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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 MindTGIY Ep. 6 - Angels
When most of us think of angels, we picture these figures of light, wearing white with enormous wings on their back. Most people believe that they have a…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindEp. 582 - The Mount
Edith Wharton was a woman ahead of her time when she was born into her upper-class New York family. In 1921, she became the first woman to win the Pulitzer…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindPhantasmal Crime 43 - The Revenants of Two Bad Marriages
In 1875, the Gring home would host the dead bodies of four members of the Bissinger family following a murder-suicide. A mother, Louisa Bissinger, took the…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindEp. 581 - Haunted Akron
Akron is an industrial city with roots as a canal town that grew out of a swamp. It is the fifth largest city in Ohio and has a rich history connected to some…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindAustralia's Port Arthur Redux
Port Arthur is part of a World Heritage site featuring former Australian jail sites and it is an open air museum. Australia has a harsh history since it was…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindTGIY Ep. 5 - Visions As Astral Projections and Time Travel
Throughout the Bible, we read passages detailing visions and dreams. Dreams and visions are two different things. Visions are described by some as "waking…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindEp. 580 - Thackray Medical Museum
The Thackray Museum of Medicine in Leeds is the largest medical museum in the UK and takes guests on a journey through the history of medicine. There are…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindStones and Bones Ep. 6 - The Magnificent Seven
At the same time that the rural garden movement was launching and thriving in Victorian America, the Magnificent Seven were being established in London. The…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindEp. 579 - 1890 House Museum
Do you like having screens on your windows? How about the ability to sift flour or to strain things? You have the Wickwire family to thank for that. The…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindLegends of Mexico Redux
The country of Mexico is rich with legends and superstition. There are stories of the Devil choosing to hang out in a certain alley or a bogeyman that lies in…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindTGIY Ep. 4 - Nephilim
The general consensus of historians and scholars when it comes to myths and legends, is that these are attempts to explain the creation of the world and…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindEp. 578 - The Life and Afterlife of Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin was a little bit of everything: inventor, diplomat, statesman, author, publisher, a Founding Father and a bad boy. He helped guide America…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindLiving Ghosts and Houston Legends with Adam Lynch
Paranormal Conversations are random, off-the-cuff discussions on all things paranormal. On this 27th Paranormal Conversation, we are joined by podcast creator…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindEp. 577 - Fort McHenry
Fort McHenry sits in Baltimore's harbor and is probably best known as the site where America's National Anthem was penned during the War of 1812. The Battle of…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindFelt Mansion Redux
The Felt Mansion was meant to be a beautiful and spacious place of escape during the summer for the Felt family. It was a representation of a successful life…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindTGIY Ep. 3 - Blood Moons and Werewolves
Blood moons are not rare, but when they happen in consecutive cycles, they deserve some attention. They have occasionally been used as signs and wonders by…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindEp. 576 - U.S.S. Forrestal
The USS Forrestal was one of the largest aircraft carriers ever built. She served for nearly four decades before being decommissioned in 1993 and then she was…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindPhantasmal Crime 42 - Murder at the Red Barn
Murder is a ghastly matter. At the hands of a loved one, it truly becomes heinous. Most murder victims are murdered by someone they know and a high percentage…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindEp. 575 - Haunted Wall Street
The name "Wall Street" immediately brings images of financial markets, the stock exchange, ticker tapes and a giant bronze bull, but Wall Street was originally…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindOystermouth Castle Redux
Oystermouth Castle is located in a small resort village in Wales that is named Mumbles. The original castle was built here several thousand years ago and sits…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindTGIY Ep. 2 - Dragons
If you were a kid like me, dragons were a part of your youth. There were fantasy books to be read like "The Hobbit," games to play like the Legend of Zelda and…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindEp. 574 - Merchant's House Museum
The Merchant's House Museum at 29 East Fourth Street in Manhattan is a relic from the past making it a treasure in New York City. The house has stood for over…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindStones and Bones Ep. 5 - Graveyard Recipes with Rosie Grant
On this Stones and Bones, we are joined by Rosie Grant who has gained a large following on TikTok and Instagram and been featured on shows like Good Morning…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindEp. 573 - Carlinville Courthouse
Carlinville is a small town stop along the original Route 66 and is located in Macoupin County, Illinois. The town is home to the "Million Dollar" Courthouse…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindFranklin Battlefield Redux
Franklin, Tennessee is said to be the south's most charming city. Aside from being packed with charm, this city has a rich history. The Civil War's Battle of…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindTGIY Ep. 1 - Leviathan
Welcome to the Ghost in You Podcast. A podcast about the weird, the wonderful and the terrifying in the Bible. Leviathan! Just the name sends chills down the…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindEp. 572 - Seelbach Hotel
The Seelbach Hotel in Louisville, Kentucky was so beautiful and iconic that it inspired F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby." Stepping inside the lobby…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindPhantasmal Crime 41 - The Ghosts of the Executed
Many a murder case has been won in court on just circumstantial evidence. This is true of present day cases and it was true back in the 1840s when a man named…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindEp. 571 - Old Montana Prison
The Old Montana Prison is said to be the most haunted location in Southwest Montana. This was a state prison that was used for over 100 years and was the first…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindPythian Castle Redux
The Pythian Castle is a unique structure and not one that visitors to Springfield, Missouri would expect to find. This building is called a castle because it…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindEp. 570 - Aiken-Rhett House
