Hunted & Haunted

🕯️ Listener discretion advised. Chicago, 1893. The World’s Fair promised progress, innovation, and a glimpse into the future. Millions traveled to see it — drawn by light, possibility, and the belief that they were safe. But just beyond that glow, H.H. Holmes was building something else. A hotel designed not for comfort, but for control. A structure filled with locked doors, hidden passages, and r...

Preston Castle was built to reform boys who had “gone astray.” Completed in 1894 as the Preston School of Industry in Ione, California, the institution promised discipline, structure, and rehabilitation. What unfolded inside its stone walls was far more complicated — and far more troubling. Boys were subjected to rigid control, isolation, forced labor, and documented abuse. In 1950, sixteen-year-o...

In 1950s Plainfield, Wisconsin, nothing bad was supposed to happen. It was a quiet farming town where doors stayed unlocked, neighbors waved, and people believed they knew one another. But beneath that calm surface lived a man shaped by isolation, control, and silence — and a truth the town never imagined it was holding. In this episode of Hunted & Haunted: Evidence & Echoes , we examine t...

What lingers on Alcatraz Island when the cells are empty? In this episode of Hunted & Haunted: Evidence & Echoes , we step onto The Rock to explore the memories it refuses to release — from brutal isolation in D-Block and the violence of the 1946 Battle of Alcatraz, to the unanswered questions surrounding the 1962 escape. We examine famous inmates like Al Capone, whose nights were filled w...

From the outside, Dorothea Puente looked like a kindly grandmother running a boarding house for people who needed help. Inside, it was something else entirely. In this episode of Hunted & Haunted: Evidence & Echoes , we examine the life and crimes of Dorothea Puente — a Sacramento serial killer who preyed on the elderly, the disabled, and the forgotten. We explore how she gained trust, how...

Welcome to Hunted & Haunted: Evidence & Echoes. True crime meets the paranormal in this dark, atmospheric podcast where each episode explores either a real-life case ( Hunted ) or a chilling supernatural encounter ( Haunted ). From serial killers to spirits that won’t rest, we trace the evidence, honor the voices lost in the silence, and dig into the stories that still linger long after th...