Phantom History
35 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsHauntings can occur anywhere, from cemeteries to modern-day structures. Through storytelling and interviews with experts, it is the goal of this podcast to share the stories behind those hauntings and uncover the truth about the lives and legacies of those who came before us, and those who somehow still linger. Are you an investigator or do you have a historic location you'd like us to check out? Let us know at [email protected].
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Growing Up Haunted in Indiana
January 21, 2024 15:00 - 19 minutes - 13.5 MBAs a young boy, Ken Trulock grew up in a very haunted home just north of Indianapolis, Indiana. In this episode, Ken, who now works as a historic and ghost tour guide, shares his experiences in that home, which ranged from bumps in the night to full bodied apparitions.
Cresson Sanatorium and Prison
August 30, 2023 17:00 - 17 minutes - 11.8 MBFor nearly 70 years, Cresson Sanatorium served Pennsylvania as a tuberculosis hospital, a ward for the developmentally disabled and as a prison for a wide variety of criminals. Today the 400-plus acres upon which the former institution rests is a hot spot for paranormal investigators, including Barry Merwin, of Unfortunate Travels. In this episode Barry shares his experiences while investigating the massive complex over two nights. For him there’s no doubt that the building still harbors mem...
Preston Castle
August 01, 2023 19:00 - 18 minutes - 13 MBIn a rural area of California sits a building atop a hill that resembles a castle. The Preston School of Industry was a proposed as a reform school and was used to house wards, or minors under the guardianship of the state. Today the building is a historic landmark and according to historians, volunteers and paranormal investigators, some of the spirits of the boys who were housed there, and a few employees, are still roaming the halls. Investigator Connie Brenner and administrator Sybil Gr...
The Hospital on Old College Hill
July 05, 2023 05:00 - 18 minutes - 13.1 MBIn the 1920s, the town Williamson West Virginia celebrated the opening of its hospital, which sat atop a hill overlooking the city. Today, nearly a century later, the building is abandoned, but serves as a tourist attraction and hot spot for paranormal investigations. Tonya Webb, one of the owners of the hospital, shares her personal paranormal experiences in the expansive building as well as the history around the rural town’s most imposing feature. What roams the halls of the building tod...
Old Historic Scott County Jail
June 21, 2023 04:00 - 23 minutes - 16.2 MBThe Historic Old Scott County Jail first opened its doors in 1904 and served the people of Scott County Tennessee for 104 years. The three-story building saw suicides, mob hangings and even a fire that inspired the third floor. Today the building stands as a museum and center for paranormal research thanks to Miranda Young and Kristy Sumner, two paranormal investigators with a love of history. The building they open to tours and investigations is teeming with paranormal activity, and both w...
Basin Park Hotel
June 02, 2023 04:00 - 17 minutes - 12.2 MBThe Basin Park Hotel serves as a luxury getaway for people in northern Arkansas, its surrounding areas and from throughout the country. The large building dates to 1905 and gets its name from the natural spring nearby that some believed had healing powers. It could be the spirits of some of those looking for a miracle cure to their ailments who still wander the halls of the Basin Park Hotel, and tour guide Diane Newcomb has made a career out of collecting evidence of the paranormal activity ...
The Spookeasy Lounge - Ybor City, FL
May 16, 2023 04:00 - 20 minutes - 14.2 MBThe building that houses the Spookeasy Lounge in Ybor City, Tampa Florida’s historic district, started its life as a church. More specifically, it was a church that worked directly with Cuban immigrants that came to Tampa to work in its cigar factories. The 15th street structure has seen many occupants over the years .. churches, an orphanage, night clubs and, now, a Kava tea bar with a basement that hosts a liquor bar and night club. The Spookeasy Lounge is themed appropriately as a hor...
Old South PIttsburg Hospital
May 03, 2023 13:00 - 23 minutes - 16.2 MBThe Old South Pittsburg Hospital in rural Tennessee is considered by many to be the most haunted location in the state. It was founded in the 1950s and served the community for nearly 40 years before it slowly shut its doors and sent its remaining patients to nearby Chattanooga. After sitting quietly for several years, Ronne D, a paranormal investigator from Chicago, investigated and then purchased the building and has turned it into the Old South Pittsburg Hospital Paranormal Research Cente...
