The Ghost Story Guys

The most exciting stories are the ones that connect across different times, locations, and people, and on this episode we have not one or two but three different occasions where that's happened. Shadow people will menace, dreams will be shared, and if you look quickly enough at just the right time, you'll catch a vision of the Time Fish lording over it all. Also on this episode: Paul as the new Du...

From the Vermilion in Ohio to the Ganges in India, one thing you can rely on rivers to do is provide us with tales of high strangeness. On this episode we explore tales of disappearing boatmen, chained entities terrorizing those unfortunate enough to cross them, a dark spirit emerging from the jungle, and so much more. Also on this show: Paul explains one of England's more unusual hobbies, there's...

It's almost Halloween and what could be more frightening than driving headlong into the woods? On this episode we share the story of 2 Overlanders who know the woods like the back of their hand, until one night outside Santa Fe when things don't quite go to plan. You'll have to listen to find out more! Also on this episode: the dangers of recommendation, and Ghost Story Guys bingo is born It's alm...

You find an uncovered well beneath your house - what do you do? No, this isn't a line from Zork, this is the conundrum faced by a listener in a story on this episode. October is listener story month, and you guys delivered, from the aforementioned well to a Swedish getaway, to TWO different stories of encounters with the plaid people. Halloween is inbound, and you can feel it. Also on this episode...

Do owls and glass make any sense together? Absolutely not, and neither does anything else that happened to us on this recording. With stories ranging from a spectral little girl in a blue dress to an invisible force throwing a mirror off the wall, the stories on this episode cover a lot of ground, and that's before things get weird in the studio. You'll have to listen to find out what the hell I'm...

What does it take to be considered a master storyteller? On this episode, Lopaka Kapanui, THE Hawaiian Ghost Story Guy, shows us how it's done as we read from his beautiful, haunting book "Mysteries of Hawaii." From the Night Marchers to spirit trails to the Menehune, Lopaka walks us through his home state's rich tapestry of folklore as we laugh, and maybe even cry just a little. This is one of ou...

Somewhere in Modoc County, California there sits a motel that will forever put you off staying in room 4 - any room 4. In Bayonne, New Jersey, a horrible horn sounds, but can only be heard by a select few. When the world gets weird, your only weapon is to get weirder, and on this show we do just that. Also on this episode: perfect seasons of TV, The Relationship Guys, and the lame kind of Plaid Pe...

On our first country-specific episode since "The Haunting of Poland", we dive into stories of the paranormal from Vietnam, where a formless crying entity forces a man from his house in the dead of night, malicious spirits masquerading as children cause havoc on the highway, and so much more! Also on this episode: UFOs over Sheffield, the haunted toilets of England, and the natural world has Brenna...

On this episode we finally crack into the script Brennan's been holding onto - the one where people share their stories of interactions with passed-on loved ones and pets. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll hear about the time Paul was almost murdered by cows. Yes, you read that right. Also on this episode: Brennan's haunted weekend, wigging out, and talking about bears to children Music on This Epi...

Remember when "Reach Out and Touch Somebody" was a hopeful slogan for telephones and not a terrible supernatural promise? The Ghost Story Guys remember. On this episode, however, we're leaning way into the latter, with tales of terror centered on or around phones. Also on this episode: Bren vs. words, and one of the best old-school GSG digressions we've had in a while. Music on This Episode: Main...

They can appear as a fever dream, a hallucination, or even solid physical forms moving through your home, but who the hell are the Plaid People, and why do their eyes shine? On this episode we don't get any closer to an answer, but a listener story gives us a few more questions to chew on. We also examine stories of high strangeness in the desert, monsters at the door, and so much more. Also on th...

The person you love most in the world leaves the room via one door and inexplicably re-enters through another. Their expression is now completely blank, but they're still coming towards you - do you trust them, or do you run? On this episode, one of our listeners tells us how it went for them. Also on this show: Paul lets slip a little of his haunted past, Bren lives through the less inspiring par...

