Two different families moved into the same rural farmhouse years apart, never spoke to each other, and both reported the same three-foot creature lurking near the barn. | #WDRadio<br /><br />WEEK OF November 17-23, 2024<br />==========<br />HOUR ONE: Did she drown? Did she commit suicide? Despite her death in 1889, we still don’t know how Maggie Hourigan died. (The Mystery of Maggie Hourigan) *** In 1958 Gavin Gibbons wrote a children’s science-fiction novel By Space Ship to the Moon, which featured a UFO landing on Moel Sych in the Berwyn Mountains of North Wales. Sixteen years later, in a surreal case of life imitating art, those very same mountains would again be the focus for a story involving a downed UFO. But this time, some said, the story was for real. (The UFO Case That Refuses to Die) *** What if creatures like gnomes and imps aren’t just real – but also evil? (Nasty Gnomes, Evil Imps and Terrifying Tommyknockers)<br />==========<br />HOUR TWO: “Jerry Meets A Sasquatch” *** Greer Island, a small patch of land close to where the West Fork of the Trinity River flows into <a href="https://www.nbcdfw.com/topics?topic=Lake+Worth" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Lake Worth</a>, is heavily shaded by tall oaks, cedar elms and cottonwoods. One of the quietest spots in <a href="https://www.nbcdfw.com/topics?topic=Fort+Worth" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Fort Worth</a>, the island is home to egrets and owls, perhaps an alligator or two. And maybe, just maybe, the Lake Worth Monster. (The Lake Worth Monster) *** In 2017, Washington State Senator Karen Keiser was quoted as saying, “The incidents continue, they continue, and we have to consider that there is potential cosmic life over the island… it’s a very special place, with a cosmic presence.” What exactly happened on Maurey Island in 1947? (The Maurey Island Incident) *** Whether you’re a true believer or one of those skeptics, stories of spirits haunting the living from the confines of a Ouija board can chill you to the bone, and make you think twice before communicating with entities from another dimension. (True And Disturbing Ouija Board Stories)<br />==========<br />SOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM TONIGHT’S SHOW:<br />BOOK: “UFO Down?” by Andy Roberts: <a href="https://amzn.to/2WYffOY" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://amzn.to/2WYffOY</a><br />BOOK: “By Spaceship To The Moon” by Jack Coggins: <a href="https://amzn.to/2UTayDp" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://amzn.to/2UTayDp</a><br />BOOK: “The Lake Worth Monster of Greer Island” by Sallie Ann Clarke: <a href="https://amzn.to/2JuWICg" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://amzn.to/2JuWICg</a><br />PHOTO: “Lake Worth Monster” photo by Allen Plaster: <a href="https://tinyurl.com/v9xsgwa" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://tinyurl.com/v9xsgwa</a><br />“The Mystery of Maggie Hourigan” by Robert Wilhelm for Murder by Gaslight: <a href="https://tinyurl.com/y4rkkm66" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://tinyurl.com/y4rkkm66</a><br />“The UFO Case That Refuses to Die” by Nick Redfern for Mysterious Universe: <a href="https://tinyurl.com/tsxhnvu" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://tinyurl.com/tsxhnvu</a><br />“Nasty Gnomes, Evil Imps and Terrifying Tommyknockers” by Brent Swancer for Mysterious Universe: <a href="https://tinyurl.com/wk36c2j" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://tinyurl.com/</a>Something Small, Something Evil | Demonic Gnomes That Terrorize and Torment the Living: <a href="https://tinyurl.com/wk36c2j" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://tinyurl.com/wk36c2j</a><br />“The Lake Worth Monster” by Chris Vaughn for NBC 5 in Dallas/Ft. Worth: <a href="https://tinyurl.com/vh6ym6b" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://tinyurl.com/vh6ym6b</a><br />“The Maury Island Incident” by Erik Rowton for Paranormal Scholar: <a href="https://tinyurl.com/yx2vvpv5" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://tinyurl.com/yx2vvpv5</a><br />“True And Disturbing Ouija Board Stories” by Jacob Shelton for “Graveyard Shift”: <a href="https://tinyurl.com/yx48q3e6" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://tinyurl.com/yx48q3e6</a><br />“Jerry Meets A Sasquatch” from Paranormality Magazine<br />“My Boyfriend’s Doppelganger” from Paranormality Magazine<br />==========<br />(<i>Over time links seen above may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for material I use whenever possible. If I </i><i>have</i><i> overlooked doing so for a story, or if </i><i>a </i><i>credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it immediately. Some links may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.</i>)<br />==========<br />"I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46<br />==========<br />WeirdDarkness®, WeirdDarkness© 2026