The Ghost Story Guys

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows⁠ The Turtle Lake Monster, Prince Albert Ghost Train, and a QAnon cult? That's right, the prairies are far stranger than you ever imagined. We've also got plenty of ghosts, including Brennan's trip to the very haunted Dundurn Castle in Hamilton, Ontario! Cover image by Dave Rheaume, who you can also follow on Instagram. The sketch was licensed via Adobe Stock Full shownotes @ GhostStoryGuys.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows⁠ Premonitions, the power of the sea, Billy Friedkin', and more Golden Horseshoe hauntings are just a few of the topics we hit in this mailbag episode. Our musical guests are Bangers and Mash, with "Whisper Valley" from their album "Whisper Valley and Other Stories" Full shownotes at GhostStoryGuys.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows⁠ Everywhere has ghosts, but Alberta takes it to the next level, with a haunted dystopian tower block named after an oil company, creepy farms, pissed-off poltergeists, and more Bigfoot sightings than should be possible in a place that flat and that cold Full shownotes @ GhostStoryGuys.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

⁠⁠⁠⁠Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows⁠ On this dive into the mailbag we come back with a fair number of actual ghost stories! Will wonders ever cease?! To keep things balanced, we also talk about wrestling, jazz, and Literary Review's Bad Sex in Fiction Award. Our musical guests are Canadian folk punk legends the Dreadnoughts, with their latest single, "Polka Pit", available now from Punkerton Records! If you like what you hear, you can check out more from the Dreadnoughts by following the links here. Tickets to their September 19th album release party in Columbis, Ohio are available via TicketWeb Also make sure to follow friends of the show Bangers and Mash on Instagram and, if you're in the area, check them out at the NJ Irish Festival in Monmouth Park on Sunday, June 8th, at 10am. For full shownotes, head to GhostStoryGuys.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

⁠⁠⁠⁠Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows Next up in our Haunting of Canada series is the place Brennan has called home for the last 18 years: Vancouver Island! We explore stories of trash mountain's angry spirit, where the party goes to die, absolute madness in the woods outside Port Renfrew, and a history of sasquatch encounters. Paul also is forced to learn more about Skibidi Toilet than he ever thought possible. Because science Full shownotes @ GhostStoryGuys.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

⁠⁠⁠⁠Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows We celebrate two years of Talk Spooky with a military base ghost story, the litmus test for evil, and Katy Perry's "Roar" (sort of). We also manage to spend roughly an hour and a half talking about radio. Why? Neither of us remember. Our musical guests on this show are The Origin, with their latest single, "I Gotta Get Outta Here" Full shownotes @ ⁠⁠⁠GhostStoryGuys.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

⁠⁠⁠Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows Exactly what IS haunting the province of Ontario? The answer involves Bigfoot, an extremely weird case of nature spirits, and a whole lot more! We also manage to cover the Drummer of Tedworth AND Paul the Psychic Octopus, just in case you were worried this one might be too focused on the topic at hand Full shownotes @ ⁠⁠GhostStoryGuys.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

⁠⁠Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows The pollen is strong but we are powered by listener mail! This time around we have 2 stellar spooky stories, including an incredible group sighting from the English city of Basingstoke, plus fallout from our Delaware show, learning to set aside patently false paranormal things, and a whole lot more. Our musical guests on this episode are Nicolas Zappa and Wolff Bergen with "It Doesn't Seem to Bother You", from their new original soundtrack, "Rauma, 1968" Full shownotes @ ⁠GhostStoryGuys.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

⁠Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows What do you get when you mix in ghosts, a list of the Diamond State's 13 most haunted sites, and a handful of allergy medication? Total chaos, that's what. Oh, and Clockboy. If you want to suffer through that honey massage clip, you can find it on Instagram Full shownotes @ GhostStoryGuys.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows Spectral jellyfish, shug monkeys, black dogs, and how to piss off both Linda Blair AND Lou Ferrigno? Sounds like a mail show to me! West Street Children are our musical guests on this episode, with "Lawless" from their new album, "Calling 1991" Site for Airy Fairy in Sheffield, where Paul will be speaking in May: https://www.airyfairy.org/ Strange Days Festival: https://www.strangedaysfestival.co.uk Full shownotes @ GhostStoryGuys.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows Parallel dimensions, the Good Folk, and creeping shadows are just the beginning of the high strangeness we have in this trio of listener stories! Site for Airy Fairy in Sheffield, where Paul will be speaking in May: https://www.airyfairy.org/ Strange Days Festival: https://www.strangedaysfestival.co.uk Full shownotes @ GhostStoryGuys.