The Aiken Rhett House is located in Charleston, South Carolina. This is a partially restored house museum that can be toured and was a home that remained in…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindStones and Bones Ep. 4 - Mount Hope Cemetery
A few years after Mount Auburn Cemetery was established, the city of Bangor in the state of Maine would follow its lead. Mount Hope Cemetery would become the…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindEp. 569 - Return to Waverly Hills Sanatorium
In April 2018, Diane visited Waverly Hills Sanatorium for the first time and several listeners joined her on a tour of the place. The group experienced some…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindOccidental Hotel Redux
The Occidental Hotel is a historic hotel in the town of Buffalo, Wyoming. The area was once a thoroughfare for those seeking treasure during the Gold Rush or a…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindBonus: Haunted Instruments
We are taking a break from our regular programming this week, so we thought we would share a bonus episode that is usually reserved for our Executive…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindPhantasmal Crime 40 - The Black Donnellys
The Black Donnellys were an Irish family looking for a new start across the Atlantic Ocean in the early 1840s. James and Johannah Donnelly had lived in poverty…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindEp. 568 - Haunted Beijing
Beijing is a city with over 3,000 years of recorded history. Not only is this a city with a rich history, it has a rich culture, some of which is surrounded by…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindThe Baker Hotel Redux
The Baker Hotel is known as The Grand Old Lady and is located in Mineral Wells, Texas, a town named for the mineral springs in the area. In the early 1900s…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindEp. 567 - 1886 Olde Park Hotel
The Olde Park Hotel has stood for over 130 years in Ballinger, Texas, which is known as the Greatest Little Town in Texas. From the outside, the hotel looks…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindStones and Bones Ep. 3 - Mount Auburn Cemetery
Mount Auburn Cemetery was the first step in the Rural Cemetery Movement. This Massachusetts Cemetery is nearly 200 years old and has seen a lot of American…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindEp. 566 - La Purisima Mission
La Purísima Mission is located in Lompoc, California. The Spanish mission once covered nearly 300,000 acres and was established to evangelize the local…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindRaynham Hall Redux
Raynham Hall in New York looks like a typical colonial style house, but people claim it is the most haunted house in Long Island. The home has a colorful…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindIn Memorium: Jerry Paulley
This is going to be a little different episode this week. It wasn't the one we had planned. Last week we lost someone who was very special to us. But he wasn't…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindPrayerful Meditation and the Shadow Man with Vanessa K. Eccles
Paranormal Conversations are random, off-the-cuff discussions on all things paranormal. On this 26th Paranormal Conversation, we are joined by author and…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindEp. 565 - Haunted Cedar Key and the Island Hotel
We originally featured the Island Hotel and Restaurant in Cedar Key, Florida back on Ep. 36 in 2015. In November 2024, we stayed overnight and did a little…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindFolly Beach Redux
The barrier island of Folly Beach, South Carolina appears picturesque with its images of waves lapping against the sand. Locals refer to it as the "Edge of…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindEp. 564 - The Life and Afterlife of John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy's presidency lasted for only 1,000 days, but his legacy has lived on for decades. He was the youngest man elected to the Presidency and his…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindPhantasmal Crime 39 - Murder of Captain White
Salem, Massachusetts' Gardner-Pingree House was the scene of a horrific murder. In 1830, this had been one of the grandest houses in Salem and was owned by…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindEp. 563 - Historic Tampa Bay Hotel
The historic Tampa Bay Hotel is stunning and very different from its surroundings. Downtown Tampa Bay pierces the skyline with skyscrapers and other elements…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindLizzie Borden House Redux
Growing up, many of us sang a rhyme about the crime attributed to Lizzie Borden that began, "Lizzie Borden took an axe." But did this young woman actually…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindEp. 562 - Andrew Low House
The Andrew Low House is located in Savannah, Georgia and is a beautifully restored 19th century home that sits in the heart of Savannah's historic district. A…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindStones and Bones Ep. 2 - Cemetery Symbology
The earliest forms of language were symbols and pictographs. Cuneiform symbols made up the earliest known languages of Sumerian and Akkadian. Egyptian…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindHGB Halloween Special 2024
Horror movies are a Halloween tradition. Many of us spend Halloween night pursuing a good scare via the medium of film. There have been dozens of horror…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindMonte Cristo Homestead Redux
The Monte Cristo Homestead is located in Junee, New South Wales in Australia. This Victorian era home sat at the top of the hill overlooking the town the owner…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindEp. 561 - Legends of Sea Monsters
The most unexplored areas of the earth are its vast waterways. Humans can't breath underwater and thus our explorations of the seas are very limited. We often…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindPhantasmal Crime 38 - Murders at the McCormick Farm
The McCormick Ranch is located in a remote part of the Eastern Plains in Stratton, Colorado. Mike McCormick and his father worked the property with the help of…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindEp. 560 - Haunted Cemeteries 30
A bench, hewn from natural wood, that is located in one of our featured cemeteries reads, "Here I sit broken-hearted, thinking about, our dearly departed." And…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindOhio State Reformatory Redux
The Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield was originally meant to help wayward young men get back on the right road. The beautiful Gothic reformatory built of…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindEp. 559 - Lord Baltimore Hotel
Viewing historic pictures from the Lord Baltimore Hotel conjures images of the Overlook Hotel and Jack Torrance standing for a photo with a large group of…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindStones and Bones Ep. 1 - Burying the Dead
One of the more difficult tasks that humans have had to face since the dawn of our era on this dusty little planet is what to do with our dead. Various…