SPIRIT TALES AND MAGIC
Host Dr.G shares paranormal tales and magic stories, drawing on over five decades of personal experience. He had his first supernatural encounter at age eight and has been collecting eerie narratives ever since. An award-winning storyteller, he aims to revive the tradition of telling stories around the firelight.
Episodes
What Happens When Folklore Hides A Murder
Send us Fan MailA college ghost story is supposed to end with a laugh and a shiver, not a real name you can’t forget. We start with Radford College memories, a campus soundtrack, and the kind of haunted lore that gets passed down like a tradition: whispers about Tyler Hall, late night dread in the underground tunnels, and Halloween tales that feel built for a dorm hallway.Then we follow the thread
The After-Hours Artist Who Never Clocked Out
Send us Fan MailA tattoo shop can feel like a sanctuary, until it’s closing time and the back room turns cold. We open with a quick October catch-up and a birthday shoutout for Grant, then we share a brand-new paranormal short story that trades cheap jump scares for something sharper: a rule nobody writes down, and a craft nobody quits, not even after death.At the Black Lantern tattoo shop, Walt B
If The Dead Speak, Who Listens First
Send us Fan Mail“What’s the first ghost story?” sounds like a simple trivia question until you try to pin it down, and that’s exactly where we start. We’re answering a listener challenge from Jim, but we quickly run into a bigger problem: ghost belief is older than writing, so the true beginning lives in oral tradition, memory, and fear. A rainy Southern California day turns into a global search,
A Sailor Vanishes And A Bride Keeps Watching The Gulf
Send us Fan MailA hotel can hold more than guests. Sometimes it holds a promise that never got to come home. We’re taking you to Galveston Island on the Texas Gulf Coast, where the surf hits the seawall with that patient, ancient rhythm, and where the historic Hotel Galvez has watched the Gulf since 1911. Up on the fifth floor sits room 501, the setting for one of the island’s most enduring haunte
Gettysburg’s Saddest Souvenir Comes With Receipts
Send us Fan MailA trembling elderly man takes six minutes to cross a room, squeezes my hand, and asks for one thing: “Please take this home.” He leaves us with a bundle wrapped in dirty cloth and a feeling we can’t shake. When we finally unwrap it, we find an iron key, black and heavy, along with fragile letters that hit so hard we can barely get through them without tearing up. We talk about how
What If A Haunting Is Just Unfinished Business
Send us Fan MailSomething brushed my left arm in a busy restaurant and there was nobody there and Cassandra felt it too. That’s the kind of moment that makes you stop talking mid-sentence and start wondering what else is moving through the room with you, especially when people keep saying October is when the veil is thinnest.From there, I pull on a thread that’s been in my life for years: my birth
When A Haunted Mine Tells You To Go Home
Send us Fan MailSomething about a mine changes the way a ghost story lands. You can stand in an old house and imagine footsteps in the hall, but when you step underground, the walls close in, the outside world goes silent, and your body starts listening for danger. Tonight I’m taking you into Calico Ghost Town in the Mojave Desert, a once-booming California silver camp near Barstow that surged in
What If A Ship Never Lets Its Captain Go
Send us Fan MailThe power is out, the studio is running on battery backup, and there’s someone outside walking down the street with a bright light pointed at their own face. A police car pulls up, the commands get louder, and then the person says one line that lands like a curse: “Oh, you want the lights out?” Seconds later, everything goes dead. It’s the kind of timing that makes you stop laughin
What if Grief Can Be Stored In A Physical Space
Send us Fan MailA storage unit is supposed to be a dead end for old furniture and sealed boxes, not a place that schedules an appointment with you every night at 2:14 AM. We start with something closer to home: a recurring late-night figure outside the office window, shining a flashlight at just the right angle to be seen and never caught. It’s unsettling for a simple reason: even with cameras, al
Why A Classic Ghost Story Returns For Doctober
