Tag: haunted

Welcome to our fourth (!!!) volume of Halloween Listener Stories. Yes, we know it’s almost a month after Halloween, but it’s always Halloween in our hearts, right!? Listen to hear us try to debunk three creepy tales featuring a haunted (?) hotel room, mysterious nocturnal jewelry removals, and a phantom smell. Have your own story to share? Be sure to send it to us any time to hear it debunked next Halloween! Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, Pandora, iHeartRadio, and more.

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It is time for our fifth round of Short & Spooky stories, which, according to The Fast and the Furious franchise naming scheme, must be called Short Five. This also means that we are bringing you five spooky stories and each one has to have some aspect including or related to the number five. There’s a little bit of everything here from alien encounters, to haunted dolls, to cursed phone numbers, and more! Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, Pandora, iHeartRadio, and more.

Here is a link to the bridge video Paige references: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luoITwck2oc&t=48s

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Here are our sources:

Robert the Doll:

1. https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/story-behind-robert-the-doll
2. https://www.artisthousekeywest.com/robert-the-doll
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_(doll)
4. Lore Podcast, Episode 15: Unboxed

Emily’s Bridge:

1. https://stowecountryhomes.com/attractions/emilys-covered-bridge-stowe-vt/
2. https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/emilys-bridge
3. https://vermonthistory.org/emilys-bridge
4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luoITwck2oc&t=48s

The Little Witch Girl:

1. https://www.npr.org/2019/10/05/767488427/clay-mcleod-chapman-on-the-remaking
2. https://www.timesleader.net/opinion/myth-of-the-witch-girl-next-door/article_accafcd4-d957-11e8-a852-2bf2236a2e10.html
3. http://www.the-press.com/Sept%2010%202009.html 

Flatwoods Monster:

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatwoods_monster
2. https://skepticalinquirer.org/2000/11/the-flatwoods-ufo-monster/
3. https://www.snopes.com/articles/383097/flatwoods-monster-mothman-owl/
4. https://braxtonwv.org/the-flatwoods-monster/

Spooky numbers:

1. https://nextluxury.com/interesting/scary-numbers-to-call/

We went to New Orleans for Paige’s 30th birthday, and thought this was a perfect opportunity to tell you about some of the spookiest stories from one of America’s spookiest cities! Listen to hear our take on the heinous crimes of Madame LaLaurie, the ghosts of Lafitte’s Blacksmith Shop Bar, and burial practices in the Big Easy. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, Pandora, or iHeartRadio.

While you’re here, we’d love it if you could subscribe to our YouTube channel! There you’ll find extra video content related to the podcast, and Meagan will be going live from time to time to play spooky games or just hang out with listeners! Additionally, if you are interested in any books we’ve discussed on the podcast, you can find them in our new Amazon storefront. We also have recommendations for other books and products we love.

Here are our sources for this episode:

1. https://deepsouthmag.com/2014/01/15/real-madame-lalaurie-legends-american-horror-story-coven/
2. https://www.vice.com/en/article/3b7x53/a-portrait-of-cruelty-madame-marie-delphine-lalaurie-92
3. https://www.inquisitr.com/1709485/american-horror-storys-madame-lalaurie-was-even-more-evil-in-real-life/
4. https://www.flavorwire.com/426021/the-strange-true-story-of-kathy-bates-american-horror-story-character-delphine-lalaurie
5. https://www.legendsofamerica.com/lalaurie-mansion/
6. https://thehauntedplaces.com/history-of-lafittes-blacksmith-shop/
7. https://64parishes.org/entry/delphine-lalaurie
8. https://ghostcitytours.com/new-orleans/haunted-places/lafittes-blacksmith-shop/
9. https://www.forbes.com/sites/bradjaphe/2020/08/20/is-this-the-worlds-most-haunted-bar/?sh=131c54b965a9
10. https://www.wwno.org/podcast/tripod-new-orleans-at-300/2016-10-06/the-cemetery-under-the-french-quarter
11. https://nolacatholiccemeteries.org/st-louis-cemetery-1
12. https://www.tripshock.com/blog/nola-cemetery-guide/

In our fourth Spooky True Crime episode, we’re taking you back to Pennsylvania Dutch country in 1928 for the story of the Hex Hollow murder. Listen to hear about the traditional medicine and folk magic traditions of Brauche or Powwow, and what happens when we succumb to fear and suspicion to try to remedy a string of bad luck.

