Haunted Hospitality

We wanted to call this episode "Stay Sh!tty" but we were worried about the censorship of the word.This week we talk about the past bathroom stories we've covered in previous haunted locations.It's also...the end. Thank you so much for joining Haunted Hospitality, Robin, and Zoey as they traveled on this three year journey, but the sun has set on this podcast. Feel free to follow our social media because we will remain semi-active on those. Goodbye, everyone, and don't forget to Stay Spooky :')Sources: https://hauntedhospitality.wordpress.com/2024/04/02/ep-156-stay-spooky/Visit us on Social Media! Stay Spooky!

This episode, we're venturing outside of the South to discuss Annabelle, possibly the world's most famous haunted doll story. In the Conjuring movies, Annabelle is a tall, porcelain-esque doll with an angry, vengeful expression. She is possessed by a demon and, to say the least, exhibits some violent tendencies. And while the actual Annabelle is a much sweeter-looking Raggedy Ann doll, she is allegedly just as violent as her onscreen counterpart.The story goes that Annabelle was given to Donna, a 28-year-old nurse, by Donna's mother in 1970. It soon became clear that Annabelle was more than just a doll when she began moving around the apartment Donna shared with her roommate and eventually attacked the roommate's fiancé. Soon after, Ed and Lorraine Warren came to investigate, becoming so concerned they removed Annabelle from the apartment altogether.In this episode, we discuss the story of Annabelle and what we think of it — plus, Robin talks about the time she *thought* she had a real-life encounter with Annabelle!Sources: https://hauntedhospitality.wordpress.com/2024/03/26/ep-155-from-the-patreon-annabelleVisit us on Social Media! Stay Spooky!

We hope you aren't done drinking from the St. Patrick's Day weekend (if you're 21 or over) because we have a new way to celebrate, and this includes two types of spirits! Zoey takes us to Pat O'Briens, mostly in New Orleans but partially in The Alamo. The bar is the Irish pub that many go to, to celebrate Mardis Gras, St. Patrick's Day, and Halloween! We have some mysterious footsteps, self-playing pianos, and ghostly activity in the women's bathroom (because why isn't it the men's?). The bar is so haunted that people leave in the middle of their drinks or the middle of their shifts.We also stop briefly at the Alamo to talk about Little Timmy, a boy in the window who doesn't seem to realize that bars aren't for kids.But first, Robin brings our Something Something, the 100 Steps Cemetery. Sources: https://hauntedhospitality.wordpress.com/2024/03/19/ep-154-a-very-haunted-st-patricks-day-in-new-orleans/Visit us on Social Media! Stay Spooky!

The USS Lexington, AKA the Blue Ghost, is an aircraft carrier that first entered into service in 1943 during World War II. She, and the approximately 3,000 people who lived and worked on her during the war, were primarily in the Pacific. There, the ship was attacked but never sank — despite claims to the contrary. Now, she's stationed in the bay off of Corpus Christi, Texas.Much like her sister ship the USS Yorktown (episode 83), the Blue Ghost is now a museum where many people tour, work, volunteer — and experience ghostly phenomena. There are reports of shadow figures, disembodied voices, and the eerie feeling of being watched. There are even some who say that full-bodied apparitions appear on the boat; one may even give you a rundown on the mechanics of an engine.In this episode, we discuss the USS Lexington and all the ghostly shenanigans onboard!But first, Zoey is here with her Something Southern: Alabama Man!Sources: https://hauntedhospitality.wordpress.com/2024/03/12/ep-153-the-girl-dinner-of-ghost-storiesVisit us on Social Media! Stay Spooky!

The Poinsett Bridge is the oldest bridge in South Carolina and debatably the oldest bridge in the entire South Eastern United States. It was built in 1820 as a part of the state road from Charleston and Columbia to the North Carolinian mountains. It was named after the president of the Board of Public Works, Joel Poinsett, and may have been designed by Robert Mills, a very famous architect.This bridge is also a very haunted bridge. There are many reasons, from the burial of workers in the bridge to various murders, but the one thing we can be sure of is that we can't be sure of anything. The bridge is in a very rural part of town where rumors spread like wildfire, and most of what we know comes from word of mouth, where stories were passed down from generation to generation. Case in point, the common local belief that the bridge was built on top of a Cherokee burial ground and cursed, despite Cherokees not commonly having burial grounds and proof that the grounds were actually used for hunting.Next to the bridge is the Gosnell Cabin, which has since moved. It was the home of the overseer of the state road before the Gosnell family bought it. The last Gosnell family member was injured in the cabin and later succumbed to his wounds in the hospital, and locals claim to hear him moaning in pain. One wise storyteller, however, learned the true story.But first! Robin has faith in Zoey's Geography skills and makes her something Southern a test for them. Zoey comes out victorious, no matter what Robin says.Sources: https://hauntedhospitality.wordpress.com/2024/03/05/ep-152-the-not-cursed-poinsett-bridge-and-the-not-haunted-gosnell-cabinVisit us on Social Media! Stay Spooky!

While traveling on family vacations to the Golden Isles while she was growing up, co-host Robin would peer out of the car window into the gray waters of Georgia's Altamaha River — searching for the Altamaha-ha. A long, scaly, aquatic cryptid with an alligator-like head that parascopes above the water's surface, the Altamaha-ha is rumored to swim so powerfully that boats rock in its wake.But are the tales of this much-beloved creature (nicknamed Altie by locals) true? Some believe it's instead an alligator gar — a fascinating creature in its own right that, however, lacks the "loch ness monster" quality of our dear Altie.In this episode, we discuss the recorded accounts and theories of Georgia's Altamaha-ha. But first, Zoey is here with her Something Spooky: the top 10 states for UFO sightings!Sources: https://hauntedhospitality.wordpress.com/2024/02/27/ep-151-tales-of-the-altamaha-haVisit us on Social Media! Stay Spooky!

