Witch's Bridge

"He stared down at himself with the same horrified expression. I knew right away he saw it too. As I opened my mouth to say something, he screamed. His feet fell out from under him, and I screamed too as his head hit the edge of the bridge, as I watched him seemingly get pulled straight down into the river."

In Great Falls, Montana, some police officers are among those who believe that one of their jail cells is haunted. The Old Cascade County Jail was built in the early 1900s, directly across the street from the west face of the courthouse. Bob Edwards, a Cascade County Sheriff , claims he saw a strange mist floating through through the old cells on a video monitor. It spooked him. And to this day, he has no explanation for it.

According to local legend, she was believed to dabble in witchcraft. Or at least that’s what she was accused of. One night, some scared local townspeople decided to form a vigilante lynch mob, and take what they considered to be justice into their own hands. They decided to kill who they believed to be a heretic. And when they made it to her house that night, they grabbed the poor woman, and they hanged her from a tree directly in front of her her home. According to legend, in her last moments, she cursed the house and the surrounding land and still haunts the area today.

Summer Camp should be a fun time to hang out with your friends and enjoy your freedom from your parents. It shouldn't be a place that you and your friends find themselves terrified of what comes in the night. In story one, Lynze walks us through a very bizarre summer camp story. After that, she has two more tales, both about haunted houses. The first house appears to very angry when the new owners begin to renovate. It's a classic haunted tale! The second haunted house comes with a big twist at the end, so stay tuned for the most chilling details!

New Merch:
Also, in the store now at badmagicmerch.com! We have a new demon tee shirt and mug in the store! Looks so cool. Reminds me of Japanese Oni artwork and masks. Been drawn and painted and carved a certain way for centuries.

Bad Magic Productions Monthly Patreon Donation:
While we don’t have the exact numbers in front of us, we here at Bad Magic Productions will be donating at least $15,000 of our Patreon subscriptions this month to the American Nurses Foundation Coronavirus Response Fund for Nurses.Nurses have bore the brunt of the work the past 18 months with the ongoing pandemic. They’ve been working more hours than ever, getting sick more often, dying more often - they’ve been on the frontline the whole time. And they continue to risk their lives to help.This response fund provides mental health support, direct financial aid, education and evidence-based information, and overall advocacy for nurses.To find out more, click the link in our episode description or just search for “Coronavirus Response Fund for Nurses” - it comes up first. https://www.nursingworld.org/foundation/programs/coronavirus-response-fund/

Finally, our hearts going out to the 13 US military service members killed in Kabul helping with evacuations. We will honor their sacrifice - and the sacrifice of so many others - by donating to a military charity in November, keeping the tradition going of donating to a military charity every November.

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Opening Sumerian protection spell (adapted):
"Whether thou art a ghost that hath come from the earth, or a phantom of night that hath no home… or one that lieth dead in the desert… or a ghost unburied… or a demon or a ghoul… Whatever thou be until thou art removed… thou shalt find here no water to drink… Thou shalt not stretch forth thy hand to our own… Into our house enter thou not. Through our fence, breakthrough thou not… we are protected though we may be frightened. Our life you may not steal, though we may feel SCARED TO DEATH."