Homespun Haints: True Ghost Stories

Beneath your home, your office, your neighborhood, are a network of pipes. Buried under the ground, criss-crossing through your walls, circling around cemeteries. And sometimes, things get into these pipes, and come up the drain, into your home. It may sound like a fantastic horror movie, but we’ve talked to a great deal of people who have had strange experiences in washrooms. Perhaps something lu...

Our guest today from Zimbabwe has some stories to tell about the curses she witnessed as a child. How would you respond if someone put a curse on you? Would you try to have the curse removed? Would you avoid certain activities to keep the curse at bay? Or, would you pretend the curse never happened in the first place. After all, these things only have power if you believe in them, right? Our guest...

Did you know that ghosts can follow you home? Whether they’re hitching a ride in your car, or just piggybacking on your shoulders, they can be clingy little entities. Didn’t think that could happen? Then take a listen to some of the stories that Whitney shares, and something that happened to me just the other day. On today’s episode of Homespun Haints. To find out more about the places Whitney men...

Do not bother the duwende, for they may possess your body and demand payment for its return. Do not mesh with the engkanto, for they will forever bind your soul into an unbreakable contract. But do take a listen to these stories about these and other folklore from southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands, passed down through generations and retold by our guest Sapphire Sandalo. Today, on the H Files...

Frantz didn't see the harm in going on the Roswell Ghost Tour just north of Atlanta. At one point on the tour, he started talking to a young woman that he assumed was also a member of the tour group. Until Frantz realized nobody else could see that woman but him. And then, the ghostly woman followed him home.... For full show notes for this episode, please visit https://homespunhaints.com Hel...

Stories are the living fabric that connects us to one another. Externally, they shape and define our world, internally, stories shape and define who we are as individuals, and how we relate to one another. So what happens when some of those stories are ghost stories? How do dead spirits help to define the experiences and the perceptions of the living? Let’s talk to a professional storyteller and f...

Did you have an imaginary friend as a child? And were you sure this friend was imaginary? We know children are more sensitive to entities from the other side, and often we question whether the playmates they have are real or imagined. However, the strange person that I used to encounter as a child was most definitely not imaginary. Nor a friend. Our co-host Becky shares the story of the very first...

The streets of Chicago are full of jazz. And ghosts. Wander these old avenues and you’ll find a medley of entertaining spirits, flowing with the soothing sounds of soft cymbals, or creating their own improvisations alongside the old brick buildings and gleaming skyscrapers. Kimberly Gordon, Chicago-based jazz vocalist and chef, has lived her whole life with both the music and the ghosts that line...

A true ghost story interview with Shawnna who went to check out an urban legend about a haunted bridge—and saw the ghost! Was the legend real, or has the legend become manifested from all the rumors about the bridge? Listen and decide for yourself. Our guest today has a knack for seeking out local urban legends, and then having them come to life around her, with terrifying results. To follow Shawn...

Buying your first home can be both exciting and intimidating. Especially if your real estate agent brings you to a haunted house. Or to a haunted street. Or to a haunted neighborhood. For Roy Tomko, informing would-be home buyers of the negative spirits that may be lurking in houses is part of his job. However, before he got into the real estate ghost business, he had some rather terrifying experi...

Do ghosts have to be scary? Or can they be comforting, even protective? For Nixie, ghosts have always been a part of her life. And while they frighten those around her, she’s come to accept them as just another aspect of her day-to-day experiences. Sit back and listen to tales from a woman who has seen more ghosts than she can remember, today, on Homespun Haints. To learn more about our guest Nixi...

Can ghosts actually harm you? Can they make physical contact with you, injure you, even kill you? Conventional wisdom tells us that ghosts can’t hurt you physically. But perhaps conventional wisdom just hasn’t met the ghosts that today’s guest has met. Let’s hear of some sinister, disturbing tales about the ghosts of pirates, troubled children, and even dead shopkeepers, in our Season 3 premier ep...