This episode is not for those planning to fly out for spring break, because we're off the coast of Florida, in the Florida Keys, and we're going to talk about the mystery of Flight 19. This mystery claimed the lives of 27 men and made 6 planes go missing. The flight of trainee navy pilots took off from Ft. Lauderdale on Dec 5, 1945 to do a routine navigation and bombing flight exercise. However, the 5 planes of 13 men that is now known as Flight 19 never made it back to shore, despite the efforts of the entire Fort trying to get them back to land. Through a series of very confusing radio transmissions, the base was able to conclude that they were very lost, but not much more than that. They then sent a larger plane with 14 men on board, which also disappeared with barely a trace.To this day, none of the bodies and not a single piece of the planes have beached, which is unusual. Theorists believe that the Bermuda Triangle is to blame, either through rogue waves, wormholes, or magnetic tampering. But first, Robin brings us her Something Southern, a very unique tomb in New Orleans.Sources: https://hauntedhospitality.wordpress.com/2024/02/20/ep-150-flight-19-and-the-bermuda-triangleVisit us on Social Media! Stay Spooky!

This episode's subject is not paranormal. It's not true crime. And it's not folklore. But it is a mystery — and a puzzling one at that. Installed at the CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia, Kryptos is a sculpture designed by artist Jim Sanborn with four encrypted messages.In the approximately 33 years since the sculpture's unveiling, only three of the messages have been decoded. And since no one has yet figured out the fourth message, we don't yet know Kryptos' riddle or its ultimate answer.In this episode, we discuss the history of Kryptos and the clues the artist has given the public for decoding the fourth message.But first, Zoey's here with her Something Spooky: twin telepathy!Sources: https://hauntedhospitality.wordpress.com/2024/02/13/ep-149-a-puzzling-sculptureVisit us on Social Media! Stay Spooky!

This week Zoey has a new genre of Haunted Hospitality episodes: a Hunted Cemetery Tour. This first episode focuses on Kentucky!Our first cemetery is the witch filled Wynns Cemetery, which Zoey did a bit of a deep dive on. The second one is Pikeville Cemetery, where a woman was allegedly buried alive. The third is the large and beautiful Cave Hill Cemetery, with a woman who cares for the graves of children and floating orbs. The last one is the Baker Hollow Road Cemetery, and Zoey treats us to a narrative that stars you as the main character.But first, Robin has her Something Southern, the Appalachian Trail! Sources: https://hauntedhospitality.wordpress.com/2024/02/06/ep-148-a-tour-of-haunted-kentucky-cemeteriesVisit us on Social Media! Stay Spooky!

Founded in 1736, the Dock Street Theatre in Charleston, South Carolina, was the first building on the continent solely for theatrical performances before it likely burnt down in the Great Fire of 1740. The Calder House Hotel — later named the Planter's Hotel — was built at or near the theatre's original location in 1809. Many passed through the hotel, including: Robert Smalls, who worked at the hotel before escaping slavery and joining the Union navy during the Civil War, and Junius Brutus Booth, the father of John Wilkes Booth.According to legend, a woman named Nettie Dickerson also often stayed at the hotel. Proud, angry, and sure of herself, the legend of Nettie has lasted long after her alleged lifetime. Over eighty years after the former hotel was reopened as the Dock Street Theatre, Nettie is considered the building's most famous ghost. In this episode, we explore the many stories and paranormal experiences of the Dock Street Theatre.But first, Zoey is here with her Something Spooky: soulmates!Sources: https://hauntedhospitality.wordpress.com/2024/01/30/ep-147-the-dock-street-theatre-we-love-nettieVisit us on Social Media! Stay Spooky!

This week's episode isn't for the faint of heart. Zoey brings us the bloody history of The Sloss Furnaces, a national historic landmark in Birmingham, Alabama that once produced iron. The town of Birmingham was built almost overnight when Colonel James Withers Sloss, a merchant and railroad man, convinced he L&N Railroad company to merge the North and South lines through Jones Valley.Jones Valley was selected as the home for Birmingham because it had all the raw ingredients needed to make iron within a 30 mile radius, including iron ore, coal, limestone, dolomite, and clay. The time period was after the Civil War when the need for iron, and later steel was at an all time high. So company's like James Sloss' Sloss Furnace Company grew very quickly.However, they didn't care too much about their employee's safety. Around 60 men died while the Furnaces were in operation, and about 47 of them were under the watch of the night manager who was known as Slag. Slag mistreated the employees more than anyone else, and he, too, found his death at the property. People, including Zoey, believe that Slag refused to leave the factory.There are more ghosts, though, and a visit from our favorite paranormal investigation team. But first, Robin brings us a Something Spooky to talk about the Megalodon shark.Sources: https://hauntedhospitality.wordpress.com/2024/01/23/ep-146-the-gruesome-sloss-furnacesVisit us on Social Media! Stay Spooky!

The Grand Galvez (also known as the Queen of the Gulf) has stood by the Galveston, Texas shore for over one hundred years, hosting weddings, swimsuit contests, and tourists visiting the Gulf of Mexico. During that time, ghost stories have collected around the building, with some calling it the most haunted hotel in the state.In this episode, we dive into the ghost stories surrounding the Queen of the Gulf — from Audra, the "Love-lorn Lady" who believed her fiancé died at sea, to Sister Katherine, the protective nun who watches for the coming storm. We also discuss more recent paranormal experiences at the hotel, including slamming doors, a malfunctioning elevator, the smell of gardenias, and a ghost girl who" slept in a guest's bed for a night.But first, Zoey is here with her Something Spooky: twin flames!CW: suicideSources: https://hauntedhospitality.wordpress.com/2024/01/16/ep-145-the-queen-of-the-gulfVisit us on Social Media! Stay Spooky!

Zoey decided to go big for their first episode of the new year, and they're covering The Bigfoot! It's about damn time, as Robin says. Bigfoot, or Sasquatch is a big, hairy, stinky man who has a foot that spans 24 inches. To put that into prospective, since Zoey did the math, Bigfoot would wear a men's size 50 to 56 shoe.In this episode, Zoey dives deep into what the Bigfoot is, how he came to be, and what are some sciencey reasons for Bigfoot to exist. To quote Robin, "We're trying to science so hard." That's right, Zoey does their best to deep dive into things like the Bering Land Bridge, evolution, and anthropology. Somehow, it actually makes sense.To round off the episode, Zoey then brings some stories from Southern Bigfoot Stories.First YouTube Video with the audio of Bigfeet calls: https://youtu.be/rvFvzaKmVkYSecond YouTube Video that showed the Bigfoot: https://youtu.be/xb9YcIlkl_c?si=Owq7z2p-HdzC-p4aBut first, Robin brings a Something Spooky where she gives Zoey a Tarot Card reading for the New Year!Sources: https://hauntedhospitality.wordpress.com/2024/01/09/ep-144-did-grandpa-make-the-bigfootVisit us on Social Media! Stay Spooky!

