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Haunted American History
A daily campfire-style podcast blending American history, folklore, and true crime. What scares you? Let’s find out.
Episodes
- Haunted American History
The Historic Haunted Western Heritage Center (Montana)
In Billings, Montana, a historic library built as a monument to a dead son still holds onto something it was never meant to keep. Footprints appear where no…
- Haunted American History
The Ghost Children & Paranormal History of Paris Gibson Square (Montana)
In Great Falls, Montana, a former high school turned art museum carries more than just history within its sandstone walls. Late at night, music echoes from…
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The Shadow Figures & Haunted Rooms of The Kempton Hotel (Montana)
In the quiet town of Terry, Montana, the Kempton Hotel has welcomed guests for over a century, but some of them never checked out. From a nurse who still makes…
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The Haunted Mines & Gallows History of Butte (Montana)
In 1917, a single flame ignited one of the deadliest mining disasters in American history deep beneath Butte, Montana. But long after the fire burned out…
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The WOW! Signal: The Unexplained 1977 Deep Space Mystery
In 1977, a radio telescope in Ohio picked up a signal that shouldn’t have existed...perfectly structured, incredibly powerful, and lasting just long enough to…
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The Victorian Ghosts & Historic Spirits of St. Louis' Bissell Mansion (Missouri)
Perched above the Mississippi River in North St. Louis, the Bissell Mansion has stood for over two centuries...but it has never been empty. Contractors have…
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The Vigilante Killing of Ken McElroy: The Town That Got Away with Murder (Missouri True Crime)
In 1981, the town of Skidmore, Missouri did something almost unthinkable. In broad daylight, with dozens of witnesses standing just feet away, a man who had…
- Haunted American History
The Terrifying Wilderness Encounters of the Missouri Scream Phenomenon
In the summer of 1972, a quiet Missouri river town became the center of something no one could explain. It started with a single sighting but it didn’t end…
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The Ghostly Stagehands & Phantom Apparitions of Landers Theatre (Missouri)
Behind the curtain of the Landers Theatre, the performance may never truly end. Staff and actors describe figures in the balcony, footsteps on empty stages…
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Inside the Bloodiest 47 Acres: The Ghosts of Missouri State Penitentiary
Once called the “bloodiest 47 acres in America,” the Missouri State Penitentiary held more than inmates... it held riots, executions, and generations of men…
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The Ghostly Guests & Haunted Luxury of the Historic Elms Hotel (Missouri)
A luxury resort built on healing waters, burned to the ground—twice—without claiming a single life. Rebuilt to stand forever, the Elms Hotel now carries…
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Mr. Cruel: The Unsolved Australian Serial Predator Mystery
In late-1980s Melbourne, a man moved through suburban homes with calculated precision, controlling entire families, vanishing without a trace, and leaving…
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The Horrific Tragedy of The Coleman Family Murders (Mississippi)
In 1978, a quiet night inside a Jackson, Mississippi home turned into something far more calculated than a moment of violence. As one family’s tragedy unfolded…
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The Midnight Intruder: The Phantom Barber of Pascagoula (Mississippi True Crime)
In the blackout darkness of 1942 Mississippi, someone was slipping into homes without a sound, leaving no sign of forced entry, no stolen valuables… just locks…
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The Unfinished Masterpiece & Ghostly Lore of Longwood Mansion (Mississippi)
In Natchez, Mississippi, a mansion built to defy tradition was never finished. Frozen in time by the outbreak of the Civil War, Longwood still holds the tools…
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The Grim Cold Case History of the Mississippi Delta Icebox Murders (True Crime)
In the heat of the 1930s Mississippi Delta, an everyday object meant to preserve life became something far more unsettling. From brutal crimes to unexplained…
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The 1973 Alien Abduction Mystery: The Pascagoula River Encounter (Mississippi)
On a quiet October night in 1973, two shipyard workers fishing along the Pascagoula River encountered something that shouldn’t have been there...strange…
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America's Most Haunted Civil War Home: The McRaven House (Mississippi)
At McRaven House in Vicksburg, Mississippi, history wasn’t built all at once—it was layered. A highwayman’s hideout. A childbirth that ended in tragedy. A…
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The Bermuda Triangle: The World's Most Famous Unexplained Disappearance Mystery
The Bermuda Triangle has been called many things...a graveyard, a vortex, a place where ships and planes simply vanish. But what if the mystery isn’t what…
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The Disturbing Story of The Weepy-Voiced Killer ((Minnesota True Crime)