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows On our latest trip into the mailbag: A listener gets a beautiful chance connection with a lost loved one Calgary, Alberta's secret network of liminal spaces Australian ghost hunts Paul is forced to redo his GCSE in British History Brennan meets a robot salesman during history's worst seduction And much more! Our musical guest is Greco Ray with two tracks: "Wide Awake" & "Stay With Me" featuring Areeb Mahmoud Find full shownotes @ GhostStoryGuys.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows A women's wear shop in Liverpool that disappears right in front of two complete strangers. A light in South Africa that doesn't belong in the night time. A store full of wonderful things that's not there when you go back. All these time slips and more are talked about on this latest episode. Site for Airy Fairy in Sheffield, where Paul will be speaking in May: https://www.airyfairy.org/ Strange Days Festival: www.strangedaysfestival.co.uk This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/GhostStoryGuys and get on your way to being your best self. Full shownotes @ GhostStoryGuys.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows Liminal malls, haunted laptops, the Minecraft mod for Sheffield, and Bren accidentally finds a trap house, all on this latest mail show! Our musical guest is Tracy Barnett, with her new single "Somewhere in the Middle". For more by Tracy, follow this link to find her on streaming: https://gyro.to/SomewhereintheMiddle Paul will be speaking at the Strange Days Festival in September! Unfortunately, between us talking about it on the show and me typing these shownotes, the festival's website has gone down but as soon as it's restored, we'll post a link. This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/GhostStoryGuys and get on your way to being your best self. Full shownotes @ GhostStoryGuys.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows Black-eyed kids in broad daylight, the owlmen of Illinois, and using psychokinesis on your ex are just a few of the stories in this one! We also manage to fit in some up-to-the-minute cultural references like Highlander 2, Axe body spray, as well as a discussion about disordered eating AND little people synchronicities. This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/GhostStoryGuys and get on your way to being your best self. Full shownotes @ GhostStoryGuys.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vulgar History is a feminist women's history comedy podcast. No history background is required to enjoy these historical-yet-fun tales of women from all eras in history, from ancient Egypt to 20th-century Hollywood. These are damsels in distress: we have talked about con artists, bank robbers, murders, and even serial killers. Yet even in the face of all this, the biggest villain in most episodes is the patriarchy. Hosted by author Ann Foster, Vulgar History is as well-researched as it is irreverent Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows What lurks at the bottom of Georgia's haunted Lake Lanier? In this episode, Elizabeth Grimes & Erica Daugherty, hosts of the Spirits Uncorked podcast, have an answer! Elizabeth also owns and operates Lanier Ghost Tours, which takes guests out on the water to give them ghost stories, history, and an upclose look at the lake itself. Our musical guest on this episode is Vampire Step-Dad, with "In Pursuit", the second single from his upcoming album, "Night Shift II: Canine Cop". If you want to be among the first to hear that new album, drop in on VSD's listening party on Bandcamp, Wednesday, March 12th @ 8pm EST. Brennan will be in the chat, so come on by and say hi! This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/GhostStoryGuys and get on your way to being your best self. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode Description: Please enjoy this episode from another horror podcast, The Warning Woods. All episodes of The Warning Woods are written and narrated by author Miles Tritle and cover every corner of the horror genre. Subscribe to The Warning Woods wherever you get your podcasts to hear original horror stories every Thursday at 12:00 AM CST. For all things The Warning Woods: linktr.ee/thewarningwoods. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows Is there anything more frightening than the realization there are intruders in your home? On this episode we explore stories of people who've experienced just such a thing, as well as a few unhappy stories of late-night office haunting. Also on this episode: a particularly weird side of LA, Paul rants about the worst podcast livestream he's ever watched, and Bren's sink decides to creep everyone out. This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/GhostStoryGuys and get on your way to being your best self. For full shownotes, head to GhostStoryGuys.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows It's a mail episode and that means we have ghosts on a German army base, a disembodied voice on someone's microphone, hunting for haunting in a Yorkshire pub, plus a whole lot of kind word and random references to comic book movies. We love this job! Our musical guest on this episode is The Hex, with the song "Fire Season" This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/GhostStoryGuys and get on your way to being your best self. Full shownotes @ GhostStoryGuys.