American Hauntings Podcast

Someone who was watching the KIMT-TV news on the morning of June 27, 1995, might have noticed that the popular anchor Jodi Huisentruit wasn’t behind the news desk that day but they might not have thought much about it. They had no idea that anything strange was happening... Check out our updated website and sign up for our newsletter at  AmericanHauntingsPodcast.com Want an episode every week, plu...

This will not be the last episode to feature a missing child – or missing children, in this case, teenagers – this season, but these stories are two of the most heartbreaking, so get ready for another tough one. Check out our updated website and sign up for our newsletter at  AmericanHauntingsPodcast.com Want an episode every week, plus other awesome perks and discounts? Check out our  Patreon pag...

This Halloween Season, we are discussing our favorite Road Trip Horror Movies, including: Joy Ride (2001) Duel (1971) Vacancy (2007) The Hills Have Eyes (2006) Wrong Turn (2003) House of Wax (2005) The Houses October Built (2014) The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) Race With The Devil (1975) Jeepers Creepers (2001) The Hitcher (1968) & more! Check out our updated website and sign up for our new...

It was on June 6 of that year when two Missouri teenagers and one of their mothers vanished without a trace after a graduation ceremony and have never been seen again. There was no valid reason for the three of them to disappear. They weren’t running from anything or looking for a new life. They’d just celebrated the event of a lifetime and had everything to live for. So, where did the three of th...

On March 10, 1928, Los Angeles mother Christine Collins was faced with every parent’s worst fear – the disappearance of her child. Her son, Walter, vanished that afternoon. Check out our updated website and sign up for our newsletter at  AmericanHauntingsPodcast.com Want an episode every week, plus other awesome perks and discounts? Check out our  Patreon page Find out merch at  AmericanHauntingsC...

On March 24, 1998, a young woman named Amy Lynn Bradley vanished from a Royal Caribbean cruise ship while it was on its way to Curacao. Cruises seem to be an escape from reality, but crime happens on board, too. Most reported crimes are, unfortunately, sexual assaults but other things can happen, just like anywhere when you put that many people into one confined space. Check out our updated websit...

When the Jamison family of Eufala, Oklahoma, vanished in October 2009, it got the attention of the entire country. They seemingly disappeared without a trace one night, which was strange enough, but the story that led up to their disappearance was outright bizarre.  Check out our updated website and sign up for our newsletter at  AmericanHauntingsPodcast.com Want an episode every week, plus other...

Much has changed at the Mineral Springs since it opened more than a century ago, but if you stand in the lobby – when the lighting is just right – you almost expect to see guests in old-fashioned clothing as they hurry past on their way to a mineral cure or to have a cocktail in the hotel bar. And if the stories are true – they still do.  Join us in this special 10-episode "on the side" se...

This is not an easy story to tell. It has a lot of twists, turns, and subplots and, as we mentioned last week, even a connection to several other cases in the Chicago area around this same time. Here is the story of Helen Brach. Check out our updated website and sign up for our newsletter at  AmericanHauntingsPodcast.com Want an episode every week, plus other awesome perks and discounts? Check out...

Every town has a story like the one you just heard. Some places, like Alton, have more than one. Most people dismiss stories like that as nothing more than folklore – a tale to be told around the campfire – but I can’t help but wonder how some of these stories got started in the first place... Join us in this special 10-episode "on the side" season as we revisit new and updated stories fro...

On a hot, sunny, summer Saturday, three young women in bathing suits left all their belongings on a crowded beach and climbed aboard a motorboat on Lake Michigan. They were never seen again. Check out our updated website and sign up for our newsletter at  AmericanHauntingsPodcast.com Want an episode every week, plus other awesome perks and discounts? Check out our  Patreon page Find out merch at ...

In this episode, Troy introduces three haunted houses in town. Although this hardly scratches the surface of the number of local haunts he has uncovered over more than two decades of research into Alton’s history and hauntings, these happened to be his favorites – two of which are still standing.  Join us in this special 10-episode "on the side" season as we revisit new and updated stories...

