Seven Years in Hell

the murder of Susan Mummey, the Witch of Ringtown Valley

For seven years he lived in hell, tormented nightly by a demon cat and the spectre of death. Finally, an angel told him what he had to do to end it all...

Categories: Footsteps into the Unknown, People & Places, Series 13

Tags: crime criminal law magic Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Dutch powwow Presented by #13 witchcraft

Published: October 9, 2023

What-Is-It?

there's an animal roaming round the town that is certainly gaining great renown

For one week in January 1909, the Jersey Devil walked among us. Maybe.

Categories: Footsteps into the Unknown, Hoaxes, Frauds & Forgeries, Legendary Lands & Beasts, Myths & Legends, Series 6, Wild Card

Tags: cryptozoology dime museum fakelore Jersey Devil New Jersey Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA Presented by #13 witchcraft

Published: January 25, 2021

Bound in Mystery and Shadow

thou shall not suffer a witch to live

In 1929 it was a sensation, "the most notorious witchcraft trial since Salem." Today it's all but forgotten. Let's talk about the York County Hex Murder.

Categories: Footsteps into the Unknown, People & Places, Series 5

Tags: crime magic Pennsylvania powwow Presented by #13 quackery witchcraft

Published: October 26, 2020