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History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The Mind
Podcast dedicated to the side of history that goes bump in the night. Every episode's content features community time that includes listener mail and experiences, a "Moment In Oddity" and "History Of The Day" segments and then interviews and discussions about a historic location, event or person and the hauntings associated with the subject of the particular show. The tagline for the show is "Ghost tours for the theater of the mind" and our goal is to entertain you while creeping you out just a…
Episodes
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindEp. 661 - History of Poltergeists
Poltergeists can be really bothersome spirits. Rather than just appearing out of the corner of our eyes or leaving a dime on the windowsill or unmaking the…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindStones and Bones Ep. 25 - Sleepy Hollow Cemeteries
We couldn't think of better cemeteries to explore before Halloween than the two located in Sleepy Hollow, New York. We visited both in 2022 and highly…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindEp. 660 - Haunted Cemeteries 32
Cemeteries are some of our favorite locations and when they are haunted, it's like they are wrapped in a giant purple bow. Some are just little rural…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindTranquille Sanatorium Redux
We've heard people say that Tranquille Sanatorium was the good and the scary, all mixed together. This is a perfect description for this complex on the…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindEp. 659 - The Black Jail and Other Haunts of Guthrie
An abandoned and decaying building in Guthrie, Oklahoma has served a number of purposes throughout its history. This started as the Black Jail and then became…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindPhantasmal Crime Ep. 61 - Ouija Board Murders
The Ouija board today is marketed as a harmless game. Most people believe that the boards don't do anything. For those that believe that communication can be…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindEp. 658 - Vortex 29
As we have found from our episodes featuring ghost towns and locations in the desert of California, Nevada and Arizona, the desert is a strange and mysterious…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindBuxton Inn Redux
The Buxton Inn is the state of Ohio's oldest continuously operating inn that has stayed in the same location and same building. Since 1812 it has offered…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindEp. 657 - Haunted County Durham
County Durham has a deep mining and farming heritage and is located in the northeast part of England near Scotland. This is the only English county prefixed…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindStones and Bones Ep. 24 - Graceland Cemetery and Arboretum
Hundreds of Chicago's most noted historic figures are buried behind the stone and iron gates of the 121 acres that make up Graceland Cemetery and Arboretum…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindEp. 656 - Haunted Beaufort County
Beaufort County is a typical southern coastal area with old live oaks dripping with Spanish moss and antebellum architecture. The county incorporates 68…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindQueen's Park Redux
Canada had an early park movement that spanned from the late 19th century to the early 20th century. Queen's Park in Toronto was one of the parks that came out…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindEp. 655 - Haunted Chattanooga
Chattanooga is one of our favorite cities that we have visited. This is a charming city, surrounded by the Appalachian Mountains and bordered by the Tennessee…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindGhost Tours, Consciousness and Reptiles with Tim Nealon of Ghost City Tours
Paranormal Conversations are random, off-the-cuff discussions on all things paranormal. On this 28th Paranormal Conversation, we are joined by entrepreneur…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindEp. 654 - Thurber House
The Thurber House in Columbus, Ohio is a charming home that is now a museum and meeting place for those with literary interests. There is a tragic and haunted…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindMaitland Gaol Redux
Maitland Gaol has a reputation of being Australia's hardest jail. For nearly thirty years the gaol has stood empty, but for 150 years this jail housed some of…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindEp. 653 - The Life and Afterlife of Jimi Hendrix
Jimi Hendrix was one of the greatest and most influential guitarists of all time. His band, the Jimi Hendrix Experience, was just that, an experience. They…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindPhantasmal Crime Ep. 60 - Did Ghost Of Teresita Basa Solve Her Murder?
