the crest from the rear. Military maps had indicated tersely that remnants of the 1st Company had displaced to the 2nd Company area at 04:00, sometime after the last charge on the right by Yamada. On the left front, in the sector facing the main defenses on Changkufeng crest, Sakata had fallen after being hit by a grenade. A machine gunner had improvised a sling. "I had lost a lot of blood," Sakata had said, "and there were no medics. Onuki, my command team chief who had been acting platoon leader, had been killed around here. I had ordered Warrant Officer Kuriyama to take the company and push on until I could catch up." As Sakata lay on the ground, he had seen the battalion commander and the Nakajima company move past him in the darkness. Nakano had said not a word; Sakata had not known the major had been maimed. "I still hadn't felt intense pain," Sakata had recalled. "I had rested after the first bad feelings. In about 15 minutes I had felt well enough to move up the hill and resume command of my company." With both Nakano and Sakata wounded, individual officers or noncoms had kept the assault moving. The 1st Platoon leader, Kuriyama, had been securing the first position after overrunning it but had become worried about the main force. On his own initiative, he had brought his men up the hill to join the rest of the company, while the battalion aide, 2nd Lieutenant Nishimura, had made arrangements to deploy the heavy machine guns and reserve infantry in support. Before 4 A.M., these troops under Kitahara and Nakajima had caught up with the remnants of the 2nd Company, which had pressed beyond the third position to points near the Soviet Crestline. By the time Sakata had regained his feet and moved toward the peak, somewhere between 03:30 and 04:00, the Japanese had been pinned down. Most of the losses had been incurred at this point. "Iron fragments, rock, sand, blood, and flesh had been flying around," Akaishizawa had written. Grenades had caused the preponderance of wounds after the men had penetrated the barbed wire. Deaths had been inflicted mainly by the Soviet "hurricane" of small arms and machine-gun fire and by ricochets ripping from man to man. Six Russian heavy weapons had kept up a relentless fire from three emplacements, and milk-bottle-shaped grenades had continued to thud down on the Japanese. The grenades had hindered the advance greatly. Mainly at the crest, but at every firing position as well, the Russians had used rifle grenades, primarily to eliminate dead angles in front of positions. There had been low piano wire between firing points, and yellow explosive had been planted amidst rock outcroppings and in front of the emplacements. "The Russians had relied exclusively on fire power; there had been no instance of a brave enemy charge employing cold steel." Only 20 meters from the entrenchments atop Changkufeng, Kitahara had been striving to regain the initiative and to hearten the scattered, reeling troops. One Japanese Army motto had concerned the mental attitude of commanders: "When surprised by the enemy, pause for a smoke." Kitahara had stood behind a rock, without a helmet, puffing calmly on a cigarette—a sight which had cheered the men. Sakata could not forget the scene. "It really happened," he had said, respectfully. As soon as Sakata had reached the forward lines, he had joined Kitahara (the senior officer and de facto battalion commander till then) and three enlisted men. All had been pinned behind the large boulder, the only possible cover, which had jutted in front of the Soviet crestline positions. Fire and flame had drenched the slopes, grenades from the peak, machine guns from the flank. The eastern skies had been brightening and faces could be discerned. Troubled by the stalemate yet not feeling failure, Sakata had said nothing about his own wounds but had told Kitahara he would lead his 2nd Company in a last charge up the left side of Changkufeng if only the machine gun company could do something about the enemy fire, especially some Soviet tanks which had been shooting from the right. "The enemy must have learned by now," the regimental records had observed, "that our forces were scanty, for the Soviets exposed the upper portions of their bodies over the breastworks, sniped incessantly, and lobbed illuminating shells at us." Agreeing with Sakata that the "blind" Japanese would have to take some kind of countermeasure to allow his two available heavy machine guns to go into concerted action, Kitahara had ordered illuminating rounds fired by the grenade dischargers. He had clambered atop the boulder and squatted there amidst the furious crossfire to spot for his guns, still only 20 meters from the Russian lines. Perhaps it had been the golden spark of Kitahara's cigarette, perhaps it had been the luminescence of his cross-bands, but hardly a moment later, at 04:03 am, a sniper's bullet had caught the captain between the eyes and he had toppled to his death. Nakajima had wanted to support Sakata's stricken company as well. The lieutenant had seen the advantage of outflanking the emplacements from the far left of Changkufeng where the fire of two Soviet heavy machine guns had been particularly devastating. Nakajima had swung his reserve unit around the crest to the southwest side, pressed forward through deadly grenade attacks, and had managed to reach a point ten meters from the Russian positions. Perched on the cliff's edge, he had prepared to continue: "Nakajima, who had been calming his men and looking for a chance to advance, leaped up and shouted, "Right now! Charge!" Sword in hand, he led his forces to the front on the left and edged up against the crest emplacements. But the enemy did not recoil; grenades and machine gun fusillades burst from above on all sides. Men fell, one after another. [During this final phase, a platoon leader and most of the key noncoms were killed.] A runner standing near Nakajima was hit in the head by a grenade and collapsed. Nakajima picked up the soldier's rifle, took cover behind a boulder, and tried to draw a bead on a Russian sniper whom he could see dimly 20 meters away through the lifting mist. But a bullet hit him in the left temple and he pitched forward, weakly calling, "Long Live the Emperor!" A PFC held the lieutenant up and pleaded with him to hang on, but the company commander's breath grew fainter and his end was at hand. The time was 4:10 am". Nakajima's orderly said of the event "Lieutenant Nakajima charged against the highest key point on Changkufeng, leading the reserve unit, and ensured the seizure of the hill. The lieutenant was wearing the boots which I had always kept polished but which he had never worn till this day." Akaishizawa added that Nakajima had purified himself in the waters of the Tumen before entering combat, in traditional fashion. Lieutenant Yanagihara had penned a tribute to his young fellow officer, the resolute samurai "Lt. Nakajima must have been expecting a day like today. He was wearing brand-new white underclothes and had wrapped his body with white cloth and the thousand-stitch stomach band which his mother had made for him. .. . Was not the lieutenant's end the same as we find in an old tanka verse? "Should you ask what is the Yamato spirit, the soul of Japan: It is wild cherry blossoms glowing in the rising sun." On this main attack front, Soviet heavy machine guns and tanks had continued to deliver withering fire against the Japanese remnants, while Russian snipers and grenadiers had taken an increasing toll. Shortly after 04:00, enemy reinforcements had appeared at the northeast edge. Of the company commanders, only Sakata had still been alive; the other three officers had died between 03:30 and 04:30. A machine gunner who had been pinned down near the crest had commented: "It must have been worse than Hill 203" (of bloody Russo-Japanese War fame). Between a half and two-thirds of each company had been dead or wounded by then. Sakata had still been thinking of ways to rush the main positions. After Kitahara had been shot down, he had moved around to investigate. A colleague had added: "The agony of the captain's wounds had been increasing. He rested several times to appease the pain while watching intently for some chance to charge once more." Now, Sakata had been wounded again by grenade fragments tearing into the right side of his face. "It hadn't been serious," Sakata had insisted. As he had limped about, he could see his platoon leader, Kuriyama, sniping at a Russian grenadier. Much would depend on the effectiveness of supporting firepower. With the death of Kitahara, control of the machine-gun company had been assumed by Master Sergeant Harayama. There had been almost no time to coordinate matters before Kitahara had fallen, but Harayama as well as Sakata had known that the infantry could not break loose until the Soviet heavy weapons had been suppressed. Working with another sergeant, Harayama had ordered his gunners to displace forward and rush the positions 20 meters away. The one heavy machine gun set up for action had been the first to fire for the Japanese side at Changkufeng, after its crew had manhandled it the last few meters to the first Soviet trench below the crest. The trench had been empty. Thereupon, the gunner had opened up against tents which could be seen 20 meters to the rear. Other friendly machine guns had begun to chatter. Kuriyama had dashed up and secured the southeast edge of the heights. Enemy resistance had begun to slacken. What appeared to be two small Soviet tanks, actually a tank and a tractor had been laying down fire near the tents in an apparent effort to cover a pullback. The two vehicles had advanced toward the Japanese and sought to neutralize the heavy machine guns. A squad leader had engaged the tractor, set it afire, and shot down the crewmen when they had tried to flee. Next, the tank had been stopped. The Japanese lead gun had consumed all of its armor-piercing (AP) ammunition—three clips, or 90 rounds—in 10 or 15 seconds. No more AP ammunition had been available; one box had been with the last of the six squads struggling up the heights. "More AP!" had yelled the 1st Squad leader, signaling with his hand—which had at that moment been hit by a Russian slug. A tank machine-gun bullet had also torn through the thumb and into the shoulder of the squad's machine gunner, whereupon the 21-year-old loader had taken over the piece. Similar replacements had occurred under fire in all squads, sometimes more than once in the same unit. "It had been a fantastic scene," Sakata had commented. "Just like grasshoppers! But they had finally neutralized the heavy weapons." The knocked-out Russian vehicles had begun to blaze while the eastern skies had lightened. New enemy tanks (some said many, others merely three) had lumbered up the slopes, but the Japanese heavy machine guns