Send us a text Trigger Warning: There are tales of murder and suicide in this episode, may not be appropriate for all audiences. Krys starts off with the story of the infamous Drake Hotel in Chicago. This hotel has been through it’s share of famous guests and their stories. This hotel is on almost every haunted Chicago list. From a murder mystery to an actual famous murder, this hotel has it all! From Chicago she brings us back to Indiana with the story of Dunn’s Bridge and it’s claim as being a...
Jan 23, 2022•41 min•Season 2Ep. 2
Send us a text What better way to kick off Season 2 then Episode 50! Our 50th episode has been fraught with technical difficulties, from Audacity turning Tori into a demon to our NEW laptop not being compatible with our soundboard. Returning from our holidays with all new stories for all, Tori leads off with someone Florida fun. Ford’s Garage is a restaurant inside the Dean Building in downtown Fort Myers. Due to the hauntings there we figure out that Krys is okay with a wineglass being thrown a...
Jan 12, 2022•41 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Send us a text Trigger warning: We recorded and uploaded this well in front of the latest weather disaster. This episode covers the movie Twister. Instead of having a dark week, we are giving you a peek into what you are missing if you aren't on our Patreon! Have a happy New Year and we will see you in 2022! Love y'all and stay safe! We've got a new kind of bonus episode for y'all! Malcom is betting his VHS tapes and a lucky winner could land his copy of the tape! He will be reviewing these film...
Dec 29, 2021•41 min
Send us a text Happy Holidays to all! Since y’all will be hearing this the week of Christmas, we decided to give you some Christmas legends! Krysti brings us the story of Krampus in his anti-Santa glory. Nothing makes you want to be nice like a half man, half goat with a long tongue beating you with a stick if you are bad. In Bloomington Indiana they have had Krampus Rampage and Bazaar. Unfortunately we missed the boat on that, the day we recorded was the last time they held it. Tori covers Hans...
Dec 22, 2021•37 min•Season 1Ep. 48
Send us a text We had guest stars for this episode, Tori’s cousins Jen and John came to record with us. Tori starts us off with the Lake Michigan Triangle and it’s weird phenomena. Our honored guests were able to corroborate some of the odd weather that happens in that neck of the woods. The goings on of this weirdness is well documented. Not saying it was the aliens, but it was the aliens. Krysti continues with the Welsh Mari Lwyd. According to Chase the rap battling horse head needs to be a tr...
Dec 15, 2021•43 min•Season 1Ep. 47
Send us a text We had to roll for initiative to figure the order for this one. Krysti starts us off strong with an Indiana legend, Cole Porter. His musical career started at a young age and wrote one of the Yale fight songs that is still used to this day. From college he drove into the world of Broadway and continued to write music. From then on his course was set. For the time he was scandalous and not socially acceptable in some circles. The man led a fascinating life and was ridiculously prol...
Dec 08, 2021•51 min•Season 1Ep. 46
Send us a text My Rice Crispies are talking, but what are they saying?! Trains, trains, lots of trains! Happy holidays all and welcome to our first megasode! We were still doing a remote recording with Malcom, Chuck, and Chase for this one. Krysti opens us up with Union Station in downtown Indy. The first union station in the US, this paved the way for train stations to become easier to access for folks. This historic building has gone through several iterations to serve the foks in Indy in a va...
Dec 01, 2021•1 hr 19 min•Season 1Ep. 45
Send us a text A Vampire and an Impish Painting Our Sources: Haunted Bloomington Indiana- Klara Lee Sweet, Heraldtimesonline.com, thelittlehouseofhorrors.com, atlasobscura.com, theguadian.com, standard.co.uk, highgatecemetery.org Our theme music: “Danse Macabre - Busy Strings" Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Support our show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/trendylobotomypodcast Find us at FB/Ins...
Nov 24, 2021•43 min•Season 1Ep. 44
Send us a text Malcom stuck around for this episode as well and has his own story this time! Krysti leads off by intruding into Tori’s usual genre by covering Graceland Cemetery in Chicago. This was established to alleviate the overcrowding of the cemeteries in the city proper. Many famous folks take their final rest at this locale. The Palmer masoleum and it’s feeling of dread and cold, the Wolff grave, and Dexter Grave’s grave with it’s now famous statue Eternal Silence (take our advice, Googl...
Nov 17, 2021•49 min•Season 1Ep. 43
Send us a text TRIGGER WARNING: One of the tales in this episode mentions a tragedy at a performance and briefly talks about the patrons at the show being crushed. We recorded this episode before the AstroWorld tragedy and our hearts go out to those effected by it. Malcom joins us for another episode! Tori starts us off with the story of Jane Addams and Hull House in Chicago. A mainstay of social justice and reform Jane made a place to help those less fortunate than her and built a community aro...