You may know it as the Witching Hour, the Devil's Hour, or simply 3 a.m. No matter which you call it, the hour between 3 and 4 o'clock in the morning is known for being a time when things go bump in the night. There's a wide range of theories for this phenomenon: from this being when the veil is thinnest, to the idea that demonic forces are at play, to a straightforward case of natural hallucinations from our sleep cycles.In this episode, we explore these theories and talk about creepy, potentially supernatural experiences people have had from 3 to 4 a.m., including: a shadow figure sighting, claw marks, and two instances of *something* impersonating a mother.Special thanks to friends-of-the-pod Rachael and Lindsey for sharing their stories with us!But first, Zoey is here with her Something (Future? Spooky? Southern?): New Year's Resolutions!Sources: https://hauntedhospitality.wordpress.com/2024/01/02/ep-143-the-witching-hourVisit us on Social Media! Stay Spooky!

Robin and Zoey are celebrating the end of the year with booze, presents, and a deep dive into the conspiracy theory of the Men In Black! You may know them from the movie, Men in Black, starring Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith that came out in 1997, the same year as your hosts. These are men who wear all black, and usually sunglasses, whose raison d'être is to prevent the common person from knowing about aliens.Zoey dives into the reason the Men in Black theory came to be, including the first few stories of them, and shares a few more stories of encounters with the mysterious Men in Black. MIBs, as we attempted to call them, are theorized to either be government spies or aliens attempting to look like humans. Zoey believes they're aliens, and Robin doesn't believe they exist.Before we get to that, though, Robin shares a Buzzfeed quiz for her Something Southern, Order A Southern Feast And We'll Guess Where You Grew Up! https://www.buzzfeed.com/jesseszewczyk/southern-feast-state-quiz Also, a reminder to everyone that Zoey's book has been published! You can order it here: https://a.co/d/5EAKzI6Happy New Year, everyone!Sources: https://hauntedhospitality.wordpress.com/2023/12/26/ep-142-an-introduction-to-the-men-in-black/Visit us on Social Media! Stay Spooky!

People would ask Simon Warner just about anything: where they might find their lost guitar, whether or not they should divorce their husbands, if their parents might reunite. They would stare at the crystal ball in his bungalow in Shelbyville, Tennessee, give him honest answers to his questions. And, in turn, he would give his advice: determined by some combination of astrology, self-professed psychic abilities, and his own vast knowledge of how people work. He also had a special interest in crime prevention and claimed he could tell when a murder would happen months before it actually did. He frequently worked with the police, drawing national attention in 1941 for correctly determining where a missing woman's body could be found. But in 1957, his life came to a sudden end when a customer killed him in his home, believing Simon hexed him and caused him agonizing stomach pain.In this episode, we discuss Simon Warner's life, death, and career as a psychic.But first, Zoey is here with her Something Spooky: a classic dark and stormy cocktail!Sources: https://hauntedhospitality.wordpress.com/2023/12/19/ep-141-the-life-and-death-of-simon-warnerVisit us on Social Media! Stay Spooky!

 It's time to go to Zoey's favorite city: New Orleans, Louisiana! We're visiting Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop in the French Quarter. While the shop did originate as a Blacksmith Shop and keeps the name, the shop is better known for the drinks that they can make you. That's right, here's another Haunted Boozy Place! The Blacksmith Shop wasn't just any store in it's heyday, however. It was owned by Jean Lafitte, famous pirate and privateer. He was known to smuggle his stolen goods and sell them at the blacksmith shop. Jean himself is one of the ghosts who may haunt the place, along with an unnamed woman and a demon with red eyes.But first, Robin brings us a Something Southern and Spooky, where she talks about Doll's Head Trail in Atlanta, GA!Sources: https://hauntedhospitality.wordpress.com/2023/12/12/ep-140-haunted-boozy-places-part-4-lafittes-blacksmith-shop/Visit us on Social Media! Stay Spooky!

We're back with another episode of our Frights in the Wild series, where we discuss first-person accounts of paranormal or otherwise spooky wilderness experiences from the web! Today's stories involve: 1) a young girl trying to find her way home in the woods, when she hears footsteps following her; 2) a man about to go to sleep beside his girlfriend in her childhood home, when he suddenly hears her voice speaking outside the house; 3) an annual father-and-son trip that leads to an eerily abandoned campground; and 4) a family staying in a cabin in the mountains, when they encounter a doppelgänger, an intruder, or something else entirely.As always, we discuss the mysteries each of these stories hold and our theories.But first, Zoey's here with an extra special Something Spooky: video footage of a ghost, caught by her mother's security camera!Sources: https://hauntedhospitality.wordpress.com/2023/12/05/ep-139-frights-in-the-wild-4-the-stranger-on-the-stairsVisit us on Social Media! Stay Spooky!

Hello everyone!It's been a HOT minute since Robin and Zoey have had a break from researching, recording, editing, and posting a Haunted Hospitality episode. I'm sure we'll tell you all about it in our next how's life section, but life got busy there for a while around the Thanksgiving Holiday. So we're taking a break this week, and we're sharing a sneak peek into our Patreon episodes. This episode came out in January 2023, and it was a Friday when it was released, so the entire episode is about Friday the 13ths and why they're considered so unlucky.If you want to see more episodes like this, you can subscribe at patreon.com/hauntedhospitality. For only $3 a month, you get a new episode from us on the 13th, because we're spooky!Sources: https://hauntedhospitality.wordpress.com/2023/11/28/thanksgiving-break/ Visit us on Social Media! Stay Spooky!