had continued to fire on them, and the tanks had stopped. If the machine guns had gone into action minutes later, the Russian armor might have continued to the top, from which they could have ripped up the surviving Japanese infantrymen: "So we gunners fired and fired. I could see my tracers bouncing off the armor, for there was still no AP. We also shot at machine guns and infantry. Since we carried little ammo for the night attack, my gun ran out, but by then the enemy had been ousted. We had originally expected that we might have to fire in support of the infantry after they took the crest. We lost none of our own heavy machine guns that night, overran four Maxims and captured mountains of hand grenades. By dawn, however, our machine gun company had lost more than half of its personnel—about 40 men". The light-machine-gun squad leader had been wounded in the hand by a grenade near the site where Sakata had been hit. Nevertheless, the superior private had clambered up the slope with his men. After 04:00, when he and his squad had been pinned down with the infantry below the crest, he had heard Japanese heavy machine guns firing toward the foe on the right: "Our units were in confusion, bunched up under terrific fire in a small area. Getting orders was impossible, so I had my light machine gun open up in the same direction at which the heavies were firing. We could identify no targets but tried to neutralize the enemy located somewhere on the crest. Although Soviet flares were going off, we never could glimpse the enemy clearly. But we heard the Russians yelling "Hurrah!" That ought to have been the signal for a charge; here it meant a retreat". But, of the ten men in this Japanese machine-gun squad, only four had been in action when dawn had come. The turning point had arrived when the machine-guns belonging to Sakata, and the reserves of the late Nakajima, had torn into the Russian emplacements, tanks, and tents behind. Others had said the key had been the fire of grenade dischargers belonging to the same units. A high-angle weapon, the grenade discharger, had been light, effective, and ideal for getting at dead space. In terms of ammunition, it had been especially useful, for it could fire hand grenades available to the foot soldier. Undoubtedly, the combined action of the grenade dischargers and machine guns (heavy and light) had paved the way for a last charge by the infantry. The four light machine guns of the 2nd and 4th companies had played their part by pouring flank fire against the Russians, who had clung to the position although Kuriyama's platoon had made an initial penetration. At about 04:30, Japanese assault forces could be seen dimly, in the light of dawn, exchanging fire with the Russians only a few meters away on the southern edge of Changkufeng Hill. At the same time, on the northern slopes, enemy reinforcements numbering 50 men with trucks and tanks had been scaling the hill. Around 04:45, Japanese grenades began to burst over the heads of the last enemy atop Changkufeng; the Russians had wavered. After the heavy weapons had finally begun to soften up the Soviet positions, Sakata had judged that there were not many Russians left. He had jumped into the first trench, ahead of his only surviving platoon leader, Kuriyama, and several soldiers. Two or three Russians had been disposed of; the rest had fled. By then the 2nd Company had been chopped down to a platoon; about 40 men still lived. There had been no cheer of banzai, as journalists had written; it would have drawn fire to stand up and raise one's arms. But Sakata had remained proud of the assertion by Sato that, from Chiangchunfeng, he had observed the last rush and knew the "real story," that "Sakata was the first to charge the peak." The regimental eulogist had written that Sakata's earnestness "cut through iron, penetrated mountains, and conquered bodily pain." As for Inagaki, about 15 or 20 minutes after the badly wounded Sakata had managed to reach the point where Kitahara and Nakajima had been pinned down near the Crestline, the lieutenant had arrived with the remnants of Yamada's company, probably by 04:20. The records would have us believe that Sakata had been able to coordinate the next actions with Inagaki despite the storm of fire: "The acting battalion commander [Sakata] resumed the charge with a brand-new deployment—his 2nd Company on the right wing and the 1st Company on the left." Actually, all Sakata could think of had been to charge; it had been too confused a time to issue anything like normal orders as acting battalion commander: "About all I remember asking Inagaki was: "What are you doing over here? What happened to your company commander?" I think he told me that Yamada had been killed and resistance on the right flank had been severe. Undoubtedly, he acted on his own initiative in redeploying. Nor was there any particular liaison between my company and Inagaki's force." To the left of Sakata's survivors were the vestiges of Nakajima's platoon, and further to the left, the outflanking troops brought up by Inagaki. These forces gradually edged up to the rear of the foe, in almost mass formation, on the western slope just below the top. "The enemy soldiers who had been climbing up the northern incline suddenly began to retreat, and Inagaki led a charge, fighting dauntlessly hand-to-hand." As a result of the more or less concerted Japanese assaults, "the desperately resisting enemy was finally crushed and Changkufeng peak was retaken completely by 05:15," three hours after the night attackers had jumped off. Akaishizawa had said that the troops "pushed across the peak through a river of blood and a mountain of corpses. Who could withstand our demons?" Sato's regimental attack order had called for the firing of a green star shell to signal success. At 05:15, according to the records, "the signal flared high above Changkufeng, showering green light upon the hill; the deeply stirring Japanese national flag floated on the top." Sakata thought that this must have been 10 or 20 minutes after the hill was taken, but he remembered no flare. "After the last charge I had no time to watch the sky!" The flare had probably been fired from a grenade launcher by the battalion aide or a headquarters soldier. After the final close-quarter fighting, Sakata had pressed forward while the survivors came up. The captain had deployed his men against possible counterattack. Later he had heard that Soviet tanks had lumbered up to reinforce the peak or to counterattack but that, when they observed the Japanese in possession of the crest, they had turned back. Only after his men had secured the peak had Sakata talked to Inagaki about sharing defensive responsibility. The records described Sakata's deployments at 05:20, but there had been painfully few men to match the tidy after-action maps. Did Sakata and his men push across the peak? "Not downhill a bit," he had answered. "We advanced only to the highest spot, the second, or right-hand peak, where we could command a view of the hostile slope." He had merely reconnoitered to deploy his troops. The senior surviving Japanese officer atop Changkufeng heights had been Sakata. What had happened to Major Nakano, who had been wounded shortly after jump-off? Although his right arm had been shattered, he had dragged himself to his feet, once he had regained consciousness, and kept climbing to catch up. His men had pleaded with him to look after his terrible wounds, but he had insisted on advancing, leaning on his sword and relying on spiritual strength. "Left! Move left!" he had been heard to shout, for the faltering Japanese had apparently been of the opinion that they were at the enemy's rear. Instead, they had pressed against the Russians' western wing, directly in front of the enemy works, from which murderous fire had been directed, especially from machine-gun nests ripping at their flanks. With sword brandished in his uninjured hand, high above his head, Nakano had stood at the corner of the positions. The explosion of an enemy grenade had illuminated him "like the god of fire," and he had been seen to crumple. He had died a little before 0500, to the left of where young Nakajima had fallen at 0430. His citation had said: "The battalion commander captured Changkufeng, thanks to his proper combat guidance and deployments. He provided the incentive to victory in the Changkufeng Incident." A eulogist had called Nakano a "human-bullet demon-unit commander": "All who observed this scene were amazed, for it was beyond mortal strength. One could see how high blazed the flame of his faith in certain victory and what a powerful sense of responsibility he had as unit commander. Major Nakano was a model soldier." When Nakano had pitched forward, badly wounded PFC Imamura had tried to protect the commander's corpse. Imamura had killed a soldier who appeared from behind a boulder, had lunged at another two or three, but had toppled off the cliff. Two other Japanese privates—a battalion runner and PFC Iwata—had been lying nearby, hurt seriously; but when they saw Imamura fall to his death, leaving the major's body undefended, they had dragged themselves to the corpse, four meters from the foe. Iwata, crippled and mute, had hugged Nakano's corpse until other soldiers managed to retrieve it. While death had come to Nakano, Sakata had been fighting with no knowledge of what was going on to his left. Pinned behind a boulder, he had had no way of checking on the battalion commander. Only after Sakata had charged onto the crest and asked for the major had he been told by somebody that Nakano had been killed. He had not even been sure where the commander had fallen. Such had been the time of blood and fury when battalion chief, company commanders, and platoon leaders had fought and died like common soldiers, pressing on with saber or pistol or sniping rifle under relentless cross-fire. Pretty patterns of textbook control had meant nothing. Life—and victory—depended on training, initiative, raw courage, and the will to win. The result of this combination of wills could not be ascertained, on 31 July 1938, until dawn brightened the bleeding earth on Changkufeng Hill. I would like to take this time to remind you all that this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Please go subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry after that, give my personal channel a look over at The Pacific War Channel at Youtube, it would mean a lot to me. Tokyo gambled on a night strike to seize Changkufeng, while diplomacy urged restraint. Amid mud, smoke, and moonless skies, Nakano led the 1st Battalion, supported by Nakajima, Sakata, Yamada, and others. One by one, officers fell, wounds multiplying, but resolve held. By 05:15, shattered units regrouped atop the peak, the flag rising as dawn bled into a costly, hard-won victory.
