Ghoul Beans!

We’re not here to burn bridges, we’re here to cower from them! Join us this week on our local live as we spirit box our way into Sharon the ghost's heart. We needed to grab something stronger this time around and we suggest you do the same as we take you on a ride over the Bloomingdale Bridge.   If you have your own experiences or want to share someone else's, we want to hear them! Write in or sen...

 Happy belated Valentine's day from the Ghouls! Today we are celebrating by completely demolishing the traditions of this holiday along with your view on us most likely. We don’t mean to offend, but we’re really just biding time until the alien apocalypse. Grab a discount heart shaped chocolate box, because we are ready to roast and ghost!   If you have your own experiences or want to share someon...

In honor of Valentine’s day we are not talking about love at all! Instead we're providing all of the thrills and chills that our listeners have to offer in this week's episode of Ghouls being Ghouls. We teach you the real world road rules, so you can see what happens when people stop being polite, and start getting spooky. Unplug your demonic animatronic, because we’re reading listener stories!  ...

We’re starting off the season of love with a good ole fashioned mobster haunt. The espresso may not be in the room with us for this one but the ghost of Al Capone is. Think real hard about whatever coffee flavor you hope to taste and listen in as we traverse through the Valentines Day Massacre and other Chicago neighborhood ghosts in this episode of Local Lore.   If you have your own experiences o...

Join us this week as we indulge, unabashedly, in our own guilty pleasures. We are roasting the hell out of ourselves and anyone who doesn’t feel like dishing the beans with us in this week’s Roasted and Ghosted. Make that espresso to go because it's a 56 min ride and we are those drinks for the road kinda girlies.   If you have your own experiences or want to share someone else's, we want to hear...

This week we’re trading in our beans for bubbles while we read the last ghost stories of 2022! There are no resolutions to these listener submissions, so grab a snack pack or 45 as these ghouls continue to be ghouls.   If you have your own experiences or want to share someone else's, we want to hear them! Write in or send a voice memo to us at ghoulbeanspodcast@gmail.com   You can also DM us on In...

Happy New Year from the Ghouls! We’re starting off 2023 by celebrating new equipment, reliving injuries, and recounting our local live adventure. Think about what gives you the creepies as we walk you through the Rosehill Cemetery!   If you have your own experiences or want to share someone else's, we want to hear them! Write in or send a voice memo to us at ghoulbeanspodcast@gmail.com   You can a...

We’re rating some of the most classic ghost hunting shows of our formative years! Whether you hate to love them or love to hate them, chances are you most likely have seen them. Set your coffee makers to roast as we discuss which hunters take the beans!   If you have your own experiences or want to share someone else's, we want to hear them! Write in or send a voice memo to us at ghoulbeanspodcast...

Coming to you remote as we discuss all things local! The cigarette water is piping as we sip on a little history and spooky encounters from both the George Stickney House and the Dole Mansion. Ghosts are literally running through Woodstock and Crystal Lake in this episode so get ready as we dive into some local lore!   If you have your own experiences or want to share someone else's, we want to he...

Tony is back and deader than ever! We kept him for a part two of ghoul talk to get his take on listener ghost stories, middle school glow ups, and Tamara’s personal demon's. Don’t forget to check your backseats as we continue to let Tony spill the Ghoul Beans.   If you have your own experiences or want to share someone else's, we want to hear them! Write in or send a voice memo to us at ghoulbeans...

We have an extra ghoul in the sheets this week as we talk with a deeply disturbed guy, our good friend Tony! A true caffeinated creep, Tony came by to discuss his dealings with the paranormal, i.e. the midwest family that haunts his dreams. So grab a cup of black coffee in solidarity as we let Ghouls be Ghouls!   If you have your own experiences or want to share someone else's, we want to hear the...

It may be a week after our favorite holiday but it’s never too late to talk about what makes up the perfect Midwest Halloween. This week we’re roasting the out of Randy’s pumpkin farm along with casually discussing many other Chicagoland fall activities. Reminisce with us as we talk about Halloween in the burbs, the movies that shaped us, and a pumpkin patch that apparently never existed.   If you...

Join us for part 2, a Halloween mini episode, of our Congress Plaza Hotel adventure featuring our caffeinated baddies and some favorite tales of the night! We share insider information on the ghosts that walk the halls and the way they came to be. It’s confirmed that we came for the stories and left for the same reason!   If you have your own experiences or want to share someone else's, we want to...

Welcome to our first ever Local Lore Live! Where we take you on-site to locations we have no business being, to experience ghosts that we don’t want to find! Join us for part 1 as we go to downtown Chicago, Illinois and talk brief history, famous ghosts, and some personal stories to get the electricity buzzing. This episode is security guard Pete approved, so coffee up as we take you to the Congre...

Welcome to Ghouls being Ghouls. This episode takes you down a journey, no, several journeys from human beans just like you. These listener submitted stories are spooky, at times confusing, and unverifiable! We don’t care if it’s your story, your mom’s story, or your best friend’s uncle’s coworker’s story. If it sends a shiver down our spines, we’re reading them! We may not walk the walk, but we’re...

Join in on our very first Roasted and Ghosted episode where we talk about all of the things and then loosely tie it back to spooky topics. This week we discuss the most common horror themes, the movies that host them, and why cardio keeps us from being the final girl. Grab a mug of pumpkin cream foam and relax as we dive in and roast some classic horror movie tropes.   If you have your own experie...

Welcome to Local Lore! The Midwest is filled with corn, but also ghosts! And we're ready to introduce you to all the local ghouls that we know. We kick off this episode type with a literal hometown favorite; prepare for scary encounters, tales through the telephone, and very little factual information. Sip some coffee and buckle up as we take a drive down Cuba Road.   If you have your own experien...

Two Midwest besties starting their journey into the podcast world. Listen in on a few of the ghost stories that we've personally experienced that has helped cultivate our love of all things spooky. There's ghosts, there's coffee, there's the advanced warning that we are in fact not busting any ghosts. Who you gonna call? Someone else.   If you have your own experiences or want to share someone els...