Left of Skeptic

This week marks the 60th Spooky Wednesday at Left of Skeptic, and we're visiting two new states to celebrate! First Kala takes us all the way up through Canada into Alaska to discuss the Alaskan Hotel in Juneau. This tiny, slightly dated hotel has a history of shy ghosts who don't seem to like it when people pay too much attention to them. If you're there on a daily basis for work or visiting, you...

Happy Spooky Wednesday! Kala is going to come and write a better description later, but the gist of this week's episode includes the curious tales of Tulpas, as told by Kala. And Brittany is bringing us back to England to talk about a chair that was loved above all other chairs...

Happy Spooky Wednesday! This week Kala tells you about the humorously named Slippery Noodle Inn in Indianapolis, IN. This rockin' restaurant and bar features delicious food and drink, jazz music every night of the week, (maybe) a body buried in the basement, and a variety of ghostly entities. Customers and employees have had experiences on all three floors of this building, but apparently the ghos...

This week is an eventful one! We’ve got aliens, ghost cows, ghosts that aren’t cows, project blue book, magical silencing pillowcases, and maybe-sorta crawlers. First Kala talks about the abduction of Betty and Barney Hill in New Hampshire in 1961. This story is one of the first to shape how we see alien abductions and UFOs both in science and in fiction. Next, Brittany takes us back to Austin, TX...

We’re going back to spooky basics with two very old buildings! First up, Kala talks about Rolling Hills Asylum in East Bethany, New York. This 18th Century building is one of the most haunted in the U.S. Highlights include: shadow figures in the halls, disembodied voices in patients' rooms, and a missing graveyard? It doesn’t get more classic than that. Next, Brittany covers the Old Jail in St. Au...

Happy Spooky Wednesday! We’re going full Universal Classic Monsters on y’all with tales of a vampire and a mummy! Brittany takes us over to London to talk about High Gate Cemetery and its resident sharp-toothed fiend. And Kala talked about the case of The Priestess if Amen-Ra, also sometimes referred to as The Unlucky Mummy. This mummy board is rumored to have caused the sinking of the Titanic. &n...

We’re back to our regularly scheduled programming this Spooky Wednesday with some haunted locations and subjects! First, Kala takes us back to Grand Haven, MI to discuss two haunted restaurants, the Kirby House Restaurant and the Dee-Lite Bar & Grill. Are the ghosts Emily and John actually the same ghost from the demolished Grand Theater? What do you think? And Brittany tells us about the clas...

Happy Spooky Wednesday! It is the LAST week of True Crime January, and Brittany and Kala are here to tell you the tale of the Salem Witch Trials. While many people attribute this time period to witchcraft and the paranormal, the truth is that these women (and some men) were murdered . Brittany goes into the details of the background and the reasoning behind this tragedy, and then Kala discusses a...

This spooky Wednesday is our third installment of True Crime January, and we’re coming at you with one of the most classic of true crime subjects: H. H. Holmes. This man was one of, if not THE first serial killers. He had a pretty messed up childhood, and he killed a bunch of people, but somehow managed to keep an impressively active dating life. And who can blame the ladies for falling for him? T...

This Spooky Wednesday we continue our true crime January with the tale of the murders from Amityville Horror House in Amityville, Long Island, New York. These murders and the resulting hauntings are so famous that they spawned an incredibly popular book and movie and a slightly less successful movie remake. But what's the real story here? What happened in the home? Is there any proof behind the ha...

Happy Spooky Wednesday to you all! This is our first episode for our first ever True Crime January! Every week this month we will pick a location where a crime has been committed. Brittany will tell you the details of the crimes that were committed, and Kala will follow up with the hauntings that happen as a result of these crimes. Brittany is very, very excited about this month! We're starting th...

Happy Spooky Wednesday! This week Kala will be telling us about the haunting of the now Nederlander Theater in Chicago, IL which sits on the site of the devastating Iroquois Theater Fire, whose victims haunt the still-active theater. Its creepy, and drama-nerdy, and honestly kind of a bummer at times, but still a good story. Especially if you're a fan of shadows waiting in the wings and creepy non...

Happy Spooky Wednesday and Happy Holidays, friends! This is our first ever Holiday themed episode! Well, kinda… who knew that spontaneous human combustion could have so much in common with the Christmas Season! Chestnuts roasting on an open fire? More like human flesh roasting randomly in a lounge chair. And Kala talks about the Moonville Tunnel in Ohio, where a history of people walking on active...

