Witness the darker side of the Hawkeye State The farmlands and rural areas of Iowa are no stranger to the strange, dark and mysterious. Learn about a terrestrial sighting from 1903, a creepy cryptid that terrorized the town of Van Meter. Find out about Bigfoot sightings in Calhoun County. Peer under the waters of Lake Okoboji to find a huge lake monster. Read the history of a frightening sculpture based on a story by Franz Kafka, and hear a premonition that predicted a devastating fire. Five-Time Bram Stoker Finalist author Michael McCarty and Professor Emeritus Bruce Walters forge a twisted path through shadowy, gothic Iowa. Do you dare follow?.