Tatum-Rawls House
February 28, 2023 22:00 - 19 minutes - 13.2 MBThe Tatum-Rawls house is an exact representation of life in 1880s Florida and is part of an educational and nature preserve in Sarasota County. While the two-story building has been relocated, it still maintains its original form and has been furnished with era-specific antiques to offer a full picture of pioneer life in the Sunshine State. Paranormal investigators believe that several of the home's original inhabitants are still calling the building home, and they made themselves known duri...
Andrews Memorial Chapel
February 03, 2023 05:00 - 17 minutes - 12.1 MBIn 1970, Andrews Memorial Chapel was physically split in two and moved one mile north to its new home in Dunedin Florida. The original building, constructed in 1888, is in tact today, but may have spirits of its past connected to it. According to the paranormal investigative team Silent Slayer Tours, and the chapel's event coordinator, there are plenty of spirits in the old church to keep visitors on their toes.
Randolph Asylum
January 11, 2023 05:00 - 18 minutes - 12.4 MBRandolph Asylum has sat abandoned for years, but its tales of murders, suicides and abandonment have made it a target for paranormal investigators throughout the Midwest. In this episode, the women of Indiana Lost Souls share their experiences in the 50,000 square foot building and talk about the evidence they collected that they say prove the past residents ... and more ... still roam the vast hallways.
Hacienda Hotel
September 28, 2022 16:00 - 18 minutes - 12.7 MBThe Hacienda Hotel in New Port Richey, Fla., is a Mediterranean-style pink hotel dating back to 1927. While the venue has been recently renovated and returned to its former glory and is again welcoming guests, the hotel long sat dormant and was the site of break ins and alleged paranormal sightings. With the hotel now restored and open again, Historian Bob Langford and hotel public relations manager Dylan Gamez share their stories of the hotel’s history and their own encounters with the spi...
Poasttown Elementary School, Ohio
September 14, 2022 04:00 - 18 minutes - 13 MBPoasttown Elementary School was built in the 1930s and served as a place of education until the year 2000. It’s a building in rural Ohio that is now known more for the sightings of apparitions and spirits within its walls than it is for exams and PTA meetings. The reasons behind those hauntings could be linked to two separate train accidents in 1891 and 1910 that claimed lives and turned the land upon with the school sits into a temporary trauma and triage unit. In this episode, Steve Hodges...
The Slippery Noodle Inn, Indianapolis, IN
August 31, 2022 04:00 - 18 minutes - 12.5 MBAs Indianapolis' longest-running bar, the Slippery Noodle is the site of some of the best live Blues music in the country. The bar originally opened its doors in 1850 but has had many names, several owners and plenty of mystery surrounding it since then. It has served as an Inn, a restaurant, a brothel and even as a stop on the Underground Railroad during and shortly after the American Civil War. Its storied history has led to investigations of paranormal activity on all three levels of the ...
St. Augustine, Florida
August 17, 2022 04:00 - 21 minutes - 14.6 MBAs the nation's oldest city, St. Augustine has a reputation for also being one of its most haunted. In this dive into the history of the city that has been alive for more than 500 years, Phantom History talks to a historian and tour guide who not only tells the fabled history of this town, but has her own experiences to share as well. From its impressive fort, Castillo de san Marcos, to its Old School House and City Gates, St. Augustine has a ghost story tied to almost every single structure...
Sorrel-Weed House, Savannah GA
August 03, 2022 04:00 - 22 minutes - 15.6 MBThe Sorrel-Weed House is one of the first massive mansions to be built in Savannah, Georgia, and its sprawling 16,000 square foot presence overlooks one of the oldest squares in the city. But there's more to this building than just its impending size. Its history of tragedy, death, illnesses and suicide make it one of the most haunted destinations in the United States. Aubrey Northrop, a tour guide at the mansion, shares the history of the house and her own paranormal experiences that she's ...
1022 Royal Street, New Orleans, Louisiana
July 20, 2022 05:00 - 19 minutes - 13.5 MBThe Starling Magickal Occult Shop at 1022 Royal Street in the heart of New Orleans' French Quarter is the home to the city's oldest all practice occult shop. But there is much more to the building than a shop. It's the home to Priestess Claudia Williams, who welcomes spirits into the building and often assists in guiding them into the light. In this episode, paranormal investigator Michael Bill, who works closly with Williams, shares the stories of the spirits who still walk the hallways an...
