Myth & Mist

Thanks for tuning in. Today Genevieve tells us about the absolutely awful human being Barbara Opel & Haley tells us about the also awful history of Northern State Mental Hospital
 
Content Warning:Violence, murder, neglect
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Edited by Jordan Henline of 88.8
Intro & Outro music by Ray Meese
 
Sources
 
(Barbara Opel Story)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpUoyPMpggE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OF1uO98DIq0&t=455s
https://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/26/us/woman-accused-of-enlisting-teenagers-in-killing.html
https://www.theintelligencer.com/news/article/Woman-Convicted-for-Masterminding-Murder-10541211.php
 
(Northern State Mental Hospital Story)
https://seattleterrors.com/northern-state-mental-hospital/
https://www.northernstatehospital.org/history
https://www.cascadiadaily.com/2025/mar/23/whats-the-deal-with-the-old-northern-state-hospital/

Good evening, folks! Thanks for tuning in. Today Genevieve tells us about the crimes of Robert Yates & Haley tells us about haunted PNW shipwrecks
Content Warning:Violence, murder, sexual assault
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Edited by Jordan Henline of 88.8
Intro & Outro music by Ray Meese
 
Sources
(Robert Yates)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OF1uO98DIq0&t=455shttps://www.courts.wa.gov/content/publicupload/eclips/Clips%20Tacoma%20News%20Tribune%2003.21.14.pdfhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4nWd-VDu0Ihttps://www.spokesman.com/stories/1998/mar/03/teens-demise-torments-parents-the-short-life-of-a/https://maamodt.asp.radford.edu/Psyc%20405/serial%20killers/Yates,%20Robert%20Lee.htm
 
(PNW Shipwrecks)
https://ghostlyactivities.com/the-puget-sound-shipwrecks-with-the-spookiest-reputations/
https://www.kuow.org/stories/local-explorers-believe-they-ve-found-puget-sound-s-deadliest-shipwreck
https://seattlesailingship.com/seattle-ghost-stories-ss-dix/?srsltid=AfmBOoq24JXoydysz0YTKsUPcGY8kFj5QzLUPYe1EM7w-b_xMU7b7b4n
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/shipwreck-in-puget-sound-180983317/
https://m.kuow.org/stories/seattle-shipwreck-enthusiasts-find-possible-site-of-deadliest-wreck-in-pnw-history
https://www.historylink.org/file/7382
https://www.historylink.org/File/7936
https://cdh.princeton.edu/projects/pacific-northwest-maritime-trade/
 

Good evening, folks! Thanks for tuning in. Today Genevieve tells us about the train hopping murderer Robert Silveria Jr & Haley shares some stories from Oregon's dark desolate highways.
 
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Edited by Jordan Henline of 88.8
Intro & Outro music by Ray Meese
 
Sources
(Robert Silveria Jr)https://youtu.be/oWlafiMk9UE?si=J7-jaemI-h4CTpIW
https://maamodt.asp.radford.edu/Psyc%20405/serial%20killers/Silveria,%20Robert%20Joseph%20-%202005.pdf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Joseph_Silveria_Jr.
https://murderpedia.org/male.S/s/silveria-robert.htm
 
(Haunted highways)
https://thatoregonlife.com/2021/09/van-duzer-corridor-haunted-hwy-18-oregon/
https://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/1070
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_Route_18
https://cbhistory.org/blog/spooky-stories-head-scratchers-tall-tales/
https://www.clarabush.com/the-bandage-man-urban-legend/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Paranormal/comments/jh7wuv/strange_person_on_oregon_hwy_22_near_the_coast_at/
 

Good evening, folks! Thanks for tuning in. Tonight we are celebrating the Holidaze by sharing some hometown stories.  We have stories from Cleveland OH, Terre Haute IN, Spokane WA, and Warsaw IN.Thank you to Kim, Joe, and Jordan for sharing their stories!
Are you the Warsaw Bicycle bandit? Do you have big feet? Please write in and let us know.
 
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Edited by Jordan Henline of 88.8
Intro & Outro music by Ray Meese
 
Sources
(Stiffy Green)
https://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/3637
https://www.wthitv.com/news/the-legend-of-stiffy-green---a-piece-of-terre-hautes-haunted-history/article_0e4a3dbc-97bb-11ef-87b6-1b56018cf468.html
 

Good evening, folks! Thanks for tuning in. Tonight we are talking about the wild case of Susan Monica and FINALLY get the bottom of the cattle mutilations in Eastern Oregon. Was Bigfoot behind it all along? Listen to find out!
Content warning: Murder, Violence, Animal death
 
 
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Edited by Jordan Henline of 88.8
Intro & Outro music by Ray Meese
 
 
(Susan Monica sources)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4E0LnSjxBh8&t=150s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkyZ6Yan6r0
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Monica
 