Travel in Italy is more fun when you add in a stop at one of Italy's smaller towns, where life continues as it has for centuries. Presenting charming Orvieto in Italy's central Umbria region. Perched high on a hilltop, this delightful town is perfectly positioned between Rome and Florence for a slow paced adventure exploring local culture, food and wine.Read the full episode show notes here > untolditaly.com/299**Untold Italy's Umbria tour - details here - 2026 spaces filling fast** NEW! - the Untold Italy app - access our entire podcast history ad free and searchable - DOWNLOAD FOR iOS • DOWNLOAD FOR ANDROIDThe app is FREE to download and check out our Milan guide and general travel content. Upgrade to PREMIUM for a one time fee to access Rome, Florence, Venice, Sorrento, Cinque Terre, Amalfi Coast, Capri, Ischia, Tuscany, Lake Como, Lake Garda, Veneto, Lombardy, Campania, Lazio, Puglia, Abruzzo, Calabria, Umbria, Molise, Sardinia with much more to comeSupport the showSubscribe to our mailing list and get our FREE Italy trip planning toolkit - subscribe hereNeed help with your trip? Check out our Trip Planning ServicesJoin us on tour. Browse our Trip scheduleFollowSubstackInstagram • Facebook • YouTube Editorial InformationThe Untold Italy travel podcast is an independent production. Podcast Editing, Audio Production and Website Development by Mark Hatter. Production Assistance and Content Writing by the other Katie Clarke
A Richmond City Councillor is putting forward a motion at Richmond council that calls on the province and federal governments to mitigate the effects of the Cowichan court ruling. Perched on the waterfront of scenic northern Vancouver Island and one of the most remote pubs in British Columbia, Scarlet Ibis Pub is officially up for sale. How B.C.'s Attorney General is reacting to social media platform, 'X', challenging an order to remove a non-consensual intimate image. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Perched on the rocks overlooking the harbour, The Idle Rocks has established itself as a much loved St Mawes icon, brimming with art, coastal charm and excellent seafood. In this episode, Molly sits down with Karen and David Richards to hear about turning this one-time village bakery into a modern coastal hotel inspired by their love for Cornwall and soft, laidback living. Head to Curated, the world's first travel platform powered by tastemakers with soul, style and story at its heart to discover a collection of soulful stays https://curatedspaces.club/Curated Spaces is the podcast on a mission to reignite real world connection.What started as a project to share the stories behind spaces has snowballed into something a little bit bigger.From founders sharing their stories of burnout and loneliness to the spaces leading the charge in rewilding and sustainable food production, Curated Spaces is about living life in full colour and connecting deeply with the spaces and faces around us.https://www.instagram.com/curatedspacesclub/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Upgrade Terminal presents "Perched At The Boundary - First Ritual" by PunishingBirb, read by Malachi.After the piece, Malachi and Nick discuss the piece and some commentary from PunishingBirb.Also discussed: multiplayer matches, music and rain.Thank you to Ivo Vicic, Andy Rapaporte, Cinematic Sound Design, Wild Audio, Unrealsfx, Cristian Lucchetta, and Artlist Studios.Romi Kopelman played the cello version of Eric Satie's Gnossienne No. 1, while Bishara Haroni played the piano version used at the end.Their work is available on artlist.io and I highly suggest you check them out!(All Rights Reserved to www.Art-list.io for the music and sfx)Our awesome theme music was composed by Garoslaw, and we're still floored it exists!A huge thanks as always to both Garoslaw and AlexMdle for allowing us to use their music and sfx in this podcast.Their work is available on Bandcamp: https://arcofdream.bandcamp.com/What did you think of PunishingBirb's piece? Join the Discord server and let us know!discord.com/invite/gyY5ystZPGEdited by MalachiThank you for listening! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In this episode, Cherise is joined by Carlos Arnaiz, Principal at CAZA in Brooklyn, New York. They discuss the Shore-side Nawin in Nasugbu Bay, Philippines.You can see the project here as you listen along.Perched along the rugged cliffs of Batangas in the Philippines, The Shore-side at Nawiin redefines the relationship between land and sea through an architectural vision rooted in both topography and tradition. Conceived as a contemporary port town, the development transforms a once-industrial shoreline into a layered, walkable environment where hospitality, culture, and coastal ecology converge.If you enjoy this episode, visit arcat.com/podcast for more. If you're a frequent listener of Detailed, you might enjoy similar content at Gābl Media. Mentioned in this episode:Social Channel Pre-rollPromotes the YouTube channel, ARACTemy, and social handle.
This episode the nerds drift off to dream land to discuss their own wild dreams, horrifying nightmares, and the history of and their own experiences with sleep paralysis! As well as some listener submitted experiences guaranteed to chill the spine and make you leave a light on before you drift off for the night!What gets your blood chilling? Let us know!Email us at hillshavenerds@gmail.comStalk our Facebook!www.facebook.com/TheHillsHaveNerdsHaunt our Discord and moan about the episodes!https://discord.gg/cruXwRyQjmPeer Fearfully at our Youtube!www.youtube.com/@TheHillsHaveNerdsDonate cursed coins at our Ko-fi! It all supports the show!https://ko-fi.com/thehillshavenerdsA big thank you to our Ko-Fi supporters!Nick La RosaBrittany JohnstonLee gets creepy on Youtube and Twitch!www.youtube.com/@spookybrolee Lee's Horror Gaming Channelwww.youtube.com/@pixelbrolee RPG's channel!www.twitch.tv/pixelbroleeCody plays all kinds of creepy games on Twitch!www.twitch.tv/coffeebreaklounge
This is a Grave Talks CLASSIC EPISODE! Perched on a hilltop in Manhattan, the Morris-Jumel Mansion has witnessed more than 250 years of American history—and it's said the past hasn't let go. Built in 1765 by British colonel Roger Morris as a summer retreat, the house quickly became more than just a getaway. George Washington once used it as his headquarters during the Revolutionary War, and later it became the home of Aaron Burr, infamous for his duel with Alexander Hamilton. Within its walls unfolded stories of love, scandal, innovation, political intrigue… and tragedy. Deaths, rumored affairs, and even suicide have left an emotional imprint on the mansion. Today, many believe that imprint lingers. Visitors report seeing shadowy figures on the grand staircase, hearing whispers in empty rooms, and feeling the heavy presence of the mansion's former residents. In this episode of The Grave Talks, paranormal investigator Vincent Carbone takes us inside the haunted Morris-Jumel Mansion to explore the stories—and the spirits—that still roam its halls. This is Part Two of our conversation. #TheGraveTalks #MorrisJumelMansion #HauntedHistory #HauntedNYC #ParanormalPodcast #ParanormalInvestigations #HistoricHauntings #AmericanRevolutionHistory #GhostStories #HauntedManhattan Love real ghost stories? Don't just listen—join us on YouTube and be part of the largest community of real paranormal encounters anywhere. Subscribe now and never miss a chilling new story:
This is a Grave Talks CLASSIC EPISODE! Perched on a hilltop in Manhattan, the Morris-Jumel Mansion has witnessed more than 250 years of American history—and it's said the past hasn't let go. Built in 1765 by British colonel Roger Morris as a summer retreat, the house quickly became more than just a getaway. George Washington once used it as his headquarters during the Revolutionary War, and later it became the home of Aaron Burr, infamous for his duel with Alexander Hamilton. Within its walls unfolded stories of love, scandal, innovation, political intrigue… and tragedy. Deaths, rumored affairs, and even suicide have left an emotional imprint on the mansion. Today, many believe that imprint lingers. Visitors report seeing shadowy figures on the grand staircase, hearing whispers in empty rooms, and feeling the heavy presence of the mansion's former residents. In this episode of The Grave Talks, paranormal investigator Vincent Carbone takes us inside the haunted Morris-Jumel Mansion to explore the stories—and the spirits—that still roam its halls. #TheGraveTalks #MorrisJumelMansion #HauntedHistory #HauntedNYC #ParanormalPodcast #ParanormalInvestigations #HistoricHauntings #AmericanRevolutionHistory #GhostStories #HauntedManhattan Love real ghost stories? Don't just listen—join us on YouTube and be part of the largest community of real paranormal encounters anywhere. Subscribe now and never miss a chilling new story:
Perched on a lonely hill in Mineral Wells, Texas, there stands a house that seems to breathe with secrets. Locals whisper of its sinister past, of flickering lights and shadows that linger far too long. Some claim the walls themselves seem to remember the cries of the broken, the damned, and the restless souls who once called this place home. This is not just another haunted house story—this is a century of fear woven into every brick and beam.The Haunted Hill House has seen it all: from the bloody echoes of violent crimes to the whispers of occult rituals said to have opened doorways better left sealed. Visitors report unseen hands clutching at them in the dark, phantom voices calling their names, and an oppressive sense of dread that follows them long after they leave. Paranormal investigators flock here, yet many leave shaken, convinced that the house does not just harbor spirits—it hungers for them.In this episode we will step inside this haunted site. We will take you through the house's grim history, its shadow-filled corridors, and the terrifying accounts that have cemented its reputation as one of America's most haunted dwellings. But be warned: the deeper we go into the story of Haunted Hill House, the harder it becomes to separate myth from nightmare. And sometimes… the nightmare refuses to stay locked behind closed doors. So burn some sage, put on your protection bubble and listen in to this episode of the True Hauntings Podcast.Tell us if after listening to this episode if you think this house is really haunted?