Cassadaga, Florida is an unincorporated community in Volusia County, which is on the east coast of Florida. Cassadaga was founded by well known "Seer of Spiritualism" George P Colby. George was a trance medium, meaning he would conduct seances with the dead by going into a trance and allowing a spirit to speak through his body. He formed relationships and bonds of trust with a few special spirits, who became his spirit guides and would communicate through him to the human realm on behalf of other spirits.One of these spirit guides was a Native American man named Seneca, who told George that he was destined to be instrumental in founding a Spiritualist community in the south. Seneca gave George a vision of his future home, and George left Cassadaga, NY to find Cassadaga, FL. The land that is known as Cassadaga, FL hosts The Southern Cassadaga Spiritualist Camp Meeting Association, where like minded people attend meetings, seances, and lectures on all things Spiritual. In today's episode, Zoey goes deeper into the lore of the town and shares the three biggest draws: the vortexes, the Devil's Chair, and the ghosts of the Cassadaga Hotel.But first, Robin shares her something spooky: Krampus!Sources: https://hauntedhospitality.wordpress.com/2023/11/21/ep-138-the-psychic-capital-of-the-world/Visit us on Social Media! Stay Spooky!

You've likely heard of the outlaws Bonnie and Clyde, but can you name one thing about them? When Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker met in 1930, they were two young adults from families struggling with poverty in Depression-era Texas. Already committing crimes, Clyde was soon incarcerated for vehicle theft. The two wrote to each other often while he was in prison, with Bonnie even aiding his short-lived escape. When Clyde officially got out of prison in February 1932, the two traveled the country with other members of the Barrow Gang, robbing small businesses, kidnapping and murdering. In this episode, we explore who Bonnie and Clyde actually were and the grim truth behind the legend.But first, Zoey's here with her Something Southern: the Possum Drop!CW: sexual assault.Sources: https://hauntedhospitality.wordpress.com/2023/11/14/ep-137-bonnie-clydeVisit us on Social Media! Stay Spooky!

In this week's episode, Zoey finally fulfills a promise they made in May of 2021, Episode 8. In that episode, they covered the first serial killers in the United States, the Harpe Brothers. The brothers occasionally worked closely with the Mason Gang and it's leader, Samuel Mason. Zoey promised back then that she'd cover Samuel Mason one day, and that one day has come.Samuel Mason was a veteran of the American Revolutionary War and the self-proclaimed bravest fighter in the war. After his war career, he failed as a farmer, so he took up the next best thing: river piracy. After a few failed starts, he found his home in Cave-In-Rock where he would grift travelers then rob them, occasionally killing them in the process.  But before we can get to Samuel, Robin brings us her Something Spooky, a poem by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle named Night Voices. Sources: https://hauntedhospitality.wordpress.com/2023/11/07/ep-136-samuel-mason-founder-of-the-mason-gang/Visit us on Social Media! Stay Spooky!

In this installment of our Haunted Boozy Places series, we're covering a Tudor-style tavern on Florida's Atlantic coast. Known today as Ashley's Restaurant and Bar, the establishment first opened as Jack's Tavern shortly after the Prohibition era. Folks have long reported paranormal experiences in the building. Lights will turn on and off. People will feel pushed on the stairs. And some have even reported seeing the apparitions of a young woman and a small girl. Many believe the ghost of Ethel Allen, a fun-loving and independent 18 or 19-year-old who was killed nearby in 1934, haunts the building. In this episode, we explore Ethel's story, her potential connection to the tavern and the many other supernatural goings on at the location.But first, Zoey is here with her Something Southern: the legend of the Candy Lady.Sources: https://hauntedhospitality.wordpress.com/2023/10/31/ep-135-the-apparitions-in-the-tavernVisit us on Social Media! Stay Spooky!

You know him, you love him, you want to date him: Moth Man. This week Zoey talks about the Origin of Moth Man who we're technically including in the South since he was seen in the Appalachian Mountains. First seen in 1966, the cryptid was six or seven feet tall, light gray, had a wing span of 10 feet, and red eyes glowing in the headlights about two inches in diameter and spaced six inches apart.But what you might not know is his legacy of being a harbinger of death. He is known to show up right before a national tragedy like Chernobyl, 9/11, and the falling of the Silver Bridge. Though he's taken up quite a bit of legend, and has been meme-ified, is the part man part moth real? Listen to find out.Sources: https://hauntedhospitality.wordpress.com/2023/10/24/ep-134-he-stole-my-catalytic-converter-origin-of-the-moth-man/ Visit us on Social Media! Stay Spooky!

The Place d'Armes Hotel in New Orleans, Louisiana, is regularly listed among the most haunted hotels in the city. A quick internet search will tell you that a school burned down on the property over 200 years ago and the ghosts of the children who died in the fire now roam its halls. Luckily for the kids, it looks like the school didn't burn down at all! But there are definitely accounts of child-like ghosts in the hotel, as well as an old man and a 12-year-old girl.In this episode, we explore the history of the Place d'Armes and the neighboring Jackson Square, as well as guest experiences with the supernatural. Expect Gregorian chanting, shadow people, invisible kids playing in the hall, and mysterious closets.But first, Zoey is here with her Something Spooky: a ChatGPT-generated cocktail called Vampire's Kiss.Sources: https://hauntedhospitality.wordpress.com/2023/10/17/ep-133-the-place-darmes-hotelVisit us on Social Media! Stay Spooky!

Zoey brings us back to San Antonio, Texas for another haunted story. You've heard of The Goat Man Bridge in Denton, now get ready for the Donkey Lady Bridge! This bridge has a very similar set up: a bridge, a farm animal themed ghost, and a tragic backstory. This ghost is a woman who had a donkey in life and looked like a donkey in death. Depending on the source, she either survived a fire that disfigured her to look like she had a donkey hands and feet or she was killed at the same time and location as her donkey and their souls merged into one.Either way, she lives on this bridge and has one goal: to hurt anyone who dares to approach her bridge. Locals say that if you honk your horn or call out for her, she'll appear and try to kill you or tear through your car.But first, Robin goes in depth into the movie "It Follows" for her Something Spooky!Sources: https://hauntedhospitality.wordpress.com/2023/10/10/ep-132-the-goat-mans-neighbor-donkey-lady-bridgeVisit us on Social Media! Stay Spooky!