The headline from the Chicago Tribune asked, "Did voice from grave finger murder suspect?" The question is startling, implying that a ghost solved a murder…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindEp. 652 - Haunted Toronto
Canada is home to some great haunts and Toronto is one of those cities harboring several locations with ghosts stories. We've covered Keg Mansion (Ep. 303) and…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindNorwich State Hospital Redux
Norwich State Hospital in Connecticut served as a home and place of treatment for the mentally ill for a hundred years. As is the case with many old insane…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindEp. 651 - Mont-Saint-Michel or "The Nest"
We once again were inspired to research a location that we saw on a series. This one is Mont-Saint-Michel from "The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon." The location in…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindStones and Bones Ep. 23 - Colon Cemetery in Havana
The oldest cemetery in the country of Cuba is known by several names. There is La Necropolis de Cristobal Colon or El Cementerio de Cristóbal Colón or Colon…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindEp. 650 - Brownella Cottage
Brownella Cottage in Galion is said to be one of the most haunted locations in Ohio and has stood for nearly 140 years. While this is not a small house, it…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindLeap Castle Redux
Leap Castle in Ireland had it's beginnings in blood and death and is one of the longest continually inhabited castles in the world. Gothic windows and ivy…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindEp. 649 - Haunted Abingdon, Virginia
The small southern town of Abingdon in Virginia oozes charm with its large maple and dogwood trees lining the brick sidewalks of Main Street, which had once…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindPhantasmal Crime Ep. 59 - Allan Memorial Institute Mind Control Atrocities
We have shared on previous podcasts that there were asylums that had sterilized patients without their knowledge and without their consent. Now, ratchet that…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindEp. 648 - Haunted Cheltenham
Cheltenham in Britain is a wealthy, historic spa town that is a renowned center of cultural activity featuring wonderful Regency architecture. The town has…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindThe Life and Afterlife of Marilyn Monroe Redux
No other actress has ever had the notoriety and fame or stirred the emotions quite like Marilyn Monroe. She was a legend in her own time and that legend has…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindEp. 647 - Haunted Lithuania
Human settlement goes back thousands of years in the region of the Baltics that would become Lithuania. Like so many Baltic states, it went from being a…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindStones and Bones Ep. 22 - Spring Grove Cemetery and Arboretum
Spring Grove Cemetery and Arboretum is located at 4521 Spring Grove Avenue in Cincinnati, Ohio. Horticulturist Adolph Strauch pioneered the "lawn plan" design…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindEp. 646 - The Life and Afterlife of John Wayne
The actor John Wayne oozed tough. He was a man's man who was not only tough in his movies, but he was rugged in private life. Wayne's acting career began in…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindMolly Brown House Redux
The Molly Brown House is located in the historic Capitol Hill neighborhood in Downtown Denver in Colorado. Many people are familiar with the former owner of…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindEp. 645 - Haunted Kingston
It's not surprising that Kingston is considered one of Canada's more haunted cities because it is known as the "Limestone City." Limestone has a way of…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindPhantasmal Crime Ep. 58 - Ireland's Darkey Kelly
A pub on Fishamble Street in Dublin is named Darkey Kelly's. The name commemorates a dark time in Ireland's history when a woman had to do what she could to…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindEp. 644 - Amargosa Hotel and Opera House
Out among the bleached bones of Death Valley National Park sits a quirky little building known as the Amargosa Hotel and Opera House. Death Valley features…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindGrace Dieu Priory Redux
In Leicestershire, England the ruins of a religious settlement can be found that was once the Grace Dieu Priory. Despite the fact that not much of the stone…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindEp. 643 - Haunted Middletown
Middletown is located in the state of Connecticut and was once a prosperous port. Wesleyan University is here and it has a couple of haunted locations…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindStones and Bones Ep. 21 - Lake View Cemetery
Lake View Cemetery is located in Cleveland, Ohio and is affectionately known as Cleveland's Outdoor Museum. And that is for good reason because there are…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindEp. 642 - Zener Cards, the CIA and Psychic Phenomenon
