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Episode 52 - Haunted Road Trip: Saint Louis - 2 Year Podiversary! Mar 03, 2025

Once again, it’s time to hit the road on another Haunted Road Trip. This time we’re headed to the Gateway to the West: St. Louis, Missouri. In this chilling episode, we dive into two of St. Louis' most haunted landmarks: the Powell Symphony Hall and the Lehmann House. As one of the oldest and most beloved venues in the city, Powell Hall has also been a stage for eerie paranormal occurrences. We’ll meet the ghost of a mysterious man in white who sports a magnificent handlebar mustache and an apparition known as George. Our next stop will be the Lehmann House located in the heart of Lafayette Square in the historic district. Lehmann House is an imposing Victorian that’s both hauntingly beautiful and just plain haunted. Stay long enough and you’ll hear voices in the other room and the sound of footsteps. If you’re lucky, you might catch a glimpse of one of the previous owners who also sports a magnificent mustache: Edward Rowse. Pack your bags and join us for a spine-tingling journey through time where the past refuses to be ignored.

Paranormal News : Singular Fortean : Owl Man Sighting

Benton Place History - Saint Louis Patina (West Side & East Side)

Haunted Rooms - Most Haunted Hotels in St. Louis

STL Ghosts - Lehmann House Bed & Breakfast

Ladue News - Lehmann House Ghost Stories

Book: The Spirits of Lehmann House by : Marie Davies

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Richard Estep's The Horrors of Fox Hollow Farm Feb 24, 2025

What happened at Fox Hollow Farm where Herb Baumeister allegedly murdered at least 11 men. In this special episode, we look at The Horrors of Fox Hollow Farm: Unraveling the History and Hauntings of a Serial Killer’s Home by Richard Estep with Robert Graves. The book is a chilling account that’s part history, part true crime, and part paranormal investigation that’s as captivating as it is terrifying. It’s unclear exactly what went on at Fox Hollow, but a grim collection of more than 10,000 bones suggests it was an unspeakable evil. Though this episode concentrates mostly on Estep’s book, we’d be remiss if we didn’t bring up the four-part docuseries now streaming on Hulu: The Fox Hollow Murders. Though the series focuses on the true crime aspect, we think you’ll be stunned and mesmerized by the testimony of the one victim who got away. Did we mention that we have our own theories? You’re not going to want to miss this one.

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Episode 51 - Whaley House Feb 17, 2025

The story begins with a man witnessing an execution. That man was Thomas Whaley who, not long after, moves from his home in New York to San Diego, buys the land where the execution occurred, and builds a house on the spot where the gallows once stood. That house is now known as the Whaley House. The Whaley story is one full of heart wrenching tragedy and just plain bad luck. As you might have guessed, the story is full of both history and ghosts. Today, the house endures as a museum to the past and as one of San Diego’s most prominent paranormal hotspots. Join us as we explore the home where the tumultuous past collides with the paranormal.

Paranormal News

Season 3 Episode 1 of Celebrity Ghost Stories (streamed on tubi)

Season 1 Episode 5 of The Haunting Of.. (streamed on tubi)

The Whaley Papers

Haunted Rooms

Violet Whaley Genealogy and Death Information

Wikipedia - Whaley House History

Buzzfeed Unsolved - The Spirits of the Whaley House

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Episode 50 - Haunted Castles Feb 03, 2025

This episode will have you yearning for the days of yore when castles dotted the landscape. But wait, there are still places where castles still dot the landscape and many of those are haunted—why else would we visit them. In this episode, we’ll visit Chillingham Castle in Northern England where true evil took the form of a ruthless executioner. Then we’ll leap over the Irish Sea to the heart of Ireland to visit Leap Castle and find out how the Bloody Chapel got its name. Are you brave enough to wander these halls at night?

History of the castle and it's ghosts : Chillingham Castle

Wikipedia

Chillingham Castle Ghosts

A Spine-chilling Wander through Chillingham Castle

Project Fear

Expedition X on Discovery+ (Season 8 - Episode 7)

Leap Castle

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We Used to Live Here - Book Club Mini Jan 27, 2025

Welcome back to our Book Club Minisodes! It’s been a while, but we’re glad you’re here. Today we read Marcus Kliewer’s We Used to Live Here. This psychological thriller centers around Eve who, along with her partner Charlie, buys a home for a price that’s too good to be true with plans of flipping it for a profit. Soon, there’s a knock on the door from a man and his family claiming he grew up in the home and wants to look around for old time's sake. Eve reluctantly agrees, but getting them them to leave is easier said than done. You might read this one soon; Netflix has the film rights and is set to make an adaptation staring Blake Lively.
Purchase : We Used to Live Here

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Episode 49 - An American Haunting: The Bell Witch Jan 20, 2025

Grab your popcorn and get comfy becasue you're about to behold another Fact vs. Fiction episode, where we dive into the real-life story of a haunting and compare it with the “based on a true story” film. For this one, we’ll tackle one of the most famous hauntings in American history: the Bell Witch of Tennessee. The witch’s fame has produced several films, paranormal television episodes, a couple of plays, and even a few songs. For this episode, we’ll specifically focus on the 2005 film An American Haunting. What did the film get right? The answer may surprise you, but you’ll just have to listen to the episode to find out. #NoSpoilers
Paranormal News : Orb Video
Troy Taylor book Season of the Witch: The True Story of the Bell Witch of Tennessee
You can watch An American Haunting on Prime Video

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Episode 48 - Rooms with a Boo Jan 06, 2025

The best hotels are the ones with complimentary coffee, breakfast, and ghosts! Not every guest checked out of these haunted hotels. First, we’ll visit the oldest operating hotel in Illinois: the historic Desoto House in Galena. The Desoto House is home to the Lady in Black who may just visit you while you sleep. Next, we’ll head to Texas to stay at the grand St. Anthony Hotel in San Antonio. The St. Anthony is home to a pair of ghosts who like to have a drink in unoccupied rooms, often surprising hotel guest who open their doors to find their room unexpectedly occupied. The hotel also has one of our favorite specters: a bathroom ghost. Did we mention the true crime connection with room 536? You’ll have to listen to find out more.
Desoto House Story
Only in Your State - Desoto House
from Haunted Rooms - Desoto House
Haunted Desota House Hotel: Reader Experiences
YouTube - Desota House Hotel Ghost Hunt
The St. Anthony Hotel - Wikipedia
50 Februarys: Gunter Hotel murder still a haunting mystery | kens5.com
Haunted Saint Anthony Hotel - Ghost Tours San Antonio
The Haunted St. Anthony Hotel in San Antonio
Haunted St. Anthony Hotel, San Antonio, TX | Haunted Rooms America
Haunted Sheraton Gunter Hotel, San Antonio, TX | Haunted Rooms America

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Paranormal Rewatch Ep. 5 - Ghost Adventures: Mineral Springs Hotel Dec 30, 2024

In this rewatch episode, we’re visiting one of our favorite places to investigate with our favorite team to investigate with: The Witch’s Familiar Paranormal Research. Join us as we rewatch Ghost Adventures S20, Ep 18 (on Discovery +) where Zak, Aaron, Jay, and Billy investigate the Mineral Springs Hotel in Alton, IL. Having been to the Mineral Springs several times ourselves, we have a lot to say about the Ghost Adventures investigation. Was Clarence's drowning in the pool caused by vengeful spirits? Was the Jasmine Lady pushed down the stairs by an angry lover? You’ll have to listen to hear what we think.

