The Activity Continues

This week we sat down with Diane and Kelly from History Goes Bump. Hopefully you caught their episode from March 12, 2024 where they were kind enough to invite us to hang with them on their show.   We stayed up past our bedtimes discussing haunted paintings, ghost cows, scary bridges, history ghost tours, and April Fool’s pranks.   Fun fact of the week: If you put house spiders outside to “save” t...

This week we are discussing The Dead Files “Evil Underground” (Season 2 Episode 16) which aired April 12, 2013. We also talked about grief, kid shopping carts, Snowmageddon, mobsters, being scared running up stairs, and did some jazz hands. This episode was requested by our friend Lili over at Haunted Happy Hour Podcast.   Content Warning :  In this episode we mention child death so trigger warnin...

This week we sat down with Leah Marie Evenstar. She told us all about her recent trip to London, Bali, Thailand, and Viet Nam. It is such an inspirational trip and she’s passed that onto us, along with some travel tips for people (especially women) traveling alone. We talked about how to protect yourself when entering a space where there is negative energy (including spirits), synchronicities (the...

In our last episode of our Spring Break 2024 Series, we are discussing The Dead Files “Deadly Vessel” (Season 11 Episode 7) which aired August 22, 2024. We also talked about a fancy jester, a lady in red, and what it would be like if Jesus was a waiter. We also touched upon hurricane Katrina and our appreciation of those who worked to save people at that time. Content Warning: In this episode we m...

This week we are discussing The Dead Files “Deadly Force” (Season 11 Episode 13) which aired October 2, 2024.  Join us while we discuss college drinking experiences, the meaning of handing someone a hankie, and if regular old vampires should still be considered energy vampires. Also listen to us trying to do math to figure out the ages of people in a story in history. Content Warning : In this epi...

This week we are discussing The Dead Files “Paradise Lost” (Season 6 Episode 13) which aired June 25, 2016. We also talked about the importance of giving yourself a self-care day. Also, we apologize for last week’s episode, it was all over the place. Content Warning : In this episode we mention blatant racism, segregation, animal abuse, gun violence, pearl harbor, internment camps, and internment...

This week we are discussing The Dead Files “The Bone Collector” (Season 13 Episode 4) which aired August 13, 2021. We also talked about PK abilities, shadow people, vortexes, and giving serial killers more descriptive names. Content Warning : In this episode we mention child death, death in childbirth, racism, ancient burial grounds, cremains being mistreated, so trigger warning for those who need...

In this week’s spring break episode we are discussing The Dead Files “Killed by the Klan” (Season 1 Episode 7) which aired November 11, 2011. We pondered if the Klan dare eat spaghetti or lasagna in their white robes, which led to the creation of our new favorite pasta, Spagania. We also talked about kitchen reiki, voodoo curses, and there were more impersonations of Steve. Remember, we’re not exp...

This is the first installment in our Spring Break Series, Ghosts Gone Wild. This week we are discussing The Dead Files “The Deadly Picture Show” (Season 13 Episode 12) which aired October 2, 2021.  We also talked about cults, twiddling knobs, wing walkers, inanimate objects with human faces, and Amy L did a spot on impersonation of Steve. We also talked about cooking mishaps. Yeah, we goofed off a...

This week we met up with Kayli who is the client from The Dead Files episode called “Darkness Rises” (Season 11 Episode 1) which aired July 9, 2019.    Join us while we learn more about what it was like to have The Dead Files in your home. Kayli has some fun (and some maddening) behind-the-scenes stories, such as Amy telling her there is something lurking in her neighborhood, and when one of the p...

This week we are celebrating our 100 th episode! We all met at Amy’s house and made cocktails and just enjoyed seeing each other in person for the first time in 3 months! So we’ve edited together just the moments when we talked about The Dead Files (with a few side tangents, but not to the extent that we actually did IRL). We did a debrief of our conversation with Dead Files client, Laura Lane (ep...

This week we sat down with Laura Lane. She is the client from The Dead Files “Bound” Season 4 Episode 10.   She dropped some super amazing truth bombs about her experience on the Dead Files. Some of it we suspected and some of it blew us away! If you had strong feeling about “Bound” when you watched it, we highly recommend listening to this one. You will be surprised to learn what really happened....

This week we are discussing the Dead Files episode called “Influence to Kill” (Season 8- episode 11) which originally aired September 1, 2017.   We also talked about brushes with trains, teenage stupidity, and cleaning out elderly parents’ cars.   Pour yourself a Victorian cocktail, we recommend the White Tiger’s Milk (recipe below) and join us where The Activity Continues.   Content Warning : In...

