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Strange Synchronicities (Randonautica Series)
Buried Secrets Podcast - April 29, 2022 09:00 - 28 minutesA look at the connection between strange synchronicities and Randonautica. Plus, I explore some unusual synchronicities that happened to me while just talking and thinking about randonauting. Can Randonautica cause synchronicities when you aren’t even actively using the app? I’m not sure, but ...
Escaping the Probability Tunnel (Randonautica Part 1)
Buried Secrets Podcast - April 15, 2022 14:25 - 56 minutesEscaping the Probability Tunnel Using Randonautica: A deep dive into how to randonaut, or go on mysterious, synchronistic adventures using the Randonautica app. Highlights include: • Psychic self-defense • Ideas behind how the app works • Weird owl stories • Probability Tunnels Subscribe on P...
Escaping the Probability Tunnel (Randonautica Series)
Buried Secrets Podcast - April 15, 2022 14:25 - 56 minutesEscaping the Probability Tunnel Using Randonautica: A deep dive into how to randonaut, or go on mysterious, synchronistic adventures using the Randonautica app. Highlights include: • Psychic self-defense • Ideas behind how the app works • Weird owl stories • Probability Tunnels Subscribe on P...
How to Ghost Hunt By Yourself Using the Solo Estes Method
Buried Secrets Podcast - April 01, 2022 11:00 - 1 hourA how-to guide on how to use a modified version of the Estes Method in solo paranormal investigations. I walk through how to set up your own Solo Estes Method kit, how to use it, cheap or free alternatives to buying new gear, and more. Highlights include: • Some weird audio from a 1979 spirit c...
Why is Fordham University Haunted? (Haunted Fordham University)
Buried Secrets Podcast - March 18, 2022 09:00 - 1 hourWrapping up this series on the history and hauntings of Fordham University, I look at some additional theories behind why Fordham University’s Rose Hill campus seems to be so haunted. Highlights include: • My recent trip to Fordham’s campus • Some less pleasant elements of Fordham’s past • ...
Ley Lines, Window Areas, Liminal Spaces (Haunted Fordham University)
Buried Secrets Podcast - March 04, 2022 10:00 - 40 minutesA spin through some theories behind why hauntings and strangeness occurs. In this instance, I'm looking at the concepts of ley lines, window areas, and liminal spaces, and seeing whether any of them could be in play in the hauntings of Fordham University. Highlights include: A quick examination...
What Makes a Place Haunted? (Haunted Fordham University)
Buried Secrets Podcast - February 18, 2022 12:30 - 51 minutesA look at different theories behind hauntings and the paranormal, with an eye to why Fordham University's Bronx campus might be so haunted. This episode focuses on the spread of urban legends and theories behind urban legends. Highlights include: • Comparisons with hauntings at Vassar, Colum...
The Ram's Curse (Haunted Fordham University)
Buried Secrets Podcast - February 04, 2022 10:00 - 37 minutesA strange story about a doomed dynasty of rams that once lived on Fordham University's campus, and the urban legends that grew up around them. Highlights include: • Kidnapped rams • A house built for the ram by Grace Kelly's father • Gruesome office decor Donate to bail funds to get peopl...
The Ghost in the Theater and Other Hauntings (Haunted Fordham University)
Buried Secrets Podcast - January 21, 2022 13:00 - 43 minutesGhosts emerging from paintings, an entity made from smoke, and bathroom electronics going haywire are just a few of the weird stories I dug up for this episode. This is a look at some of Fordham University's "less haunted" haunted buildings, including a theater, administration building, and cla...
Haunted Dorms (Haunted Fordham University)
Buried Secrets Podcast - January 07, 2022 10:00 - 1 hourCreepy ghost children, a man disappearing into walls, priests blessing haunted dorms, and more, about in these haunted dorms at Fordham University in the Bronx, NY. This episode is a look at some of Fordham University's "less haunted" dorms: meet the ghosts of Loschert Hall, O'Hare Hall, Marty...
