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Send us Fan Mail Inside one of the most haunted buildings in Canada — the Ottawa Jail Hostel, formerly the Carleton County Jail at 75 Nicholas Street, Ottawa, Ontario. From 1862 to 1972, this limestone prison housed up to 150 inmates in cells barely three feet wide, with no heat, no plumbing, and no light. Three men were hanged on its still-standing gallows: Patrick James Whelan in 1869 for the as...

Send us Fan Mail What if the scariest urban legends were real? Not metaphors. Not campfire exaggerations. Actually, verifiably, documentable real — and the communities telling them knew something terrible was happening long before anyone with authority chose to listen? In this episode of Let’s Talk Spooky — a solo-narrated folklore and haunted history podcast — we follow four true horror stories h...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Let’s Talk Spooky , we explore the chilling lore, cultural warnings, and unsettling history behind the Wendigo and the Skinwalker . These are two of the most searched and most misunderstood figures in Indigenous folklore , Canadian legend , and North American supernatural storytelling . We begin with the Wendigo , a terrifying figure found in the traditions of O...

Send us Fan Mail Step into the firelight and into one of the most fascinating festivals of the ancient Celtic calendar. In this remastered episode of Let’s Talk Spooky , we explore Beltane , the ancient Celtic fire festival that marked the beginning of summer and the thinning of the line between the human world and the spirit world. From ancient pagan rituals and sacred bonfires to fertility tradi...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Let’s Talk Spooky , we explore two of Canada’s most unsettling locations—places where history didn’t just happen… it stayed behind. We begin in Halifax at The Five Fishermen, a historic building that once operated as a funeral home. This site played a role in the aftermath of the RMS Titanic disaster and the devastating Halifax Explosion, where victims were brou...

Send us Fan Mail On March 17th, 1995, six teenage boys from Pickering, Ontario, disappeared in the early hours of the morning after leaving a house party near the shoreline of Lake Ontario. What followed was a large-scale search, an investigation built on fragments, and a timeline that—decades later—still feels incomplete. While the official explanation points to a tragic boating accident, the ava...

Send us Fan Mail Follow & Support If you enjoyed this episode, don’t forget to follow Let’s Talk Spooky , leave a review, and share it with your fellow spooky souls 👻 Got a story of your own? We’d love to hear it. Description:  What if someone saw you… Somewhere you’ve never been? In this episode of Let’s Talk Spooky , we explore the unsettling idea of the doppelgänger—an identical double sai...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Let’s Talk Spooky , we explore some of history’s most unsettling disappearances—cases where people didn’t just go missing… they seemed to vanish. From children who disappeared in broad daylight, to pilots lost mid-sentence, to historical figures who stepped out of reality itself—these stories challenge what we think we understand about time, space, and human exp...

Send us Fan Mail Leprechauns are often seen as cheerful little shoemakers guarding pots of gold—but their origins are far more complex, and much darker. In this episode, we explore the folklore roots of leprechauns in Irish mythology, tracing their connection to older fairy traditions, solitary spirits, and trickster entities. We look at how these figures evolved through oral storytelling during t...

Send us Fan Mail Japan is home to some of the most chilling urban legends in the world. Stories whispered in school hallways, shared on quiet train rides, and passed between friends late at night. Some of these legends have existed for decades… while others were born on the internet and spread like wildfire across message boards. In this episode of Let’s Talk Spooky , we explore four of Japan’s mo...

Send us Fan Mail The Appalachian Mountains are among the oldest mountain ranges on Earth, stretching more than 2,000 miles across the eastern United States. For generations, the people who lived in these mountains have shared stories about strange encounters in the woods, mysterious creatures, and folklore that seems to blur the line between history and legend. In this episode of Let’s Talk Spooky...

Send us Fan Mail In Part One of this two-part series, we explore real missing person cases connected to the Appalachian region and the 2,190-mile Appalachian Trail. Appalachia stretches from Georgia to Maine, cutting through national forests, deep mountain hollows, and some of the most rugged terrain in the eastern United States. In this episode, we examine documented disappearances, including: •...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Let’s Talk Spooky , we explore some of the most haunted universities in North America and the UK — from abandoned asylum buildings and Gothic towers to medieval cathedral ruins and anatomy theatres linked to real historical crimes. These aren’t urban legends pulled out of thin air. Many of these campuses are built on documented history involving: Former psychiat...

