The Ghost Story Guys

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows⁠ We've been wanting to cover a full-on poltergeist case for a while and now here it is! Me and Paul dive into the 1960 Leuthold Poltergeist in Maschwanden, Switzerland, as well as a 1956 UFO sighting in Altadena, CA by W.E. Dickensheetz (for real). Also on this episode: Tom Waits down on the farm,...

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows⁠ Invisible forces turning on the water, a message from beyond the grave, the dangers of arm wrestling, and the only thing scarier than rats in James Herbert's "Rats" series - that's right, it's time to Talk Spooky. Check out Brett Manning's Etsy store here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/brettisagirl O...

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows⁠ On this episode we dive into stories from UK folklorist and friend of the show Ruth Roper Wylde's "These Haunted Times, Volume 6" available in paperback, Kindle, and audiobook. Also on this episode: nerdy synchronicities, Paul surviving the World Cup, and the nightmare that is James Herbert's "The...

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows⁠ What kind of high strangeness lurks at Hanging Rock? Is there a plasmoid theory of poltergeist activity that will blow your everloving mind? Is a giant owl fit to be a babysitter? All these questions and more are answered when we talk spooky. Our musical guests on this episode are the Lot Lizards,...

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows⁠ Brennan's most striking encounter with the paranormal in years kicks off our exploration into high strangeness in those most liminal of places - shopping malls. From the former Puente Hills Mall in Industry, CA to Cincinnati Mills to The Shire's in Trowbridge, it turns out that while these malls may...

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows⁠ Haunted houses that won't stay clean? Nerding out about the newly discovered cut of 1958's "Dracula"? Making out with Green Day? All while Paul desperately fights the heat? That's right, it's time to Talk Spooky! Our musical guest on this episode is Podzontommusic, with his latest beat, "Motown." For...

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows⁠ This one represents a first for GSG - never before have we recorded an episode while my phone is blowing up with tornado warnings! The only thing scarier than that is the collection of listener stories we told while the wind was blowing - three never-before-heard-in-English tales of German poltergeist...

The tragic tale of the girl in the bathroom, Bagheera & Barnabus, a Hawaiian knuckle sandwich, the Westall UFO, and more haunting in Bren's apartment. That's right, it's time to Talk Spooky. Our musical guest on this episode is Misha Bower with her latest single, "Surrender." Keep an eye on Misha's Instagram and Bandcamp page for the release of her next track, "Eclipse," coming June 1st. Links:Cim...

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows⁠ At long last, we dive into stories of high strangeness from South Africa, with check-ins from our buddies the Tokoloshe, the Djinn, and a whole bunch of house spirits who insist on being impossible to explain by conventional means. Also on this episode: Bren finally watches "Thrash", Paul is challenged...

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows⁠ A murder suspect tormented by dreams from beyond the grave? Justice for Lake Doo-Ron-Ron? Paul still absolutely furious he watched "Thrash"? Loving with your whole heart, just not at the bus station? It sure sounds like a Talk Spooky episode to me! Our musical guest on this episode is Darko Richards wit...

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows⁠ Your home is your castle, so what do you do when your castle is haunted? You leave. The answer is you leave, but in the two stories we have for you on this show, it takes our victims a LONG time to figure that out. We also talk about the world record for "Ferret legging", the great Montgomery County Co...

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows⁠⁠  Has a Bigfoot travelled from Ohio to Ontario? What is walking across one of our listener's house in the dead of night, only to stop when they get out of bed? Is there chaos in the collective unconscious? Why does Paul know so much about the shape of various animals bathing suit areas? Yes, it's time t...

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows⁠ When the house next door starts screaming, who do you call? On this episode, we hear stories from listeners who have responded to emergency calls from the other side and come away with mysteries which quite simply cannot be solved For full shownotes, head to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠GhostStoryGuys.com Learn more about y...

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows⁠ Giant cats in England, a crash course in agave beverages, and my stereo turning on by itself, mid-show - yep, it's a Talk Spooky, and a it's weird one. Our musical guest on this episode is Eliot Wilder with "See That My Grave is Kept Clean" from his latest album, "Non Playable Character." For full shownote...

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows⁠ We all know Pennsylvania is strange - but how strange, exactly? According to this collection of listener emails, strange enough to keep you up nights, should you listen to this in the dark. We also dig into stories from the LeHigh Valley, where things wait in crawlspaces and empty amusement parks, hopefull...

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows⁠ What does the world look like when you're astrally projecting and not seeing it with your eyes? What horrors await us in the featureless backrooms of LinkedIn? Find out the answers to these questions and more in our most recent trip through the mailbag. Also, Bren raves about "Undertone" Our musical guest o...

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows⁠ Sometimes ghosts take stuff, but what about when they start taking knives? Would you believe they were trying to protect you? That's one of the questions asked by a listener on our latest collection of stories. We also get an update on a not-so-cursed house in Delaware, definitely haunted houses in South Afr...

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows⁠⁠⁠ Ghost kittens, strange men disappearing in the rain, and a voice that warns someone in the nick of time - that's just a few of the stories you'll hear as we dive into the mailbag! Also: Bren says the "Spawn" soundtrack can kick rocks, Paul flexes his psychic muscles, and we present further proof that the ho...

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows⁠ Our listener David has shared with us his lifetime of paranormal experiences from both South Dakota and Connecticut, including a life-saving shove from an unseen force, a cursed childhood bedroom, and so much more! Also in this episode: Brennan accidentally annoys The Youth, Paul is called upon to help them, an...

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows⁠ Publisher Hank Estrada started the imprint that would become GhostBooks.biz back in 1980s with his husband, the late Antonio R. Garcez. Together, they would go on to publish more than two dozen meticulously researched volumes of Antonio's ghost stories, including "American Indian Ghost Stories of the West", "New...

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows⁠ This dive into the mailbag is our most haunted one yet! Starting off with a nod to the classic (depending on who you ask) 90s flick "Spawn", Bren & Paul head straight into the darkness with an anonymous contribution from a UK police officer, updates on a haunted house, and so much more. This is a particularly st...

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows⁠ If there was one writer who could be said to have had their finger on the pulse of paranormal activity in New Mexico, it was the late Antonio Garcez, author of the "Adobe Angels" series and many others. In this episode, we share stories from his book, "Adobe Angels: The Haunting of O'Keefe Country", in which Anto...

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows⁠ Has a listener given us a plausible explanation for spontaneous human combustion? Is the answer a giant invisible mantis shrimp? Which one of our favourite paranormal grifters would probably run with that theory? All this and more on our latest dive into the mailbag! We also talk about haunted hotels, fate, goodby...

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows⁠ On January 20th, long-time Ghost Story Guys friend, listener, and Facebook admin Marc Semler lost his fight with cancer. To honour Marc, we present one of our most unhinged episodes in recent memory, in which we try to explore the hauntings of Phoenix, Arizona, where Marc lived, and come up almost empty, instead ex...

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows⁠ Tall, pale, humanoid creatures stalking America by night, the magic of a real life Santa Claus, and covering the spectrum of cultural relevancy by having Paul make a "6,7" joke and Bren talk about playing "boomer shooters" on the XBOX - that's right, the new GSG mailbag episode is here! Our musical guests on this ep...