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Episode 47 - A Very Merry Cryptmas Dec 23, 2024

It’s the most wonderful time of the year! The holidays are a time for friends and family, gifts under the tree, and sugarplum dreams unless, of course, you’re on the naughty list. If that’s the case, you might be called on by one of these Christmas Cryptids from folklore. While good boys and girls get a visit from the Jolly Old Elf himself, naughty children get a visit from Gryla, the ogress with an appetite for naughty children. If cute and cuddly is your thing, you might want to turn back now. According to Icelandic tradition, children who did their chores would receive new clothes for Christmas. On Christmas night, the enormous Yule Cat would visit and peer in windows to see who was wearing their new Christmas clothes. If you had none, you became dinner. Hear about all of these and more on this special Christmas episode. Merry Christm . . . uh . . . I mean Merry Cryptmas!
Nordic Visitor - Yule Lads
Boroughs of the Dead - Fraue Perchta
BBC Arts - Dark Christmas
Wellington City Libraries - Christmas Cryptids
Atlas Obscura - Monsters of Christmas

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Episode 46 - School Spirits Dec 09, 2024

These colleges aren’t lacking in school spirit. In fact, spirit is exactly what they have. Pack up your books, and let’s head to class at these two haunted colleges. First, we’ll enroll at Bowdoin College, but we're not heading to class just yet. First, we’ll stop off at the haunted basement of Coles Tower. Over in the historic Hubbard Hall, when they aren’t toying with the cleaning crew, the ghosts call out to security while they lock up. Our next campus is the celebrated THE Ohio State University. We’ll work on our paranormal PhD while we roam Denney Hall where the elevator is said to be haunted by a murder victim. We’ll stop off at Mirror Lake on the southwest corner of The Oval and try to catch a glimpse of the Pink Party Girl on our way to nearby Orton Hall which is said to have a noisy ghost on the upper floors and the ghost of an angry Cro-Magnon man haunting the museum.
Amazon - Haunted Bowdoin College by David R. Francis
Campus Legends, Horrors and Lore from the College of Arts and Sciences English Department
YouTube: “Ohio State’s “Haunted” Orton Hall

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Episode 45 - Ghosts at the Museum Nov 25, 2024

Who doesn’t love a trip to the museum? There’s art to see, ancient artifacts to gaze at in wonder, and, if you’re lucky, maybe you’ll catch a glimpse of a ghost or two. In this episode, we visit two very haunted and very famous museums. The first stop will be the British Museum in London where spirits wreak havoc with security personnel, and a man in green still comes to work. Next, we’ll travel across the channel to Paris and visit the Louvre, home to the Mona Lisa, Venus de Milo, and a cursed mummy. You might even spot a specter visiting Napoleon's portrait on the second floor. Come along and see what else we find in these massive, historic museums. If anything, the gift shop will be fun. Do you think they'll have a Mona Lisa keychain?
Study discussed in not-so-Paranormal News
Sasquatch trail cam video from Paranormal News
The Ghosts of the British Museum by Noah Angell
Amazing Museums
Britannica- Louvre History
Moon Mausoleum

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Episode 44 - Haunted Road Trip: Savannah, GA Nov 11, 2024

Fall is such a lovely time to take a road trip: the leaves are turning an auburn hue bespeckled with golden yellows and fiery oranges, the temperatures dance between brisk mornings and the warm dregs of summer, and the ghosts are . . . well . . . ghostier. And if ghosty is what you’re looking for, look no further than the Hostess City of the South, Savannah, GA. If you’ve listened to the pod long enough, you’ll know there’s nothing we love more than a secret tunnel, and Savannah’s got a few. In this episode, we’ll visit three locations connected to the tunnels including The Pirate’s House where drunk patrons who were unfortunate enough to pass out in the bar might wake up aboard a ship far out at sea. Another is the Moon River Brewing Company. Be sure to say hello to Toby if you ever stop in for a drink. Lastly, we’ll go to the Marshall House, an early Victorian era hotel. The award-winning inn sees thousands of guests, but some guests have never left. The fourth floor is home to ghost children who play in the hallways in the early morning hours. If that doesn’t keep you up, the jiggling of your doorknob might. It’s gonna be a great trip, so get in the van and let’s get going!
The Haunted Hidden Tunnels of Savannah (Ghost City Tours)
Haunted Savannah: The Pirates House (Reddit Story)
Marshall House Home Page
Marshall House (Ghost City Tours)
Marhsall House (tripadvisor)

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Halloween 2024 Bonus - Listener Stories Oct 31, 2024

Happy Halloween! What better way to celebrate than with a ghost story! In this mini-episode, we’ll be reading listener submitted stories. Wait until the trick-or-treaters have all gone home, then dim the lights, grab a peanut butter cup, and listen to stories about the ghost of a soldier, the pitter-patter of tiny feet, and about a man who was scratched by a not-so-friendly entity. As you’ll soon find out, the covers won’t protect you this time!

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Episode 43 - Skinwalkers Oct 30, 2024

The Navajo call them the yee naaldlooshii, but you might know them by the name Skinwalker. In this episode, we’ll share spooky Skinwalker encounters and dig into Navajo lore to reveal the mysteries of the malevolent witch. Where did they come from? Why won’t many of the Navajo talk about them? Should you be afraid of them? Sit back and enjoy, but you’ll want to keep the lights on for this one.
Truth of Skinwalkers . . . Stories from the Navajo Nation
Skinwalker, Demons, and the Evil One
Stories of Skinwalkers
Always Listen to the Elders on the Rez

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Paranormal Rewatch Ep. 4 - Kindred Spirits: The Search for Lizzie Borden Oct 21, 2024

In this rewatch episode, we’re tagging along with two of our all-time favorite investigators from one of our all-time favorite shows. Join us in rewatching Kindred Spirits S3, Ep 10 as Amy Bruni and Adam Berry investigate Maplecroft, the second and last home of Lizzie Borden. Amy and Adam are joined by psychic Chip Coffey who immediately picks up on the presence of a powerful female presence. Is it Lizzie Borden herself? You’ll have to listen to find out!
Kindred Spirits can be found on Discovery+

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Episode 42 - Asylums Oct 14, 2024

Have the voices in your head been more persistent than usual? Well then, you've come to the right place because we're going to the asylum. First we'll visit the ultra-active Eloise Psychiatric Hospital where shadows roam the halls and the rooms are filled with loud bangs and disembodied singing. Then we'll check in to Edinburgh Manor. The Edinburgh has a pauper's cemetery, but not everyone is buried in the cemetery. Sit back, snuggle into your padded room, and enjoy your spooky season!
The Daily J Podcast
WWJ 950 New Radio
Paranormal Quest - YouTube
Adelaide Haunted Horizons
US Ghost Adventures
Destination Fear S1 Ep5 on Discovery +Expedition X S6 Ep1&2 on Discovery +

Atlas Obscura - Edinburgh Manor
Paranormal Milwaukee - Edinburgh Manor
Haunted US - Edinburgh Manor

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Paranormal Rewatch Ep. 3 - Ghost Brothers Lights Out: Go to the Light Oct 07, 2024

Welcome to another Paranormal Rewatch! In this episode, we’ll follow Dalen, Marcus, and Juwan from Ghost Brothers: Lights Out as they investigate the Pensacola Lighthouse where they confront an entity in the basement and dispel a rumor or two about a murder. The Ghost Brothers have always been one of our favorites, so come along and let’s pop the trunk on these ghosts!
Ghost Brothers Lights Out can be streamed on Discovery+
Pensacola Lighthouse History

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Episode 41 - The Deliverance Sep 30, 2024