Send us Fan MailSomething about this story never behaves like a normal recording, and that’s exactly why we’re bringing it back. As Doctober rolls on, we get a steady stream of requests to replay one of our earliest and most-listened episodes, “The Man, The Girl, And The Tiger,” but before you hit play we want to clear up a few details that could sound confusing if you’re new to our corner of para
The Man The Girl & The Tiger
Send us Fan MailA ghost story originally cast on Your Ghost Story Bus dot com. A tale of an imaginary friend and of a dark spirit. The true story of the last haunted house my daughter and I would share in the small town where we both grew up.Support the show
What If Loyalty Outlives Death
Send us Fan MailSomebody writes us a simple question, and it turns into a night you won’t forget: can a dead dog still protect the people it loved? We start with a letter from Melvin, an old friend who asks us to say a few words about Midnight, the Doberman he and his wife raised as their “furry child.” What follows isn’t just nostalgia. It’s a paranormal story with teeth, built on the kind of fea
Mothman And The Omen Question
Send us Fan MailSomething tall moves at the edge of the headlights. Someone swears the eyes glow red. And then, a year later, a bridge collapses and forty-six people never come home. We follow the Mothman legend where it actually starts: Point Pleasant, West Virginia, the Ohio River, and the abandoned TNT area that turned a strange night drive into one of the most enduring American paranormal stor
If The Dead Could Knock Would You Answer
Send us Fan MailA single knock in a quiet house can be easy to ignore. A second knock can change your life. We start Doctober by slowing everything down with a brief guided breath and a picture of an old haunted house, the kind where every creak feels like a message. Then we head to Hydesville, New York in 1848, where two young sisters, Maggie and Kate Fox, claim the darkness answers back with rap
Your Brain Rewrites History So Here Is A Clear Timeline
Send us Fan MailYour timeline is not “bad” your brain is doing what brains do: smoothing, swapping, and rewriting events until the story feels right. After a listener, Tamara, asks how anyone keeps historical eras straight, we dig into why memory bends time and why those mix-ups happen even when you love the subject. Then we get practical, building a clean historical eras timeline you can actually
When A Society Panics Who Becomes The Witch
Send us Fan MailThe fastest way to control a scared crowd is to hand them a name for the thing they fear and someone to blame for it. That’s where we start after a listener asks, “What is this witch thing,” and admits his partner has practiced for 20 years but suddenly won’t talk about what’s bothering her. Then he finds a crumpled “letter” in the trash that turns out to be a short story, and we r
What If Time Is Not Where You Left It
Send us Fan MailWe read a mining-family story about a man who vanishes on the way to his backyard well and returns seven months later without aging a day. Then we compare it to a listener’s “missing time” drive that somehow takes four days, plus other cases that make us ask what time is really doing when we are not looking. • mining towns that get bought out and wiped away • the Black Ridge, Ohio
When A Child Claims A Past Life Who Do You Believe
Send us Fan MailA haunting story lands in our inbox: twins who speak like they’re the same daughters a family lost years earlier. They point to “impact” marks, ask for toys they’ve never seen, and run through a village like they already know the way home. It’s the kind of reincarnation story that can make your stomach drop and your skepticism wobble at the same time. So we do what we always do in
A Civil War Soldier In California Is Not A Mistake
Send us Fan MailA Civil War soldier in California sounds like a glitch in the story we learned in school until you trace the footsteps back to Drum Barracks near the Port of Los Angeles. We take a listener’s sighting seriously and use it as a doorway into a forgotten piece of American history: California’s divided loyalties, the creation of Camp San Pedro (later Drum Barracks), and how thousands o
Hello Mr. Magpie How Is Your Wife
Send us Fan MailA lone magpie shows up and suddenly you’re supposed to salute and ask about his wife. Someone offers you flowers and you have to count them. You glance away during a toast and now it’s seven years of bad luck. Superstitions can sound ridiculous until you realize how many of them you already follow without thinking, especially when life feels uncertain and you want a little protecti