Nov 10, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 42
Send us a text Spooky Season continues! Krysti leads off with the Imperial Hotel, thank you Kitten! This hotel was built in the 1860s in Picton and was then converted to a hospital shortly after. This made the change to a hotel once again and some of the hospital patients never left. Tori continues on smartly with yet another cemetery, shocker right? St. Louis Cemetery #1 in New Orleans is an iconic landmark in a city full of spooky stories. This was one of the first cemeteries that required the...
Nov 03, 2021•36 min•Season 1Ep. 41
Send us a text Hail, hail, the gang’s all here! Chuck and Malcom join us for this episode! Tori starts with you guessed it, another cemetery. Bachelors Grove Cemetery is one of the oldest cemeteries in Cook County Illinois. 18 miles outside of Chicago and off of a closed turnpike, this is one of the most haunted spots in Cook County. This cemetery is home to many paranormal phenomena running the gamut from basketball size blue lights to the classic Hookman trope. Krysti covers the Ridges in Athe...
Oct 27, 2021•55 min•Season 1Ep. 40
Send us a text Malcom guest stars this episode. This episode was surprise stories to both of us. There was no telling each other our topics beforehand. Krysti covers the Guyer Opera House and it’s history. An important building in Henry County, this gas light theater is still putting on productions to this day. This theater has numerous spirits that are active to this day. Tori covers the SS Eastland disaster in Chicago. This was one of the worst inland water disaster ever. This ship capsized on...
Oct 20, 2021•46 min•Season 1Ep. 39
Send us a text We start the episode explaining the altar of truth and our presents from Zach. Tori covers the Oregon Vortex and the weirdness contained therein. This is one of those mystery spots that are found around the country just waiting to take tourist’s money. Can you say optical illusions? Next up we get a short history lesson about the Shanghai Tunnels in Portland and the current ghostly inhabitants. Press ganging, crimping, and shanghaiing was used to kidnap sailors to serve on long se...
Oct 13, 2021•43 min•Season 1Ep. 38
Send us a text Happy spooky season! Krysti has been itching to tell everyone her story this episode! An Indiana legend, James Whitcomb Riley is the subject of conversation. A poet that wrote such poems as Little Orphant Annie and The Raggedy Man. This man’s poetry was a staple of Indiana children’s studies and known to adults as well. His life was very interesting and so was his career. Continuing on with the spooky vibe, Tori covers the most haunted house in Australia, the Monte Cristo Homestea...
Oct 06, 2021•45 min•Season 1Ep. 37
Send us a text Tori leads off with the info of who bought the transaxle of Little Bastard and then actually tells the story of a haunted painting. Bill Stoneham’s painting The Hands Resist Him came to be known as the most haunted painting on EBay. All of the paintings in this series all rock a very creepy vibe. ZB tried to get hold of this painting and failed but did commission Bill Stoneham to paint him another in the series. The Hands Invent Him has it’s place in the Haunted Museum in Vegas no...
Sep 29, 2021•46 min•Season 1Ep. 36
Send us a text Trigger Warning: There are several stories involving suicide in this episode, listener caution is advised. We got another visitor this episode, one of our oldest friends and Patron Melel! Krysti opens up with Randolph County Infirmary formerly known as Randolph County Poor Asylum. This was another of the places set up by the local government to take care of those who could not take care of themselves. While these institutions seem to start with good intentions, they tend not end t...
Sep 22, 2021•48 min•Season 1Ep. 35
Send us a text First things first Tori and Krysti got to actually tour Hannah House! They went to the Hannah House Paranormal Day Celebration and met a ton of awesome local spooky folks. Check out the pics on our Insta and FB pages, it was a blast. Tori starts us off in the great state of Wisconsin at the House on the Rock, tourist trap extraordinaire. A road side attraction in Spring Green Wisconsin, both of us were made aware of this bizarre slice of Americana due to the work of Neil Gaiman in...
Sep 15, 2021•54 min•Season 1Ep. 34
Send us a text We had the pleasure of having Tara guest star again and Greg came with her to visit us. Australia came through with cookies and other snacks for us, thank you T, Harley, and Australian Greg. Krysti starts us off this episode all the way across the world in Australia. This time the story comes from Melbourne and the infamous Old Melbourne Gaol. This jail was built in 1845 and served as an operating jail until 1924. Currently this is a museum. This jail almost immediately became ove...
Sep 08, 2021•37 min•Season 1Ep. 33
Send us a text Malcom starts with his story! He tells us of the Kokomo Hum and it’s odd effect on both natives and visitors alike. This sound has been heard in many places but is a documented phenomena in Kokomo. Are some folks susceptible to sounds outside of the normal bounds of human hearing? This is not heard by everyone but seems to be observed by select people. Could this be a nature sound? Maybe a industrial sound? Is this from Grissom Air Force Base (Tori once again points to aliens)? Yo...
