The Historical Paranormal

Send us Fan Mail Today we visit the Monte Cristo Homestead in Junee, New South Wales, Australia. This home is reportedly the MOST haunted home in Australia, and truth be told-I can see it. Also, I'll talk about the red light district of Galveston, Tx and a close tie a friend has to Galveston! Credits:  Angelica Jones: Bloody Bucket story The Sydney Morning Herald Wikitree

Send us Fan Mail This week we explore the origin stories for some of the stories we grew up with, such as the dancing devil, Old Green Eyes and La Llorona. Thank you to listeners Megan Cavazos and Justin Nichols for submitting your stories! Sources: Youtube: Nican Tlaca university Graham, Joe Stanley, 1940-1999. La Llorona, article, Date Unknown;( https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth101...

Send us Fan Mail WARNING: GRAPHIC DEPICTIONS OF MURDER The Bender family is considered to be America's first serial killing family, and has inspired everything from novels, tv shows, and movies to video games. 

Send us Fan Mail WARNING: more impalements of humans, including children. Be advised. Last Episode was the beginning, and this is the middle and end. Vlad The Impaler is often misunderstood, but we explore the themes that led up to his atrocities, the atrocities themselves, and how the people of Romania view him today.  

Send us Fan Mail WARNING: there are graphic descriptions of torture of both men, women and children. Be advised.  Man is this guy unpopular. This is my attempt not necessarily to vindicate him but to at least bring some background and clarity to his actions. I mean, yeah his rule was one of terror, but it was also one of stability for the Wallachian people. Part 2 will be out next week!

Send us Fan Mail Wow I did NOT know there were so many vampire stories in New Orleans. I love love love this city, and I'll keep going back even if there are vampires roaming the city streets at night. I hope y'all love this episode too!  Sources:  lifeaboardthetravelingcircus.com yesterdaysamerica.com trytoscareme.com wikipedia of course

Send us Fan Mail The Bon Secours Mother and Baby home was in operation from 1925-1961, and left a mass grave that would haunt the city of Tuam for years to come. Join me as I detail the injustices dealt to the mothers and their infants in their time of need, and what Ireland has done to rectify this impossible situation. 

Send us Fan Mail This episode asks why society celebrates the killer, and not the victim? We also talk about the state of mental healthcare in the early 20th century,  and whether this story is truly awful or not (it is).  Source Instagram: @sanfernando2stories La Prensa casetxt.com

Send us Fan Mail The town of Texarkana was rocked in the spring of 1946. Just when it had been lulled into a sense of safety with the end of the war, a serial killer pushes the town to a breaking point.  Sources:  wikipedia unresolved.me

Send us Fan Mail Join me in Venice as we unravel the mystery of Ca' Dario, the House that Kills. Is it real or will it join the countless other supposedly haunted tourist destinations? Let's find out! Sources:  https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/palazzo-dario https://roughdiplomacy.com/the-curse-of-cadario/ https://sevedbblog.com/2019/02/14/ca-dario-the-curse-is-it-really/ https://www.v...

Send us Fan Mail Today we're headed to the small city of Ararat, Victoria in Australia! Ararat, or Aradale Asylum was the largest asylum of its kind for the time and housed some of the most notorious criminals in Australian history. It also inflicted horrific abuses on its patients and even took its toll on the staff. The beautiful, Italianate compound hid these atrocities and others behind i...

Send us Fan Mail Are curses real? Honestly, I don't know, but there does seem to be some compelling evidence out there that agrees they are. Join me as we discuss the most famous curse-King Tutankhamun's tomb, as well as other famous curses and odd happenings. sources:  ancient-origins.net ranker.com

Send us Fan Mail The Florida School for boys has had many names over the 111 years it was in operation, but the thing that stayed the same were the numerous tales of unimaginable abuse at the hands of the staff and other boys at the school.  Sources:  St. Petersburg Times: "For Their Own Good" by Ben Montgomery & Waveny Ann Moore EJI.org

Send us Fan Mail Houska Castle is a remote castle outside of Prague, that's hiding more than just when it was built. There's no water source, no strategic reason for its construction at all. So why is it there, and why are people afraid to go near it?

Send us Fan Mail Today we explore the Little Carpathians, which is nothing like Little Italy apparently. Countess Elizabeth Bathory or Bathory Erszabet if you're running with the Hungarian way of writing a name, is one of the world's most prolific serial killers. Could she be misunderstood though? Listen to the show and you tell me.

Send us Fan Mail We travel to the great state of Tennessee for our next story! Champ Ferguson was the leader of a band of outlaws that worked with and outside of the confines of the Confederate Army and was responsible for at least 53 murders. He proved too much even for the Confederates, and eventually met his end at the hands of the Union. 

Send us Fan Mail The Menger Hotel has been serving guests in one way or another since 1859. It, like other historic hotels holds a lot of stories, many happy, and others tragic and heartbreaking.

Send us Fan Mail Joe Ball, the Alligator Man of Elmendorf, Texas murdered anywhere from 2 to 22 waitresses and others working for him at his bar-The Sociable Inn, in the 1930s. He and his assistant disposed of the bodies, in unsavory ways.

Send us Fan Mail Anna Hauptrief is described as one of Texas' most prolific serial killers. She ended the lives of 5 individuals and nearly killed another. It's said that she haunts her former jail cell, and touches the men who visit.

Send us Fan Mail Well hello 2020! We're kicking off the new year with a French murderess named Marie Catherine Taperet Lescombat. Please enjoy my tenuous grasp of French in this episode!

Send us Fan Mail June 10th, 1912 The bodies of the Moore family, along with sisters Lena and Ina Stillinger were found brutally murdered in their home. The crime scene was irrevocably ruined, but who killed them all?

Send us Fan Mail The taphophobia is real in this one guys, and it's not like it has never happened. It has. A LOT. Join me on this journey into intentional and unintentional live burials. 

Send us Fan Mail A seemingly tame figure that scared the ladies half to death, and leapt over 9 foot hedges to escape capture. The sound is off on my voice a little in this episode, so know that I had a meltdown shortly after recording what sounded like a normal episode.

Send us Fan Mail The Tower of London Part 2 picks up at the execution of Anne Boleyn, and goes right into some more executions and ghostly activity. Labeled explicit due to descriptions of torture.

Send us Fan Mail Part one of my episodes on the Tower of London, we've got some horrific methods of torture here, and a botched execution. We also have some history facts to set straight and some explanations behind some of the tower's most famous prisoners. There are some pretty nasty descriptions here so I'm labeling this episode NSFW for content.