Haunted or Hoax

Pack your bags, we’re heading to Cape Town. The views are gorgeous, the history is messy, and the castle looks way too cheerful for what went down inside. We’ve got colonial drama, questionable decisions, a dungeon called the Dark Hole (subtle), and a governor who may have been taken out by karma mid-power trip. We'd appreciate it if you took a moment to help our podcast by rating and reviewing on...

Into the woods, it's time to go! Well actually the Black Forest. One of the most mysterious and mythical places in the world as far as we are concerned. We have moss women, headless horsemen, a terrifyingly tall man, and of course poor pronunciation and bad geography. Germany has some fascinating paranormal and cryptid tales lurking in those trees.  We'd appreciate it if you took a moment to help...

Today’s episode features a short marriage, a suspicious death, a doctor who wrote “everlasting faint” on a death certificate, and a murder trial that took a wild turn. We’re heading to Greenbrier County, West Virginia, where the history is dramatic, the investigation is questionable, and this story somehow ends up involving an exhumation, a courtroom, and a situation that no one saw coming. We'd a...

Brown lady, Brown lady, what do you see? I see a Colonel shooting at me! Where exactly? You're not in Kansas Dorothy (that's the ghost btw), you're in  Raynham Hall in Norfolk England! Where the ghost is active, the men are gross, and the history goes way back. Do we know how to pronounce things? Not really. Do we figure out roman numerals? Eventually! We're trying our best. So sit back, close you...

This week we’re heading to Florida and taking the elevator down into the history of the Sunland Training Center. A place that started with hopeful intentions, but somewhere along the way the whole system seemed to drop a few floors. Today the buildings are mostly gone, but rumors still have a way of rising back up. We'd appreciate it if you took a moment to help our podcast by rating and reviewing...

We are back with season six! Thanks for letting us take a break, we're ready to jump back into the ghost tour trolley. Metaphorically. This week we talk about McRaven Mansion in Mississippi. We have a lot of owners haunting this place from a highway man, to a former lady of the house, and maybe a whole family? We also have a murder, neck beards to discuss, and of course Civil War lore. Welcome bac...

For our final episode of the season, we limp our way across the Atlantic to Chillingham Castle, a medieval fortress that spent centuries collecting war trauma like it was a hobby. Sitting on one of the most violently contested borders in British history, this place didn’t need ghosts to become unsettling, the documented history already chose violence.  We'd appreciate it if you took a moment to he...

Our lives have been as chaotic as this location. We mind travel to California (not Tennessee) to talk about the infamous Winchester House. It's massive and confusing floorplan was a strange comfort to your two hosts who have all but lost their minds toward the end of this season. The house's foundations are supposedly built on spirit stories. But what is other worldly and what is just weird? We tr...

Hey there! We're not making excuses, we'll go to podcast jail. Or at least, we'll talk about a jail on this podcast. Old Idaho Penitentiary was an awful place full of dangerous inmates. Is it any surprise it's reportedly haunted? We talk about some of the ghosts who are still locked up in there as well as some throw back ghost movies.  We'd appreciate it if you took a moment to help our podcast by...

Happy Halloween! In honor of FOUR years of Ghosts and Ghouls we decided to take a trip to Salem and get a little witchy. We talk about The Witch house, supposedly haunted and with a family curse. We discuss horoscopes, folklore, and get confused about our own personal history. If this episode sounds a little like frankenstien's monster bear with us, Kristen helped in editing again.  We'd appreciat...

Pop Quiz: What's the Capital of Delaware? It's okay, we didn't know either, and it isn't Delaware City. But that is whereabouts Fort Delaware is with all the ghosts of pirates and soldiers past. It's on an adorably named island but has a rough history. We find out who actually died there, listen to some screaming, and realize Kristen doesn't remember anything about the last 134 episodes. So strap...

Brrrr it's cold in here, must be some ice crusted spirits in the atmosphere! Anyway, we're in Idaho talking about a very cool (heh) location called the Shoshone Ice Caves. Apparently the spirit of an Native American Princess was trapped there when she was buried in the caves. Now she's begging to get out. Or is she? We also talk about big bears and small cannibal dwarves. Oh, and Kristen's crush o...

If you’re a long time listener you’ll know that we usually take an annual pilgrimage to one of the most haunted cities in the US. This year is no different! We headed to Savannah, GA this episode but with a twist. We drove just a little further to take a ghost tour in Tybee Island. We talked ghosts, aliens, cryptids, and heard some terrible karaoke. But is Tybee Haunted enough for a ghost tour? De...