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows This week, we present a collection of listener stories, including German poltergeists, dream warnings, and messages from lost loved ones, for those with eyes to see This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/GhostStoryGuys and get on your way to being your best self. Full shownotes @ GhostStoryGuys.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows On this dive into the mail bag we find some more terrible skepticism (hallucination by cow, specifically), a couple more legendarily bad gigs, a listener brush with Lyle Lovett, and so much more Our musical guest on this episode is Vampire Step-Dad with "Car Chase", from his upcoming album, "Night Shift 2: Canine Cop" This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/GhostStoryGuys and get on your way to being your best self. Full shownotes @ GhostStoryGuys.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows What high strangeness lurks in the dark corners of Germany? On this episode, we find out, thanks to our listener Tord-Henrik who has translated a number of German-language accounts of haunting for us! Not only do you get shadow people and phantom flames going back as far as the 1830s, but Paul clues us in on the country's most famous case - 1967's Rosenheim Poltergeist. Central High School Haunting Reddit Post: https://www.reddit.com/r/londonontario/comments/l7256o/central_secondary_school_ghost/ Brightened Photo: https://i.imgur.com/7aoTsES.jpeg This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/GhostStoryGuys and get on your way to being your best self. Full shownotes @ GhostStoryGuys.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows What sounds like rain but isn't rain? What makes for the perfect horror movie ambience? The answer to these two questions is exactly the same, and on this episode, you can find out what it is! Bren also raves about the new werewolf flick - "Werewolves", naturally - and Paul endures the Longest Saturday. Our musical guest is David Chenery with "Pallbearer Blues" from his latest album, "Death Country Balladeer" This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/GhostStoryGuys and get on your way to being your best self. Find full shownotes @ GhostStoryGuys.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows Who knows what high strangeness lurks east of Germany and south of the Baltic Sea? We do, and after you listen to this episode, so will you! Creatures in the woods, killer mice, a man with no face, flashlights that can blind the sun - Poland has it all This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/GhostStoryGuys and get on your way to being your best self. Full shownotes @ GhostStoryGuys.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows Before we get to the shownotes, folks, we have an ask: our listener Sophie is in a bad way and needs all the love and support you can send her way. Even if you don't listen to the episode, do that for us, hey? On this episode, we talk about Paul's research into the Raelians, synchronicity, the dark history of recorders, and a whole lot more. It. Gets. Weird. Our musical guest on this episode is David Bosma with his single, "Running Beside Myself". Find more from him on Bandcamp This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/GhostStoryGuys and get on your way to being your best self. For full shownotes, head to GhostStoryGuys.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows Mimics are back and as terrifying as ever! From a mother's voice beckoning someone deep inside the forest to a mysterious man wading chest deep in a stream near the site of a mysterious death, and creatures beyond description, we're starting 2025 off with a bang. Also on the this episode: accidentally Winter Soldier-ing someone and waking up from the great dream that was JCVD This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/GhostStoryGuys and get on your way to being your best self. Find full shownotes @ GhostStoryGuys.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 2005, Sam and Dean Winchester set off on a road trip that would save the world and change television. For fifteen seasons and three hundred and twenty-seven episodes, the CW's Supernatural (created by Eric Kripke) took audiences on a wild ride of family, fate, and faith with a rocking soundtrack and a seriously cool car. But that was then and now … it's time for another ride. Join hosts Rob Benedict (Chuck Shurley/God) and Richard Speight Jr (Gabriel and director of many episodes) for Supernatural: Then and Now, a winding road trip through every episode of this iconic series, one by one, every week, with guests each episode from the cast and crew that made the wild ride possible. Buckle up for guests including Jared Padalecki (Sam), Jensen Ackles (Dean), Misha Collins, Ben Edlund, and Robert Singer (Executive producer), as well as many many more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows Our final show for 2024 is here! We answer listener emails about haunted kids, starting up your own ghost hunting outfit, and a whole lot more. Our musical guest on this episode is Ted Kim, with his track "Ghost in My Attic". Find more from Ted Kim on Instagram or at his website This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/GhostStoryGuys and get on your way to being your best self. