“THEY CAME THROUGH THE BATHROOM MIRROR” and More Terrifying True Horror Stories! #WeirdDarkness

Ruthie Mae McCoy fought her whole life to escape the violence and fear of Chicago’s public housing, but when intruders slipped through her medicine cabinet and into her apartment, her worst nightmare became horrifyingly real.

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IN THIS EPISODE: Ruthie Mae McCoy was the type who talked to herself and cursed strangers on the street. When she called 911 to report that someone was coming through the medicine cabinet of her Abbott Homes apartment, she might have been hallucinating. But she wasn’t. (They Came Through The Mirror) *** Who was the mysterious woman who spoke a language no-one could understand? What was inside the box she held in her hands? What was the meaning of the markings on the round metal object she arrived in? Those are just some of the questions no one has been able to answer about a strange encounter near Tokyo in 1803. (The Alien Woman and the Hollow Ship) *** In a well-known area of southwest Texas that many believe to already be haunted, a woman dies in childbirth – but when she is found, her baby is missing, and wolf prints are everywhere. And that’s when sightings of The Wolf Girl of Devil’s River begin. (The Wolf Girl of Devil’s River) *** Throughout early 1800s Delaware and Maryland, Patty Cannon and her gang kidnapped as many as 3,000 Black Americans to sell into bondage in the South… and would often murder those slaves… and those that sold them. (Patty Cannon: The Slave-Trading Serial Killer)

CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Disclaimer and Show Open
00:02:20.426 = Patty Cannon: The Slave-Trading Serial Killer
00:13:31.595 = The Alien Woman and the Hollow Ship
00:17:14.271 = The Wolf Girl of Devil’s River
00:27:35.179 = They Came In Through The Bathroom Mirror, Part 1
00:51:38.713 = They Came In Through The Bathroom Mirror, Part 2
01:14:53.153 = They Came In Through The Bathroom Mirror, Part 3
01:30:23.483 = Show Close
01:30:56.638 = Verse and Final Thought
01:31:35.307 = Bloopers

SOURCES AND RESOURCES FROM THE EPISODE…
Episode Page at WeirdDarkness.com: https://weirddarkness.com/TheyCameThroughTheBathroomMirror
“Patty Cannon: The Slave-Trading Serial Killer” by Emily Stringer for All That’s Interesting: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/a95a6zaz
“The Alien Woman and the Hollow Ship” by Ellen Lloyd for Ancient Pages: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/tvkvddc5
“The Wolf Girl of Devil’s River” by Brian Haughton: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/5uf2utcc
“They Came Through The Mirror” by Steve Bogira for Chicago Reader: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/65pp5y96
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Originally aired: October 14, 2021

TRANSCRIPT: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/mrhu4vxz