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Where Our Minds Wander

Where Our Minds Wander

Written by: Wes Guay & Beth Guay
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From the creepy attic's dark corners to the very end of a shadow-filled dirt road, our minds wander towards the odd, supernatural and not easily explained. Pull up a cozy seat and your favorite beverage and delve into our Strange but True stories from around the globe and beyond.

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Episodes
  • 199 Occidental Hotel and Peel Mansion
    Feb 19 2026

    Episode description: Two very different hauntings: first, Wes covers the most haunted hotel in Wyoming, still reliving its Wild West glory. Beth covers the unique haunting at the Peel Mansion of Arkansas.

    Our Sources:

    www.occidentalwyoming.com/

    www.occidentalwyoming.com/history

    www.buffalowyo.com/about-buffalo

    www.buffalowyoming.org/occidental.htm#:~:text=Rebuilt%20and%20added%2

    https://usghostadventures.com/haunted-places/oddities-at-the-occidental-

    https://cowboystatedaily.com/2023/09/16/at-wyomings-historic-occidental-

    www.bhparanormal.com/occidental-hotel-investigation/

    https://ghostlandia.media/2022/07/14/the-ghosts-of-the-occidental-hotel/

    https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/peel-mansion-museum-and-

    https://onlyinark.com/arkansas-women-bloggers/take-walk-history-peel-

    https://honorsblog.uark.edu/the-legal-and-political-career-of-samuel-west-

    https://mosthauntedplacesintheworld.com/is-the-peel-mansion-haunted-

    www.vintagebentonville.com/peel-mansion-has-it-very-own-

    Middle Music: Music by Audionautix.com


    Support the show

    All our links:
    Our website: www.whereourmindswander.com/
    Our email: whereourmindswander@gmail.com
    Facebook :
    www.facebook.com/WhereOurMindsWander
    Support the Show:
    www.whereourmindswander.com/support/
    Our Merch store: www.teepublic.com/stores/where-our-minds-wander?ref_id=27458
    Our Books on Amazon
    www.amazon.com/dp/B0CG2R726Y
    www.amazon.com/dp/B0CG412JMK
    Youtube channel:
    www.youtube.com/channel/UCU-Fsxo4tN5xylI3FwB_iew
    Twitter Page:
    twitter.com/OurMindsWander
    Spotify:
    open.spotify.com/show/3vlmAO4u48AXbZuQh89gEZ
    Apple Podcasts:
    podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1629154174





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    50 mins
  • 198 Rolling Heads, Ghost Witches, and Death Valley’s Underground City of Giants
    Feb 12 2026

    Beth shares some terrifying tales of the Rolling Heads and Skadegamutc from Native American folklore. Wes shares the stories of an underground city of giant mummies beneath Death Valley.


    Our Sources:

    www.native-languages.org/legends-figures.htm

    www.pyramidmesa.com/wintu1.htm

    https://allthatsinteresting.com/native-american-monsters/7

    www.thegothiclibrary.com/dark-tales-of-native-american-folklore/

    www.urbanlegendsmysteryandmyth.com/2025/10/skadegamutc-native-american-undead.html

    www.legendsofamerica.com/ca-deathvalleyundergroundcity/

    www.grunge.com/708168/the-truth-about-shin-au-av-the-legendary-underground-city-in-death-valley/

    Middle Music:

    Music by Play List from Pixabay



    Support the show

    All our links:
    Our website: www.whereourmindswander.com/
    Our email: whereourmindswander@gmail.com
    Facebook :
    www.facebook.com/WhereOurMindsWander
    Support the Show:
    www.whereourmindswander.com/support/
    Our Merch store: www.teepublic.com/stores/where-our-minds-wander?ref_id=27458
    Our Books on Amazon
    www.amazon.com/dp/B0CG2R726Y
    www.amazon.com/dp/B0CG412JMK
    Youtube channel:
    www.youtube.com/channel/UCU-Fsxo4tN5xylI3FwB_iew
    Twitter Page:
    twitter.com/OurMindsWander
    Spotify:
    open.spotify.com/show/3vlmAO4u48AXbZuQh89gEZ
    Apple Podcasts:
    podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1629154174





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    45 mins
  • 197 Rendlesham Forest incident and the Lakenheath Bentwaters Incident
    Feb 5 2026

    Wes and Beth tackle the infamous 1980 Rendlesham Forest Incident, often called “Britain’s Roswell.” They also go back further, to the lesser-known 1956 UFO incident over the same area.


    Sources Used:

    www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-suffolk-54649675

    https://science.howstuffworks.com/space/aliens-ufos/rendlesham-forest-incident.htm

    https://themorbidtourist.com/rendlesham-forest/

    https://interestingengineering.com/culture/21-facts-about-the-unresolved-ufo-incident-at-rendlesham-forest

    https://grokipedia.com/page/Lakenheath-Bentwaters_incident

    www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP81R00560R000100010010-0.pdf

    www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP81R00560R000100010010-0.pdf

    Middle music: Credit: https://www.purple-planet.com



    Support the show

    All our links:
    Our website: www.whereourmindswander.com/
    Our email: whereourmindswander@gmail.com
    Facebook :
    www.facebook.com/WhereOurMindsWander
    Support the Show:
    www.whereourmindswander.com/support/
    Our Merch store: www.teepublic.com/stores/where-our-minds-wander?ref_id=27458
    Our Books on Amazon
    www.amazon.com/dp/B0CG2R726Y
    www.amazon.com/dp/B0CG412JMK
    Youtube channel:
    www.youtube.com/channel/UCU-Fsxo4tN5xylI3FwB_iew
    Twitter Page:
    twitter.com/OurMindsWander
    Spotify:
    open.spotify.com/show/3vlmAO4u48AXbZuQh89gEZ
    Apple Podcasts:
    podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1629154174





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    48 mins
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