Buried Secrets Podcast

In December 2021, I visited the Old Alton Bridge, or Goatman's Bridge. Here's what it's like to visit the famously haunted bridge, as well as the history of the bridge itself.  CONTENT NOTE: I talk about gun use in this episode (not about people getting shot, but about people shooting guns near the bridge because they're bored.) If you don't want to hear about that, then skip this episode. You sho...

The Old Alton Bridge, or Goatman's Bridge, is a famously haunted site in north Texas. It has been featured in Buzzfeed Unsolved and Ghost Adventures, and the urban legends about the bridge are well-known in the paranormal world. But in my research, I've discovered that everything may not be as it seems at the Old Alton Bridge . . .  Highlights include: • a Reddit troll who makes some wild claims a...

I talk about some of the strangeness and patterns that have emerged during my own randonauting trips. Plus, I tell the story of some freaky fire-related synchronicities that have happened since last week. Highlights include: • Ominous warnings from Randonautica • Lots of owl lawn decorations! • Three fires I've encountered since recording the last episode Subscribe on Patreon to support the show a...

I finally talk about some of the weird stuff that has happened to me at the Hell Gate since releasing my episodes about the Hell Gate in 2020. Also, nominally, this episode is part of my series on randonauting, so I of course talk about the ways that Randonautica has led me back to the Hell Gate, as well as the concepts of memetics and the despair meme.  Don't know what the despair meme is? It's a...

A look at the connection between strange synchronicities and Randonautica. Plus, I explore some unusual synchronicities that happened to me while just talking and thinking about randonauting. Can Randonautica cause synchronicities when you aren't even actively using the app? I'm not sure, but I'm ready to speculate wildly. Highlights include: • Stumbling across a piece of art called "Synchronicity...

Escaping the Probability Tunnel Using Randonautica: A deep dive into how to randonaut, or go on mysterious, synchronistic adventures using the Randonautica app. Highlights include: • Psychic self-defense • Ideas behind how the app works • Weird owl stories • Probability Tunnels Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and get cool stuff: https://www.patreon.com/buriedsecretspodcast

A how-to guide on how to use a modified version of the Estes Method in solo paranormal investigations. I walk through how to set up your own Solo Estes Method kit, how to use it, cheap or free alternatives to buying new gear, and more. Highlights include: • Some weird audio from a 1979 spirit communication • A look at some ghost hunters who developed a technique very similar to the Estes Method •...

Wrapping up this series on the history and hauntings of Fordham University, I look at some additional theories behind why Fordham University's Rose Hill campus seems to be so haunted. Highlights include: • My recent trip to Fordham's campus • Some less pleasant elements of Fordham's past • Stone tape theory and residual hauntings Got a Fordham haunting to report? Send it to  buriedsecretspodcast@g...

A spin through some theories behind why hauntings and strangeness occurs. In this instance, I'm looking at the concepts of ley lines, window areas, and liminal spaces, and seeing whether any of them could be in play in the hauntings of Fordham University. Highlights include: A quick examination of incomprehensible aeromagnetic maps A weird internet aesthetic Former trails that ran through the area...

A look at different theories behind hauntings and the paranormal, with an eye to why Fordham University's Bronx campus might be so haunted. This episode focuses on the spread of urban legends and theories behind urban legends.   Highlights include: • Comparisons with hauntings at Vassar, Columbia, and NYU • Thoughts about urban legends and why they spread • Interesting books I've read while workin...

A strange story about a doomed dynasty of rams that once lived on Fordham University's campus, and the urban legends that grew up around them. Highlights include: • Kidnapped rams • A house built for the ram by Grace Kelly's father • Gruesome office decor Donate to bail funds to get people out of dangerous NYC jails: https://linktr.ee/covidbailoutnyc https://linktr.ee/emergency_release_fund Got a...

Ghosts emerging from paintings, an entity made from smoke, and bathroom electronics going haywire are just a few of  the weird stories I dug up for this episode. This is a look at some of Fordham University's "less haunted" haunted buildings, including a theater, administration building, and classroom building. Plus a look at some of Fordham's other campuses (including one defunct one.) Highlights...

