Splintered Spirits

In this episode of Splintered Spirits, Gary and John talk with Steven Parsons , one of the UK’s most respected paranormal investigators and the author of Ghostology: The Art of the Ghost Hunter . Unlike the TV shows and viral ghost hunts built on flashing gadgets and jump scares, Steven approaches the supernatural with a scientist’s precision—studying how sound, psychology, and technology can both...

In this episode of Splintered Spirits , Gary and John Santa (@santaparanormal) sit down with producer and documentarian Mike Dorsey , whose career has taken him deep into the world of the paranormal. Dorsey produced and edited the hit documentary Demon House with Zak Bagans, co-executive produced Ghost Adventures: House Calls on Discovery+, and served as showrunner for Destinations of the Damned ,...

John spends Veterans Day cleaning soldiers’ headstones while Gary wonders if it’s really “volunteering” when the ghosts might be supervising. Between stories of eerie calm and unexpected energy spikes, they dig into why honoring the dead sometimes leads to very lively encounters. A thoughtful (and occasionally ridiculous) episode of Splintered Spirits that mixes heart, history, and a few laughs am...

In this episode of Splintered Spirits, Gary and John sit down with Rosie Grant, the food folklorist behind Ghostly Archive and the author of To Die For: A Cookbook of Gravestone Recipes. Rosie has spent years traveling to cemeteries around the country, uncovering headstones engraved with actual recipes, baking each dish, then bringing the finished food back to the grave to share a bite with the pe...

In this episode of  Splintered Spirits , Gary and John talk with Mark Marinaccio ( https://linktr.ee/strangestoryco ), Executive Producer of  The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch  and veteran of  Ghost Hunters . Mark has built a career exploring the edge of what can be explained. He has documented strange events, guided research teams through unusual experiments, and helped define how audiences experien...

A live episode from the vault that slipped though the cracks, and we dropped

Gary and John talk about commonalities amongst our guests interpretations of spirits, the idea of other dimensions, the "woo-woo"-ness of energy, big plans for the future, and maybe have an interaction with a spirit.

Modern Mortisha joins Splintered Spirits for a conversation that dives into the strange space where horror becomes art. She has built a world of two-sentence stories, silent performances, and carefully crafted moments that feel unsettling even when nothing moves. Her characters tilt their heads a little too slowly, her scenes linger a little too long, and her humor slips in at the moment you least...

John and Gary talk about big plans for John's Holiday party.

ALERT: Everything you hear from Ghost Fire is 100% real, buuuuut I did add some Halloween fun. Let me know if you see any apparitions and how many you spot 😈 Gary takes Ghost Fire, the custom spirit box he built from scratch, out for its first real test. The mission: find out if the device can actually let us communicate with whatever’s on the other side. Join Gary as he pushes the boundaries bet...

The Hudson Valley all female paranormal investigation team, Full Moon Paranormal joins John and Gary on this week's live!

Gary's sister and John's mother, Cathy Santa visits Splintered Spirits to go over the re-release of Episode 6 where Cathy Nadal gave Gary a reading. The guys also talk about their upcoming episode with Andrea Perron and her mission to make sure her family's former farmhouse (aka The Conjuring House) winds up in good hands. Andrea Perron's GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/the-co...

This week on Splintered Spirits, Gary and John sit down with Andrea Perron—author, survivor, and the eldest daughter from the true story that inspired The Conjuring. But this isn’t about the haunting. It’s about everything that came after. Andrea opens up about decades of reflection, how she made peace with what happened in that farmhouse, and how she’s now facing a new fight: five brain tumors an...

This is an extended re-release with video of episode 6 which is Part 1 of 3 with Psychic-Medium, Cathy Nadal. Cathy meets with Gary to give him a reading (and we share about 99% of it), explain her history and what it means to be psychic and medium. Cathy Nadal can be found at her website ⁠ dreamcentralstation.com⁠ or ⁠@catwitchnyc⁠ on Instagram. Her books, ⁠ And She Danced by the Light of the Moo...

What happens when a seasoned journalist leaves the newsroom and steps into haunted houses, eerie bakeries, and historic sites filled with ghost stories? In this episode of Splintered Spirits , Gary and John talk with News 12 anchor Kristie Reeter about her journey from covering politics and parenting to reporting on the paranormal. Kristie shares what it was like to investigate some of the Tri-Sta...

Author Joni Mayhan, the self-described “Ghost Magnet,” joins Splintered Spirits to reveal why some people attract spirits—and why spirit communication isn’t always fun. In this episode of Splintered Spirits, Gary and John talk with paranormal author and investigator Joni Mayhan, whose book Ghost Magnet explores what happens when spirits attach themselves to the living. With more than twenty titles...

In this Live episode of Splintered Spirits, John and Gary revisit the fireplace room, talk briefly about its history, its hauntings, and share a few videos of John's captures over the years where spirits decided to be physically destructive - throwing candles, mirrors, and of course - slurs.

We’re re-releasing Episode 2 of Splintered Spirits — now with full video! In CEMETERY SPIRITS , Gary and John dig into John’s theories about the paranormal while surrounded by cemetery lore. This is the episode where John first introduces Gary to Edward , a ghost whose presence becomes central to our ongoing journey. We also set up an experiment involving two versions of Edward to test John’s theo...

In this episode of Splintered Spirits , Gary and John sit down with psychic medium and healer Heidi Kemper to explore the mysteries of the Akashic Records and past lives. Heidi shares how the loss of her brother in her teens opened the door to her psychic abilities, eventually leading her to a career helping others through mediumship, shamanic healing, and Akashic Records readings. We dive into wh...

In this episode of  Splintered Spirits , Gary sits down with special guest  Mayra Rath ( soulsigns.net )  to get a crash course into the mysterious world of  Past Life Regression . Together, they explore how guided lifelines can uncover vivid scenes, emotions, and identities that may seem to come from lifetimes long past, but are really everything happening all at once. We talk about what these ex...

In this episode of Splintered Spirits , we sit down with Enocha Edenfield: former news producer, print communications grad, and now Savannah’s go-to guide for all things haunted. She turned her news-eye toward the weird history of Savannah during the pandemic, building a following on TikTok and YouTube and launching ghost tours built on both research and chills. We also hear from John, fresh off a...

Welcome to Splintered Spirits, the podcast hosted by me, Gary, and my nephew, Johnny, who you might already know as @santaparanormal on TikTok. Yep, that’s right—the guy who talks to ghosts for an audience of close to a million. Johnny has a theory, and it’s a wild one: ghosts aren’t roaming entities like you see in the movies. Instead, they’re fragments of energy left behind in places that matter...

Gary and John catch up on the Amie Balesky episode, how frequency plays into spirit communication, the 7 Wonders of the Paranormal World, and what's to come on Splintered Spirits.

In this episode of Splintered Spirits , Gary and John sit down with world-renowned psychic-medium Amie Balesky ( thebaleskyexperience.com ) , whose extraordinary gift was shaped by surviving four near-death experiences—from childhood cancer to medical crises in adulthood. Amie shares how each brush with death heightened her connection to the spirit world and deepened her understanding of vibration...

On this episode of Splintered Spirits, Gary and Johnny welcome Spooky Scoundrel, a Toronto-based paranormal investigator, ghost tour guide, and TikTok creator with over 406,000 followers. Since 2005, Spooky has been exploring the paranormal, and since 2021 they’ve been leading public investigations, teaching people how to talk to spirits while balancing curiosity, humor, and healthy skepticism. Sp...