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Podcast: Haunted American History
Episode: The Mogollon Monster
Description: In the shadow of Arizona’s Mogollon Rim, the legend smells before it shows itself. A rancid stench, a woman’s scream in the dark, and a century of sightings that turned a “wild man” into Arizona’s Bigfoot. In this episode, we trace the Mogollon Monster from 1903 newspaper terror to Scout-camp lore, sift the science from the stories, and ask what the grizzly’s ghost left behind. Plus: a brief original fiction interlude that steps off the trail and into something watching between the pines. LINKS FOR MY DEBUT NOVEL, THE FORGOTTEN BOROUGHAUDIBLE - T...