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Christmas is here and we're taking a look back at some of our favorite stories from the last four years. Cults, ominous dreams, and missing time are just a sample of the high strangeness awaiting you in this one! Somehow, we also find time to talk about John Claude Van Damme AND the English obsession with darts at Christmas Full shownotes @ GhostStoryGuys.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the previous Talk Spooky we asked for you to submit some of your experiences with bad musical gigs and you came through! We also talk about zombie movies, Guns N' Roses riots, Paul being seduced by Temu, and so much more Our musical guest on this episode is Nakatomi Freefall and their brand-new single, "Can't Stop Christmas" Full shownotes @ GhostStoryGuys.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode we look at a curious sub-set of the popular cryptid and folkloric genre of lake monsters. There are lots of great stories out there driving people out of the water, and others flocking to it in hopes of seeing something more exciting than what the local Department of Natural resources is saying inhabit their waters. Can a relic species that supposedly died out 66 million years ago live in a lake built in 1972? Can mutations cause gigantic fish to attack recreators? How far can bull sharks travel up the Mississippi? We'll dive into all this and more.  If you have a story you'd like to share, you can find on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube or TheGhostFurnacePodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows A child whose best friend was a revolutionary war soldier, a series of hauntings in New Zealand, and possibly the worst university housing in all of Australia are just a few of the stories our listeners share with us on this episode! Also: an impromptu lesson on the history of the mandolin, and giving Apple bad new ideas Want limited edition clothing, artwork, and handmade candles from artist Brett Manning? Check out her Etsy story, Brett is a Girl, and get 25% off with the coupon code GSG25 Full shownotes available at GhostStoryGuys.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Synchronicity in New Zealand, a primer on Aussie slang, more giant birds & UFOs, plus, stories of concerts AND amateur MMA fights going badly - it must be a mail show. Our musical guest on this episode is Pranatricks, with their single "Cor-al" from the album "Elements Of". Find Pranatricks on Bandcamp & Instagram Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Australia's second largest state might just be its strangest, with tall, pale men hiding in the sugar cane, dreams that kill, and towns which don't even need the paranormal to scare you away. There's also an unexpectedly long conversation about cassowaries... Full shownotes at www.ghoststoryguys.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are proud to present the very first episode of "Houston Strange", created by our friend Adam Lynch of "Weekly Creep"! Original shownotes to follow: Houston Strange was started to collect and document all manner of strange phenomena throughout the Greater Houston Area and beyond. We want to build a community of skeptics, believers and inbetweeners in a judgment free environment… To submit your experience or to be a part of the show visit www.houstonstrange.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Into the mailbag we go, to find stories of shadow people, English video games Brennan is still not convinced are real, a throwback to "Ghosts Along the Mississippi", and a whole lot more! Our musical guest on this episode is HOT POT with their single, "IOU (The Hot Mix)" For full shownotes to go www.ghoststoryguys.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows We continue plumbing the darkness one tends to find in stories of haunted prisons, but fear not, for on that dark sea floats a thousand shining Garfield telephones. Don't worry, it'll make sense once you listen to the show. More or less For full shownotes, head to www.ghoststoryguys.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Who's the best resource for stories about flying monsters in Pennsylvania? Did A.I. actually get something right for a change? How did someone's loved one reach from beyond the grave? All that and more, plus heaps of spooky movie and nerd talk, on this week's mailbag show. Our musical guests on this episode are The Silent Era, with their single, "Oscillations" Mentioned On This Episode: "Big Bird! Modern Sightings of Flying Monsters", by Ken Gerhard [Barnes & Noble] Stan Gordon's UFO Anomalies Zone [stangordon.info] Full shownotes @ www.ghoststoryguys.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows Stop, hey, what's that sound? Everybody look, because episode 200 of The Ghost Story Guys is coming down! That's right - two double-zero is here and to help us celebrate both our past and bright future is a new friend of ours, Seriah Azkath, host of "Where Did the Road Go?" We tell stories of strange roads, wolf men, forest spirits, and then the really weird stuff starts. Thank you for your continued support! Full shownotes @ www.ghoststoryguys.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode: an accidental murder. Quinlan recounts the story of a haunted Roadhouse Saloon. Kerry plays telephone with Alaska who told her all about Cynthia Hoffman. Kerry Ipema and Quinlan swap jokes, wisdom, and true spooky stories. New episodes every week! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What starts off as a cry for help in someone's dream quickly becomes a possible nightmare, in a situation brought to us via the magic of Instagram. It's hard to explain this one, so you're just going to have to listen to find out. From there we answer a handful of listener emails before welcoming author & illustrator Mike Bass, whose new release "Frightful Folklore of North America: Illustrated Folk Horror from Greenland to the Panama Canal" is Paul's must-own book of the year. Our musical guest on this episode is Signal Static, with their latest single, "Cancel Me" Full shownotes @ www.ghoststoryguys.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

