This Spooky Wednesday we’ve got a terrifying train and a haunted hotel! First, Kala discusses the Lincoln Funeral Train, a ghost train that follows the same track every year after the anniversary of the late President Abraham Lincoln’s death. Is the memory of such a well-known political figure enough to keep the echo of the train carrying his corpse traveling across the country every year around the anniversary of his death? Next Brittany tells us all about the Emily Morgan Hotel in San Antonio,...
Apr 20, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Transcript available on Metacast Happy Spooky Wednesday folks! We have a haunted location, a famous cryptid, and a lister request of a small-town legend in Wisconsin! First up, Kala tells everyone about the Devil’s Hopyard in C onnecticut where strange noises occur underneath the whole park. Is it weird, not well researched geological phenomena, or something more sinister? And it's not just the noises! There are reports of other paranormal activity including voices and laughter, and a history of these tales goes back decades an...
Apr 13, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Transcript available on Metacast Happy Spooky Wednesday! We’ve got THREE locations for you! First, Kala talks about the S.K. Pierce haunted mansion in Gardner, MA. Then Brittany brings us to Ogden’s Union Station in Utah. Finally we finish up with a listener request location: Chase on the Lake in Walker, MN! THREE LOCATIONS?! Unheard of! Unless you’re listening to this episode. Then you’ll hear it. This episode is sponsored by Earth Rider Brewery in Superior, WI. For more information visit https://earthrider.beer
Apr 06, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Transcript available on Metacast Happy Spooky Wednesday, everybody! What's the biggest takeaway from this episode? It's raining men down in Manville. It's raining men. This week Kala takes us to Newark, Ohio to talk about the Old Licking County Jail. This jail has had a history of tragedies including deaths of inmates and wardens along with hosting some very odd serial killers. As a result, they've got shadow figures, objects that move on their own, and evidence of disembodied voices captured through EVPs and spirit boxes...
Mar 30, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Transcript available on Metacast Happy Spooky Wednesday, y'all! This week we're heading down south with haunted locations in two different southern states. First, Kala talks about the Read House Hotel in Chatanooga, Tennesee. This location has been around since before the Civil War, and some of the injured soldiers from that time may still be lurking around. And while that on its own is creepy enough, the most popular ghost is a woman who was found murdered in a bathtub. This ghost is so active that the hotel owners decided to ...
Mar 23, 2022•58 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week marks the 60th Spooky Wednesday at Left of Skeptic, and we're visiting two new states to celebrate! First Kala takes us all the way up through Canada into Alaska to discuss the Alaskan Hotel in Juneau. This tiny, slightly dated hotel has a history of shy ghosts who don't seem to like it when people pay too much attention to them. If you're there on a daily basis for work or visiting, you're probably fine, but ghost hunters should beware. You might just end up hitting a few buildings on...
Mar 16, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Transcript available on Metacast Happy Spooky Wednesday! Kala is going to come and write a better description later, but the gist of this week's episode includes the curious tales of Tulpas, as told by Kala. And Brittany is bringing us back to England to talk about a chair that was loved above all other chairs...
Mar 09, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Transcript available on Metacast Happy Spooky Wednesday! This week Kala tells you about the humorously named Slippery Noodle Inn in Indianapolis, IN. This rockin' restaurant and bar features delicious food and drink, jazz music every night of the week, (maybe) a body buried in the basement, and a variety of ghostly entities. Customers and employees have had experiences on all three floors of this building, but apparently the ghosts are pretty chill because it's had the same owners for decades and shows no signs of anyone leavin...
Mar 02, 2022•59 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week is an eventful one! We’ve got aliens, ghost cows, ghosts that aren’t cows, project blue book, magical silencing pillowcases, and maybe-sorta crawlers. First Kala talks about the abduction of Betty and Barney Hill in New Hampshire in 1961. This story is one of the first to shape how we see alien abductions and UFOs both in science and in fiction. Next, Brittany takes us back to Austin, TX to discuss the Driskill Hotel, which involves a lot more cattle than you might think. This haunted ...
Feb 23, 2022•1 hr•Transcript available on Metacast We’re going back to spooky basics with two very old buildings! First up, Kala talks about Rolling Hills Asylum in East Bethany, New York. This 18th Century building is one of the most haunted in the U.S. Highlights include: shadow figures in the halls, disembodied voices in patients' rooms, and a missing graveyard? It doesn’t get more classic than that. Next, Brittany covers the Old Jail in St. Augustine, Florida. This building was meant to look like a beautiful Victorian mansion, but inside it ...
Feb 16, 2022•59 min•Transcript available on Metacast Happy Spooky Wednesday! We’re going full Universal Classic Monsters on y’all with tales of a vampire and a mummy! Brittany takes us over to London to talk about High Gate Cemetery and its resident sharp-toothed fiend. And Kala talked about the case of The Priestess if Amen-Ra, also sometimes referred to as The Unlucky Mummy. This mummy board is rumored to have caused the sinking of the Titanic. What did we learn this week? 1.) Grown men will use vampires as an excuse for a swo...