In this episode, we investigate the real story behind the Netflix sensation The Deliverance with the actual experiences of the Ammons family. In November 2011, Latoya Ammons, her mother, Rosa Campbell, and her three children ages 7, 9, and 12 moved into a house located at 3860 Carolina Street in Gary, Indiana. Days after the family moved in, they claimed black flies swarmed the porch. Things only got worse for them. The experiences at the house have touched more than just the Ammons family. The list of victims is longer than you would think. What did the movie get right? You’ll have to listen to find out.
The Deliverance is on Netflix, and you can find Zak Bagans Documentary Demon House on Discovery+

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Paranormal Rewatch Ep. 2 - Destination Fear: Indiana State Sanatorium Sep 23, 2024

Welcome to another Paranormal Rewatch. In this episode, we’ll follow the Destination Fear crew as they become the first ever paranormal investigators to explore the Indiana State Sanitorium. While there are advantages to being the first, there are also disadvantages: they have no idea what to expect or who they might encounter. Spooky for sure, but chances like this don’t come along often!
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Illinois Times Best of 2024
You can find this episode of Destination Fear on Discovery+
Pictures of ISS that Jonathan discussed in this episode

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Episode 40 - Real Haunted Houses II Sep 16, 2024

It’s been a while since we checked out a genuine, good ol’ fashioned haunted house. What better time than Spooky Season to correct that oversight! In this episode, we’ll brave the shadows to hunt down the things that go bump in the night. First, we visit the Baleroy Mansion in the affluent Chestnut Hill section of Philadelphia where sits a chair with a fatal reputation. Then, we travel by broomstick to the Avenues section of Salt Lake City, Utah where a couple moves into a late 1800s Victorian dream home where the ghosts are mostly tame until one night when the couple use sage to clear the house, but the only thing they get rid of is the one thing keeping an angry spirit at bay.
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Illinois Times Best of 2024
The nation’s most haunted house is hidden in Chestnut Hill | The Chestnut Hill Local

My neighbor's Chestnut Hill mansion is (probably) haunted

Parallel Worlds (deadblack.net)

Harvesting Shadows by Douglas Burchill
YouTube: A Haunting: The Forgotten

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Paranormal Rewatch Ep. 1 - Ghost Hunters: The Haunted House on the Hill Sep 09, 2024

Welcome to our first ever Paranormal Rewatch! In this episode, we’ll examine the always professional and thorough Ghost Hunters as they answer the call from a family being haunted in their 1800s Tennessee farmhouse. They are joined by special guest investigator and musician Meatloaf. Not only is Meatloaf a friend of the T.A.P. S. gang, he’s no stranger to the paranormal having joined the Ghost Hunters team one other time before. We hope you enjoy our maiden expedition as we rewatch and discuss some of our favorite paranormal television episodes.

You can find this episode of Ghost Hunters on Discovery+
Additional Sources :
The Haunting of Meat Loaf

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Episode 39 - Cady's Ghosts Sep 02, 2024

Welcome to Spooky Season, Ghosties! We’ll have plenty of surprises this Spooky Season including weekly episodes through Halloween. In this episode, listener Cady joins us to discuss her experiences growing up in the haunted wild west. Cady grew up in the shadow of Tombstone, Arizona in what was once a sleepy little town between the tracks called Vail. Wrap yourself in the covers while Cady recalls a frightening experience with a Ouija board. And freshen up that pumpkin spice because Cady’s middle school had a cemetery on the school grounds! Oh, did we mention the shadow man? Set out the pumpkins, hang the bats, and light a candle or two and get ready for the spookiest time of the year.
Vail Cemetery Located at Old Vail... - Vail Preservation Society | Facebook
The Spooky Caverns of Colossal Cave - Phoenix Ghosts

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The Haunting of Hill House - Book Club Mini Aug 26, 2024

Hello there! It’s been a while since our last Book Club Minisode. We missed you! Today we read Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House. Jackson’s 1959 novel has twice been made into a movie, once in 1963 and once in 1999. The ’63 version is relatively faithful to the original novel: the ’99 version, not so much. The book was also parodied in part of Scary Movie 2. There’s even a BBC radio adaptation and a play. Most recently, a version of the same title can be found on Netflix, though it strays far from the occurrences of the book. If you haven’t been able to tell, this one is a classic and for good reason.
Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House on Amazon (this is a link to the special hardcover edition with black sprayed edges, there are other copies available)

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Episode 38 - Haunted Road Trip: Selma, AL Aug 19, 2024

The Ope, A Ghost van is hitting the road for another Haunted Road Trip. This time we’re stopping in historic Selma, Alabama. First, we’ll visit Sturdivant Hall where some claim that the ghost of a former owner is buried in the back yard. Next, we’ll stop at the George O. Baker House where a Civil War soldier lingers near a blood stain on the floor. Our next stops include the Trotter Home, the Brownstone Manor, and the Weaver Castle House where a man died of a broken heart. It’s gonna be a long drive so bring a pillow and plenty of snacks. If you behave, maybe we’ll stop at Lannie’s BBQ and get a pulled pork sandwich, some fried okra, and a glass of tea so sweet it’ll make your aunt Marge holler “Roll Tide”—and she’s from Iowa. That’s how sweet it is.
Wikipedia “Studivant Hall”
13 Alabama Ghosts and Jeffrey by Katheryn Tucker Windham and John Figh
The Ghosts of Selma from the YouTube channel Max Shores
Sturdivant Hall: 13 Days of Horror from The Rick and Bubba Show Archives
Occult World Article
Selma, Alabama - Wikipedia
City of Selma Gov - Selma History
Selma TImes Journal - Trotter Home Article
RuralSWAlabama - George O. Baker House
Alabama Travel
RuralSWAlabama - Weaver Hooper Hosuse
RuralSWAlabama - Brownstone Manor

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Episode 37 - Annabelle Aug 05, 2024

In this episode, we compare the real story of one of the most famous haunted dolls with the second film in the Conjuring universe: Annabelle. In 1970, a young nurse received a second-hand Raggedy Ann doll as a birthday gift from her mother. The woman would use the popular doll as a decorative piece in the apartment she shared with another nurse. It wasn't long before the doll, who the woman named Annabelle, went from cute to all-out terrifying when it began to move on its own around the apartment. By 1971, Ed and Lorraine Warren were called in. The film version of the Annabelle story opens with the Warrens talking to the nurses, but what else did the movie get right, and what did it get wrong? Is the truth stranger than fiction?
You can stream the Annabelle movie on Netflix
Red Web podcast on YouTube The True Story of Annabelle the Doll from Sept. 2022

The Demonologist by Gerald Brittle, an Ed and Lorraine Warren Book
Ed Warren Tells the Real Story of Annebelle from Official Ed and Lorraine Warren Channel

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Episode 36 - Is it Cursed? Jul 22, 2024

Nothing excites the imagination like a good ol’ fashioned curse. Our logical sense tells us they’re nonsense, but even in the face of reason, how many of us still exercise caution? As it turns out, discretion may indeed be the better part of valor, especially when dealing with the cursed objects in this episode. First we’ll visit the Dybbuk box, an antique, portable wine cabinet that brings misfortune to whoever owns it. Second, we’ll look at the curse surrounding the wrecked 1955 Porsche Spyder once owned by Hollywood Golden Age legend James Dean. Do curses really exist? Come along and decide for yourself.
Cursed Objects Book by : J. W. Ocker
Jason Hawes Youtube - cursed objects
Ghost Adventures episodes on Discovery+
The Unexplained with William Shatner S.4 Ep.8 “Uncanny Curses: - Available on Discover+
Strange World: Was the Porsche That Killed James Dean Cursed?
Death of James Dean – Wikipedia
Porche 550 Spider – Exclusive Car Registry