Tonight we unseal the seventh vault in our 31 Nights of Lovecraft with The Strange High House in the Mist—a tale past the edge of knowing into an elevation of the soul.
Perched on the windswept Hook Peninsula in Ireland, Loftus Hall has earned its reputation as the country's most haunted house. With a dark history of death, despair, and a legendary visit from the Devil himself, the mansion's crumbling halls are said to echo with restless spirits. It's a place where myth and reality blur, leaving behind a legacy of fear that still chills visitors to this day, but are the stories true? Has the place actually been visited, and is haunted, by the devil himself? Let's try and find out. Once and for all.-----------------Head to the Strange Places home website, asylum817.com to keep up with all things Strange Places, as well as the host. Billie Dean Shoemate III is an author with over 40 novels published, a master-trained painter, and multi-instrumentalist musician with multiple albums released. To check out Billie's books, albums, paintings and other artistic ventures, head to asylum817.com. Official Strange Places merch is now available as well!-----------------This podcast can also be heard on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeart Radio, Pandora, and wherever you get your Podcast listening experience.-----------------If you like what you hear and wish to donate to this podcast to help keep it going, visit:https://www.fiverr.com/s/WEY9lex-----------------Visit us on Patreon for ad free early access and exclusive content!!!patreon.com/asylum817Shout-out to our top tier patrons, Summer Rain Zen, DILLIGAF and Old School!-----------------This episode is brought to you by SoulLiftCraft, links below:Youtube - the youtube channel YouTube.com/@SoulLiftCraftWebsite - https://ko-fi.com/s/600b5d7ce7
Perched on a magnificent hilltop in Zambia’s South Luangwa National Park, Chichele Presidential rebuilt luxury safari lodge offers guests 360-degree views and an ultra-luxurious enhanced stay. Allison Foat, Travel & lifestyle journalist shared all the details with Africa Melane See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In this super fun, expansive episode of THE SOULFAM PODCAST, host Diana Marcketta welcomes Sushanna, an esteemed energy healer and oracle reader also known as Sunshine because she is (@sushannajordan, www.alchemyofsunshine.com, @yogatopanga, @topangarocks) Together, they explore the profound journey of manifestation, emphasizing the importance of aligning spiritual, emotional, and mental energies, especially around the new and full moon (Full moon in Aquarius on 8/9 or 8/10 depending on your location).Discover how Sushanna's intuitive readings offer precise insights and guidance, helping individuals navigate life's complexities. Through her unique approach, Sushanna reveals how oracle cards serve as powerful tools for clarity and self-discovery. Tune in to learn how these readings can illuminate your path and provide the answers you seek. Sushanna shares her insights on how these energies converge to shape our reality, offering practical advice on maintaining this alignment for personal growth and fulfillment. Tune in to discover how to harness the power of your inner energies to manifest your deepest desires. Sushanna is an amazing messenger of your own truths, your own desires and offers a rotunda of informational perspective on the choices and the intentions of your own heart, soul and higher self. She is not a roadside psychic but a conveyor of truth. Perched on a mountain top behind the unsuspecting gates of Topanga Rocks at the Topanga Canyon in Malibu, this particular oasis of waterfalls, crystals and a serene gazebo creates a powerful setting for the beautifully embodied understanding of the divine which Sushanna shares. Her interpretation of the oracle and tarot is practical, straightforward, energetically clean and reflects the truth of your own soul and only that. At a time when the collective is faced with enormous challenges on multiple levels as you remember who you truely are, Sushanna is a breath of fresh perspective and assurance of the fifth dimension unfolding...and the Aquarian age of allowing as the Capricorn saga of doing subsides. Your truth, your highest self and your most beautiful heart-centered power is revealed in this oasis that has withstood the threat of destruction by fire. We hope you enjoy this podcast, that you will find solace in the coming times within yourself and choose of your own divinity and power. Sushanna is available on her website and at Topanga Rocks in Malibu CA. Well worth the journey both internally and externally. Please remember to like and subscribe to THE SOULFAM PODCAST. See you soon!! #manifestation #reading #oracle #full #podcast Support the show@dianamarcketta@lexisaldin
Perched on our family bookshelf is a remarkable relic of Jewish history: a rare edition of "Nidchei Yisrael" (The Dispersed of Israel) by the revered Chafetz Chaim. Its significance transcends its age and content, primarily due to a profound personal connection etched within its pages. My great-grandfather's name is listed among the patrons who financed its publication, forging a tangible link to our family's Eastern European heritage.Authored by the Chafetz Chaim, this practical guide was intended for Jews immigrating to America during the massive early 20th-century exodus. Despite his initial reservations about leaving Europe, he acknowledged the realities confronting many Jewish families. Consequently, he crafted this indispensable handbook to help them uphold religious observance in their new homeland. The book addresses fundamental aspects of Jewish life—Sabbath observance, kosher dietary laws, family purity, and Torah study—all presented with clarity and accessibility.What truly captivates me is how this single volume illuminates the struggles faced by immigrant Jews. Men often arrived in America alone, sometimes never reuniting with their wives. Kosher food certification, as we know it today, was nonexistent. The powerful allure of assimilation constantly threatened traditional observance. Through this book, we gain a poignant glimpse into an entire world in transition—Jewish communities grappling with centuries of tradition amidst the uncertain promise of American life.Adding another layer of intrigue are the mysteries concealed within our copy. An original donation envelope remains tucked inside, prompting questions about whether my great-grandfather ultimately fulfilled his promised contribution. The Russian script on the cover serves as a stark reminder of its Eastern European provenance. Moreover, a dedication reveals names of ancestors previously unknown to me, extending our family lineage back generations to Dvinsk, now part of Latvia.Graphics DesignedBringing your vision to reality.Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the showJoin The Motivation Congregation WhatsApp community for daily motivational Torah content!---------------- SUBSCRIBE to The Weekly Parsha for an insightful weekly talk on the week's Parsha. Listen on Spotify or 24six! Access all Torah talks and listen to featured episodes on our website, themotivationcongregation.org ----------------Questions or Comments? Please email me @ michaelbrooke97@gmail.com
Perched on a mountain top in Chile, the new Vera Rubin Observatory's telescope will view the universe as it's never been seen before, seeking answers to cosmic mysteries like dark energy and dark matter, but also helping keep Earth safe from potentially dangerous asteroids. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Episode Notes With both Eagles still technically in contention for advancing in their respective tournaments, we break down how long their odds are and what they need to do to get there. About the hosts John Fitzpatrick Runs the Rugby Morning newsletter Hosts MLR Coffee Break on MLR Weekly (Rugby Wrap Up) Hosts USA Rugby Happy Hour on Twitter Spaces Twitter: @rugbymorning Alistair Kirsch-Poole Writer/editor for Glorious Rugby Runs Tackle the Numbers Twitter: @AlistairKP
Imagine owning a vineyard that is considered one of the very best in the U.S. How would you feel if it were chosen as one of the Top 30 vineyards in the world!? Within the last year, that remarkable honor was bestowed upon Hirsch Vineyards. Perched high above the Sonoma Coast, Hirsch is defined by extremes - high elevations, steep hillsides, nearly 80 inches of rain each year, intense sunshine, and wind-driven storms. The nearby San Andreas fault has fractured the land into a composite of rock, sand, and soil, producing wines of extraordinary character. More than 60 individually farmed blocks of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir each tell their own story, and range from wines that are powerful to delicately elegant. Winemaker Jasmine Hirsch, the daughter of founder David Hirsch, has grown up on the property and has a lifelong understanding of its land and potential. On this podcast, she shares details about what makes this property so distinctive. Discover more at HirschVineyards.com On The Wine Road Podcast theme music was composed by Marscott. Additional music was sourced from APM Music.
