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Ghostly Cowboys and Demonic Parrots?! | Haunted Headlines

Hometown Ghost Stories

Hometown Ghost Stories

Haunted, Devil, Demons, Ghost, True Crime, Film Reviews, Documentary, Society & Culture, Tv & Film, Travel, Ghost Stories, Castles, Paranormal, Places & Travel

4.7701 Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2026

⏱️ 75 minutes

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A hundred years ago, newspapers were completely unhinged. And here at hometown ghost stories we went digging for the scariest and most bizarre headlines we could find. Articles about ghostly cowboys still riding the range, a ghost wandering around looking for his own dismembered hand, and a parrot so aggressive and foul-mouthed it was blamed for being demonically possessed. There’s also a woman who ate herself to death. And no… not in the way you’re thinking. Oh, and somewhere in the middle of all that, there’s a very real headline calmly informing readers that Santa Claus is dead. These aren’t urban legends. These are real newspaper stories people read over breakfast and then just went to work like nothing was wrong. Ghostly cowboys. Demonic parrots. Haunted cabs. Dead Santa. And a whole stack of headlines that prove the past was way stranger than it had any right to be. This is Haunted Headlines.Become a supporter on Patreon!
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0:00.0

Hello everyone and welcome to the fourth quarterly meeting of the Mayfair Town Hall.

0:04.0

Let's get right into it, shall we?

0:06.0

The first item on today's agenda concerns the unusual number of missing persons posters we've been seeing lately.

0:12.0

Obviously nothing wrong with putting up a poster for a missing loved one,

0:15.0

but we've been getting some complaints about bogus phone numbers and posters for people who are not missing.

0:20.0

A couple of you have even said you've seen your own names and faces on one.

0:24.6

Want to hear more? Then tune into Mayfair Watchers Society.

0:29.5

Available wherever you listen to podcasts.

0:34.1

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0:40.2

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0:46.9

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1:00.3

Sometimes you gotta do something.

1:05.0

Hometown Ghost Stories contains serious and often distressing events and is not intended for all audiences. Viewer

1:13.2

discretion is advised.

1:14.6

What is going on folks? Welcome into hometown ghost stories haunted headlines. A hundred

1:21.1

years ago, newspapers were completely unhinged. And here at hometown ghost stories, we went digging

1:26.1

for the scariest and most bizarre headlines we could find.

1:29.3

Articles about ghostly cowboys still riding at the range, a ghost wandering around looking for his own dismembered hand.

1:36.3

In articles about a parrot so aggressive and foul mouth that it was blamed for being demonically possessed.

1:43.3

There's also a woman who ate herself to death.

1:45.8

And no, not in the way you're thinking. Oh, and somewhere in the middle of all that, there's a very

1:50.8

real headline claiming informed readers that Santa Claus is dead. These aren't urban legends. These

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