This week we are discussing The Dead Files “No Vacancy” (Season 6 Episode 3) which aired April 16, 2016. We also ranked the grossest of cats, dogs, and kids. Some TV shows we’re enjoying, and weirdly named pizza restaurants. It’s fine, we’re fine, everything’s fine.   Content Warning : In this episode we mention boogers, snot, and poop, along in our conversation about what’s grossest. Also some me...

Episode 96: Mercury in the Microwave This week we are recapping The Dead Files “Lust to Kill” (Season 8 Episode 10) which aired August 26, 2017. You will hear about some really bad ghosties, including a widow serial killer who kept killing even after she was dead. We also talked about the TV show we’re watching (and loving) called “School Spirits” You have only Amys today as Megan was unable to jo...

Episode 95: Am I Haunted? This week we sat down with Haunted House survivor, T. Lynn Shapiro. You may remember Toni from our season premier where we read her very scary story about the first entity she met when she was just four years old. Toni has had a lot of wild experiences and she shared some of them with us.  Note: Amy L had to dip out due to a family emergency that needed immediate attentio...

Episode 94: Orbs: Just Dust and Bugs This week we sat down with Dawn McClain. She is a radio talk show host and paranormal investigator. She is a fellow Minnesotan, pet lover, and one funny lady. She’s ONE OF US! We talked about some of her investigations, EVPs, spirit guides, developing mediumship, and a pervy spirit that is attached to Dawn. Also we delved a little into the controversial topic o...

Episode 93: Little Tiny Supernova (season 5 premiere) This week we are dissecting The Dead Files “Darkness Rises” (Season 11 Episode 1) which aired July 9, 2019. We also talked about more Hallmark and holiday movies we’ve watched, spinsters, short people, a child serial killer, and the pros and cons of rearranging your sock drawer. We discussed how looking back we really feel the show misrepresent...

The Activity Continues podcast has a common theme: paranormal discussion and exploration.  The show is hosted by three friends and "soul sisters": Amy Lotsberg, Amy Piersak, and Megan Simmons. They primarily dissect episodes of the TV show "The Dead Files," offering humorous and insightful commentary, personal anecdotes, and discussions about related topics like true crime, ghost s...

Episode 92: 2023 Holiday Special Holiday Traditions and Hallmark Movies Wow we really goofed off on this one! We talked a good 30 minutes before we even welcomed you. Don’t worry, we cut a lot of that. The intro is at about 15 minutes in. This would be one where you can just let it play and barely pay attention. You’re welcome, and happy holidays. We talked about holiday traditions, holiday movies...

This week we are featuring our friends Dom and Kate over at Shittin' Bricks Podcast. They are actually going to be revamping their show with a totally different format, but they do have 110 episodes in this format for you to enjoy. Here is one of them.... Shittin' Bricks A podcast based on the things that scare us the most! Addicted to tales of horror or mystery? ‘Shittin Bricks’ won’t dis...

Hi friends, Amy here. As you know we are off for a few weeks, to return on January 4th. But I wanted to give you a little something to listen to and or think about while you wait. As you may know I have another podcast called Volsteadland. It’s all about the seedy underworld (aka mafia) that was Minneapolis, MN in the 1920s and 30s. When I was researching this story all I kept thinking is that thi...

This week we are talking about the past year and the past season of our show. We welcome new Patrons Shannon, and Lyn & Liz, and we have a possible EVP for you to listen to as well. We also talked about Amy’s Scotland trip, along with travel tips; AP explains the types of cattle and by the end we turn this into a food podcast. And remember: “If everything worked 100% of the time, you’d never l...

This week we have a special treat for you! We are chatting with Travis Bilbrey the sketch artist from the Season Finale of The Dead Files “The Eternal Haunting” (Season 15 Episode 13) which aired October 19, 2023. We also recap the episode a bit, after the interview. Folks, we have thoughts. Content Warning : This is a general content warning, many of the episodes of the TV show talk about murders...

Episode 89: The Four Ps: A Portal, a Poltergeist, and two Paulas. (oh my!) This week we are recapping the most recent episode of The Dead Files “Burning Hatred” (Season 15 Episode 11) which aired October 5, 2023. We welcomed our new Patron, Roxanne to the Ghosty Fam. We also discussed geography, the pain of living with someone, and Steve’s wardrobe.   Content Warning : This is a general content wa...