97 episodes

Every Friday, State of Fear goes from state to state to uncover unusual or horrifying stories that tend to fly under the radar of those other podcasts. Everything from cryptids to ghosts to demons to serial killers, if its underreported we cover it.

Is your morbid curiosity piqued? Follow us anywhere you get your podcasts to hear all the lesser known, but just as frightening, tales of murderers, demonic possessions, and silver suited chicken eaters you never knew existed.

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State of Fear Podcast State of Fear

    • True Crime
    • 4.9 • 47 Ratings

Every Friday, State of Fear goes from state to state to uncover unusual or horrifying stories that tend to fly under the radar of those other podcasts. Everything from cryptids to ghosts to demons to serial killers, if its underreported we cover it.

Is your morbid curiosity piqued? Follow us anywhere you get your podcasts to hear all the lesser known, but just as frightening, tales of murderers, demonic possessions, and silver suited chicken eaters you never knew existed.

State of Fear Podcast, where terror is home grown

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    Episode 70 - Missouri: Zombie Road/James Edward Robinson

    Episode 70 - Missouri: Zombie Road/James Edward Robinson

    Welcome to episode 70 - Missouri - First up we take a walk down the infamous Zombie Road. In our main story we discuss James Edward Robinson aka the Internets First Serial Killer.
    All Music by White Bat Audio
    Information
    https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/missouri/mo-urban-legends/
    https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/missouri/zombie-road-mo/
    https://www.roadstotravel.net/usa-zombie-road-missouri/
    https://www.dangerousroads.org/north-america/usa/4359-zombie-road.html
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Edward_Robinson
    https://murderpedia.org/male.R/r/robinson-john-edward.htm
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7wP9bzf3YQ



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    • 39 min
    Episode 69 - Minnesota: Lake Pepin Serpent/Weepy Voiced Killer

    Episode 69 - Minnesota: Lake Pepin Serpent/Weepy Voiced Killer

    Welcome to episode 69 - Minnesota First up James tells us about the Lake Pepin Serpent. Then we discuss the creepy and pathetic tale of Paul Michael Stephani aka the Weepy Voiced Killer
    Information
    https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/minnesota/urban-legends-mn/
    https://dailyyonder.com/lake-pepin-monster-fires-up-peoples-imaginations-and-local-economy/2021/05/07/
    https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Pepie_Monster
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Michael_Stephani
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ta_2PdooqrA 
    https://heavy.com/entertainment/2020/04/paul-michael-stephani-weepy-voice-killer/
    https://murderpedia.org/male.S/s/stephani-paul.htm
    https://www.ranker.com/list/paul-michael-stephani-facts/nathan-gibson

    Music by White Bat Audio


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    • 46 min
    Episode 68 - Mississippi: Natchez Trace/Pascagoula Alien Abductions

    Episode 68 - Mississippi: Natchez Trace/Pascagoula Alien Abductions

    Welcome to episode 68 Mississippi - First up is the dark tale of the Mississippi section of the Natchez Trace. Then we get into the weird yet fascinating tale of the Pascagoula alien abductions of 1973.
    All audio by White Bat Audio
    Research:
    https://www.nature.org/en-us/get-involved/how-to-help/places-we-protect/pascagoula-river-watershed/
    https://osr.org/blog/kids/pascagoula-ufo-encounter/
    https://countryroadsmagazine.com/art-and-culture/people-places/the-pascagoula-abduction/
    https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/historical-marker-erected-in-mississippi-to-commemorate-alleged-alien-abduction
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascagoula_Abduction


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    • 45 min
    Episode 67 - Wyoming: Big Nose George/Cokeville Hostage Miracle

    Episode 67 - Wyoming: Big Nose George/Cokeville Hostage Miracle

    Welcome to episode 67 - Wyoming First up we discuss the gruesome and grotesque fate of criminal George Parrott also known as Big Nose George, Big Beak Parrott, George Manuse, and George Warden, a cattle rustler and highwayman in the American Wild West in the late 19th century.  Then we discuss the Cokeville Hostage Miracle that occurred on May 16, 1986 that ended in a way no one would expect. 

    Research:
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Nose_George
    https://www.ranker.com/list/wyoming-creepy-stories-legends/isadora-teich
    https://www.legendsofamerica.com/wy-bignose/
    https://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/14910
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cokeville_Elementary_School_hostage_crisis
    https://www.wyohistory.org/encyclopedia/cokeville-elementary-school-bombing
    https://www.ldsliving.com/the-astonishing-true-stories-behind-the-cokeville-miracle-movie/s/79933
    https://www.reddit.com/r/latterdaysaints/comments/38e9yv/i_was_one_of_154_survivors_in_the_cokeville/
    https://www.wyohistory.org/oral-histories/first-grade-teacher-janel-dayton-cokeville

    Music by
    Jimmy Free and White Bat Audio
    https://www.youtube.com/c/WhiteBatAudio

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    • 40 min
    Episode 66 - Ohio: Helltown and Ohio MonsterMash

    Episode 66 - Ohio: Helltown and Ohio MonsterMash

    Welcome to episode 66 - Ohio First up we take a trip to Helltown Ohio, filled with mutants, ghosts, giant pythons and Wendigos. We follow that up with a trio of strange ohio monsters that don't get enough coverage: The Charles Mills Lake Monster, Orange Eyes and the Loveland Frogman.
    Music by White Bat Audio
    Research:
    https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/ohio/urban-legends-oh/
    https://allthatsinteresting.com/helltown-ohio
    https://www.keatingfirmlaw.com/post/helltown-ohio
    https://obscurban-legend.fandom.com/wiki/Charles_Mill_Lake_Monster
    https://www.richlandsource.com/life_and_culture/what-monster-lurks-at-charles-mill-lake/article_4b08763a-72ac-11e5-891c-2bacb759ce5f.html
    https://www.columbusnavigator.com/ohio-cryptozoology-creatures/


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    • 34 min
    Episode 65 - Maryland: The Goatman/Phantom of O'Donnell Heights

    Episode 65 - Maryland: The Goatman/Phantom of O'Donnell Heights

    Welcome to episode 65 Maryland, first up the Goatman of Fletchertown Road, a cryptid who is very baaa-ad.  Then we discuss America's own Spring Heeled Jack, The Phantom of O'Donnell Heights, a figure in black seen during a hot summer in 1951.
    Break music - Rinse Repeat - DivKid
    All other music by White Bat Audio
    Check out our website at https://sofpod.onpodium.com/
    Research
    https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/maryland/goatman-md/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goatman_(urban_legend)https://www.beltsvillenewstoday.com/post/the-legend-of-the-goatman-by-natasha-okpala
    Schneck, Robert Damon. “Chapter 6: A Horror in the Heights.” The President's Vampire: Strange-but-True Tales of the United States of America, Barnes & Noble, New York, 2007


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    • 29 min

Customer Reviews

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47 Ratings

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Love it

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Awesome podcast!

These two guys are great! I like the mix of true crime, cryptids, UFO’s, and they have a factual and interesting way of telling their stories! One of my new favorite podcasts. Just binged 5 episodes in a row!

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I’ve been listening nonstop since I heard about y’all from a suggestion from the “Perhaps it’s You” podcast. I went to school with one of their hosts so I trust their recommendations sometimes. This was a hit! I’m hooked you guys have great banter together and both your voices lend well to audio. You seem just like some laid back dudes who would be in my group of humans. Thanks!!

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