Hometown Haunts Podcast

Episode 97: THE ALASKAN HOTEL AND THE WITCHES TOWER Nestled among the hustling and bustling bars on South Franklin Street sits the historic Alaskan Hotel and Bar. For over 100 years the hotel and bar has welcomed quite a few spirits in, but one can’t find her want out. Our second story dives into the tales of Kettering’s Witch’s Tower, a watchtower in Hills and Dales MetroPark. Strange tales have...

Episode 96: Central State Hospital Listener discretion is advised. For over 150 years the west side of Indianapolis was the home of Central State Hospital, intended to help and care for individuals with mental psychosis throughout the Hoosier state. The institution's history lives on in the collections at the Indiana Medical History Museum and the countless ghost stories retold about the abandoned...

Episode 95: MUMMIES AND WEREWOLVES Kat, Jen, and Christina start 2024 covering the Werewolf of Defiance and Eugene the mysterious mummy. Werewolf Sources: https://www.cleveland19.com/2018/10/19/werewolf-defiance-is-an-ohio-local-legend-that-still-haunts-video/ CLE Weekend segment on YouTube Astonishing Legends: https://www.astonishinglegends.com/astonishing-legends/2020/10/11/the-werewolf-of-defia...

Episode 94: Unexplained Lights in the Sky LAST EPISODE OF 2023! Professional pilot Fred Barbi joins Kat, Jen, and Christina tonight to report an unusual sighting he experienced flying recently. What was it? We do not know but other pilots reported it too. Email us your hometown haunt story and we will read it on our next episode! hometownhauntedmail@gmail.com Follow us on Social: @cincycabinetofcu...

EPISODE 93: THE DANCING LADY OF HARRODSBURG AND THE GREENBRIER GHOST Join Kat, Jen, and Christina tonight for the tale of a lady from Harrodsburg Kentucky who danced her life away and the Greenbrier Ghost who made sure her murderer went to jail and was the first time a ghost was used to solve a murder case. Sources Dancing Lady: https://www.tiktok.com/@willardpubliclibrary?lang=en https://madisont...

EPISODE 92: THE GRAY LADY EDITION Some folklorists believe that ghosts are a method for marginalized people to regain power over society. With their stories being retold through the centuries, countless people hear the haunting tales of memories and take life lessons from them. Some of these grow into their own apparitions, known as Gray Ladies. Women whose tales are full of sorrow, grief, and los...

EPIDOFR 91: MACABRE MANORS AND THE SNALLYGASTER Have you ever wondered who came up with the first haunted house? Tonight Kat shares the history of Macabre Manors and haunted houses around the world. Then, Jen shares the story of the Snallygaster, a cryptid from Maryland who is part dragon, part octopus, and snatching people left and right in Colonial America. Christina reads a hometown haunt! Sour...

Episode 90: Diana of the Dunes and the Moonville Tunnel Kat talks about Diana of the Dunes. Jen discusses the Moonville Tunnel, and Christina reads a hometown haunt! Sources Diana of the Dunes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_of_the_Dunes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_Dunes_National_Park https://www.nps.gov/indu/planyourvisit/diana-s-dare.htm https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/4971398...

S4 Episode 89: BATSQUATCH Carpeting the mountains of the Pacific Northwest are dense forests of cedar and fur trees with twisting devil’s club, enormous ferns, and other pine needles filling the forest floor. Hiding among the trees is an elusive cryptid who, like its cousin in West Virginia, is said to be a harbinger of doom- the BATSQUATCH! Tonight we cover Batsquatch, a funny cryptid with a beer...

Episode 88 THE MUARY ISLAND INCIDENT AND THE KIRTLAND CULT We have two different stories for you tonight. Get your UFO fix with the Maury Island Incident and then Jen will present the creepy story of the Kirtland Cult. Sources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqDiTG7G_hE https://www.seattlesouthside.com/things-to-do/sightseeing/seattle-southside-scenes/art/maury-island-ufo-incident-mural/ https://...

It has been a CRAZY summer! Christina went to New Zealand and France and Kat went to Alaska and Hawaii! Plus! SPOILER ALERT: KAT MOVED TO SEATTLE Don't worry Hometown Haunts fans, we are still recording the podcast with new Northwestern lore in addition to Midwestern. We also have some strange personal haunting news that will creep you out. Email us your hometown haunt story and we will read it on...

S4 Episode 86 THE HAUNTED HISTORY OF THE PETERS CARTRIDGE COMPANY Next to Kings Island, there was a company that specialized in gunpowder and ammunition production and occasionally went BOOM! Kat and Jen visited the location in March which is now a brewery. Bibliography https://www.facebook.com/handaplaces/posts/peters-cartridge-company-ohiothis-piece-of-history-was-completed-in-1899-and-pro/47302...

Episode 85 THE PIG-FACED LADY OF CAMPBELL COUNTY It’s late at night as you drive down the dark and desolate road, a light fog is covering the pavement obscuring the road ahead. Something seems to be walking down the roadway towards you, you stop your car and shine your lights at it- it’s a woman. Not any woman, it is a lady carrying an axe and wearing a pig’s head! Before you can get out of there,...

