The Curious Case of Jef the talking Mongoose - A True Hauntings Podcast

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4.6 • 627 Ratings

🗓️ 22 August 2025

⏱️ 67 minutes

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It could talk. It could sing. It could spy on you from the shadows… and it claimed to be a mongoose. In the 1930s, headlines screamed about Gef the Talking Mongoose, a strange creature haunting the remote Isle of Man home of the Irving family. Gef allegedly spoke multiple languages, sang, stole from neighbors, and spied on locals. Paranormal investigators Nandor Fodor and Harry Price chased the mystery, collecting photographs, paw prints, fur samples, and countless witness accounts. Was Gef a clever hoax, a poltergeist, or something far more sinister? Anne and Renata dig into one of history’s weirdest and most debated hauntings. The Curious Case of Jef the talking Mongoose - A True Hauntings Podcast PLEASE SUPPORT THE ADVERTISERS THAT SUPPORT THIS SHOW Happiness Experiment - ⁠https://go.happinessexperiment.com/begin-aff-o2?am_id=podcast2025&utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=michael⁠ Factor Meals - Get 50% off your first order & Free Shipping at ⁠⁠⁠www.FactorMeals.com/p6050off⁠⁠⁠ & use code: P6050off at checkout Mint Mobile - To get your new wireless plan for just $15 a month, and get the plan shipped to your door for FREE, go to ⁠⁠⁠www.MintMobile.com/P60⁠⁠⁠ Shadow Zine - ⁠⁠⁠https://shadowzine.com/⁠⁠⁠ Love & Lotus Tarot - ⁠⁠⁠http://lovelotustarot.com/

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0:51.0	a creature referred to as a talking mongoose or man weasel, which was said to have
0:58.0	appeared in the home of the Irvings, a farming family residing in a remote area of the Isle of
1:04.5	Man. According to reports, the creature was capable of speaking in various languages, singing, stealing objects from nearby
1:13.8	farms and eavesdropping on local individuals.
1:18.7	Despite the presence of written reports, magazine articles, books, several photographs,
1:24.9	fur samples, poor prints, extensive correspondence and eyewitness accounts,
1:31.4	there is still no real agreement on what precisely happened to the Irving family.
1:37.1	Was it a hoax? An extreme case of shared psychosis? A poltergeist? The result of an animal being possessed by an evil spirit.
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