Second Hand Haunting

Callum & Amber delve into the surprisingly romantic origins of the Langford family Banshee in Kilcosgriff Castle. Send your limericks here: ⁠⁠⁠ 2ndhandhaunt@gmail.com True Irish Ghost Stories (C)1926 by John Seymour & Harry Neligan (1994 ISBN 1 85958 050 5) Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/danijel-zambo/centuries-ago License code: RTOJRJP10E2YDEGT See omnystud...

Due to unforeseen circumstances, we're breaking out the emergency Pilot Episode of Second Hand Haunting! Travel back in time as Callum and Olly discover The White Phantom at the Acton Arms, The Witch-Finder and The Wellington, and the format of this very show. Ask for more unreleased projects here: ⁠⁠⁠2ndhandhaunt@gmail.com Haunted Inns (C)1973 by Marc Alexander (ISBN 0 584 110115 5) Music from #U...

As promised last week, Callum sat down with Jess to have his Tarot read to help him figure out what to do with his life. Well, his job and his podcast, anyhow. And then he got a second opinion... WARNING: Listen at your own peril if you worked with Callum in the first half 2026... Contact Jess to book your own Tarot Reading via Instagram . Send your remote reading to: ⁠⁠⁠ 2ndhandhaunt@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠...

Callum lets Jess pick a story this time, and she somehow manages to find another story of a troubled teen afflicted with something supernatural on top of all the usual hormones. This time help arrives in the form of a Catholic Exorcist though... Find Jess on Instagram . Send your Exorcist fan-fic to: ⁠⁠⁠ 2ndhandhaunt@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠ Holy & Unholy Ghosts: A Priest's Experiences of the Supernatural...

Callum & Amber have some new microphones to test out, and what better way of doing so than reading about feuding farmers in Depression-era Wisconsin, and how the whole town rallied when a ghost entered the fray. Send your audio-quality complaints to: ⁠⁠⁠ 2ndhandhaunt@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠ Haunted Wisconsin (C)1980 by Michael Norman & Beth Scott (2011 eBook ISBN 978-0-299-28593-7) Music from #Uppbea...

Callum takes Olly through the twisting tale of Ester Cox: a Canadian girl haunted by bedroom disturbances, flying housewares, and a pyromaniac poltergeist called Bob. Send your moneymaking schemes to: ⁠⁠⁠ 2ndhandhaunt@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠ The Book of Dreams and Ghosts (C)1897 by Andrew Lang (Reprint ISBN 978-1-4065-2606-6) Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/danijel-zambo/centur...

Amber & Callum went on holiday to Tasmania, and took in as many haunted sites there as they could (while still having a holiday). Prepare to hear about visits to Port Arthur, the Isle of the Dead, Willow Court Asylum, the Hobart Penitentiary, and even some of their own investigations! There's also a standalone story at 43:20 if you just want to hear that: Winston of Ward 5 Do you smell burnt t...

Callum presents Bella & Justin with a selection of weird short stories from his collection of ghost-related literature. The tales of Astral Projection, a hungry Japanese ghost, and the Wild Hunt chasing a Buckfastleigh squire across Dartmoor have almost as much in common as the segments of their new show: Pod Luck: The Podcast Game Show Reach Justin individually @justin.mcarthur Reach Bella on...

Callum grants Olly his wish of reading three tales about Japanese Haunted Houses, and the ways in which they have historically exorcised them. Olly is surprised by how... pragmatic their methods were. Send your furry fan art to: ⁠⁠⁠ 2ndhandhaunt@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠ Japanese Tales selected, edited, and translated by Royall Tyler (C)1987 (ISBN 0-375-71451-0) Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https:...

Callum hopes Amber hasn't figured out that this one is an early April Fool's prank, but who cares when it's poem about a drunkard husband being haunted by his murdered wife's ghost in clock form. Email us to complain about being a day early: ⁠⁠⁠ 2ndhandhaunt@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠ The Ingoldsby Legends or Mirth and Marvels by Thomas Ingoldsby, Esquire a.k.a Reverend Richard Harris Barham Music from #Uppbeat...

Amber reads Callum a story about a Tennessean Baptist Revival night invaded by a hellish apparition, and the multiple ghosts it leaves in its wake. Explain the difference between Methodists and Baptists here: ⁠⁠⁠2ndhandhaunt@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠ Tennessee Folklore Society Bulletin - Volume 37, No. 3 (C)1971 Tennessee Folklore Society Thirteen Tennessee Ghosts and Jeffrey (C)1977 by Kathryn Tucker Windham...

Callum & Olly celebrate Chinese New Year with an old tale of conflict between the Son of Heaven, a rebellious Warlord, and the extremely brave man caught in between. Link to the episode with the headless chicken. If you've seen a movie based on today's episode, let us know: ⁠⁠⁠ 2ndhandhaunt@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠ Some Chinese Ghosts (C)1887 by Lafcadio Hearn (2008 ISBN 978-0-486-46306-3) Music from #Upp...