For the second installment of our Frights in the Backcountry series, we're exploring four stories of paranormal experiences in rural areas. The macabre sighting of a ghost family covered in blood, a mad dash to get away from disembodied laughter, a cup of coffee that ages way too quickly, and a voice that shouldn't be possible on the other end of the line.All of these stories are about families. Some of them were passed down from parent to child before making their way onto the internet. Others are about paranormal experiences that family members had together. And all of them are a great way to kick off October!But first, Zoey is here with her Something Spooky: the Sedlec Ossuary!Sources: https://hauntedhospitality.wordpress.com/2023/10/03/ep-131-frights-in-the-backcountry-2-laughter-voices-and-dirt-roadsVisit us on Social Media! Stay Spooky!

Today's episode is a true crime story of Glenn Turner, Randy Thompson, and the woman who connects them, Lynn Turner.Lynn and Glenn were married less than a year after meeting. Glenn worshiped the ground Lynn walked on, doted on her hand and foot, and loved her with all his heart. Lynn cheated on Glenn, was abusive and controlling, and spent all their money. Glenn's family did not know why Glenn was with Lynn, and they were never able to see him free of her, because he passed after suffering from flu-like symptoms.Lynn moved in with Randy Thompson. Randy and Lynn had two children together, but their relationship was far from healthy, to the point that a judge even told them to stay away from each other. But they couldn't bring themselves to cut each other out of their lives, that is, until Randy suffered flu-like symptoms and passed away. Sounds suspicious, right? Well, Glen's mother thought so, too. So she made a call that had police second guessing everything they thought they knew.But first, Robin brings back Last-ish Words-ish for her Something Spooky!TW: Suicide and Domestic ViolenceSources: https://hauntedhospitality.wordpress.com/2023/09/26/ep-130-the-deaths-of-glenn-turner-and-randy-thompson/Visit us on Social Media! Stay Spooky!

We talk a lot about old buildings on this podcast, but what about old roads? Stagecoach Road in Marshall, Texas has been around since 1850, when it was first used as a pathway for — you guessed it — stagecoaches. Never paved, and surrounded by trees and steep banks, Stagecoach Road feels set apart from much of the world today: wilder, or a window into the past.Allegedly home to many supernatural beings, folks claim any number of them lurk on Stagecoach Road, including but certainly not limited to: Bigfoot, the Devil, and the ghost of a woman with a backstory almost identical to La Llorona's. But Stagecoach Road isn't just known for these stories or its eerie appearance. Some people who brave the road at night come away with small, dusty handprints on their car.But first, Zoey is here with her Something Spooky: Charlotte, North Carolina's Dunhill Hotel!Sources: https://hauntedhospitality.wordpress.com/2023/09/19/ep-129-the-handprints-in-the-hollowayVisit us on Social Media! Stay Spooky!

This week's episode is eerily like last week's, and we didn't plan it at all. Today Zoey is going to hold your hand, whisper assuring words, and give you the treat of a bad joke every now and then as we navigate a complex legal decision together. Don't be afraid, Zoey's here to guide you. They won't let you get lost.Okay, maybe we're exaggerating. But the Alford Plea is a concept where a defendant pleads guilty to a lesser crime while maintaining their innocence in effort to get a lighter sentence. The Alford plea was born when Henry Alford, a Black man in North Carolina during the Civil Rights Era, was accused of killing a man. While there wasn't any physical evidence stacked against him, there were witnesses who were ready to testify that he argued with the other man, walked towards that man's house with a gun, and confessed to a friend he did it.Henry was convinced that he would be found guilty by the all white jury that would no doubtedly be placed before him, so his not-so-experienced Lawyer convinced him to plead guilty to avoid the death sentence. Henry agreed, but refused to admit guilt on the stand. He was sentenced to 30 years in prison, and used many in the appeal process to get the world to understand he wouldn't have plead guilty if he hadn't been afraid of the death sentence. Henry's case made it all the way to the Supreme Court, and now the concept of pleading guilty while maintaining your innocence is known as an Alford Plea. But first, Robin brings her Something Something and Zoey and Robin do a Buzzfeed Quiz to find out what horror movie genre they are.Sources: https://hauntedhospitality.wordpress.com/2023/09/12/ep-128-to-plea-or-not-to-plea-the-origin-and-history-of-the-alford-plea/Visit us on Social Media! Stay Spooky!

James Chaney and Michael Schwerner spent the first six months of 1964 working together to increase voter registration among Black residents in Mississippi. This was a major goal of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) — which they both worked for — and the Civil Rights Movement as a whole. That year, they organized a voter registration hub at the Mt. Zion United Methodist Church in Philadelphia, Mississippi, but the KKK burnt the church down in response. On June 21, 1964, James, Michael, and Andy Goodman — a new CORE volunteer — visited the site of the burnt church, but did not return to Meridian that evening. In this episode, we discuss how the lives, disappearances, and deaths of these three CORE workers — James Chaney, Andy Goodman, and Michael Schwerner — garnered national support for the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s. We also discuss the decades-long legal fight for justice that ensued.But first, Zoey starts the episode off with a Something Spooky segment: a BuzzFeed Halloween movie quiz.Sources: https://hauntedhospitality.wordpress.com/2023/09/05/ep-127-the-freedom-summer-murdersVisit us on Social Media! Stay Spooky!

Finishing up the third season of our Haunted College Tour Palooza, Zoey brings us an extra-long episode to talk about the many haunted buildings of the University of Montevallo. Along with the typical southern history of the civil war and enslavement, this school has a history of violence and death paired with a rural, historic college that brings out the ghosts in full force.This episode has a old man ghost looking for his buried treasure, a former Confederate soldier protecting the building in death after he failed to protect it in life, an affectionate but mischievous theater ghost, and a girl who was on fire. All of those, and more, are haunting the various dorms and halls of MU, scaring students ever since the early 1900's. Before we get to the ghosts, Robin brings her Something Southern to talk about 5 of her Hot Takes in reference to the astounding heat that is blasting the South in these last few weeks of August.Sources: https://hauntedhospitality.wordpress.com/2023/08/29/ep-126-haunted-college-tour-palooza-part-14-university-of-montevalloVisit us on Social Media! Stay Spooky!

