Haunted Hospitality

How about all three (mountain lion, bear, and goat) in one? Well then, you got yourself an Ozark Howler! Native to the Ozark region in the US of A, the Ozark Howler is described as either a thin bear or a fat mountain lion with horns and thick gray or black fur. The Ozark Howler get's its name from not only its location, but also the indescribable call that haunts those who hear it.  Zoey tel...

If you Google "southern haunted places" or "most haunted places in the south," you'll probably come across the Myrtles Plantation. We know this from experience. Myrtles Plantation, their spooky photos, and the tale of their most famous ghost, Chloe, come up again and again. So we looked into this a bit more to see what was up. Prepare for a menagerie of spirits, from the G...

When Hazel Carpenter waved goodbye to her daughter, who was on the train going to college, she felt a burst of love. Virginia was a wonderful and beautiful daughter, and Hazel felt blessed to have her. However, Hazel didn't know that would be the last time she would ever see her daughter again. Virginia lived a life full of difficulties with an childhood illness that caused a permanent disabi...

When we dive into the paranormal on this podcast, we explore people's greatest fears. So we'd be remiss if we skipped over one of Robin's greatest fears: mirrors. On the surface, they're really not that scary — just a reflective pane with which to check if you have spinach in your teeth. (You do.) But, what if one day you look in the mirror and see something that, well, shouldn...

This episode marks the 1 Year Anniversary of Haunted Hospitality, and we have a good spook in store for you. You've heard of the Wicked Witch of the West. Now it's time for the Weirdest Witch of the South. Known sometimes as the Bell Witch, sometimes as Kate, this spirit haunts Robertson County, Tennessee. The Bell family lived on their farm and for four years, 1817-1821, they were terro...

A little before 1 AM on the morning of July 27, 1996, Eric Rudolph dropped his green backpack underneath a bench in Atlanta, Georgia's crowded Olympic Centennial Park, set the bomb's timer for 55 minutes, and walked away. Before morning, two people would be dead and 111 would be injured — and within a week, the security guard who first spotted the bag and saved countless lives would be a...

Aileen Wuornos was born into a bad life, had a bad childhood, and grew to be a bad adult. The odds were stacked against her, and after living a life of abuse, torture, and petty crime, she kicked it up a level and added murder to her list.  While she was born in Michigan, her killing spree of 7 men took place in Florida between November 1989 and November 1990. She was arrested thanks to the testim...

When young governess Fannie Lillian Madison checked into her hotel in Richmond, Virginia at 2 AM, she registered under a pseudonym: F.L. Merton. Just 24 hours later, her body was found in the Old Reservoir — and an autopsy revealed she was seven months pregnant. We only know of one person she came to visit in the city, her cousin Thomas Cluverius, who swore up and down that he never saw her when h...

Can you believe we're 50? Who knew that Robin and Zoey had enough energy in them to make 50 episodes and not miss a single Tuesday. Well, our path is still in the beginning and we're thankful for every single listen. To celebrate being 50, Robin and Zoey share the mediums - stories that are too long to be a Something Something, too short to be a full episode, but just right amount of int...

If you perform an internet search for the Surrency, Georgia haunting, you'll see tales of red eyes in the darkness, a girl levitating in her bed, and a fire poker out for the kill. The truth isn't quite as dramatic, but it certainly is weird. Prepare for a vanishing pig, slutty potatoes, a speedy clock, teleporting liquor, an old sea captain drinking said teleporting liquor without a sec...

Five southern Zak-Bagans-esque brothers play dominoes with a ghost. Yep. You read that correctly. These are the special guests in this week's episode. Zoey tells us about the Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary that started in a horrible way, continued to have a horrible history, and then was shut down. It was investigated by the crew of the TV show, Ghost Asylum; the aforementioned southern m...

Georgia's man-made Lake Lanier is a summer vacation hotspot with an abundance of beaches, trails, and islands — and an inordinate amount of deaths. Theories about the drownings range from practical (murky water + leftover debris at the bottom of the lake) to supernatural (hands of the dead pulling swimmers deeper under the water). The ghostly lore of Lake Lanier is well known, with the Lady o...

