In the winter of 1892, the small farming town of Exeter, Rhode Island, became the center of one of the strangest events in American history. When a mysterious illness began taking lives one by one, the townspeople turned not to medicine—but to myth. And at the center of it all was a nineteen-year-old girl named Mercy Brown.

Was she the victim of a deadly disease… or the cause of it?

Join me in the Map Room as we uncover The Dark History of Rhode Island: Mercy Brown, the Vampire of Exeter—a chilling true story of fear, folklore, and the desperate things people do when science fails them.

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In the rolling hills outside Nebraska City lies a road with a name that carries more weight than any map: Seven Sisters Road. For over a century, people have whispered about the seven young women said to have died here—and the voices, shadows, and screams that still haunt the pavement today.

But the versions of the story don’t agree. Some say a brother betrayed his sisters in the most horrific way. Others insist the tragedy was rooted in Native history, or that it was nothing more than a tragic accident on a dangerous stretch of land. And yet, no matter which version you hear, the ending never changes: seven sisters, gone.

So tonight, we’ll step into the mystery. We’ll unravel the folklore, the history, and the eyewitness encounters that keep this road alive in the imagination of Nebraskans—and ask what it really means when a legend refuses to fade.

Join me in the Map Room as we trace the shadows of Seven Sisters Road and uncover why this chilling story has endured for generations.

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In the quiet hills of Maryland, whispers of a winged monster grew into full-blown panic. With iron claws, a blazing eye, and a scream like a locomotive, the Snallygaster terrified generations of settlers and farmers. By 1909, the hysteria reached a fever pitch—newspapers fanned the flames, the Smithsonian was rumored to be interested, and even President Theodore Roosevelt’s name was tied to the hunt.

But where did this monster come from? Was it just folklore carried over by German settlers, a newspaper hoax gone too far, or something darker that still circles the Maryland skies?

Join me as we uncover the strange history of the Snallygaster—part folklore, part frenzy, and part nightmare that refuses to die.

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