Patreon Exclusive 24 - The Mystery of the Wizard Clip
Description
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
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
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