Carrie Hopper & Laura Ockerman

History of a Haunting

Comedy EN ↓ 212 episodes

What happens when a believer and a skeptic come together? They host a paranormal podcast that combines their love of history and hauntings!! Join us each week as we tell tales of famous, infamous, and almost famous locations around the world, and why they became terrifying places to visit.

Author

Carrie Hopper & Laura Ockerman

Category

Comedy

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Latest episode

Oct 28, 2024

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Episodes

**Special release - True Crime story of Michael Malloy 30.07.2022

Laura is off galavanting the globe - as she does. So this week we are bringing you one of our Patreon true crime episodes - New York's most fantastic murder - the murder of Michael Malloy! We'll be back with a doozy of an episode next week, full of ALL the content warnings. Until then, grab a drink and settle in as Carrie tells us all about the amazing Irishman who simply wouldn't die.

Snack Size Episode #7: The New England Vampire Panic 25.07.2022

This week Carrie tells us about tuberculosis vampires who invaded New England. Or so they thought. And so they acted. And so it's now wacky history. Happy Monday! Have the week you'll have. Again, kidding!

Snack Size Episode #6: Operation Cowboy 18.07.2022

This week Laura tells us about one of the few heart warming operations that occurred doing WWII. Happy Monday - have the week you'll have. Kidding!

139: The Morris-Jumel Mansion 09.07.2022

We're traveling to NYC this week, folks - to one of the city's most haunted locations - The Morris-Jumel Mansion. Built before America was America, this stately home saw many key lives lived within its walls such as George Washington and Aaron Burr. Lin Manuel Miranda even wrote some of his award winning play Hamilton in this very place! A parade of ghosts linger here including Washington, Burr, a...

Snack Size Ep. 5: Einstein's Stolen Brain 04.07.2022

Carrie kicks off America's birthday with a story of body part thievery! And not just ANY body part from ANY person - Albert Einstein's BRAIN. Then maybe call us to plan your next party - we've got a new idea for favors.

**Special episode** 2nd recap of Trans Allegheny Lunatic Asylum investigation 01.07.2022

** This episode contains a content warning as some of the evidence shown may be triggering or harmful to some listeners. Discretion is advised ** Today we tell you all the spooky doings of our 2nd recap episode of our paranormal investigation of Trans Allegheny Lunatic Asylum! Joined by the incomparable Anthony Simonelli of Seekers Club of the Paranormal, and the unparalleled Scott Reddick of Pied...

Snack Size Ep. 4: The Stonewall Riots 27.06.2022

Laura kicks off this week telling us about the Stonewall Riots in the '60s! A nod to Pride Month she details what is considered to be the start of the gay rights movement, complete with dancing girls, coin tosses of a different sort, and call to action to stick with bottled beer. Happy Monday - let's all do the can can!

137: The Abduction of Barney & Betty Hill 18.06.2022

This week we explore another abduction story in the case of Barney & Betty Hill. In 1961 the couple were returning home from a belated honeymoon when they noticed they were being followed by a strange light. What would happen next sent the couple into infamy and became the baseline for the way we view abduction stories. Carrie also invents a new drinking game, and we tell you about a fabulous new...

Snack Size Episode 4: The Tucker Telephone 13.06.2022

** Content warning – this episode contains material that may be harmful or traumatizing to some audiences. Listener discretion is advised. ** In this week's episode Carrie tells us about a little known (to us anyway) punishment device used in some Arkansas prisons called The Tucker Telephone. We have nothing witty to say about this one guys, it's all just gross.

136: **Re-release of The Oriental Theater 11.06.2022

Taking you back another boozy doozy this week, guys! This week's episode is a real bummer, guys. Built as the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, IL after being open just 5 weeks, a fire broke out during a play and roughly 600 people were killed. Known as being worse than the Great Chicago Fire, the remnants of the lives lost are still here today. Shadow figures, children crying, and women screaming are...

Snack Size Episode 3: The RMS Carpathia 06.06.2022

In light of recent events, Laura has chosen to highlight the helpers! We all know the story of the Titanic, but we don't often hear about The RMS Carpathia, this ship who answered the distress call and saved the survivors from out of the water after the ship sank. It's a warm and fuzzy, feel good story to start your week off just right.

135: Edgar Allen Poe 04.06.2022

"While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. “’Tis some visitor,” I muttered, “tapping at my chamber door—Only this and nothing more...” We are back with a brand new episode! This week we discuss all things Edgar Allen Poe. Best known for his macabre writings, this literary icon is rumored to haunt not only his former ho...

