S20 Ep50: Hometown Legends 20 Part 2: Dread in the West (Sn. 20 Ep. 50)
Monsters Among Us
Derek Hayes | Audioboom Studios
4.8 • 8K Ratings
🗓️ 16 April 2026
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
Join us as we close out Season 20 with spooky stories that have been passed down through the generations; your hometown legends. Tonight we have cursed statues, UFOs & MIB, the Blue Light Lady and much more. Keep it spooky and enjoy!
Season 20 Episode 50 of Monsters Among Us Podcast, true paranormal stories of ghosts, cryptids, UFOs and more, told by the witnesses themselves.
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Griffith Park Zoo - https://laghosttour.com/the-old-zoo-at-griffith-park/
Fort Worth Zoo - https://ghostcitytours.com/fort-worth/haunted-fort-worth/fort-worth-zoo/
Philadelphia Zoo - https://phillyghosts.com/hauntings-at-the-philadelphia-zoo/
Oklahoma City Zoo - https://www.hauntedrooms.com/oklahoma/okc/haunted-places
Other haunted zoos - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ye-yVupFUPo
Connorsville, IN Beanpot UFO - https://www.ufoinsight.com/ufos/sightings/indiana-beanpot-ufo
More Connersville, IN UFO - https://thinkaboutitdocs.com/1967-connersville-indiana-ufo-encounter/
MIB Want Photograph - https://sacred-texts.com/ufo/mib_001.htm
Actual Connersville UFO Photo - https://static1.squarespace.com/static/56b18bdf2b8dde9255717836/t/69e0035c8869f36e2623d8c8/1776288604550/1967IndianaPicture.jpg
High Strangeness by Vagrant Tide - https://open.spotify.com/track/21X78f8cbb4YRoJwNQjU2S?si=2c854d427fd24742
Black Angel Statue - https://www.councilbluffs-ia.gov/2294/Black-Angel-Statue
Another Black Angel Statue - https://www.kcur.org/talk-show/2016-10-20/how-a-black-angel-statue-in-iowa-went-from-heartfelt-memorial-to-spooky-legend
Cactushead - https://www.instagram.com/p/C_3VqtTOMwz/
Delainey on Hi Strangeness - https://open.spotify.com/episode/0YFRTkCdatjYVnr8VWCz2Y?si=Q-US5p4QTkODDC-yjQ0wew
Blue Light Lady - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Polly
The Blue Light Lady/Elizabeth Polly - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Polly
Vader Drowning - https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10227481947263808&set=gm.10162080540837306&idorvanity=65861527305
Vader Drownings - https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/1028745734/
Creature Chronicles on Brinson Canyon - http://blakemathys.com/cc4.pdf
Unsolved Mysteries Marfa Lights - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cK_Tlv8ZKoA
Marfa Lights - https://visitmarfa.com/mystery
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| 0:57.0 | The Good evening and welcome to Monsters Among us. |
| 1:29.2 | I am your guide, Derek Hayes. |
| 1:33.2 | Hello everyone and welcome back to the season 20 finale. |
| 1:37.3 | It's great to have you with us here this evening as I present to you, |
| 1:40.9 | part two of the season finale special. |
| 1:44.8 | Dread in the West. |
| 1:46.8 | Now, if you tuned in on Tuesday, you might recall that each of the stories shared on that episode |
| 1:51.3 | took place east of the Mississippi. |
| 1:54.8 | Well, tonight's second parter takes us west of that watery divide. |
| 2:00.3 | And just like on Tuesday, |
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