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Episode 35 - A Conversation with The WFPR Jul 08, 2024

We’re super excited to have our friends Lauren and Gina from The Witch's Familiar Paranormal Research stop in to talk about their spooky adventures. In this episode, Lauren and Gina discuss the locations they’ve investigated, how they found themselves involved in the paranormal, reveal some of their most intense experiences, and much more! We love Lauren and Gina, and we’re sure you will too.
The WFPR on Tiktok
Lauren on Tiktok
Gina on Tiktok
The WFPR on Facebook
The WFPR on Youtube

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The Lake Michigan Mothman - Book Club Mini Jul 01, 2024

On today’s Book Club Minisode, we read Tobias Wayland’s The Lake Michigan Mothman: High Strangeness in the Midwest. Wayland spent several years as a field investigator for the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON). Since then, he's been a guest on podcasts and radio shows and appeared on the series premiere of Expedition X and in the Small Town Monsters documentaries Terror in the Skies and On the Trail of the Lake Michigan Mothman. If you love Mothman as much as Heaven, you need this book. Its chock full of first-hand accounts of sightings and encounters: some of them are utterly terrifying. We love this one, and we’re sure you will too! Buy your copy at the link below.
Find more about Tobias Wayland and buy his books at The Singular Fortean Society

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Episode 34 - Local Haunts Jun 24, 2024

In this first edition of Local Haunts, we visit two places in our area that you may not have heard about. The first is the (Old) Lake Club in Springfield, IL. In its day, the club was the most popular nightclub outside of Chicago. Mixed in with the usual spirits you'd find behind the bar was the ghost of Rudy, a much loved bartender from the club's hayday. Next, we’ll hop over to Jacksonville and explore the Illinois State Hospital for the Insane. According to several sources, the abandoned hospital is the most haunted location in Jacksonville. The hospital plays a major role in the history of several Illinois women including Lurancy Vennum the Watseka Wonder.
Paranormal News: Coast to Coast AM Article
Haunted Springfield, Illinois by Garret Moffit
The Ghost Files YouTube - This Nightclub is EVIL - Full Paranormal Documentary - The Lake Club (TRUE GHOST STORIES)
American Hauntings The Lake Club Ghost: The Haunting of Albert “Rudy” Cranor
Newspaper Article Priest’s Rid Club of Bartender’s Ghost
Haunted Jacksonville by: Troy Taylor and Lisa Taylor Horton

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Episode 33 - Funeral Homes Jun 10, 2024

Having investigated a funeral home ourselves, we couldn’t wait to bring you an episode about a couple of them. First, we’ll head to the Riddle House in Palm Beach Florida. The house is home to Buck, a kindly cemetery worker and Joseph, a tragic spirit who haunts the attic and has chased off workers restoring the home. Next, we’ll visit the infamous House of Wills located in East Cleveland, Ohio. The historic House of Wills was once the largest African American owned business in Cleveland, but has since become one of the most haunted places you have probably never heard of. The building has more than one spirit, but one of them is certainly Mr. Wills himself.
The Line Up - Riddle House
The State Article - Holliday House
Holliday House - Booking and Information
Wikipedia - History of Riddle House
Atlas Obscura
Ghost Brothers S2 Ep7 “The House of Wills”
Death Walker with Nick Groff S1 Ep2 “Stone Tape Theory”
Dalen Spratt YouTube
Daryl Marston book The Horrors of the House of Wills.

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Episode 32 - Haunted Jails May 27, 2024

It’s finally happened; we’re going to jail. No, we’re not in trouble—at least not yet—but we are going to visit two very haunted jails. The first is the Pottawatomie County Jail more famously known as The Squirrel Cage. Here, we’ll find shadows lurking on the fourth floor, hear the voices of children in the juvie wing, and maybe run into a ghost cat or two. After a thirteen hour prison bus ride from Iowa, you'll find yourself outside the gates of Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary, Tennessee’s first maximum security prison that housed the state’s worst offenders. Brushy was exceptionally brutal. If the prisoners didn’t kill you, the guards might. With over 10,000 deaths, there is no shortage of vengeful spirits. One part of the prison is so bad, even the property manager won’t go there.
YouTube: “The Ghost of the Squirrel Cage (Serial Killer Was Here) From the channel Paranormal Quest posted 2 years ago
YouTube: “A Scary Night inside the Axe Murder Jail – The Squirrel Cage Jail on the channel The Paranormal Files: Posted Jan 23, 2021
“Squirrel Cage Jail Ghost Video” from the channel Eric Salas Workshops Training Channel and posted 3 years ago
The Historical Society of Pottawattamie County, Iowa
TourBrushy - Paranormal Tours & Info
Wikipedia - Brushy Mountain State Penn.
GhostResearch - Brushy Mountain

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Episode 31 - Small Town Cryptids May 13, 2024

Welcome to another cryptid-tastic episode! This time we’ll take you back to 1952 when two brothers and a friend near the small town of Flatwoods, West Virginia were surprised by a bright light that landed near a local farm. Accompanied by a local National Guardsman, the group came face to face with something straight out of a sci-fi movie: the Flatwoods Monster. Twenty years later in the rural southeastern Illinois town of Enfield, Henry McDaniel and his children were terrorized by a three-legged creature with large pink eyes as big as flashlights that tried to gain access to their home. The Enfield Horror, as it would come to be known, left its mark on a town such that to this day, some refuse to talk about it.
Flatwoods Monster on Wikipedia
Braxton, VW - Flatwoods page
Flatwoods Monster Museum Merch
Buy Troy Taylor book: Monsters of Illinois
“The Full Story of the Monster at Enfield” by Bob Gymlan
International Cryptid Museum

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Episode Thirteen - Book Club Mini May 06, 2024

On today’s Book Club Minisode we read Craig DiLouie’s much loved Episode Thirteen. The distinct storytelling makes this novel one of the most unique and interesting novels we’ve ever read. The novel depicts a group of paranormal investigators desperately trying to secure a second season for their paranormal television show Fade to Black. Throughout the novel, the reader experiences every second of the character’s lives via journal entries, text messages, and on-screen dialogue via transcript. We recommend you read this one. Everything that makes it quirky also makes it wonderfully strange.

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Episode 30 - Haunted Road Trip: Galveston, TX Apr 29, 2024

Once again, it’s time to pack up the Ope, A Ghost van and hit the road. We hope you have a taste for seafood and Tex-Mex because we’re headed to Galveston, Texas. Our first stop will be the Galveston Railroad Museum—also known as Jonathan’s Train Depot—where one traveler might have lost his head, but not his hat. Next, we’ll swing by the local Wal-Mart to pick up a few things and check in on the ghost children haunting the toy aisle. If we get sleepy, we can always stay at the famous Galvez Hotel and hope to catch a glimpse of Audra, the Lovelorn Lady. Or, we could check-in at The Tremont House hotel and visit with the ghosts of a nun and several children. Did we mention that The Tremont House was built atop a mass grave? Buckle up and enjoy the ride! P.S. Heaven is in charge of the radio so don’t ask. Hope you like Hamilton!
“Galveston’s Top 7 Haunts with Really Haunted Places” posted to YouTube by Really Haunted Places
Ghost City Tours
“Galveston Railroad Museum’s Headless Sailor Seems to Enjoy ‘Welcoming’ Visitors” from Chron on YouTube
Galveston Railroad Museum
“The Haunted Walmart of Galveston, Texas” from The Most Epic Adventurers with Robb Zipp on YouTube
Galveston History
Special Report on the Galveston Hurricane by: Isaac M Kline
Information on both hotels from Galveston Ghost
Reddit Story& direct link to the user's video evidence