Bobby Mackey's Music World
July 05, 2022 22:00 - 17 minutes - 12.2 MBBobby Mackey's Music World has been dubbed America's most haunted honkytonk. The building dates back to the early 20th century and has been a home to a number of failed businesses before boots scooted across its dance floor. The unique building has ties to the mob, a murder, alleged suicides and even rumored satanic rituals. Employees and visitors alike have reported apparitions, strange sounds and unexplainable phenomena in the building, especially in the basement, which is home to a well s...
Waverly Hills and Pennhurst Asylums
June 21, 2022 13:00 - 17 minutes - 12.1 MBAsylums were big business in the 19th and 20th century. Those who were deemed mentally deficient, whether they were or not, or infected with an incurable disease often found themselves placed into institutions for the insane where experimental treatments were conducted in hopes of curing their particular ailment. With little or no oversight, staff were free to do as they wanted with these so-called patients and many perished at the hands of those they trusted. Two such institutions, Waverly ...
St. Augustine Lighthouse
July 23, 2020 15:00 - 23 minutes - 16 MBThe current St. Augustine Lighthouse has stood on Anastasia Island since the 1870s, but there was a lighthouse prior to the current structure that eventually fell into the Atlantic Ocean. For centuries, Florida's oldest city has had some kind of light tower and those that lived and worked on the grounds are said to still roam them. Phantom History gets those stories and experiences directly from tour guide Kelcie Lloyd, who has worked there for five years.
House of Refuge
June 14, 2020 20:00 - 17 minutes - 12.3 MBIn the 1870s, the United States Government commissioned 10 structures to serve as safe havens for shipwreck survivors along Florida's Atlantic Coast. Today, only one of those buildings still stands and now serves as a museum. But the Keepers of the Martin County House of Refuge aren't certain that they are alone in the building after hours. Different smells permeate various rooms, a cold spot rests under the stairwell and both keepers have seen or experienced strange phenomena that just migh...
The Lemp Mansion
May 23, 2020 15:00 - 21 minutes - 14.7 MBA historic restaurant and inn in South St. Louis, Missouri was once the home of an iconic family known for bringing lager beer to the Midwest. But the Lemp family's home, while iconic and beautiful, has a tragic past. Four members of the family committed suicide and a mysterious "missing" family member is said to still wander the halls. Learn about the history of the Lemp Mansion and its paranormal guests in this episode featuring Betsy Bernett Belanger, the facility's historian and chief pa...
Yesteryear Village
May 05, 2020 22:00 - 17 minutes - 12 MBOn the South Florida Fairgrounds sets a village that transports visitors back in time. A collection of relocated and reassembled buildings make up Yesteryear Village, offering a glimpse of what life looked like prior to 1940. But it may not only be the buildings that were transported to this outdoor history museum. Stories of the spirits of those who used to call those buildings home have been reported since the first building was put in place in 1990. This episode of Phantom History dives i...
The Henry Plant Museum
September 29, 2019 13:00 - 17 minutes - 12.4 MBBefore it was a museum dedicated to the railroad magnate and a part of the massive University of Tampa campus, the building that houses relics of Tampa's past was the largest hotel in the area, serving the elite of America's Northeast during the winter months. Some of those visitors from the past are said to still roam the halls and those who have spotted some strange things are more than willing to share their stories in this episode.
The Tampa Theatre - Part 2
September 02, 2019 00:00 - 24 minutes - 16.6 MBFor more than nine decades the Tampa Theatre has operated non-stop, meaning the ornate downtown theater has seen more than its fare share of patrons. But theater marketing director Jill Watecki and Jeremy Reddig of Genesis Paranormal Services is convinced some of those patrons and past employees have never left. Part two of this story discusses several entities spotted within the building, including the Woman in White, the Man in the Fedora and one simply referred to as "The Trickster." He...
The Tampa Theatre - Part 1
August 18, 2019 16:00 - 23 minutes - 16 MBThe Tampa Theatre has been in continuous operation since it first opened its doors in 1926. Since then, countless patrons and employees have walked through its ornate lobby and enjoyed the unique "Atmospheric" architecture within. According to Tampa Theatre Marketing Director Jill Watecki and Genesis Paranormal Services director Jeremy Reddick, some of those patrons and employees may just still be lingering within the theater's walls. Both share their experiences and the history of what many...
