The Cold Skillet on Limestone Lane: Children's Names and Red Twine

Dark Myths and Legends · Sep 1, 2026 · 22m

The Cold Skillet on Limestone Lane: Children's Names and Red Twine

Cold iron on bare limestone, three dried apple halves at compass points, and a wheat sheaf bound in bright red twine - left recently, deliberately, with no fire, no path and no explanation. What ritual or record could explain a Lodge skillet, the handle pointing due north, and a history that reaches back over a century?

In this episode, you will hear the documented details around the discovery and the local archive work that followed, from an incident report and photographs to microfilm searches that expanded the mystery; what…