The Demon in the Basement (Haunted Fordham University)
Buried Secrets Podcast - December 24, 2021 10:00 - 1 hourA look at my own paranormal experiences living in Fordham University's former medical school building. My time in Finlay Hall was uneasy, permeated by the feeling that I was always being watched. Though there were reasonable explanations for why I may have felt that way, I don't think that's a...
Ghosts in the Morgue (Haunted Fordham University)
Buried Secrets Podcast - December 10, 2021 10:00 - 48 minutesChilling urban legends and ghost stories from people who lived in an old medical school building, which featured a morgue and a large operating theater. From 1905-1921, Fordham University had a medical school. After its short, troubled existence, the medical school was mostly forgotten. One of...
Ghost Priests (Haunted Fordham University)
Buried Secrets Podcast - November 26, 2021 10:00 - 53 minutesA look at some stories of ghost priests in an old library and classroom building. Plus, something strange that supposedly happened in the cemetery while The Exorcist was being filmed nearby. Highlights include: • A 1980s ghost priest who apparently knew computer programming • A cemetery (and...
The Exorcist Dorm (Haunted Fordham University)
Buried Secrets Podcast - November 12, 2021 10:00 - 57 minutesAfter a scene in The Exorcist was filmed in Hughes Hall, a former dorm at Fordham University, urban legends began to spring up about the building being haunted. Rumors of "cultish" graffiti, tales of a young boy's ghost, stories of a mysterious black dog, and more weird urban legends circulate...
The Ghost Exorcist (Haunted Fordham University)
Buried Secrets Podcast - October 29, 2021 09:00 - 56 minutesForgotten human remains, a lingering entity monitored by a ghostly priest, mysteriously vanishing objects, strange sounds, and more abound at Fordham University's most haunted dorm. Here's a deep dive into ghost stories from Queen's Court, looking at both the reported stories as well as the co...
NYC's Most Haunted Half-Mile (Haunted Fordham University)
Buried Secrets Podcast - October 15, 2021 09:00 - 40 minutesA look at one of the most concentrated areas of hauntings in all of New York City: Fordham University in the Bronx. Ghostly priests, secret tunnels, a black dog, poltergeist activity, multiple burial grounds, students living in an old morgue, and more, abound at Fordham University. The school'...
Haunted Cemeteries in Beacon, NY (Haunted Beacon)
Buried Secrets Podcast - October 01, 2021 09:00 - 44 minutesA look at some supposed ghosts and creepy cemeteries in Beacon, NY, as well as some haunting aspects of the area's recent history. A feeling of uneasiness permeates the beautiful town of Beacon, NY. It's a city of industrial ruins, cemeteries (including a terrifying abandoned one), and the m...
Ghosts of Bannerman Castle (Haunted Beacon, NY)
Buried Secrets Podcast - September 17, 2021 09:00 - 37 minutesA look at the haunting stories surrounding the mysterious ruins of a castle in the middle of the Hudson River. About 50 miles away from Manhattan, the ruins of a castle lie on a small island in the Hudson River. Travelers pass the ruins on the train, and the only clue to the history of the des...
Ghosts of Mount Beacon (Beacon, NY)
Buried Secrets Podcast - September 03, 2021 09:00 - 1 hourA look at Mount Beacon, a mountain named for its role in the Revolutionary War, which once housed a hotel and tourist attractions, and now is a beautiful, ruin-filled place to hike. The town of Beacon lies about an hour and a half from Manhattan by commuter train. The area, which once brimmed ...
An Acrobatic Ghost in Woodside: Part 2 (Haunted Queens)
Buried Secrets Podcast - August 20, 2021 09:00 - 28 minutesA look at the elements of high strangeness in the 1893 story of a strange, acrobatic ghost in Woodside, Queens. This episode delves into the Snake Woods and Rattlesnake Spring, the now-vanished wilderness of the New York City neighborhood of Woodside, and looks at the odd parts of the news rep...