A Haunted Shipwalk On The Queen Mary Turns Personal
Send us Fan MailA haunted tour should leave you with photos and goosebumps, not a mystery object in your pocket. After a night on the Queen Mary in Southern California, Cassandra and I join the Haunted Shipwalk tour and something genuinely strange happens during a short break: I reach into my Spirit Tales and Magic hoodie for a Kleenex and pull out a large bobby pin I do not own. Not “maybe I forg
What If Hauntings Happen Because We Don’t Know We’re Gone
Send us Fan MailA cross-state move, a rebuilt studio, and a brush with death set the stage for a raw, curious deep dive into what the mind keeps when the heart stops. We open up about leaving Phoenix for Southern California and why starting fresh matters more after you’ve felt the floor drop out. A friend’s note about being clinically dead for sixteen minutes—no light, no voices, just a blank—coll
Where Books Whisper And Footsteps Type Themselves
Send us Fan MailThe quiet of a library can be louder than any scream. We open a door marked “preternatural” and step into reading rooms where stories don’t end at the last page: a coal-scented childhood library with a balcony watcher, a deserted building that typed without a working typewriter, and modern stacks where webcams tried to catch a Grey Lady in motion. What starts as one listener’s prom
A Radio Illusion You Can Do At Home
Send us Fan MailWe guide a hands‑on radio illusion you can do at home with ten cards or any matching items, ending with a whisper‑led reveal that feels like real mind reading. We close Doctober with gratitude and share our posting cadence moving forward.• listener mail sparks a promise of more magic talk• step‑by‑step setup using any ten similar items• fair shuffles of two five‑card piles• secret
World Unseen
Send us Fan MailThe scariest thing about a haunting isn’t always the shadow in the doorway—it’s the tiny detail you almost ignored. We open with Halloween warmth and a quick safety check, then move straight into a challenge for every investigator and curious mind: the smallest note in your story might be the master key later. A bowler-hatted figure shows up near tragedies across decades, not to be
Halloween Eve Tease And Treats
Send us Fan MailThe night before Halloween is the perfect moment to set a little trap for wonder. We keep this update short and focused, but the tease is big: tomorrow brings a double feature with a hands-on magic routine you must not attempt in the car. We address the listener emails that challenged us to bring real, interactive magic to the feed—and we’re answering with a guided effect that uses
Where Does Belief End And The Dark Begin On Clinton Road
Send us Fan MailA lonely New Jersey road draped in a canopy of trees, a bridge where coins won’t stay thrown, and headlights that chase you until they disappear—Clinton Road is the rare place where folklore and firsthand accounts keep colliding. We take you mile by mile through its most enduring legends, weigh them against lived experiences from listeners, and follow the trail from Cross Castle’s
Why Lovers' Lanes Became America’s Favorite Scary Story
Send us Fan MailThe road to romance has always had a shadowy shoulder. A listener’s note from Cannon Beach sends us down the winding lanes where folklore, fear, and true crime intersect: the secluded pull-offs, the cliffside overlooks, the places where a quiet kiss meets a loud imagination. We trace how classic tales—the hook on the car door, the boyfriend in the tree—became the scripts our anxiou
When Places Remember: Portals, Spirits, And The Stories We Carry
Send us Fan MailA green pulse in the dunes, a ranger who shouldn’t exist, and a dog named Sam who breaks his own faithful routine—our journey begins at Beaver Dunes Park, the stretch of Oklahoma terrain many call the Bermuda Triangle of the Plains. A longtime listener from the Panhandle sends two stories from the same patch of sand: teenage misadventure rescued by a helpful ranger later revealed t
From Summer Camp Whisper To Staten Island Shadow: The Cropsey Legend And Its Real-World Echoes
Send us Fan MailCampfire whispers have a way of outlasting headlines, but what happens when they start to sound the same? We dive into the legend of Cropsey, tracing its path from summer camp lore near Maston Lake to the shadow it casts over Staten Island, and the unsettling moments where myth seemed to overlap with real cases. Along the way, we unpack the pieces that make a story travel so far fo
