Avery After Dark

On Christmas Eve in 1945, a mysterious fire broke out at the Sodder home in Fayetteville, West Virginia. George Sodder, his wife Jennie and four of their nine children escaped. Leaving 5 of the children still inside The fire department didn't arrive for 7 hours. When they finally did get to the scene, the home was nothing but ash Strangely, the bodies of the five children were never found. The Sod...

After an uncomfortable shuttle ride home from the airport, 32 year old Donnah Winger told her husband Mark about the experience. She said the shuttle driver, a young man by the name of Roger Harrington, drove erratically & made violent comments. So the Wingers decided to file a complaint with the shuttle company Just a few days later, Mark Winger called 911 to report that Roger had broken in a...

A Haunted Lake, A Spooky Hotel Room & An Entire Cursed Town... CHILLS! This episode, we have 3 Ghost Stories! First up, the haunting of Covewood Lodge in NY. A paranormal case intertwined with a shocking & brutal murder in the early 1900's After that, we are discussing Room 311 at the Read House Hotel in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The room is haunted by a woman who died there in the late 1920...

This episode, Avery discussed 3 of the most disturbing disappearances in recent years. First up, the unsolved disappearances of Hannah Upp. She has gone missing 3 separate times & is currently missing Next, the chilling & bizarre disappearance of Terrence Woods Jr. A 26 year old production assistant who mysterious vanished into the woods in 2018 after wrapping a TV shoot in Idaho Lastly, t...

Happy Halloween To You! For our very special Halloween Episode, we are talking GHOSTS! Our first case is the Surrency Family Poltergeist. In the 1700's, a small southern town was thrust into the paranormal spotlight when the Surrency Family began experiencing poltergeist activity at their farmhouse. Out of NO WHERE!  The entity seemed to be targeting their 15 year old daughter Clementine. Chilling...

Welcome back to the Avery After Dark Podcast! I am excited to share that the show just hit 1 MILLION LISTENS! I want to say thank you to all who tune in every week & support the podcast! For this very special episode — I have a little bit of everything for you. 4 different stories, 1 episode First up, a chilling Halloween disappearance that has baffled investigators for over 20 years. Next, a...

What lurks in the darkness? Some call this place the MOST terrifying building in America. Waverly Hills Sanatorium is a former tuberculosis sanatorium in Louisville, Kentucky A place where many who were stricken with the illness came to recover from the unforgiving illness... It's apparent that although the hospital closed decades ago, many never left Waverly Hills as it's known as one of the most...

Chipmunk alibis, spy pens & a secret affair. Suzanne Morphew mysteriously disappeared on Mother's Day weekend in 2022. The mother of 2's case became the biggest mystery in Colorado. What happened to Suzanne Morphew?  Her husband Barry Morphew has been the #1 suspect for investigators but without a body, charges were dismissed against him  But in September 2023, Suzanne's remains were discovere...

Happy October, friends! For todays episode, we are going fully spooky, fully supernatural... are you ready? First up, we are discussing the haunting of Apartment 14 in Chico, California. A paranormal case intertwined with an unsolved disappearance from the 1970's.  For our second story, we are discussing The Haunting of the Lemp Mansion in St. Louis, Missouri. One of America's most infamous parano...

In November 1974, Lindley Street in Bridgeport, CT became the epicenter for one of most-documented & intense hauntings in history. Moving furniture, breaking windows, levitating objects terrified everyone who stepped foot inside the home... As the situation intensified, police and firefighters were called in. As well as news reporters, priests, paranormal investigators and Ed & Lorraine Wa...

If you had to describe your mom in 3 words, what would they be? Hopefully words like compassionate, caring & protective come to mind. The bond between a mothers & their babies is one of the strongest human connections It's a bond 19-year-old Ashley Wallace thought of her mother Stacey Castor. She thought of her mom as her best friend, someone she trusted with her life. But this turned out...

The town of Whitewater, Wisconsin seems like any typical midwestern college town. But if you dig a big deeper, you'll see it's anything but... It's been dubbed the 'Second Salem' for its dark history of witchcraft, hauntings & unexplainable occurrences. How did this town get SUCH a chilling reputation? Our second story, we have an especially haunting true story from a Hawaiian police officer....