The issue of Taiwan is a constant background hum in today's news cycle. Perched precariously on the fault-lines of global power, the fate of this vibrant democracy and tech colossus will shape Asia's future – either containing or facilitating China's expansionist goals. In today's episode we're joined by top foreign correspondent Chris Horton. Horton has spent over a decade of living and reporting in Taiwan, and has interviewed everyday citizens, presidents and other key figures for his new book Ghost Nation, a panoramic overview of the country which weaves together its complex past and perilous present. Chris is joined by host Adam McCauley to discuss how Taiwan became a tech powerhouse, why its fate matters to the world, and what its story reveals about the future of democracy in Asia. If you'd like to become a Member and get access to all our full conversations, plus all of our Members-only content, just visit intelligencesquared.com/membership to find out more. For £4.99 per month you'll also receive: - Full-length and ad-free Intelligence Squared episodes, wherever you get your podcasts - Bonus Intelligence Squared podcasts, curated feeds and members exclusive series - 15% discount on livestreams and in-person tickets for all Intelligence Squared events ... Or Subscribe on Apple for £4.99: - Full-length and ad-free Intelligence Squared podcasts - Bonus Intelligence Squared podcasts, curated feeds and members exclusive series … Already a subscriber? Thank you for supporting our mission to foster honest debate and compelling conversations! Visit intelligencesquared.com to explore all your benefits including ad-free podcasts, exclusive bonus content and early access. … Subscribe to our newsletter here to hear about our latest events, discounts and much more. https://www.intelligencesquared.com/newsletter-signup/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Today we take you to the US-Mexico border where the Tijuana river is overflowing with sewage. Then, we pop into the launch party for KALW's new podcast-in-development, Note From the Edge with Jeff Chang.
Perched atop the sun-drenched Beverly Hills, there is a home that looms as a relic, its stone walls and ivy-clad towers are a vast contrast to the city's modern glitz and sheen. Built in 1928 by oil magnate Edward L. Doheny for his son, Ned Doheny Jr., the 46,000-square-foot estate was a testament to wealth with its sprawling gardens and ornate interiors showcasing grandeur. Yet, beneath its polished surface festers a legacy of tragedy and restless spirits, a darkness that clings to its very foundation. With one night, two gunshots rang out and the legend of ghosts began.With 237 documented accounts of supernatural activity, this is no mere historic site—it is a place where the past breathes, its shadows pulsing with secrets that refuse to stay quiet.So join Gary and GoldieAnn as they wander Within the Mists of California to explore the ghosts of Greystone Mansion.Facebook Fan Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/544933724571696Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/withinthemistpodcast/Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@withinthemistpodcast1977 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Perched atop the sun-drenched Beverly Hills, there is a home that looms as a relic, its stone walls and ivy-clad towers are a vast contrast to the city's modern glitz and sheen. Built in 1928 by oil magnate Edward L. Doheny for his son, Ned Doheny Jr., the 46,000-square-foot estate was a testament to wealth with its sprawling gardens and ornate interiors showcasing grandeur. Yet, beneath its polished surface festers a legacy of tragedy and restless spirits, a darkness that clings to its very foundation. With one night, two gunshots rang out and the legend of ghosts began.With 237 documented accounts of supernatural activity, this is no mere historic site—it is a place where the past breathes, its shadows pulsing with secrets that refuse to stay quiet.So join Gary and GoldieAnn as they wander Within the Mists of California to explore the ghosts of Greystone Mansion.Facebook Fan Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/544933724571696Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/withinthemistpodcast/Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@withinthemistpodcast1977 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week, we're traveling to the heart of Scotland to explore one of the most iconic—and haunted—strongholds in the world: Edinburgh Castle. Perched high on Castle Rock, this ancient fortress has withstood centuries of war, siege, and bloodshed… and some say, the spirits of its past have never left.From the chilling beat of a headless drummer to the mournful sounds of the phantom piper lost beneath the castle, we'll uncover the ghost stories that linger in its shadowy corridors. Discover the dungeon that once held prisoners of war, hear tales of a spectral dog, and find out why visitors report sudden drops in temperature, ghostly apparitions, and overwhelming feelings of dread.Is it just the weight of history… or is something still lurking behind the castle's cold stone walls? If you're enjoying Lurk, don't forget to follow, rate, and leave a review—it helps more curious minds like yours discover the show. And if you've had your own eerie encounter, share it with us—we just might feature it in a future episode. Also the bagpipe music comes from a recording of my former Bagpipe band!Subscribe & Follow:Don't miss future episodes of Lurk! Follow us on Spotify Apple Podcasts etc. and hit that subscribe button.Join the conversation: Follow us on social media for updates, discussions, and to share your thoughts on this case.Lurk on FacebookLurk on TwitterLurk on InstagramWe have a new Facebook Group join in the discussion! Lurk Podcast Facebook GroupNew Merch Store!We are also now found on YouTube- Lurk on YouTubeBackground Music Royalty and Copyright Free MusicIntro and Outro music purchased through AudioJunglewith Music Broadcast License (1 Million)Send us a textSupport the show
ECW Legend and ECW Original, Gary Wolfe aka Pitbull #1 and NEW tag team partner Christopher Annino aka Pitbull #3 join Perched On The Top Rope for an extreme conversation! Gary talks about his new book, Pitbull Unleashed while sharing behind-the-scene stories from ECW, WWF, NJPW and we hear how The NEW Pitbull's formed with Pitbull #3 Chris Annino!Veteran Pro Wrestling www.veteranprowrestling.comVeteran Pro Wrestling will be having a massive family friendly fanfest, pro wrestling event and Veteran Pro Wrestling Hall of Honor induction ceremony on September 6, 2025, at SSG Michael Wayne Schafer Memorial VFW Post 10209 address 14736 Edward R Noll Dr, Spring Hill, FL, United States, Florida. The event starts at 6:30. VPW will give 40 free tickets to Veterans, first responders and their families. There will be a 50/50 raffle, and the proceeds will go to the nonprofit organization Veterans Florida www.veteransflorida.org 00:00 - Show Opener00:06 - The Pitbull's Show Opener00:20 - Show Begins01:00 - Pitbull #1 Gary Wolf on his new book01:05 - Book came out #5 on Amazon charts01:35 - How he connected with Kevin C. Davidson02:20 - Talking on Jasmin St Claire's Pod. 2.5 months on the book. How many hours a day were you spending on it?03:05 - When did Pitbull #1 know he wanted to re-form The Pitbull's?04:30 - Pitbull #3 looking up to The Pitbull's. Remembers Pitbull #2 death05:44 - training with Chris Blackheart06:00 - training with handsome jimmy v and getting retrained07:28 - relaunching Veteran Pro Wrestling08:07 - Susan Green first to train Pitbull #308:36 - Susan shoot on Moolah to take title 09:03 - only female flair would book on tours with him10:00 - tagteamhof and women's hof & thoughts on current state of tag teams in AEW and wwe11:10 - in WWF in the 80's 100's of tag teams11:25 - Vince McMahon cut teams because of $11:30 - What makes a great team and tag match12:45 - Gary Pitbull #1 nota fan of throw together teams 12:50 - Larry Sharpe with the idea of putting Gary and Anthony together14:00 - Gary shares a secret about The Pitbull's14:38 - How welcoming have fans and ECW OG's been to Pitbull #315:20 What ECW OG's have been supportive17:20 - Who's being negative17:35 - Asking Anthony (Pitbull #2) brother about honoring him as Pitbull #318:50 "US ECW guys, when we say brother we mean it"19:00 - Pitbull one and three being with Sabu and Sabu supporting Pitbull #320:30 - Missy Hyett is the manager21:00 - Mad Dogs Of War21:45 - Why the tag team hall of fame23:15 - being fans of the cauliflower ally club23:45 - supporting autism, women's wrestling24:00 - first women's hof was at 2300 arena and who they inducted24:50 Why they started the tag team hof25:40 - Talking about Sherri Martel27:47 - When did Gary know he wanted Chris as Pitbull 31:00 - Pitbull #3 looking like Pitbull #231:30 - Mickie James shocked meeting Pitbull #333:00 - What Gary likes in tag team and partners33:45 - Having had three wrestling schools, guys like The Briscoes, Eddie Kingston Chris Daniels, Cesaro34:18 - story on Cesaro35:30 - any talk of Vince signing Gary and Anthony to the wwf36:45 - how much wwf was paying them a night37:30 - Gorilla Monsoon wanted Vince to sign them37:33 - the hardy boys were like this pen (comparing debuts) 38:45 - How working for wwf led to njpw40:40 Toyoko Joe offers Pitbull's NJPW deal41:10 - Asking Vince if he can match the NJPW contract41:45 - Advice from Monsoon and Kevin Sullivan43:00 - Does Pitbull wish he wrestled Owen HArt. Shares Owen Story from Japan43:47 - What was The Pitbull's first good match46:20 - Drinking with the bulldogs48:20 - todays generation is different than when i broke in - pitbull 148:48 - knowing people who work for aew and how bad it is locker room wise49:00 - looking to go to the nwa, being invited to Crockett cup49:55 - bryan idol defending tv title September 26th at Veterans Pro Wrestling50:40 - being part of TWA one and done show, working with Joel Goodhart, Chubby Dudley52:13 - teaming with Shane Douglas at the ecw arena for twa53:22 - the halo incident. Was Gary shocked at the fans reactionsSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/perchedonthetoprope/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Perched atop a high mountain peak, Tormsen instructs Frank in the way of the Dao. Before Tormsen leaves for the west astride a water buffalo, student and teacher go into Daoism's history, the distinction between religious and philosophical Daoism, parallels between immortals and avatars, and how much jade you need to eat to live forever.