133: * Re-release of Trans Allegheny Lunatic Asylum 21.05.2022

In week 2 of our most popular episodes we revisit Trans Allegheny Lunatic Asylum. Break out the hard stuff! Here you will learn that your love of cheap whiskey, a good Stephen King book, and your labored breathing will earn you a (generally) one way trip to the insane asylum by folks who are just utterly sick of your BS. Note from your hosts: The pillar of our family has autism, and for all famili...

132: *Re-release of The LaLaurie Mansion 14.05.2022

During our hiatus we are re-releasing our most popular episodes! This week - The LaLaurie Mansion. This week we teach you about a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad person, and how she turned her beautiful New Orleans mansion into a torture chamber and one of the most terrifyingly haunted places in the world - Delphine LaLaurie. As a bonus to the class we give you info on how to hang onto a par...

Snack Size Episode 2: The Blue Fugates of Kentucky 09.05.2022

This week we're starting it off with a fascinating story from the medical files - the Blue Fugates of Kentucky. In one of the most rare cases that even had chance doing a double take, we discuss a rare genetic condition that plagued a family for almost 200 years. Let's get this weird week going - and PLEASE, do not ingest blue dye unless you're under the care of a medical professional - and we are...

131: Mount Everest Death Zone 07.05.2022

**Content Warning** This video contains material that may be harmful or traumatizing to some audiences. VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED** This week we go... a little more grim than normal and talk about the Mount Everest Death Zone. The highest peak in the world is the ultimate adventure experience that many are willing to, and have, risk their lives to summit. Also known as an open air graveyard, nu...

Snack Size Episode 1: The Great Dublin Whiskey Fire 02.05.2022

Welcome to our first episode of our new series "Snack Size Episodes"! On the occasional Monday morning we will bring you a true story of tales hard to be believed but are 1000% true. Great little ways to start your week off right and weird! In this inaugural launch, Laura tells us of the Great Dublin Whiskey Fire of 1875. In what can only be described as heart breaking and a little nauseating, thi...

130: The Chupacabra 30.04.2022

This week we dig deep for the truth of another cryptid - the Chupacabra! Fairly new to the cryptozoo, the Chupcabra has been seen in Puerto Rico, Texas, and Miami - to name just a few! With livestock drained of all their blood, and quick glimpses of a dog/kangaroo/monkey/reptile this beast is a wily minx! Join us as we discuss all the possibilities, and trample all over that great American city of...

129: Ed Gein's Farmhouse 23.04.2022

Known as one of the most infamous murderers in the world, Ed Gein served as the inspiration for some of films most terrifying killers - Norman Bates, Leatherface, and Buffalo Bill - to name a few. Join us this week as we discuss his crimes and the hauntings that resulted. We cover his creepy cauldron, the site of his farmhouse, and the hardware store where he murdered his last victim. Special shou...

**Special Release** Being a New Paranormal Investigator 20.04.2022

In this recorded Facebook Live special we bring back the founders of Spirits of the Southeast Paranormal, Donna Anen and Connie Broadwell to discuss being a new paranormal investigator! What's it like, what is it NOT like, what do TV shows portray it as, and is that accurate? We also send a very special birthday message to Connie from the one and only Erik Estrada!

128: Japanese Tsunami Ghosts 16.04.2022

In 2011 a devastating earthquake hit off the coast of Japan and created a tsunami that claimed almost 20,000 lives. The result of which was close to an "epidemic" in the amount of people seeing ghosts of those who died in it, and experiencing other kinds of paranormal activity all over the region. Join us as we tell you all about this amazing culture and the phenomenon that is still happening to t...

127: Ufology with Andrea Perron 09.04.2022

This week we sit down and discuss all the things with the lovely Andrea Perron! Known for growing up in what came to be known as The Conjuring House, there is so much more to her than what is easily Googled. Come join us as we discuss The Conjuring, Ufology, current events, and what she's working on now!

125: Haunted Bisbee, AZ 02.04.2022

This week we are joined by hosts of Entity Voices Paranormal Evidence - Tony & Cherie Rathman, and Chris Allgood and Audra Keeler! A multiple listener suggestion from way back, today we cover the wildly haunted Arizona mining town of Bisbee, AZ. AZ is apparently one giant vein of metal... We trek deep into the hauntings guys, telling you about the Oliver "Tweak" House, the Copper Queen Hotel, and...

**Special episode** Recap of the St. Albans Sanatorium Investigation 02.04.2022

In this special episode Carrie tells Laura all about her paranormal investigation of St. Albans Sanatorium in Radford, VA!

126: Mysterious Hollywood 26.03.2022

This Oscars weekend we bring you the mysterious deaths and possible hauntings of 4 Hollywood elites. One gave a death warning, one can't seem to leave the place she died, one got too into the person playing her, and one sent a message from the grave to a dear friend. Join us in our fancy garb, and let us tell you a Hollywood tale for the ages!

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