Justin & Amber join Callum for a Valentine's day special (not like that). The trio examine marital politics of 1600s Scotland while rooting for young lovers to become spouses, and not ghosts. Have we found the most wholesome ghost story ever? Who's going to be the ghost? And what's with the Flapjacks? Find Justin on Instagram . Send us your recipe for homemade treats: ⁠⁠⁠2ndhandhaunt@gmail.com...

Amber got Callum a birthday gift of a brand new bookazine about ghosts, so they take turns reading stories about troubled young women in the 20th century who were ghosts. Or were trying to be ghosts? Or were just trying to find love in this crazy mixed-up world? If you've ever acted like a supernatural entity woo someone, email: ⁠⁠⁠ 2ndhandhaunt@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠ History of Ghosts 9th Edition Bookazine...

Callum & Olly hunt through Haunted Houses looking for a decent ghost. Along the way they find some impressive mansions, and some inhumane acts, and an inappropriate Nun. If you like wet ghosts, email: ⁠⁠⁠ 2ndhandhaunt@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠ Haunted Houses (C)1907 by Charles G Harper (1994 ISBN 1 85958 068 8) Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/danijel-zambo/centuries-ago Licen...

Callum & Amber see out the old year with something more annoying than fireworks: a spooky something that won't leave the poor wealthy Shchapoff family, and their numerous servants, alone. Escalating from a ruckus on the roof to a sure-fire murder attempt, this Russian devil is not to be trifled with. Can you hear the drums? If so, email: ⁠⁠⁠2ndhandhaunt@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠ The Book of Dreams and Ghos...

Just in time for Christmas, Callum & Amber sit down to read what Andrew Lang calls "The best story in the world": the old Icelandic tale of Glam. As an excerpt from Iceland's Saga of Grettir the Strong: Yeomen, shepherds, monsters, thralls, and big strong boys abound. Send us you Christmas wishlist: ⁠⁠⁠ 2ndhandhaunt@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠ The Book of Dreams and Ghosts (C)1897 Andrew Lang (Reprint ISBN 9...

Jess, Justin, and Callum provide very different, yet equally esteemed interpretations of the poltergeist and spectral events surrounding poor Amy, a thirteen year old girl in the USA in 2002. After they give their own advice they hear what Echo Bodine: self proclaimed ghostbuster, psychic, clairvoyant, and spiritual healer, said to Amy back in '02. To shake off that horror, they play a little game...

Olly's back from his holiday just in time to celebrate our 2 year anniversary! Callum updates him on his own recent spooky experience, catches up on Olly's circumstances during the Halloween Seance, and reads a haunting tale of the one place in London that Olly didn't go: the Tower of London. If you or someone you know has been seized by a vial of alien goo, contact us here: ⁠⁠⁠ 2ndhandhaunt@gmail...

Callum & Amber indulge in their bed-time routine: cozy pajamas, potent nightcaps, and stories from Japanese folklore. If you've ever buried a corpse beneath a house, admit your sins here: ⁠⁠⁠2ndhandhaunt@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠ Japanese Tales selected, edited, and translated by Royall Tyler (C)1987 (ISBN 0-375-71451-0) Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/danijel-zambo/centuries...

It's Halloween 2025, and that means it's time to try and contact the dead again! This time we're using the Estes Method to tap into the Spirit Realm via a Spirit Box. Or at the very least Callum, Steph, Justin, an Amber try to contact Olly who is in an undisclosed location halfway around the world... Find Justin and Steph on Instagram Send your interpretation of our seance here: ⁠⁠⁠2ndhandhaunt@gm...

Fresh from their ghost hunt in a haunted lunatic asylum, Olly asked Callum to find some stories about other haunted health care facilities. He hit the jackpot, because apparently the Royal Melbourne Hospital, Brisbane's Royal Children's Hospital, AND Adelaide's Women's and Children's Hospital are all haunted! Tell us about your dosed-up hospital hallucinations here: ⁠⁠⁠2ndhandhaunt@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠ Ha...

Callum, Olly & Amber went on a Ghost Hunt in the old Glenside Z-Ward (a.k.a. Parkside Lunatic Asylum). Find out what they saw, heard, and felt in the dingy, barbaric, and reputedly haunted facility that held Adelaide's most troubled minds for over 100 years. Recommend more haunted sites at: ⁠⁠⁠ 2ndhandhaunt@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠ Ghost Tour & Hunt provided by Adelaide's Haunted Horizons. Music from...

Callum gives Justin a choice of ghost stories from China, Japan, or the Mystery Box! Of course he manages to double-dip, but that just means a deadly double dose of phantom fun! Check out the pictures from the episode on Instagram . Email Justin at https://www.pzinner.com.au/contact Or on Instagram . or email Callum here: ⁠⁠⁠ 2ndhandhaunt@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠ Japanese Tales selected, edited, and translate...

Callum tortures Amber & Olly with letters that were submitted to psychic Echo Bodine asking for help with very... intimate spectral problems they've been having. Email the gang here: ⁠⁠⁠ 2ndhandhaunt@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠ Dear Echo... (C)2002 Echo Bodine (ISBN 0 00 716642 7) Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/danijel-zambo/centuries-ago License code: RTOJRJP10E2YDEGT See omn...