(Cattle Mutilation sources)
https://www.opb.org/article/2025/03/26/think-out-loud-rural-oregon-cattle-mutilation-documentary-not-one-drop-of-blood/
https://www.npr.org/2019/10/08/767283820/not-one-drop-of-blood-cattle-mysteriously-mutilated-in-oregon
https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-the-southwest/the-enduring-panic-about-cow-mutilations
https://www.bovinevetonline.com/agweb/oregon-cattle-mutilations-remain-mystery
https://www.oregonlive.com/entertainment/2024/10/oregon-ranchers-describe-bizarre-cases-of-cattle-mutilations-in-unsolved-mysteries.html
https://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/2021/04/detectives-perplexed-by-mysterious-oregon-cattle-mutilations.html
https://www.opb.org/news/article/central-oregon-mutilated-cow-case-rattles-ranchers/
https://columbiacommunityconnection.com/the-dalles/cow-mutilation?fbclid=IwAR2Cz5EmLjKOHWbEcIVgjEC3hDsDSmUehQpGPt983tSeh4-nayiqIqbwXfc
https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-the-southwest/the-enduring-panic-about-cow-mutilations
https://www.opb.org/news/article/central-oregon-mutilated-cow-case-rattles-ranchers/
https://www.oregonlive.com/trending/2025/05/these-are-the-oregon-cities-with-the-most-ufo-sightings-since-1995.html
https://www.history.com/articles/cattle-mutilation-1970s-skinwalker-ranch-ufos
 

Good evening, folks! Thanks for tuning in. We missed you!Tonight we are talking about Ballot 9 and the murders of Hattie Mae Cohens and Brian Mock + the ghosts of Lone Fir & Lafayette Pioneer Cemeteries
Content warning: Murder, Hate crimes, Violence, Animal abuse
 
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Edited by Jordan Henline of 88.8
Intro & Outro music by Ray Meese
 
Episodes sources:(Ballot 9 story)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ku_Klux_Klan_in_Oregon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPdk21oC4MU
https://www.wweek.com/news/2018/10/31/heres-what-happened-the-night-mulugeta-seraw-was-murdered-and-afterward/
https://guides.library.oregonstate.edu/politicsandpolicies/Measure9
https://noon9remembered.org/stories/9-murders-in-salem/
https://www.nytimes.com/1992/11/01/us/violent-backdrop-for-anti-gay-measure.html
 
(Haunted Cemeteries)
https://portlandghosts.com/lafayette-pioneer-cemetery/
https://www.crazydsadventures.com/post/lafayette-pioneer-cemetery-oregon
https://frightfind.com/lafayette-pioneer-cemetery/
https://www.oregonhauntedhouses.com/real-haunt/lafayette-pioneer-cemetery.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6NmElRzmvM
https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/experiences/oregon/historic-creepy-cemeteries-or
https://portlandghosts.com/lone-fir-cemetery/
https://aroundportlandtours.com/walk/ghost-history-of-portland-oregon-walking-tour/
http://americashauntedroadtrip.com/lone-fir-pioneer-cemetery/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9QNg4XKQ6A
https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/experiences/portland/disturbing-cemetery-portland
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/139980864/adelaide-r.-decker
https://www.oregonmetro.gov/historic-cemeteries/lone-fir-cemetery
https://www.reddit.com/r/Paranormal/comments/1e14nv/experience_in_lone_fir_cemetery_portland_or/

Good evening, folks! Thanks for tuning in. 
Tonight we are talking about the unsolved murder at Sunnyside school in SE Portland & the ghosts of Kennedy School and University of Portland.
 
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Edited by Jordan Henline of 88.8
Intro & Outro music by Ray Meese
 
Episodes sources:(Sunnyside story)
https://gregglawdallas.com/understanding-the-differences-between-simple-and-aggravated-assault-know-your-rights/
https://science.howstuffworks.com/life/inside-the-mind/human-brain/differences-women-men-murder.htm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_3m7IYPY5o
https://www.portland.gov/police/cold-cases/news/2013/8/1/robert-duncan 
https://www.pps.net/domain/1670
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunnyside,_Portland,_Oregon 
 
 
(Haunted schools)
https://www.vice.com/en/article/this-portland-elementary-school-turned-restaurant-is-haunted-by-an-undead-boy/
https://blog.mcmenamins.com/seen-a-ghost/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Portland
https://portlandghosts.com/haunteduniversityofportland/
https://www.upbeacon.com/article/2009/10/the-horror-the-horror
https://portlandghosts.com/most-haunted-places-in-oregon/#:~:text=11.,Reed%20College%20in%20Portland%2C%20Oregon&text=The%20Reed%20College%20dates%20back,still%20there%20to%20this%20day.

Good evening, folks! Thanks for tuning in. 
Tonight we visit Sckavone's Restaurant and hang with ghosts. We learn the history of the building and hear first-hand experiences from a previous employee. We also try out a homemade Ouija board and maybe talk with a ghost named Aaron? You decide. 
Special thank you to Jon Finley and Kelsey Strong. Go check out Sckavone's Restaurant in SE Portland!
 
