Moonlight Lore

Moonlight Lore

The place where History meets Mystery! Join your host, Jordan Hopkins, as he delves into intriguing stories highlighting the bizarre, morbid, and horrifying cases from all around the world. From spine chilling tales to monsters lurking under the moon, dreadful history can be found at every turn. Sometimes, real life can be stranger than fiction...

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March 10, 2025 68 mins

"Sergeant Stubby. Hero dog of WW1. A Brave Stray." From his humble beginnings, to becoming a war hero, then a beloved celebrity; this curious canines' life was legendary. Enjoy this new episode as we delve into his incredible story!

 

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United by a shared fascination with the paranormal, a group of eager individuals set out on an experiment that would blur the line between reality and wonder. What began as a simple attempt to contact an elusive spirit, escalated into a series of astonishing, and inexplicable, phenomena when something from the void responded...

 

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January 27, 2025 61 mins

Within the rugged valley of the Crowsnest Pass, 1920, a daring robbery had sent shockwaves throughout the Canadian Rockies and her many communities. Three bandits held up a locomotive bound for the town of Crowsnest, their unknown motives as much a mystery as the men themselves. What would follow, would amount to one of the Province's largest manhunts ever recorded, and one of the most costly in terms of dead lawmen...

 

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January 13, 2025 51 mins

Beneath the bustling, beating heart of Richmond Virginia - beyond the glare of city lights and veild from prying eyes - lies a shadowed passageway that conceals one of the most unsettling threats to the locals. This, abyss, carved through the ancient bones of the earth, was once a thriving rail line; but once whispers of a sinister entity began to echo through the annals of local lore, the tunnel was evacuated and sealed one hundre...

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October 28, 2024 49 mins

Boy, it sure has been awhile hasn't it? I am happy to finally share with you all a new episode about a lesser-known encounter with a hulking, terrifying cryptid dubiously named: "The Grey Ghost of Kinchafoonee." In 1955, a young forestry working was out triming rows of overgrown grass in the backcountry of the State of Georgia, when a peculiar sound caught his attention. Curious, he abandoned his duties to investigate and upon ente...

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April 8, 2024 49 mins

In the earliest years of the 20th century, the nuisance that is pollution was rarely understood nor taken seriously. Foundaries across the planet spewed forth black clouds while the rest of society carried on, blissfully unaware of the disasterous effects it potentially had on our lives. For the denizens of the small city of Donora, they would undergo a horrendous experience that would soon awaken everyone to the dangers of what th...

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February 5, 2024 79 mins

In the mid-1800s, two fur trappers had found their way deep into the backwoods that make up the forgotten reaches of the BitterRoot Mountains. Their mission was to aquire pelts, a tedious task both had assumed would be an easy feat to accomplish. Their bounty should have been plentiful in the isolating woods, however, set back after set back forced them to journey deeper into the unknown wilds. It was here, while hunting for beaver...

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Welcome back to the final installment of this month's series: "The Colourful Characters of Christmas!" It has been incredibly fun exploring all the different beliefs and tradition that make this holiday season so special, but there is one figure who we have yet to touch on, and she is possibly the most terrifying of them all. Her name is Frau Perchta, a christmas witch found in Alpine folklore, who wanders the villages with a pair ...

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Welcome back to the third part of this month's series: "The Colourful Characters of Christmas." This week's subject is the unique, and rather baffling tradition of the Mari Lwyd wandering up to peoples homes beckoning them to allow it entry. It certainly is an interesting custom with an immense history behind it, so please, grab some hot cocoa, a warm blanket, and settle in to hear all about this magical character!

 

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Welcome back to the second episode of my colourful characters of christmas series, where I am delving into obscure legends that make the holidays so unique! This week I delve into the nature and behaviour of the Swedish version of father christmas, the Tomten. They are whimsical bearded folk to enjoy tending to the needs of their chosen farms, and ensure those who were well behaved throughout the year are well rewarded for their ef...

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Welcome to the first episode of my colourful characters of christmas series, where I am delving into obscure legends of the horrifying side of the holidays! I hope you enjoy these shorter episodes this month, and I do hope you enjoy this particular episode regarding the Cannibal Christmas Scarecrow: Hans Trapp! Enjoy your holiday season!

 

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November 20, 2023 34 mins

What if you were told that there was a creature lurking in the shadows of your nearby graveyard, waiting for potential prey? A creature that had the appearance of a man, but the teeth and prowess of a beast; a creature that had claimed the lives of two innocent children, and was still on the loose... What would you do?

The spellbinding story of the Gorbals Vampire, a legend that once terrified and fascinated the children of Glasgow...

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October 30, 2023 39 mins

Life inside a WW2 concentration camp was less than ideal for many reason: the meager food rations, the torture, the looming fear of executions. It's amazing there were some who managed to embue their fellow prisoners with hope; and none could do it better than Mr. Fritz. He was an eccentric fellow, always sharing a smile on his face and was quick to instill a sense of laughter in those who would have otherwise have broken long ago ...

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October 16, 2023 27 mins

Nestled amidst the rugged mountain ranges and dense woodlands that shield if from the rest of North Carolina, Valle Crucis, meaning "Valley of the Cross," is a modest, yet astonishing town. Though, despite its picturesque isolation, an enduring fear hangs over the community. Throughout its history, Valle Crucis has weathered numerous challenges, yet none perhaps as formidable as the fabled hellhound said to roam on its outskirts...

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In the chilling late hours of December 6th, 1978, a night watchman out on his regular route, came across a concerning sight: someone was attempting to break into one of his clients homes. With as much courage as he could muster, he attempted to interrupt this nighttime interloper's plot, though, as he discovered, perhaps not everything stalking in the shadows warrant investigating...

 

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Deep within the enigmatic heart of Montana, a suspicious folklore reveals itself from the annals of history. The Crow tribe speak of little dwarf-like beings residing in the nearby Pryor Mountains who hold an unspeakable prowess for magic. Could what's known as the Nirumbee, truly exist out there, and are the stories true?

 

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July 31, 2023 38 mins

Out past the borders of Gurdon, beyond the illuminated forest, and adjacent to a moss infested graveyard, runs a rusted track believed to be the home of something otherworldly. Locals call it the Gurdon Light - a shimmering glowing fire of a ghostly lantern carried by a slain rail worker. Could this paranormal phenomenon truly be real, or could we shed a little light on the situation to discover that it is not?

 

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July 17, 2023 29 mins

Something strange fell from the sky in the early morning hours of August 7, 1994 over the small town of Oakville. Gelatinous, translucent blobs coated timber town a total of six separate times over the course of three weeks. Nobody could figure out what it was, all they knew was that it continued to fall from the clouds, slowly disappear hours later, then people were plagued by horrible health problems. What was this mysterious sub...

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July 3, 2023 26 mins

They say the most treasured folktales are often the most spellbinding. The secret ones that are often not spoken of. Dark and pervasive legends that twist our thoughts down the deepest, shadow filled cordoors of our minds. The thrill of conceptualizing such tales that could potentially blur the lines of disbelief and truth, all while taunting us with everlasting scars on our memories. Why do we crave such stories that we are uprepa...

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June 12, 2023 31 mins

Rumoured to be roaming deep within the jungles of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Kasai Rex prowls for sustenance. This gigantic lizard, said to resemble that of an ancient tyrannosaurus rex, has been sighted and even photographed by explorers who dared delve into the beasts' domain. Could the Kasai Rex be a true, living, dinosaur? Or are the stories possibly a little exaggerated? Listen in to find out!

 

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