Haunted Happenings

The Lenape are an indigenous people who live in the Northeastern United States and Canada. In this episode, I interview Theresa Johnson, a member of the Lenape tribe who is a seer and a healer. At an early age, Theresa learned that she has the ability to see and communicate with spirits. She also discovered that she has the gift of being a healer to those who are experiencing physical pain. Contac...

We're all familiar with Grimm's fairytales, but some of the stories we all know and love are watered-down versions of the original tales published in 1812. The first collection was filled with dark, terrifying stories of murder, dismemberment and cannibalism. Some of the stories were so horrific that they were taken out of later editions. Join me as I share the grimmest of Grimm's fairytales. Cont...

In 2011, a family moved into a house in Gary, Indiana. Soon after, strange things started happening around the house, and the children began behaving violently and speaking in demonic voices. One child levitated over her bed, and another walked up a wall backwards while being examined by a psychologist at a hospital. The terrifying case culminated in a series of exorcisms approved by the Catholic...

On December 4, 1872, an unmanned, abandoned merchant ship named the Mary Celeste was discovered adrift on the Atlantic ocean. She was fully stocked with six months’ worth of food and supplies and was completely seaworthy, but all of her passengers had inexplicably vanished without a trace. To this day, scientists are still trying to unravel the mystery of the crew's baffling disappearance. Join me...

Each year, thousands of people driving on roads and highways report coming face to face with ghostly figures, mysterious lights, and phantom hitchhikers. Multiple sightings by reliable witnesses suggests that these eerie apparitions are more than just urban legends -- they are truly terrifying paranormal experiences. Join me as I take you on a chilling journey down some of America's most haunted r...

In 1971, a strange face appeared on the concrete floor of a private house in Bélmez, Spain. The family was frightened by this eerie face, so they dug up that section of the floor and put down a thick layer of cement. But even more faces started showing up on the floor. Investigators and scientists flocked to the home to conduct tests on the eerie faces, but they were completely baffled. They weren...

In 1828, medical universities in Edinburgh, Scotland were in dire need of cadavers for students to dissect. As a result, grave robbers were digging up corpses and selling them for huge sums of money. William Hare and William Burke came up with a diabolical scheme. They would murder people staying at Hare's boarding house, and sell the bodies to the universities. By the time they were caught, the t...

From zombies to vampires, and revenants to golems, tales of the undead have been around for thousands of years. Some cultures still believe that it's possible to turn a human being into one of the walking dead, or to create a creature out of mud and clay and give it life. Join me as I explore the mysterious, fascinating world of the undead. Website: ConnecticutGhostHunter.com Contact: barrypirro@y...

In 1977, a family of five was terrorized by poltergeist activity in their home in Enfield, England. The haunting centered around a young girl named Janet Hodgson, and it was investigated by The Society for Psychical Research, newspaper and television reporters, and by Ed and Lorraine Warren. The movie 'The Conjuring 2' is loosely based on the case, but the real story is far more intriguing. Join m...

Reports of poltergeists have been around for centuries. The first published account was "The Glenluce Poltergeist" of 1654. Did you know that the founder of the Methodist Church, John Wesley, grew up in a house that was haunted by a poltergeist in the early 1700s? And one of the most widely studied poltergeist cases, "The Great Amherst Mystery", took place in England in the late 1800s. Join me as...

This is the first of three episodes devoted to famous poltergeist cases. The things that people experience in poltergeist cases are not just things that go bump in the night. They are bizarre, often violent outbursts of paranormal activity. While some poltergeist cases go back as far as the 1600s, today’s episode is about a modern case; one that was witnessed by scores of people, and that was feat...

In 2013, "The Conjuring" became one of the highest grossing films of the year. It tells the story of a family who bought a haunted farmhouse, and how paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren freed them from a demonic entity. The movie claims to be based on real events, but it turns out that the true story is far more frightening and virtually none of it appears in the film. Join me as I tel...

Between August and November 1888, the residents of Whitechapel London were terrorized by a series of unspeakable murders as prostitutes in the area were being killed and horribly mutilated. Letters sent to a local news agency claimed to be from the killer himself. They were signed Jack the Ripper. 135 years later, we still don't know the true identity of the murderer, but theories abound. Join me...