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Edited by Jordan Henline of 88.8
Intro & Outro music by Ray Meese

Good evening, folks! Thanks for tuning in. 
Tonight we are talking about Westley Allan Dodd & Haunted Portland Theaters
Content warning: child death, gratuitous violence
 
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Edited by Jordan Henline of 88.8
Intro & Outro music by Ray Meese
 
Episodes sources:(Westley Allan Dodd story)
https://maamodt.asp.radford.edu/Psyc%20405/serial%20killers/Dodd,%20Westley%20Allan.pdf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westley_Allan_Dodd
https://www.deseret.com/1989/11/21/18833249/almost-kidnapped-6-year-old-gains-5-000-reward/
https://law.justia.com/cases/washington/supreme-court/1992/57414-6-1.html
 
(Haunted Portland theater stories)
https://www.oregonhauntedhouses.com/real-haunts/theaters.aspx
https://portlandghosts.com/the-haunted-hollywood-theatre/
http://americashauntedroadtrip.com/hollywood-theatre-portland/
https://www.portlandmercury.com/news/2008/07/24/850511/best-of-portland-1988
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagdad_Theatre
https://hauntedhouses.com/oregon/bagdad-theater-and-pub/#:~:text=The%20Spirit%20of%20a%20Former,wandering%20around%20the%20theater%20auditorium
https://portlandghosts.com/the-spirits-of-the-bagdad-theater/
https://www.eyesonbroadway.com/from-broadway-to-you/2024/10/15/spirits-in-the-mist-portlands-most-haunted-locations#:~:text=The%20Bagdad%20Theater%20on%20Hawthorne,noises%2C%20and%20unexplained%20cold%20spots.
http://americashauntedroadtrip.com/tag/bagdad-theater/
 

Good evening, folks! Thanks for tuning in. 
Tonight we are talking about Hauntings, Bigfoot, Aliens, and Disappearing Men of Mt Rainier.
Content warning: mentions of suicide and substance abuse
 
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Edited by Jordan Henline of 88.8
Intro & Outro music by Ray Meese
 
Episodes sources:(Disappearing Men Stories)
https://www.google.com/search?q=michael+fortenberry+missing&rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS804US804&oq=michael+fortenberry+missing&aqs=chrome.0.0i512j0i22i30j0i512i546j0i751.6439j0j15&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&vhid=NLNKXLegnX1VMM&vld=cid:ec1eb70d,vid:7DghchGYz8w,st:0&vssid=_jFzPaND9HLD30PEPvI7ioAM_89
https://namus.nij.ojp.gov/case/MP78611
https://vocal.media/criminal/men-disappearing-from-their-cars-mount-rainier
https://www.facebook.com/groups/653725932330279/posts/1058012311901637/
https://charleyproject.org/case/nathan-jonah-lerner
https://miriamlerner396.medium.com/here-and-there-d9c66d28cef4
https://www.pacificadventureclub.com/blog/mysterious-disappearances-at-mount-rainier-national-park
 
(Mt Rainier Paranormal Stories)
https://visitrainier.com/get-spooked/
https://seattleterrors.com/mount-rainier-national-park/
https://wnpf.org/2023/10/09/spooky-national-parks/
https://www.wahauntedhouses.com/real-haunt/paradise-inn.html
https://www.nps.gov/places/paradise-inn.htm#:~:text=The%20Paradise%20Inn%20is%20a%20historic%20landmark,National%20Park%20to%20maintain%20its%20historical%20aspects
https://connectparanormal.net/2025/05/21/exploring-mount-rainiers-paranormal-mysteries/
https://skepticalinquirer.org/2014/05/mount-rainier-saucer-magnet/
https://www.bellinghamherald.com/news/local/article85417412.html
https://www.auburn-reporter.com/news/mount-rainier-holds-many-mysteries-are-some-of-them-ufos/
https://nypost.com/2025/03/20/lifestyle/the-10-states-with-the-highest-probability-of-an-alien-abduction/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Rainier
https://www.pacificadventureclub.com/blog/discovering-the-spooky-side-of-washington-haunted-hikes-in-the-pacific-northwest
https://www.andersondesigngroupstore.com/a/collections/61-american-national-parks/legends-of-the-national-parks-mount-rainiers-bigfoot#:~:text=With%20about%20676%20recorded%20sightings,grounds%E2%80%9D%20of%20the%20Bigfoot%20creature.
https://www.mystateline.com/news/bigfoot-sightings-which-states-have-the-most/#/questions
https://skepticalinquirer.org/2014/09/bigfoot-at-mount-rainier/
https://www.bfro.net/GDB/show_report.asp?id=78267&fbclid=IwY2xjawNPyIlleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETF4elJZOGN1NWRSbGthWGpIAR6PN4ctZHlZJqSt8JX2vCwssh5TWD-HsFKvFPxIz7SPgFhi-8MxWUx5FnP3KQ_aem_c2rzB6BPw-zpKlvp8ILC5g