Guide to the Unknown

Houska Castle in the Czech Republic is rumored to be built over a pit straight to hell...and to have been built specifically to cover it up. Rather than a castle with protections to keep others out, it's built to keep something IN. But it may not have done the best job! On top of black-winged creatures and humanoids emerging from the pit, it's got some pretty brutal Google reviews. Can't win 'em a...

This week, we find out about the earliest EVPs and modern-day EVP game-changers, like Frank's Box and the Estes Method.⁠ ⁠ We also take a tour through movies about ghosts using tech to communicate with us, like White Noise, Unfriended, and Host!⁠ ⁠ Is this its own genre now? Maybe, and we're into it.⁠ For full sources and links, visit  http://www.gttupod.com/home/gttu144 Get access to monthly bonu...

Kristen talked some major smack about the Loch Ness Monster the last time we touched down on this thing...can Will make it interesting? Turns out, yes! Who knew there were stories of delicious revenge involved? Intrigue over algae, every day. That and lots of Loch Ness Monster movies and TV shows on this week's episode! For full sources and links, visit  http://www.gttupod.com/home/gttu143 Get acc...

Take a trip underwater with us...swim back... In episode 28 of GTTU (Brownies and Daniel Stern...best episode title ever?), Kristen BRIEFLY covered The Loch Ness Monster. BRIEFLY! Less than 7 minutes of coverage for a cryptozoic TITAN! We're going to be fixing this error on the next full episode of the show. For now, enjoy this trip back in time, to hear the original, truncated coverage of Nessy!...

We're talking all about the haunted Sloss Furnaces in Birmingham, Alabama, which are host to a confusing cast of ghosts...is their main bad guy even historically real, or just made up for their haunted house attraction? We look at the history and the seasonal spooky offerings they have there now! This episode is a tie-in with our other podcast, Ghost Adventures Adventures, where the most recent ep...

We're talking all about the haunted Sloss Furnaces in Birmingham, Alabama, which are host to a confusing cast of ghosts...is their main bad guy even historically real, or just made up for their haunted house attraction? We look at the history and the seasonal spooky offerings they have there now! This episode is a tie-in with our other podcast, Ghost Adventures Adventures, where the most recent ep...

Click here to WATCH this episode on YouTube! Sure, The Simpsons may have predicted the Donald Trump presidency and other nutty things...but did they predict us doing this episode? D'oh! For full sources and links, visit  http://www.gttupod.com/home/gttu141 Get access to monthly bonus podcasts and tons of other content by supporting us through  http://www.patreon.com/gttupod!  Thank you so much! Vi...

Click here to WATCH this episode on YouTube! Way back, in the long forgotten time of October 2019, Guide to the Unknown managed to sell tickets to a live edition of the show! Before a captive audience, Kristen and William unveiled astounding evidence of the paranormal. The Grave of Mary Ellis. The Devil’s Tower. No Man’s Land. Merriwold Castle. The Devil’s Tree. What do these places have in common...

Come listen to the story of the Allagash Lake Incident, a UFO story from Maine featured on Unsolved Mysteries (the original, not the new!) What is that globe in the sky? Could it be...nothing? One of the four people who experienced it certainly thinks so! They later recanted! And for more UFO mania, make sure to check out Somewhere in the Skies wherever you get your podcasts! Find more at https://...

WHOA! Hold on...A NEW podcast from the Guide to the Unknown siblings? Ghost Adventures Adventures has been in the works for a while now! We're going to watch every episode of Zak Bagans' paranormal investigations, and issuing awards for things like Best Evidence, Best Quote, and WORST evidence! Several episodes are available NOW! Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts , Spotify , Stitcher , Google Podcasts...

We're talking about what randonauting/the Randonautica app is and diving into the infamous suitcase story (and Will does some serious investigative reporting!) PLUS we share footage/audio from our own Randonautica outing! For full sources and links, visit  http://www.gttupod.com/home/gttu138 Get access to monthly bonus podcasts and tons of other content by supporting us through  http://www.patreon...

Nooooo. Come on...Not the dybbuk again! We're re-examining this old case to catch up on what's going on with The Dybbuk Box in the year 2020. More than that, we're cracking this thing open and talking about the creature associated with the box itself! And you know..."The Dybbuk Box" is really a misnomer. It's "A" Dybbuk Box now, because there are a million of them on eBay! For full sources and lin...

You have to learn from the past, lest you be doomed to repeat it. Actually…wait…we’re learning from the past BECAUSE we’re doomed to repeat it! Back in Episode 25 of GTTU, we covered The Dybbuk Box! Two years later, it’s power has only GROWN! We’ll be talking a lot about this Zak Bagans favorite this week, so listen to what we had to say about it way back when to prepare yourself! For full sources...

