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American Hauntings Podcast

Cody Beck and Troy Taylor

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History, hauntings, legends, lore, true crime, and the dark side of American History. Hosted by Cody Beck and Troy Taylor, Season 9, "Based on a True Story" is now live. Previous seasons cover Alton, IL, St. Louis, New Orleans, Hollywood, Heartland Horrors and Homicides, missing persons and the Villisca Axe Murders.
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Unresolved

Unresolved Productions

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Every day, stories unfold that have no resolution. Unresolved is an immersive look at those stories, as host Micheal Whelan tries to determine why these stories - unsolved crimes and other unexplained phenomena - have no ending. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/unresolved--3266604/support.
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Serial killers. Gangsters. Gunslingers. Victorian-era murderers. And that's just the tip of the iceberg. Each week, the Most Notorious podcast features true-life tales of crime, criminals, tragedies and disasters throughout history. Host Erik Rivenes interviews authors and historians who have studied their subjects for years. Their stories are offered with unique insight, detail, and historical accuracy.
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GraveYard Tales

Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph

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We tell the stories and history of haunted places, ghost encounters, cryptid encounters, the paranormal, preternatural, and every oddity imaginable. And we do it with a comedic twist and don't take anything, including ourselves, too seriously! Join your hosts Adam & Matt in their discussions of these topics and email them your thoughts at [email protected] We thank you for joining us in the GraveYard!
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ClueTrail

ClueTrail

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Uncovering forgotten cases, chilling mysteries, and overlooked truths from around the world. From hidden histories to modern investigations and unsettling disappearances, each episode follows the clues...wherever they lead.
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The Night Owl: True Ghost Stories

Night Owl Paranormal Research Society

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True ghost stories; haunted places, haunted people, and the mysteries that surround them. Follow host Stephen Belyeu and his team as they investigate paranormal events and those who are affected by them. Have a personal ghost story or haunted home or business? Share via voicemail at (512) 270-8859 or email [email protected]
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Three Theories explores some of the world’s most haunting mysteries. Each episode uncovers an unsolved mystery from history, true crime, paranormal, or the unexplained, retold with immersive detail and chilling atmosphere. After the story unfolds, we break it down into three compelling theories. Some are grounded in fact, others stretch the limits of possibility, and a few venture into the unsettling unknown. Together, they offer different lenses on the same mystery to help you decide: What ...
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Strange Country

Strange Country

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Welcome to Strange Country, a podcast devoted to bizarre, surreal and extraordinary stories that make America the weird place it is. Co-hosts Kelly and Beth are former newspaper reporters turned school librarians who have always had a soft spot for a good story--the stranger the better. Discover the first woman to survive a barrel ride over Niagara Falls and the man who invented "complex marriage" in one of the most successful utopian experiments. Things get weird pretty quickly around here.
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Hometown Ghost Stories dives into the history of haunted locations and investigates why and how these places earned their terrifying reputation. Rob, Dave and Jesse go live every Tuesday night, after a 15-20 minute uninterrupted, documentary-style breakdown on the case. You can even join the show - as many do, during the live broadcasts on YouTube, Tuesday nights at 9pm EST, as we talk ghosts, demons, poltergeists, and the horrifying true tales that led to these hauntings.
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This podcast explores stories from history that all have the element of murder, monsters and ghost. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tiffany-taylor28/support
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MidWest Mystery Quest

Jess and Chrissy

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We are from the MidWest and curious not only about our own area, but all around the country and the world. We delve into mysteries, murder, mayhem, and other evil doings, as well as cemeteries and whatever else we may come across that we find interesting.
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BlackBoxTV Presents: A cinematic podcast experience blending thriller, sci-fi, and horror storytelling. From creepypasta-inspired fiction to real paranormal encounters and internet legends, each episode is crafted to pull you deeper into the unknown. Got a story to tell? A mystery to explore? Submit it by calling 877-BLK-BBTV.
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Marriage is a Scream

