I don't even know where to start with this episode. This episode is about a medication that no longer exists but is similar to Vick's topical analgesic.

https://www.fadingad.com/fadingadblog/2015/03/12/lees-save-the-baby-more-misbranded-nostrums-from-our-not-so-distant-past/

https://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/features/look-back-old-time-medicines

https://www.peoplespharmacy.com/articles/savethebaby-har

I was so unsatisfied by other re-tellings and explanations of this legend that I did an intense deep dive into it. I ended up obsessing over Father Gallitzin and did a cradle to grave biography about him and his episode is on this feed as well.

The Mystery of the Wizard Clip is a supernatural event that took place in the 1790’s in Middleway, West Virginia which was investigated by the Catholic church. Was the Wizard Clip a ghost or a demon? Could it have simply been a human prankster? Listen to this Patreon exclusive and decide for yourself!

Apologies for my breathing being so prominent in this episode. I was still struggling with some asthma issues during this recording, it was also very late at night when I found time to record so I was sighing and yawning also. I try to hold myself to a higher standard and will try to do better in the future, but unfortunately at the moment I have to steal recording time when I can. Thank you so much for understanding!

SOURCES

Hillbilly Horror Stories episode titled Midweek 4 Demon of Wizard Clip & Serial Spirits

Monsteropolis episode 77 titled to the woods where someone who writes in to the show believes that the wizard clip is related to the bell witch haunting.

Wizard Clip by Granny Sue

https://www.miraclesofthechurch.com/2011/11/wizard-clip-adam-livingstons-miraculous.html

https://www.mysticsofthechurch.com/2014/02/the-wizard-clip-mystic-voice-newspaper.html blog post that transcribed a newspaper article from 1926

THE KINGSTON DAILY FREEMAN NEWSPAPER

Monday November 1, 1926

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/wizard-clip-west-virginia-priest-field

The Ghost Story Behind a Bucolic Catholic Retreat Center

A brief, true history of West Virginia’s Priest Field and “The Legend of the Wizard Clip.”

BY ERIC GRUNDHAUSER NOVEMBER 7, 2017

The Big Book of West Virginia Ghost Stories

By Visionary Living, Inc.

Wikipedia

The mystery of the wizard clip a monograph by joseph m finotti in 1879

https://www.loc.gov/resource/dcmsiabooks.mysteryofwizardc00fino/?sp=13&r=-0.547,0.277,2.093,1.329,0

https://archive.org/details/mysteryofwizardc00fino

https://www.loc.gov/collections/selected-digitized-books/?fa=segmentof:dcmsiabooks.mysteryofwizardc00fino/%7Csubject:west+virginia&sb=shelf-id&st=gallery

http://middlewayconservancy.org/Wizard_Clip_Legend.html

wizzard clip by w s laidley from west virginia magazine quarterly in 1904

I also watched some videos by Jim Surkamp who apparently was the Jefferson County Commissoner at one point. I couldn’t find out much about him but I guess he’s a historian and writer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvnikVyxhzY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOPCk2O9c5Y

People who've worked in hotels tell all about their worst experiences on the job.

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