Second Hand Haunting

Callum & Amber see out the old year with something more annoying than fireworks: a spooky something that won't leave the poor wealthy Shchapoff family, and their numerous servants, alone. Escalating from a ruckus on the roof to a sure-fire murder attempt, this Russian devil is not to be trifled with. Can you hear the drums? If so, email: ⁠⁠⁠2ndhandhaunt@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠ The Book of Dreams and Ghos...

Just in time for Christmas, Callum & Amber sit down to read what Andrew Lang calls "The best story in the world": the old Icelandic tale of Glam. As an excerpt from Iceland's Saga of Grettir the Strong: Yeomen, shepherds, monsters, thralls, and big strong boys abound. Send us you Christmas wishlist: ⁠⁠⁠ 2ndhandhaunt@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠ The Book of Dreams and Ghosts (C)1897 Andrew Lang (Reprint ISBN 9...

Jess, Justin, and Callum provide very different, yet equally esteemed interpretations of the poltergeist and spectral events surrounding poor Amy, a thirteen year old girl in the USA in 2002. After they give their own advice they hear what Echo Bodine: self proclaimed ghostbuster, psychic, clairvoyant, and spiritual healer, said to Amy back in '02. To shake off that horror, they play a little game...

Olly's back from his holiday just in time to celebrate our 2 year anniversary! Callum updates him on his own recent spooky experience, catches up on Olly's circumstances during the Halloween Seance, and reads a haunting tale of the one place in London that Olly didn't go: the Tower of London. If you or someone you know has been seized by a vial of alien goo, contact us here: ⁠⁠⁠ 2ndhandhaunt@gmail...

Callum & Amber indulge in their bed-time routine: cozy pajamas, potent nightcaps, and stories from Japanese folklore. If you've ever buried a corpse beneath a house, admit your sins here: ⁠⁠⁠2ndhandhaunt@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠ Japanese Tales selected, edited, and translated by Royall Tyler (C)1987 (ISBN 0-375-71451-0) Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/danijel-zambo/centuries...

It's Halloween 2025, and that means it's time to try and contact the dead again! This time we're using the Estes Method to tap into the Spirit Realm via a Spirit Box. Or at the very least Callum, Steph, Justin, an Amber try to contact Olly who is in an undisclosed location halfway around the world... Find Justin and Steph on Instagram Send your interpretation of our seance here: ⁠⁠⁠2ndhandhaunt@gm...

Fresh from their ghost hunt in a haunted lunatic asylum, Olly asked Callum to find some stories about other haunted health care facilities. He hit the jackpot, because apparently the Royal Melbourne Hospital, Brisbane's Royal Children's Hospital, AND Adelaide's Women's and Children's Hospital are all haunted! Tell us about your dosed-up hospital hallucinations here: ⁠⁠⁠2ndhandhaunt@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠ Ha...

Callum, Olly & Amber went on a Ghost Hunt in the old Glenside Z-Ward (a.k.a. Parkside Lunatic Asylum). Find out what they saw, heard, and felt in the dingy, barbaric, and reputedly haunted facility that held Adelaide's most troubled minds for over 100 years. Recommend more haunted sites at: ⁠⁠⁠ 2ndhandhaunt@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠ Ghost Tour & Hunt provided by Adelaide's Haunted Horizons. Music from...

Callum gives Justin a choice of ghost stories from China, Japan, or the Mystery Box! Of course he manages to double-dip, but that just means a deadly double dose of phantom fun! Check out the pictures from the episode on Instagram . Email Justin at https://www.pzinner.com.au/contact Or on Instagram . or email Callum here: ⁠⁠⁠ 2ndhandhaunt@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠ Japanese Tales selected, edited, and translate...

Callum tortures Amber & Olly with letters that were submitted to psychic Echo Bodine asking for help with very... intimate spectral problems they've been having. Email the gang here: ⁠⁠⁠ 2ndhandhaunt@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠ Dear Echo... (C)2002 Echo Bodine (ISBN 0 00 716642 7) Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/danijel-zambo/centuries-ago License code: RTOJRJP10E2YDEGT See omn...

Callum is joined by Amber and special guest Steph Heff to discuss the eagerly anticipated Lumley Castle. As in Joanna Lumley. But she's hardly the only recognisable name connected to the ghostly activity in both the haunted castle  and it's spooky surrounds... Email the gang here: ⁠⁠⁠ 2ndhandhaunt@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠ Check out Steph Heff on Instagram: @steph.heff ABC story of Australian Cricketers:...

Callum & Olly get on a call to discuss a fancy restaurant haunted by a fancy phantom. Where else can you behold a swinging chandelier before being perved on by a washroom wraith, and then get blown out the back door? Email the boys here: ⁠⁠⁠ 2ndhandhaunt@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠ Ghost Stories of Chester County and the Brandywine Valley by Charles J Adams III (ISBN 1-880683-15-6) Music from #Uppbeat (free...

