This week’s episode isn’t for the faint of heart. Zoey brings us the bloody history of The Sloss Furnaces, a national historic landmark in Birmingham, Alabama that once produced iron. The town of Birmingham was built almost overnight when Colonel James Withers Sloss, a merchant and railroad man, convinced he L&N Railroad company to merge the North and South lines through Jones Valley. Jones Valley … Continue reading Ep 146 – The Gruesome Sloss Furnaces
The Grand Galvez (also known as the Queen of the Gulf) has stood by the Galveston, Texas shore for over one hundred years, hosting weddings, swimsuit contests, and tourists visiting the Gulf of Mexico. During that time, ghost stories have collected around the building, with some calling it the most haunted hotel in the state. In this episode, we dive into the ghost stories surrounding … Continue reading Ep 145 – The Queen of the Gulf
Zoey decided to go big for their first episode of the new year, and they’re covering The Bigfoot! It’s about damn time, as Robin says. Bigfoot, or Sasquatch is a big, hairy, stinky man who has a foot that spans 24 inches. To put that into prospective, since Zoey did the math, Bigfoot would wear a men’s size 50 to 56 shoe. In this episode, Zoey … Continue reading Ep 144 – Did Grandpa Make the Bigfoot?
You may know it as the Witching Hour, the Devil’s Hour, or simply 3 a.m. No matter which you call it, the hour between 3 and 4 o’clock in the morning is known for being a time when things go bump in the night. There’s a wide range of theories for this phenomenon: from this being when the veil is thinnest, to the idea that … Continue reading Ep 143 – The Witching Hour
Robin and Zoey are celebrating the end of the year with booze, presents, and a deep dive into the conspiracy theory of the Men In Black! You may know them from the movie, Men in Black, starring Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith that came out in 1997, the same year as your hosts. These are men who wear all black, and usually sunglasses, whose … Continue reading Ep 142 – An Introduction to the Men in Black
People would ask Simon Warner just about anything: where they might find their lost guitar, whether or not they should divorce their husbands, if their parents might reunite. They would stare at the crystal ball in his bungalow in Shelbyville, Tennessee, give him honest answers to his questions. And, in turn, he would give his advice: determined by some combination of astrology, self-professed psychic abilities, … Continue reading Ep 141: The Life and Death of Simon Warner
It’s time to go to Zoey’s favorite city: New Orleans, Louisiana! We’re visiting Lafitte’s Blacksmith Shop in the French Quarter. While the shop did originate as a Blacksmith Shop and keeps the name, the shop is better known for the drinks that they can make you. That’s right, here’s another Haunted Boozy Place! The Blacksmith Shop wasn’t just any store in it’s heyday, however. It … Continue reading Ep 140 – Haunted Boozy Places Part 4: Lafitte’s Blacksmith Shop
We’re back with another episode of our Frights in the Wild series, where we discuss first-person accounts of paranormal or otherwise spooky wilderness experiences from the web! Today’s stories involve: 1) a young girl trying to find her way home in the woods, when she hears footsteps following her; 2) a man about to go to sleep beside his girlfriend in her childhood home, when … Continue reading Ep 139: Frights in the Wild 4: The Stranger on the Stairs
Hello everyone! It’s been a HOT minute since Robin and Zoey have had a break from researching, recording, editing, and posting a Haunted Hospitality episode. I’m sure we’ll tell you all about it in our next how’s life section, but life got busy there for a while around the Thanksgiving Holiday. So we’re taking a break this week, and we’re sharing a sneak peek into … Continue reading Thanksgiving Break
Cassadaga, Florida is an unincorporated community in Volusia County, which is on the east coast of Florida. Cassadaga was founded by well known “Seer of Spiritualism” George P Colby. George was a trance medium, meaning he would conduct seances with the dead by going into a trance and allowing a spirit to speak through his body. He formed relationships and bonds of trust with a … Continue reading Ep 138 – The Psychic Capital of the World
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