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Legends 39: Have Love Will Travel

Duration
34m
Broadcast on
28 Oct 2024
Audio Format
other

History has left us with countless stories of ghosts that stay in one place. But every now and then, our spectral neighbors uproot themselves and do a bit of traveling, leaving us with stories that are much more frightening than the rest.

Narrated and produced by Aaron Mahnke, with writing by Alex Robinson, and research by Jamie Vargas.

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The sandstorm came out of nowhere. Now, while the storm was unexpected, it wasn't necessarily unusual. The Sonoran Desert is one of the most treacherous environments in North America, with temperatures that can get up to 120 degrees Fahrenheit. Sandstorms and death are common. Its primary trail, El Camino Del Diablo, or the Devil's Highway, is littered with white crosses to mark the graves of the thousands of travelers who have died along its dusty path. One day in the past, two ranch hands were traveling along El Camino Del Diablo when a sandstorm descended upon them. Acting fast, they tied up their horses and took shelter behind some rocks. Then, armed with nothing more than the meager supplies they had packed for their day trip, they hunkered down to wait it out. The sandstorm lasted two days. The men were pounded with blistering hot sand and blasted by winds going over 25 miles an hour. All too soon, they drank through the last of their water. Soon, their horses died, and still they were trapped, unable to see more than a couple of inches in front of their faces. Eventually, one of the ranch hands vomited and then passed out cold. Soon after the man lost consciousness, the storm grew unnaturally quiet. The second man lifted his head to squint through the sand, and he was met with a hunting site. Riding out of the storm was a man dressed in white. Eleven more riders followed him, all on equally white horses and wearing pristine white clothing. They rode straight for the ranchers, only stopping when they got there. Then, two of the riders dismounted, grabbed the unconscious man and placed him onto a riderless white horse. Ignoring the other man's protests, they rode away with their new recruit. The remaining rancher passed out soon after his friend was taken. But when he awoke, he saw that his friend wasn't gone. His body was still lying in the sand next to him. Dead. Our culture is full of stories of haunted houses and cemeteries. In most of these, spirits are stuck in a single location, reliving the trauma of their death. But according to legends, not all specters are stagnant. In fact, many throughout history have had places to be. Sometimes, it seems, these ghostly participants have traveled. I'm Aaron Mankey, and this is Lore Legends. More often than not, people die while they still have things to do, unfinished business, if you will, and so some of these people keep moving, even in death. Stories about spectral travelers can be traced back to ancient roots. But while these old cultures from Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome had differing beliefs on the afterlife, they had similar views on ghosts. Namely, that spirits came into existence if funeral rites weren't observed, or their families didn't continue to honor them after death with prayer and sacrifices. And sometimes, ancient spirits who died in battle far away from their homelands

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