108. Australia's Most Haunted Prisons
Thu, 06 Mar 2025
Does the devil stalk the Isle of the Dead near the Port Arthur Prison? And what supernatural force k...
107. Starvation Cult Uncovered in Backwoods of Kenya
Thu, 27 Feb 2025
In 2024, over 600 bodies were found buried in shallow graves on a compound in the Shakahola forest. ...
106. Staying In The Most Haunted Airbnb in Salem (Feat. Two Girls One Ghost)
Tue, 25 Feb 2025
In part one of our series, I chat with Corinne and Sabrina from the Two Girls One Ghost podcast from...
105: Backrooms Horror
Thu, 20 Feb 2025
In 2019, a photo of a liminal office space spawned a whole genre of horror called The Backrooms. But...
104. Lovesick: A Tale of Poison
Thu, 13 Feb 2025
In March of 2023, an office manager at a dentist office in Colorado received a package that would ma...
103. Terrifying True Urban Legends: Bodies, Bodies, Bodies
Thu, 06 Feb 2025
A street in Turkey that swallows people whole. A lake full of mysterious bones in India. And a chang...
102. Mysterious Reappearances: Steven Kubacki and The Lake Michigan Triangle
Thu, 30 Jan 2025
In 1978, Steven Kubacki went skiing near Lake Michigan and vanished without a trace. Danny Filippidi...
101. Brandon Lawson: The Chilling 911 Call That Baffled Investigators
Thu, 23 Jan 2025
In August of 2013, Brandon Lawson made a concerning 911 call, and then was never heard from again. H...
Introducing The Severance Podcast with Ben Stiller & Adam Scott
Thu, 16 Jan 2025
The Severance Podcast with Ben Stiller and Adam Scott is an episode-by-episode, behind-the-scenes br...
100. Real Life "Purge": Killers Inspired by Horror Movies
Thu, 16 Jan 2025
In 2016, Jonathan Cruz went on a four day killing spree inspired by the movie "The Purge". In 1985, ...
99. Horror In The Mountains: The Khamar-Daban Incident
Thu, 09 Jan 2025
7 people hiked up a mountain in August of 1993, but only one made it down alive. What she saw up on ...
98. The Cases That Keep Us Up At Night // The Parlor (feat. Psychopedia)
Tue, 07 Jan 2025
I sit down in the Parlor of the Rogue Detecting Society Headquarters with my good friends Tank and I...
97. Who Killed John O'Keefe? : The Karen Read Trial
Thu, 02 Jan 2025
When John O'Keefe's body was found in the snow in January of 2022, there were more questions than an...
96. Heart Starts Pounding Wrapped!
Fri, 27 Dec 2024
What was HSPs most downloaded episode? What was my favorite episode to make? Which one scared me the...
95. The Face In The Darkness // A Ghost Story
Thu, 19 Dec 2024
Enjoy this rendition of Charles Dickens' ghost story "To Be Read At Dusk", and happy holidays! Subsc...
94. Cold Cases That Were Solved This Year
Thu, 12 Dec 2024
When a case goes cold, it's easy to lose hope that it will ever be sold. But sometimes a leap in tec...
93. Internet Mysteries That Were Solved This Year
Thu, 05 Dec 2024
From the Mandela Effect, to a bunch of concerning Instagram accounts of AI generated children, to a ...
92. Long Haul Horror: Ghost Sightings and Creepy Encounters on The Open Road
Thu, 28 Nov 2024
From ghostly hitchhikers and terrifying truck stops to suspicious looking roadkill and strange noise...
91. Folklore's Most Wicked Witches
Thu, 21 Nov 2024
Have you heard about Baba Yaga who lives in the forrest in Russia and eats children down to the bone...
90: Trapped: Man Kept Family in Secret Room For Years Waiting For The End Of The World
Thu, 14 Nov 2024
In 2019, a 25-year-old man walked into a pub in Ruinerwold. He told the bartender that his father ha...
89: The Disturbing World Of Youtube Family Channels
Thu, 07 Nov 2024
The Stauffer family was accused of adopting a boy from China for social media clout, only to abandon...
88: Halloween Horror Folklore: The Scary Origin of Jack O' Lanterns, The Real Story Behind The Headless Horseman, and All Hallow's Eve Folklore
Thu, 31 Oct 2024
Let's look into the legends, folklore, and history of the Halloween holiday. What does the devil hav...
