This is our favorite time of year, and we wanted to bring a little Halloween to our story, and a whole lotta showmanship! Not from us, but from Houdini! Join us as we tell you all about the life and death of one of the most famous escape artists in history - Harry Houdini! Sources used in today's episode are: thegreatharryhoudini.com medium.com wikipedia.com
Laura jumps in and tells us all about the woman that started the wax figure craze - Marie Tussaud! Have the week you'll have! Sources used in today's episode are:
Today we join the cool kids and check out the Indiana State Sanatorium! One of the newer locations to be found to be quite rife with paranormal weirdness, this location spans quite a bit of acreage with several buildings and creepy steam tunnels for you to check out! A poltergeisty laundry room, a spirit that loves to run up and down stairs, and a very crabby man in the biggest building on the property is what you'll likely find here. We love a good location that puts money back into the buildin...
The title says it all. Just remember kids are a blessing. A creepy, unsettling blessing. Have the week you'll have! Sources used in today's episode are: Buzzfeed.com Reddit.com
Widely considered one of the finest 14th century castles in Scotland, Balgonie Castle is also considered to be one of the most haunted locations in the U.K. as well! What with a skeleton found under the floor in 1912, and about 600 years of fighting prior to that, it's really no wonder! Join us in meeting Green Jeannie, a boisterous pup, and floating heads. Hahahaha! But really. In sad news, Carrie dashes Laura's hopes of them buying Balgonie House. Also in Scotland, but not the subject of today...
Keeping it in the desert Southwest again this week folks and bringing you the crazy story of the Phoenix Lights. A bizarre phenomenon that everyone saw, except apparently, Carrie. Figures. Sources used in today's episode are: Newtimes.com Wikipedia.com 12newsPhx.com KTAR.com
This week Laura takes the reins and tells us all about a little social climber and the death of a man in one of the most barf inducing ways. Have the week you'll have! Source used in today's episode is: Headstuff.org
The lesson here is don't drive through the Arizona desert at night. Ever.
We are back!! And we have missed you all so much! We kick off our new format of SEASONS with one of the most famous locations in America - Bobby Mackey's Music World. Starting as a slaughterhouse and spanning many incarnations since then this location has a portal to hell - maybe with a head in it, maybe not, we sure don't know - a warning sign that they are not responsible for any ghost beat downs you may receive, and some of the best country music west of Las Vegas! Wait, what? Sources used in...
This week Carrie tells us about some creepy, and some hysterical, things that happened to folks on NYE. Welcome back, folks! Have the week you'll have!
Welcome back guys!! We have missed you! This week we cover THE most famous cryptid ever - Bigfoot. Who he is, where he hails from, is he real, is he just a hallucination from the marijuana field in Humboldt - we break it all down! We also have decided he should heretofore be called "Blobsquatch." Pass it on. We also make an announcement about the future of the show! One that we are very happy, grateful and excited about! Please check out Carrie's new skincare business, This Little Light of Mine ...
We are back and celebrating Laura's 3 year anniversary with the show!! This week we are revisiting Austin, TX and the famed Driskill Hotel. It doesn't have JUST at least one ghost, it's got them all! From giggling children, to cigar smoke basically everywhere, to all the heartbroken brides, this hotel is sold out with spooks. Sources used in today's episode are: Austinghosts.com Texasobserver.org Atxfoodnews.com – article by Kay Marley Dilworth driskillhotel.com Pics: Texas Highways Austin Reloc...
We're back! This week Laura tells us facts about Christmas and we make a game of it to see how many Carrie knows. Have the week you'll have!
We are back and keeping the Halloween vibes going with your Halloween episode, 6 days after the fact! CONTENT WARNING on this one folks. Watch and listen at your own discretion. Don't say we didn't warn you. Seriously, we totally warned you.
**Due to Carrie's work schedule, she wasn't able to make it to recording for this week, so we are re-releasing one of our most popular episodes - "Ufology with Andrea Perron!" This week we sit down and discuss all the things with the lovely Andrea Perron! Known for growing up in what came to be known as The Conjuring House, there is so much more to her than what is easily Googled. Come join us as we discuss The Conjuring, Ufology, current events, and what she's working on now! Sources used in th...
Carrie's got the bad and the weird this week guys and it is way more bad than weird. Grab a double espresso and white knuckle it with us through this story of the man whom Russia called "The Lord of the Mummies." Have the week you'll have!
Let's go to Romania and it's infamously haunted Hoia Baciu Forest! With sightings of UFOs, ghosts, and having over 1,000 mysteriously disappear here - this place is no joke. What is the real truth going on here, and would you partake in some of the pretty cool, but kinda risky events they have to offer? We say no. Sources used for this week's episode are: Thetravel.com Jaywaytravel.com Atlasobscura.com Theguardian.com Tourinromania.com NZHerald.co.nz Hoiabaciu.wixsite.com Photo Sources: Hoiabaci...
