Phantom History

Send us Fan Mail For three long days in July of 1863, the battle that changed the direction of the United States Civil War brought death to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Today, the historic battlefield and surrounding community honor the more than 53,000 lives lost on that battlefield and paranormal investigators are convinced that many of those spirits are still there. In this episode, paranormal inv...

Send us Fan Mail Phantom History explores the eerie side of historic locations, but interviews providing that insight are often full of surprises that don't make it into the episodes. Listen to your host, Steve Blanchard, and paranormal investigator and D.O.A. Investigations Youtuber Eric as they discuss the historic Hotel Del Coronado in San Diego, California. Eric worked as a security guard...

Send us Fan Mail Working as a security guard in the massive, historic Hotel del Coranado in southern California gave Eric an up close and personal look at the true hauntings of the complex. The building dates back to the 1880s and has a well-known haunted reputation. During his time working at the hotel, guests shared their experiences and evidence with Eric, and for a short time, he even slept in...

Send us Fan Mail Phantom History explores the eerie side of historic locations, but interviews providing that insight are often full of surprises that don't make it into the episodes. Listen to your host, Steve Blanchard, and Mcinteer Villa owner Steph O'Reilly discuss the popular, haunted mansion located in Atchison Kansas. You will find that while there are plenty of scary stories to u...

Send us Fan Mail McInteer Villa was built in 1889 and nine of its previous owners have all died within its walls. Is that why this beautiful mansion is so haunted? Current owner Steph O'Reilly, who does not live there, shares her experiences with shadow figures, disembodied voices and poltergeist activity at this paranormal hotspot that she sasy has more spirits than she can count.  Support t...

Send us Fan Mail A fishing village in Southwest Florida seems to have an excessive number of hauntings. Could it be that Punta Gorda Florda in Charlotte County has ties to its Native American ancestors? Or, is it the hard-fighting pioneers of this paradise location who are so proud of what they created, that they refuse to let go? Psychic and paranormal investigator Gina Leslie shares here insight...

Send us Fan Mail When the team at The Witches Familiar first explored the Mineral Springs Hotel in Alton, Ill., they had their first encounter with the spirit of Pearl, a woman who allegedly died in the building nearly a century before. They soon learned that the location that was once a calling card to those looking for the healing powers of mineral waters was now a paranormally active location i...

Send us Fan Mail The Shanley Hotel has had many residents since it was first constructed in the 1840s, but paranormal investigators are certain many of those who passed through its doors are still present. Nine Lives Paranormal takes us on a journey through their investigations of the hotel and the spirits they've uncovered range from mobsters to children and women of the night to a possible...

Send us Fan Mail When Lyman Sleeper founded his mortuary in 1886 it became a staple in the commuity of Iola Kansas for more than 100 years. Wakes, funerals, embalming accompanied grieving families and celebrations of life in this historic building. Today it's a paranormal investigation hot spot thanks to owner Tory Westhoff, who shares the history of the building and the suspected hauntings o...

Send us Fan Mail The newest season of Phantom History explores even more mortuaries, cemeteries, jails and hotels than before. Join host narrator Steve Blanchard as he shares the experiences and histories described to him by paranormal investigators, psychics and historians in notorious haunted locations across the country. Following the episode, tune into our sister podcast, Conjuring Phantom His...

Send us Fan Mail The Dunnellon Train Depot opened in 1908 as part of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad and today serves as a community ecent space in rural Florida. But it's past seems to still connect to present day in the form of a boy's spirit, who investigators say perished under the depot loading dock and still makes himself known today. Psychic Orion Michael shares his experience wi...

Send us Fan Mail As a young boy, Ken Trulock grew up in a very haunted home just north of Indianapolis, Indiana. In this episode, Ken, who now works as a historic and ghost tour guide, shares his experiences in that home, which ranged from bumps in the night to full bodied apparitions.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail For nearly 70 years, Cresson Sanatorium served Pennsylvania as a tuberculosis hospital, a ward for the developmentally disabled and as a prison for a wide variety of criminals. Today the 400-plus acres upon which the former institution rests is a hot spot for paranormal investigators, including Barry Merwin, of Unfortunate Travels. In this episode Barry shares his experiences whil...