Lauren and Michael

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Lauren And Michael will meet you every Wednesday night for a new morbid spooky story about murder, ghosts, and the downright gruesome ways of the world! Come check out our website: Marriageisascream.com The creator of our intro music is Emily Finchum, you can find her music including this song here: https://open.spotify.com/track/6DtNKDy1MAc63pJHABLG82?si=DLlOUlDuRqqLRzIhuFHiaA
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Skeptical Skeptics

RJ and Rachel Metzger

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This is a podcast for people somewhere in between believer and skeptic. Whether it's aliens, bigfoot, or just creepy Dan down the hall, we'll talk about it. Feedback, reviews, subs, and all are super appreciated, but we want to talk to you as well, so connect with us on Twitter and Facebook: @SkepSkepPod on both! Or visit our website at SkepticalSkeptics.com!
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What happens when your home is turned into a house of horrors? Stranger In the House is a true-crime podcast that investigates stories of home invasions, murderous spouses, and all manner of heinous acts committed in the one place you should feel the safest. We look at crimes that will make you want to lock your doors and pay closer attention to the ones you live with. It will make you ask the questions, ‘What is a stranger?’ and ‘Is there one in my house right now?’
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REMelations: Comedy Dream Interpretation

Mindy Pollack and Brooke Althaus

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Step into the realm of dreams with REMelations, the weekly dream interpretation podcast hosted by Mindy and Brooke, your favorite duo of dream enthusiasts and lifelong best friends. Each week, they take you on a rollercoaster ride of emotions as they share listeners' spine-chilling nightmares and outlandish dream tales. With their infectious humor and genuine camaraderie, these two offer entertaining interpretations of the most perplexing REM cycles. Don't miss out as each week they feature ...
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Chicas Cucuy

