Tripping On Legends

It’s a serious case of the chicken and the egg for Christopher Balzano and Natalie Crist as they continue their look into the strange happening in Ormond Beach. This time the Trippers look to unravel the legend of Tomokie, patron saint of the Tomoka State Park and the potential source of multiple legends. The fact of the matter is that bodies are being found in the woods and unexplained lights, fogs, and figures have been reported for decades, but what are their source? The Trippers also talk about a newer legend from the area they stumbled onto while out in the field. You can listen to the first part of the Ormond Beach trip, A Gloomy Sunday at the Fairchild Oak, at: http://triplegend.hipcast.com/deluge/triplegend-20180326080052-5810.mp3 You can contact us with questions, comments, and your favorite legend or tidbit of folklore at spookytripping@gmail.com. Keep visiting the site for the trip log of our travels and other urbanlegends at: www.trippingonlegends.wordpress.com Follow us at: www.facebook.

The Tripper take their first trip to Ormond Beach, Florida, and discover there might be more one the coast than just a few old Native American Stories. They start at the infamous Fairchild Oak, which has been called at times the Death Tree, the Murder Tree, and the Suicide Tree. Christopher Balzano and Natalie Crist explore the history of the location and use the old cursed song Gloomy Sunday to try and see if the stories might be true. You can contact us with questions, comments, and your favorite legend or tidbit of folklore at spookytripping@gmail.com. Keep visiting the site for the trip log of our travels and other urbanlegends at: www.trippingonlegends.wordpress.com Follow us at: www.facebook.com/trippingonlegends Twitter @naynaymyfriend @SpookyBalzano Instagram @SpookyTripping @NayNayV3

What's your favorite scary movie? After looking into two classic horror movies last week, Natalie Crist shows Christopher Balzano the movie that gave her nightmares as a kid, the 1988 classic The Woman in White. They get into stories and legends Balzano has tracked down involving the Woman in White legends and explore some of the other folklore the movie uses to scare the audience. You can contact us with questions, comments, and the details of your favorite scary movie at spookytripping@gmail.com. Keep visiting the site for the trip log of our travels and other urban legends at: www.trippingonlegends.wordpress.com Follow us at: www.facebook.com/trippingonlegends Twitter @naynaymyfriend @SpookyBalzano Instagram @SpookyTripping @NayNayV3

With Christopher Balzano and Natalie Crist temporarily grounded from tripping, it's time to stay home and explore the movies that scare the crap out of Natalie. How much of the Ring is based on folklore? Does Poltergeist owe more to urban legend than to the paranormal community? The Trippers break down all that is scary while spending just enough time talking about the original HellBlazer, John Constantine. You can contact us with questions, comments, and the details of your favorite scary movie at spookytripping@gmail.com. Keep visiting the site for the trip log of our travels and other urban legends at: www.trippingonlegends.wordpress.com Follow us at: www.facebook.com/trippingonlegends Twitter @naynaymyfriend @SpookyBalzano Instagram @SpookyTripping @NayNayV3

With Christopher Balzano and Natalie Crist temporarily grounded from tripping, it's time to stay home and explore the movies that scare the crap out of Natalie. How much of the Ring is based on folklore? Does Poltergeist owe more to urban legend than to the paranormal community? The Trippers break down all that is scary while spending just enough time talking about the original HellBlazer, John Constantine. You can contact us with questions, comments, and the details of your favorite scary movie at spookytripping@gmail.com. Keep visiting the site for the trip log of our travels and other urban legends at: www.trippingonlegends.wordpress.com Follow us at: www.facebook.com/trippingonlegends Twitter @naynaymyfriend @SpookyBalzano Instagram @SpookyTripping @NayNayV3

At the intersection of the Bloody Bucket Bridge and the Peace River, Natalie Crist and Christopher Balzano test out the legend to see if the river turns blood by the light of the Blood Full Moon. Here the full episode at: https://www.hipcast.com/podcast/HSSR6jds You can contact us with questions, comments, and criticism at spookytripping@gmail.com. Keep visiting the site for the trip log of our travels and other urban legends at: www.trippingonlegends.wordpress.com Follow us at: www.facebook.com/trippingonlegends Twitter @naynaymyfriend @SpookyBalzano Instagram @SpookyTripping @NayNayV3

