***NOTE: I spent the day battling not only technical issues, but my sinuses while recording. Please excuse the sound quality in this episode. Also, there seems to be about a 1-2 minute gap in the recording during the Anna Bixby segment. The recording does continue where it left off.  I promise it will be better next week! Thank you for your understanding. Enjoy!***

On today's episode, we will be exploring two historic sites in Southern Illinois: Massac County, which hosts Fort Massac, and Hardin County, home of the legendary Dr. Anna Bixby.

Also included in this episode is our first ever listener story, and I'll be adding in a spooky tale of my own.

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Citations for this episode:

• https://www.hauntedillinois.com/realhauntedplaces/anna-bixby-cave.php
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Pierce_Hobbs_Bixby
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ageratina_altissima
• “Dr. Anna and the Fight for the Milksick,” Bailey, Laurel - 1996
• https://web.archive.org/web/20120807012715/http://www.lib.niu.edu/1996/ihy960456.html
• “Anna Bixby: The Story, The Woman, The Legend,” The Southern - Oct. 2011
• https://thesouthern.com/progress/section3/anna-bixby-the-story-the-woman-the-legend/article_ed10006c-f996-11e0-8bf2-001cc4c03286.html
• “Ballad from the Bluffs,” Judge WM Hall
• “History, Mystery, and Hauntings of Southern Illinois, ” Bruce L. Cline, Lisa A. Cline
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Massac