Anyone who has followed and listened to History Goes Bump for any amount of time knows that we consider ourselves open-minded skeptics when it comes to…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindThe Haunted Kremlin Redux
A kremlin is simply a fortress or citadel in Russia. Many Russian cities have kremlins, or these fortified complexes. On this redux, we are focusing on the…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindEp. 641 - Haunted Turkiye
The country of Turkiye is a fascinating place as it has such strong connections to many different religions. This is a truly spiritual place with many of the…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindPhantasmal Crime Ep. 57 - Death in the Judd White House
In 2025, the Michigan Bell Building in Grand Rapids, Michigan sold for over $18 million to a New York investment firm. This eight-story office building is home…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindEp. 640 - The Life and Afterlife of Johnny Horton
Many of our listeners have probably never heard of Johnny Horton, but he was one of the best and most popular honky tonk singers during the late 1950s. His…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindThe Whitney Redux
In Detroit, Michigan sits a grand home with a gabled roof, arched windows and a beautiful rose hue emanates from the facade. This upscale dining establishment…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindEp. 639 - Haunted Nottingham
Nottingham is located in Nottinghamshire in the East Midlands of England. The city is known for its Robin Hood legend, its lace heritage and the extensive…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindStones and Bones Ep. 20 - Oakdale Cemetery
Oakdale Cemetery in Wilmington, North Carolina is another one of these cemeteries that is an outdoor museum. The level of trees also makes this an arboretum…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindEp. 638 - Railroad House Inn and Shank's Tavern
The Railroad House Inn celebrated its bicentennial in 2023. Through those 200 years, the inn has witnessed a lot of history in Marietta, Pennsylvania. The…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindBattle of the Somme Redux
The Battle of the Somme was the defining battle of the First World War and was fought from July to November in 1916. The day it started, July 1st, was the…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindEp. 637 - Haunted Fort Smith, Arkansas
Fort Smith in Arkansas was the gateway to the West. The city is over 200 years old and got its start as a military outpost. There are several haunted locations…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindPhantasmal Crime Ep. 56 - Murder Room at the Oxford Hotel
Mining and railroads transformed Denver from a small town on the plains to a regional metropolis. Hotels were a necessity for the influx of business people and…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindEp. 636 - Hotel Metlen
Dillon, Montana has served some important purposes in its time. This was the terminus for the Utah and Northern Railway and was the supply and shipping hub for…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindSloss Furnaces Redux
Sloss Furnaces is located in Birmingham, Alabama and while it spent decades producing iron, today it is a popular spot for music and art. This imposing…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindEp. 635 - Haunted Whiskey Row
Over the years, HGB has featured several Millionaire Rows from various historic city downtowns, and this is where the millionaires of old built their stone…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindStones and Bones Ep. 19 - Vienna Central Cemetery
There are around 50 cemeteries in Vienna. Zentralfriedhof or the Vienna Central Cemetery is the largest. As a matter of fact, it's one of the largest…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindEp. 634 - Haunted Edmonton
The city of Edmonton got its start as a place of trade like so many other Canadian cities. It eventually would be the Gateway to the North. Edmonton has come…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindLoftus Hall Redux
County Wexford in Ireland is a rugged and beautiful land and the Hook peninsula is home to the Loftus Hall Township. The large home was built by the Redmond…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindEp. 633 - Chistlehurst Caves
The name Chistlehurst Caves is a bit deceiving because this system of tunnels and caverns near London is not natural. These are man-made. They started off as…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindPhantasmal Crime Ep. 55 - The Beheading of Anne Boleyn
Anne Boleyn was the second wife of Henry VIII and she probably is the wife that most people are familiar with of his six wives. She was executed, but she was…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindEp. 632 - Haunted Inveraray, Scotland
The town of Inveraray in Scotland holds one of the most famous castles in Scotland and a jail from the 1800s that was one of the most modern jails for its…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindMagnolia Hotel Redux
The historic Magnolia Hotel is located in Seguin, Texas. The building's history includes use as a fort and was built by a man rooted in Texas history as a…