2025 Episodes
Episode 219
April 16, 2025
COMING SOOOON!
We're talking about two of Kala's favorite subjects this week: witches and beer. For thousands of years, the process of creating beer and other fermented beverages was a household task, and so it was mostly done by women. By the middle ages, these women (called brewsters or alewives) were taking that excess foamy, golden liquid and selling it in the local market places! #GirlBoss But eventually the men weren't as excited about their success, and that's when things started to go downhill. How does this relate to witches, you might ask? I guess you'll have to listen to find out.
Episode 218: I'm not SUPERstitious, I'm just a little stitious
April 9, 2025
Our story this week is a drama nerd's dream! 🎭 Brittany is diving headfirst into the world of theater superstitions. Thespians have always been dramatic (pun intended), and what brings more drama than whispered rumors of potential tragedy? So if you're going to be working on a stage production, be ready to hear all about what you can (and more importantly, CAN'T) do.
Don't tell someone 'good luck.'
Never leave the theater entirely dark.
Learn what words to avoid.
The list goes on and on...
Episode 217: Conspiracy theorists always be conspiracy theorizing
April 2, 2025
We’re heading in a new direction this week and exploring conspiracy theories! Let’s start with the “mother of all conspiracy theories” and have Kala tell you all about the JFK assassination. Well, not all about it. This goes so deep that it would take too long. So instead she’s gonna tell you a lot about the JFK assassination. The 35th U.S. President, John F. Kennedy, was shot in Dallas over 60 years ago. Theories have swirled around this national tragedy for decades. Though the official report said it was the fault of a lone gunman, the public is not so convinced. Was it the CIA? The mafia? The Secret Service? The Vice President?
Take a listen and let us know what you think! Editor's Note: That episode of Bones that Brittany was talking about was The Proof in the Pudding | Season 5, Episode 12
Episode 216: Friend Soup
March 26, 2025
This week Brittany is going to tell you all about the Dauphine Orleans Hotel in the New Orleans French Quarter. Considered one of the most haunted places to stay in the state, this hotel has been crafted from a number of historical buildings. As a result, a wide variety of ghosts haunt the location. Will you encounter the ghostly bride? The long-gone soldier? Will you catch an apparition in the square? Or will you see something move on its own in the bar? If the reviews are correct, you’re definitely going to see something! Alternate titles that were considered:
Episode 216: Two men in a tub
Episode 216: Ghosts are friendly, reasonable parking rates.
Episode 215: Smelly rooms and bad vibes
March 19, 2025
This week Kala's going to tell us all about the Magnolia Hotel in Seguin, Texas. Built in the mid-1800s as a two-room log cabin. It quickly became a hotel, stagecoach stop, and social hub of the area. The building had been in poor repair for a number of years, but in the last decade, new owners have started to fix it up as a nice Bed & Breakfast AND a haunted tour spot. There are many newspaper and magazine articles as well as social media posts where people recount the many paranormal encounters they experienced in the building. It's been visited by Watcher's Ghost Files, The Daytripper, Ghost Brothers, and many more! While there are many skeptics who believe the owners might be ramping things up for publicity, with this many first-hand accounts, we have to believe there's SOMETHING spooky going on here.
Episode 214: The Swedish Chef explains glitches in the Matrix
March 12, 2025
This week Brittany is bringing you the story of the Vardøger - a kind of spirit or paranormal experience (depending on who you ask). Often confused with things like déjà vu, it makes you feel like you experienced something before it happens! It’s described as a precursor spirit. It imitates an individual’s actions, characteristics, and even physical appearance before their actual arrival. Have you ever heard your partner walk into a room and turn on the TV? But when you go into the room, they’re not there and the TV is off? And then 15 minutes later they come home and turn on the TV? You might have been Vardøger-ed. It sounds pretty harmless, but we’re pretty sure it’s an experience that would be very creepy if it happened to you.
Episode 213: Don't fjord the river, okay?
March 5, 2025
Have you ever heard a local legend that grows so wildly over time that no one knows its origins? That's what we're talking about this week with the legend of Char Man in the Ojai Valley in California. While most of the origin stories seem to be born from the horrific 1948 wildfire, the story of why Char Man exists varies from tale to tale. The one thing they can seem to agree on is that there is the ghost of a strange man who chases the locals away from his bridge due to some tragedy in his life.
But is this really a ghost? Or a local hermit who just wants teenagers to leave his property alone? Or is there an even sadder tale at work here?
Episode 212: Boys Night! Boys Night! Boys Night!
February 26, 2025
We’re discussing The Olde Pink House in Savannah, GA this week. This extremely popular restaurant exists in a building that has been around for over 250 years. And it’s collected some ghosts along the way, most of which seem to be the family that lived there even before the American Revolution.
Who will you encounter if you decide to pop in for an evening of enjoyment? The Revolutionary War soldier? The bitter woman who wants you to get out of her bathroom? The children running amok in the basement? Better stop by and find out!Editor's Note: I wanted to call this one Episode 212: You know what they say… with great power comes great opportunities to use the free labor of enslaved individuals to continue to grow one's own wealth through a variety of business ventures.
But it was simply too long.