Happy 4th anniversary History of a Haunting!! This special celebration episode is dedicated to our amazing friend, and long time supporter - Libby Lanier! Sorry Libby that it's such an awful story, but hey - you asked for it. 3 years ago. Shut up, we got to it! From boats just catching on fire, to catfish that can drive Volkswagens, or are the size of them, or something... to bodies that are just THERE under the water, to the ENTIRE town that lies beneath it, Lake Lanier is not great. Special th...
This week Laura tells us of one of the most infamous murderers in the world - Elizabeth Bathory. Believed to have killed her virginal servants to bathe in their blood to retain her youth, she is believed to have a body count of over 600. Have the week you'll have. Excuse us while we go barf.
Carrie has the weird reins this week and she tells us about one of the more shocking cases of a folie a deux - or shared delusion / shared psychosis - in the case of the Swedish Eriksson Twins. Have the week you'll have!
Come along to England and the site of one of the most bananas poltergeist stories we have ever heard. From items materializing out of thin air, to threatening text messages sent to landlines, to one man surviving physical attack after physical attack - the South Shields Poltergeist WILD. This episode is brought to you by the word: psychical. Sources used in this week's episode are: Spookyisles.com – Darren W. Ritson Dailymail.co.uk...
We're super excited to tell you all about a new haunted trolley tour in Cary, NC - When the Whistle Blows! Join Carrie as she sits down with Dr. Katherine Loflin as they go in-depth with this new interactive haunted tour just in time for Spooky Season. There are still tickets left, and you can purchase them at: https://thecitydoctorproductions.ticketspice.com/when-the-whistle-blows Guests are encouraged to share all the cool clips of paranormal anomalies they may capture, and of all the fun they...
Laura takes over this week and tells us about the boss babe of all boss babes with the story of Ching Shih, the Pirate Queen of China. Have the week you'll have, and take no shit.
Join us for the next in our "Revisit" series as we take you back to The Queen Mary! From a beloved child spirit in the first class pool area, to an attention seeking introvert in the bar, to a famous British Prime Minister, we tell you some old faves, and introduce you to some new ones haunting this famous and beautiful ship. Settle in and cover your funnels for an episode worth its weight in gross tonnage. Sources used in this week's episode are: Timemagazine.com Yesterdaysamerica.com Crescentv...
This week Carrie tells you about a CIA report that was done in 1983 and declassified in 2003 about the potential ability for humans to enter an altered state of consciousness and be able to transcend space and time. It’s also got a connection to “Lucky Girl Syndrome,” and that amazing Reticular Activating System (RAS) we all have. Carrie teaches us how thoughts really can become things, and you don’t want to miss it! Sources used in today's episode are: Iflscience.com – article by Tom Hale Harpe...
This week we are bangin’ em out with quadruple recordings since Laura is traveling to parts unknown for vacation! Let’s hustle! Come with us to a VERY well known part - Scotland and the infamous Loch Ness. Here we’ll share with you the amazingly mystical and magical story of Nessie, the famous cryptid known as the Loch Ness Monster. We also discover we are bad at puns, and Carrie is wearing her sassy gripe pants today. And awaaaay we go!! Sources used in today's episode are: Time.com Wikipedia.o...
Laura's got this week's story guys, and it is a doozy. Sit back while she tells us the origin of Stockholm Syndrome, and the world's weirdest bank heist. Have the week you'll have!
Come with us to one of the most haunted places in America. Known for one of the most famous battles that inspired the phrase “Remember the Alamo,” this mission in the Texas desert is the heart of San Antonio. From lost children looking for their parents, to the 6 guards that appear to still be guarding the building, to a bullet ridden Davey Crockett, to the “Duke himself - John Wayne, there is no shortage of spirits here. Unfortunately, as a National Landmark and Texas Shrine, paranormal investi...
It's Carrie's turn this week, and she tells us about 4 infamous and horrific murders that occurred, and the weird commonality they all share. Have the week you'll have! Sources for this week's snack are: Wikipedia.org Thecrimewire.com
This week we tell you all about Sloss Furnaces in Birmingham, AL! Arguably one of the most dangerous jobs to do, the resulting hauntings here are something straight out of a horror movie. And ones that may send you to the hospital and/or kill you. Grab a buddy's hand and let's walk cautiously into this creepy scary place. This episode brought to you by pigs, coke, and hula hoops. Sources used in today's episode are: Hauntedus.com Frightfurnace.com Ghostdoctor.com WVTM13.com Slossfurnaces.com lad...
