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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 MindCreepy Christmas Extravaganza 2022
Season's Screamings Spookies! In this Creepy Christmas Extravaganza, we share the folklore from around the world about some Christmas Baddies and St. Nick's…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindEp. 466 - Legendary Roads
We all know that certain road. The one that everyone claims no one should drive along at night. There are rumors of haunted houses, witches, zombies, cannibals…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindEp. 465 - Lehmann House Bed and Breakfast
The Lehmann House Bed and Breakfast is located at No. 10 Benton Place in St. Louis, Missouri. This is in the historic Lafayette Square neighborhood. The home…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindEp. 464 - White Hall of Kentucky
White Hall State Historic Site is located in Richmond, Kentucky, the Bluegrass part of the state. The site features the former home of one of the most reviled…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindPhantasmal Crime 8 - Evil Crime Queen Annie Cook
Many may not think of a place in Nebraska as being a hub of intense crime, but it was so bad in North Platte, that it came to be known as Little Chicago. North…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindEp. 463 - The Blennerhassett Hotel
The Blennerhassett Hotel is the oldest hotel in West Virginia and is located in Parkersburg. The hotel was named for a couple who first settled the nearby…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindEp. 462 - Saint Petersburg, Russia
Saint Petersburg is the former capital of Russia and has existed for over 300 years. This is the second largest city in Russia and was home to tsars. The city…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindPhantasmal Crime 7 - Cleveland Torso Murders
An unknown serial killer wreaked havoc in the city of Cleveland back during the Great Depression. He was nicknamed "The Mad Butcher." His victims were the…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindEp. 461 - The Alamo
The Alamo is stunningly small considering its place in Texan history. The battle that took place at this former mission became a pivotal event in the Texas…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindEp. 460 - Tulloch Castle and Fay's House
Built over 850 years ago, Tulloch Castle boasts a long history. This was a home of barons for centuries and eventually served as a hospital during World War…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindPhantasmal Crime 6 - The Keddie Cabin Murders
Nature is supposed to be a place of peace. But sometimes this can also be a place of danger. Remote natural places are favorite dumping grounds for murderers…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindEp. 459 - Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary
Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary is located in Petros, Tennessee. This was an old coal mining town that only boasts a population of 600 people. The jail is…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindI Hear Fear
Nothing is as terrifying as the sounds we hear in the dark. The slow creak of a door opening late at night... or a whisper in a room when you thought you were…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindHGB Halloween Special 2022
Happy Halloween! Many of us Halloween enthusiasts have a kinship for vintage items with Halloween decorations. They evoke a time in the past that for many of…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindEp. 458 - The Legend of Vampires
Vampire-like creatures have been a part of folklore for centuries. Much of what we believe about vampires has come from fictional works, but is it possible…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindEp. 457 - Skinwalker Ranch
Skinwalker Ranch is located in the Uintah Basin, an area infused with stories of Spanish mines, legends of buried treasures, remnants of ancient civilizations…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindPhantasmal Crime 5 - The Dorothea Puente Murder House
The Dorothea Puente Murder House is a private home that was once a boarding house run by serial killer Dorothea Puente. She made the downtrodden of her…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindEp. 456 - The Conjuring House
The Farmhouse on Round Top Road. Sounds like a quaint little place to visit. This farmhouse is anything but quaint. This is the location that inspired the…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindEp. 455 - Haunted Cemeteries 24
Every cemetery is as unique as the people who are buried within. Tombstones stand in silent vigil over final resting places. Some markers are made from stone…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindPhantasmal Crime 4 - The Mysterious Death of Mildred Ann Reynolds
The murder of Mildred Ann Reynolds is a cold case that stretches back more then 60 years. The crime scene was horrific with blood and a burned out car. This…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindHGB Anniversary Special 8
History Goes Bump launched on October 1, 2014. Today, we celebrate 8 years in production. In that time, we have produced over 500 episodes featuring haunted…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindEp. 454 - Haunted Green Bay
When people hear the name Green Bay, they probably imagine people in football jersies with large triangles of fake cheese atop their heads. The city is so much…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindEp. 453 - The Life and Afterlife of Hank Williams
Hank Williams was an American musician, songwriter and singer whose influence has touched some of the greatest singers of our time, from Elvis to Johnny Cash…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindPhantasmal Crime 3 - The Infamous Dr. Crippen
Doctors swear an oath to do no harm. Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen may have broken that oath after starting an affair and killing his wife. Did he commit the crime…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindEp. 452 - Ogden's Union Station
Ogden, Utah may not seem like an important point in transportation today, but it was once the official transfer point for anyone set on getting to the West…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindEp. 451 - The Thousand Islands
The name of Thousand Island dressing was inspired by an archipelago of 1,864 islands that are in both Canada and the United States. Legends surrounding the…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindPhantasmal Crime Ep. 2 - The Bloodlust of the Harpe Brothers
Serial killers have long fascinated true crime enthusiasts. We wonder what drives a human to hunt other humans. Is there really a compulsion there? A visceral…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindEp. 450 - Haunted Gettysburg
The town of Gettysburg is centrally located in Southern Pennsylvania and its claim to fame is the three day battle that took place here in July of 1863 that…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindEp. 449 - Hogestown Church Investigation
Hogestown was a town settled in 1730 by a man named John Hogue and that is where it gets its name. Its first name was Sporting Green and today is part of…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindPhantasmal Crime Ep. 1 - Crime and the Supernatural
This episode is an introduction to Phantasmal Crime, offering up the tragic shooting of three people during World War I and the haunting left in its wake…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindEp. 448 - Haunted Fayetteville, North Carolina