Callum & Olly are joined by Welshy & Murray from Scripty Business to help us get through three bizarre tales of a German banshee, an obedient revenant, and a marital squabble from beyond the grave. This one reeaalllly isn't for the kiddos... Complain about our dirty mouths here: ⁠⁠⁠ 2ndhandhaunt@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠ Almanac of the Uncanny (C)1995 by Reader's Digest (ISBN 0 86438 910 8) Music from...

Callum & Olly read about some bona fide South Australian maritime ghost lore. Well, the ship was named after Kooringa in SA, anyway. It was built in NSW, sailed from VIC to QLD, and was designed by a massive Carlton FC fan who didn't ever want to leave his baby, even after he died... Send your Cheap Wine lyric theories to: ⁠⁠⁠ 2ndhandhaunt@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠ Shadows: Tales of South Australia's Super...

Callum & Olly report from the scene of the Old Adelaide Gaol, where they've joined a Ghost Tour and are having an eerily good time. Recommend more haunted sites at: ⁠⁠⁠ 2ndhandhaunt@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠ Ghost Tour provided by Adelaide's Haunted Horizons . Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/danijel-zambo/centuries-ago License code: RTOJRJP10E2YDEGT See omnystudio.com/listene...

Callum & Olly read the oldest known recorded story of a haunted house, among other spirits and night mischief perpetrated in ancient Rome. Send latin pronunciation corrections to: ⁠⁠⁠ 2ndhandhaunt@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠ The Letters of the Younger Pliny, translated by Betty Radice (C)1963 Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/danijel-zambo/centuries-ago License code: RTOJRJP10E2Y...

Callum, Amber & Olly read about inexplicable lamps, eerie showers, and the ghostly echoes of fame on John Wayne's yacht after he died. Send corrections to Callum's facts about John Wayne & Elvis Presley here: ⁠⁠⁠ 2ndhandhaunt@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠ Ghost Stories of California (C)2000 by Barbara Smith (ISBN 1-55105-237-7) Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/danijel-zambo/ce...

Callum takes Amber & Olly back to the 1500s, when anyone could be a ghost. Wives of God, Wives of Kings, even wives of mediums! Wait a minute... Send your ghost wife tale to: ⁠⁠⁠ 2ndhandhaunt@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠ Almanac of the Uncanny (C)1995 by Reader's Digest (ISBN 0 86438 910 8) Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/danijel-zambo/centuries-ago License code: RTOJRJP10E2YDEG...

Callum offers Amber Patrick & Justin McArthur some baked potato snacks, with a side-serving of horrors found in Pringle's Mansion, Edinburgh! There's a creepy crawly in the cellar, a monster running loose in the halls, and a demonic disturbance in the bed. Content Warning for misophonia, let alone all the usual stuff. Send angry emails to Callum at: ⁠⁠⁠2ndhandhaunt@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠ Check out more...

Olly's got a trip to California coming up, so Callum decides to warn him of the dangers of local haunted hotels & antique stores carrying dreadful dolls. Wish Olly bon voyage at ⁠⁠⁠2ndhandhaunt@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠ Ghost Stories of California (C)2000 by Barbara Smith (ISBN 1-55105-237-7) Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/danijel-zambo/centuries-ago License code: RTOJRJP10E...

Callum & Olly get back to basics and read a couple of stories submitted the Irish public about a repeating ghost that loves trains, and the phantom fire of freedom fighters echoing down through time. Email the boys at ⁠⁠⁠ 2ndhandhaunt@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠ True Irish Ghost Stories (C)1926 by John Seymour & Harry Neligan (1994 ISBN 1 85958 050 5) Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://upp...

Callum hopes Olly hasn't looked at the date yet and hits him with some baffling old poetry about a headless pirate that haunts those involved in his untimely death. To lighten the mood, he follows it up with a delightful poem about a thieving bird's redemption. And they're both definitely accurate accounts of things that totally happened, we swear. Email the boys at ⁠⁠⁠ 2ndhandhaunt@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠ T...

Callum and Olly are joined by Steph Heff, and decide that they're in the mood for some cowboys. Herdin', shootin', drinkin', hauntin' cowboys. WARNING: May contain traces of flaming skull motorcycle riders and Blues Brothers 2000. Email the boys at ⁠⁠⁠ 2ndhandhaunt@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠ Ghost Stories of the Old West (C)2003 by Dan Asfar (ISBN 978-1-894877-17-6) Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): htt...

Callum and Olly try to avoid getting too wet while they read about Captain W. de S. Smythe and his horrific encounter with a phantom femme fatale in his new bathroom. If you've got any story recommendations, email us at ⁠⁠⁠ 2ndhandhaunt@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠ Scottish Ghost Stories (C)1911 by Elliott O'Donnell (2006 ISBN 0-7117-0533-X) Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/danijel-z...

Callum hits Olly with a one-two punch of unwanted spectral advances and then Pirates VS Werewolves. Who will win? Why, the listener of course! Unless you're French. Or Spanish. Or even West Indian? In any case, Callum's terribly sorry. If you can beat our research, email us at ⁠⁠⁠ 2ndhandhaunt@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠ the hag of the dribble & other true ghosts from the files of Elliott O'Donnell (C)1971 b...