How Haunted? Podcast | Horrible Histories, Real Life Ghost Stories, and Paranormal Investigations from Some of the Most Haunted Places on Earth

Originally released for Patreons in December, I hope you enjoy this very special episode.  Picking up where we left off at the end of episode 7 and 8, I head to the Wheatsheaf pub to conduct the only investigation permitted there in the last decade.  In this special episode, you'll join me for an investigation in early 2015, and I'll talk you through every aspect of the ghost hunt, and you'll hear...

This week I answer listener's questions including: Do I believe in ghosts? How did I get interested in the paranormal? Which of the places covered on the podcast would I choose to spend a night at, if I could only choose one? If you're interested in the Video Game Hall of Fame podcast I mentioned that I also appear on every fortnight, search "Video Game Hall of Fame" whereever you get your podcast...

A popular holiday park built around a 13th century castle. This is not your typical location for a paranormal investigation, a holiday park full of luxury caravans and holiday makers spending their weekends boating on the lake, or playing on the arcades and fruit machines. What they’re all blissfully unaware of however is the darker side of this particular holiday park. The ghosts and ghouls that...

Over the previous three episodes we’ve looked at all manner of scary, dark, places, and as we near the end of our adventure you’ll be pleased to hear that there’s still plenty of ghosts, ghouls, and all manner of otherworldly entities just lying in wait for us. So, tonight, join me as we embark on the final leg of our Ghost Trail, and for the last time ask just how haunted is County Durham? Suppor...

During episode 35 and 36, we’ve looked at chilling castles, horrible halls, haunted hotels, and terrifying taverns, and we’re only half way through our Ghost Trail of a county as scary, as it is stunning. So, tonight, join me as we continue our adventure through this creepy county, and ask how haunted is County Durham? Support How Haunted? by subscribing and leaving a review. You can become a Patr...

In episode 35 we began our terrifying trail of County Durham, a historic county with breath-taking scenery, award winning attractions, and 11 million visitors from all over the world each and every year. And then there’s the darker side, the murder, torture, betrayal, and death that has left an eternal stain on the county, ensuring that there are so, so many places believed to be haunted, and it’s...

This time out we’re going to take the first steps on a very exciting journey which will see us not just look at one location, we’re going to turn our attention to an entire county. A county, which has been occupied for around 4,000 years and has a rich, yet bloody, history. And then there are the spooks, specters and phantoms that are said to be found at every turn across this ancient county. Toni...

This is an enhanced version of episode 10 with actual audio from the investigation. In 1985 a tunnel was found by a Scottish international rugby player, that led to an enormous underground complex, that had once been a thriving, lawless, city beneath Edinburgh.  This is a very paranormally active place indeed, with one malevolent phantom in particular being very unappreciative of the visitors who...

An impressive castle, which dates back to the early 13th century, has hosted royals and was the sight of a battle. This is a place of myths, legend, curses, and no fewer than nine ghosts. These include the tragic phantom of a woman cruelly left to die by her husband for failing to give him a son, a broken hearted trumpeter, a playful little girl, and the malevolent shade of a murderer hanged in th...

A popular railway museum, which opened in 1975, is said to be the haunt of a number of ghosts. Paul, a violent entity who lurks in the ladies toilets, George who remains within the Travelling Post Office, and still takes huge pride in his work, many years following his passing, a tall man in a top hat, a mischievous spirit who likes to mess up the gift shop after dark, the archives has been the sc...

Originally built as a children’s orphanage, before becoming a hospital, and then later a lunatic asylum. This building has bore witness to all manner of horrors, including the death of a small unloved child who was locked in a cupboard as a punishment, and forgotten about, only to be found dead later. Today knocking, banging, screaming, and sobbing is heard from within cupboards in that area, whic...

A historic inn, in a remote, beautiful location is claimed to be not only the oldest pub in Wales, but the most haunted. This building is said to have been where 182 men, women, and children were trialed and sentenced to death, and their execution was carried out right here, within these centuries old stone walls. There is all manner of paranormal phenomena reported here, attributed to a friendly...