High above the meeting point of two mighty rivers, where the Susquehanna splits into its North and West Branches, stands Shikellamy State Park. Perched on a forested bluff in central Pennsylvania, this park offers more than just scenic overlooks. It's a gateway to the natural beauty, cultural history and outdoor adventure of the Susquehanna River Valley. Shikellamy State Park is a place where geography and heritage intersect. The story of the park and the story of the Native American tribes that called it home are forever intertwined. In the 1700s, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy took control of the surrounding area. Nearby Shamokin – whose name means “the Place of Eels” - was one of the most important Indigenous cities in Pennsylvania during that time. The resident Haudenosaunee welcomed tribes including the Conestoga, Conoy, Nanticoke, Tuscarora, Lenape and the Shawnee displaced by settlers.The French and Indian War, the American Revolution and the purchase of the land by Commonwealth of Pennsylvania forced many of the Indigenous people in Pennsylvania to move west or north.The park – which is made of up two separate sections – held numerous purposes over the years. It was an air strip, homestead, farm, “pleasure ground,” amusement center and hotel before becoming a state park in 1962. Shikellamy State Park's two distinct areas is the marina along the river in Sunbury, and the scenic overlook high on the bluff in Northumberland. Each area offers a different experience—from peaceful boating and fishing on the Susquehanna to breathtaking vistas of the valley below. It's a rare park that invites you both to explore water-level wilderness and to rise above it all for a bird's-eye view.Shikellamy's unique location has made it a hub for both recreation and reflection—a place where families come to picnic, hikers go to find solitude, and birders gather to catch sight of bald eagles soaring over the river.But Shikellamy isn't just about quiet beauty—it's about connection. The park sits at the crossroads of culture, drawing in people from nearby towns and beyond. Whether it's for community events, wildlife watching at the overlook, or simply taking a moment to breathe in the valley air, visitors come here to feel grounded.There's a rhythm to this park—seasonal, historical, natural. Spring floods give way to summer sun, and autumn paints the hills in brilliant reds and golds. And in every season, Shikellamy offers a chance to see the world from a new perspective—both literally and figuratively.On this episode, I speak with Ben Bender. Ben is the park manager of the Shikellamy State Park complex. Be sure to support our 2025 sponsors:Keystone Trails AssociationPurple Lizard MapsPennsylvania Parks and Forests FoundationSisters' SunflowersSupport the showVisit our website to learn more about the podcast, to purchase merch and to find out about our incredible sponsors. Follow us on Instagram and Meta to stay connected. Hosting, production and editing: Christian AlexandersenMusic: Jon SauerGraphics: Matt Davis
Perched high on a ridge in the South American Andes, a new observatory aims to revolutionize our understanding of the cosmos and unravel some of the mysteries it holds. Featuring the world’s largest digital camera, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory will spend the next 10 years continuously surveying and recording time-lapse movies of the stars, galaxies, asteroids and other objects moving across the southern hemisphere. The ultra-high-definition images will help create a kind of “Google Maps” of the night sky, according to Mario Jurić, a University of Washington astronomy professor and member of the observatory’s international science team. Jurić and his team are creating an online database that amateur and professional astronomers can access to track changes across space and time and zoom into celestial objects of interest – including asteroids that may be on a collision course with Earth. Jurić joins us to share more about the observatory’s capabilities and the first set of images it will reveal on June 23.
Perched high on the climbing wall, Sarah could feel panic rising as her weakening fingers began losing grip on the handholds. Just how hard will I hit the ground? she wondered. But the instructor kept calling out assurances from below. As the “belayer” tethered to the other end of the rope tied to Sarah’s harness through a pulley, his weight would hold her if she fell. “I’m much heavier than you!” he yelled. “Just let go.” So she did—and simply swung away from the wall to dangle safely in the air. The incident gave Sarah a new perspective of the picture of God in Psalm 18:2: “The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock . . . my stronghold.” Sarah observed, “God is so much heavier than all my problems. I can let go of my worries and fears, and He’ll catch me.” King David sang the words of Psalm 18 after God rescued him from “deep waters”—these were his “powerful enemy” looking to bring about his “day of . . . disaster” (vv. 16-18). Even if his troubles didn’t disappear, he knew he could trust his all-powerful Savior and that God was holding on to him tightly.
A male blackbird sings so seductively, you have to stop to listen. Perched deep in an elder tree, and with his mate snug on a second brood of eggs this year, he has time to croon, his notes sweet and lazy as the scent of the elderflower around him. BBC Countryfile Magazine's Sound Escapes are a weekly audio postcard from the countryside to help you relax and transport you somewhere beautiful, wherever you happen to be. Recorded by Fergus Collins, introduced by Hannah Tribe. Image by Getty Email the Plodcast team – and send your sound recordings of the countryside – to: theplodcast@countryfile.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Perched atop Hathorne Hill, the real-life inspiration for Arkham Asylum hides a history of madness, cruelty, and restless spirits buried beneath its polished brick facade.FREE Word Search and Crossword Puzzle for this episode: https://weirddarkness.com/ArkhamDanversJoin the DARKNESS SYNDICATE: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicateABOUT WEIRD DARKNESS: Weird Darkness is a true crime and paranormal podcast narrated by professional award-winning voice actor, Darren Marlar. Seven days per week, Weird Darkness focuses on all thing strange and macabre such as haunted locations, unsolved mysteries, true ghost stories, supernatural manifestations, urban legends, unsolved or cold case murders, conspiracy theories, and more. On Thursdays, this scary stories podcast features horror fiction along with the occasional creepypasta. Weird Darkness has been named one of the “Best 20 Storytellers in Podcasting” by Podcast Business Journal. Listeners have described the show as a cross between “Coast to Coast” with Art Bell, “The Twilight Zone” with Rod Serling, “Unsolved Mysteries” with Robert Stack, and “In Search Of” with Leonard Nimoy.DISCLAIMER: Ads heard during the podcast that are not in my voice are placed by third party agencies outside of my control and should not imply an endorsement by Weird Darkness or myself. *** Stories and content in Weird Darkness can be disturbing for some listeners and intended for mature audiences only. Parental discretion is strongly advised.IN THIS EPISODE: Mother Shipton was known for her prognostication skills – but she was even more well known for her grotesque appearance. So much so that she was nicknamed The York Witch, and the Devil's Daughter. But others have another name for her… hoax. (The Devil's Daughter) *** A family heirloom begins acting strange when a woman moves into her deceased grandmother's home. (I Moved Into My Dead Grandmother's House) *** Is it possible that ghosts, visions, and other paranormal experiences are not only real – but also good for your mental health? (Therapeutic Ghosts) *** After it closed, the old hospital site became a popular destination for thrill-seeking kids looking for the scare of a lifetime. Why does Danvers State Hospital rank among history's most infamous asylums? (The Infamy of Danvers State Hospital) *** Attend any amateur magic show and most assuredly you will hear a certain word at least once. Why do illusionists use this word? What does it mean – if anything? We'll look at the very interesting history behind the word “Abracadabra.” (Say The Magic Word)CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Lead-In, “Arkhams' Dark Past”00:03:36.808 = Show Open00:05:36.569 = The Devil's Daughter, Mother Shipton00:11:29.548 = I Moved Into My Dead Grandmother's House00:17:34.047 = The Infamy of Danvers State Hospital00:24:25.409 = Therapeutic Ghosts00:34:29.402 = Say The Magic Word00:40:26.739 = Show CloseSOURCES AND RESOURCES FROM THE EPISODE…“Arkham's Dark Past” was written by Darren Marlar“I Moved Into My Dead Grandmother's House” by Kelsey for Your Ghost Stories: https://tinyurl.com/rjcvecr“The Devil's Daughter” by Marc Hartzman for Weird Historian: https://tinyurl.com/vp6vlo4“Therapeutic Ghosts” by Andreas Sommer for Aeon: https://tinyurl.com/r7xcv2v“The Infamy of Danvers State Hospital” by William DeLong for All That's Interesting: https://tinyurl.com/rd223yu“Say The Magic Word” from Ancient Origins: https://tinyurl.com/sl9nlzm=====(Over time links seen above may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use whenever possible. If I somehow overlooked doing so for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it in these show notes immediately. Some links included above may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.)