Sep 01, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 32
Send us a text The boys are back for this one too! Malcom and Chuck are back to hear more stories from us. Krys leads off with Prospect Place House in Ohio also known as the Trinway Mansion. Built by George Adams in 1856 to house his family and new wife. Rumor was the ghost of his first wife was none too happy with the new wife and haunted his current house. This new house had some modern amenities before they were common. The first house they built was burned to ground by arson. Cue a second ho...
Aug 25, 2021•47 min•Season 1Ep. 31
Send us a text TW: Tori was in her cups and demands snacks from the Aussies several times this episode. The boys are back with us for this episode. I quickly told on myself on why calling the Bobby Barton Chronicles BBC may be the wrong abbreviation for it. Although it would trendy quickly as a hashtag. Leading off with a story from Melissa in Mississppi (Melissa in actually in my hometown now) about Stucky’s Bridge. Crime gangs, a serial killer innkeeper, and a river named Chunky, this story ha...
Aug 18, 2021•37 min•Season 1Ep. 30
Send us a text Krys opens up in Dublin with the story Black Dog Prison and the Dolocher. Black Dog Prison was the main debtor’s prison in Dublin originally in the Newhall Market now known as the Cornmarket. The conditions in this prison were abysmal and it was a for profit prison. The prison terms were dictated by the owners of the debt, you see how this could be a very bad thing? A debtor’s prison that you could RENT a bed at? Um, I’ll pass. Apparently a prisoner named Olocher committed suicide...
Aug 11, 2021•44 min•Season 1Ep. 29
Send us a text Tori leads off with Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky. This cave system is the largest in the world sitting at 400 miles of explored caves. New caves are still being found to this day that add to the size of this cave system. From it’s ancient start to this day, this cave has gone through many changes and has had numerous inhabitants. This has been the site of Civil War battles, a TB hospital, many mining operations, and much more. This was a place for new starts for former s...
Aug 04, 2021•42 min•Season 1Ep. 28
Send us a text Krysti leads with Campbelltown and Fisher’s ghost. Fredrick Fisher was an Englishman that was sent to Australia due to being passed fake bank notes. Fredrick scored his ticket of leave and started buying up properties. Fred got himself in trouble again and went straight to jail. Cue a shady partner Worral getting the power of attorney over all Fisher’s property. Fisher promptly disappeared and eventually was found dead on Worral’s property. Cue ghost stories and a 10 day festival ...
Jul 28, 2021•33 min•Season 1Ep. 27
Send us a text And Now For Some Random Stories Chase joins us for the episode of several little stories and tells his first cryptid story! Tori leads with Dog Head Bridge and it’s story of a car accident and two decapitations. Moral of that story, if you see a dog headed creature, run for your life. Next up Krys with Diana of the Dunes and her life on the edge of Lake Michigan. Independent and educated, she lived her life the way she wanted. She liked it there so much that she even stuck around ...
Jul 21, 2021•32 min•Season 1Ep. 26
Send us a text Madame Librarian and the Disney Dead Guys Trigger Warning: Tori says the name of Boehne Camp Hospital incorrectly throughout the story, her bad. Tori starts off this episode with another sanatorium, this time in Evansville. Boehne Camp Hospital was a tuberculosis hospital that opened and had an open air TB camp. This hospital housed TB patients from 1908 to 1968, then still was open as an alcohol treatment facility until its’ close. Guess what is there at the present? Condos, beca...
Jul 14, 2021•38 min•Season 1Ep. 25
Send us a text Tori leads off this episode in Illinois in a famous haunted space, the Coles County Poor Farm, otherwise known as Ashmore Estates. She teased this story last episode with the Parke County Poor Asylum in Indiana. The timeline for this property is long and well documented, and well represented in the media. Covered by several paranormal investigators in both print and screen. From an actual poor farm to it’s current state of as a haunted attraction available for investigations. Did ...
Jul 07, 2021•50 min•Season 1Ep. 24
Send us a text Krysti covers some stories sent to us by Clare all the way from Dublin, Ireland. Ballyheigue Castle is first up(actually in Kerry btw) with it’s stories of both the Cantillon family with it’s connection to the fae folk and the Crosbie family with it’s shady business dealings #pirates? #salvagers? You tell us! Also the interesting fact that the rights of the ghost of that shady family is now owned by the Dutch. Now we move to Dublin and St Audoen’s Church and its’ remnants of the o...
Jun 30, 2021•39 min•Season 1Ep. 23
Send us a text The boys came back to hang out with us for this episode! Chuck and Malcom are back to weigh in on Public Enemy Number One and Little Bastard! Tori covers John Dillinger and his place in history with the FBI. A hometown Indy boy, John Dillinger started early in his troublemaking ways. From his first brush with law for car theft, to his last run across the country, the Jackrabbit was in it all. After bailing out of the Navy, he robbed a grocery store and got caught. Cue his stay in ...
Jun 23, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 22