Link with pictures from a tour of the Hex Hollow House: https://housecrazysarah.life/the-house-at-hex-hollow/

You can listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, Pandora, or iHeartRadio.

Here are our sources:

1. Supernatural with Ashley Flowers, Episode 62
2. Lore podcast, Episode 62: Desperate Measures
3. Morbid podcast, Episode 153
4. https://the-line-up.com/hex-hollow-nelson-rehmeyer
5. https://www.ydr.com/story/news/history/blogs/york-town-square/2017/10/14/murder-and-witchcraft-incredible-story-york-countys-hex-murder/764018001/
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rehmeyer%27s_Hollow
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legend_tripping
8. https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/rehmeyers-hollow
9. https://occult-world.com/blymire-john/
10. https://www.glencairnmuseum.org/newsletter/2017/3/2/powwowing-in-pennsylvania
11. https://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/ny-metro-justice-story-rehmeyer-20181121-story.html
12. https://www.ydr.com/story/news/history/blogs/york-town-square/2009/12/06/hex-murder-rehmayer/31681709/
13. https://www.wgal.com/article/tales-of-witchcraft-spells-murder-surround-rehmeyer-s-hollow/6239526

In this episode we get back to our paranormal roots to cover a listener request, the Enfield Poltergeist! You may be familiar with this story from the movies, but we are here (per usual) to tell you that what happened to the Hodgson family may not have been as spooky as it seems. Join us to hear about Peggy Hodgson, her children, their G-H-O-S-T, and what we think was actually going on at 284 Green St. in 1977.

Featured promo in this episode comes from our friends at 3 Spooked Girls!

Link including pictures taken by Graham Morris of Janet “levitating” (i.e., jumping off of her bed): http://features.sky.com/enfield-haunting/

Here are our sources:

1. Monster Talk podcast, Episodes 123 & 124 https://www.skeptic.com/podcasts/monstertalk/17/03/08/, https://www.skeptic.com/podcasts/monstertalk/17/04/12/
2. Generation Why podcast, “The Enfield Poltergeist”, https://podcasts.apple.com/ro/podcast/the-enfield-poltergeist-151/id541481026?i=1000354821499
3. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/may/01/the-enfield-poltergeist-a-skeptic-speaks
4. https://www.timeout.com/london/blog/five-reasons-why-londons-most-famous-poltergeist-case-is-a-hoax-061616
5. http://www.theoccultmuseum.com/interview-poltergeist-true-story-enfield-haunting/
6. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/4GjC93L35KcswfsR13Gvj8F/what-it-s-like-to-meet-a-poltergeist
7. https://psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk/articles/enfield-poltergeist
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society_for_Psychical_Research
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enfield_poltergeist
10. https://www.thehistoryreader.com/us-history/1977-the-amityville-haunting-and-the-enfield-house/
11. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2054842/Enfield-Poltergeist-The-amazing-story-11-year-old-North-London-girl-levitated-bed.html  
12. https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-15524459

In this episode we are joined by the fabulous Karen Stollznow (author and host of the Monster Talk podcast) to talk about the history and rumors surrounding Sarah Winchester and her famed California mansion. As with the Mystery House itself, things aren’t always what they seem when it comes to the reclusive widow who built it.

You can listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, Pandora, or iHeartRadio.

