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On this bonus episode, we discuss two Hollywood elites- Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks. Sign up for our newsletter at  AmericanHauntingsPodcast.com Check out our new shirts at  AmericanHauntingsClothing.com Follow us on Twitter  @AmerHauntsPod ,  @TroyTaylor13 ,  @CodyBeckSTL Follow us on Instagram  @AmericanHauntingsPodcast ,  @TroyTaylorgram ,  @CodyBeckSTL Subscribe for more bonus content...

On this bonus episode, we discuss the bizarre tale of Walburga "Dolly” Oesterreich who kept a secret lover in the attic for years, finally ending in murder.  Where To Find Us: Sign up for our newsletter at  AmericanHauntingsPodcast.com Check out our new shirts at  AmericanHauntingsClothing.com Follow us on Twitter  @AmerHauntsPod ,  @TroyTaylor13 ,  @CodyBeckSTL Follow us on Instagram  @Americ...

What is about a theater that seems to attract a ghost? Could it be the range of emotions expressed by the actors, from joy to sorrow to fear? Perhaps all that emotion attracts spirits who need that energy to exist. Or perhaps terrible or tragic events occur in a theater – just as they do in other kinds of buildings – and that leaves an impression behind as a haunting. Where To Find Us: Sign up for...

In 1959, Harold Perelson seemed to be a man with everything going for him. He had a distinguished career as a doctor, a beautiful wife, loving children, and a wonderful home in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles that was ideal for what seemed to be the perfect family. And then on the night of December 6, neighbors were awakened by the sound of Harold Perelson’s daughter, Judye, screaming an...

What makes Hollywood – “Hollywood?” The movies, of course, and the movie stars. But behind the façade – where the sausage is made, so to speak, are the studios where the magic happens. And the desperate spirits who refuse to vacate long after the director has called "cut." Where To Find Us: Sign up for our newsletter at AmericanHauntingsPodcast.com Check out our new shirts at AmericanHaunt...

At just three minutes before midnight on March 12, 1928, the St. Francis Dam, which had been designed as a reservoir for the Los Angeles water supply by William Mulholland, suddenly failed, releasing 11 billion gallons of water into a narrow valley in northeastern Los Angeles County, destroying everything in its path. Over the course of the next four hours, a roaring wall of water swept through th...

Want to submit a story to our new magazine, The Morbid Curious? You can do so here . Follow us on social: Instagram: @AmericanHauntingsPodcast Twitter: @AmerHauntsPod Leave us a review in iTunes by clicking this link We have new shirts! Check them out at AmericanHauntingsClothing.com Sign up for our newsletter at AmericanHauntingsPodcast.com This episode was written by Troy Taylor . Produced and e...

On this bonus episode, Troy discusses the "Phantom of the Heights", a tall, thin figure, dressed all in black, who began sprinting across the rooftops of O’Donnell Heights. It leapt on and off buildings, broke into houses, attacked people, enticed a young girl to crawl under a car and played music in the nearby graveyard. Groups of young men patrolled the streets, while others waited by th...

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After the murder of Joe Romano, which we described at the end of the last episode, hysteria seemed to grip the city as possible sightings of the Axman began to be reported all over town – especially in Italian neighborhoods. Want to submit a story to our new magazine, The Morbid Curious? You can do so here . Follow us on social: Instagram: @AmericanHauntingsPodcast Twitter: @AmerHauntsPod Leave us...

New Orleans war against vice – like the Great War in Europe – appeared to be nearly at an end. The city was poised to become a normal, orderly, Christian place that the reformers wanted it to be. Until, that is, the appearance of a mysterious figure with an ax that would start a frenzy in New Orleans – over murder and, of all things, jazz music – that was like nothing the city had seen before or s...

Vampires, ghosts, monsters, and an assortment of murderers. All of them have roamed the streets of New Orleans at one time or another and have become part of the city’s spookiest lore. Some of these boogeymen – from the Needle Men to the Gown Man to Hugging Molly – have sometimes even caused more fear than the killers have. And that’s largely because they conjured up some very bad memories of the...

This week, we're talking New Orleans Vampires! We apologize for the audio- we ran into some pandemic technical issues and we will make sure to not disappoint again in two weeks.  Want to submit a story to our new magazine, The Morbid Curious? You can do so here . Follow us on social: Instagram: @AmericanHauntingsPodcast Twitter: @AmerHauntsPod Leave us a review in iTunes by clicking this link...