Happy Holidays everyone! Today we bring you two special holiday ghost stories featuring guest Jim Roysdon of The Innovator Club podcast. From a heartwarming tale of a father's passing, to a spooky encounter in a haunted castle, this episode is sure to give you all the feels this holiday season. To learn more about Jim's podcast, please visit his page at http://the-innovator.club For full...

When you’re in your twenties, moving to a big city for a new job can bring about many unforeseen experiences, such as: Learning to deal with sloppy flatmates. Letting friends couchsurf, and dealing with your apartment’s resident poltergeist. For Julie Penman Livesey, a children’s author, life in her new London flat meant dealing with a former deceased resident who refused to move out. Let’s sit do...

The Southern Appalachian mountains have their own kind of magic. It evolved out of multiple traditions and the need to survive amidst poverty and a harsh landscape. But much of this magic has been lost through the ages, buried and swallowed by the mountains that birthed it. Today, on the H Files, we piece together legends, superstitions, and my own knowledge from growing up in this region to give...

How would your life be different if you had grown up in a haunted house? Would you still be scared of ghosts, if they had been a part of your childhood? Would you be more willing to live with a haunted house as an adult? Our guest today isn’t scared of much after growing up in a very haunted house. But one experience she had there, as a young adult, was so terrifying, it leaves her shivering to th...

Every city has history, legends, and, of course, ghosts. No matter how new or old, if you dig deep enough, you’re sure to find some skeletons buried under your town’s gleaming sidewalks.  Perhaps the city you live in is more haunted than you thought. Our guest on today’s episode of the H Files, Jason of Spooky CLT, has made it his mission to uncover the forgotten history of a North Carolina town m...

Some people go their entire lives without ever seeing a ghost. Some are lucky enough to see one at some point before they become ghosts themselves. And, some people, such as Amanda, seem to run into ghosts everywhere they live.  From the hidden tunnels of Germany, to the isolated cornfields of the midwestern U.S., Amanda’s ghosts are not your ordinary ghosts. Settle in for some strange and unusual...

The ultimate super-computer—a store-house of energy and electromagnetic pulses—exists within each of our own skulls. With all that energy, it’s no wonder that our brains can have powerful effects on our environments, and can be powerfully affected by forces that we cannot see nor hear. Or can we? Join us today and settle in for a talk that is part science, part philosophy, part ghost story, and pa...

The early 20th century was an interesting time for Tulsa, Oklahoma. Fortunes were made and empires were built and torn down. One Tulsa oil baron of the early 20th century may have been viewed as a hero, but somehow he left a legacy of chilling hauntings behind. And our very own Diana may have encountered one of them. She shares her story on this special decaversary episode of Homespun Haints. For...

When you look into the rivers, lakes, and streams near your home, what do you see lurking in the waters? Can water really carry the memories of the dead, and amplify their voices? Today, on the H Files, we’ll talk about some strange things in the Tennessee Appalachians that wander the banks of the waterways and lurk under the surface of its lakes. Would you swim in these waters, knowing what lies...

Every city has its tragedies. Some are recent and present in our minds. Some sit in the distant past, mostly forgotten to us as we hustle along the streets to our jobs or our tourist destinations. Whether forgotten or not, these tragedies, these pieces of micro-history nestled within the alleyways or along the sidewalks, shape and mold the very fabric of the city itself. If you stop to look and li...

When I was a child, my mother told me that cemeteries were less haunted than anywhere else, because the souls in a cemetery are at rest. But are they? I’ve since learned that cemeteries, indeed, can be quite haunted. Particularly those cemeteries where every single dead resident has reason to be angry with the living. On this H Files episode, we look at one particular place, right here in America,...

If you grew up in a haunted house, would you think it’s possible that something from your childhood home was still, somehow, with you? What if you continued to encounter something…unexplainable…at night, on a regular basis, years and years later? Could it be the strange playmates you had from your childhood, just wanting to hang out? Or could it be something a bit more sinister? Today, on Homespun...

Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary...How many times did you have to say it before you saw her? She's just an urban legend, so why do we still get creeped out when we are alone at night, in the dark, and we can't hold our own gaze in the mirror? Even though many of us summoned her as tweens, egged on by the daring or mean girls in our group, she never actually popped out of the mirror...