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Episode 29 - Graveyard Ghosts Apr 15, 2024

Everyone is just dying to get in, or so the old joke goes, but these ghosts refuse to leave the cemetery. Join us as we stroll among the tombstones at two very haunted cemeteries. First, we’ll visit the burial place of Edgar Allan Poe at the Westminster Burying Ground where the ghosts range from Poe himself to the apparitions of grave robbers. Next, we’ll travel to Hollywood and visit the Hollywood Forever Cemetery where you can catch a concert and visit the grave of your favorite celebrity in the same visit. Among other ghosts you’ll find the silent film heartthrob Rudolf Valentino and a mysterious woman most often seen crying by the lake. Come along and play ghost in the graveyard for real!
Wikipedia - Westminster Burying Ground
Morbidly Beautiful - Westminster Burying Ground History
Fright Find - Westminster Burying Ground
Wikipedia - list of celebrities interred in Hollywood Forever Cemetery
LA Ghost Tours
The Fatty Arbuckle Trial: The Injustice of the Century
Clifton Webb’s Ghost
“The Cursed Ring” by Dellantonio Caterina
Reddit post by Lemzmango

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Episode 28 - Unrelated Ghosts Apr 01, 2024

Sometimes, two things go together so well they’ve come to epitomize togetherness. Peanut butter and jelly or Bonnie and Clyde come to mind, but this isn’t one of those times. In this episode, we look at two completely unrelated locations. The only thing they have in common is they are both haunted. First, we’ll visit Union Station in Kansas City. Missouri. Union Station was the site of a mob rescue gone wrong—or was it a hit job? Then we’ll head out west to the scenic Denver Botanic Gardens which were built on land that was once a cemetery. Of course they moved all the bodies; why wouldn’t they move all the bodies. They did move all the bodies, right?
American Hauntings “The Kansas City Massacre: Gangsters, Guns, and Ghosts at Kansas City’s Union Station”
WSHB Kansas City
Unionstation.org
Ghost Adventures “Union Station” S8 Ep10
The Dead Below: The Haunting of Denver Botanic Gardens by Richard Estep
Wikipedia : Denver Botanic Gardens
Denver Republican Article: The Work of Ghouls
Hauntedrooms.com - Cheesman Park

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Episode 27 - Haunted Hike Mar 18, 2024

I hope you have your water bottle for this one because we’re going on a hike. But not just any old hike, we’re going on a haunted hike! Strap on your hiking boots and let’s hit the trails of one of the most haunted forests in Northern Ireland: The Ballyboley Forest. From there, we’ll travel thirty minutes north to Slieveanorra Forest, home of the mysterious gruagach. Next, dust off your trekking poles because we’re headed to northern Illinois and hitting the Des Plains River Trail and hiking through the haunted, if not cursed, Robinson Woods where hikers report strange smells, the sound of drums, and ghost lights.
Haunted Antrim by Madeline McCully
Gruagach - Cryptid Wiki
Cryptid Wiki Blog post from AuroraBoreasis1972 (contains their link to the audio they captured)
Illinois Haunted Houses - Robinson Woods
Ghostresearch.org - Robinson Woods

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The Great American Ghost Trip - Book Club Mini Mar 11, 2024

Welcome to another Ope, A Ghost Book Club Minisode. Today we look at one of our favorites. Richard Estep is an author, paranormal investigator, and television personality. You may have seen him on Haunted Hospitals, Paranormal 911, or Destination Fear. Estep has written more than thirty books, but today we want to look at The Great American Ghost Trip (2021). In this whirlwind expedition from Colorado to Gettysburg and back, Estep investigates more than seven locations in only 12 days. The first stop is in Iowa at the mysterious Melvern Manor and runs through paranormal hotspots that includes the Monroe House in Indiana, the Farnsworth House
in Gettysburg, The Bellaire House in Ohio, and ends in Atchinson, Kansas at the notorious Sallie House. We had a great time reading this one, and we’re sure you will too. Easily 5 Stars from us!
Richard Estep - Books

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Episode 26 - The Conjuring - 1 year podiversary! Mar 04, 2024

The Conjuring Movie vs. Reality

In 2013, moviegoers were engrossed with The Conjuring. The film would become the first of three in the Conjuring series—so far. Based on the true story of the Perron family, the story is pulled from the case files of famed paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren. According to Andrea Parron, parts of the real story were left on the cutting room floor because it was too terrifying for audiences. So, what did Hollywood get right? Join us as we compare what happened in the film with what one of the real Parron children says happened. It’s both fascinating and terrifying.
Two Girls, One Ghost podcast - October 31, 2023
“The Real-life Story Behind The Conjuring – New 4 (WOAI_ San Antonio
Van’s World Podcast – Ep. 7
Virtual Tour of the Conjuring House
Andrea Perron’s Book House of Darkness, House of Light

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Episode 25 - Exorcisms Feb 19, 2024

The Devil seems to come in two shades: the biblical antagonist and the one we see in films, hellbent (if you’ll pardon the pun) on possessing mankind. In this episode we investigate demonic possession and the rite of exorcism. Join us as we travel to Northern Ireland to explore the case of a women who suffered fifteen years of torment until Canon Rev. William H. Lendrum exorcised her home. Then, we’ll travel to Iowa to discuss one of the most well-documented exorcisms of the 20th century when Emma Schmidt began exhibiting symptoms of possession at the age of fourteen.
Don’t forget to like this episode and leave a review!
Jason Hawes’s video, discussed in our intro.
The Dark Sacrament: True Stories of Modern-Day Demon Possession and Exorcism by David M Kiely and Christina McKenna - On Amazon
Wikipedia - Anna Ecklund
Hushed Up History - The Evil and Exorcism of Emma Schmidt

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Episode 24 - Abandoned Feb 05, 2024

Abandoned places can sometimes give off a spooky vibe thanks to empty hallways and large open spaces once filled with activity but are now eerily quiet. Imagine if those same spooky spaces were also haunted. Join us on this episode as we visit two such places. The first is the once abandoned houses that make up Heritage Square, a museum to the architecture of Southern California from 1850-1950. Many of the house at the museum are haunted, each with their own story to tell. The second is the abandoned Cherokee Hills Boy Scout Camp where shadows and a ghost girl wearing a prom dress have been reported. Dim the lights and settle in for another ghostly episode.
Sources:
ParaFlixx Series Expedition Entity S3 Ep.2 “The Abandoned Scout Camp”
Discovery+ - The Osbournes Night of Terror
Discover Los Angeles
Big Orange Landmarks
Americas Haunted RoadTrip - article by Sally Richards

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Episode 23 - Haunted Road Trip: Eugene, OR Jan 22, 2024

Once again, we pack up the Ope, A Ghost van and head out on the road. This time, we’re headed to Eugene, Oregon. Located an hour from the coast and at the base of the Cascades, Eugene is chock full of haunted locations including cemeteries, theaters, parks, and haunted houses. Today we’ll explore the haunted South Eugene High School where a student fell to his death but his ghost lingers. Next, we’ll stop by the University of Oregon where several locations report all sorts of ghostly activity. Pack plenty of snacks and lets hit the road!
Theresa’s Haunted History of the Tri-State
Oregan Daily Emerald
The Daily Emerald Video
Anxious and Afraid, The Pod
Around the O Article
Folklore flags website
The Daily Emerald - Deady Hall