In the early 1980s, a man in Minneapolis began calling the police after his own attacks, his voice shaking, almost pleading, as he described what he had just…
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The Haunted Plots & Paranormal Sightings of Calvary Cemetery (Minnesota)
When St. Cloud State University began building a new library, they expected to find dirt and stone. Instead, they found graves. Not one or two, but an entire…
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The Minnesota Iceman: The Bizarre Frozen Missing Link Cryptid
In 1968, a sideshow attraction promised something impossible—a frozen “missing link” displayed in a block of ice. Most people assumed it was a hoax. But when…
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Vanished into the Field: The Disappearance of Brandon Swanson (Minnesota True Crime)
On a quiet Minnesota back road, a college student gets stuck in a ditch. It’s not a crisis. He calls his parents. He’s calm. He’s talking. He can see lights in…
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The Gangster Murders & Underground Ghosts of The Wabasha Street Caves (Minnesota)
Beneath the streets of Saint Paul, the city doesn’t just go quiet...It changes. The temperature never shifts. The air never moves. And down there, sound…
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The Shadow Figures & Haunted Rooms of the Historic Palmer House Hotel (Minnesota)
A locked hotel. An empty room. And a man who orders a drink… even though he was never checked in. At the Palmer House in Sauk Centre, Minnesota, the guests…
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Last Meals: The Execution & Dark Crimes of Lawrence Russell Brewer (True Crime)
A man orders one of the most excessive last meals in modern history. Steak. Barbecue. Pizza. Ice cream. Enough food to feed a table, not a person. And…
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The Michigan Dogman: The Terrifying Legend of the Midwestern Werewolf
In the forests of Michigan, there’s a legend that doesn’t behave like other stories. It follows a pattern. Sightings that repeat every ten years. Encounters…
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The Cursed Woods & Demonic Legend of Hell’s Bridge (Michigan Urban Legends)
Tucked deep in the woods of Michigan, there’s a bridge that shouldn’t be anything more than a quiet crossing over water. But people don’t go there for the…
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The Forgotten Patients & Haunting Manifestations of Eloise Asylum (Michigan)
Once a self-contained city with over 10,000 residents, Eloise was built to house the poor, the sick, and the forgotten. Over more than a century, thousands…
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The Victorian Spirits & Paranormal Echoes of Henderson Castle (Michigan)
Henderson Castle was built as a symbol of wealth and permanence...something meant to outlast the man who created it. More than a century later, the structure…
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The Michigan Co-ed Killer: The True Crime of the Ypsilanti Ripper
In the late 1960s, a serial killer hunted college towns in Michigan, targeting young women who trusted the people around them. For two years, fear spread…
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The Sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald & Ghost Ships of the Great Lakes
At the bottom of the Great Lakes, the dead don’t disappear. They stay exactly where they were left. Perfectly preserved. Suspended in the dark. Sometimes…
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Cults, Murders, and the Paranormal Vortex of Freetown Forest (Massachusetts)
In the woods of southeastern Massachusetts, history doesn’t sit quietly. It lingers, in stories of vanished artifacts, small figures in the trees, unexplained…
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The Tragic Boston Trash Bin Mystery: What Happened to Karina Holmer? (True Crime)
On the longest day of the year, a Swedish au pair disappeared from a crowded Boston nightclub. Thirty-two hours later, only part of her was found—cleaned…
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The Haunted Victorian Relics & Spirits of the S.K. Pierce Mansion (Massachusetts)
A mansion built at the height of industrial success becomes something else entirely over time, shaped by loss, decay, and decades of people passing through…
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The 1977 Cryptid Sightings & Legend of The Dover Demon (Massachusetts)
On a dark road in Dover, Massachusetts, three teenagers reported seeing the same impossible figure within the span of twenty-five hours...a small, pale…
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The Lifeguard’s Missing Footprints: The Disappearance of Molly Bish (Massachusetts True Crime)
On what should have been an ordinary summer morning in Warren, Massachusetts, sixteen-year-old lifeguard Molly Bish vanished from her post at Comins Pond…
- Haunted American History
The Tragic Ghosts of the Houghton Mansion (Massachusetts)
Built as a monument to wealth and success, the Houghton Mansion in North Adams was meant to be a sanctuary. Instead, after sudden tragedy, whispered Masonic…
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The Infamous Axe Murders & Haunted Rooms of the Lizzie Borden House (Massachusetts)
Inside the narrow rooms of the Lizzie Borden house, violence didn’t just happen...it stayed. More than a century after the infamous 1892 murders, guests still…