In 1848, 14-year-old Maggie Fox and her and 11-year-old sister Kate played a harmless prank on their mother. They convinced her that their house was haunted, and that they could communicate with the ghost. They would ask the spirit questions, and loud knocks would be heard in reply. Within weeks the girls were performing their spirit communication act on stage in front of hundreds of spectators. O...

In this episode, author Joe DeSantis discusses the infamous Lizzie Borden murder case, and introduces his new book, "The Maplecroft Message". On August 4, 1892, Andrew and Abby Borden were viciously murdered in broad daylight in their home in Fall River, Massachusetts. Their daughter Lizzie was accused of the ax murders and brought to trial. After three weeks, the jury deliberated for just two hou...

Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol is without a doubt the most well known ghost story ever written. But what most people don’t realize is that the book contains references to a variety of paranormal phenomena. So, turn off your lights, sit back and join me as I explore the paranormal in Dickens masterpiece, A Christmas Carol. Website: http://www. ConnecticutGhostHunter.com Contact: barrypirro@yaho...

We all have bad dreams from time to time, but nightmares are a type of dream in a category all their own. They're terrifying dreams that haunt us even after we awaken. Folklore about nightmares can be found in every culture. Authors such as Stephen King have used their nightmares as inspiration for their writings, and Mark Twain once had a nightmare that came true. Join me as I explore the strange...

We all lose things from time to time. But have you ever lost something, searched all over for it, then found it again in the exact spot where you put it to begin with? Or, has a lost object ever turned up in a totally different location? If so, you've experienced Disappearing Object Phenomenon, or DOP for short. Many instances of DOP are totally unexplainable. They involve missing/returning object...

In the late 18th century, citizens of New England began hearing whispers and rumors. As plagues ravished families and communities, a strange belief took hold of the states, the belief that there were blood sucking vampires in their midst. Even more disturbing, they believed that the vampires were members of their own families, and that each and every one had to be hunted down to make sure they sta...

Everyone knows about the Salem witch trials of 1692, but the first person executed for witchcraft in the American colonies wasn’t from Salem. She was a young woman named Alse Young from Windsor, Connecticut. In 1647, she was found guilty of witchcraft and executed by hanging in Hartford, then buried in an unmarked grave. The Connecticut witch panic and trials are almost unknown to most people, but...

On May 21, 1937, Amelia Earhart set out to be the first woman to circumnavigate the globe. After nearly completing her journey, she began having radio problems. She couldn't find the island she was to land on for refueling, and her plane was running low on fuel. On July 2, 1937 at 8:43 AM she made one last broadcast, and was never seen again. Did her plane really go down in the Pacific, or did she...

The Bell Witch has been called America’s greatest ghost story. The tale centers on John Bell and his family who came under attack by an invisible entity in 1817. The phantom, known as "Kate", had the ability to speak, move objects, and to inflict physical harm. For some unknown reason she hated John, and she was eventually responsible for his death. Was Kate a witch, a ghost, a poltergeist, or was...

In this episode I interview Carla Blaha, a third-generation intuitive medium who had her first metaphysical experience when she was just 3-years-old. Today, she works as a full-time Evidential Psychic Medium. Carla is the host of the podcast 'Believe and Listen with Carla Blaha', and is the author of the book 'Get Your Vibe Back'. She has also published over forty articles on the subject of spirit...

As a paranormal investigator, I've come up against every type of haunting you can imagine -- ghosts, poltergeists, doppelgängers, you name it. But occasionally something more sinister comes along -- a demon. In 2018 I was contacted by a woman in need of help from alarming demonic activity in her home. This is the true story of what she experienced, and how I was able to help her when all others fa...

Richard D. Lewis is an author, journalist, and a veteran of the US Air Force where he began his career in broadcasting. He is the creator of the award winning Pentagon Channel TV newsmagazine ‘Air Force Space Today', and he has won multiple Telly and Thomas Jefferson Awards for his work in television. In his new book “The Paranormal Christian Book II: The Quickening”, Richard examines paranormal p...