Here are our sources:

1. The Meg Conley article mentioned by Meagan: https://www.megconley.com/the-winchester-mystery-house/
2. Karen’s book Haunting America where she tells the story of the Winchester Mansion: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B087FC3MYB/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i9
3. The book on Sarah Winchester recommended by Karen, Captive of the Labyrinth by Mary Jo Ignoffo: https://www.amazon.com/Captive-Labyrinth-Winchester-Heiress-Fortune/dp/0826219837/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=captive+of+the+labyrinth&qid=1646405516&sprefix=captive+of+the+la%2Caps%2C63&sr=8-1
4. Photo of the original Hayes Mansion: https://www.mercurynews.com/2016/06/14/herhold-the-woman-behind-san-joses-hayes-mansion/
5. https://www.winchestermysteryhouse.com/sarahs-story/
6. https://www.biography.com/personality/sarah-winchester
7. https://thetruthaboutsarahwinchester.com/
8. Criminal Podcast – Episode 107: https://thisiscriminal.com/episode-107-the-widow-and-the-winchester-2-1-2019/
9. https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/02/winchester-helen-mirren-haunted-house-san-jose
10. https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/real-story-of-sarah-winchester-mystery-house-12552842.php
11. https://www.7×7.com/the-top-10-lies-about-the-winchester-mystery-house-1786563456.html
12. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/26/movies/horror-movie-based-on-a-true-story.html 
13. https://fronterasdesk.org/content/1752944/new-local-musical-shows-only-thing-haunting-sarah-winchester-was-fake-news  
14. https://www.guns.com/news/2012/07/19/winchester-1873

Happy (Belated) Halloween! In our second annual Halloween Listener Stories episode we will share (and debunk) three spooky stories that came to us from your fellow listeners! Has something similar happened to you? Do you have an explanation that we didn’t cover?  Let us know your thoughts! You can listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, Pandora, or iHeartRadio.

Special thanks to Sophie, DJ, and Tyson for sharing their amazing stories!

Here are our sources:

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monte_Cristo_Homestead
2. https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/history-culture/2018/09/the-haunting-of-the-monte-cristo-homestead/  
3. https://www.sciencefocus.com/science/strange-but-true-the-mystery-of-the-monte-cristo-homestead-and-the-supernatural-science-that-explains-it/
4. https://www.science.org/content/article/illuminating-shadow-people-rev2
5. https://bigthink.com/neuropsych/sleep-paralysis-terrifying-encounter-mind/

We’ve all heard stories of Elizabeth Bathory, who is known as the most torturous and prolific female serial killer in history. Was she really the monster we all know her as, or was she the Regina George of her time – a powerful woman with enemies just as mean as she was? Kyna, host of the Historical AF podcast joins us for our second spooky true crime episode. Listen in for a giggle-filled discussion on the famed Blood Countess and her residence-turned-prison, Cachtice Castle. You can listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, Pandora, or iHeartRadio.

Here are our sources:

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_B%C3%A1thory
2. https://www.thoughtco.com/elizabeth-bathory-mass-murderer-or-victim-1221244
3. https://stmuhistorymedia.org/elizabeth-bathory/
4. https://www.historyofroyalwomen.com/elizabeth-bathory/elizabeth-bathory-countess-dracula/
5. https://allthatsinteresting.com/elizabeth-bathory-true-story
6. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/bathorys-torturous-escapades-are-exposed
7. https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/elizabeth-bathory#:~:text=In%201610%20she%20was%20accused,for%20most%20prolific%20female%20murderer.
8. https://ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1134&context=etd
9. https://www.historyhit.com/the-blood-countess-facts-about-elizabeth-bathory/
10. https://www.thetravel.com/elizabeth-bathory-history-education-hungary-travel/
11. https://www.istrianet.org/istria/legends/vampires/bathory.htm
12. https://historycollection.com/real-countess-dracula-12-facts-life-crimes-elizabeth-bathory/6/
13. https://www.orellfuessli.ch/shop/home/artikeldetails/ID3093779.html
14. https://stmuhistorymedia.org/elizabeth-bathory/#marker-96966-11
15. https://serialkillershistory.wordpress.com/2017/12/20/the-true-story-of-elizabeth-bathory-the-blood-countess-2/
16. https://amyscrypt.com/cachtice-castle-elizabeth-bathory/
17. https://historycollection.com/10-ghosts-of-the-most-famous-historical-figures-and-where-to-find-them/6/
18. https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/blood-countess-slovakia/index.html
19. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egNckCeKevE