Episode 211: The Devil’s Lettuce
February 19, 2025
Thank you very much to Kortenie for the listener request this week! Kala's going to tell you all about Devil's Island in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Some say that Casper Henneberry, a resident of Devils Island, saw the Devil in the form of a halibut. Yup. You read that right... Devil Fish. The next day, he was found drowned. There have also been reports of ghostly apparitions, strange fires, and other unexplained phenomena.
It turns out this isn't the only location in Halifax Harbor with strange occurances. McNabs Island has a bunch of strange local legends associated with the land. And St. Paul's Church has an odd anomaly in one of its windows.
Is this Canadian town cursed? Is it just so old that it can't help but have a few ghosts? Are we really buying the story about the Devil Fish? Guess you'll have to listen to find out!
Episode 210: Everybody be giving Shirley side-eye!
February 12, 2025
Are you ready for a story that’s sure to shiver your timbers? We hope so! Because Brittany is about to tell you all about the Battersea Poltergeist. In the 1950s, a family in Battersea, London began experiencing strange noises, flying objects, and unexplained fires. Yeah. That’s right. More fires. This ghost (who the family named Donald) became BIG NEWS in the UK and was even discussed in Parliament.
But was it real? Or the imaginings of a teenage girl? Considering this took away more than a decade of her life, we’re tempted to believe her.
Episode 209: Wisconsin! Stop setting everything on fire!
February 5, 2025
Thank you for celebrating our 4 year podiversary with us!
This is our first episode with our new format, and Kala is talking all about haunted roads in the state of Wisconsin. One of the most famous legends is that of The Phantom Hitchhiker of Hwy 12 in Baraboo. He's been seen many times by drivers late at night. No one knows who he is or why he's there. And if you see him once, it's likely you'll see him again just a few miles down the road. Other spooky stretches of pavement include:
The Jogger and the Ghosts Cats of Jay Road
The strange phenomena on Callan Road (AKA Witch Road) near Fond du Lac in Rosendale
Spirits of roadkill on Paradise Road in Jefferson
Old Man Weary, Spectral Cars, and other unexplained occurrences on Weary Road near Evansville
This episode is sure to make you question your next midwest road trip. This leaves us wondering why Wisconsin has so many spooky roads? Is it the only state like this, or is there more to worry about when travelling across the country?
Episode 208: Jack the Ripper
January 29, 2025
We're wrapping up 2025 True Crime January with Jack the Ripper, one of the biggest unknowns in the genre. And we've got a special guest joining us for the occasion: Sean Moria! That's right, Kala's husband hopped in the studio to discuss the unidentified serial killer who terrorized the Whitechapel district of London in 1888. Considered one of the greatest mysteries of the past, Jack the Ripper has inspired many shows, movies, and music in pop culture (including Sean's band Gnarwals).
Is the identity of the killer the only mystery here? Or have these tragic events brought about some of the ghosts who wander the London streets?
Important Timestamps:
When Brittany starts her story (we've got a decently long intro this week): 7:30 or possibly 12:04
When Kala starts her story (skip the True Crime bits): 51:00 or possibly 55:30Episode 207: Fox Hollow Farm
January 22, 2025
We're continuing our True Crime January with the location known as Fox Hollow Farm, formerly owned by the infamous serial killer Herb Baumeister. Baumeister, despite appearing to be an average family-minded businessman, murdered several men and disposed of their bodies right in the yard where his children played. When it seemed he was going to be caught, he left and took his own life.
The tragedies he inflicted have left people to believe that the land he owned is now haunted, but there doesn’t seem to be much evidence to support it. So is it actually haunted and the ghosts just aren’t showing themselves? Or is this human nature to apply the paranormal to a place of darkness? And that’s the case, why do we do it? Episode 206: Los Feliz Murder House
January 15, 2025
We’re in our third week of True Crime January, and we’re covering the Los Feliz Murder House. In 1959, a doctor murdered his wife, attacked his child, and then took his own life. And the house has been cursed ever since! Or has it? Decades of the home sitting seemingly unused has led to urban legends and ghost stories.
But is there any truth behind these tales? Or is it just the wild imagination of a community still unable to understand the tragedy?
For more information, check the AMAZING docu-pod: thelosfelizmurdermansion.comEpisode 205: Lizzie Borden took an axe...
January 8, 2025
For our second week of True Crime January, we are covering one of the most infamous murder cases in United States history. The Borden Murders of 1892 resulted in the notorious trial of Lizzie Borden. Even though she was acquitted of the crimes, a nursery rhyme asserting that she killed her father and stepmother followed her for the rest of her life and decades after her passing. And it seems like this infamy may be feeding the haunting in not one, but TWO locations!
Does her ghost really hop between the two homes? Or do people just want to believe there is a ghost because of this heinousness of the crime?Episode 204: Hiding from ghosts behind sofas
January 1, 2025
Happy True Crime January!
This week, we are talking about The Cecil Hotel, which has... let's say... not the best history when it comes to the folks who have stayed there. But is it HAUNTED? A certain ghost TV show host by the name of Bagans-Liar-Liar-Pants-On-Fire certainly thinks it is, but let's see what Kala has to say about it.
Editor's Note: The John Cusack movie is 1408, not 1308. I knew it sounded off...