By the light of the Blood Moon, Natalie Crist and Christopher Balzano hit Wachula, Florida, to track down a newer legend that has been traveling the Internet lately. Is the story of Bloody Bucket Bridge the creation of an overenthusiastic author or a real tale of murder, insanity, and blood? They venture out to visit the bridge and test the bloody water theory while taking about the history and evalution of the myth. Spoliers, they trace it back all the way back to its origin. You can contact us with questions, comments, and criticism at spookytripping@gmail.com. Keep visiting the site for the trip log of our travels and other urban legends at: www.trippingonlegends.wordpress.com Follow us at: www.facebook.com/trippingonlegends Twitter @naynaymyfriend @SpookyBalzano Instagram @SpookyTripping @NayNayV3

You always remember your first time. A few weeks back Christopher Balzano returned for one night only to looking into a residential haunting for a friend and brought first time investigator Natalie Crist with him. This week they look back on the night and use it as a chance to talk about the myths surrounding ghosts in your house and get Natalie's take on what it is like to investigate. You can contact us with questions, comments, and criticism at spookytripping@gmail.com. Keep visiting the site for the trip log of our travels and other urban legends at: www.trippingonlegends.wordpress.com Follow us at: www.facebook.com/trippingonlegends Twitter @naynaymyfriend @SpookyBalzano Instagram @SpookyTripping @NayNayV3

With the Kid Crew in tow, Christopher Balzano and Natalie Crist head to one of the most popular paranormal locations in Southwest Florida, the Koreshan State Park. Stories of ghosts and shadows at the Koreshan have been a part of Lee County's oral history for decades. The Trippers hit the park with the Tripping on Legends for KIds group to investigate, gather histories of the location and ghosts, and learn how to gather EVPs and take better pictures of ghosts. You can contact us with questions, comments, and criticism at spookytripping@gmail.com. Keep visiting the site for the trip log of our travels and other urban legends at: www.trippingonlegends.wordpress.com Follow us at: www.facebook.com/trippingonlegends Twitter @naynaymyfriend @SpookyBalzano Instagram @SpookyTripping @NayNayV3

Not even a holiday party can stop Christopher Balzano and Natalie Crist from finding a legend to trip, especially when the party takes them to Key West, Florida. The Trippers are able to spend some time in the Key West Cemetery and then walk, and climb, their way to the haunted Key West Lighthouse. To top things off, they talk their way into the Artist's House, birthplace of the famous Robert the Doll. You can contact us with questions, comments, and criticism at spookytripping@gmail.com. Keep visiting the site for the trip log of our travels and other urban legends at: www.trippingonlegends.wordpress.com Follow us at: www.facebook.com/trippingonlegends Twitter @naynaymyfriend @SpookyBalzano Instagram @SpookyTripping @NayNayV3

Again by the light of the Christmas Tree, Natalie Crist and Christopher Balzano look to get rid of whatever plays in the hallway of Natalie’s house. After trying to communicate with the spirit a few weeks back (https://www.hipcast.com/podcast/H0spZ0Ds), the Trippers look to get the spirit out. After a little follow-up on some of the news coming out of Astor (http://hipcast.com/podcast/HQCQhY3s) and a discussion on UFOs, they get into some of the old school and modern ideas on what ghosts are and how to get rid of them. What do you think is the best way to get rid of as unwanted spirit? You can contact us with questions, comments, and criticism at spookytripping@gmail.com. Keep visiting the site for the trip log of our travels and other urban legends at: www.trippingonlegends.wordpress.com Follow us at: www.facebook.com/trippingonlegends Twitter @naynaymyfriend @SpookyBalzano Instagram @SpookyTripping @NayNayV3

Forget the Tampa Triangle. Lake County Florida may be the location of the heir apparent to the Bridgewater Triangle. Christopher Balzano and Natalie Crist hit Astor, Florida, to talk haunted folklore with the locals and follow up on two of the stranger tales being told there. After documenting a new sighting of a possible pukwudgie, they hit the field to look for a another ghost train and the spirit of an old Native American chief who stands guard in the swamp.