A 12th century castle, which has now stood alone, empty, and unused for over 350 years. In a remote valley in the wild’s of Northumberland this ancient fortress has seen reports of dark shadowy figures moving swiftly around the barely standing stonework. Strange glowing lights are seen moving around the ruin, and footsteps are heard walking on floorboards above visitor’s heads, despite there havin...

In episode 29 we began our scary adventure through Cumbria, a picture postcard perfect county. It’s as spooky as it is beautiful, as you’ll see if you head over to howhauntedpod on Instagram and take a look at the locations we dared to explore last week, and those that we’re about to encounter this time out. Tonight, join me for a very special episode as we ask, once again, just how haunted is Cum...

This time out rather than look at one location, we’re instead going to take a look at an entire county. A county in the north west of England which has had its history and landscape characterised by invasions, migration and settlement, as well as battles and skirmishes between the English and the Scots. A county steeped in myth and legend, with possible ties to King Arthur, and then there’s the gh...

Constructed upon a street with Roman origins, number 35 Stonegate was built in 1482 and has a fascinating history having been a publishing house, a psychic museum, a haunted house offering self-led tours and overnight paranormal investigations, and now it’s a clothes shop. Believed to be home to 14 spirits, this is one of the most haunted places in York, and one of the phantoms that call this plac...

In episode 27 we looked at the Jamaica Inn, the famed smuggler’s inn on Bodmin Moor in Cornwall in the South West of England. A building dating from around 1760 with an incredible haunted heritage, where there are ghosts and ghouls lurking around every corner, even in the newest wing which was added in 2017 there are still things that go bump in the night. This time out I will talk with Karin who...

A remote 18th century smuggler’s inn has found fame the world over for it’s ghosts. What is the cause of the footsteps heard throughout the building late at night when there’s no one there? What about the mysterious hooded figure seen in multiple areas of the inn? Then there’s the highwayman in the tri-corn hat who is seen by terrified guests walking through a wardrobe in the dead of night. Tonigh...

A monument to murder stands high above the village of Elsdon, in the remote moorlands of Northumberland. This stands as a reminder of a vicious murder which occurred in 1791, when a defenceless old lady was killed by three criminals who wanted to steal her wares to make some easy money. They were caught, and executed, and one of them had his body hung in a gibbet cage as a warning to others. It’s...

A near 600 year old castle stands within a housing estate in Sunderland, in the north east of England. For decades it stood, empty, unused, and famously haunted by the ghost of a young stablehand who was murdered at the hand of his master, the lord of the castle. Tonight, join me as we go in search of the Cauld Lad, and ask just how haunted is Hylton Castle? Support How Haunted? by subscribing and...

In 1839 work commenced to build a tunnel over two miles long beneath the streets of Newcastle-upon-Tyne in the north east of England, this was to get coal to the River Tyne. In later years it would provide shelter to the people of the city during German bombing raids during World War 2. It was then left empty, abandoned, and forgotten, before the damp, dark, eerie tunnel was reopened as a historic...

The most notorious incarnation of the Hellfire Club is undoubtedly that of Sir Francis Dashwood. Shrouded in mystery and superstition and rumours of orgies, satanic worship and human sacrifices. This club met in secret in a cave system that lay 300 metres below a 14th century church, overlooking West Wycombe, and it was here that these unholy acts took place. The club may be long gone, but the gho...

Overlooking Dublin and its surroundings, upon the crest of 1250 foot Hill, surrounded by dense woodland sits an ominous ruin made from the stone of a 5000-year-old grave. This structure is steeped in rumour of satanic worship and human and animal sacrifice. A club, feared by locals met here regularly in the 18th century and indulged in all manner of sordid behaviour. This has left its mark on the...

This beautiful countryside village in Kent was once named the most haunted village in Britain by the Guinness Book of Records. I will take you on a ghost walk of the village that appears to have one phantom for around every 60 living residents, and as we explore this delightful location you will meet all manner of specters including a highwayman, a hanged schoolmaster, and even a ghostly horse dra...

Originally released for Patreons at Halloween 2022, I hope you enjoy this very special episode.  At Halloween 2011, while writing my book Ghosts of York, I led a small team of three, in the first ever investigation at Middlethorpe Hall Hotel in York.  In this episode I read, in its entirety, the chapter of my book which covers every aspect of the investigation.  To get episodes such as this three...