S2.E7: The Thunder Growl (Halloween Special Pt. 1)
Season 2, Episode 7 (Halloween Bonus 1)
When nights grow long and familiar paths suddenly lead you astray; when fog shrouds the coast in deathly gloom and strange lights flicker in empty bogs,
that’s the time when ghosts and ghouls explore this new found land.
Welcome to the Strange Truths & Tall Tales Halloween Special.
Title: The Thunder Growl
Time: 12 minutes
Locations: Elliston
Story: Night of the Thunder Growl
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About The Episode:
Halloween Bonus Episode Pt. 1
It’s October and the nights are getting noticeably longer. As darkness takes a hold. I’ve decided to embrace the ‘spooky season’ for some short Halloween episodes.
This instalment is a creepy true story from Elliston on the tip of The Bonavista Peninsula.
It’s a tale of an unwelcome visitor who showed up in town one frosty night some 200 years ago.
Listening Options
You can listen to the episode here or on your favourite platform.
Credits
Tocatta & Fugue in D Minor (Bach) from orangefreesounds.com, Paul Pittman, public domain.
Thunder (bajko) and growling sound (raventhornn) from freesound.com, creative commons 0
Sources & Further Reading
Night of the Thunder Growl, Product of Newfoundland
Wandering Thoughts, Rev. Philip Tocque, 1846
The Thundergrowl Phenomenon, Newfoundland Weekly, Jan 03, 1931
Trinity, Evening Telegram, October 28, 1922
More Than 50%, Hilda Chaulk Murray, 1979
Elliston, Encyclopedia of NL
Newfoundland: As it Was, and As It Is In 1877, P. Tocque,
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On Good Friday night in 1843, the crew of the Jane & Mary witnessed fire in the sky—two blazing orbs that lit the sea then vanished without a sound.
On Good Friday, 1842, as the sun set over St. John’s, NL the sky erupted in fire-red light—and a perfect crimson bow appeared over the ice-covered sea.
In August 1947, a bear invades a sleeping baby’s room in Port Saunders, NL. With only her wits and a well-worn broom, one mother’s courage becomes the ultimate shield.
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