Feb 09, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Transcript available on Metacast We’re back to our regularly scheduled programming this Spooky Wednesday with some haunted locations and subjects! First, Kala takes us back to Grand Haven, MI to discuss two haunted restaurants, the Kirby House Restaurant and the Dee-Lite Bar & Grill. Are the ghosts Emily and John actually the same ghost from the demolished Grand Theater? What do you think? And Brittany tells us about the classic tale of The Bell Witch! Which is so much more in-depth than Kala ever realized. The Bell Witch m...
Feb 02, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Transcript available on Metacast Happy Spooky Wednesday! It is the LAST week of True Crime January, and Brittany and Kala are here to tell you the tale of the Salem Witch Trials. While many people attribute this time period to witchcraft and the paranormal, the truth is that these women (and some men) were murdered . Brittany goes into the details of the background and the reasoning behind this tragedy, and then Kala discusses a few of the locations that are still haunted by the ghosts of the towns sordid past. What does it see...
Jan 26, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Transcript available on Metacast This spooky Wednesday is our third installment of True Crime January, and we’re coming at you with one of the most classic of true crime subjects: H. H. Holmes. This man was one of, if not THE first serial killers. He had a pretty messed up childhood, and he killed a bunch of people, but somehow managed to keep an impressively active dating life. And who can blame the ladies for falling for him? That mustache. That super manipulative and toxic behavior. That ability to steal and mutilate corpses...
Jan 19, 2022•1 hr 14 min•Transcript available on Metacast This Spooky Wednesday we continue our true crime January with the tale of the murders from Amityville Horror House in Amityville, Long Island, New York. These murders and the resulting hauntings are so famous that they spawned an incredibly popular book and movie and a slightly less successful movie remake. But what's the real story here? What happened in the home? Is there any proof behind the haunting? Is the real horror that fathers that lived in the home are just really, really shitty? ...
Jan 12, 2022•52 min•Transcript available on Metacast Happy Spooky Wednesday to you all! This is our first episode for our first ever True Crime January! Every week this month we will pick a location where a crime has been committed. Brittany will tell you the details of the crimes that were committed, and Kala will follow up with the hauntings that happen as a result of these crimes. Brittany is very, very excited about this month! We're starting things off with the Villisca Axe Murder House in Villisca, Iowa. This case is still unsolved: partiall...
Jan 05, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Transcript available on Metacast Happy Spooky Wednesday! This week Kala will be telling us about the haunting of the now Nederlander Theater in Chicago, IL which sits on the site of the devastating Iroquois Theater Fire, whose victims haunt the still-active theater. Its creepy, and drama-nerdy, and honestly kind of a bummer at times, but still a good story. Especially if you're a fan of shadows waiting in the wings and creepy non-existent arms touching you in alleys. And Brittany discusses the crumbling Sauer Castle in Kansas C...
Dec 29, 2021•57 min•Ep 49•Transcript available on Metacast Happy Spooky Wednesday and Happy Holidays, friends! This is our first ever Holiday themed episode! Well, kinda… who knew that spontaneous human combustion could have so much in common with the Christmas Season! Chestnuts roasting on an open fire? More like human flesh roasting randomly in a lounge chair. And Kala talks about the Moonville Tunnel in Ohio, where a history of people walking on active train tracks caused a lot of people to be squished to death. This has resulted in a lot of ghostly ...
Dec 22, 2021•1 hr 16 min•Transcript available on Metacast Happy Spooky Wednesday, friends! This week we're all about Wisconsin! Kala starts us off with the mystical Rock Lake near Lake Mills. What secrets does this water hold? Apparently... like two. First, there are mysterious pyramids of an unknown origin on the lake floor, and second, there might be a lake monster named Rocky slithering about. If you're swimming and you hear a loud hissing noise, it may be time to get out of the water. Next, Brittany takes us to the haunted Milwaukee location called...
Dec 15, 2021•57 min•Transcript available on Metacast Happy Spooky Wednesday! We’ve got THREE LOCATIONS FOR YOU THIS WEEK! Kala takes us to Grand Haven, MI to discuss the Lake Forest Cemetery where there are some blue orbs and some “normal” orbs and a stairway to hell. And if that’s not enough to convince you to visit this small town, the home where Kate Koopman was murdered and eventually became the home of a consignment shop is also hella haunted. Kate’s mostly friendly except for her hatred of formal wear. Brittany takes us to yet another Frater...