A Packed Parking Lot, A Silent Trickster, And Why Saying Bloody Mary Three Times Might Be A Bad Idea
Send us Fan MailA sleepy Phoenix parking lot turned into a tidal wave of costumes, laughter, and just enough mischief to tip the night into legend. We showed up with candy and flashlights; the crowd brought handmade characters, a silent trickster in royal purple, and a kid who stepped to the table and—without breaking character—whispered the line that launched a hundred sleepovers: say my name thr
From A Squeaky Night Pump To Hollywood Hauntings, We Trace How Belief Shapes Ghostly Encounters
Send us Fan MailA squeaky iron pump at 2 a.m. can sound like a horror movie prop—until it’s your street, your neighbors, and your grandfather tumbling down a hill to catch the culprit. We open with a vivid small-town mystery outside the Polks’ house, a snapshot of how folklore forms around noise, fear, and community. A teacher’s hushed warning and a thread to the local AME church suggest deeper ro
From Jenny Slate To The White House, We Trace How Ghost Stories Linger And Shape Lives
Send us Fan MailA masked figure in red slips into a dead‑end alley and vanishes, and that single mystery becomes our doorway into a world of letters under stair runners, midnight music from fireplaces, and furniture that won’t sit still. We trace the strange symmetry across famous homes and our own: Jenny Slate’s sea captain sealed by hidden correspondence; our Woodrow houses and the trunk that na
How A Real Killer Clown And An Urban Legend Shaped Our Nightmare Of Pennywise
Send us Fan MailA doctor emails before dawn with a story we can’t shake: a patient dies under a lawn tractor at a mental health facility, and multiple witnesses swear a man in a long coat and hat pushed the victim—but the camera shows no attacker. That chill opens a deeper dive into how fear travels from real life into the stories we tell, landing squarely on Stephen King’s It and the cultural mac
From Parlor Game To Portal: The Ouija Board’s Psychology, History, And Hype
Send us Fan MailWhat if the power of a Ouija board lives less in the wood and more in the wanting? We crack open the psychology, the history, and the folklore behind a game that became a ritual—and a ritual that became a thousand late-night stories. Starting with the ideomotor effect, we show how tiny, unconscious movements can feel like messages from beyond when a group is primed by silence, low
Pop Culture, Killers, And The Blurred Line Between Reality And The Paranormal
Send us Fan MailA sitcom saved a man from a murder charge, a horror classic echoed through real killings, and a dating show matched a contestant with a hidden predator. We pull on these threads to ask a bigger question: when culture touches crime, are we witnessing the paranormal or just the parts of reality we tend to ignore?We start by challenging how we define “paranormal,” noting how legal lan
What Happens When The Unseen Follows The Famous
Send us Fan MailA house with hidden passages, a polite request for anonymity, and a story we can’t tell—those boundaries set the stage for a conversation about celebrity hauntings that feel uncomfortably familiar. We walk through three public accounts that challenge skepticism in different ways: Courtney Cox hears a stranger at the door say there’s “someone behind you,” Octavia Spencer treats her
A Banker’s Mansion Becomes America’s Most Haunted House
Send us Fan MailA grand Cleveland mansion with turrets, a fourth-floor ballroom, and a tangle of secret passages sounds like a fairy tale—until the deaths begin, rumors spread, and the walls start talking. We head out on the road for Doctober and open the door to Franklin Castle, widely called the most haunted house in Ohio, to unpack how grief, architecture, and folklore fused into a legend that
Handlebar Mustaches And Haunted Ground At Little Bighorn
Send us Fan MailThe road has a way of sharpening the strange. While recording from Arizona, we open a listener’s account that runs from goosebumps at Gettysburg to a charged encounter at Little Bighorn—complete with a flash of a white handlebar mustache, a flurry of ghost-hunting gear, and a ranger’s timely invitation to leave. That single thread pulls us into the Stonehouse’s layered folklore, th
Guardian Angels, Ghosts, And A Cigar
Send us Fan MailA rebellious aunt lights a cigar, tunes a fiddle, and refuses the script her town wrote for her. Years later, she keeps one last promise: she wakes a boy in the night, tells him what’s coming, and says she’ll be his guardian angel—hours before the family learns she died in a crash. That single moment becomes the hinge of a life steeped in magic, memory, and the mysteries that refus