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A Life with Ghosts - Book Club Mini Jan 15, 2024

Welcome to another Book Club Minisode! Today we discuss Steve Gonsalves’s A Life With Ghosts: True, Terrifying, and Insightful Tales From My Favorite Haunts. Gonsalves is most recognizable to fans from his work on the Travel Channel show Ghost Hunters. In A Life With Ghosts, Gonsalves shares some of his favorite large-scale investigations and personal experiences after investigating over 1000 locations for more than 20 years. The book gives readers insights into the locations, things you didn’t see on Ghost Hunters, and into Gonsalves himself. It’s a fun memoir, and we recommend reading it.
Get Steve’s book HERE

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Episode 22 - Alien Experiences Jan 08, 2024

In light of the UFO footage recently released by the government, we couldn’t possibly not do an episode on UFOs and aliens, so here it is. Out first story is about what has come to be known as the Averly Abduction. In 1974, an English family driving home after visiting a relative saw a strange light in the sky and soon found themselves driving through a green mist. Upon arriving home, they realized that the 20-minute drive had taken 3 hours. Next, we discuss the Ariel School sighting in Zimbabwe where 60 children between the ages of 6 and 12 witnessed a shiny disc land in a field behind the school. When asked to draw pictures and write stories about the incident, the children all drew or described the same things. Can these incidents be explained or are there aliens among us? Either way, it might be a good idea to keep your eye on the sky.
The Aveley Abduction Articles by Andrew Collins:
Part One (Starts on Page 16)
Part Two (Starts on Page 7)
Netflix series Encounters (2023) Ep. 2: “Believers"
Ariel Phenomenon (2022) by Randall Nickerson

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A Mini Christmas Book Club - Christmas Bonus Ep 2023 Dec 25, 2023

Welcome to our first Christmas Mini! As you might have guessed, what better way to celebrate the holiday than to discuss Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. First published in 1843, A Christmas Carol has mostly remained in publication ever since. Dickens is known as the “Father of the Modern Christmas” because before the book came out, things like caroling and decorating trees were not popular. Dickens changed all that by portraying Christmas as a time of goodwill and celebration that centered on the family and children. Thanks for listening and Merry Christmas!
A link to Jonathan's current Copy of the book

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Episode 21 - Haunted Libraries Dec 11, 2023

Libraries are some of the greatest places in the world. Where else can you check out books or DVDs and listen to story time? Some let you borrow things like basic tools or a telescope. Mine has a café and will loan you a fishing pole. Still, most libraries have thing you can’t take home like reference books or ghosts. Wait . . . did I just say ghosts? You bet I did—it’s a paranormal podcast after all. Bring your library card and join us as we roam the stacks of the cursed Peoria Public Library, and come help us find the Gray Lady at the Williard Public Library. Thanks for listening!
American Library Association Archives at University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
American Libraries Dewey Decibel Podcast Ep. 31 Oct 2016
Willard Ghost website and ghost cams
Rivercityweekend article The Story of the Grey Lady
Willard Library main website
Willard Library Virtual Ghost Tour on Youtube

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Episode 20 - Mothman Nov 27, 2023

In the fall of 1967, the skies over Point Pleasant West Virginia were filled with strange lights and winged creatures with hypnotic glowing red eyes. The tall, grey man with wings would come to be known as Mothman. Though sightings go back long before the Point Pleasant story, recent sightings in Chicago, Indiana, and Michigan began in 2011. Could the Mothman’s presence be a portent of impending disaster? Only time will tell.
YouTube: “Search for the Mothman (2002) John A Keel”
Get John Keel’s book The Mothman Prophecies
Mothman Museum
My favorite picture of Mothman from artist Sam Shearon
Mothman Timelinefrom wvencyclopedia
The Migration of a Local Legend: The case of Mothman
Interactive Mapfrom Phantoms and Monsters
The Why Files Youtube
blog and drawings of Mothman family on Wisconsin mountain

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The Carrow Haunt - Book Club Mini Nov 20, 2023

Welcome to an Ope, A Ghost Book Club mini episode. In our second foray into fiction, we read Darcy Coates’s The Carrow Haunt (2018). Meet Remy, a period-dress tour guide of the historic and haunted Carrow House. Remy accepts a position as historian on a paranormal team funded by the enigmatic Mark who intends to investigate Carrow House. Remy and Mark are joined by a psychic, a ghost hunter, and Carrow’s wealthy teenaged owner. Written in the style of a classic cozy, The Carrow Haunt is as entertaining as it is mysterious. We can almost guarantee you won’t see the end coming. Thanks for listening!
Pick up your copy of The Carrow Haunt
Meet Darcy Coates
Thanks to nightmare.on.elle_street for suggesting the book!

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Episode 19 - Dead and Famous Nov 13, 2023

What is it about famous people that draws us in? They sing our favorite songs, and they star in our favorite movies. Some fill us with nostalgia as we remember them from that show we used to watch, and so, we miss them when they’re gone. And yet, some never really leave. Come along on our very own ghostly walk of fame where celebrities linger long after the last curtain call. In this episode we look at four celebrities whose ghosts still enjoy the spotlight. We’ll start with the iconic Lucille Ball and Whitney Houston. Then, we’ll pay a visit to singer Amy Winehouse and end with Mommie Dearest herself, Joan Crawford. We hope you enjoy the episode and look out for the paparazzi!
Lucille Ball Biography
Housebeautiful website about Lucys house
Exemplore - lucys house and paramount lot haunting
The Standard: “Whitney Houston’s Spirit Haunts our Home at Night and Talks to me, Says Daughter”
Hindustan Times - “Whitney Houston’s Mum Haunted by her Ghost
The Sun - “You Know That I'm no Ghoul: Amy Winehouse’s dad says singer’s ghost visits him at Kent home”
Vanity Fair - “Did Joan Crawford’s Ghost Haunt the Set of Mommie Dearest?”:
“Joan’s Haunted Brentwood Home”

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Episode 18 - Haunted Road Trip: New Orleans Oct 30, 2023

Welcome to the Crescent City, Pelican City, The Big Easy. Whatever you call it, New Orleans is full of spirit. No town can send the soul over the moon with jazz and Mardi Gras like NOLA, but some souls decided to stay. Enjoy an alligator sausage Po-Boy at the Napoleon House but keep an eye out for the sweeping lady. Visit the Pharmacy Museum where a murderous pharmacists may have killed some of his patients and buried them in the courtyard. You’ll love the snow white, antebellum mansion called the Mansion Magnolia and its ghostly children. Speaking of ghost children, New Orleans is full of them, and they can’t wait to come out and play.
New Orleans Pharmacy Museum
“Haunted Secrets Unveiled: The Dark History of New Orleans Pharmacy Museum”
“The Ghosts of the Pharmacy Museum” from Ghost City Tours
The Napoleon House Hauntings
“New Orleans Pharmacy Museum” from New Orleans Ghosts
“Things That Go Bump in the Haunted Pharmacy” from the Pharmacy Times
“Opium and Cocaine and Leeched, Oh My: Haunting Medicine in Historic New Orleans”
Sarah Chambless’s Blog
Ghost City Tours - Mansion Magnolia
Ghost City Tours - Ghost Children

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Halloween 2023 Bonus - Spooky Season History Oct 23, 2023

Welcome to a special Halloween episode. As were approach All Hallow’s Eve, we thought you might enjoy an episode dedicated to the history of Halloween and the ghost story. But that’s not all. If you ring our doorbell and say “Trick-or-Treat,” we’ll drop a few listening submitted paranormal experiences into your pumpkin. Thanks for listening and we hope you are having a wonderfully frightful spooky season!
History.com - halloween history
History.com - ghost story history
Saint Jospeh's University
Check out Technically A Conversation Podcastand follow them on Instagram