Throughout folklore bridges have been regarded as places of mystery - they've harbored trolls, trapped vampires, and even gotten Clint Eastwood laid. On this episode we're joined by guest storyteller and artist Mister Sam Shearon to explore some strange happenings around bridges, where the only thing more frightening than the dark are what it's hiding. Also on this episode: to live and cry in arm...

Every theater has a ghostlight, but not every theater has a ghost - the Starry Night Theater, in Tonawanda, New York, also known as the Ghostlight Theater, has both, and on this episode, guest storyteller Amanda Woomer joins Brennan and Paul to share some of those stories. Shadow people, time slips, and straight up haunting have all been experienced in the Ghostlight, and documented in Amanda's la...

On this episode, Paul gives us the goods from last weekend's Nebraska Bigfoot Conference, we continue a story from what may be Wisconsin's most haunted apartment block, a harmless board game in a cemetery ends in snake eyes, and so much more. Also on this show: journeying across the land of the dead to fight your grandad   Music on This Episode: Main Theme:   "Radio (Into the Darkness We Go)" by P...

The one thing we know for sure about the subtle world is that we don't know much at all, and on this episode we share stories which make that lack of knowledge seem a hell of a lot more scary. From Wisconsin to Guyana, from home invaders to the dead who wish only to be remembered, there's a lot to be said for the secret life of ghosts. Also on this episode: Ninja Turtles in the bathroom, a werewol...

Locked cars, locked homes - these are places we're supposed to feel safe but no one told that to the strange intruders we'll be talking about on this episode. From a flaming blue hoop that causes intense physical pain, to a section of road where a dark hitchhiker catches a ride regardless of whether or not you stop, this episode has some stories that'll make you want to double-check the locks. Als...

You know how sometimes life sneaks up on you? Well, replace "life" with "doppelgängers" and you've got this episode because when we put together this grab bag of stories we were not expecting those devil's doubles to turn up, yet they did. Before the night is done we also make stops in the mountains of Italy, the rice fields of the Philippines, and a Bulgarian suburb. Also on this episode: Paul's...

Who knows what evil lurks in the heart of Yorkshire? After this episode, Brennan, Paul, and their guest storyteller Kevin Eustace from "We Need to Talk About Ghosts" sure do, and it involves a lot of poltergeists. Also on this episode: the museum Monty Python would have built, that time Paul was guest-listed for a U2 show, and Brennan announces he's working on a new book about the paranormal Music...

It's time for 2021's first volume of listener stories and it is quite the ride, taking us from a rural Texas homestead where a "baby" cries to lure people outside alone, to the titular horny ghost, which may be the greatest story told on this show so far. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll hear the story of Stinky Mike Music on This Episode: Main Theme:   "Radio (Into the Darkness We Go)" by Podzont...

Since people generally don't end up in graveyards till after their dying is done, they shouldn't be all that haunted, right? As Brennan and Paul learn on this episode, that is very wrong and they have the stories to prove it: dancing man who also happens to be transparent, the mushroom picker who finds a path less-traveled, and a voice in LA's Evergreen Cemetery who saves a man's life are just a f...

Nevada may be home to the bright lights of Las Vegas, but outside the relative safety of the city stretches an expanse of desert with more darkness than light, and that desert has a way all its own. From a furious doppelganger mom who visits in the night to the darkness that finds you, and so much more, on this episode Brennan and Paul learn that what happens in the desert, can follow you home. Al...

On the first episode of 2021, Brennan is joined by Paul Bestall of the "Mysteries & Monsters" podcast to explore the strange world of animal ghosts. From an astrally projecting bear plotting bloody murder, to a haunted dog track, to a spectral herd of deer, to at least 2 poop jokes, we're starting the year off right. Also on this episode: Brennan's bear training, the great secret of greyhound raci...

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This year we here at Ghost Story Guys are proud to present our audio drama adaptation of "A Nightmare on 34th Street", by Paul Kane (the "Arrowhead" trilogy, "The Hellraiser Films and Their Legacy"). "Nightmare" tells the story of NYPD officer Malcolm Doherty coming face to face with the terrifying physical embodiment of what Christmas has become. Featuring original music by Chris Moree of Genki G...