When Ghosts Are People Out of Time: Tesla, Temporal Rifts, and Real‑Time Disappearances
Send us Fan MailEver watched a “ghost story” twist into a science problem right in front of you? We open a fresh door on the paranormal by asking a risky question: what if hauntings are just living people slipping between frequencies, slightly out of phase with our reality. Inspired by a listener email and a nod to Tesla’s notes on vibration, we sketch a city manor where time frays, “ghosts” wande
Night Freight
Send us Fan MailHeadlights carve a narrow path through the dark, and beyond that glow the highway starts to whisper. A longtime listener—an over-the-road driver—sent us a note that opened the door to a vault of stories truckers trade when the rest of the world is asleep: phantom hitchhikers who vanish at the truck stop door, rest areas that feel alive after midnight, sensitive freight that turns o
Why do we fear 13, and what happens when a sealed door won’t stay quiet
Send us Fan MailThunder shakes the glass, power blinks, and two figures wrapped in black drift past the window as we open a door most buildings try to hide: the story of 13. We follow the breadcrumbs from a mistranslated Hammurabi “gap” to Judas arriving last at the table and Loki crashing a feast in Valhalla. Along the way, we trace how superstition turns into policy—why so many elevators skip 13
Ghosts of the Mines: Tommy Knockers, Warnings, and the Line Between Folklore and Survival
Send us Fan MailA soft knock in the night can feel like nothing—until it becomes the thread that pulls you into a world of danger, rescue, and old miner wisdom. We start with a real late-night scare and tumble into living folklore: the Tommy Knockers of Welsh and Cornish legend, carried into American coal towns where a tap on the timbers could mean the difference between making it home and never s
Royal Street's Immortal Whisper
Send us Fan MailA bricked window on Royal Street. Bottles that looked like wine but weren’t. A host who threw lavish parties and never took a bite. We head to New Orleans and pull at the threads of the Jacques Saint‑Germain legend, lining up tour lore with city directories, chains of title, and passenger lists to see how much of this story sits on solid ground—and where it slips into shadow.We wal
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From Sasquatch to Yahoo, we trace how one creature wears many names and haunts every state with footprints, howls, and folklore
Send us Fan MailA single silhouette stalks our map, but it changes its name at every border. We take you on a fast, vivid tour of the nation’s cryptid canon—from the Sierra Sasquatch and Rocky Mountain sightings to the Honey Island Swamp Monster’s webbed prints and Wisconsin’s werewolf-leaning Beast of Bray Road—showing how landscapes, weather, and work culture shape what people hear, smell, and s
What happens when the universe stops your show and you open a dusty file of the world’s creepiest myths?
Send us Fan MailThunder shakes the windows, the full moon hangs heavy, and after twenty failed attempts to air a different paranormal story, we reach for our backup: a dusty folder labeled “urban legend.” What unfolds is a fast, vivid tour through the myths that haunt mirrors, forests, cemeteries, and city sewers—and a look at why these stories stick to our lives like burrs after a midnight walk.W
Keepsakes and Ghosts
Send us Fan MailA small package arrived from the UK with an old skeleton key and a handwritten letter that stopped us cold. Inside was a love story from 1977, a locked door in a shabby student house, and a fire that turned an ordinary morning into a lifetime of what-ifs. As we read Stefan’s words, the room seemed to hold its breath: a second key cut too late, a housemate misjudged until he tried t
Mermaids in the Desert: Legends from Arizona’s Mogollon Rim
Send us Fan MailA faded childhood photo cracked open more than nostalgia—it pulled us straight to the Mogollon Rim and a legend that refuses to stay quiet. We start with Aunt Aggie, the ghost who visited when we were eight, and Uncle Hubert, a brilliant stonemason with a restless compass pointed west. From there, the path bends toward cold lakes in high country, where locals argue lovingly over ho
A field hospital, a chimney skeleton, and a phone that rings unplugged—what could go wrong?
