The Ghost Furnace Podcast

The Ghost Furnace - Episode 137 "Cornucopia of Strange"   On this week's episode we have a variable horn-o-plenty of weird stories that you've shared with us over the last few days.    First up we have an unidentified object over the State College sky. Check out our Instagram for the photos shared with us.   Then we head up to New York State to revisit an apparent resolution to a story we covered...

The Ghost Furnace - Episode 136 "Stage Fright"   On this week's episode we welcome Kate to the show! She shares a few stories about her hometown, and some spirits she's come across. Now the title of this episode is a little misleading because one of the elements we cover here is around how spirits, like people, are not as negative as the tv shows and films would have you believe. To the extent the...

The Ghost Furnace - Episode 135 "Valley Forge"   When you have a location, like Valley Forge, which has such historical and cultural significance, it has to be haunted in one way or another right? Whether it has classical, incorporeal soldiers trying to make it through another day, the spirits of famous figures, footsteps in buildings older than our nation, or simply the everyday haunts which come...

The Ghost Furnace - Episode 134 "Like it Happened Yesterday"   On this week's episode, we are joined by our good friend Chris to talk about a few topics, one of which is the way ghost hunting technology has influenced the types of stories we tell. Then Chris shares a story that takes place in a junkyard, which is a new setting for us, but decidedly creepy.   If you have a story you'd like to share...

The Ghost Furnace - Episode 133 "Remote Viewing"   On this episode of the Ghost Furnace we welcome back Brian to kick off a conversation around remote viewing. This phenomena has many aspects and is a tough one to pin down, but we cover everything from Vatican technology to the Ghostbusters.    If you have a story you'd like to share, you can find us on Instagram and YouTube or TheGhostFurnacePodc...

The Ghost Furnace - EP 132 "Invisible Gorillas & Weird Bugs"   This week we take a look at a book we've referenced on more than one occasion, The Invisible Gorilla. Below is a link to the video we reference for the initial experiment. By focusing on the illusions of attention and memory, we look at how those in particular can impact not only our everyday lives but the study of the paranormal. We u...

The Ghost Furnace - Episode 131 "Bube's Tavern"   This week we head to one of the oldest breweries in the country. The lagering vaults, ballrooms, guest quarters and manufacturing facilities have seen many family members, patrons, owners and ghost hunters over the years who have enjoyed and loved this place. Some so much they stick around long after closing time.     If you have a story you'd like...

The Ghost Furnace - Episode 130 "Sky Canada Project"   This week we look at a fascinating, and remarkably well put together report on the state of UPA reporting in Canada. They do an excellent job laying out the elements in the databases and reporting that work, and what they lack. Then make some very sound recommendations on how we can all benefit from centralized reporting to better study the wi...

The Ghost Furnace - Episode 129 "Hell Money"   On this week's episode we are reunited to chat around some feedback from the last few weeks we wanted to share with everyone. Then Nic has a story from the other side of the globe which sounds eerily familiar to stories we have spoken about before. But what are hungry ghosts and what does hell money have to do with this? We'll learn together.   If you...

The Ghost Furnace - Episode 128 "The Legendary & Historic Johannes Kelpius w/ Timothy Grieve-Carlson" On this week's episode we talk with author Timothy Grieve-Carlson about Johannes Kelpius. This is a conversation I've been wanting to have since first reading his book " American Aurora: Environment and Apocalypse in the Life of Johannes Kelpius " last year. We look at both the historic and legend...

The Ghost Furnace - Episode 127 "Thwarted"   Due to some unexplainable technical difficulties, we were unable to record the UAP related show we had planned. However, we wanted to make sure you all got a full length episode to help get you through the dog days of summer. So, we have a compilation of three Dr. PA episodes which were recorded around the same time in 2020. These are three of my favori...

The Ghost Furnace - Episode 126 - "The Seneca Drums"   On this episode we head to the beautiful finger lakes of update New York. Among the picturesque scenery we have the setting for a bonafide scientific mystery, the Seneca Drums. These unaccounted for booms are labeled as everything from sky quakes, seismic activity, geologic gas, distant thunder and everything in between. But what is the source...

