Horror at the Milk Bar
Horror, history, true crime, survival, redemption, a mixture of them all and a few quick bites. Horror at the Milk bar digs into the odd, hopeful and horrifying stories that make life and death so interesting. Please enjoy, it's our pleasure and privilege to record these amazing stories......xoxoxoxoxoxo Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
Episode 78 - El Silbon
From the misty plains of Venezuela and Colombia comes the terrifying legend of El Silbón — “The Whistler.” Once a spoiled young man who murdered his father, his cursed spirit now roams the countryside carrying a sack filled with his father’…
Episode 77 - Okikus Well
At Himeji Castle in Japan lies Okiku’s Well — a place steeped in sorrow and legend. The story tells of Okiku, a loyal servant falsely accused of losing one of her master’s ten precious plates. When she could not find the missing dish, she w…
Episode 76 - The Hidebehind
Deep in the shadowy forests of North America lurks the Hidebehind — a creature said to stalk lumberjacks and wanderers who stray too far from camp. Described as impossibly fast and able to twist its body to remain unseen, it hides behind tr…
Episode 75 - Fishers Ghost
The Ghost of Frederick Fisher In 1826, Frederick Fisher — a farmer living near Campbelltown, New South Wales — mysteriously vanished. Weeks later, a local man named John Farley stumbled into the police station, pale and shaking. He claimed …
Episode 74 - Myling
Myling comes from Scandinavian folklore — the restless spirit of an unbaptised or unwanted child, often abandoned in the wilderness. Doomed to wander, these ghostly children are said to climb onto the backs of lone travellers at night, grow…
Corpo-seco
Corpo-Seco is a terrifying figure from Brazilian folklore. His name means “the dried-out corpse,” and he’s said to be the restless remains of a cruel man who was so wicked that even the earth, heaven, and hell rejected him. Condemned to wan…
Episode 72 - Douen
In Caribbean folklore, especially Trinidad and Tobago, Douens are the spirits of unbaptised children who wander the forests. Small and childlike, they wear straw hats, have no faces, and their feet face backwards. They are said to lure livi…
Episode 71 - La Llorona
One of Latin America’s most famous legends, La Llorona is the ghost of a woman who drowned her children and now wanders rivers and lakes crying “¡Ay, mis hijos!” (“Oh, my children!”). Said to lure the living to their deaths, her story—roote…
Episode 70 - Kuchisake-Onna
A Japanese urban legend, Kuchisake-onna is said to be the ghost of a woman with her mouth slit ear to ear. She approaches people at night, asking, “Am I pretty?” If they answer “no,” she kills them; if they answer “yes,” she reveals her wou…
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Episode 69 - Michelle McNamara, I'll be gone in the wind....
I’ll Be Gone in the Dark (2018) is Michelle McNamara’s true-crime book about her obsessive search for the Golden State Killer, a serial rapist and murderer who terrorised California between 1976 and 1986. The book blends meticulous research…
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Episode 68 - Borley Rectory
Borley Rectory, in Essex, England, was built in 1862 for Reverend Henry Bull and quickly gained a reputation as “the most haunted house in England.” Over the decades, residents and visitors reported ghostly nuns drifting across the grounds,…
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Episode 67 - The Smurl Haunting
The Smurl Haunting took place in West Pittston, Pennsylvania, during the 1970s and 1980s. The Smurl family reported years of terrifying disturbances inside their duplex home, including foul smells, pounding walls, shadowy figures, levitatin…
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Episode 66 - El Fausto
El Fausto was a 14-metre fishing boat from the town of Tazacorte, on La Palma in the Canary Islands. In July 1968, it set out with four men on a routine trip between islands — but never returned. Despite being sighted twice and even given s…
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Khamar-Daban Incident
In August 1993, a group of seven young hikers set out into the Khamar-Daban mountain range of southern Siberia. Only one, Valentina Utochenko, returned alive. She was found days later, starving and traumatised, after watching her companions…
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Episode 64 - Dolly Osterreich
At the height of 1920s intrigue, Walburga “Dolly” Oesterreich, a German‑born housewife in Milwaukee, ignited a decade‑long scandal by hiding her teenage lover, Otto Sanhuber, in the attic of her marital home. Their steamy, secret affair end…
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Episode 63 - Sherri Rasmussen
The Sherri Rasmussen case shocked Los Angeles. In 1986, 29-year-old Sherri was found beaten and shot in her Van Nuys apartment, her death staged to look like a burglary. The case went cold for over 20 years—until DNA from a bite mark reveal…
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Episode 62 - Conjure chest
In the 1830s, a wealthy Kentucky man commissioned a finely crafted wooden chest — and unknowingly unleashed nearly two centuries of tragedy. According to legend, the cabinetmaker, cheated and mistreated, cursed the piece with a rootwork spe…
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Episode 61 - Tanacu Exorcism
In 2005, a remote Romanian convent became the centre of an international firestorm after 23-year-old nun Irina Cornici died during a brutal exorcism. Believing she was possessed, priest Daniel Corogeanu and four nuns bound and gagged her, c…
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Episode 59 - Aradale, Australias most haunted
Perched on Madman’s Hill in rural Victoria, Aradale Asylum once held over a thousand patients, many never left. From the 1860s to the 1990s, it was Australia’s largest psychiatric hospital… and after it closed, the haunting only grew louder…
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Episode 58 - Duffy's Cut
In 1832, 57 Irish immigrants were hired to build a stretch of railroad outside Philadelphia. Within weeks, they were all dead, officially from cholera. But buried skulls showed signs of violence. No records. No graves. And a ghost story tha…
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Episode 57 - Joyita Ghost Ship
She was dubbed “The Mary Celeste of the Pacific.” In 1955, the MV Joyita set out from Samoa on a routine cargo run—and vanished. Weeks later, she was found adrift, half-submerged, and eerily intact… but her entire crew and passengers—25 sou…
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Episode 56 - Rain man Decker
In this eerie true tale, we dive into the bizarre and unsettling story of Don Becker, a former NFL player whose life took a dark turn after a brutal murder landed him behind bars. But it wasn’t just violence or regret that haunted his priso…
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Episode 55 - Ammons House Demons
The Ammons haunting, also known as the “200 Demons House” case, is one of the most infamous alleged possessions in modern American history. In 2011, Latoya Ammons and her three children claimed to experience terrifying paranormal activity i…
Episode 60 - Monte Cristo Homestead
Perched on a hill overlooking the small town of Junee, New South Wales, Monte Cristo Homestead has been called Australia’s most haunted house — and for good reason. Built in 1885 by wealthy grazier Christopher Crawley, the Victorian manor w…
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Episode 54 - Toronto Circus Riot
On July 12th, a group of American circus performers got into a late-night tavern brawl with members of Toronto’s local fire brigade. The next day, the firemen returned to get revenge. They stormed the S.B. Howes Star Troupe Menagerie and Ci…