Happy Spooky Wednesday, friends! This week we're all about Wisconsin! Kala starts us off with the mystical Rock Lake near Lake Mills. What secrets does this water hold? Apparently... like two. First, there are mysterious pyramids of an unknown origin on the lake floor, and second, there might be a lake monster named Rocky slithering about. If you're swimming and you hear a loud hissing noise, it m...

Happy Spooky Wednesday! We’ve got THREE LOCATIONS FOR YOU THIS WEEK! Kala takes us to Grand Haven, MI to discuss the Lake Forest Cemetery where there are some blue orbs and some “normal” orbs and a stairway to hell. And if that’s not enough to convince you to visit this small town, the  home where Kate Koopman was murdered and eventually became the home of a consignment shop is also hella haunted....

Happy Spooky Wednesday! This week Kala is telling you about the Milton School House in Alton , Illinois. Yep, we’re back in Alton, and it’s still haunted. And Brittany talks about the Belvoir Winery and Inn in Liberty , Missouri. Both locations experience a lot of residual hauntings. And while they may have started out as buildings with a dark past, they are now both successful businesses. While t...

Happy Spooky Wednesday, folks! This week Kala is telling you about Robert the Doll, an object that is over 100 years old and brings misfortune to those who displease it. But to be fair, you might be displeased too if a grown-ass man carried you around with him for his entire life and blamed all of his bad actions on you. And Brittany talks about The Old Talbott Tavern in Bardstown, Kentucky. This...

This week Kala went to a sexy little place called Whispers Estate in Mitchel, Indiana. It might sound like something you'd see on late-night satellite TV, but the history is a lot less scandalous, and a lot more ghosty. Unless you find affordable real estate with hauntings included sexy... If that the case you're gonna love it. Brittany talks about a good ol' fashioned midwest exorcism with The Ex...

Happy Spooky Wednesday! This week Kala takes over with the extra-long tale of the Pfister Hotel in Milwaukee, WI. This hotel has a long, surprisingly un-tragic history, and yet it's still haunted AF. There are tales of mischievous ghost activity in the halls and rooms of this hotel as reported by major league baseball players, Megan Thee Stallion, and Joey Lawrence among many others. Lights flicke...

This Spooky Wednesday we’re heading to New York! Kala starts by talking about two different locations in Greenwich Village, New York City. The famous Washington Square Park, where tons of people walk around every day… walk around on the burial ground of thousands of bodies. Bodies that keep turning up with every redesign and road construction. And a short walk away on Gay Street, you might encount...

Happy Spooky Wednesday and a HAPPY HALLOWEEN TO ALL! For our last episode of the spooky season, we are wrapping up our Urban Legends October series with one extremely well-known urban legend and one very not-well-known legend. First, Kala talks about the Hook Man. A story told so many times that there is no solid foundation. Is it a symbol of a girl's fear of her own sexuality? Is it a strange ret...

Happy Spooky Wednesday! It's our third episode of our Urban Legends October and we are traveling across the world to tell you tales from Japan. Kala starts out this week with the story of Kuchisake-onna, or "Slit-mouthed woman", who has existed in folklore since the Edo period. This deadly yokai sneaks up upon unsuspecting humans to ask them a simple question that has no simple answer. Just trust...

Happy Spooky Wednesday! This week we are continuing on with our Urban Legends October series. The stories this week are based on the classic creepypasta tales we grew up reading right before bed, ensuring you'll never get a good night's sleep. Brittany talks about Slender Man, a character so well known and so well believed that it has been the catalyst behinds some real-life tragedies. And Kala ta...

Happy Spooky Wednesday! The first spooky Wednesday of the spookiest month of the year, which brings us to the first special series in our podcast history: Urban Legends October! To mark our very special episode is a very special guest: Adam Herman! He is a singer, songwriter, author, and all-around badass that you may have heard in The Slamming Doors, The Oddville Revue, or The PodCostner. This we...

Happy Spooky Wednesday! This week is heavily and unintentionally inspired by the TV show Supernatural. Kala is talking about one of her favorite cursed objects this week: James Dean’s Porsche 550 Spyder known better as “Little Bastard”. This car caused problems wherever it, or parts of it, went. Cars and ghostly tragedies? The only thing that would possibly make this better is if a wrestler were s...