= = = = ="I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46= = = = =WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2025, Weird Darkness.=====Originally aired: September 2020EPISODE PAGE at WeirdDarkness.com (includes list of sources): https://weirddarkness.com/ArkhamDanversDanvers State Hospital, Hathorne Hill, Arkham Asylum inspiration, haunted asylums, abandoned mental hospitals, Danvers Massachusetts history, creepy places in Massachusetts, haunted hospitals, Kirkbride building, real Arkham Sanitarium, Salem Witch Trials connection, lobotomy history, Danvers State ghost stories, Avalon Danvers Apartments, paranormal Massachusetts, dark history of Danvers, insane asylum horror, gothic architecture asylum, haunted Kirkbride institutions, Massachusetts haunted locations
Join us in the Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee as we tour Gina and Gram's stunning custom log home, built with Golden Eagle Log & Timber Homes. Perched atop 107 acres, this 5,000+ sq. ft. masterpiece offers 360° mountain views, cozy gathering spaces, and thoughtful design details that make it perfect for family, friends, and unforgettable memories. Discover how this dream home came to life and be inspired to start your own! Experience the breathtaking beauty of the Smoky Mountains with this Golden Eagle Log and Timber Homes tour! Nestled atop a private mountain in Tennessee, this stunning "South Carolina" floor plan blends rustic charm with luxurious comfort. With over 5,000 sq. ft., 4 bedrooms, and incredible panoramic views, it's the perfect retreat for family and friends. Ready to build your dream home in the U.S. or Canada? Watch now and imagine the possibilities! Watch the video version of this podcast: https://youtu.be/aXFFJ6buVIo Watch the home tour https://youtu.be/4IMx0G3YWas SUBSCRIBE
Join us in the Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee as we tour Gina and Gram's stunning custom log home, built with Golden Eagle Log & Timber Homes. Perched atop 107 acres, this 5,000+ sq. ft. masterpiece offers 360° mountain views, cozy gathering spaces, and thoughtful design details that make it perfect for family, friends, and unforgettable memories. Discover how this dream home came to life and be inspired to start your own! Experience the breathtaking beauty of the Smoky Mountains with this Golden Eagle Log and Timber Homes tour! Nestled atop a private mountain in Tennessee, this stunning "South Carolina" floor plan blends rustic charm with luxurious comfort. With over 5,000 sq. ft., 4 bedrooms, and incredible panoramic views, it's the perfect retreat for family and friends. Ready to build your dream home in the U.S. or Canada? Watch now and imagine the possibilities! Watch the video version of this podcast: https://youtu.be/aXFFJ6buVIo Watch the home tour https://youtu.be/4IMx0G3YWas SUBSCRIBE
It was supposed to be a simple step outside—a quick moment to let the dogs do their business on a quiet night. But something was waiting. Perched in a nearby tree, a strange creature with gleaming fangs and otherworldly presence locked its gaze on him. Frozen in fear, he realized this wasn't just a wild animal... it was something else entirely. Something that shouldn't exist. What was this terrifying being lurking just above the treeline—and what did it want? If you have a real ghost story or supernatural event to report, please write into our show or call 1-855-853-4802! If you like the show, please help keep us on the air and support the show by becoming a Premium Subscriber. Subscribe here: http://www.ghostpodcast.com/?page_id=118 or at or at http://www.patreon.com/realghoststories
Perched outside the Vatican Of News awaiting puffs of white smoke, which this week arrive in the following fashion … … Brandi Carlile's Mothership Weekend and her genius for publicity. … Jim Morrison is alive and living in Syracuse, New York!: barrel-scraping new rock documentary incoming. … Hip Hop Wealth v Rock Wealth: the $57m house Kayne West bought, gutted and left to disintegrate. … real or fictional ‘religious' musicians – Saint Pepsi, Cardinal Rex, Pope Plastique, the Reverend Horton Heat? …. Lady Gaga at Cobacabana Beach and is there anywhere in the UK you could feasibly hold a concert for two million people? … “Crafting smiles for today's legends': Kayne West's devious dentist. … is Elvis still ‘sighted in Brent Cross Shopping Centre'? … the Noel Gallagher sunglasses range! The ‘She's Electric' train route to Wembley!: the eternal churn of the Oasis rumour mill. … the life and luck of Peter Capaldi, one minute supporting Altered Images, the next in a movie with Burt Lancaster. … is there music for everyone anymore or is it all repackaged for subsects of the population? … ‘the towering gates of Sean Combs' estate have flaming torches burning day and night'.Help us to keep the conversation going by joining our Patreon community: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Perched outside the Vatican Of News awaiting puffs of white smoke, which this week arrive in the following fashion … … Brandi Carlile's Mothership Weekend and her genius for publicity. … Jim Morrison is alive and living in Syracuse, New York!: barrel-scraping new rock documentary incoming. … Hip Hop Wealth v Rock Wealth: the $57m house Kayne West bought, gutted and left to disintegrate. … real or fictional ‘religious' musicians – Saint Pepsi, Cardinal Rex, Pope Plastique, the Reverend Horton Heat? …. Lady Gaga at Cobacabana Beach and is there anywhere in the UK you could feasibly hold a concert for two million people? … “Crafting smiles for today's legends': Kayne West's devious dentist. … is Elvis still ‘sighted in Brent Cross Shopping Centre'? … the Noel Gallagher sunglasses range! The ‘She's Electric' train route to Wembley!: the eternal churn of the Oasis rumour mill. … the life and luck of Peter Capaldi, one minute supporting Altered Images, the next in a movie with Burt Lancaster. … is there music for everyone anymore or is it all repackaged for subsects of the population? … ‘the towering gates of Sean Combs' estate have flaming torches burning day and night'.Help us to keep the conversation going by joining our Patreon community: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Perched outside the Vatican Of News awaiting puffs of white smoke, which this week arrive in the following fashion … … Brandi Carlile's Mothership Weekend and her genius for publicity. … Jim Morrison is alive and living in Syracuse, New York!: barrel-scraping new rock documentary incoming. … Hip Hop Wealth v Rock Wealth: the $57m house Kayne West bought, gutted and left to disintegrate. … real or fictional ‘religious' musicians – Saint Pepsi, Cardinal Rex, Pope Plastique, the Reverend Horton Heat? …. Lady Gaga at Cobacabana Beach and is there anywhere in the UK you could feasibly hold a concert for two million people? … “Crafting smiles for today's legends': Kayne West's devious dentist. … is Elvis still ‘sighted in Brent Cross Shopping Centre'? … the Noel Gallagher sunglasses range! The ‘She's Electric' train route to Wembley!: the eternal churn of the Oasis rumour mill. … the life and luck of Peter Capaldi, one minute supporting Altered Images, the next in a movie with Burt Lancaster. … is there music for everyone anymore or is it all repackaged for subsects of the population? … ‘the towering gates of Sean Combs' estate have flaming torches burning day and night'.Help us to keep the conversation going by joining our Patreon community: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Perched on the southeastern edge of the Arabian Peninsula, Oman offers a refreshing contrast to its flashier Gulf neighbors. Here, traditional dhows still bob in ancient harbors while modern highways snake through rugged mountains. It's a place where you can wake up in a Bedouin desert camp and dine in an opera house by evening. Just mind the sun – it bites harder than a camel with a grudge.Love the pod? Get the guide! Out with each new podcast, we publish a guide to the country. Buy the TrodPod guide to Oman for just $3: https://www.patreon.com/TrodPod/shop/trodpod-44-guide-to-oman-1584478. Better yet, become a TrodPod member for just $5 a month and access TrodPod guides to every country in the world, released weekly with each new podcast episode! Sign up now: https://www.patreon.com/trodpod/membershipThanks for all your support!TrodPod is Murray Garrard and Elle Keymer. Sound editing by Leo Audio Productions. Design and marketing by GPS: Garrard Powell Solutions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Perched high above the power lines, it's not just a bird—it's a robotic owl. This guardian of the grid and protector of wildlife represents the powerful synergy of technology and nature, where sparks fly in all the right ways! We're taking you on a tour of machines lending their digital smarts to help monitor and protect our ecosystems. On the show: Heyang, Steve Hatherly & Yushan