HauntedAF is a podcast of real-life ghost stories, like “My Favorite Murder” meets “The X-Files. ” Listen at https://www.hauntedaf.com or anywhere you find podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows When the moon hits your eye like a big haunted guy, that's amore, or at the very least it's an episode where the stories take us from Bangladesh to Singapore to the rural USA and parts unknown. Whether it's spectral ladies on the water, a creature atop a hydroelectric dam, or a surprise in someone's bed, there's one common denominator: every story takes place under a haunted moon Link Mentioned: Article on the Nishi Dak [Folklore Chronicles] Full shownotes at www.ghoststoryguys.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A mail show where we actually answer mail? We are through the looking glass here, people, and on the way we talk about the latest paranormal series from both Hulu and Netflix. Our musical guests on this episode are Waveform Mountain, with "Everything Changes", from their new album, "Processing" Links Mentioned: https://www.crt.state.la.us/Assets/OCD/archaeology/discoverarchaeology/virtual-books/PDFs/Angola_Pop.pdf https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/franklin-and-armfield/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A long-lost archive of 90s horror, finally recovered and brought to light... with horrifying tales of murder, madness, monsters, and life after death! Ad-Free Episodes of Fear Daily are available now on all of your favorite podcasting apps! Fear Daily is an independent podcast hosted by Brandon Schexnayder and written by Brennan Storr, with Joanna Smith serving as the consulting editor, audio production by Rachel Boyd and sound design by Southern Gothic Media. If you enjoyed this show be sure to check out The Ghost Story Guys & Southern Gothic today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to Atlanta, where the players play and the town is getting haunted like every day. If you understand that reference, your back hurts and you're ready for some southern fried haunting! We are joined by master storyteller Brandon Schexnayder (Southern Gothic) to tell stories of Lake Lanier, Masquerade, and the Camp Creek Crash, among others. We also talk up Brandon & Brennan's new horror fiction podcast, "Fear Daily", now available on podcast platforms everywhere! Full shownotes at GhostStoryGuys.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We finish our voyage through the Balkans with a visit from filmmakers Toby Poser and John Adams to talk about their brand-new, shot-in-Serbia creature feature, "Hell Hole"! We also talk about their upcoming Screambox short, "Plastic Smile", evolving your creative process, laughing at darkness, and, of course, being absolutely covered in blood. "Hell Hole" is streaming now on Shudder and "Plastic Smile" will be available October 27th on Screambox. You can find Toby and John via the Adams Family Instagram, or their website. Our musical guests on this episode are The Origin, with "How Did We Survive", from their new EP, "Oubliette." Find more from The Origin on Bandcamp, Instagram, or at their website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows On our most ambitious episode yet, we tackle one of the lesser-known parts of the haunted world to find dark omens, buried ruins, and Mount Rtanj, the "UFO Mountain" (but not really), and that's only the beginning. Mentioned on this episode: Balkan Ghosts, by Robert Kaplan [book] Blood Makes Noise, by Gregory Widen [book] The Silent Forest [movie] Full shownotes at www.ghoststoryguys.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows What scares you the most? We're joined by horror authors Andrew Pyper, Steve Stred, and C.M. Forest, as well as publisher Michelle River (Eerie River Publishing) to talk about just that, as well as the upcoming horror convention Dread Con! Dread Con, sponsored by Rue Morgue Magazine, will be happening on Saturday, September 14th at Federation Hall in Waterloo, Ontario. Admission is only five bucks and you get to meet all the authors in this episode, plus many, many more! Our musical guest on this episode is Oceanography, who is going back out on a west coast tour. You can find their music and tour dates by clicking here The video for Oceanography's "Monterey" can be found on YouTube Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows The first in our two-part series about haunting in prisons! We have a number of stories from North America, plus an exclusive look at the haunting of the Lima Sheraton in Lima, Peru, former site of the infamous prison known as El Panoptico. When it comes to ghost stories, there's regular old dark, then there's lock-up dark, and the only thing scarier than some of the horrific true crime cases we touch on in this episode is our pronunciation of Spanish. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices