CRYPTID HAUNTINGS — SHOW NOTES

Episode Title:

The Screaming Bridge of Spanish Fork Canyon

Podcast:

Cryptid Hauntings

Host:

Michael Gardner

Episode Length:

Episode Description

Spanish Fork Canyon is a place most Utahns drive through without a second thought — until something makes them slow down.

In this episode of Cryptid Hauntings, we explore the legend known as the Screaming Bridge, a story tied to decades of documented accidents, fatalities, and unexplained experiences in one of Utah’s most dangerous travel corridors.

Listeners have long reported hearing screams, sobbing, or emotionally charged sounds near bridge crossings late at night. Others describe sudden chills, radios cutting out, children asking who’s crying, or an overwhelming urge to leave the area immediately — often before they even know the legend exists.

We examine the canyon’s history of wagon accidents, early bridge fatalities, railroad deaths, vehicle crashes, and modern tragedies, and discuss how repeated trauma can give rise to powerful place-based folklore.

This episode balances humor, skepticism, and historical fact while asking a simple question:

When a place remembers loss, how does that memory get passed on?

Sources & Further Reading

Historical & Geographic Sources

Utah State Historical Society — Spanish Fork Canyon History

Utah County Pioneer Journals & Early Settlement Records

Utah Historical Quarterly — Transportation & Canyon Travel Accounts

Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) — Canyon Infrastructure History

Railroad & Transportation History

Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Historical Archives

Library of Congress — Railroad Expansion in Utah

UtahRails.net — Spanish Fork Canyon Rail History

Accidents & Public Safety

Utah Highway Patrol — Historical Traffic Safety Reports

Utah County Newspaper Archives (1890s–1980s)

Deseret News Archive — Spanish Fork Canyon Accidents

Salt Lake Tribune Historical Archive

Listener Call to Action

Have you experienced something strange in Spanish Fork Canyon — or anywhere in Utah that left you unsettled?

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