Fayetteville, North Carolina was settled nearly 240 years ago and has witnessed much history in that time. The city has deep Scottish roots with pioneers…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindEp. 447 - The British Museum
The British Museum in London is a site to behold with over thirteen million objects in its vast collections from around the world. Over 17,000 people visit the…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindEp. 446 - Southgate-Thompson House
The first image we saw of this place featured this grande dame of a home at night with uplights illuminating the front. With its concave mansard roof and…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindEp. 445 - Ringwood Manor
The Ringwood Manor that stands today was constructed over a period of a hundred years and features a variety of architectural styles. This was a country estate…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindEp. 444 - West Point
The U.S. Military Academy West Point started out as a Revolutionary War-era fort that was commissioned by General George Washington. This would become the…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindParanormal Conversations 11 - The Ghoul Guide
Paranormal Conversations are random, off-the-cuff discussions on all things paranormal. On this eleventh episode, we are joined by Courtney Eastman, more…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindEp. 443 - Haunted Cemeteries 23 and That Last Ride
Cemeteries are the final resting place for many people. However that final spot is decorated is a matter of money and preference. All burial plots are…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindEp. 442 - Wheeldon Manor
Wheeldon Manor in Kentucky has stood for over 100 years and has played a variety of roles. Some of them as mundane as a post office and others along criminal…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindParanormal Conversations 10 - Malia of Macabre Mondays
Paranormal Conversations are random, off-the-cuff discussions on all things paranormal. On this tenth episode, we are joined by Malia Miglino: historical…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindEp. 441 - Weems-Botts House
The Weems-Botts House is located in Dumfries, Virginia. This town used to have a big reputation, rivaling towns like Philadephia and Boston, but today it's…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindParanormal Conversations 9 - Mellanie of Military Veterans Paranormal
Paranormal Conversations are random, off-the-cuff discussions on all things paranormal. On this ninth episode, we are joined by Mellanie, founder of Military…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindEp. 440 - Haunted Puerto Rico
Being located at the tip of one point of the Bermuda Triangle, it's not surprising that Puerto Rico has some strange legends, disappearances and hauntings. The…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindEp. 439 - Historic Scott County Jail
The Historic Scott County Jail is located in Huntsville, Tennessee. The jail is nearly 120 years old and housed inmates until 2008. Huntsville is a small town…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindEp. 438 - Glore Psychiatric Museum
The term asylum means refuge and that is what lunatic asylums were meant to be, places of safety for those experiencing various forms of mental illness. But as…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindParanormal Conversations 8 - Dr. Kristy Sumner
Paranormal Conversations are random, off-the-cuff discussions on all things paranormal. On this eighth episode, we are joined by Dr. Kristy Sumner, founder of…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindIntroducing Foul Play: Making a Predator, Part 1
We are on vacation, so we decided now would be a good time to introduce you to Shane Waters' podcast Foul Play. Shane is an amazing investigative podcaster who…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindEp. 437 - Pfister Hotel
The Pfister Hotel sits three blocks from Lake Michigan in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and once advertised itself as the only fireproof hotel in the city. The hotel…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindParanormal Conversations 7 - Ghost Ops Paranormal
Paranormal Conversations are random, off-the-cuff discussions on all things paranormal. On this seventh episode, we are joined by a long-time friend of…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindEp. 436 - Belvoir Winery
There are three historic buildings that still stand on the property that is now home to the Belvoir Winery in Liberty, Missouri. The buildings were originally…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindParanormal Conversations 6 - The Tipsy Ghost
Paranormal Conversations are random, off-the-cuff discussions on all things paranormal. On this sixth episode, we are joined by Lindsey, Sarah and Boydston of…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindEp. 435 - Rapid City and the Alex Johnson Hotel
Rapid City, South Dakota is full of great eats, history and culture. The Hotel Alex Johnson has been opened for nearly 100 years and is located in downtown…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindParanormal Conversations 5 - Destination-Mystery
Paranormal Conversations are random, off-the-cuff discussions on all things paranormal. On this fifth episode, we are joined by Mike and Melissa of…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindEp. 434 - Old Hospital on College Hill
The Williamson Memorial Hospital was named for the town of Williamson in West Virginia. Most people know this location as the Old Hospital on College Hill…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindParanormal Conversations 4 - Brian J. Corey of Necronomicast
Paranormal Conversations are random, off-the-cuff discussions on all things paranormal. On this fourth episode, we are joined by the host of Necronomicast…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindEp. 433 - Waverley Plantation House
The Waverley Plantation Home is located near West Point, Mississippi and is not only one of the most photographed antebellum homes in the South, but is very…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindParanormal Conversations 3 - The Mort Interview
Paranormal Conversations are random, off-the-cuff discussions on all things paranormal. On this third episode, we are joined by our gravedigger and mascot…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindEp. 432 - Haunted Harvard
Harvard University is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. This is America's oldest university and was established in 1636. This was meant for the education of…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindParanormal Conversation 2 - Kathleen Maca
Paranormal Conversations are random, off-the-cuff discussions on all things paranormal. On this episode, we are joined by writer, historian and tour guide…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindEp. 431 - Twin Bridges Orphanage
There is not much out there more heartbreaking than a child with no parents because their parents have passed away. Except for perhaps, children who still have…
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The MindParanormal Conversations 1 - Jim Harold
This is our inaugural episode of Paranormal Conversations. These are random, off-the-cuff discussions on all things paranormal. On this episode, we are joined…