On a hot day in October, Christopher Balzano takes the stage in Naples, Florida, to talk folklore and ghosts during CollierCon. You can contact us with questions, comments, and criticism at spookytripping@gmail.com. Keep visiting the site for the trip log of our travels and other urban legends at: www.trippingonlegends.wordpress.com Follow us at: www.facebook.com/trippingonlegends Twitter @naynaymyfriend @SpookyBalzano Instagram @SpookyTripping @NayNayV3

With the Halloween holiday season in full swing, Natalie Crist and Christopher Balzano have been asked to speak around Southwest Florida about what they do. But what does the audience want? The Trippers take some time to recap some of the legends and places they've encountered over the last year and what might connect with the audience. You can contact us with questions, comments, and criticism at spookytripping@gmail.com. Keep visiting the site for the trip log of our travels and other urban legends at: www.trippingonlegends.wordpress.com Follow us at: www.facebook.com/trippingonlegends Twitter @naynaymyfriend @SpookyBalzano Instagram @SpookyTripping @NayNayV3

After a discussion with his middle school class on folklore and urban legends, Christopher Balzano was able to capture two very recent and important changes to the old legend of Bloody Mary. Listen to Tripping on Legends episode about Bloody Mary: https://www.hipcast.com/podcast/H0NtshhQ You can contact us with questions, comments, and criticism (and especially your Bloody Mary stories) at spookytripping@gmail.com. Keep visiting the site for the trip log of our travels and other urban legends at: www.trippingonlegends.wordpress.com Follow us at: www.facebook.com/trippingonlegends Twitter @naynaymyfriend @SpookyBalzano Instagram @SpookyTripping @NayNayV3

After another odd, unexplained event in Natalie Crists' house, her and Christopher Balzano decided to look into what might be going on. The Trippers decide to take a break from the folklore of hauntings to introduce Natalie to the world of Ouija. The two discuss what's been going on in the house and some of the traditional practices and folklore surrounding the spirit board. You can find about more about spirit boards and their history from Robert Murch at http://www.robertmurch.com/ You can contact us with questions, comments, and criticism (and especially your Ouija Board stories) at spookytripping@gmail.com. Keep visiting the site for the trip log of our travels and other urban legends at: www.trippingonlegends.wordpress.com Follow us at: www.facebook.com/trippingonlegends Twitter @naynaymyfriend @SpookyBalzano Instagram @SpookyTripping @NayNayV3

Before the dark days of Hurricane Irma, Christopher Balzano was able to speak with Dr. Andrea Kitta, associate professor at East Carolina University (http://www.ecu.edu/cs-cas/engl/kitta.cfm). The conversation hits on different aspects of folklore, from the influences of and influence of Slender Man on modern society, to our modern mental health ideas’ impact on the stories we tell, to how the role of women in American society has changed and what it means. Ultimately the real question is whether modern day ghost stories and the legends that develop around them are folklore. Check out these links as an essential resource into looking into legends and to see some of Dr. Kitta’s work. International Society for Contemporary Legend Research https://contemporarylegend.org/ American Folklore Society http://www.afsnet.org/ You can contact us with questions, comments, and criticism at spookytripping@gmail.com. Keep visiting the site for the trip log of our travels and other urban legends at: www.trippingonle

It started as a simple post on an old Angelfire site. The more Christopher Balzano and Natalie Crist looked into it, it seemed ripe for their 2017 Road Trip. Little did they know they would experience their most frightening location in a small town somewhere tucked away in the Midwest on the last night of their adventure. The Trippers explore the legend and then take you with them step by step the night they go to Brazil, Indiana, and the 100 Step Cemetery, also known as Carpenter Cemetery and Cloverland Cemetery... ...and then they discover it might be one of the most academically researched urban legends in the country.

After conducting pukwudgie research for almost 15 years, Christopher Balzano finally makes it to Mounds State Park in Indiana. He and Natalie Crist make their way to the Crossroads of America to trip one of the more infamous locations of the mythical creature and again find more than just an old story. The have their own experience involving fireflies, wild deer, and a mysterious figure darting around the woods. They also are able to record one of the first genuine sightings of the creature from Jim Campbell, a park ranger and security officer at the state park. You can contact us with questions, comments, and criticism at spookytripping@gmail.com. Keep visiting the site for the trip log of our travels and other urban legends at: www.trippingonlegends.wordpress.com Follow us at: www.facebook.com/trippingonlegends Twitter @naynaymyfriend @SpookyBalzano Instagram @SpookyTripping @NayNayV3

Meanwhile back at the Biltmore Hotel in Greensboro, North Carolina... Epsiode 21 picks up where Episode 20 (http://triplegend.hipcast.com/deluge/triplegend-20170806213403-6718.mp3) left off. Natalie Crist and Christopher Balzano get deep into some of the audio they recorded while staying at the haunted Biltmore and explore how some of the history doesn't quite line up with some of the voices they hear. There may be something else trapped in the hotel trying very hard to get his message across.