Send us Fan MailSome places hold a charge you can feel in your skin before your mind catches up. We head across Mississippi with a listener’s prompt as our compass and land in rooms, bridges, inns, and lawns where history presses close—sometimes with names and dates, sometimes with footsteps, sometimes with a phone that rings at 2 a.m. even when the cord is out of the wall.We start in Vicksburg at
A Bowler Hat in the Underground: Ghosts, Automation, and the City’s Unseen Hands
Send us Fan MailThe platform hums, the doors blink, and a familiar phrase cuts through the noise—only this time, the voice belongs to a person with a life, a marriage, and a memory that refuses to fade. We follow the thread from London’s Embankment Station, where a widow hears her late husband’s announcement restored to the speakers, to the New York subway, where a bowler-hatted figure slips throu
Where folklore meets footprints and a two‑minute growl
Send us Fan MailMoonlight changes the rules along Arizona’s Mogollon Rim, and we follow those rules into a web of sightings, sounds, and stories that won’t sit still. A listener’s nudge opens the door to a century of accounts—some familiar to Bigfoot lore, others stranger—each framed by the Rim’s brutal beauty and sudden drops that make every footstep feel consequential.We start with place: steep
How Short Can a Haunting Be?
Send us Fan MailWhat if the scariest stories are the ones that end a beat too soon? We lean into the art of short hauntings—tight, vivid tales that land in your head and refuse to leave—guided by listener emails, a few razor‑sharp micro‑stories of our own, and a fresh brush with a restless room upstairs from a haunted oyster bar. A phone answers itself from a nightstand across town. A “mother” gho
Your amygdala called; it wants its campfire back
Send us Fan MailThe story that won’t leave—why does it cling while others evaporate? We set the scene in a sweltering Phoenix afternoon and follow a listener’s challenge: unpack the mechanics of a tale that keeps replaying. From there, we take apart the gears of a haunting: how emotion primes memory, how empathy pulls you into a character’s skin, and why ambiguity is the hook your brain can’t stop
What if the same stranger arrives before tragedy—and never leaves a face behind?
Send us Fan MailA banker’s offhand confession cracked open a door we couldn’t close. One moment we’re swapping small talk over hacked accounts, and the next we’re standing at Joyland in 1977, watching a boy who finally measured up take the back car of a roller coaster—and never make it home. Witnesses remember a tall man in a long coat and a short hat. They remember the push. They remember the gat
Roots of Retribution: The Twisted Legacy of Louisville's Witch Tree
Send us Fan MailStep into the haunted heart of Old Louisville as we unravel the mysterious tale of the Witch Tree—a gnarled, twisted Osage orange standing at the corner of 6th Street and Park Avenue. This isn't just any tree; it's a living monument to supernatural vengeance, adorned with beaded necklaces, trinkets, and offerings from those who dare not anger the spirits that claim it.The
The Unseen World: Paranormal Encounters and Historical Safety Coffins
Send us Fan MailThe boundary between life and death has never been as terrifyingly thin as when coffin bells were a necessity. This deep dive into taphophobia—the fear of being buried alive—uncovers centuries of macabre history and the remarkable inventions born from our most primal fears.From the haunting 14th-century tale of philosopher John Duns Scotus reportedly found outside his coffin with b
The Memory Makers: Why Time Is More Than Just Minutes Passing
Send us Fan MailDeath has a way of reframing our relationship with time. After experiencing clinical death three years ago, Dr. G returns to the microphone with a profound meditation on time, mortality, and memory that will leave you questioning your own relationship with life's most precious resource."Rich or poor, you are given the same 24 hours in a day," Dr. G reflects, sharing