Dec 08, 2021•1 hr 17 min•Transcript available on Metacast Happy Spooky Wednesday! This week Kala is telling you about the Milton School House in Alton , Illinois. Yep, we’re back in Alton, and it’s still haunted. And Brittany talks about the Belvoir Winery and Inn in Liberty , Missouri. Both locations experience a lot of residual hauntings. And while they may have started out as buildings with a dark past, they are now both successful businesses. While their owners may or may not embrace this haunted history, we know one thing for sure: We. Are. Intere...
Dec 01, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Transcript available on Metacast Happy Spooky Wednesday, folks! This week Kala is telling you about Robert the Doll, an object that is over 100 years old and brings misfortune to those who displease it. But to be fair, you might be displeased too if a grown-ass man carried you around with him for his entire life and blamed all of his bad actions on you. And Brittany talks about The Old Talbott Tavern in Bardstown, Kentucky. This old building has a history of famous guests, guns, liquor, and hauntings. And we think those hauntin...
Nov 24, 2021•1 hr 20 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week Kala went to a sexy little place called Whispers Estate in Mitchel, Indiana. It might sound like something you'd see on late-night satellite TV, but the history is a lot less scandalous, and a lot more ghosty. Unless you find affordable real estate with hauntings included sexy... If that the case you're gonna love it. Brittany talks about a good ol' fashioned midwest exorcism with The Exorcism of Anna Eklund. Kala makes several inappropriate comments and we establish that it is ex...
Nov 17, 2021•1 hr 15 min•Ep 43•Transcript available on Metacast Happy Spooky Wednesday! This week Kala takes over with the extra-long tale of the Pfister Hotel in Milwaukee, WI. This hotel has a long, surprisingly un-tragic history, and yet it's still haunted AF. There are tales of mischievous ghost activity in the halls and rooms of this hotel as reported by major league baseball players, Megan Thee Stallion, and Joey Lawrence among many others. Lights flickering. Mysterious shadows. Quick knocks with no one at the door. Clothing flying around. Could this b...
Nov 10, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Transcript available on Metacast This Spooky Wednesday we’re heading to New York! Kala starts by talking about two different locations in Greenwich Village, New York City. The famous Washington Square Park, where tons of people walk around every day… walk around on the burial ground of thousands of bodies. Bodies that keep turning up with every redesign and road construction. And a short walk away on Gay Street, you might encounter the Phantom of Gay Street, who may be a tulpa or he may just be a dapper gent stuck in an afterli...
Nov 03, 2021•1 hr 19 min•Transcript available on Metacast Happy Spooky Wednesday and a HAPPY HALLOWEEN TO ALL! For our last episode of the spooky season, we are wrapping up our Urban Legends October series with one extremely well-known urban legend and one very not-well-known legend. First, Kala talks about the Hook Man. A story told so many times that there is no solid foundation. Is it a symbol of a girl's fear of her own sexuality? Is it a strange retelling of historical events? At this point, who knows? All we know is it's creepy, it's probably tot...
Oct 27, 2021•1 hr 7 min•Transcript available on Metacast Happy Spooky Wednesday! It's our third episode of our Urban Legends October and we are traveling across the world to tell you tales from Japan. Kala starts out this week with the story of Kuchisake-onna, or "Slit-mouthed woman", who has existed in folklore since the Edo period. This deadly yokai sneaks up upon unsuspecting humans to ask them a simple question that has no simple answer. Just trust us when we say you don't want to be asked. Brittany then tells the tale of Teke-teke, the spirit of ...
Oct 20, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Transcript available on Metacast Happy Spooky Wednesday! This week we are continuing on with our Urban Legends October series. The stories this week are based on the classic creepypasta tales we grew up reading right before bed, ensuring you'll never get a good night's sleep. Brittany talks about Slender Man, a character so well known and so well believed that it has been the catalyst behinds some real-life tragedies. And Kala talks about the email forward that became a thing of nightmares known as smile.jpg or Smile.dog. Facel...
Oct 13, 2021•1 hr 14 min•Transcript available on Metacast Happy Spooky Wednesday! The first spooky Wednesday of the spookiest month of the year, which brings us to the first special series in our podcast history: Urban Legends October! To mark our very special episode is a very special guest: Adam Herman! He is a singer, songwriter, author, and all-around badass that you may have heard in The Slamming Doors, The Oddville Revue, or The PodCostner. This week we all discuss one of the best-known urban legends around, Bloody Mary. Is this urban legend the ...
Oct 06, 2021•2 hr 48 min•Transcript available on Metacast Happy Spooky Wednesday! This week is heavily and unintentionally inspired by the TV show Supernatural. Kala is talking about one of her favorite cursed objects this week: James Dean’s Porsche 550 Spyder known better as “Little Bastard”. This car caused problems wherever it, or parts of it, went. Cars and ghostly tragedies? The only thing that would possibly make this better is if a wrestler were somehow involved. Brittany talks about the Eldridge Hotel in Lawrence, KS, where there are a lot of g...
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