87: America's Most Cursed Family: The Dark History of The Lemp Mansion
Thu, 24 Oct 2024
The Lemp Mansion is considered one of the most haunted places in the country, all because of the Lem...
86: McKamey Manor Arrest: Did Extreme Haunted House Owner Go Too Far?
Thu, 17 Oct 2024
This past July, Russ McKamey (owner of the World's Most Intense Haunted Attraction, McKamey Manor) w...
85: The Hex Hollow 'Witch' Murder: A Spotify Podcast Serial Killers Crossover
Mon, 14 Oct 2024
Legend says that a witch was murdered at Hex Hollow, and on Halloween Night it turns into a portal t...
84: 3 Stories That Prove You Shouldn't Go In Your Basement
Thu, 10 Oct 2024
Basements are not just eerie, sometimes they hold secrets we may not want to know. Today, we're look...
83: Cursed Cemeteries: Vengeful Ghosts & A Portal To Hell
Thu, 03 Oct 2024
Two stories of the most cursed cemeteries on earth; Recoleta Cemetery, where the ghost of a teen gir...
82: Listener Stories: Sleep Demons, Ghost Children, and more
Thu, 26 Sep 2024
Real life horror stories coming straight from listeners. We dive into stories of astral projecting, ...
81: The Horrors Of Pennhurst Asylum
Thu, 19 Sep 2024
Pennhurst is often referred to as one of the most haunted places in America. It's not surprising, co...
80: Eclipse Murders: An Astrology Influencer's Dark Spiral
Thu, 12 Sep 2024
I'm doing a live show with Annie Elise on October 3rd in Brea, California! Get your tickets here: ht...
79: Italy, a Murder and a Mystery: The Most Haunted Island & The Maso Murders
Thu, 29 Aug 2024
Today, we're going to Poveglia, Italy's most haunted island, to hear stories of plague victims burne...
78: The Isdal Woman Mystery: Norway's Most Puzzling Cold Case
Thu, 22 Aug 2024
In 1970, a woman's body was found in the Isdalen Valley of Norway. She was badly burned though no tr...
77: Terrifying True Urban Legends: Summertime Edition // Dark Summer Series
Thu, 15 Aug 2024
Lights of a ghost plane that illuminate a New Jersey forrest, the legend of a hermit who lives in th...
76: Help Wanted: Lured By A Killer // Dark Summer Series
Thu, 08 Aug 2024
We're looking at two cases of people who believed they were answering help wanted ads for summer job...
75: Haunted Resorts: The White Witch of Rose Hall and The Ghosts of Hotel Del Coronado // Dark Summer Series
Thu, 01 Aug 2024
We're continuing our descent into Dark Summer with a look at some of the most haunted, summery resor...
74: Human Experiments, Trafficked Athletes, and Poisoned Runners: America's First Olympics // Dark Summer Series
Thu, 25 Jul 2024
The 1904 Olympic Games were considered to be the darkest games in history. A mad scientist was able ...
73: Vanished At Summer Camp // Dark Summer Series
Thu, 18 Jul 2024
Bonnie Bickwit vanished with her boyfriend from a summer camp in Upstate New York in 1973, during a ...
72: Backwoods Horror: Creepy Encounters, Cryptids, and more // Dark Summer Series
Thu, 27 Jun 2024
We're exploring three tales of horror from the backwoods for this episode of Dark Summer. An army of...
71: Murder At Sea: A Cruise Mystery // Dark Summer Series
Thu, 20 Jun 2024
The story of what happened to Klaus Schleke and Bettina Taxis one fateful night in 1987, and a twist...
70: Amusement Park Horrors: Dark Summer Series
Thu, 13 Jun 2024
As we begin our Dark Summer Series, We're investigating three stories of deadly amusement park rides...
69: Hit Man: The True Story of a Fake Contract Killer
Thu, 06 Jun 2024
What if I told you the most sought-after hit man in Houston in the 90's wasn't really a hit man? He ...
68: Stalking: Baby Reindeer Fact Vs. Fiction, Inside Venezuela's Nightmare Stalker, and Stories From Listeners
Thu, 23 May 2024
What's true and what's exaggerated in the Netflix show Baby Reindeer? And what does the real woman b...