Discovering Hidden Gems: From Rock Hounding to Magical Seances in Bisbee
Send us Fan MailSomething magical happened on our return trip to Bisbee, Arizona. While dodging motorcycles during the town's annual "prowl" event and enjoying Cassandra's rock hounding expedition, we stumbled upon a treasure that left even seasoned professionals like us genuinely awestruck.The Bisbee Seance Room, operated by Kenny Bang Bang (aptly self-titled "Master of t
Beyond the Veil in Tombstone: Cassandra's Unexpected Encounter with the Supernatural
Send us Fan MailSomething followed Cassandra home from Tombstone, and for the first time in our 20+ years of paranormal investigations together, she couldn't simply shield herself from it.After exploring Bisbee's haunted locations, we couldn't resist a quick visit to nearby Tombstone, primarily to reconnect with our cowboy friend Bob. What began as a simple overnight stop transforme
Beyond Distance: Magic That Works Through Your Headphones
Send us Fan MailMagic transcends distance in this special interactive episode where Dr. G celebrates his friend Jeff's birthday with a mind-bending illusion you can experience firsthand. When Jeff requested a magic trick for his birthday, it sparked the perfect opportunity to demonstrate how wonder works even through your headphones.You'll want to gather three pieces of paper, a coin, a
Mining Memories: Exploring the Legacy of Bisbee's Copper Queen
Send us Fan MailHave you ever stumbled upon a place that instantly felt like home? That's exactly what happened when Cassandra and I visited Bisbee, Arizona this weekend. From the moment we arrived until our reluctant departure, something about this historic mining town grabbed hold of my soul and wouldn't let go.We took the famous Copper Queen Mine tour, 1,500 feet in the ground on a m
Haunting Dreams and Heartfelt Messages (top 3 of 2024)
Send us Fan MailDive into a powerful journey of love, loss, and connection in this episode of Spirit Tales and Magic. Together, we explore the mysterious ways our loved ones reach out to us from beyond the grave. With heartfelt stories set against the culturally rich backdrop of Louisiana, we unravel how spirituality intertwines with everyday life, impacting the ways we mourn and remember. One lis
Haunted Tales: The Girl, the Man, and the Tiger (most downloaded 2024)
Send us Fan MailDr. G shares his ghostly experiences from childhood, blending humor and history to explore the presence of spirits in his life. Through vivid storytelling, he examines how these encounters shaped his family and his beliefs in the paranormal.• Growing up in haunted houses in the Ohio Valley • The importance of storytelling in shaping fears and beliefs • Narrative of "The Man, t
Ghostly Connections: Balloons, Rings, and Unseen Forces
Send us Fan MailDive into a world where the lines between our lives and the spirit realm blur in this enchanting episode. We begin with Dr. G’s personal reflections on unexpected challenges and illness, setting a relatable stage for listeners. Tammy shares her captivating story that begins with inexplicable sensations—whiffs of lilacs signaling a spirit's presence, demonstrating how our depar
The Enigma Beyond the Verdict
Send us Fan MailCould an obscure psychiatric condition explain the most notorious double murder of the 19th century? Join us as we unravel the chilling enigma of Lizzie Borden and her alleged role in the gruesome murders of her father and stepmother. Despite being acquitted, the whispers of her guilt echo through time. We explore the possibility of dissociative fugue playing a part, and sift throu
Whispers from the Witch Trials
Send us Fan MailUnravel the shadowy secrets of Salem and probe the question: What ominous forces shaped this storied town's dark history? Join us as we unlock the mysteries behind Nathaniel Hawthorne's House of the Seven Gables, explore the chilling murder of Captain Joseph White, and ponder the cultural reverberations of Salem's tales on literary giants like Edgar Allan Poe. Our jo
