Urban Legends Episodes

Vanishing hitchhikers, roadside creatures and stories that travel from one witness to the next. Explore how urban legends take shape, what people report and where the historical record ends. Begin with Resurrection Mary or the Beast of Bray Road.
Sept. 17, 2026

Thursday Thrills | Flatwoods Monster to Mothman: A West Virginia Cryptid Road Trip

The Flatwoods Monster and Mothman turn West Virginia folklore into a road trip after dark. In 1952, Kathleen May's group reported a towering figure on a hillside; in 1966, two couples said a red-eyed creature chased their car near Point Pleasant. Henrique Couto revisits these reported cryptid encounters, the original witness accounts and the meteor, owl and crane explanations. Explore the TNT Area legend and the 2026 Mothman Festival, scheduled for September 19–20. What did those beams of light ...
May 18, 2026

Terrifying & True | Beast of Bray Road: Wisconsin Werewolf Folklore & Cryptid Horror

Drivers near Elkhorn, Wisconsin, reported a wolf-headed figure beside Bray Road. Linda Godfrey's reporting helped turn those accounts into the Beast of Bray Road, one of America's best-known dogman legends. Terrifying & True follows the early-1990s sightings, the newspaper investigation, and the werewolf folklore that gathered around a rural road. Witness claims meet possible explanations involving bears, wolves, and mistaken identity, with no physical proof establishing a monster. What makes a ...
Sept. 22, 2025

Terrifying & True | Spook Hollow: Haunted Roads, Headless Bridges and Goat-Man Legends

Why do haunted roads across America share the name Spook Hollow? Terrifying & True maps the Camboan ghost legend in Nyack, New York; Goat-Man sightings and phantom cars near Pine Hill Cemetery in Phelps County, Missouri; and Oregonia, Ohio's...
Sept. 8, 2025

Terrifying & True | Resurrection Mary: Chicago’s Archer Avenue Vanishing Hitchhiker

Resurrection Mary accepts a ride along Chicago's Archer Avenue, then vanishes near Resurrection Cemetery. Who inspired this vanishing-hitchhiker legend? Terrifying & True follows reported ghost encounters, dance-hall memories, and the stories surrounding Mary Bregovy and Anna Norkus, two women proposed as Mary's real identity. This Weekly Spooky folklore documentary traces the haunted road through historical records and paranormal accounts. A young woman in white, a late-night lift, an empty bac...