An Acrobatic Ghost in Woodside (Haunted Queens)
Buried Secrets Podcast - August 06, 2021 09:00 - 35 minutesIn 1893, a strange entity dressed all in white appeared in a forest in Woodside, Queens. The entity that was seen in the 19th century didn't seem to communicate verbally, though he made strange, chilling sounds. He was able to move on all fours as quickly as an ordinary person could run, and h...
The Gold and Ghost House (Haunted Astoria)
Buried Secrets Podcast - July 23, 2021 09:00 - 33 minutesWhen a series of dangerous paranormal events plagues a home, famed psychical researcher and author Hereward Carrington is called in to investigate Astoria's "Gold and Ghost" house. In 1934, a 30-year-old man and his 80-year-old housekeeper supposedly experienced a series of paranormal events a...
Haunted Houses in Astoria, NY (Haunted Astoria)
Buried Secrets Podcast - July 09, 2021 09:00 - 37 minutesA look at some 19th century tales of haunted houses in Astoria and Long Island City, NY. Highlights include: • A ghost spider • Debunkings • A runaway horse • A digression about The Great Gatsby For the shownotes and sources, visit buriedsecretspodcast.com.
A Smuggler's Ghost and Tunnels in Astoria, NY (Haunted Astoria)
Buried Secrets Podcast - June 25, 2021 09:00 - 38 minutesStories about smugglers, tunnels, and ghosts in Astoria, NY, as well as some more of the neighborhood's grim history. Note: There's mention of chattel slavery around the 15 min mark, and more details after the 18 minute mark. Highlights include: • A haunted cave that's disappeared • Horrif...
Ghosts of Astoria, NY (Part 1)
Buried Secrets Podcast - June 11, 2021 09:00 - 55 minutesA look at some female ghosts of Astoria, Queens. Note: There's discussion of chattel slavery after the 26 minute mark. Highlights include: • The American president who was supposedly shot on his way to see a haunting • A ghost who disappears if she stops knitting • A lady in white and a h...
Ghosts of Astoria, NY (Haunted Astoria)
Buried Secrets Podcast - June 11, 2021 09:00 - 55 minutesA look at some female ghosts of Astoria, Queens. Note: There's discussion of chattel slavery after the 26 minute mark. Highlights include: • The American president who was supposedly shot on his way to see a haunting • A ghost who disappears if she stops knitting • A lady in white and a h...
Fortune Telling Teacups
Buried Secrets Podcast - May 28, 2021 09:00 - 47 minutesA look at the fortune telling teacups, which were popular in the early 20th century, and were adorned with symbols meant to aid in interpreting tea leaves. Highlights include: • The different varieties of fortune telling teacups • An attempt at a tea leaf reading For the shownotes and sour...
The Caladrius (Weird Medieval Creatures)
Buried Secrets Podcast - May 14, 2021 09:00 - 46 minutesA look at the caladrius, a fancy legendary bird that could supposedly diagnose and heal illnesses. Plus weird info about medieval bestiaries, and more. Highlights include: • A weird supposed cure for blindness • A visit to the Cloisters • A video game that makes you feel like a wizard • A ...
Weird Medieval Creatures
Buried Secrets Podcast - April 30, 2021 09:00 - 37 minutesA look at some weird medieval creatures from legend and lore. Plus some stories about some recent cemetery visits in Queens, NY, including Houdini's grave. Highlights include: • An ancient, impenetrable European forest • A magical glowing bird • A dragon with a rooster's head For the sho...
Moore-Jackson Cemetery (Hidden Cemeteries)
Buried Secrets Podcast - April 16, 2021 09:00 - 47 minutesA colonial-era cemetery sits in a quiet residential part of New York City. Forgotten for years, and even used as a dump for construction materials and other detritus, the Moore-Jackson Cemetery recently been transformed into a beautiful community garden. Here's the story behind the cemetery an...
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