From Salem's Spells to Hollywood's Haunts
Send us Fan MailHave you ever felt the eerie touch of the unseen world, nudging you with whispers and premonitions? Join us as we recount our haunting adventures from Salem’s spirited festivities, where the air is thick with history and mystical allure. Our journey begins with a cautionary tale likening the vibrant energy of Salem’s Halloween to Mardi Gras, sharing my spine-tingling experience at
Mysteries of Lily Pond Lane
Send us Fan MailStep into the spectral shadows of the Hamptons' infamous "Witch House" as we unravel its chilling past and the ghostly tales that linger within. How did Edith Beale, or Little Eddie, find love beyond the grave with her phantom sea captain? Discover the transformation of this 1905 Lily Pond Lane mansion from a horticultural gem, nurtured by Anna Gilman Hill, to a haun
Transforming the Mundane into Magic
Send us Fan MailCan a simple clock trick reveal the hidden magic in your everyday life? Join Dr. G on this captivating episode of Spirit Tales and Magic as we promise to mesmerize both skeptics and believers alike. We'll guide you through an enchanting clock-based illusion, perfect for trying at home—just remember to keep safety in mind and refrain from attempting it while on the road. Our th
Into the Shadows of the Boogeyman
Send us Fan MailEver wonder what lurks in the shadows of childhood fears? Join me on a fascinating journey through the world of the boogeyman, where myth meets reality and stories are as chilling as they are captivating. From the familiar tales of the Slavic water spirit to the eerie Mexican ghostly woman in white, we unravel how the boogeyman has transcended cultures, serving as a timeless guardi
Tales from the Enchanted Estate
Send us Fan MailCan you imagine a world where the line between the living and the spectral is so thin, it feels like the past is just a whisper away? Join Dr. G in this fascinating episode of Spirit Tales and Magic as we unravel the haunting life of Edith "Little Eddie" Beale and her legendary home, Gray Gardens. Once a vibrant socialite and performer, Little Eddie found herself envelope
Desert Roads and Whispering Ghosts
Send us Fan MailJourney with us as we, Dr. G and Cassandra, traverse the mystical high desert of Arizona, where the open road holds secrets and stories untold. Imagine waking up in the middle of the road after a blissful sleep, with no cars in sight, and the vast landscape stretching out endlessly around you. From the quaint allure of Winslow to the bizarre charm of a little alien diner along Rou
Ghostly Visions in the Mist
Send us Fan MailPicture this: You're driving down a dark, deserted road, your eyes heavy with exhaustion, when suddenly a ghostly figure appears before you. This isn't the plot of a horror movie; it's a chilling tale shared by our listener, Randy, and it will leave you questioning the boundaries of reality. Join us as we unravel Randy's harrowing experience of a late-night driv
Unveiling Ghostly Memories
Send us Fan MailWhat if the ghosts of your past weren't just metaphorical but real, shaping the person you've become? Join me, Dr. G, as I recount the eerie tales and personal encounters with the supernatural from my childhood on Woodrow Avenue. These aren't just ghost stories; they're vivid memories of a mysterious neighbor, Mrs. Polk, and ghostly figures seen in the moonlit s
Ghosts of Faith and Madness
Send us Fan MailWhat if the line between belief and madness is thinner than we think? Join me, Dr. G, as we navigate the eerie and unsettling landscapes of psychological horror and real-world encounters with evil. First, we dissect the chilling narrative of "Frailty," a film that explores a father's belief in his divine mission to destroy demons, revealing the haunting journey of hi
Hotels Some Never Check Out Of
Send us Fan MailOur visit to Prescott, and a Long Island Lighthouse Haunt!Support the show
The Countdown...11
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Gordon STILL THE CARETAKER
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