Welcome to episode 13 - Illinois

First up in Weird News, we tell a delightful tale of a masturbating ghost monkey that will have you never looking at ghosts the same way.

Then in this week's main topic, we have a doubleheader of Cryptids as we discuss two entities seen in Southern Illinois during 4 month period in 1973: The Mud Monster and Enfield Horror.
James brings a story of a masturbating ghost monkey that will have you never looking at ghosts the same way.

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Research links:
Murphysboro Mud Monster
https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Murphysboro_Mud_Monster
https://sasquatchchronicles.com/the-big-muddy-monster/
https://anomalien.com/the-murphysboro-mud-monster/
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35668290/the-atlanta-constitution-atl-ga-31-oct/

Enfield Horror
https://cryptozoologycryptids.fandom.com/wiki/Enfield_Horror
https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2016/02/the-strange-case-of-the-enfield-horror/
https://anomalien.com/the-enfield-horror-what-happened-there/