Tripping on Legends

Crossroads Media

Let's take a trip. Small town, USA. This is where the pulse of the paranormal resides. There are thousands of stories and experiences out there. Some have been told, and retold hundreds of times, and some are kept hidden, known only by the people that live there; this is where we come in. We're exploring the untold, and breaking down the overly familiar. Journeying through the one stoplight towns and discovering local urban legends, myths, lore, and paranormal episodes. Researching the backgrounds and developing the voices unheard. Our goal is not to capture evidence, but rather to capture the moment and bring our listeners along for the ride. Keep visiting the site for the trip log of our travels and other urban legends at: www.trippingonlegends.com. Follow us at: www.facebook.com/trippingonlegends Twitter: @SpookyBalzano Instagram: @SpookyTripping read less
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Episodes

Episode 129...The Witch and the Ghost Party
Jun 26 2023
Episode 129...The Witch and the Ghost Party
Sometimes you just need to be there to get why a haunted legend comes alive. There’s a story of a witch, a woods, and people who visit her ghost in the hopes of touching her wall and earning a little of her power. Sound familiar? What happens though when the wall is more story than a structure and the witch is more myth than mystic? Join the Trippers in the shadow of the Turtle as they head back to Ormond Beach to search for the often whispered about Ormond Witch of Witch Road. They also retell what happened when they legend tripped Merritt Island to see if they could get invited to the ghost party at Mather Bridge. Listen to some of the episodes referenced: Episode 123...Never Follow the Music https://sites.libsyn.com/446781/episode-123never-follow-the-music Episode 113...Haunted Roads, Take Me Home https://triplegend.hipcast.com/deluge/triplegend-20220630132724-5123.mp3 Episode 36…There’s Something Up at Ormond Beach https://traffic.libsyn.com/d243872e-1d21-4562-b35d-55b376605546/triplegend-20180405051106-5653.mp3 Episode 35...A Gloomy Sunday at the Fairchild Oak https://traffic.libsyn.com/d243872e-1d21-4562-b35d-55b376605546/triplegend-20180326080052-5810.mp3   Feel free to call our new phone number during our live shows to get involved, share a legend you’ve heard, or to just ask a question at (813) 418-6822.   Check out Christopher Balzano’s books, including the newly released Haunted Ocala National Forest: https://www.amazon.com/Christopher-Balzano/e/B001PH5BA6?ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vu00_i0     You can contact us with questions, comments, and your favorite legend or tidbit of folklore at spookytripping@gmail.com.   Follow us at: www.facebook.com/trippingonlegends   Twitter: @SpookyBalzano Instagram: @SpookyTrip
Episode 126...Bones and Lies from Okeechobee
Apr 10 2023
Episode 126...Bones and Lies from Okeechobee
Urkhammer or Ashely were just the beginning. Sure, we can agree they probably never existed, but did they have their own merch? In walks Doveland, Wisconsin and says, “Hold my urban legend.”   In the second part of their Lost Cities, Lost Bones show, Trippers Christopher Balzano and Deanna Mulhern continue their trek across towns that never existed looking trying to make sense of all of these Mandela Towns before shooting over to Lake Okeechobee to debate whether their infamous bones are sketchy or point at a darker history of the “hole in the state.”   We apologize ahead of time for the audio quality and Balzano’s comments about Wisconsin.   Listen to the first half of the journey: https://sites.libsyn.com/446781/episode-125lost-cities-lost-bones   Listen to some of the episodes mentioned: This Town in Myth: https://traffic.libsyn.com/d243872e-1d21-4562-b35d-55b376605546/triplegend-20191219081139-1540.mp3 The Humpty Dumpty Haunting: https://traffic.libsyn.com/d243872e-1d21-4562-b35d-55b376605546/triplegend-20200714174543-3049.mp3 Live at Arbuckle Creek: https://traffic.libsyn.com/d243872e-1d21-4562-b35d-55b376605546/triplegend-20190409213328-2616.mp3 The Lost Love Potion of Arbuckle Creek where we get more into the background of the story at: https://traffic.libsyn.com/d243872e-1d21-4562-b35d-55b376605546/triplegend-20190217202207-7748.mp3     Feel free to call our new phone number during our live shows to get involved, share a legend you’ve heard, or to just ask a question at (813) 418-6822.   Check out Christopher Balzano’s books, including the newly released Haunted Ocala National Forest: https://www.amazon.com/Christopher-Balzano/e/B001PH5BA6?ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vu00_i0     You can contact us with questions, comments, and your favorite legend or tidbit of folklore at spookytripping@gmail.com.   Follow us at: www.facebook.com/trippingonlegends   Twitter: @SpookyBalzano Instagram: @SpookyTrip