Are you ready for goosebumps? This episode we have 4 true ghost stories! First up, we have the chilling case of the Tallman Family. After moving into a new home & purchasing a 2nd hand bunkbed, the family suffered through 9 months of paranormal torment before fleeing their home in the middle of the dead of winter.  Next is the true story of the 28 fires of Odon, Indiana. A supernatural mystery...

Unsolved, Strange & Supernatural... Avery discusses The Unsolved Murder of Elizabeth 'Liz' Barraza, The Strange Disappearance of Steven Kubacki & The Supernatural Story of Lucky West Side 15 If you have ANY information on the case of Elizabeth Barraza, Crime Stoppers is offering a $50,000 reward for any information. Call (713) 222-TIPS Watch this podcast episode! Click HERE to check it out...

The Bellaire House in Ohio is one of the most legendary & haunted in the nation. Built in the 1800's by a coal mining executive, it's been the site of a mining explosion, ancient Native American burial caves & the French & Indian wars.  In decades since, it's become a paranormal hotspot. It's seen a frequent turnover of residents. No one seems to want anything to do with this house. Th...

Did her ghost help solve her own murder?  Teresita Basa was a healthcare worker who had been brutally murdered. Police came up with no leads & had very little evidence to go on But then one day, investigators got a phone call that would change everything. This tip would take this investigation into the world of the paranormal, the unexplained The caller stated that his wife was being visited b...

When the Lee family moved into a log cabin in the middle of the Black Forest in Colorado, they thought they hit the jackpot. The spacious two-story home sat on 5 acres in the densest & most secluded part of the woods But shortly after moving in, The Lee's began to experience a series of truly terrifying events. They heard footsteps, the sounds of chains rattling & would hear orchestra musi...

In 2015, 60-year-old Dr. Mary Yoder, a chiropractor who ran a thriving upstate New York practice with her husband Dr. William Yoder, suspected she may have had a stomach bug. This was out of the ordinary for Mary as she was the usually the picture of health... But her illness escalated rapidly & within 48 hours, Mary Yoder was dead. Doctors were baffled and said they had never seen anything li...

They were the all American couple. Lindsay was a beauty queen, Robert was a football star. By all accounts, Lindsay & Robert Shiver appeared to live a perfectly charmed life in Georgia with their children. Mansions, private jets, the Shivers lived the good life. Instagram posts from Lindsay showed the family grinning happily on beachside lavish vacations, living a life many dream of But this w...

I want you to imagine, you just bought your DREAM home. It's everything you've ever wanted. But as soon as you move in, something feels off... You're hearing strange noises coming from empty rooms, seeing shadows out of the corner of your eye & just can't shake the feeling that someone is watching you You finally come to the realization that your dream home has turned into a nightmare. The pla...

It's the arrest that has SHOCKED the nation. A serial killer has been hiding in plain sight for years as a New York suburban dad & husband... More than a decade after 11 bodies were found on Long Island, a New York architect has been charged in the Gilgo Beach murders  Rex Heuermann, 59 was arrested last week at his Manhattan office and arraigned Friday in the deaths of three women. He is also...

Charles and Catherine Romer, a wealthy couple from New York, checked into a Holiday Inn in Brunswick, Georgia, on April 8th, 1980 And then, they vanished What happened to the Romers after they entered that hotel room remains a puzzling mystery Days after the couple went missing, police were finally notified. Investigators were baffled as when they inspected the couples hotel room, all their belong...

Many say the iconic Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado is the MOST haunted hotel in America! And for good reason... the hotel is overflowing with paranormal activity Since The Stanley opened its doors in 1909, this picturesque hotel has seen a lot. From a gas explosion that destroyed nearly 10% of the hotel, to spooked guests fleeing in the middle of the night from the ghostly activity inside T...

In 1986, Sherri Rasmussen was in the prime of her life. She had married to her husband John Ruetten 3 months prior and had a very successful career as a nurse On February 24th, John Ruetten returned home to find his wife Sherri dead on the floor of their Los Angeles condo. She had been beaten & shot 3 times The crime scene suggested a long struggle and the condo was in complete disarray. Stere...

On November 19th, 1990, wealthy business executive John Grundhofer arrived at his offices at 8:10am in Minneapolis, Minnesota. As he exited his car in the parking garage, a man calling himself "Carl" approached John and abducted him at gunpoint From here, the kidnapper demanded some of the 3 million dollar ransom be paid in $1000 dollar bills and also had to reference a 'how to kidnap' cheat sheet...