67: Listener Stories: True Horror Tales
Thu, 16 May 2024
A demonic presence from a dream that appears in real life. A ghost that knows people better than the...
66: Terrifying True Urban Legends: The Canadian Wilderness
Thu, 09 May 2024
Two terrifying legends from deep within the Canadian wilderness. The first is about creatures in the...
65: Old Hollywood Murder: The Mysterious Death of William Desmond Taylor
Thu, 02 May 2024
Hollywood's first whodunnit. Two young starlets, an angry mother, a scorned valet, a corrupt DA, and...
64: Old Hollywood Curses: The Superman Curse, Rosemary's Baby, and more
Thu, 25 Apr 2024
Can films be cursed? What about specific roles? Today we're going to look into the story of a curse ...
63: Old Hollywood Scandal: Clara Bow, The First 'It' Girl
Wed, 17 Apr 2024
From her tragic childhood, to her meteoric rise to fame, all the way through the scandal that ended ...
62: Old Hollywood Ghosts: Haunted Hotels, Star-Studded Seances, and more
Thu, 11 Apr 2024
The ghost sightings of the Knickerbocker Hotel, a woman makes a final attempt to contact her husband...
61: Folklore: Southern Gothic Horror
Thu, 04 Apr 2024
The haunting of the Gray Man, The vengeful Witch of Yazoo, and the man who made a deal with the devi...
60: 8 Brutal Execution Methods from Ancient Times
Thu, 28 Mar 2024
The waist chop, slow slicing, being thrown to the beasts, and more. Today, we're traveling back in t...
59: Haunted Mexico City: Three Tales of Horror
Thu, 21 Mar 2024
The legend of the Burned Woman, the Black House, and the ghosts of Lecumberri prison. Today, we're t...
58: Murder House: The Korean Cannibal Gang and the Woman Who Escaped Them
Thu, 14 Mar 2024
Rule #1: We Hate The Rich. Rule #2: Death is the only thing that awaits he who betrays this group. R...
57: Morbid Medicine: Human Experiments
Thu, 07 Mar 2024
A brain disease caused by a routine treatment, a deadly medical mixup during a medical trial, and a ...
56: She Fell From The Sky: The Sole Survivor of Flight 508
Wed, 28 Feb 2024
When Juliane Koepcke boarded flight 508 with her mother on Christmas Eve, 1971, she knew the airline...
55: Love and Lies Pt. 2: The Captor
Thu, 15 Feb 2024
In 2015, Robert Hendy Freegard disappeared with Sandra Clifton. Robert's shocking past is uncovered ...
54: Love and Lies Pt.1: The Disappearance of Sandra Clifton
Thu, 08 Feb 2024
In 2011, Sanda Clifton found her perfect match on a dating site. Handsome, charming, successful--Dav...
53: Pet or Predator: The Deadly Consequences of Keeping Exotic Animals
Thu, 01 Feb 2024
What happens when a man tries to keep one of the deadliest creatures on the planet as a pet? Or when...
52: Griselda Blanco: The Dark History of Cocaine's Queenpin
Thu, 25 Jan 2024
CW: Violence, Drug use, Kidnapping Before there was Pablo Escobar, there was Griselda Blanco, a wom...
51: Terrifying True Urban Legends: Australia
Thu, 18 Jan 2024
A ghost ship. The Button Man. A shark that threw up a major clue to a murder. Today we're talking ab...
50: India: A Horror, A Haunting, and A Mystery
Thu, 11 Jan 2024
Women dropping dead inside of temples, a haunted limestone mine, and a mysterious orb of light attac...
49: Haunted New Orleans: Cursed Cemeteries, Voodoo Queens, and more
Thu, 04 Jan 2024
Come with me on my trip to one of the most haunted cities in the world, New Orleans. Which ghosts ha...
48: Beneath The Icy Depths: The Mysterious Disappearance of the Martin Family
Thu, 21 Dec 2023
On December 7th, 1958, Ken Martin, his wife Barbara, and their three young daughters drove east of P...
47: "Smee": A Christmas Ghost Story
Thu, 14 Dec 2023
A game of hide and seek takes a paranormal turn. In the spirit of the old Victorian tradition of ...
46: The Winecoff Fire: The Deadliest Hotel Disaster in American History
Thu, 07 Dec 2023
On the night of December 7th, 1946, a woman working the night shift at the Winecoff Hotel in Atlanta...
