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Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories

“THE ONE-LEGGED FEMALE VAMPIRE” and 3 More Terrifying True Stories! #WeirdDarkness

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories

Darren Marlar

True Crime, History, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.64.1K Ratings

🗓️ 14 July 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

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IN THIS EPISODE: You might think you’d be able to outrun a vampire that only had one leg – but you’d be mistaken if you come across Columbia’s hateful La Patasola. (One-Legged Female Vampire) *** Eight women were mysteriously murdered in Jennings, Louisiana from 2005-2009 and as the investigation progressed, the small town's dark secrets began to unravel. (The Jeff Davis 8) *** In 1924, five prospectors abandoned their site in a panic after what they described as a horrible, terrifying night-long battle against some strange, violent Sasquatch-like creatures, barely making it out alive. (The Mountain Devils of Ape Canyon) *** When Father Rocco Facchini was given his first parish as a young priest in Chicago, he was excited and anxious to spread the gospel to anyone who would listen in the Windy City. Unfortunately,the church he was sent to was haunted – and that was only the beginning of his tragic story. (Muldoon)

SOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM THE EPISODE…
“One-Legged Female Vampire” by A. Sutherland for Ancient Pages: http://bit.ly/2lsgq9b
“The Mountain Devils of Ape Canyon” by Garth Haslam for Anomaly Info: http://bit.ly/2ljOKU3
“The Jeff Davis 8” by Tim Ott for Biography.com: http://bit.ly/2mSE9Q7
BOOK: “Murder in the Bayou – Who Killed The Women Known As The The Jeff Davis 8” by Ethan Brown: https://amzn.to/3DcD6yE
“Muldoon” from Chicago Hauntings: (link no longer available)
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TRANSCRIPT: https://weirddarkness.com/archives/16207

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0:00.0

Book your ticket to happiness with Sun Express Airlines. Stories and is content in weird darkness can be disturbing for some listeners and is intended for mature audiences only.

0:43.0

Parental discretion is strongly advised.

0:47.0

She is a dangerous malevolent vampire and an enemy of men that only hates and spreads terror.

1:01.0

This female vampire is feared by settlers, hunters, miners, farmers,

1:08.0

walkers, lumberjacks, and among them she especially torments and lures unfaithful husbands.

1:15.6

She has supernatural powers and can change her appearance at will.

1:20.4

Disguised as a beautiful and seductive young woman, she attracts an unsuspecting man or a

1:26.2

walker and lures him away from his companions to the deepest places of the jungle.

1:32.4

There she reveals her true hideous appearance and vicious

1:36.7

vampire-like lust for human flesh and blood. She is La Potasola, the one-legged vampire.

1:47.0

I'm Darren Marler and this is Weird Darkness. weirdos. I'm Darren Marler and this is weird darkness. Here you'll find stories of the

2:05.8

paranormal, supernatural, legends, lore, the strange and bizarre, Crime, Conspiracy, Mysterious, Macabre, Unsolved and Unexpected.

2:20.0

Coming up in this episode. You might think you'd be able to outrun a vampire that only has

2:26.4

one leg, but you'd be mistaken if you come across Columbia's hateful La Potasola.

2:32.4

Eight women were across Columbia's hateful La Potasola.

2:34.1

Eight women were mysteriously murdered in Jennings, Louisiana from 2005 to 2009.

2:40.8

And as the investigation progressed, the small town's dark secrets began to unravel.

2:47.0

When Father Rocco Ficini was given his first parish as a young priest in Chicago, he was excited and anxious to spread the gospel

2:55.6

to anyone who would listen in the windy city.

2:58.6

Unfortunately, the church he was sent to was haunted, and that was only the beginning of his tragic story.

3:07.0

But first in 1924 five prosecutors abandoned their site in a panic after what they described as a horrible,

3:15.8

terrifying night-long battle against some strange violent Sasquatch-like creatures,

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