S19 Ep51: Monsters, Myths & Murder: Hometown Legends 19 Part 1 (Sn. 19 Ep. 51)
Monsters Among Us
Derek Hayes | Audioboom Studios
4.8 • 8K Ratings
🗓️ 7 October 2025
⏱️ 77 minutes
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Summary
Season 19 Episode 51 of Monsters Among Us Podcast, true paranormal stories of ghosts, cryptids, UFOs and more, told by the witnesses themselves.
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Forrest Hills Cemetery glowing tombstone - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3nlWSs49oQ
San Antonio Railroad crossing - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxeoyA703Dk&t=13s
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Black Star Canyon - https://hauntedoc.com/black-star-canyon/
ETSU's haunted stained glass window - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsImxadxtBU
ETSU radio station haunting - https://easttennessean.com/2023/04/05/the-haunting-history-of-etsus-radio-ghost/
The hanging of Murderous Mary the Elephant - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nRnXMYse2o
Margaret Martin murder - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Margaret_Martin
Margaret Martin murder NY Times - https://www.nytimes.com/1938/12/22/archives/missing-girl-slain-body-left-in-creek-margaret-martin-disappeared.html
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Texas bigfoot newspaper article - https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-longview-daily-news-hairy-monster/182207020/
Weird Travels Texas bigfoot - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEwU8_h-XMs
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Music by Iron Cthulhu Apocalypse - https://www.youtube.com/c/IronCthulhuApocalypse
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The Resistance
Crypt Dweller
Departure
Is Anyone Left
Pitch Black
The Witness
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | We're telling us in. |
| 0:03.0 | We're going to see. |
| 0:07.0 | We're going to be. |
| 0:09.0 | The United The |
| 0:23.6 | The Good evening and welcome to Monsters Among us. |
| 0:56.2 | I'm your guide, Derek Hayes. |
| 1:00.7 | It is a mighty pleasure to be with you here tonight, |
| 1:04.6 | and I'm super excited that you've chosen to join us this evening, |
| 1:08.9 | because tonight is a special night. |
| 1:12.7 | A once in a season sort of event. |
| 1:15.8 | A long-running tradition that's been part of this program since I believe season two. |
| 1:21.7 | The hometown legend season finale. |
| 1:26.4 | Now for you newbies, hometown legends are simple. |
| 1:29.3 | Their stories, legends, rumors, tales, or yards from your hometown. The town you live in now |
| 1:36.3 | or a place that you spend a considerable amount of time in. Now the rules here are |
| 1:42.3 | quite flexible and as a result we receive a wide sampling of stories. |
| 1:49.6 | And for those wondering where and how hometown legends came about, I'll do my best to remember. |
| 1:57.4 | The concept came to me early on, and I believe I came up with the idea because I was still struggling to get calls at the time. |
| 2:05.6 | Or maybe at this point it was mostly ghost stories that we received, and I wanted to make a move to better include all facets of the paranormal landscape. |
| 2:15.6 | That then I knew there were listeners out there that did not have an experience of their own, |
| 2:21.5 | but still wanted to contribute to the show in some way. |
| 2:26.2 | So what started as a ploy to get more calls has become a bit of a show on its own. |
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