The Stone Soup Company
July 29, 2019 07:00 - 16 minutes - 11.3 MBIt was like every other night. Quiet. That was until they heard one sound that at any other time wouldn't spark that much interest. But after 2 a.m., the sound of a solitary key striking the string inside of an old piano would catch anyone off guard. It was especially surprising to both since they were the only two left in the business and neither one was near the piano. For Stone Soup Company owner Ilya Goldberg, the piano is a major contributor to the strange happenings that have been re...
The Don Vicente Hotel - Ybor City
June 30, 2019 20:00 - 19 minutes - 13.8 MBFor 17 years the Shriver family owned and operated the Don Vicente Hotel in Tampa's historic district. But the building did much more than entertain out of town guests. It also had a handful of spirits that would make themselves known in a variety of ways. In this episode I talk to Tessa Cramer, who ran the hotel with other members of her family. She shares her personal encounters and talks about the history of the building which once stood as a medical clinic, complete with a morgue in the ...
The Vinoy Resort - St. Petersburg
June 17, 2019 01:00 - 14 minutes - 10.2 MBFor nearly a century the Vinoy Resort and Golf Club has overlooked the shores of Tampa Bay in downtown St. Petersburg. But shortly after it began accepting guests from all over the world, the resort has been home to "The Lady in White." She's seen throughout the massive building, and she may not be alone. This episode discusses the history behind the landmark hotel and probes why it may have so many lingering spirits within its walls.
The Spirits of Philippe Park
June 10, 2019 01:00 - 15 minutes - 7.2 MBThe peaceful, waterfront Philippe Park just north of St. Petersburg, Florida is home to a massive temple mound placed there centuries ago by a native American tribe called the Tocobaga. That mound, many believe, maintains the heavy spiritual activity that so many report. Phantom History takes a dive into the history of the park and speaks with two paranormal investigators who share what they've discovered and experienced during their separate trips to the 122-acre park.
Living on an Indian burial ground, Part 2
June 03, 2019 11:00 - 15 minutes - 7.32 MBYears after he moved out of the childhood home where he would see doors open on their own, hear footsteps on the second floor and see glowing eyes in the basement, John moved into his own home within the city limits. It didn't take him long to discover, however, that another spirit had already staked claim to the house. This one was more mischievous than scary. At least it was, until things got a little out of hand during a party in the home.
Living on an Indian Burial Ground, Part 1
May 27, 2019 13:00 - 15 minutes - 7.37 MBAs a child growing up in Ohio, John lived in a rural area with his parents and siblings. But at a young age, he knew there were others living among his family. Strange sounds, opening doors and even a pair of glowing eyes all convinced him that his family wasn't alone. When it was discovered years later that the bodies of a long-dead Native American tribe were buried on the property, he finally knew why his home was never at peace.
Fort Brooke Parking Garage
May 20, 2019 14:00 - 10 minutes - 4.9 MBToday, a large, 10-story parking garage comfortably stores more than 2,000 vehicles each day. But when the structure was under construction in 1980, crews discovered the remains of hundreds of forgotten bodies. Today, many say it's the spirits of those who were uncovered that haunt the structure at all hours of the day. We dive into the history of those remains and the history of the original "Fort Brooke" that stood on the site through the 1800s.
Tampa's Firebug
May 17, 2019 19:00 - 13 minutes - 6.29 MBIn 1912, the City of Tampa was terrorized by someone lighting random fires and shootings. When a mysterious note arrived at the police station taking responsibility for the chaos, authorities knew they had a serial killer on their hands. More than 100 years after that killer was caught and executed, some say they still see him lingering on the streets of Tampa. This is his story.
Trailer
May 17, 2019 18:00 - 3 minutes - 1.46 MBIntroducing, Phantom History Learn a little bit about the passion behind this podcast and the format you can expect to hear on each new episode released each Monday. Sometimes someone, or something, still lingers from the past and it's up to us to research and learn the stories that need to be told. This introduction will hopefully encourage you to tune in each week to listen to the next podcast, which will either be a story of an eerie, haunted location or an interview with someone who has...