A young woman will always remember her wedding day. Unfortunately for newlywed Mary Shotwell Little, after having dinner with her friend at the Lenox Square Shopping Center in Atlanta, Georgia, Mary vanished without a trace. Check out our updated website and sign up for our newsletter at  AmericanHauntingsPodcast.com Want an episode every week, plus other awesome perks and discounts? Check out our...

This is a sneak peak of our Patreon-only series "Sinister: The True Story of H. H. Holmes." If you like what you hear, subscribe for more episodes at https://www.patreon.com/americanhauntings Check out our updated website and sign up for our newsletter at  AmericanHauntingsPodcast.com Find out merch at  AmericanHauntingsClothing.com Follow us on Twitter @ AmerHauntsPod , @ TroyTaylor13 , @...

In this episode, we introduce you to Alton’s OTHER ladies in black, whose reason for remaining behind may not be quite as charitable as the Olin Lady in Black, who warned factory workers of possible death in the early part of the twentieth century.  Join us in this special 10-episode "on the side" season as we revisit new and updated stories from our very first season of the podcast on Alt...

On the evening of March 5, 1957, William and Margaret Patterson left their home at 3000 Piedmont Drive in El Paso, Texas, and vanished without a trace, leaving everything they owned behind. But the more the police learned, the stranger the story became. Check out our updated website and sign up for our newsletter at  AmericanHauntingsPodcast.com Want an episode every week, plus other awesome perks...

It is safe to say there are two things that Alton loves – booze and ghosts. And in this special episode, we’ll introduce you to a couple of places that have both. Head downtown with us as we explore some stories you might know- and many that you probably don't. Join us in this special 10-episode "on the side" season as we revisit new and updated stories from our very first season of th...

“The call is coming from inside the house.”  That’s the line that always gets us – it’s a line from one of the most popular urban legends of all time. But what if I told you that’s not just an urban legend? And what if I told you that it’s based on a real story about a murdered babysitter in 1950? A murder that’s never been solved? This is the story of Evelyn Hartley. Check out our updated website...

During the first half of the nineteenth century, Alton was actually the largest town in the state of Illinois. The town was billed as the “most desirable place to live on the east side of the Mississippi River,” St. Louis began to be referred to – much to the dismay of its political and business leaders – as “the little town downriver from Alton.” There are three industries in the area linked to g...

In the summer of 1951, Beverly Potts was just 10 years old. When the Showagon came through Cleveland, Ohio in August 1951, she was ecstatic to go there alone and her mother reluctantly agreed- as long as she was home before dark. Beverly assured her that she’d be careful. That became the last promise that she ever made to her mother. Check out our updated website and sign up for our newsletter at ...

In 1833, construction was completed on the first penitentiary in Illinois. Located in the riverfront town of Alton, there was no other building like it in the state – and only two others anywhere in the United States. The Alton Penitentiary was – and still is – a very haunted place, and it’s one from which there is really no escape – not even in death.  Join us in this special 10-episode "on t...

The Conference is over and we have ghost stories! Thank you to everyone who came out to our biggest one yet. Check out our updated website and sign up for our newsletter at  AmericanHauntingsPodcast.com Want an episode every week, plus other awesome perks and discounts? Check out our  Patreon page Find out merch at  AmericanHauntingsClothing.com Follow us on Twitter @ AmerHauntsPod , @ TroyTaylor1...

In 1867, Harriet Haskell arrived as the new principal of Monticello Female Seminary (present day LCCC). She would become the symbol of the college as she devoted her life to making it one of the most respected female institutions in the country. Her tenure at the college lasted for 40 years – but many believe that it’s never ended.  Join us in this special 10-episode "on the side" season a...

In 1923, Barbara began her most extensive project yet – a complete novel. Finally, in 1926 – after many drafts and a house fire that destroyed one of them – she finished the book. She was only 12 years old. But Barbara’s story had no ending. There was no final chapter because, to this day, no trace of her has ever been found. Check out our updated website and sign up for our newsletter at  America...

In this episode, we discuss Elijah P. Lovejoy, and how his death in Alton, Illinois, in 1837 started the country down the long, dark road toward war. Join us in this special 10-episode "on the side" season as we revisit new and updated stories from our very first season of the podcast on Alton, Illinois, based on the new edition of HAUNTED ALTON by Troy Taylor, available below. Get the upd...