Melon heads
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Sep 22, 2026
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Steve StocktonNARRATOR
This is the tale of the Melonheads, a story that has sprung up independently in Ohio, Michigan, and Connecticut, each with its own tragic and horrifying backstory.
Steve StocktonNARRATOR
They are not beasts of the deep wilderness, but a cautionary tale of humanity's own cruelty.
Steve StocktonNARRATOR
The melonheads are described as small, feral humanoids, with frail, child-sized bodies and one grotesque defining feature, massively oversized, bald, and bulbous heads.
JoshHOST
Yeah.
JoshHOST
And today I tell you about the Melonheads of Michigan, Cody.
JoshHOST
So, the story is weird.
JoshHOST
The Melonheads of Michigan? Yeah.
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Yeah.
CodyHOST
That's what Ohio State fans call all Michigan Wolverine fans, I betcha.
JoshHOST
I've got two.
JoshHOST
I've got one clip explaining kind of the Melonheads, and then I got one guy sharing his encounter with a Melonhead.
Daniel HamiltonHOST
And I came across one and I kind of chuckled about it.
Daniel HamiltonHOST
And it's the melon heads.
Daniel HamiltonHOST
So if we talk about the melon heads, what we're doing is we're talking about a small group.
Daniel HamiltonHOST
of small humanoid creatures with oversized heads that are said to inhabit the forest near Kirkland in Cardin in northeastern Ohio.
Daniel HamiltonHOST
Now, according to the legend, the melon heads are the result of a failed government experiment or the offspring of a mad scientist's cruel experimentations on orphans.
Daniel HamiltonHOST
It's the kind of story That'll make your skin crawl.
Daniel HamiltonHOST
Now, witnesses describe the melon heads as standing around three feet tall with pale, hairless skin and disproportionately large, bulbous heads.
Daniel HamiltonHOST
They're said to be highly aggressive and are often blamed for attacks on livestock and even human who venture too close to their territory.
Paul BestelHOST
Nobody's really sure how it started, what it refers to.
Paul BestelHOST
There seems to be about six different explanations for this, but it's still something that keeps popping up and people on occasion claim to this day that they still bump into these people known as the Melonheads.
Chad LewisGUEST
Paul, you and a lot of your listeners probably remember the old choose your own adventure books where you had the ability to literally pick how the book transpired.
Chad LewisGUEST
That if you wanted to go down the rocky cliff, you'd turn to page 53.
Chad LewisGUEST
She didn't know that.
Chad LewisGUEST
She was just telling them where she bought.
Chad LewisGUEST
And they said, oh, you're right on the border of where the Melonheads haunt.
Chad LewisGUEST
And she thought that was kind of weird.
Kat KrokoHOST
Now, what's my favorite regional? I have two favorite regional orchids.
Kat KrokoHOST
One is Melon Heads, which are around Cleveland, Ohio.
Kat KrokoHOST
And the other one is the Yame Rouge, which is around Detroit.
Henry FoisterHOST
cat's kind of breaking up quite a
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Kat KrokoHOST
The other one is in the Wheel of Reincarnation.
Kat KrokoHOST
One rung down from being a human is being something called a kaki, or a hungry ghost.
Kat KrokoHOST
And these are people or entities with really large heads, kind of like the melon heads I posted about in the chat room.
Kat KrokoHOST
Very narrow necks and then engorged bellies.
Aaron MahnkeHOST
Oh, and emerging from behind the trees, something that you wish you had never seen, a tiny stunted body, a swollen oversized skull, and two eyes glowing red in the dusky light.
Aaron MahnkeHOST
You have entered the realm of the Melonheads.
Aaron MahnkeHOST
There's a few conflicting stories about how these strange creatures with bulbous heads came to reside in the Cleveland suburbs, but all of them seem to start with one man, a pediatrician named Dr.
Aaron MahnkeHOST
Crow.
Aaron MahnkeHOST
When he passed away, though, the patients living at the home simply stayed, making their home in the woods around the old Crow place.
Aaron MahnkeHOST
There they still live peacefully, or maybe not.
Aaron MahnkeHOST
Another version of the tale holds that the Melonheads weren't simply Dr. Crow's patients.
Aaron MahnkeHOST
They were his victims.
Jack GambleHOST
And guys, that's about all I got for you today.
Jack GambleHOST
I wanna say thank you very much everybody for having your coffee with the Melonheads this morning.
Jack GambleHOST
Don't forget the like button, the subscribe button, the hype button, all the buttons, for the algo.
Jack GambleHOST
Thank you also to my magnanimous Melonhead supporters on Patreon, YouTube, and Buy Me A Coffee for supporting the channel.
Steve StocktonNARRATOR
We'll move beyond simple beasts to encounter the supernatural spirits of indigenous lore, the tragic figures of modern urban legends, and the celebrated hoaxes that have become beloved regional icons.
Steve StocktonNARRATOR
Prepare to meet the soul-stealing Kushtaka of Alaska, the mind-bending Dover Demon from right here in Massachusetts, and the sorrowful Melon Heads of our neighboring states.
Steve StocktonNARRATOR
These are the stories that show us not just what we fear, but who we are.
Steve StocktonNARRATOR
Let's begin our descent into the strange.
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Steve StocktonNARRATOR
Whether it's a relict population of cougars, an undiscovered species, or simply the ghost of a sound that lives on in stories, the howler's cry remains a chilling anthem of the untamed Ozarks.
Steve StocktonNARRATOR
In the dark woods and on the lonely back roads of the American Midwest, there exists a uniquely disturbing urban legend.
Steve StocktonNARRATOR
This is the tale of the Melon Heads, a story that has sprung up independently in Ohio, Michigan, and Connecticut, each with its own tragic and horrifying backstory.
Steve StocktonNARRATOR
They are not beasts of the deep wilderness, but a cautionary tale of humanity's own cruelty.
Jack GambleHOST
Why don't we shrink my big melon of a head? Let's see what's going on in the world of finance.
Jack GambleHOST
Don't forget the like button and the subscribe button, so you can come back tomorrow and have your coffee with The Melonheads, 'cause we do this every business day.
Jack GambleHOST
Right now, the S&P is lower by about a dozen points, 0.15% in the red for the S&P.
Jack GambleHOST
The Dow is off by 354 points, about two-thirds of a percent lower this morning.
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Jack GambleHOST
So a lot going on in China, more than they're, they're telling us.
Jack GambleHOST
But if this car story is to be believed, it's obviously a lot worse than the central government numbers would indicate.
Jack GambleHOST
And I just wanna say thank you everybody for having your coffee with us Melonheads this morning.
Jack GambleHOST
Don't forget all that algorithmic goodness, the like button, the hype button, and the subscribe button on the way out.
Jack GambleHOST
So, yeah, I don't know how long ago that happened, but apparently I've been talking to myself in the dark for the last half hour or so.
Jack GambleHOST
But, hey, I just want to say thanks, everybody, for having your coffee with the Melonheads this morning.
Jack GambleHOST
Thank you to all my magnanimous Melonheads.
Jack GambleHOST
Today's Friday, so that means it is our weekly get-together on Zoom.
Jack GambleHOST
Links down below in the description should you feel so inclined.
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