45: When Looks Kill: Mad Hatters and Other Deadly Trends in Fashion and Beauty
Thu, 30 Nov 2023
A woman loses the ability to move her arms, A man bursts into flames from seemingly nowhere, and one...
44: Thanksgiving Day Terror: The Unsolved Case of The Blount Family
Wed, 22 Nov 2023
On Thanksgiving Day, 1985, Susan Blount awoke to screams coming from her living room. What she would...
43: HSP x Murder With My Husband: Kaelyn and Payton Talk Strange Disappearances
Wed, 15 Nov 2023
I'm joined by my friend Payton from Murder With My Husband to bring you two stories of disappearance...
42: Human Sacrifice: Dark Rituals Throughout History
Thu, 09 Nov 2023
Human sacrifice has been a part of many cultures throughout history. But why did they do it? And mor...
41: Two Marys, Two Murders: A Houston Cold Case
Thu, 02 Nov 2023
In 2000, two Houston-area women named Mary Morris were murdered in their cars within a few days of e...
40: The Devil's Bible and Other Haunting Tales for Halloween
Thu, 26 Oct 2023
In honor of Halloween, I'm sharing some of the most chilling tales I've heard this year Subscribe o...
39: Listener Stories: Ghost Children, Haunted Campgrounds, and More
Thu, 19 Oct 2023
A ghost who steals, ghostly wailing being heard in the night. These are terrifying stories from list...
38: Cursed Movies: The Wizard Of Oz and The Exorcist
Thu, 12 Oct 2023
Can movies really be cursed? Today, we're looking at what's fact and what's fiction when it comes to...
37: Invisible Intruder: The Chilling Tale of the Denver Spiderman
Thu, 05 Oct 2023
Here's a good reminder to check every nook and cranny of your house tonight.... Subscribe on Patr...
36: Into Thin Air: The Unsolved Disappearance of Joan Risch
Thu, 28 Sep 2023
What happened to Joan Risch the last day she was ever seen? Limited drop live now. Get yours in tim...
35: Dark Therapy: Brainwashing and Forced Confinement
Thu, 21 Sep 2023
What happens when the system that says it'll help you instead uses you as part of their sick experim...
34: Terrifying True Urban Legends
Thu, 14 Sep 2023
We've all heard terrifying urban legends growing up, but what happens when they're based on real eve...
33: Vanished in The Wilderness Pt. 2: The Cult
Thu, 31 Aug 2023
Why did Boris Weisfeiler disappear in 1985. And did the cult hiding out deep in the Chilean wilderne...
32: Vanished in The Wilderness Pt 1: The Professor Disappears
Thu, 24 Aug 2023
When Boris Weisfeiler embarked on a solo vacation to Chile, he never returned. What came next was a ...
31: Haunted DC: White House Seances, Lincoln’s Ghost, and More
Thu, 17 Aug 2023
We're diving into the two most haunted houses in DC, The White House and The Halcyon House. Who was ...
30: Nasubi: The Darkest Reality Show You Haven’t Heard Of
Thu, 10 Aug 2023
When Nasubi was cast for the Japanese reality show Sweepstakes Life in 1998, he didn't know he'd spe...
29: Morbid Medicine: History’s Deadliest Cures
Thu, 03 Aug 2023
From drilling holes in your skull to eating tapeworms for weight loss, we're looking at some of the ...
28: Folklore: Stories of Appalachian Horror
Thu, 27 Jul 2023
Witches in the woods, screams in the middle of the night, the most haunted piece of land in all of A...
27: Harvard’s Dirty Secret: Bejeweled Skulls and Grave Robbing
Thu, 20 Jul 2023
The manager of Harvard's Medical school was just indicted for selling human remains to oddities shop...
26: Murder On The Lake: Finland’s Greatest Unsolved Mystery
Thu, 13 Jul 2023
What happened the night of June 4th, 1960, when three teens were murdered at Lake Bodom in Finland? ...
25: Disney Deaths Pt. 2: The Disney Dark Ages
Thu, 29 Jun 2023
The "Disney Dark Ages" was a period of time from the late 90's to the early 2000's that marked the b...
24: Listener Stories: Haunted Disney and More
Thu, 22 Jun 2023
A haunted ride at Disney, a mysterious man at a car wreck, and a haunted house being rented by colle...