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The Asylum Ruins & Cursed Legends of the Ellicott City Hell House (Maryland)
Hidden in the woods above Maryland’s Patapsco River, the crumbling remains of St. Mary’s College gave rise to one of the region’s darkest legends. What began…
- Haunted American History
The Colonial Apparition & Historical Haunting of Jeremiah Fowler (Maryland)
In the fog-draped backroads and woods of southern Maryland, the name Jeremiah Fowler lingers like something unfinished. Soldier, weaver, father, and ghost, he…
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The Half-Man Cryptid: The Goatman of Prince George’s County (Maryland)
On the backroads of Prince George’s County, Maryland, a legend took shape in the shadows between farmland and suburbia. Witnesses described a towering…
- Haunted American History
The Hauntings of The Lord Baltimore Hotel (Maryland)
Rising from the ashes of the Great Baltimore Fire, the Lord Baltimore Hotel was built as a monument to ambition, luxury, and modern progress. But inside its…
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The Frozen Witch’s Rock & Cursed Blizzard: The Legend of Moll Dyer (Maryland)
In the brutal winter of 1697, as disease and fear closed in on a struggling Maryland settlement, the people of Seymour Town needed someone to blame. They chose…
- Haunted American History
Legend of The Pig Lady of Ilchester (Maryland)
Deep in Maryland’s Patapsco Valley, abandoned mills, railroad ruins, and the burned remains of a once-isolated seminary gave rise to one of the region’s…
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The Civil War Phantoms of Fort Knox (Maine)
Built to defend Maine from an invasion that never came, Fort Knox became a granite monument to fear, pride, and a war that had already passed it by. But inside…
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The Witchcraft Trials of Goody Cole and the Witches of York (Maine)
Long before Salem, the town of Hampton had already chosen its witch. Accused, imprisoned, staked through the heart, and denied peace even in death, Eunice…
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The 1976 Wilderness UFO Sighting: The Allagash Alien Abduction (Maine)
Deep in the Maine North Woods in 1976, four young men paddling through that same remote landscape claimed they encountered something even stranger: a hovering…
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The Cursed Witch’s Footprint & Defaced Granite of Colonel Buck's Tomb (Maine)
In Bucksport, Maine, a dark stain on a granite monument has inspired one of New England’s strangest legends. Some call it the mark of a witch’s curse, a…
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The Phantom Axe Music & Isolated Madness of Seguin Island Lighthouse (Maine)
On a fog-shrouded rock off the coast of Maine stands Seguin Island, a lonely lighthouse with a haunting reputation. Sailors say that on quiet nights, you can…
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The Swampland Voodoo Prophecy & Cursed Voodoo Queen: The Legend of Julia Brown (Louisiana)
In 1915, a tiny German-Creole rail town in the Manchac Swamp buried its beloved healer, Julia Brown, “Aunt Julie,” the woman who sang a warning like a joke…
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The Brutal Zack and Addie Slaying: North Rampart Street Murder House (Louisiana True Crime)
After Katrina, the French Quarter kept breathing, but not everyone inside it did. At a quiet corner on North Rampart Street, a building the WPA once called a…
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The Attic Tortures & Terrifying History of The LaLaurie Horror House of New Orleans (Louisiana)
A house can be rebuilt. A reputation can’t. On a corner in the French Quarter, 1140 Royal Street sits like a beautiful lie—an elegant façade wrapped around a…
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The Poisoned Oleander & Haunted Mirror Lore of The Myrtles Plantation (Louisiana)
In St. Francisville, Louisiana, a plantation house stands layered with story. Over two centuries, tragedy, rumor, and reinvention have turned the Myrtles…
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The Jazz Killer & Unsolved Serial Murders of The Axeman of New Orleans (Louisiana)
A city on edge. A killer with a stranger’s axe. A letter that turned a massacre into a party. In the spring of 1919, the Axeman of New Orleans gave the city a…
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The Devil Made Me Do It
In 1981, Brookfield, Connecticut, logged its first homicide in nearly two centuries—when 19-year-old Arne Johnson stabbed his landlord, then claimed the only…
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The Logan County Witch Trial
On the late-1700s Kentucky frontier, Logan County was so lawless it earned names like “Rogues Harbor” and “Devil’s Den.” But when settlers finally tried to…
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The Murder of Pearl Bryan
In the winter of 1896, a headless body was found in a Kentucky field. What solved the mystery wasn’t a confession or a face, but a pair of custom-made shoes…
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The Kelly-Hopkinsville Encounter
In August of 1955, a farmhouse outside Hopkinsville, Kentucky, became the center of a four-hour siege. Eleven people claimed small metallic beings surrounded…
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Sleepy Hollow Road
A winding two-mile road in Oldham County carries more than traffic. Beneath its tight curves and suffocating canopy lie abandoned estates, moral panics…