On this stop of Haunted Hospitality's annual haunted college tour, we're going to the University of Georgia! Founded in Athens, Georgia in 1795, UGA is a public university with a very famous bulldog, over 30,000 students, and some spooky stories. Expect sightings of a historically inaccurate bride who brings with her either a blessing or a curse, and the ghost of a former Confederate general who can be found either pacing or haunting nightmares while giving off a misogynistic vibe.In this episode, we dive into UGA's most well known ghost stories, as well as some more recent paranormal student experiences. And we can't forget the Demosthenian Literary Society — sorry, we mean the country of Demosthenia.But first, Zoey's here with her Something Spooky: a mini haunted college tour of Wilson Hall at Ohio University.CW: this episode contains mentions of suicide and intimate partner violence.Sources: https://hauntedhospitality.wordpress.com/2023/08/22/ep-125-haunted-college-tour-palooza-part-13-the-university-of-georgiaVisit us on Social Media! Stay Spooky!

Continuing on the Haunted College Train, Zoey brings us Hollins University in Roanoke, Virginia. This school may be small with a student body of about 800, but it has plenty of ghosts to go around. We have the helpful Eliza(Beth) in the theater workshop who helps you find lost items, a friendly nurse ghost in Swannanoa Hall who will check your temperature in the middle of the night, the Runner in Tinker Hall, and Presser Hall. Presser hall has many ghosts, including the ghost of Theodore Presser himself, and a lot of them like to watch you play music, play music themselves, or prevent you from playing music.But don't worry, that's not all. We have seven first person accounts of ghost stories at the end that will have you feeling chills!But first, Robin brings us the first instalment of "This Woman Could Kill You: Folkloric Women Creatures with Violent Tendencies" for her Something Spooky, debuting the bit with the Ogress herself, Baba Yaga.TW: Suicide. Sources: https://hauntedhospitality.wordpress.com/2023/08/15/ep-124-haunted-college-tour-palooza-part-12-hollins-university/Visit us on Social Media! Stay Spooky!

For the second episode in this year's installment of our Haunted! College! Tour! Palooza!, we're taking you on a ghost tour of East Tennessee State University. Founded in 1911, ETSU has no shortage of campus lore. Expect stories of an invisible young boy playing with marbles, a stained glass ghost that now haunts the university's radio station, an eerie presence in the dorm showers, and more. Somehow this is our first time covering a Tennessee college or university in our Haunted! College! Tour! Palooza! But trust us: it's worth the wait.But first, Zoey's here with her Something Southern, in which we take quizzes from Lamar University and BuzzFeed to see what we should major in!Sources:https://hauntedhospitality.wordpress.com/2023/08/08/ep-123-haunted-college-tour-palooza-part-11-east-tennessee-state-universityVisit us on Social Media! Stay Spooky!

That's right!! It's here!!!!For newcomers, every August, Zoey and Robin do what they call the "Haunted! College! Tour! Palooza!" where they cover a college or two in every episode. Their goal? To scare incoming freshmen!This year, Zoey kicks it off with Clemson University in Clemson, SC, the rival to USC - where Robin and Zoey both went to college. Zoey tells of a curse, two graveyard ghosts, and a nearby haunted mill. TW: Suicide.But first, Robin's Something Spooky Southern is a list of the top 50 colleges, and she reads off the colleges in our domain. Just a few sound familiar, and I'm sure more will by the end of this season.Sources: https://hauntedhospitality.wordpress.com/2023/08/01/ep-122-haunted-college-tour-palooza-part-10-clemson-university/Visit us on Social Media! Stay Spooky!

Some stories of hauntings are isolated — old houses, barns, that kind of thing — and some are public: hotels, theme parks, tourists attractions, etc. If someone were to tell you about their own isolated haunting, which perhaps only their family experienced, you would have to base your assessment on how much you trusted that one person. Do you trust them to tell you the truth? And if they are telling you the truth, is that truth objective? Or was something else going on that they mistook for a haunting? For example: mold.But for public hauntings, it gets a little more complicated. Robin's come up with three tiers for ranking public hauntings, from least to most believable. Tier 1: there is only a generic story of a haunting, often a woman whose lover abandoned her and/or died on the eve of their wedding. Tier 2: the owner and/or managers of the establishment share their personal ghost experiences. Tier 3: guests share their own stories. The Marshall House in Savannah, Georgia is without a doubt a Tier 3 location. Tripadvisor is filled with reviews of haunting experiences, from children running in the hallway to inexplicably moving ceiling fans to the irrepressible feeling of being watched. Many of these terrifying details are followed immediately by a comment saying the breakfast and service are amazing, making the Marshall House a location Robin and Zoey definitely want to check out in person.But first, Zoey's here with her Something Spooky: The Island of the Dolls!Sources: https://hauntedhospitality.wordpress.com/2023/07/25/ep-121-we-want-to-go-to-the-marshall-house/Visit us on Social Media! Stay Spooky!

It's Robin's Birthday week! So Zoey went to Reddit and found four Frights in the City stories to share with everyone this week. The first story is about a woman who went to New Orleans on their Baby-moon and they had two spooky experience. The second story is a group of friends who saw a street that didn't normally exist and a woman with backwards feet. The third is a series of experiences with La Llarona in El Paso. The last is about the Goatman Bridge in Denton.But first, Robin shares information about poison rings for her Something Spooky.Happy Birthday Robin!Sources: https://hauntedhospitality.wordpress.com/2023/07/18/ep-120-frights-in-the-cityVisit us on Social Media! Stay Spooky!