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Episode 17 - Haunting In Connecticut Oct 16, 2023

In 2009, moviegoers were enthralled and terrified by The Haunting in Connecticut. The
supernatural thriller was promoted as being “based on a true story.” We wondered how much of the “true story” made it into the film? In this episode, we look at the movie, the 1992 book, and several interviews with the family to uncover what really happened at the former funeral home in Southington, CT. What did Hollywood get right, and what did they get wrong? The answer may be more terrifying than the movie could hope to be.
In a Dark Place by Carmen Reed, Al Snedeker, and Ray Garton
The Fear is Real: Reinvestigating the Haunting in Connecticut
Interview With Carmen Reed – A Haunting in Connecticutby The Mystic Paranormal Podcast

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Episode 16 - Real Haunted Houses Oct 02, 2023

Nothing screams spooky season like a good old-fashioned haunted house. Come along as we uncover the bumps in the night and the ghostly visitors in two genuine haunted houses. First, we visit the Monroe House in Indiana, today more infamously known by its sinister nickname: the Demon House. Then we take a trip to a late 1700s farmhouse in Litchfield County, Connecticut where one resident has kept a diary documenting paranormal activity in the home for the last 50 years. As always, thanks for listening!
Buy your own copy of The Haunted House Diaries: The True Story of a Quiet Connecticut Townin the Center of a Paranormal Mystery by William J. Hall
Buy your copy of On Dark Ground: Investigating the Haunted Monroe House By Richard Estep
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After - Book Club Mini Sep 25, 2023

Welcome to another Ope, A Ghost Book Club. Today we look at Dr. Bruce Greyson’s After (2021). As cofounder of the International Association for Near-Death Studies, Greyson has studied near-death experiences (NDEs) for 45 years. His book is loaded with the stories of those who experience NDEs. Just as interesting are the conclusions that Greyson makes based on four decades of research. The book is as thought provoking as it fascinating. Thanks for listening!
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Episode 15 - Salem Sep 18, 2023

When you hear the words Salem, Massachusetts, your mind undoubtedly goes to the Salem Witchcraft Trials and for good reason. Salem is steeped in history . . . and in hauntings. In this episode, we visit the haunted Burying Point Cemetery and the adjacent Murphy’s Pub. We also stop by the mysterious Salem Inn and an eerie funeral home turned speakeasy turned liquor store named Bunghole Liquors. Thanks for joining us as we kick off the spooky season!
Ghost City Tours
Smithsonian Magazine
Murphys Pub
Bunghole Liquors
American Paranormal Magazine - nationwide september/october 2023 issue, featuring Ope, A Ghost
Illinois Times - Best of Springfield 2023 - Vote for Ope, A Ghost for best local podcast!

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Episode 14 - Theater Ghosts Sep 04, 2023

It just so happens that the theater has been a place for entertainment for nearly as long as humanity has existed. It also just so happens that theaters are among the most haunted places you’ll ever visit. In this episode, we look at the NederlanderTheater in Chicago and a handful of haunted Broadway theaters. The moral of this story is to pay attention the next time you take in a play. That out of place character in the back may not be part of the production. Break a leg!
YouTube: “The Haunted Oriental Theater – short video (2:47)
American Ghost Walks
NIU Article :A Matinee to Remember” by Dr. Frank Norbury
James M. Nederlander Theater
Architectural Digest “The 37 Most Haunted Placed in the World”
Anna Gasteyer on Celebrity Ghost Stories (Starts around 20:54)
Iroquois Theater photos from Chicago Tribune
Playbill article

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Episode 13 - Big Hairy Monsters Aug 21, 2023

The list of cryptids is a mile long, but when it comes to the superstars, Bigfoot is the reigning champ. In this week’s episode, Jonathan visits a 1973 Bigfoot rash of sightings in Murphysboro, IL dubbed the Big Muddy Monster. Heaven takes us down the rabbit hole by discussing some of the more unique Sasquatch specimens. Ever hear of Sheep Squatch? You have now!
Big Muddy Monster Festival
Creature From Big Muddy: An Illinois Bigfoot Legend
Monsters of Illinois by Troy Taylor
Cryptids Fandom

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What Moves the Dead - Book Club Mini Aug 14, 2023

On today’s Book Club Minisode we read T. Kingfisher’s What Moves the Dead, a wonderful retelling of Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Fall of the House of Usher.” Kingfisher incorporates all the characters from Poe’s original to create a mesmerizing world that is both fascinating and nightmarish. Did we mention the hares? We think you’ll love this one!
T. Kingfisher website
Amazon linkto buy What Moves the Dead

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Episode 12 - Harold and Robert Aug 07, 2023

What is it about dolls that creeps us out? Maybe it’s because they look a little too much like us. Maybe it’s because they were so real to us as children. Either way, when those dolls are haunted dolls, they become the stuff of nightmares. In this episode we visit two famous haunted dolls: Harold and Robert. Come play with us as we explore the history behind these legendary playthings. No tagbacks.
Harold the Haunted Doll Book
Interview with Anthony
YouTube “The Untold Story of Robert the Doll - Florida” by Mystery Archives.
The Artist’s House
Artist’s House Photos at Booking.com
Fort East Martello Museum
Ghostkeywest.com Robert the Doll page

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Episode 11 - Amityville Jul 24, 2023

The things that went on at 112 Ocean Avenue in Amityville, New York have become the stuff of legend. The Amityville story has spawned almost forty films and documentaries. The story begins on November 13, 1975 with the murder of the DeFeo family and ends on January 13, 1976 with the Lutz family fleeing in terror. What really happened that caused a family to flee their home after only twenty-eight days? How accurate is the 1977 book by Jay Anson? Did the movie overdramatize the haunting? In this episode, we attempt to answer these questions by looking at what the book and movies say compared to what the Lutz children say. Somewhere in the middle lies the truth.
History vs. Hollywood
From My Amityville Horror (2012)
Youtube - The Real Amityville Horror
Jay Anson's Book - The Amityville Horror

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Episode 10 - Haunted Hospitals Jul 10, 2023

Hospitals and asylums seem to be among the most haunted of all places. In this episode we explore one of each: Spencer State Hospital and the Old South Pittsburg Hospital. Spencer State, one of over 300 Kirkbride buildings in the nation at the time, began as an overflow for what is now known as the Trans-Alleghany Lunatic Asylum. The Old South Pittsburg Hospital was abandoned because of a need for a larger facility, but rumors and legends live on though many of them are untrue. Join us as we roam the haunted halls and explore the past.

Inside Haunted Spencer State Hospital by George Dudding.
Kirkbride Buildings History
The Haunted Old South Pittsburg Hospital Paranormal Research Center
Richard Estep - website and link to purchase his books.