AHHH, OUR COWS! Learn about the Skinwalker Ranch in Utah, a hotbed for all sorts of paranormal activity from UFOs to ghosts to cattle mutilation...and then find out what Zak Bagans and the Ghost Adventures crew found there. For full sources and links, visit  http://www.gttupod.com/home/gttu136 Get access to monthly bonus podcasts and tons of other content by supporting us through  http://www.patre...

WOOOO! We're back and spookier than ever! The Amityville Horror sure is a franchise, huh? We're aware of the book and I think they made a couple of movies...let us just check our notes here...OH MY GOD, there are TWENTY-THREE MOVIES. What is happening? Hear about the "true" stories from Kristen and all the franchises from Will! For full sources and links, visit  http://www.gttupod.com/home/gttu135...

This week on the show we're looking at a VERY specific, and kind of complicated topic: things on television that are inadvertently scary or traumatizing. Some of our list of topics came directly from listeners, others came from our own childhood. Sometimes kids shows and movies tell stories that are a little TOO freaky! We're looking at YOU, Alice in Wonderland, Rugrats, Salute Your Shorts. And do...

It's the dawn of the zombie here on GTTU! From the Haitian voodoo origins to Romero's flesh eaters and beyond. We're talking folklore, pop culture, horror, games, movies, ALL OF IT...Well...a LOT of it. This might be a topic we'll have to revive someday for more. For now, let’s do into the Night of the Living Dead, Resident Evil, Walking Dead, and more! For full sources and links, visit  http://ww...

We're talking about more classic Universal monsters! Let’s get acquainted with Frankenstein, Dracula, The Mummy, The Wolfman, The Creature from the Black Lagoon, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Phantom of the Opera, Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde, the whole gang… Specifically, the varied ways they've connected to each other in film. Marvel's Cinematic Universe may have perfected it, but Frankenstein was the ori...

"You guys are like mummy magnets!" - An actual quote from The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. It could easily be about US though, because we're dusting off an old topic to tell more mummy tales! From the 1932 film with Boris Karloff to the 2017 film with Tom Cruise. Real-life discoveries, the RECIPE for making a mummy of your own!* We're talking Brendan Fraser's trilogy, too. Prepare to be shoc...

In this special REWIND, we’re flashing back to Episode 24, when we first talked about THE MUMMY! Learn all about the mummy’s curse, and get ready for more when The Mummy returns this Friday! For full sources and links, visit http://www.talkbomb.com/news/gttu130-5 Get access to monthly bonus podcasts and tons of other content by supporting us through  http://www.patreon.com/gttupod!  Thank you so m...

We're talking about J-Horror! Japanese horror! Where does it come from? Culturally, folklore-wise? We're trying to do the impossible: figure out the origins of iconic horror like The Ring, The Grudge, and Uzumaki! Also we're compiling a short catalogue of alarming ghosts. These yokai are skeletal, insectoid, and sometimes, they're just trying to take a peek at you! For full sources and links, visi...

We're diving into horror parodies! Will takes the films, Covering Scary Movie, Young Frankenstein and more! Mel Brooks riffed on Hitchcock with High Anxiety. And it turns out it all started in 1925 with a weird pickle thing. Kristen hits the TV horror parodies! Key and Peele gobbled up zombies, and man, oh man did the show Psych love dedicating themed episodes to Clue, Twin Peaks and more! For ful...

On episode 128 of Guide to the Unknown: We're talking about fearsome foods, and we don't mean that cabbage you forgot was in the crisper. First, Will takes us through the grocery store to talk about real life horror-themed foods like Ghostbusters Ecto Cooler and the General Mills monster cereals. Then Kristen talks about food in horror movies: plot points and references that are anything but scrum...

On Episode 127 of Guide to the Unknown: After referencing it last week, we’re diving in with both feed! WHO PUT BELLA IN THE WITCH ELM!? It’s a whole episode about the intersection of true crime and the supernatural. The Hand of Glory cameos, witches are involved, and then we sink into the amazing, horrible, and amazingly horrible world of Psychic Detectives. Sylvia Browne eat your vile heart out!...

On Episode 126 of Guide to the Unknown: It’s hard to believe we haven’t done this before! LET’S TALK ABOUT HARRY POTTER! WOOOOOOOOO! This week on the show, Will tells the real life stories behind The Hand of Glory and Nagini the snake/lady. Not to mention the odd tales of Borgin & Burkes, The Obscurus, and (shudder) The Trolley Lady. Kristen destroys The Boggart, Thestrals, The Inferius, and Demen...