Shhh! Keep your voice down, this is a library. Or at least this is an episode about the Hutchinson Public Library. A haunted one at that though it seems like there is a little bit of main character syndrome going on with the ghost. Seems like the librarian who worked here couldn't keep away for long, even in death. We love libraries even if they aren't haunted like the Hutchinson supposedly is. Le...

It's a night at the museum, but one about mental health, not mentalist like Kristen may have thought. We've got a potential new Bingo game in the making so make sure you make a note of our favorite disease this episode. Other than that we have replicas, EVPs, and a lot of undigested metals. Sounds weird? For us too.  We'd appreciate it if you took a moment to help our podcast by rating and reviewi...

We're back! To kick off season 5, we’re heading to Monte Cristo Homestead. An elegant Victorian manor in New South Wales with a not so elegant past. There’s a wealthy railway tycoon, a reclusive widow, some very dead chickens, and allegedly a stable boy who slept through a fire.    We'd appreciate it if you took a moment to help our podcast by rating and reviewing on apple and Spotify! Don't forge...

This season's last episode is fire- and Sloss Furnace is the match. In this episode, we dive into the molten-hot history of one of Alabama’s most infamous landmarks. From convict labor and brutal working conditions to whispers of demons lurking in the smoke. We'd appreciate it if you took a moment to help our podcast by rating and reviewing on apple and NOW on Spotify! Don't forget to check our sh...

This week we ferry over to Sheffield Island Lighthouse off the coast of Norwalk, Connecticut. We shed light on stories like which lighthouse keeper dropped dead mid-sentence, and why a flaming steamboat disaster might be relevant.  We'd appreciate it if you took a moment to help our podcast by rating and reviewing on apple and NOW on Spotify! Don't forget to check our show notes for our social lin...

Boo! Did we scare you with our chaotic posting schedule? Never fear, we haven’t ghosted you. This week we are clicking our heels three times to end up in Kansas where a paranormal investigator and seeming skeptic Becky provided Kristen with all the tea. Treasure, buried in the back yard bodies, mystery pictures. This place has everything except maybe facts to back it up? Listen to find out if it’s...

We're back with part two of the tower of terror...eerr... Tower of London. We've got escapes, people losing their heads, polar bears, wine...what more could you ask for?! We'd appreciate it if you took a moment to help our podcast by rating and reviewing on apple and NOW on Spotify! Don't forget to check our show notes for our social links! Definitely check out our Instagram (@hauntedorhoaxpod). W...

WAY more than SIX ghosts in this story. Today we are covering the Tower of London in this 2 part-er. This first part goes into all the hauntings, and let us just say- some of them are real bears! We cannot wait to cover this grizzly location with you in both parts!  We'd appreciate it if you took a moment to help our podcast by rating and reviewing on apple and NOW on Spotify! Don't forget to chec...

We tried so hard and got so far, but in the end we can't not reference this song this week. That's right we are discussing the haunting of LINCOLN Park Zoo. The tourist attraction in Chicago, not to be confused with the band of similar name but different spelling. The zoo has lions, meerkats, and ghost skunks! Oh my! There is also a connection to a very sad bridge and stories about ghost children....

Season 4 is still here! We go Down Under this week to discuss the Historic Port Arthur site in Tasmania. Once a Penal Colony it's full of dark energy and sad stories. From an Isle of Dead to a Lady in Blue we delve into the spiritual possibilities. We also have some technical difficulties. Bad internet or something supernatural? Who knows.  We'd appreciate it if you took a moment to help our podca...

Oops, we did it again! Don't be mad! We had a hard tail end to the longest month known to man. But we're back and in Bissbee, AZ to talk about the Oliver House. Not to be confused with at least two other Oliver Houses. We've got mistresses, murders, and used kleenex to talk about. Along with Grandma's with stiff arms. See, interesting right? We'd appreciate it if you took a moment to help our podc...

This week we're heading to sunny Florida. Well, usually sunny, that polar vortex is effecting even the swampiest parts! Bellamy Bridge has rumors that involve burned brides, ghost wagons, and murdered moonshiners. We have a few skeptical spector photos and surprising confirmations. Do we think the legends are fact or small town fiction? We'll cross that bridge when we get to it.  We'd appreciate i...