This week, we begin our "Dead Men Do Tell Tales" series by discussing The Carrolton Jail and The Sultan’s Palace Massacre. Want to submit a story to our new magazine, The Morbid Curious? You can do so here . Follow us on social: Instagram: @AmericanHauntingsPodcast Twitter: @AmerHauntsPod Leave us a review in iTunes by clicking this link We have new shirts! Check them our at AmericanHaunti...

Today we discuss Hurricane Katrina and the aftermath that left a city in ruin. Follow us on social: Instagram: @AmericanHauntingsPodcast Twitter: @AmerHauntsPod For a free month of Stitcher Premium, visit www. StitcherPremium.com and use promo code: HAUNTINGS Leave us a review in iTunes by clicking this link We have new shirts! Check them our at AmericanHauntingsClothing.com Sign up for our newsle...

New Orleans is a city that is known for being out of the ordinary. There are dozens and dozens of old, historic hotels, inns, and mansions that have been turned into bed and breakfasts and guest houses in the French Quarter, and all of them have the kind of atmosphere that you won’t find in any other city in America. Follow us on social: Instagram: @AmericanHauntingsPodcast Twitter: @AmerHauntsPod...

There are a lot of things that define the spirit of New Orleans, from its music to its ghosts, but among the top things are its food and drinks. Sometimes the meals are so tempting and memorable that people can't seem to stay away, even after death. Follow us on social: Instagram: @AmericanHauntingsPodcast Twitter: @AmerHauntsPod For a free month of Stitcher Premium, visit www. StitcherPremium...

In this week's episode, we dive into our favorite disaster and pandemic movies.  Here's the list and where to find them: Contagion (2011, Hulu) Outbreak (1995, Netflix) The Stand (1994, Vudu) 28 Days Later (2002, Hulu) 28 Weeks Later (2007, Amazon) World War Z (2013, Hulu) Train To Busan (2016, Tubi, Vudu) REC 1-4 (2007-2014, Amazon) I Am Legend (2007, Amazon) Twelve Monkeys (1995, Vudu) C...

There are 38 cemeteries in New Orleans, so there’s no way that we can get to them all. Instead, we’ll focus on the history of death, burials, and boneyards in the city and then take a closer look at the cemetery that is the most popular among tourists. Of course, just using those two words together – “cemetery” and “tourist” – says a lot what kind of traveler embraces New Orleans. I’m thinking tha...

Ask any tourist – or anyone who watched a season of American Horror Story – and they can tell you that Marie Laveau is the undisputed Queen of Voodoo in New Orleans. Voodoo is as big a part of New Orleans as jazz, gumbo, and Mardi Gras. Most tourists, even after seeing the voodoo shops in the French Quarter, assume that voodoo is a thing of the past – but they couldn’t be more wrong. The religious...

Today we discuss the role of New Orleans in the Civil War, as well as war heroes, villains, and of course, haunted houses. Follow us on social: Instagram: @AmericanHauntingsPodcast Twitter: @AmerHauntsPod For a free month of Stitcher Premium, visit www. StitcherPremium.com and use promo code: HAUNTINGS Leave us a review in iTunes by clicking this link or on RateThisPodcast. Check out our NEW PATRE...

Recorded live at Dead of Winter 2020. Today, we discuss the "unsinkable" ship, the RMS Titanic, and the spirits of the 1,517 people she left behind.  On April 14, 1912, four days into its maiden voyage, the world’s largest passenger steamship, RMS Titanic, struck an iceberg and sank in just 2 hours and 40 minutes – carrying 1,517 people to the depths of the Atlantic Ocean. Follow us on soc...

Today we discuss the birth of jazz music and its incorporation into the red-light district of early New Orleans, from Basin Street to Storyville. Follow us on social: Instagram: @AmericanHauntingsPodcast Twitter: @AmerHauntsPod Jazz music is, without a doubt, an American invention. That’s about the only thing that we know for sure, other than it originated within the African-American communities o...

We're talkin' PIRATES! Today we tell the story of the most infamous pirate of New Orleans, John Lafitte and his role instrumental role in The Battle of New Orleans. Follow us on social: Instagram: @AmericanHauntingsPodcast Twitter: @AmerHauntsPod In the early 1800's, New Orleans was a tough place. Business at the popular pirate party cove, Grand Terre, was shabbily conducted, with ever...