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A Natural History of Ghosts - Book Club Mini Jul 03, 2023

This week's mini book club episode is about A Natural History of Ghosts - 500 Years of Hunting for Proof by: Roger Clarke
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Episode 9 - Ghost Ships Jun 26, 2023

We recently conducted a poll on our social media sites asking what you would like us to cover in an episode. As luck would have it, there was a tie. This episode is one of the two winners. We’ll get to the other winning topic next time, so you won’t have to wait long. Thank you to all who voted!
Haunted house? Yup, heard of those. Haunted cemetery? Still, yup. But wait! Have you heard of a haunted boat or ship? In this episode, we welcome you aboard to discuss Ghost Ships. Find your way to the Lido Deck for shuffle board, or join us below deck in the Ope, a Ghost Theater for ghostly tales about ships that mysteriously went missing and were later found abandoned, a story about a real phantom ship, and accounts of specters aboard popular cruise lines. To sweeten
the deal, we’ll include a link to nine ships that you can go visit!
“Boo! 9 Haunted Ships You Can Visit!” by Teressa Bitler
Haunted at Sea: Real Haunted Ships, Boats, Oceans and Beaches by Zachery Knowles
Dockwalk.com
HistoricMysteries.com

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Episode 8 - Shadow People Jun 12, 2023

Welcome to another dive down the paranormal rabbit hole where answers are vague at best but mostly raise more questions. That’s where we live. We confront the enigmas and the mysteries of the paranormal so we might better understand, inform, and maybe even entertain. Sit back, dim the lights, and enjoy!
In this episode, we discuss the mystery of Shadow People. Have you every woke from a dream to find the nightmare standing in the corner of your bedroom, a distinctly human-shaped shadow lurking in the darkness but it’s impossibly darker than the darkness around it? Maybe you saw someone peek around the door from the hall only to disappear as soon as you turn to look. Maybe you’ve been visited by a tall, dark shadow wearing a wide brimmed hat. If you answered yes, you have experienced the enigmatic Shadow People. What are they? Where do they come from? Are they a byproduct of sleep paralysis? The answers to these questions are elusive, but
we attempt to answer them to whatever degree they can be answered which isn’t much. Please rate the episode and don’t forget to follow us!
A Walk in the Shadows: A Complete Guide to Shadow People by Mike Ricksecker
The Paranormal Researchers Guide to Shadow People by Charis Branson
Darkness Walks: The Shadow People Among Us by Jason Offutt
The Shadow People Wiki
Fandom.com shadow people page
The Shadow People Archives page

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Episode 7 - Gator Monkey & Thunderbirds May 29, 2023

In the early 1960s, the bayous of Southern Louisiana became the home of the Honey Island Swamp Monster. According to local lore, this foul-smelling, grey-haired beast is a part alligator / part monkey hybrid that splashed through the swamp leaving behind mysterious three-toed footprints. A decade later in Central Illinois, the area around Lawndale hosted an outbreak of Thunderbird sightings. In one incident, a giant bird attempted to fly away with a ten-year-old boy in its talons! We hope you enjoy our very first cryptid episode.
The Legend of the Honey Island Swamp Monster at Pelican State of Mind
Dana Holyfields office website for her grandfather's research.
Piasa Bird
Artist’s rendering of the attack
Occult World Article
Doug’s Darkworld article
Atlas Obscura article
Troy Taylor’s “Thunderbirds Over Illinois”
Troy Taylor’s Facebook post

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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Heaven - Book Club Mini May 22, 2023

For our second Book Club Minisode, we discuss Corey Taylor’s A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Heaven. Taylor is the lead singer of the widely successful bands Slipknot and Stone Sour and is the New York Times bestselling author of Seven Deadly Sins. In A Funny Thing Happened, Taylor shares his haunted side and delivers a book packed with his spooky experiences while growing up in Des Moines, Iowa and the paranormal events he witnessed touring with his bands. If you are like us and enjoy a good ghost story, we think you’ll like Taylor’s book.

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Episode 6 - Haunted High Schools May 15, 2023

Haunted Springfield High & EL Paso High
Who doesn’t have school spirit? These schools sure do! The spirit at these schools lingers long after the students have gone home. Join Heaven and Jonathan as they examine two haunted high schools. The first is Springfield High School in Springfield, IL. SHS is notorious for being built on top of a cemetery. Sure, they moved the bodies . . . most of them anyway. The second is the infamous El Paso High School in El Paso TX. where ghostly pep rallies echo through the halls at night and the spirit of a girl shows up on picture day.
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Garrett Moffett’s book Haunted Springfield, Illinois.
Moffett offers several haunted walking tours in Springfield, Il.
Visit his site at Springfieldwalkstours
Historic plaque placed by the Springfield High School History Club and the Illinois State Historic Society in March 2005
The Rachael video is a must see!
El Paso High Resources : Haunted Rooms & Borderzine

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Episode 5 - Enfield Polt & Haunted Mowers May 01, 2023

Knock, Knock. Who’s There? A Poltergeist!
In this episode, Heaven and Jonathan talk about the poltergeist phenomenon. Is it a ghost? Is it psychokinetic? One thing’s for sure: something is making a lot of noise and throwing things around. Join us as we dive . . . well, more like belly flop . . . into one of the most bizarre occurrences in the paranormal world.
Enfield House - Google Maps - In the middle is a duplex with a wooden fence around both sections. The Enfield house is the one on the right.
Guy Lyon Playfair’s book: This House is Haunted
YouTube: The Enfield Poltergeist
YouTube: The Curious Case of Pete the Poltergeist - Our Life

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Episode 4 - Old Williamson Funeral Home Apr 17, 2023

Emily joins Heaven and Jonathan to talk about their experience with a ghostly little girl and shadow people at the very haunted Old Williamson Funeral Home in Jacksonville, IL.

Troy Taylor’s Books – www.americanhauntingsink.com
American Hauntings Ghost Hunts www.bumpinthenight.net

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Life with the Afterlife - Book Club Mini Apr 10, 2023

We do a lot of reading both for fun and for the show. So, why not share some of what we read with you? For our first Book Club Minisode, we are thrilled to discuss Amy Bruni’s book Life with the Afterlife. You know Bruni from her time on Ghost Hunters and on Kindred Spirits where she co-stars with Adam Berry. Bruni’s book is part biography, part ghost hunting field guide, and part behind the scenes glimpse of paranormal television. Our book club won’t ruin it for you, no spoilers, but we think it’s a lot of fun and definitely worth reading.
Amy’s book/ autographed photo bundle: https://www.amy-bruni.net/store/
Book only: https://tinyurl.com/bdefyyfc
Amy Bruni’s Strange Escapes: https://www.amy-bruni.net/strange-escapes/
Be sure to explore https://www.amy-bruni.net/ for more about Amy and Kindred Spirits.

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Episode 3 - Bridgewater Triangle Apr 03, 2023

Located in southeastern Massachusetts, the Bridgewater Triangle is one of the most prolifically paranormal places in America. If it’s paranormal, Bridgewater has it. Stories of Native American curses, cryptids, UFOs, ghosts, pukwudgies, and cult activity are common. Join Heaven and Jonathan as they dive down the triangle shaped rabbit hole.

The Bridgewater Triangle Documentary – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIVKPZLwr0k

George Dudding’s Book - Dover Demon and Pukwudgies
Taunton State Hospital info: Boston Ghosts - Haunted Massachusetts Hospitals

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Episode 2 - Imaginary Ghosts Mar 20, 2023

Is it possible for a place to be haunted only because you want it to be? Is it possible to create a ghost simply by thinking about it? A group in Canada claims to have done exactly that. This week we talk about the Philip Experiment. In 1973, members of the Toronto Society for Psychical Research set out to determine if paranormal activity associated with mediumistic activities like séances and other group settings might be psychokinetic and not evidence for ghosts. Their results were not only astounding but have broad implications for haunted spaces. We also cover Zombie Boy, a similar type of "haunting" that was investigated by Amy Bruni and Adam Berry on the show Kindred Spirits.

Psi Encyclopedia - https://psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk/

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Episode 1 - Meet Our Ghosts Mar 06, 2023

On this week's episode, Heaven and Jonathan talk about how they first got into the paranormal and tell us about their personal ghost experiences.
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