For years, the Tennessee Children's Home Society had a sparkling reputation — a private adoption organization that went largely unregulated with the backing of wealthy and grateful adoptive parents, as well as Georgia Tann's relationships with high-ranking members of Memphis' political and societal landscape. But over time, people grew suspicious and began to pull back the curtains masking the Society's inner workings.The Society, once thought to be an upright adoption non-profit, was revealed to be a child trafficking organization. Tann took children — often through outright kidnapping or coercion of the parents — and charged adoptive parents high prices, effectively selling the children that were under her care. Thousands of families were broken apart; thousands of children were placed into new situations without adequate investigations into their new families; and hundreds of children died while in Tann's neglectful custody.After the truth of the Society was uncovered, laws were passed to further regulate adoptions in Tennessee. And today, many of those children — now grown, with their own generations of descendants — are reconnecting with their birth families.As always, we have a segment preceding the episode. Zoey covers a cryptid: the Smiling Man.Sources: https://hauntedhospitality.wordpress.com/2023/07/11/ep-119-the-lost-and-found-children-of-the-tennessee-childrens-home-societyVisit us on Social Media! Stay Spooky!

In this week's episode, Zoey brings us a story you probably haven't heard before. Zoey knows about it through a personal connection, and she'd like to share the story of Walt Davis, a man who was giving to a fault. Walt was driving home one day when he saw a young homeless man named Daniel walking on the side of the road. Walt pulled over and learned Daniel's story, then invited him to stay with him while he tried to get back on his feet.However, Daniel was only there for two weeks before Walt stopped showing up to work. His coworkers found his body, and called the police. It didn't take long for them to suspect Daniel, so they started a manhunt for him.When they found Daniel, he shocked them all by confessing immediately. However, he claimed it was self defense, while the police believed it was Second Degree murder. Before we get to the main story, though, Robin's Something Spooky Southern is talking about the Body Farms down here in the south!TW: suicide, arguable homophobia, sexual assaultSources: https://hauntedhospitality.wordpress.com/2023/07/04/ep-118-dont-bite-the-hand-that-feeds-you/ Visit us on Social Media! Stay Spooky!

Most of the time, the Earth works as it should. Water can be counted upon to rise, mist, and fall again when heavy. We get variations of this, of course: fog, snow, and hail, for example. But for the most part, the cycle is quite normal — except when it really, really isn't. In this episode, we explore two specific cases of odd precipitation: North Carolina's blood rain in 1884 and Alabama's eel rain in 1892. One thing to note: instances of "blood rain" that have been investigated don't turn out to be blood. The case we discuss is likely an exception.But first, Zoey's here with her Something Spooky: Haunts from the Workplace!Sources: https://hauntedhospitality.wordpress.com/2023/06/27/ep-117-blood-eels-and-rainVisit us on Social Media! Stay Spooky!

We've covered the Emily Morgan Hotel, the Alamo, and now, the Menger Hotel. This hotel is estimated by experts to be home to 32 to 45 ghosts including, but not limited to, Teddy Roosevelt, Sallie the Chambermaid, Captain Richard King the Cow Baron, a lady in white, and a few kids running around. It's to be expected, with a long history of renovations, civil war efforts, and deaths to go around, that a place would be haunted. But large places are haunted big time and the Menger Hotel is no different.But first, Robin brings us a Something Southern and springs another Southern Geography quiz onto Zoey, and she actually doesn't do to bad.Sources: https://hauntedhospitality.wordpress.com/2023/06/20/ep-116-completing-the-alamo-plaza-with-the-menger-hotel/Visit us on Social Media! Stay Spooky!

Welcome to the first installment of a new ongoing series: Frights in the Backcountry. We hunt the interwebs for personal accounts of spooky encounters and eerie events in rural areas of the American South. Think: backroads, small towns, and abandoned buildings.In this episode, we dive into four stories of encounters with the paranormal, including: 1) the slow realization that a house is haunted; 2) a road that doesn't exist in the daytime; 3) what happens when you hit a ghost with your car; and 4) entering an abandoned church.But first, Zoey's here with her Something Southern: The Castle in Beaufort, South Carolina!Sources: https://hauntedhospitality.wordpress.com/2023/06/13/ep-115-frights-in-the-backcountry Visit us on Social Media! Stay Spooky!

Every so often, we get a case where you just look at it and say, "That can't be true." Not because the murder is so gruesome, or the killer is so stupid, but because the police haven't seemed to do their job properly. This is one of those cases.Holly Bobo, a sweet but shy young woman, was seen arguing with a man and then walking into the woods with him, and then her body wasn't found for 3 years. Even when she was found, her remains were skeletal with not much evidence on what happened other than a bullet wound to the back of her skull.The police seemed determined to pin the case on 6 local men, despite the evidence being circumstantial at best, pointing to a whole other person at worst. The first testimony they received that blamed these men for the case went against the little evidence they did have, as did the second, completely different story.But the worst part of it was the heinous trial full of alleged evidence tampering, police coercion, and data leaks overshadowed the very real tragedy of a woman taken too soon from this world, and potentially allowed her killer to walk free.TW: SA and SuicideSources: https://hauntedhospitality.wordpress.com/2023/06/06/ep-114-the-holly-bobo-case-and-a-mistrial-of-justice/Visit us on Social Media! Stay Spooky!

Vampires — they can't live with us, and they can't live without us. Because they're undead! Throughout history, different cultures have developed their own conceptions of vampires: how they originate and their potential to inflict pain upon the living. Whether sparkly, lurking down darkened alleyways, or menacingly chewing underground, vampires tend to take up a lot of our imagination.In this episode, we take a broad look at vampire lore as a whole. Then, we dive into two stories of southern vampires: the Casket Girls and the Richmond Vampire. Expect many, many Twilight references.But first, Zoey is here with her Something Southern/Spooky: a book review on The Twisted Ones by T. Kingfisher.Sources: https://hauntedhospitality.wordpress.com/2023/05/30/ep-113-the-vampire-episodeVisit us on Social Media! Stay Spooky!

 Have you ever been to one of those "haunted" houses with the actors that jump out at you? How about one where they were allowed to touch you? Ever want to experience it for real?Then head over to the Old Jail in St. Augustine, Florida. A project funded by none other then Henry Flagler to make the prison less scary looking to tourists, the Old Jail was built in 1891 and saw a lot of horrors. The men and women imprisoned here were forced to do heavy labor and/or sex work, while the payment went to the prison. The conditions were terrible, hygiene was unheard of, and violence and death were regular occurrences.The jail became a museum almost the same instant it was shut down, and many people believe the prison is haunted. Zoey takes us on a trip through time as she shares the horrible history and the paranormal aura that surrounds the prison. One of the main ghosts is a shadow figure known as the Crawler, described as a shadow within shadow that moves and crawls along the floor, following any unlucky victim it sets it's sights on, sometimes catching up and grabbing their ankle.Zoey had to walk Robin to her car after they recorded.But first, Robin brings us a hilarious tale from a small town near Boone, NC where a herd of cows lead police to a suspect from a high-speed chase as her Something Southern.Sources: https://hauntedhospitality.wordpress.com/2023/05/23/ep-112-the-crawler-at-the-old-jail/Visit us on Social Media! Stay Spooky!

