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...
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...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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? ...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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 ...
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...
In this week’s episode Kala tells the legend of Minnie Quay. A tragic tale of a real girl from Forester, Michigan who drowned in Lake Huron and now haunts its shores, beaconing others to share her fate. Brittany shares the story of the abandoned Farrar Elementary Schoolhouse in Farrar, Iowa where the hauntings began before it was deserted and have continued ever since. This location has some pretty compelling evidence that includes an EVP recording so clear it will send shivers down your spine. ...
Happy Spooky Wednesday everyone! This week, Kala talks about Smallett's Cave near Ava, MO that is allegedly home to the spirit of a headless cobbler that still roams the roads around the cave. But is it really a spirit, or is it something else? Brittany tells us about the historic Bullock Hotel in Deadwood, SD where Seth Bullock is said to still haunt the halls. Kala is excited to learn all about this man and his impressive mustache but is less excited to learn that he looks nothing like Timothy...
Now back to our regularly scheduled programming with another Spooky Wednesday! This week Kala takes us back to Alton, IL to discuss the Mineral Springs Mall, a location that taught her the difference between historic and folkloric hauntings. Brittany takes us to the Punderson Manor in Newbury Township, OH, where there is a surprising lack of puns for such a punny name. It's raining zen up in here with marble-loving ghosts, trash-can-loving ghosts, and ghosts who love beautiful bearded men. And f...
Happy Spooky Thuuuuuuuuursday? WHAT IS EVEN HAPPENING? While the timeline may be a bit different this week, the stories are as good as ever. It's a shabby to chic week as Kala tells us about the run-down and broken Pattowattamie Jail House Museum (better known as the "Squirrel Cage Jail") in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Brittany gives us the details of the adorable and fancy Terrace Inn and 1911 Restaurant in Petoskey, Michigan. While they're two very different buildings, they're both haunted AF....
This Spooky Wednesday, we go back to the midwest! Kala talks about Kemper Hall in Kenosha, Wisconsin. This building (formerly known as Durkee Mansion, a name that Brittany finds hilarious) is haunted by headless nuns, random footsteps, and shadow creatures that roam the lawns and walls. A fact that the county doesn't want to scare away future wedding rentals, but we think it should really attract them. Brittany talks about The Waverly Hills Sanatorium in Louisville, Kentucky. Another hospital ha...
This Spooky Wednesday marks our 30th episode! We're celebrating the same way we celebrate every week, by telling you some haunted tales! Kala talks about the mystery of The Vanishing Hitchhiker and the history behind this very old legend. And Brittany tells us about The Franklin Castle in Cleveland, OH, where a revolving door of owners and renovations (and porn? maybe?) has led to some very strange occurrences. And of course, since Ohio is mentioned in this episode, Kala has to burst into song a...