Creepy ghost children, a man disappearing into walls, priests blessing haunted dorms, and more, about in these haunted dorms at Fordham University in the Bronx, NY. This episode is a look at some of Fordham University's "less haunted" dorms: meet the ghosts of Loschert Hall, O'Hare Hall, Martyrs' Court, and Loyola Hall. Highlights include: • Thoughts about hauntings based on recent deaths • Some d...

A look at my own paranormal experiences living in Fordham University's former medical school building. My time in Finlay Hall was uneasy, permeated by the feeling that I was always being watched. Though there were reasonable explanations for why I may have felt that way, I don't think that's all that was afoot. I tell the stories of an uneasy possible encounter with an entity in the laundry room i...

Chilling urban legends and ghost stories from people who lived in an old medical school building, which featured a morgue and a large operating theater. From 1905-1921, Fordham University had a medical school. After its short, troubled existence, the medical school was mostly forgotten. One of the few reminders of the school is Finlay Hall, the old medical school building that was converted into a...

A look at some stories of ghost priests in an old library and classroom building. Plus, something strange that supposedly happened in the cemetery while The Exorcist was being filmed nearby. Highlights include: • A 1980s ghost priest who apparently knew computer programming • A cemetery (and human remains) that was relocated twice • Phantom voices heard by security guards • Lightning striking a ce...

After a scene in The Exorcist was filmed in Hughes Hall, a former dorm at Fordham University, urban legends began to spring up about the building being haunted. Rumors of "cultish" graffiti, tales of a young boy's ghost, stories of a mysterious black dog, and more weird urban legends circulated about the building. This episode seeks to tease out why some of these legends may have grown up around t...

Forgotten human remains, a lingering entity monitored by a ghostly priest, mysteriously vanishing objects, strange sounds, and more abound at Fordham University's most haunted dorm. Here's a deep dive into ghost stories from Queen's Court, looking at both the reported stories as well as the connections between tales of weirdness. Highlights include: • A second, forgotten burial ground on Fordham's...

A look at one of the most concentrated areas of hauntings in all of New York City: Fordham University in the Bronx. Ghostly priests, secret tunnels, a black dog, poltergeist activity, multiple burial grounds, students living in an old morgue, and more, abound at Fordham University. The school's campus in the Bronx is about half a mile wide, but it's packed with weirdness. This series about Fordham...

A look at some supposed ghosts and creepy cemeteries in Beacon, NY, as well as some haunting aspects of the area's recent history.  A feeling of uneasiness permeates the beautiful town of Beacon, NY. It's a city of industrial ruins, cemeteries (including a terrifying abandoned one), and the memories of a sanatorium for the ultra wealthy and an old asylum for mentally ill criminals. Deep woods surr...

A look at the haunting stories surrounding the mysterious ruins of a castle in the middle of the Hudson River. About 50 miles away from Manhattan, the ruins of a castle lie on a small island in the Hudson River. Travelers pass the ruins on the train, and the only clue to the history of the destroyed castle are the words "Bannerman's Island Arsenal," emblazoned on the side of the structure. The isl...

A look at Mount Beacon, a mountain named for its role in the Revolutionary War, which once housed a hotel and tourist attractions, and now is a beautiful, ruin-filled place to hike. The town of Beacon lies about an hour and a half from Manhattan by commuter train. The area, which once brimmed with factories, is now a quiet, small town, full of crumbling ruins of its past, spooky cemeteries, and de...

A look at the elements of high strangeness in the 1893 story of a strange, acrobatic ghost in Woodside, Queens. This episode delves into the Snake Woods and Rattlesnake Spring, the now-vanished wilderness of the New York City neighborhood of Woodside, and looks at the odd parts of the news reports of a ghostly figure. Though it's possible that the entity was just an unhomed person wandering the da...

In 1893, a strange entity dressed all in white appeared in a forest in Woodside, Queens. The entity that was seen in the 19th century didn't seem to communicate verbally, though he made strange, chilling sounds. He was able to move on all fours as quickly as an ordinary person could run, and had a penchant for acrobatic stunts like handsprings. It is unclear what happened to this entity, but more...

When a series of dangerous paranormal events plagues a home, famed psychical researcher and author Hereward Carrington is called in to investigate Astoria's "Gold and Ghost" house. In 1934, a 30-year-old man and his 80-year-old housekeeper supposedly experienced a series of paranormal events at their home in Astoria, NY. One of their tenants was strangled (non-fatally) in bed, the housekeeper and...