Episode 125...Lost Cities, Lost Bones
Mar 20 2023
Episode 125...Lost Cities, Lost Bones
Ever been to Urkhammer or Ashely? Have you picked up your hat and cup and keychain from Doveland?   Travel across the country and you'll find rumors of towns that don't exist and places people remember but can't quite communicate about. It could be collective amnesia, the Mandela Effect, or maybe just a case of the Internet having a little fun at our expense. We continue to scratch our heads at Roanoke, but what about Tinsdale.   Join Trippers Christopher Balzano and Deanna Mulhern as they skip from town to town looking for the answers before landing smack dab in the middle of the state to set up a legend trip on Lake O.    This is part one of two, so be prepared to not quite make it to Lake Okeechobee yet...   Listen to some of the episodes mentioned: This Town in Myth: https://traffic.libsyn.com/d243872e-1d21-4562-b35d-55b376605546/triplegend-20191219081139-1540.mp3 The Humpty Dumpty Haunting: https://traffic.libsyn.com/d243872e-1d21-4562-b35d-55b376605546/triplegend-20200714174543-3049.mp3 Live at Arbuckle Creek: https://traffic.libsyn.com/d243872e-1d21-4562-b35d-55b376605546/triplegend-20190409213328-2616.mp3 The Lost Love Potion of Arbuckle Creek where we get more into the background of the story at: https://traffic.libsyn.com/d243872e-1d21-4562-b35d-55b376605546/triplegend-20190217202207-7748.mp3   Feel free to call our new phone number during our live shows to get involved, share a legend you’ve heard, or to just ask a question at (813) 418-6822.   Check out Christopher Balzano’s books, including the newly released Haunted Ocala National Forest: https://www.amazon.com/Christopher-Balzano/e/B001PH5BA6?ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vu00_i0     You can contact us with questions, comments, and your favorite legend or tidbit of folklore at spookytripping@gmail.com.   Follow us at: www.facebook.com/trippingonlegends   Twitter: @SpookyBalzano Instagram: @SpookyTripping
Episode 124...Battle of the Two Dolls
Feb 27 2023
Episode 124...Battle of the Two Dolls
With Ella begging me to allow her to do the Backrooms episode, we had to switch gears a little bit.   It's okay to follow Robert's Rules and believe in the curse. It's okay to fall back on Voodoo curses and wild affairs and attempted murder. It's okay to swoon when the tales get taller and the stories get darker and the monster comes out of the attic.   All Roberts are a representation of the life and times during which They Did It.   Just understand the doll you know and love is not the one you think he is, and the truth might be is as faded as the face on that little toy in Key West.   And you should be happy about that.   Join Tripping on Legends as they take a frank look at Key West's most famous resident and question the little doll that started it all. We even get a call from our leading expert on Pemberton Ferry and artist Della Daughtery with a personal account of Robert.   Feel free to call our new phone number during our live shows to get involved, share a legend you’ve heard, or to just ask a question at (813) 418-6822.   Check out Christopher Balzano’s books, including the newly released Haunted Ocala National Forest. https://www.amazon.com/Christopher-Balzano/e/B001PH5BA6?ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vu00_i0   You can contact us with questions, comments, and your favorite legend or tidbit of folklore at spookytripping@gmail.com.   Follow us at: www.facebook.com/trippingonlegends   Twitter: @SpookyBalzano Instagram: @SpookyTripping
Episode 123...Never Follow the Music
Jan 24 2023
Episode 123...Never Follow the Music