That is right, we're back with another cryptid episode. We all know that the Lizard Man ended with two camps you can be in: I believe in the Lizard Man and I (Kind of) believe in the Lizard Man. Will our episode end in a similar way as Zoey tells Robin and listeners about the Fouke Monster of Fouke, Arkansas? A creature also known as the Boggy Creek Monster or the Swamp Stalker, this southern...

Medgar Evers was a trailblazing leader in the Civil Rights Movement. As the NAACP's first field secretary in the South, he investigated crimes against Black people all over Mississippi and helped establish the organization's focus on grassroots activism. As Evers became more well known, white supremacists started harassing his family, passing out KKK flyers on his street, and even once f...

Relationships aren't always healthy and fun. Sometimes, two people who should stay far far away from each other start dating, and it usually ends in tears and misery. However, in this episode, it ends in tragedy.  Shayna Hubers and Ryan Poston had a toxic, unhealthy relationship that was on again, off again. Shayna was obsessive and stalker-ish, and Ryan was abusive and manipulative. However,...

Way back in yesteryear, we briefly talked about Robert the Doll in a Something Spooky segment — and if you can't tell, we're back at it again! Much like the famous Annabelle doll, Robert has captured the attention of paranormal enthusiasts for decades. And luckily for us, he resides in the Fort East Martello Museum in Clearwater, Florida, making him a fair game topic for our southern pod...

Ever been to a plantation and feel like something was just a little bit off? Not sure if its the history of the place, the knowledge of what happened there, or something more on the spooky side? In this episode, Zoey goes over the Ferry Plantation of Virginia Beach and the 11 spirits that are said to reside there. Included in those 11 spirits is the ghost of Grace Sherwood, better known as the Wit...

If you were anywhere around the internet — or the woods, for that matter — in the late summer and early fall of 2016, you probably remember that clowns became a weirdly big deal. It all started when a group of kids claimed to see clowns behind their apartment complex in Greenville, South Carolina, trying to lead them to an abandoned house in the woods. Seems like an isolated incident, right? But w...

Wrapping up our first two-parter and the year of 2021, Zoey brings us back to the LaLaurie Mansion in New Orleans, Louisiana to take a look at what happened after Madame Delphine LaLaurie escaped to France. Delphine was a terrible woman who tortured and allegedly killed enslaved people on her property, though she never faced justice for it. With a history so terrible, it's no surprise that ne...

Closing out the end of the year, we have our first two part episode! In this week's, and next week's, episode, Zoey will be telling us about Delphine LaLaurie - a heinous woman who tortured the men and women and children she had enslaved on the property. This week is the true crime portion, and Zoey tells us about the fire that exposed Delphine for who she truly was. The LaLaurie house i...

The sky and sea are gray. Ocean waves are coming in stronger. The wind is whipping past you as you walk alone down the beach. You begin to see a person in the distance, but their features are vague. As they get closer, all you see are gray clothes and the figure of a man. Before you can say hello, he points to the mainland and disappears. And you know two things to be true: 1) that was, without a...

In what is one of the creepiest Haunted Hospitality episodes, Zoey shares several stories of encounters with Black Eyed Children (aka Black Eyed Kids). With the first well known story happening in Texas, this really seemed like the perfect episode for us, so it is a bit longer. Also, Robin was really looking forward to the episode, so we had to make it a good one. However, this episode isn't...

In 1587, England wanted to start a new phase of colonization in North America by establishing their first permanent colony: a group of over 115 people who would have children and live on the continent for the rest of their lives. When they arrived on Roanoke Island — what is now part of North Carolina — conditions were worse than the group expected, and they sent their leader John White back to En...

It's a tale as old as lotteries: someone wins big and ends up in a worse place than where they started. In this episode, Zoey shares the tale of Florida Man Abraham Shakespeare who won the Florida $30 million Jackpot in 2006. Abraham went from irregular laboring jobs to a million dollar house practically overnight, but he also caused a sensation. Everyone knew who he was and exactly how much...

The Magnolia Hotel in Seguin, Texas has been everything from a home to a jail, from a rest stop for travelers to a hideaway for a killer. Wilhelm Faust, the convicted killer of twelve year old Emma Voelcker, hid in the hotel as he tried (and failed) to avoid punishment for his crimes. A place with stories like this is bound to be haunted, in more ways than one. We go over first-person accounts, as...