Send us Fan Mail In a rural area of California sits a building atop a hill that resembles a castle. The Preston School of Industry was a proposed as a reform school and was used to house wards, or minors under the guardianship of the state. Today the building is a historic landmark and according to historians, volunteers and paranormal investigators, some of the spirits of the boys who were housed...

Send us Fan Mail In the 1920s, the town Williamson West Virginia celebrated the opening of its hospital, which sat atop a hill overlooking the city. Today, nearly a century later, the building is abandoned, but serves as a tourist attraction and hot spot for paranormal investigations. Tonya Webb, one of the owners of the hospital, shares her personal paranormal experiences in the expansive buildin...

Send us Fan Mail The Historic Old Scott County Jail first opened its doors in 1904 and served the people of Scott County Tennessee for 104 years. The three-story building saw suicides, mob hangings and even a fire that inspired the third floor. Today the building stands as a museum and center for paranormal research thanks to Miranda Young and Kristy Sumner, two paranormal investigators with a lov...

Send us Fan Mail The Basin Park Hotel serves as a luxury getaway for people in northern Arkansas, its surrounding areas and from throughout the country. The large building dates to 1905 and gets its name from the natural spring nearby that some believed had healing powers. It could be the spirits of some of those looking for a miracle cure to their ailments who still wander the halls of the Basin...

Send us Fan Mail The building that houses the Spookeasy Lounge in Ybor City, Tampa Florida’s historic district, started its life as a church. More specifically, it was a church that worked directly with Cuban immigrants that came to Tampa to work in its cigar factories.  The 15th street structure has seen many occupants over the years .. churches, an orphanage, night clubs and, now, a Kava tea bar...

Send us Fan Mail The Old South Pittsburg Hospital in rural Tennessee is considered by many to be the most haunted location in the state. It was founded in the 1950s and served the community for nearly 40 years before it slowly shut its doors and sent its remaining patients to nearby Chattanooga. After sitting quietly for several years, Ronne D, a paranormal investigator from Chicago, investigated...

Send us Fan Mail The Tatum-Rawls house is an exact representation of life in 1880s Florida and is part of an educational and nature preserve in Sarasota County. While the two-story building has been relocated, it still maintains its original form and has been furnished with era-specific antiques to offer a full picture of pioneer life in the Sunshine State. Paranormal investigators believe that se...

Send us Fan Mail In 1970,  Andrews Memorial Chapel was physically split in two and moved one mile north to its new home in Dunedin Florida. The original building, constructed in 1888, is in tact today, but may have spirits of its past connected to it. According to the paranormal investigative team Silent Slayer Tours, and the chapel's event coordinator, there are plenty of spirits in the old...

Send us Fan Mail Randolph Asylum has sat abandoned for years, but its tales of murders, suicides and abandonment have made it a target for paranormal investigators throughout the Midwest. In this episode, the women of Indiana Lost Souls share their experiences in the 50,000 square foot building and talk about the evidence they collected that they say prove the past residents ... and more ... still...

Send us Fan Mail The Hacienda Hotel in New Port Richey, Fla., is a Mediterranean-style pink hotel dating back to 1927. While the venue has been recently renovated and returned to its former glory and is again welcoming guests, the hotel long sat dormant and was the site of break ins and alleged paranormal sightings. With the hotel now restored and open again, Historian Bob Langford and hotel publi...

Send us Fan Mail Poasttown Elementary School was built in the 1930s and served as a place of education until the year 2000. It’s a building in rural Ohio that is now known more for the sightings of apparitions and spirits within its walls than it is for exams and PTA meetings. The reasons behind those hauntings could be linked to two separate train accidents in 1891 and 1910 that claimed lives and...

Send us Fan Mail As Indianapolis' longest-running bar, the Slippery Noodle is the site of some of the best live Blues music in the country. The bar originally opened its doors in 1850 but has had many names, several owners and plenty of mystery surrounding it since then. It has served as an Inn, a restaurant, a brothel and even as a stop on the Underground Railroad during and shortly after th...