True Hauntings

Charleville Forest Castle is a fine, Gothic-style castle in Co Offaly. It is close to Tullamore and the River Shannon. The area where Charleville Forest Castle now stands has had a chequered past. The Charleville estate is sited where Ireland’s ancient oak forests once grew – the home of Ireland’s druids. The Castle has been featured in many T.V. shows including ‘Becoming Jane’, ‘Northanger Abbey’...

Built by Hannes Tiedemann in 1881, Franklin Castle was supposed to be a dream home for an immigrant family who came to America to start a brand new and prosperous life — , instead, it quickly turned into a house of horrors.     But this Cleveland, Ohio mansion has a dark past, and today, it’s considered one of the most haunted houses in the United States. Rumours of strange happenin...

SURVEY REQUEST: if our listeners could fill in this survey, it would be appreciated. It will help us attract sponsors :) Many thanks http://bit.ly/truehauntings-survey Our 100th episode is coming up in a few weeks so we decided to take on some of the questions we have received about the podcast and answer them. Things like what is our favourite episode, how did we start and what do we thing about...

SURVEY REQUEST: if our listeners could fill in this survey, it would be appreciated. It will help us attract sponsors :) Many thanks http://bit.ly/truehauntings-survey Coulrophobia is a fear of clowns. Experts estimate that 1 in 10 adults have this fear. While clowns want to spread cheer, some people find them downright creepy. So what could be worse than a single clown? How about an entire motel...

With quite an active history, you might image that some figures have lingered in the castle beyond their death. There are rumored to be hundred of ghosts haunting Drasholm Slot. Psychics and mediums have visited Dragsholm Castle and repeatedly identify four active spirits. Some of them can be traced to the history of the castle and others to tales that have been passed down over the centuries. In...

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SURVEY REQUEST: if our listeners could fill in this survey, it would be appreciated. It will help us attract sponsors :) Many thanks http://bit.ly/truehauntings-survey The story of Sallie, the infamous Heartland Ghost, has attracted endless rumours and theories of murder, cover-ups, racism and abuse—all the makings of a terrifying horror movie. But this was no movie and the family that s...

St Helena Island is a small isolated island in the middle of the South Atlantic, some 1200 miles from the mainland of Africa. This tiny spot in the ocean played a big role as a stopover on the trade routes and as a place of exile for thousands of slaves. Such a history of use and abuse of the land and the people dumped there has led to a deeply dark and haunted place. Superstition, magic, voodoo a...

On a bright sunny day, Ballygally Castle is postcard perfect—a breath taking almost dream like Scottish baronial Castle overlooking the sea in Northern Ireland. Yet on any dark, stormy evening, Ballygally takes on a more sinister feel and looks like something right out of a 1950’s horror movie.  There’s a dark coastal road that takes you to the castle on the hill and you can ju...

The room upstairs looks like any child’s bedroom. Toys are lovingly arranged on chairs and on the bed in easy reach ready for play. Downstairs there is a doctor’s surgery, clean and tidy awaiting the patients for the day. There is also a school room for students. But the children, patients and students that roam these rooms are not the people you would expect to be here – they are all dead. Why is...

Fremantle Prison was built as a convict barracks in the 19th century and remained in continual use until 1991. The Prison was a place of hangings, floggings, dramatic convict escapes and prisoner riots. Inmates included imperial convicts, colonial prisoners, enemy aliens, prisoners of war and maximum-security detainees. The first convict transport sailed into Fremantle Harbour in 1850. The Convict...

The Bell Witch or Bell Witch Haunting is a legend from Southern United States folklore, centered on the 19th-century Bell family of northwest Robertson County, Tennessee. Farmer John Bell Sr. resided with his family along the Red River in an area currently near the town of Adams. For three years, “Kate” tormented the family, none more so than John Bell and his daughter, Betsy Bell, who was pi...

SURVEY REQUEST: if our listeners could fill in this survey, it would be appreciated. It will help us attract sponsors :) Many thanks http://bit.ly/truehauntings-survey In this episode of the True Hauntings Podcast we invite you to look behind the security doors of the Pennhurst State School and Hospital as we discover the many shades of blackness in its corridors and in the cold dark heart of man....