We're going full haunted house in this episode! The McRaven House in Vicksburg, Mississippi is old — very, very old. Its first two rooms were built over 200 years ago in 1797, with the rest of the house to follow in the years 1836 and 1849. Today, you can find it just off the end of a residential road, surrounded by trees and foliage that once loomed so close to the property that vines broke into two upstairs windows.Domineering former owners and playful ghost boys are said to roam the halls. But no spirit is more present than Mary Elizabeth Howard, the mischievous yet melancholic teenager who died in child birth. At the end of every haunted episode, we both rate how haunted we personally think the location is. And if you're a frequent listener, you know we aren't afraid to give a low rating and be honest with our thoughts. We both rated this one very, very highly.But first, Zoey is here with her Something Southern: snack goodies from the Charleston City Market! Yum.Sources: https://hauntedhospitality.wordpress.com/2023/05/16/ep-111-the-mcraven-house-in-vicksburg-mississippiVisit us on Social Media! Stay Spooky!

In this week's episode, Zoey shares the case of Pamela Shelley, a woman from Ashdown, Arkansas. Pamela was found, shot, in her boyfriend's Texas home in 2001 after getting in an argument with her boyfriend, Ronnie. Pam and her two kids were set to move back to Arkansas with her first husband and the father of her children that same day due to friction in the household between Ronnie and Pam's daughter. While Pam survived the ride to the hospital, she died the next day. Ronnie's family told police that Pam had been suicidal because she loved Ronnie and wanted to stay with him, but she was afraid of her children being taken away from her. They claimed that Pam had taken her own life because she felt torn between two worlds. And the Medical Examiner agreed, and the case was ruled a suicide.However, in 2008 and again in 2012 the case was looked into, and due to the work of the TV Show "Cold Justice", the case was open once more. But before we get into that, Robin's Something Southern this week is teaching us about the prominent river type of the south, the Blackwater River.Also, Zoey was laid off in May and she shares that information with us. If you'd like to support her on her socials, you can click this link: https://linktr.ee/freakwithglasses or this one https://www.tiktok.com/@i.zerge. Also, you can support her husband by visiting his shop at https://afkthreads.com.CW: SuicideSources: https://hauntedhospitality.wordpress.com/2023/05/09/ep-110-the-case-that-was-solved-by-tv/Visit us on Social Media! Stay Spooky!

By all accounts, July 4, 1965 was a fairly normal  night for Madison and Marrs Cawein. They went out with their friends for Independence Day, and after some drinking and revelry, Marrs decided to turn in while Madison decided to stay out longer. She got back home around midnight, greeted the babysitter, and had a nightcap with the friend who drove her back before going to bed. No one — aside from her killer — saw her alive again. Because sometime between 2 and 6 in the morning, Marrs Cawein was injected with an unknown substance and poisoned with carbolic acid.In this episode, we explore what happened the night Marrs Cawein died and what the subsequent investigation uncovered in this still-unsolved case.But first, Zoey's Something Something is a spelling bee of southern and spooky words.Sources: https://hauntedhospitality.wordpress.com/2023/05/02/ep-109-the-poisoning-on-independence-dayVisit us on Social Media! Stay Spooky!

On Tuesday, August 19, 1952 around 11 pm Scoutmaster Sonny DesVergers was taking three Boy Scouts home after an event. They were driving on a road near West Palm Beach, Florida when they saw a bright light flash on a road called Military Trail. Being the proper Scoutmaster he was, Sonny decided to pull over and head towards the light, thinking that it could have been a downed plane or a car accident despite the boys' protests. He brought a machete and a flashlight with him, telling the boys to stay in the car and to knock on the door of a nearby house if he didn't return in 15 minutes.After four minutes of hacking through the bushes, he entered a small clearing. He immediately noticed a nauseating smell that was incomparable to anything he'd ever smelled before but best described as burning metal, and then realized it felt like he was being watched.Then, he felt an oppressive heat bearing down on him from above. So he looked up and he could not believe his eyes.There was a circular, dull black object with no seams, 30 feet in diameter and 10 feet tall, domed on top with a bottom edge that glowed hovering right above him. It was giving off a “rapid exhaust” which he assumed was the source of the bad smell.That's right. It was a UFO.This week Zoey shares the story of what Captain Edward J. Ruppelt, the chief UFO investigator for the US Air Force labeled as “the best hoax in UFO history”. And strap in for this one kids, it's a wild, goofy ride. But before we get to that, Robin talks about the North Carolina Mystery Hill for her Something Southern!Sources: https://hauntedhospitality.wordpress.com/2023/04/25/ep-108-the-best-hoax-in-ufo-history/Visit us on Social Media! Stay Spooky!

For the first time in nearly a year, we're back to recording in-person at Zoey's dining room table — and something about this situation is making us unhinged! Welcome to the first of (at least) two truly chaotic episodes of Haunted Hospitality. We're kicking things off with one of Robin's longtime bucket list topics: the Battery Carriage House Inn in Charleston, South Carolina! (Now known as 20 South Battery.)This antebellum structure has two very well known ghosts: the Gentleman Ghost (Room 10) and the Headless Torso (Room 8). The Gentleman Ghost is known for politely sliding into bed with guests, while the Headless Torso is known for being... evil? Horrible? Menacing? Potentially the ghost of Stede Bonnet?But first, Zoey's here with her Something Spooky: two sentence horror stories!Sources: https://hauntedhospitality.wordpress.com/2023/04/18/the-haunting-of-the-battery-carriage-house-innVisit us on Social Media! Stay Spooky!