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Ghost Town: Strange History, True Crime, & the Paranormal

Irish Hell Caves (GT Mini)

Ghost Town: Strange History, True Crime, & the Paranormal

Ghost Town

Social Sciences, History, True Crime, Science

3.7938 Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2022

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Halloween's Irish roots lead to a series of "hell caves".

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Transcript

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0:00.0

The birth of Halloween. I'm Jason Horton.

0:02.7

I'm Rebecca Leib.

0:03.8

And this is Ghost Town.

0:20.5

I much prefer Halloween the same Patrick's Day, but you know, it's not as tightly.

0:24.8

Until now.

0:26.5

I've found the perfect mix of Halloween and Irish history.

0:29.3

Well, it was a suggestion by a certain individual in the Ghost Town government,

0:33.4

so I can't take full credit.

0:35.2

But it is creepy, and I think you're going to like it.

0:38.3

Today, we're talking about the Owen Nagat Cave,

0:41.2

the birthplace of Saoan, or as I've been calling it for 30 years,

0:44.8

Samhain, God, Irish, people, I am so sorry.

0:49.6

It all leads up from this cave to what we now call Halloween.

0:53.7

Welcome to the Hell Cave.

0:55.8

It all starts with Wrath-Crawin.

0:57.5

And again, I'm so sorry.

0:58.8

These names are so complicated.

1:00.9

The Irish history and language is so beautiful.

1:03.6

And I am going to be butchering it throughout the duration of this episode.

1:06.8

Apologies.

1:07.8

Wrath-Crawin, I believe, the center of the ancient Irish kingdom of Kano.

1:13.5

Present day, this area is located on the middle western side of Ireland.

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