History of a Haunting

This week we are bangin’ em out with quadruple recordings since Laura is traveling to parts unknown for vacation! Let’s hustle! Come with us to a VERY well known part - Scotland and the infamous Loch Ness. Here we’ll share with you the amazingly mystical and magical story of Nessie, the famous cryptid known as the Loch Ness Monster. We also discover we are bad at puns, and Carrie is wearing her sa...

Laura's got this week's story guys, and it is a doozy. Sit back while she tells us the origin of Stockholm Syndrome, and the world's weirdest bank heist. Have the week you'll have!

Come with us to one of the most haunted places in America. Known for one of the most famous battles that inspired the phrase “Remember the Alamo,” this mission in the Texas desert is the heart of San Antonio. From lost children looking for their parents, to the 6 guards that appear to still be guarding the building, to a bullet ridden Davey Crockett, to the “Duke himself - John Wayne, there is no...

It's Carrie's turn this week, and she tells us about 4 infamous and horrific murders that occurred, and the weird commonality they all share. Have the week you'll have! Sources for this week's snack are: Wikipedia.org Thecrimewire.com

This week we tell you all about Sloss Furnaces in Birmingham, AL! Arguably one of the most dangerous jobs to do, the resulting hauntings here are something straight out of a horror movie. And ones that may send you to the hospital and/or kill you. Grab a buddy's hand and let's walk cautiously into this creepy scary place. This episode brought to you by pigs, coke, and hula hoops. Sources u...

Welcome to our new release days! This week we take everyone to Cambria County, PA and the Cresson Sanatorium and State Prison. This location has had many incarnations over its lifetime, and with each it's left behind a energetic echo throughout this vast complex. From clawed beings on the ceiling of the chapel, to being herded in the tunnels underneath the buildings, to angering the ghost of a...

We are back with our Snack Size Episodes to get your week started off right and weird. Laura hits it out of the park with her story about the Green Children of Woolpit in the 12th century! Have the week you'll have!

This week we take you to a wonderfully historic hotel in upstate New York - The Shanley Hotel! Our dear friend, Anthony Simonelli, joins us this week and tells us all about the hauntings at this hotel built in 1845 that saw an awful lot of drama in its day. From a bordello to a speakeasy to deaths of children to hitmen still trying to rough people up in the afterlife - The Shanley is your new buck...

Welcome to part 2 of our recap of the ParaPsyCon IV at the Ohio State Reformatory! For today's sit down we chat with Greg & Kathy Feketik, founders of Tri-C Paranormal and the folks who put on this amazing annual event. We discuss exactly what it takes to put on an event of this size, how much planning goes into it, and how long it takes. We also chat about the amazing experiences they&#39...

Come and sit down with us as we chat with the most amazing people that were apart of, and created, the amazing ParaPsyCon IV at the ICONIC Ohio State Reformatory this past May 2023. There is so much to unpack with this event that we had to split it into 2 parts. Today we chat with the incomparable team of B.O.S.S. Paranormal (Brave Ohio Spook Seekers) who were vendors, like us, at the paracon. And...

This week we go back in the archives and re-release one of our favorite topics - spiritualism and the Ouija board. In this episode we discuss the creation and rise of spiritualism and the awful thing that is the ouija board. From the rise of the Fox Sisters, to dating tips, to ouija board demons - we break it all down. Also, Carrie makes it clear she hates all of this. Multiple times. We hope you...

You've seen her on the show filling in for us when needed, and she runs things behind the scenes here at HoaH too. So we had to give her her OWN episode! Sit down with us as we talk all about Reiki, of which she has reached Master level - what it is, what it can do, how she does it, and how you can become a Reiki master yourself! We also discuss the other hats she wears, her take on paranormal...

This week we are joined by our guests Jason Roach and Zach Bennett, who did a paranormal investigation of the Trivette Clinic with Carrie a couple months back! It's a great example of what being a paranormal investigator actually does. Collect audio and video recordings, review with the group, discuss the captures, debunk what can be, etc. A couple of us have some tech issues, but that's t...

This week we take a look into the life of Father Gabriel Amorth, the Vatican's Chief Exorcist. We are joined by Erin Bush, who is filling in for Laura this week as she is on vacation in Mexico eating all the tacos. Jerk. This man inspired the new film "The Pope's Exorcist" which has folks feeling all kinds of things about it. Come with us as we look into the life of the real prie...

ekb* is back this week to take a deep dive with us into the Hawaiian legend of the Night Marchers. They rise from the ocean, float along the ground with no feet, holding torches, blowing into conch shells, bang on drums, and insist you mind your own damn business. Seriously, hit the ground when you hear those drums. We also discover what happens when 3 ADHD folks come together for an internet show...

This week we bring you an episode we released to our former Patreons from our Conspiracy Theory series! Today (released the last week of 2021), Carrie tells us all about the most bizarre mass hysteria cases throughout history. From meowing nuns, to hysterical laughter, to ghost sightings, and everything in between - we wrap up 2021 with hilarity, lunacy, and confusion. As only we can.

This week in part 2 of our series on H.H. Holmes we sit down with this great-great grandson, Jeff Mudgett. Join us as we discuss with Jeff his search to prove Holmes was the even more infamous serial killer, Jack the Ripper, the potential links they have, and where he's at with the quest today!

Welcome to our very first multi part series! Join us as we delve into the utter madness that was Herman Webster Mudgett, aka H.H. Holmes - America's first serial killer. This week Laura tells us all about this twisted man and his Murder Castle in Chicago! Then tune in next week for our 2 part interview with Holmes' great, great-grandson, Jeff Mudgett and his search to prove Holmes was the...

This week we are revisiting the Ohio State Reformatory in celebration of our first paragon being held here next weekend 5/20-21, 2023! Built in part by inmates, this building holds the Guinness Book of World Records for the largest free standing cell block in the world. But as with all good things, that is not its only distinction. It's also one of the most haunted locations, not just in Ohio,...

We are back, guys!! We have missed you so much! As today is Coronation Day for King Charles III, we are bringing to you the ghosts of the British monarchy! We've got Queen Elizabeth I, Henry VII, Anne Boleyn, the 9 Days Queen and so many more. With all the strife and bloodshed, this group was bound to continue their reigns into the after life. We also have a few changes to the show to tell you...

Join Carrie and our guest host Erin Bush as we dive into the legend and history of Easter Island!   One of the most remote islands in the world, with the most iconic stone carvings was a flourishing Polyneisian oasis. So how did the land become so barren and the population die out so fast?   This episode is run by tiny furry overlords.

This week Carrie tells the true origin of popular phrases such as "saved by the bell", "dead ringer", "having a wake", and "blowing smoke up my a**".   And we begin our Monday Sweary Affirmations!

This week Carrie goes it alone, as Laura is on vacation, and we all quickly find stepping into Laura's polished and perfect shoes is no easy feat. So...   Come with us to Spike Island in Ireland! For 1300 years the island was used as a monastery, military fort, housing, and a prison on four separate occasions. None of those prison set ups went well. Had they, we wouldn't be talking about it....

As we close out 2022 we finally introduce you to someone we've often referenced, talked to, and blamed for things in the show. Please give an awesome HoaH welcome to "erin, write that down" erin k bailey!! Since erin is a native Hawaiian, we asked her to pick the topic for this holiday episode. And she chose Madame Pele, the Goddess of Volcanoes and Fire, and the creator of the Hawaiian Islands. H...

In this final week of 2022, Carrie tells Laura about the super bizarre, and still unresolved story, of The Blood House on Fountain Drive.