Episode 84 THE HAUNTED HALLS OF THE ART ACADEMY The Cincinnati Art Academy gave many well-known artists their start. Kat, Jen, and Christina discuss some of the other, netherworldy inhabitants on both the old and new (although older) campuses. If you went to Art Academy, tell us your paranormal story! PROTECT TRANS YOUTH! https://action.aclu.org/send-message/protect-trans-youth-stop-hb-68?fbclid=I...

Episode 83: HAUNTED TUNNELS OF THE DUNHAM TB HOSPITAL Prior to antibiotics being discovered to treat Tuberculosis, Santoria, or Sanatoriums, were established all over the United States in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries. Kat, Jen, and Christina discuss one on the edge of Price Hill with a series of haunted tunnels! Sources: https://ohiomemory.org/digital/collection/p267401coll34/id/10020/ h...

Episode 82 DEAD MAN'S CURVE OF CLERMONT COUNTY There are many roads with the moniker 'dead man's curve' but Kat, Jen, and Christina discuss a curvy road in Clermont county with an aggressively scary spirit! Sources: https://www.clermontsun.com/2006/10/12/local-historian-releases-video-about-haunted-clermont-county https://creepycincinnati.com/2011/11/11/clermont-county-dead-mans-curve/ https://en....

Episode 81 BEAST OF BUSCO Inspired by cryptid madness from the inaugural Frogman Festival, Kat, Jen, and Christina talk about a giant turtle lurking in an Indiana lake. Sources: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beast_of_Busco Weird Indiana https://www.facebook.com/groups/285631680401/ https://indianapublicmedia.org/momentofindianahistory/churubusco-turtle-days/ https://www.wcpo.com/entertainment/lo...

Episode 80 HABIT'S CAFE Kat, Jen, and Christina talk about the legendary restaurant and bar, Habit's Cafe and the new trope of the man in white! Sources: https://www.wlwt.com/article/its-the-end-of-an-era-for-longtime-oakley-square-bar-restaurant/27230756 https://www.citybeat.com/food-drink/oakley-fish-house-from-the-team-behind-teak-otr-offers-a-menu-of-fresh-seafood-with-options-for-landlubbers-...

Episode 79: LUCY RUN CEMETERY Kat, Jen, and Christina continue discussing their trip to Clermont County and their visit to the legendary Lucy Run Cemetery. Is the Lucy the area is named for a real person or a myth? Sources: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21566050/charles-robinson https://hauntedhocking.com/Haunted_Ohio_Clermont_County.htm https://www.ohioexploration.com/paranormal/hauntings/c...

Episode 78 CLERMONT COUNTY INFIRMARY Kat, Jen, and Christina discuss the infirmary and potters field that the current courthouse and jail have been built on top of. Ghostly figures are said to occasionally roam the halls there looking for why their graves, and eternal rest, were disturbed. Sources: https://www.ohioexploration.com/paranormal/hauntings/clermontcounty/ https://clermontcountyohio.gov/...

Episode 77: BIBLIOSPIRITS Kat, Jen, and Christina discuss the library patrons who never leave and may even recommend a book or two by tossing it from the stacks. Sources: https://cincinnatirefined.com/arts-design/history-of-the-mercantile-library-downtown-cincinnati-established-in-1835 https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2015/10/28/phantoms-among-folios-guide-to-haunted-libraries/ https://mercan...

EPISODE 76: CINCINNATI CURIOSITIES WITH GREG HAND WARNING: Listener discretion is advised! Kat, Jen, and Christina talk to Greg Hand about his new book, Cincinnati Curiosities: Healing Powers of the Wamsley Madstone, Nocturnal Exploits of Old Man Dead, Mazeppa’s Naked Ride, and More. Show News: We will be at the inaugural Frogman Fest this March 4th at Great Wolf Lodge Conference Center in Mason,...

THE CHILLING HISTORY OF BURNET WOODS WARNING: Listener discretion is advised as we talk about the morbid topics of suicide and murder. Kat, Jen, and Christina talk about the dark history of the park bordering the University of Cincinnati's campus. Sources: https://medium.com/@kate.plaugher/better-burnet-673207e28fe2 https://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/cincyparks/visit-a-park/find-a-parkfacility/burnet-w...

Kat, Jen, and Christina talk about the party history of 1313 Vine Street, home of many a club and tavern. Also, who wants to be in a Hometown Haunts book club? Sources: http://www.diggingcincinnati.com/2014/01/the-history-and-names-of-1313-vine.html https://usghostadventures.com/cincinnati/1313-vine-st/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLHUPpc6Ljo https://www.soapboxmedia.com/features/55soapdishwha...

Episode 73 GHOST HUNT AT ARNOLD'S BAR Kat, Jen, and Christina are joined by Kris to talk about their wild night Ghost Hunting at Arnold's Bar! Email us your hometown haunt story and we will read it on our next episode! hometownhauntedmail@gmail.com Drops every Wednesday at midnight! Follow us on Social: @cincabinetcurio (Twitter) @cincycabinetofcuriosities (Instagram) Cincinnati Cabinet of Curiosi...