Episodes

  • The Haunting of Serbia

    The Haunting of Serbia
    Sep 17 2024
    Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows On our most ambitious episode yet, we tackle one of the lesser-known parts of the haunted world to find dark omens, buried ruins, and Mount Rtanj, the "UFO Mountain" (but not really), and that's only the beginning. Mentioned on this episode: Balkan Ghosts, by Robert Kaplan [book] Blood Makes Noise, by Gregory Widen [book] The Silent Forest [movie] Full shownotes at www.ghoststoryguys.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 51 mins
  • The Creeping Dread-Con | Talk Spooky With Me

    The Creeping Dread-Con | Talk Spooky With Me
    Sep 10 2024
    Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows What scares you the most? We're joined by horror authors Andrew Pyper, Steve Stred, and C.M. Forest, as well as publisher Michelle River (Eerie River Publishing) to talk about just that, as well as the upcoming horror convention Dread Con! Dread Con, sponsored by Rue Morgue Magazine, will be happening on Saturday, September 14th at Federation Hall in Waterloo, Ontario. Admission is only five bucks and you get to meet all the authors in this episode, plus many, many more! Our musical guest on this episode is Oceanography, who is going back out on a west coast tour. You can find their music and tour dates by clicking here The video for Oceanography's "Monterey" can be found on YouTube Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr
  • Haunting in Lock Up

    Haunting in Lock Up
    Sep 3 2024
    Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows The first in our two-part series about haunting in prisons! We have a number of stories from North America, plus an exclusive look at the haunting of the Lima Sheraton in Lima, Peru, former site of the infamous prison known as El Panoptico. When it comes to ghost stories, there's regular old dark, then there's lock-up dark, and the only thing scarier than some of the horrific true crime cases we touch on in this episode is our pronunciation of Spanish. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 37 mins
  • Introducing: Oceanography | Largely the Truth

    Introducing: Oceanography | Largely the Truth
    Aug 31 2024
    Singer/songwriter Brian Kelly, aka Oceanography, is going back on tour and will be our musical guest on the next "Talk Spooky", so we thought we would share his 2021 conversation with Brennan from his old talk show "Largely the Truth." Check Brian's tour dates here Original shownotes follow: This week, singer/songwriter Brian Kelly, who performs as Oceanography, joins me to talk about his fantastic new LP "Thirteen Songs About Driving Nowhere in Alphabetical Order" and along the way we manage to invent car-to-car food delivery then discuss the impermanence of place Buy your digital copy on Bandcamp: https://oceanography.bandcamp.com/ Physical copies and tour dates: https://www.oceanographymusic.com/ Monterey video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrx6zr-hD7o Field Shots video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLi4BlHFfHU Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    47 mins
  • Here There Be Cougars | Talk Spooky to Me

    Here There Be Cougars | Talk Spooky to Me
    Aug 27 2024
    Close calls during a mountain hike, an explanation of Philippine totems, and a review of the brand new psychological thriller "Broken Bird", in UK theaters on August 30th. All this and more in our latest mail show! Our musical feature on this episode is "(Never) 2 Hot" by Massey feat. Xochi, presented courtesy of Bent River Records. Link to the screengrab Bob sent in [Imgur] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    52 mins
  • Don't Go Haunting Waterfalls

    Don't Go Haunting Waterfalls
    Aug 20 2024
    We're joined by Sinead Hanna of "The Poisoner's Cabinet" to tell stories of high strangeness in and around waterfalls! From North Queensland to California's High Sierras and the mountains of the Philippines, your best bet is to just stay out of the woods, man. The Lady of the Lake can be found here Full shownotes at www.ghoststoryguys.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 55 mins
  • Incidents on a Rollercoaster | Talk Spooky to Me

    Incidents on a Rollercoaster | Talk Spooky to Me
    Aug 13 2024
    A strange light over Western Australia, schizoaffective disorder & the paranormal, and a history of bad luck on the same Blackpool rollercoaster that once threw off a young Paul Bestall. That's right - it's a mail show. Our musical feature on this episode is "Barcelona" by Rain is Wet Full shownotes at www.ghoststoryguys.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    50 mins
  • When Worlds Collide

    When Worlds Collide
    Aug 6 2024
    What do you get when you combine stories from New Zealand and remote Western Australia, with a recorded appearance of a hat man in 1989? You get just a portion of the listener stories on this episode, along with some surprising findings from Brennan's research, and Paul's love of summer Links: Daniel W. VanArsdale's Paranormal Journal [carryiton.net] Paul Cropper's blog, The Fortean [thefortean.com] Full shownotes at www.ghoststoryguys.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 23 mins