Welcome to episode 45 - Utah First up in Weird News, we talk about the top 10 phobias people suffer from. (13:30) Then in this week's main topic, we discuss the town of Layton, UT. With just 79,000 citizens and square mileage of 23m, it has its fair share of haunted locations. We also discuss the curse of Hobbs Reservoir and the unexplained deaths of half a dozen teens. (22:50) Finally, this week we have a story from Reddit user r/GuruBushHippie of an encounter with a demon dog. This week's story is read by Lucy from Deadly Debbies Creepy Files Podcast! (47:00)

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Research:
https://www.newspapers.com/image/597476304/?terms=drown
https://www.slugmag.com/lifestyle/hobbs-reservoir/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/468208587/?terms=Charles%2BHumphrey
https://www.thedeadhistory.com/hobbs-hollow/
https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/utah/layton-paranormal-activity-ut/
https://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/two-utah-youth-drown-in-separate-incidents/article_053c33c6-17d2-592a-84a5-39476e1a6ae5.html
https://www.standard.net/police-fire/layton-cracks-down-on-swimmers-at-hobbs-pond/article_0e3e138c-78fb-5ee2-af14-7493586f5305.html
https://zionslost.libsyn.com/the-haunting-of-the-hobbs-reservoir