There are a few rules that you should never break when thinking about tripping after a ghostly legend. Don’t forget a flashlight if you’re going into the woods. Never cross a bridge unless you’ve seen someone heavier cross it first. Remember to leave a few coins whenever you pass by some graves.   And of course, if you hear music in the woods, never follow it.   Or maybe always follow it, just never try to join in on the beat.   There is a deep history of music from the woods, but in the last two decades, people around the world have reported abandoned pianos in forest. Like the stairways among the trees, they appear without warning, often looking like part of the natural landscape.   Tripping on Legends goes deep into the stories that have been reported across the globe from Massachusetts to Utah to Sweden and the music’s place in urban legends and folklore. We’ll then turn our attention more local and look at a haunted bridge on Merritt Island said to still ring with the songs of parties past.   Feel free to call our new phone number during our live shows to get involved, share a legend you’ve heard, or to just ask a question at (813) 418-6822.   Check out Christopher Balzano’s books, including the newly released Haunted Ocala National Forest. https://www.amazon.com/Christopher-Balzano/e/B001PH5BA6?ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vu00_i0   You can contact us with questions, comments, and your favorite legend or tidbit of folklore at spookytripping@gmail.com.   Follow us at: www.facebook.com/trippingonlegends   Twitter: @SpookyBalzano Instagram: @SpookyTripping
Episode 120...Haunted Objects, Haunted Shop
Dec 4 2022
Episode 120...Haunted Objects, Haunted Shop
Tripping on Legends continues its Halloween haunted Trek into the Ocala to a place where what's on the shelf has a mind of its own. We put the tarot decks down and get more into the little shop where dolls move, keys unlock the unknown, and even simple cutlery can get spooky. Corrine Kenner, curator of Deland’s Haunted Antique Shop and Paranormal Museum and author of Gently Haunted joins Dan Horon as Christopher Balzano and Nikki Mu spend the night before the big day touring the idea of haunted objects and getting a little more into the story of what's for sale at the store. You can listen to the first part of the episide where we get into the Tarot of Physics at: https://sites.libsyn.com/446781/episode-119the-tarot-of-physics-and-haunted-objects You can learn more at: http://tarotofphysics.com/ Here’s her site for a little preview of what the shop has to offer: https://hauntedantiqueshop.com/ Feel free to call our new phone number during our live shows to get involved, share a legend you’ve heard, or to just ask a question at (813) 418-6822. Check out Christopher Balzano’s books, including the newly released Haunted Ocala National Forest at: https://www.amazon.com/Christopher-Balzano/e/B001PH5BA6?ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vu00_i0 You can contact us with questions, comments, and your favorite legend or tidbit of folklore at spookytripping@gmail.com. Follow us at: www.facebook.com/trippingonlegends Twitter: @SpookyBalzano Instagram: @SpookyTripping   Keep visiting the site for the trip log of our travels and other urban legends at: www.trippingonlegends.com
Episode 119...The Tarot of Physics and Haunted Objects
Nov 26 2022
Episode 119...The Tarot of Physics and Haunted Objects
What was supposed to be the nuts and bolts of haunted objects and creepy antiques on the eve of Halloween quickly shifted gears just as the cameras rolled. Before we can get into the discussion, Dan Horon of the Haunted Antique Shop in Deland throws out there the idea of the Tarot of Physics. Before we know it, the Trippers are off on a journey into some crazy ideas into the nature and changing face of the decks which move the supernatural. Corrine Kenner, curator of Deland’s Haunted Antique Shop and Paranormal Museum and author of Gently Haunted joins Horon as Christopher Balzano and Nikki Mu spend the night before the big day shuffling decks and getting deeper into astrology and its place among the haunted dolls. And we still have a whole episode just on the shop and haunted objects still to come from that night. You can learn more at: http://tarotofphysics.com/ Here’s her site for a little preview of what the shop has to offer: https://hauntedantiqueshop.com/   Feel free to call our new phone number during our live shows to get involved, share a legend you’ve heard, or to just ask a question at (813) 418-6822.   