Quick update for everyone, we have lots of episodes in the works and will be back to our normal schedule shortly.

The Ghost Furnace - Episode 125 "Big Cat Bonanza"   The only thing better than a cat is a big cat right? Well, that might be the case the majority of the time, but not so much if you are a resident, farmer or sheep in England. On this episode, we look at the big cat phenomena that has been developing and shifting over the last hundred years, or longer, in England's countryside. The unique element...

The Ghost Furnace - Episode 124 "Brinton Lodge"   This week we have our latest edition to our unofficial "Haunted taverns of Pennsylvania" series. The Brinton Lodge has an impressive history regarding both its context in local affairs and as a seasoned paranormal hotspot. When you find a place like this that checks so many of the typical boxes, does that signal that it is legitimately haunted, or...

The Ghost Furnace - Episode 123 - Ghost Lite No.9 "Infrasound"   Do you ever just get a bad feeling in a place that, otherwise, seems perfectly normal? Well there are myriad reasons this feeling could be creeping into your bones, maybe there is a discarnate entity nearby, perhaps you're hanging out above a layline, or maybe there is a much more mundane source. In this ghost lite we look at the res...

The Ghost Furnace - Episode 122 "The Albatwitch"   On this episode of the Ghost Furnace we head out to the eastern part of the commonwealth to a beautiful ridge called Chickies Rock to take a closer look at  recent sightings of one of the strangest denizens in a place full of weirdness. The albatwitch often gets categorized as juvenile bigfoot, a curious mark in history, or merely the subject of l...

The Ghost Furnace - Episode 121 "Beechwood Farms"   On this week's episode Bond shares a story of a weird occurrence while on a hike with friends. For how much time we spend in the woods and reportedly creepy places, it's funny how little seems to actually happen when we are looking for it. This is an example of a very likely mundane, yet perplexing little happening.   Do you have a story you'd li...

The Ghost Furnace - Episode 120 "Western Maryland Folklore w/ Susan Fair"   This week we sit down with author and researcher Susan Fair to talk about some of Western Maryland's most interesting stories. Focusing mainly on a few of the stranger creatures reported we are able to highlight both some familiar elements along with some new perspectives. As we often find with the more fantastical side of...

The Ghost Furnace - Episode 119 "Grumblethorpe"   On this episode we are back in historic Philadelphia, with a house that saw six generations of one family, many historical events, countless visitors and supposedly a few ghosts. This Wister family is well known and documented in the commonwealth's history but this story was new to us. It's exciting to find a place like this which seems beloved by...

The Ghost Furnace - Episode 118 "Hairy Hands of Dartmouth"   On this week's episode, we head back across the pond for more UK folklore. This time to a very specific region of Dartmouth along B3212 near Postbridge. This story has been the subject of many newspaper articles, books and conjectures going back over 100 years. In many ways, it has familiar elements we've looked at in other tales, but th...

The Ghost Furnace - Episode 117 "The Morgawr"   This week we head back across the pond for another Cornish legend which had been sighted many times over the last 100+ years, but never decidedly identified. With so much of the ocean inaccessible by conventional means, it lends itself to stories. When you have an area where so many residents live near, work on, and love the water, it is natural that...

The Ghost Furnace - Episode 116 "Dr. PA - Lost Children of the Alleghenies"   The week we do something a little different. Before Mike started the Ghost Furnace, Nic and I had a Pennsylvania centric history/folklore podcast that ran from late 2015 until sometime in 2023. It had a different style and format but many of the topics either informed or would expand into elements we talk about on this s...

The Ghost Furnace - Episode 115 "State College Sasquatch"   This week we look at a recent report of a bigfoot in an unlikely, and familiar location. The area along Spring Creek between State College and Bellefonte is a place we have fished many times over the years. It holds a special place in our hearts. So when we heard someone had recently reported a class A encounter, we were eager to look int...

The Ghost Furnace - Episode 114 "Confluence"   On this episode of the Ghost Furnace we look at two seemingly paranormal disappearances, one of Charles Ashmore and David Lang. These stories have all the hallmarks, tropes and clues that lead to conjecture of everything from aliens to other dimensions. As per usual, the thread of truth and clarity that runs through these stories isn't what we expecte...