Esmeralda V and Laura M

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Horror movie reviews and true scary stories! Join hosts Esme and Laura as they dive into lighthearted reviews and commentary on the latest horror movies and shows with some personality. Both are life long horror fans based out of Los Angeles, California. Movie details and outcomes are definitely mentioned so **SPOILER ALERT!!!** for basically this whole podcast! They also share REAL-LIFE ghost stories and eerie encounters, whether from first or second hand telling from guests, their own, or ...
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Welcome to Crime Grinds, a podcast about true crime and our favorite caffeine... coffee! Join Gabby and Ryan as they dissect some of the craziest crime cases while enjoying their favorite cup of joe. Between Ryan's background in law enforcement and Gabby's expertise in all things true crime, we are certain this will satisfy your wicked obsession of crime as they uncover the stories of true villains. So sit back, relax and enjoy the show. Follow us on social media for more Crime Grinds conten ...
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In June 1912, the quiet town of Villisca, Iowa, awoke to a nightmare. Inside a modest white house on East 2nd Street, the Moore family and two young houseguests were found brutally murdered as they slept. Eight victims, all slain with the family’s own axe. Every mirror in the home was covered. A half-eaten meal sat on the kitchen table. There was n…
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We spent the night in the Villisca Axe Murder House and it did NOT disappoint! On this glorious Halloween evening, we premiered our overnight investigation video on YouTube. We went live immediately after to recap our night and talk about the investigation and review our evidence. Find out what we caught and be sure to check out the full investigat…
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"The slaying of the entire family promises to become a mystery which will take much time to unravel..." By the first anniversary of the Villisca murders, the Moore house stood shuttered. The local sheriff had nothing new to add to the case file. Evidence had spoiled, witnesses had drifted, and rumor had begun to harden into folklore. In the years t…
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Across the open rangelands of the American West, ranchers began finding their cattle dead under baffling circumstances—organs removed with surgical precision, blood mysteriously absent, and no tracks of predators or people anywhere around the scene. For decades, these incidents appeared without pattern or warning, often accompanied by reports of st…
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Calgary. New city. Old bones. Devil’s Playground: a schoolhouse torched with every child inside. The field is empty now… except for the laughter that rises when the temperature drops. Deane House: axe murders, a boy in the attic noose, blood that sweats through fresh paint, and a braided apparition still guarding ground that was stolen long before …
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Riders on the Storm” turned out to be the last song Jim Morrison ever recorded. When the album was finished, he left L.A. for Paris and either died on July 3, 1971, or he went permanently off the grid – whichever you’d like to believe. But it’s the lyrics behind the song that is the most unsettling of all – it was inspired by one of the most sinist…
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Original Pub Date: 1/14/19 On July 2nd, 1881, a disappointed and mentally unstable office-seeker named Charles Guiteau shot President James A. Garfield in a Washington D.C. train station. Over the next weeks, Garfield would linger, bedridden, as infection set in, caused by poor medical treatment, and America would wait with bated breath over whethe…
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For millennia, we have tried to put human personalities into neat types, an effort psychology took up early in its history in an effort to legitimize itself. But is the idea of types – which all personality inventories are based on - flawed to begin with? Find out in this classic episode. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…
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This week we talk to Andrew Crabtree the creator of The Void Podcast! It was a great conversation and The Void is a great podcast! Go check it out! https://www.thevoidpod.com/ Sponsor Fum – TryFum.com/tales (Code: Tales) Check out our sources below for more info and to continue learning! Please Rate & Review us wherever you get your Podcasts! Mail …
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American Nightmares begins with the horror at the root of the stories that kept the early settlers huddled around the fire late into the night – the Devil himself. Understanding the Devil in America is the key to understanding our undeniable taste for the evil and the monstrous in all their many forms. The pages of our history can be read as a tale…
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We reviewed Weapons, one of the most critically acclaimed movies of the year starring Julia Garner, Josh Brolin and Amy Madigan. When all but one child from the same classroom mysteriously vanish on the same night at exactly the same time, a community is left questioning who or what is behind their disappearance Become a supporter on Patreon! https…
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In the quiet Gloucestershire village of Wotton-under-Edge stands a place whispered about in hushed tones, a structure so old its foundations predate written memory. The Ancient Ram Inn has been called a portal of shadows, a site of sacrifice, and one of the most haunted buildings in England. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and Calif…
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In 1964, MIT researcher Joseph Weizenbaum created the first therapy chatbot ELIZA and realized soon after that it sucked and humanity was worse for it. Sixty years later, our new tech gods are like "sex porn bots for all!" Strange Country cohosts Beth and Kelly emulate the AI versions of themselves as they tell the tale of a computer scientist real…
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Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday were two complicated men whose steadfast friendship became one of the legendary relationships of the American West. Both were flawed, and often on uncertain moral ground, yet their bond carried them through the violent world of frontier justice, culminating in a deadly conflict with the Clanton-McLaury gang in Tombstone,…
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For sixty-six years, Preston Castle stood as a monument to reform and a witness to suffering. Built in 1894 as California’s first institution for wayward youth, its red brick walls saw generations of disaffected youth pass through, some to redemption, others to ruin. When the lights went out in 1960, the building fell silent, but the silence didn’t…
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"No fiction author would have had the temerity to invent a disorder of such incredible clinical diversity and puzzling behavior." In the winter of 1916-1917, as World War I raged, physicians in Europe began noticing bizarre cases of brain illness. Thousands arrived at hospitals with high fevers, headaches, confusion, and a host of other factors - s…
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This week we look into the Cresson Sanatorium! The Cresson has had a long life with several different iterations… It’s no wonder this place is haunted!! Sponsors Fum – TryFum.com/Tales (Code: tales) Check out Cowboy Revolution Apparel https://cowboyrevolution.com/?ref=adamgyt Code: ADAMGYT Check out our sources below for more info and to continue l…
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Our nightmare begins, as all bad dreams do, in the dark. The new show coming to the American Hauntings Podcast Network is AMERICAN NIGHTMARES, hosted by Troy Taylor (that’s me) and I’ll be delving into America’s history, hauntings, spirits, and sins in a way that we’ve never done before. I’ll be tackling the origins and the history of horror in Ame…
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It's time for another paranormal update! We have the news on the ghosts, some terrible people, creepy messages and more! Tune and and get the latest on the paranormal news. Have a story to share? Send it on over on discord or to our email and perhaps we will cover it on next months paranormal update! Become a supporter on Patreon! https://www.patre…
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