SURVEY REQUEST: if our listeners could fill in this survey, it would be appreciated. It will help us attract sponsors :) Many thanks http://bit.ly/truehauntings-survey The majestic Baranof Castle was home to many Russian governors in the 1800’s. Remaining is the hill the castle stood on, the gorgeous view and supposedly a spirit who walks the hills. Baranof Castle in Sitka has a history spanning f...

SURVEY REQUEST: if our listeners could fill in this survey, it would be appreciated. It will help us attract sponsors :) Many thanks http://bit.ly/truehauntings-survey Wicklow’s historic gaol stands in the centre of the township and today it is one of its major visitor attractions. But its history is filled with the angry men of Irish rebellions and the starving faces of the local people. You...

SURVEY REQUEST: if our listeners could fill in this survey, it would be appreciated. It will help us attract sponsors :) Many thanks http://bit.ly/truehauntings-survey The  Highgate Vampire  was a media sensation surrounding reports of supposed supernatural activity at Highgate Cemetery in London in the 1970s. This sensational claim was sparked when several people came out saying that th...

Built during the twelfth century, Newgate Prison in London became well known as a place of great cruelty and wretchedness, with a lack of regard for the humans inside its walls.  It was reserved for some of the most notorious prisoners ever held under the death sentence.  It lacked fresh air and drinkable water. Punishment was so inhumane that death was a blessed relief for the inmates....

An opium den on the first floor? Prison cells in the basement? The Viaduct has seen all sorts of strange and unusual activity over the ages, and if you’re looking to discover what London’s original Gin Palaces might have looked like then it is a perfect example. The Viaduct is an authentic survivor of Gin Palace style of the Victorian Era in England. The Viaduct Tavern opened in 1869 and it is Pro...

You are about to hear a tragic story, with a very sad ending. So, we are giving those who may be easily triggered by emotional content, and those under 18, a heads up that there will be a mention of suicide in this episode. But we must tell this story in its entirety -  as the events that happened in the Ferrier household in St Paulo, Brazil, might just be one of the most violent episode...

This place might look strangely familiar to some. You may think, in your mind, that you have seen it before. If you have watched enough TV or movies over the last 20 years it will soon become clear. There aren’t many places in the world that are creepier than abandoned hospitals, and the Linda Vista Hospital in Los Angeles California goes a long way to reinforcing that story.  The hospital op...

SURVEY REQUEST: if our listeners could fill in this survey, it would be appreciated. It will help us attract sponsors :) Many thanks http://bit.ly/truehauntings-survey Despite its pretty brown stone exterior, the building at 14 West 10th Street in Greenwich Village has a not-so-nice history.  Since being constructed in the 1850’s it’s alleged that 22 people have died in the home and...

From movies to paranormal game shows, ghost stories continue to scare and fascinate the people of Indonesia. Not surprisingly, anything to do with ghosts has become a source of income for many. Said to be one of Indonesia’s most haunted place, the Lawang Sewu is notorious for being featured in the final episode of a local paranormal TV series, where an apparition was caught on video. A few days la...

With an alleged 63,000 deaths taking place inside its walls, Waverly hills Sanatorium is up to its eyeballs in ghosts and not surprisingly the site keeps topping the list of America’s most haunted locations. Originally built as a tuberculosis hospital in 1910, the building saw many lose their life from the disease. This was not the worst of it – slowly stories of mistreatment and dubious human exp...

Throughout history men have formed clandestine clubs, where rich young aristocrats would meet and indulge in drunken orgies, gambling and carousing. Few clubs have attained so much sensationalism as the Hellfire Clubs established in Britain and Ireland in the 18th century. Their history has lived on through the remains of these clubs, which are now major attractions open to the public. In our most...

SURVEY REQUEST: if our listeners could fill in this survey, it would be appreciated. It will help us attract sponsors :) Many thanks http://bit.ly/truehauntings-survey Deep in the heart of the canals of Xochimilco — Mexico City’s last vestige of the Aztecs — is one of the world’s most haunted and tragic locations: the Island of the Dolls. Here, on this single acre, which houses three hut...