That invitation to follow Jesus has not gone away.Keywords: Invitation; come with me; boat; fisher of men; Jesus; Peter. Scripture: Luke 5:3
Perched on one of the highest points of Grand Rapids, the Belknap Lookout neighborhood offers breathtaking views with a rich history and a thriving community. Today, we take a dive into this ever-changing neighborhood while we're taking a closer look at what makes this such a great area to call home. SUBSCRIBE LINK: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWLKp_rEg77NKMFthOTVeiw?sub_confirmation=1 Contact us now:Call or Text: (616) 330-2555Email: info@marketgr.comMoving to Grand Rapids? Pick up our FREE relocation guide!https://mailchi.mp/8b5aff1055a5/relocation-guideMore from Group Realtors:Website
Perched on a hill overlooking Baguio City, the abandoned Diplomat Hotel is one of the most haunted places in the Philippines. Once a retreat house, then a war-torn refuge, its halls are filled with chilling echoes of the past—headless apparitions, ghostly screams, and the restless spirits of those who met horrific ends. Locals still hear doors slamming, dishes clattering, and agonized cries piercing the night. Join hosts Anne & Renata as they step inside this infamous haunt one last time before renovations begin. Will the spirits be forced to move on… or will they refuse to leave? Haunted by War Crimes – A True Hauntings Podcast with Anne & Renata SUPPORT THE ADVERTISERS THAT SUPPORT THIS SHOW Factor Meals - Get 50% off your first order & Free Shipping at www.FactorMeals.com/factorpodcast and use code: FactorPodcast at checkout Mint Mobile - To get your new wireless plan for just $15 bucks a month, and get the plan shipped to your door for FREE, go to www.MintMobile.com/P60 Shadow Zine - https://shadowzine.com/ Tarot Readings with Winnie Schrader - http://lovelotustarot.com/ Follow Anne and Renata: Facebook: @AnneAndRenata Instagram: @AnneAndRenata YouTube: @AnneAndRenata TikTok: @AnneAndRenata Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this episode, Cherise is joined by Paul Kariouk, Principal at Kariouk Architects in Ottawa Ontario, Canada. They discuss the award-winning m.o.r.e. CLT cabin in Wakefield, Quebec, Canada.You can see the project here as you listen along.Perched lightly above the rugged landscape, the m.o.r.e. CLT Cabin redefines the North American cottage. Unlike conventional lakeside retreats that mimic suburban comforts while claiming harmony with nature, this structure embraces a radical approach—one of genuine environmental responsibility. Rather than imposing itself onto the land, the cabin hovers above it, implementing an innovative mast and floor plate foundation with a minimal footprint.If you enjoy this episode, visit arcat.com/podcast for more. If you're a frequent listener of Detailed, you might enjoy similar content at Gābl Media. Mentioned in this episode:ARCAT Detailed on Youtube
If you've never walked into an interior which caused your jaw to drop then you haven't witnessed the overwhelming effect a built environment can have. There are few of these places extant and even fewer here in the United States. I'm lucky to live just a few miles from one - the hilltop home of the Hudson River School painter Frederic Church, Olana. Perched on a mountaintop overlooking the Hudson River, it's sited facing southwest to take in the views of the Catskill Mountains to the west and the winding path of the river down towards NYC. Olana is a sight to behold. Church was the most famous painter in America in the late 19th century. His massive paintings of the natural world wooed critics and the masses alike. Olana was his masterpiece. 250 acres of woodlands, lakes and carriage roads with a house unlike any built before. Its design was wrested from his imagination after trips to the Middle East. Exotic doesn't even begin to describe it. Its architecture and interior colors are unique. You've never seen a home as colorful as this. It shouldn't work, yet it does. Until you get the opportunity to visit Olana listen in. It's the next best thing.
In this episode Truth talks with Nate Homan, author of “Diamonds and Blood : An Infamous West African Warlord's Bay State Jailbreak.” Nate is a south Shore-born punk rock amateur boxer who graduated from Emerson College and has written for the Boston Phoenix, Metro Boston/NYC/ Philly, Front Page Detectives, DigBoston, and the Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism. The two discuss the plight of Charles Taylor – and his rise from college campus radical to mass-murdering megalomaniac. This began the night he slipped out of the Plymouth House of Correction in Plymouth, MA and made his way across the Atlantic Ocean to his homeland of Liberia, and he led a brutal coup d'etat in 1989. In 1991, Charles Taylor bankrolled a ruthless rebel army in Sierra Leone known for the abundance of child soldiers who hacked the arms off of enemies and innocent civilians alike. By conquering the mountains along the Liberian border, Charles Taylor hijacked the international diamond trade for nearly 15 years. After a bogus election in 1997, Charles Taylor became the 21st Commander in Chief of theRepublic of Liberia. Perched on a throne of blood, Charles Taylor stacked fortunes in Swiss bank accounts. He broke bread with world leaders, Fortune 500 executives, mercenaries, mass murderers, gem trading jihadis, and big time American televangelists. At the end of his reign, Charles Taylor was convicted of international war crimes in 2012. For more info: IG: @natehomanboston WEB: https://binj.news/2024/01/07/an-infamous-west-african-warlords-bay-state-jailbreak-2/ As always, please hit the subscribe button if you like and support what we do! You'll get early access to new episodes! Also please leave a review! Follow us on IG: @bigtruth TikTok: @bigtruthpodcast YouTube: @thebigtruthpodcast For feedback, questions, sponsorship info contact: bigtruthpodcast@gmail.com For more info: http://www.bigtruthpodcast.com To support the show: http://www.patreon.com/bigtruth The Big Truth Podcast is proudly sponsored by: - Choppahead Kustom Cycles (IG: @choppahead / www.choppahead.com) - Jeffrey Glassman Injury Attorneys ( www.jeffreyglassman.com ) IG: @gottagetglassman - Tattoo Flash Collective – www.tattooflashcollective.com – use promo code: BIGTRUTH for 10% off your order - Omerta (IG: @omertamia / www.omertamia.com) - use code: BIGTRUTH at checkout for 20% off your order! - Heavy (IG: @heavyclothing / www.heavy.bigcartel.com)
In this Bucket List episode, Aaron Millar takes us to one of the most remote and breathtaking locations on Earth: Sheldon Chalet in Alaska. Perched on a rocky outcrop in the middle of the Ruth Glacier, 70-miles from civilization, with views of the east face of Denali out of your bedroom window, this is perhaps the most spectacular hotel in the world. From helicopter rides over frozen wilderness to exploring untouched ice caves deep within the glacier itself, this episode will take deep into the heart Alaska and show you one the wildest parts of the planet. Highlights from the Episode: Flying to the East Face of Denali Aaron recounts an exhilarating helicopter journey deep into the heart of the Alaskan range to the edge of the tallest mountain in North America. Sheldon Chalet: the Most Spectacular Hotel in the World Discover the fascinating story behind Sheldon Chalet, founded by Don Sheldon, the pioneering bush pilot who envisioned this extraordinary place. Exploring the Ruth Glacier Ski across the Ruth Glacier, and then descend into an ice cave of pale blue luminous crystals. The Northern Lights Feel what it's like to see the Northern Lights for the first time, from one the best, and most spectacular locations to see them on Earth. Follow Us: Instagram: @armchairexplorerpodcast Facebook: @armchairexplorerpodcast Newsletter: armchair-explorer.com CONNECT WITH US If you enjoy the show, please subscribe on whatever podcast player you're reading this on right now. It helps us grow the show and share these incredible stories with more adventurers like you. Sheldon Chalet Check out some of the amazing photos of Sheldon Chalet Instagram: @SheldonChalet Credits: Armchair Explorer is produced by Armchair Productions. Aaron Millar wrote and presented the show, Charles Tyrie did the audio editing and sound design. Our theme music is by the artist Sweet Chap. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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