23: The Monster With 21 Faces
Thu, 15 Jun 2023
In 1984, an anonymous group in Japan known as The Monster With 21 Faces tormented police, poisoned c...
22: National Park Horror: True Stories of Terror
Thu, 08 Jun 2023
Dangers inside of National Parks, both strangers and freak accidents. We'll hear about people who go...
21: Bonus: The Dark Psychology of Lizzie Borden (feat. Women & Crime)
Tue, 06 Jun 2023
Let's take a modern, scientific lens to last week's Lizzie Borden case, and try to understand why so...
20: Lizzie Borden: A Fresh Look at a Classic Case
Thu, 01 Jun 2023
What really happened the morning that Andrew and Abby Borden were murdered with an axe, and why is i...
19: Supernatural Survival: Mysterious Near Death Encounters
Thu, 25 May 2023
From explorer Ernest Shackleton crossing the Antarctic, to famed aviator Charles Lindbergh, many fam...
18: Disney Deaths: Tragedy in the Happiest Place on Earth
Thu, 18 May 2023
You may have heard that “no one dies at disney” but is that really true? Let’s look into the d...
17: The Unsolved Mystery of The Lead Masks Case
Thu, 11 May 2023
Did something supernatural occur in Brazil in 1966? That’s when two men were found deceased on Vi...
16: The Greenbrier Ghost: A Haunting Tale of Murder and the Supernatural
Thu, 04 May 2023
Can a ghost point to the person who murdered them? In 1897, Zona Heaster Shue's mother thought Zona'...
15: Special Edition: Is There A Serial Killer In Austin Right Now?
Thu, 20 Apr 2023
Four bodies have been recovered from Lady Bird Lake in Austin, Texas this year, causing many to wond...
14: Ghosts of War: Haunting Encounters in Afghanistan and Iraq
Thu, 30 Mar 2023
Ghosts of Russian soldiers, red eyed creatures made from smoke. These are real life horror stories f...
13: Listener Stories: Terrifying True Ghost Stories
Thu, 23 Mar 2023
Spine tingling, bone chilling, and downright mysterious hauntings. Listeners share their own heart p...
12: Murder At Road Hill House: The Scandal That Shook Victorian England
Thu, 16 Mar 2023
When Mrs. Kent learned of the grisly murder of her three year old son, she had only one thing to say...
11: Deathbed Confessions: Chilling Secrets Revealed
Thu, 09 Mar 2023
Imagine if the final words you heard from someone were so bone-chilling that they forever altered yo...
10: Fatal Dose: Three Tales of Radiation Poisoning
Thu, 02 Mar 2023
A child with a deadly capsule. A rich playboy who lost his jaw and then his life. A fuel plant worke...
9: Horrifying Tales from the Troubled Teen Industry
Thu, 09 Feb 2023
In the middle of the night, strangers ripped Zara from her bed and told her she was going to a troub...
8: Natalia Grace: ’Orphan’ Horror Movie Come To Life (feat. Jeff Topolski)
Thu, 02 Feb 2023
Writer Jeff Topolski (Brooklyn Nine-Nine) joins us this week to answer the question: Was Natalia Gra...
7: Hospital Hauntings feat. Hospice Nurse Julie
Thu, 26 Jan 2023
This episode is about the supernatural things that happen around the time of someone's death, either...
6: Scary Campground Tales
Thu, 12 Jan 2023
Pack a bag, today we're going to a spooky campground. In this episode, we hear two terrifying campgr...
5: The Mysterious Reappearance of Mary Edens
Thu, 22 Dec 2022
On Christmas Eve, 1924, a devastating fire broke out at a schoolhouse in Babbs Switch. 36 people die...
4: The Sodder Children Disappearance
Thu, 15 Dec 2022
On Christmas Eve, 1945, a fire broke out in the Sodder family home destroying the entire house and t...
3: A Naval Base On A Haunted Swamp
Thu, 08 Dec 2022
What if I told you there were a bunch of people in the Navy in Groton, Connecticut who believe their...
2: Haunted House Tales From Listeners
Thu, 10 Nov 2022
Have you ever wondered if the sound outside your door at night was really a ghost? In this Episode- ...
1: The Devil in the Nursing Home: America’s First Female Serial Killer
Thu, 03 Nov 2022
Amy Archer-Gilligan was one of America's first female serial killers, killing up to 60 of her patien...