Haunting History Podcast

As part of our Halloween episodes, Haunting History Podcast is starting a series we will come back to occasionally based on Hauntings in California. This week is The Ghosts of San Juan Capistrano. San Juan Capistrano, better known for its Mission and swallows that leave and return every year, is a town full of ghosts, legends and lore. The locals and residents not only speak freely of their neighb...

Happy Halloween month! November 13, 1974, Butch DeFeo using a .35-caliber Marlin rifle murdered his family one by one while they slept. Did Butch act alone on that cold November morning? Was there something even more sinister than murder going on at the DeFeo home? Help us decide if what happened at the Amityville house was a horror or a hoax. Ronald DeFeo Jr aka ButchThe DeFeo FamilyThe house as...

Halloween! We are beginning our 3 weeks of Halloween with this episode. The Hollywood Forever Cemetery is home to the ghosts of Hollywood's past. Join us as we discuss history, true crime and the ghost stories at one of Southern California's oldest cemeteries. Hattie McDaniel didn't get to be buried at Hollywood Forever, but, the new owners thought it important to recognize her there. One of the b...

The Whaley House of San Diego has been named the most haunted house in America by Life magazine and The Travel Channel. Is Yankee Jim the only spirit from the past or did the Whaley family never leave their beloved home? Corrine Whaley Violet Whaley Birth October 14, 1862 Death August 18, 1885. Only 22 years of age, and ended her life because of embarrassment and sadnessWhaley Family George Hay Ri...

Most don’t associate women with serial murders, contrary to popular belief, there is a list, a long list of women who kill and kill and kill again. Join us we travel back in time to meet a couple of the most puzzling and notorious women who almost got away with murder. Grandma Nannie Doss, 49, admitted poisoner of four husbands, displays grandmotherly pride in a courthouse corridor during a hearin...

A sleepy Southern California town is turned upside down with the murders of 4 boys. So much so, the town changed its name. Join us as we look into the crime that rocked this small town and meet the monster who called it home almost 100 years ago. Looking for more information on The Wineville Chicken Coop Murders check out these booksThe Road Out of Hell: Sanford Clark and the True Story of the Win...

One of LA's most famous hotels, known mostly for its dark history. Was the Cecil a victim to changing times and a bad location, or is something more sinister going on? Come with us as delve into the Cecil's past of murder, suicide and unsolved crimes. Want more information on the Cecil Hotel? Check this out on AmazonHorror at the Cecil HotelSeason 1One of the most sinister places in America, for d...

The podcast that reaches back into the past for the events that shocked us all, tales of true crime, mystery and the macabre. Now, who doesn't love a good ghost story, right? None of the photos on this page belong to Haunting History Podcast. No copyright infringement intended and are only used as enhancements to the story told. At times when reporting facts regarding a true crime, or history (and...