Check out Christopher Balzano’s books, including the newly released Haunted Ocala National Forest at: https://www.amazon.com/Christopher-Balzano/e/B001PH5BA6?ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vu00_i0   You can contact us with questions, comments, and your favorite legend or tidbit of folklore at spookytripping@gmail.com.   Follow us at: www.facebook.com/trippingonlegends   Twitter: @SpookyBalzano Instagram: @SpookyTripping   Keep visiting the site for the trip log of our travels and other urban legends at: www.trippingonlegends.com
Episode 118...Who the Hell Is Sam
Oct 14 2022
Episode 118...Who the Hell Is Sam
It’s Halloween time and mixed in with all of the witches and ghosts and spooky decorations, a newer mascot of the season has popped up in the last few years and taken control of the holiday. Sam is the driving force behind the movie Trick R Treat and the living embodiment of Halloween. He stalks the night offering a framing for the tales in the movie and enforcing the unwritten rules of the season. With a new theatrical release for 2022, it’s a great time to watch the movie and look at who this little guy is and how he taps into some of the bigger themes of Halloween and horror. Join Christopher Balzano and Nikki Mu as they sit down with their popcorn and explore Halloween, Trick R Treat, and the mini monster decorating your neighbor’s yard and walking around on Halloween night pretending to be just another kid. Feel free to call our new phone number during our live shows to get involved, share a legend you’ve heard, or to just ask a question at (813) 418-6822. Check out Christopher Balzano’s books, including the newly released Haunted Ocala National Forest at: https://www.amazon.com/Christopher-Balzano/e/B001PH5BA6?ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vu00_i0 You can contact us with questions, comments, and your favorite legend or tidbit of folklore at spookytripping@gmail.com. Follow us at: www.facebook.com/trippingonlegends Twitter: @SpookyBalzano Instagram: @SpookyTripping Keep visiting the site for the trip log of our travels and other urban legends at: www.trippingonlegends.com
Episode 117...The Mirror of Ma Ba(r)ker
Sep 11 2022
Episode 117...The Mirror of Ma Ba(r)ker
True crime and ghostly folklore go together like Chicago and bootlegging or guns and bullets… …and when you’re in the shadow of Ocala, no gangster can rest in peace without a ghost story. Florida’s haunted locations act as a map of unusual crime and famous villains, but there is one name that keeps coming up when you talk old time criminals and Florida phantoms. Ma Barker might be one of the lesser known names to some outsiders, but her family’s story is intermixed with that of the state. Her house, or the reflection of it, forces us to keep asking about both sides of the mirror. Join Trippers Christopher Balzano and Nicole MU as they look into the true story of this infamous woman and the ghosts who continue to rat tat tat at the scene of her death. And we would love to hear your local urban legends about haunted crime scenes. Feel free to call our new phone number during our live shows to get involved, share a legend you’ve heard, or to just ask a question at (813) 418-6822. Check out Christopher Balzano’s books, including the newly released Haunted Ocala National Forest at: https://www.amazon.com/Christopher-Balzano/e/B001PH5BA6?ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vu00_i0 You can contact us with questions, comments, and your favorite legend or tidbit of folklore at spookytripping@gmail.com. Follow us at: www.facebook.com/trippingonlegends Twitter: @SpookyBalzano Instagram: @SpookyTripping #TOL #creepy #weirdflorida #hauntedhistory #unexplained #ghost #ghoststories #folklore #hauntedfolklore #floridafolklore #legendtripping #urbanlegend #paranormal #followthesigns #haunted #floridahistory #supernatural #hauntedlove #haint #hauntedOcala #truecrime #mabarker #mabarkerhouse #mirrormagic #lakeweir