Long-form · 42:55
Victorian Christmas Ghost Stories, Volume 5: Three Tales from 1903-1906
Long winter nights helped make ghost stories part of the Victorian Christmas tradition. Volume 5 continues that custom with two poems and one...
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Long-form · 42:55
Long-form · 54:13
Celebrity Hauntings, Part 2: Lennon, Crawford, Tolkien and More
Celebrity ghost stories take two forms: accounts of famous people experiencing unexplained events and reports that a well-known figure remained present after death....
Long-form · 1:00:58
Haunted Libraries, Part 2: Ghost Stories from Oxford to Melbourne
Libraries preserve voices from the past, making them natural settings for stories about figures who never left the stacks. Part 2 takes an...
Long-form · 1:01:07
Haunted Naval Ships: USS Yorktown, USS Cyclops and UB-65
Naval ghost stories combine the dangers of military service with the uncertainty of life at sea. Some concern ships that vanished, while others...
Long-form · 55:00
Victorian Christmas Ghost Stories, Volume 4: Two Winter Tales
Winter darkness and holiday gatherings helped make ghost stories part of the Victorian Christmas tradition. Volume 4 continues that custom with two nineteenth-century...
Long-form · 1:03:12
Ghost Ships and Sea Legends, Volume 2: Five Atlantic Mysteries
Open water has always made uncertainty part of a sailor’s life. Volume 2 of Ghost Ships and Legends of the Seas examines five...
Long-form · 53:22
Haunted Objects, Volume 2: Paintings, Furniture and Cursed Relics
Buildings are not the only things said to carry supernatural activity. Volume 2 of Haunted Objects examines paintings, furniture, monuments, machinery and personal...
Long-form · 1:06:18
Haunted Firehouse Museums: Ghost Stories from Ohio to Florida
Firehouses preserve stories of emergency service, community pride and personal sacrifice. When historic stations become museums, the equipment, traditions and memories of several...
Long-form · 54:59
Victorian Christmas Ghost Stories, Volume 3: Two Tales from 1857 and 1887
Long winter nights once made ghost stories a natural part of Christmas entertainment. Volume 3 continues that tradition with two nineteenth-century readings separated...
Long-form · 57:47
Victorian Christmas Ghost Stories, Volume 2: The Green Huntsman and Warned by the Wire
The Victorian Christmas season was not limited to cheerful celebrations. Long nights and fireside gatherings also created an ideal setting for supernatural stories....
Long-form · 1:00:15
Spirits of the Shops: Haunted Stores from New York to Brighton
Stores are built for constant movement, but some retail spaces acquire stories about people or objects that never quite left. This episode looks...
Long-form · 1:03:59
Haunted Colleges and Universities, Volume 2: Seven Historic Campuses
College campuses bring generations of students, faculty and staff into buildings that often outlast everyone who first used them. Volume 2 explores seven...
Long-form · 57:54
Haunted Governors’ Mansions, Volume 2: Ohio to Delaware
Official residences are designed to represent continuity and public authority, but they are also homes shaped by private lives, political pressure and changing...
Long-form · 1:05:34
Haunted Governors’ Mansions, Volume 1: Texas, Georgia and More
Governors’ residences combine public symbolism with the intimate history of the families and staff who lived inside them. Volume 1 brings together six...
Long-form · 1:07:32
Witch Tales, Volume 2: Accusations, Graves and American Lore
Stories about witchcraft often reveal more about social fear, religious conflict and community memory than they do about supernatural power. Volume 2 approaches...
Long-form · 48:04
Christmas Ghost Stories, Volume 2: Six Holiday Hauntings
Christmas ghost stories long predate modern holiday entertainment. Winter darkness, gatherings around the fire and the older tradition of telling supernatural tales all...
Long-form · 1:02:57
Told After Supper: Jerome K. Jerome’s Christmas Ghost Stories
In Victorian Britain, the long nights around Christmas offered an ideal setting for ghost stories told by the fire. This special episode revives...
Long-form · 1:11:24
Gates to Hell: Houska Castle, Hell Fire Club and Stull Cemetery
Legends of entrances to the underworld appear in many cultures, often gathering around caves, wells, ruins and places already associated with danger or...
Long-form · 1:09:16
Haunted Dolls, Volume 3: Pulau Ubin Barbie, Ruby and Charlie McCarthy
The third haunted-doll collection moves from privately held objects and museum pieces to a shrine on the Singaporean island of Pulau Ubin. These...
Long-form · 1:14:54
Pirate Ghost Stories: Block Island, Boston Harbor and Isles of Shoals
Pirate legends thrive along the Atlantic coast, where shipwrecks, hidden treasure and violent maritime histories have long fed supernatural storytelling. This episode follows...
Long-form · 1:02:33
Horror’s Real-Life Inspirations, Volume 2: Poltergeist and Elm Street
The phrase “based on a true story” can cover everything from direct adaptation to a single newspaper clipping or an idea borrowed from...
Long-form · 1:12:46
Haunted Distilleries, Volume 2: Glenmorangie, Glen Scotia and Thornton
Volume 2 returns to distilleries, where industrial history, family tradition and the transformation of old buildings have inspired tales of unexplained activity. The...
Long-form · 1:05:23
Haunted Libraries: Marsh’s, Willard and the Harry Price Collection
Libraries preserve more than books. Their old buildings, special collections and generations of staff and visitors can also inspire stories of lingering presences....
Long-form · 53:28
Haunted Amusement Parks, Volume 2: Walt Disney World and Kings Island
Amusement parks are designed for controlled thrills, but their histories can also produce stories that were never part of the official attraction. Volume...