Send us Fan Mail Valentine’s Day is often framed as a celebration of romance — roses, chocolate, candlelight. But beneath the surface, February 14th carries a far older and darker history. In this bonus episode of Let’s Talk Spooky , we explore the lesser-known folklore and urban legends connected to Valentine’s Day — from early martyrdom and ritual superstition to backroad ghost stories and indus...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Let’s Talk Spooky , we explore modern accounts of time slips, missing time, and parallel reality experiences shared by users on Reddit. From waking up in impossible locations with no memory of how they got there… to stepping into what felt like another universe… these first-hand accounts blur the line between psychological phenomenon and paranormal mystery. Are...

Send us Fan Mail Time slips don’t arrive with spectacle. They happen quietly—on familiar roads, well-marked trails, and in places people believe they know. In this episode of Let’s Talk Spooky , we explore the folklore, historical accounts, and modern experiences of time slips: moments when people report briefly stepping outside linear time. Across cultures and centuries, these encounters share th...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Let’s Talk Spooky , we explore four ships whose stories continue to drift through maritime history and folklore. These ships reveal how maritime disasters don’t always sink into history—they linger, resurface, and sometimes drift back into view. SS Valencia (1906) Parks Canada — The Sinking of the SS Valencia Government overview of the disaster and its impact on...

Send us Fan Mail In 1863, the quiet fishing village of Sandy Cove was forever changed by a single, unsettling discovery. Along the rocky shoreline, locals found a young man sitting alone on the beach—both of his legs freshly amputated, his clothes still fine, his expression calm but distant. When asked who he was or how he came to be there, he spoke only one word: “Jerome.” Over the next fifty yea...

Send us Fan Mail New Orleans has always belonged to the night. In this episode of Let’s Talk Spooky , we step into the gas-lit streets of the French Quarter to uncover the vampire legends that took root in the city’s earliest days—where European superstition, colonial fear, and scandal blurred the line between myth and history. We trace how Old World vampire folklore crossed the Atlantic and embed...

Send us Fan Mail Long before Dracula, Ireland was already telling stories of the dead who refused to stay buried. In this episode of Let’s Talk Spooky , we explore ancient Irish vampire lore—legends of revenants, blood-drinking dead, and cursed burials rooted in fear, famine, and unresolved death. From the tragic tale of the Dearg-Due to the violent legend of Abhartach, these stories reveal a dark...

Send us Fan Mail Long before Christmas became a season of comfort and light, midwinter was a time of hunger, fear, and moral reckoning. Across Europe, stories emerged of creatures who roamed during the longest nights—watching households, judging behavior, and punishing those who failed to prepare for the harshness of winter. In this episode of Let’s Talk Spooky , we explore the folklore of three o...

Send us Fan Mail Long before the Twelve Days of Christmas became a cheerful song, they were feared. In this episode of Let’s Talk Spooky , we explore the ancient folklore surrounding the Twelve Days — a liminal stretch of time between Christmas and Epiphany when the boundaries between the living and the dead were believed to weaken. Across Europe, people feared that spirits roamed freely, animals...

Send us Fan Mail They came singing. They came smiling. And sometimes… they came to kill. In this episode of Let’s Talk Spooky, we step into the dark side of a tradition meant to spread cheer. From ancient winter rituals and threatening songs to Victorian-era fear tactics and modern urban legends, we explore the unsettling history of Christmas caroling—and the moments when those voices at the door...

Send us Fan Mail Victorian England may be remembered for its carols, holly, and festive cheer—but beneath the flickering glow of candlelight, Christmas was once the season for ghosts. In this chilling holiday episode, we delve into the forgotten tradition of telling supernatural tales on Christmas Eve, long before Halloween claimed the spotlight. We delve into the Dickens-era fascination with spir...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we wander into the shadows of early modern Europe and North America to uncover the unsettling history of witch marks —the mysterious symbols carved into thresholds, hearths, barns, attics, and even hidden inside old furniture. These markings, long misunderstood and often misattributed, were believed to protect homes from malevolent forces. Today, they tell a quiet...