Episode 350: The Snallygaster
A whimsical creature from Germany morphed stateside into a newspaper headline frenzy that swept a region for decades. The truth behind its fame maybe sinister, but this monstrous beast’s playful rebrand has landed it in the amongst the most beloved crytpids. This week’s episode is The Snallygaster.
SOURCES
The Maryland Snallygaster: Devil of Racist Politics, WETA News: https://boundarystones.weta.org/2024/12/04/maryland-snallygaster-devil-racist-politics
The racist roots of Maryland’s mythical Snallygaster monster, The Baltimore Banner: https://archive.is/tFLE0
The North American Dragon, The Snallygaster Museum: https://www.snallygastermuseum.com/about-5
The Snallygaster, Bygone Maryland: https://bygonemaryland.com/2016/10/11/998/
Snallygaster: The Lost Legend of Frederick County by Patrick Boyton: https://www.google.com/books/edition/Snallygaster/yEkvI6CwCxcC?hl=en&gbpv=1
The Snallygaster: Century-Old Fake News Terrorized Citizens of Maryland… But the Creature May be Real, Ancient Origins: https://www.ancient-origins.net/unexplained-phenomena/snallygaster-0010491
The Unsettling Legend of Maryland’s Native Cryptid, the Snallygaster, Atlas Obuscura: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/what-is-the-snallygaster
Haunted Maryland: The Monsters Lurking in Frederick County, Preservation Maryland: https://preservationmaryland.org/haunted-maryland-the-monsters-lurking-in-frederick-county/
The Dwayyo: ‘Don’t Mess with It’, Bygone Maryland: https://bygonemaryland.com/2016/10/20/the-dwayyo-dont-mess-with-it/
Snallygaster v. Snollygoster, Sharon A. Hill: https://sharonahill.com/pop-cryptid-spectator-9/
The Snallygaster Tale: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1437308/
The Legend of the Snallygaster, Heather Jauquet: https://hjauquet.medium.com/the-legend-of-the-snallygaster-204dc1b24695
The racist roots of Maryland’s mythical Snallygaster monster, WJZ Morning News: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxrRXhMHYiI
Chasing After the Fabled Snallygaster - Cryptid Road Trip!, West Virginia University: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7v7SwllSEw&t=11s
Seeing Things, The Chestertown Transcript (1932): https://mdhistory.msa.maryland.gov/msa_sc3326/msa_sc3326_scm8227/pdf/msa_sc3326_scm8227-0423.pdf
The Snoligoster, Fearsome Creatures of the Lumberwoods (Cox, 1910): http://www.lib.lumberwoods.org/fclw/snoligoster.html
Focus on Main Street, The Hagerstown Daily Mail (1959), Newspapers.com (Subscription required)
This Guy has Seen the Snallygaster, Mountain Monsters on Travel Channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_R3Sz1on1t8
