The White Lady is a common ghost story motif, and the city of Santa Cruz, California, is home to a classic example. She wanders in a place that is at the edge between urban and rural in a small canyon that gets dark before the sun has even set. If you aren’t careful, you might just find an axe flying towards your head…or not. In this episode, Matt talks about the White Lady of Santa Cruz.
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A transcript of this episode can be found HERE
This episode featured music by Matthew Armstrong and production assistance from Kaylia Metcalfe.
Sources:
Santa Cruz Public Library (and here)
Weird California (and here)
Bird, S. Elizabeth. 2018. Playing with Fear: Interpreting the Adolescent Legend Trip. In Legend Tripping: A Contemporary Legend Casebook. Utah State University Press, Logan, Utah.
Ellis, Bill. 2018. Legend Trips and Satanism: Adolescents’ Ostensive Traditions as “Cult” Activity. In Legend Tripping: A Contemporary Legend Casebook. Utah State University Press, Logan, Utah.
Meley, Patricia M. 2018. Adolescent Legend Trips as a Teenage Cultural Response: A Study of Lore in Context. In Legend Tripping: A Contemporary Legend Casebook. Utah State University Press, Logan, Utah.
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