This is our favorite time of year, and we wanted to bring a little Halloween to our story, and a whole lotta showmanship! Not from us, but from Houdini! Join us as we tell you all about the life and death of one of the most famous escape artists in history - Harry Houdini! Sources used in today's episode are: thegreatharryhoudini.com medium.com wik…

Laura jumps in and tells us all about the woman that started the wax figure craze - Marie Tussaud! Have the week you'll have! Sources used in today's episode are:

Today we join the cool kids and check out the Indiana State Sanatorium! One of the newer locations to be found to be quite rife with paranormal weirdness, this location spans quite a bit of acreage with several buildings and creepy steam tunnels for you to check out! A poltergeisty laundry room, a spirit that loves to run up and down stairs, and a …

The title says it all. Just remember kids are a blessing. A creepy, unsettling blessing. Have the week you'll have! Sources used in today's episode are: Buzzfeed.com Reddit.com

Widely considered one of the finest 14th century castles in Scotland, Balgonie Castle is also considered to be one of the most haunted locations in the U.K. as well! What with a skeleton found under the floor in 1912, and about 600 years of fighting prior to that, it's really no wonder! Join us in meeting Green Jeannie, a boisterous pup, and floati…

Keeping it in the desert Southwest again this week folks and bringing you the crazy story of the Phoenix Lights. A bizarre phenomenon that everyone saw, except apparently, Carrie. Figures.Sources used in today's episode are:Newtimes.comWikipedia.com12newsPhx.comKTAR.com

This week Laura takes the reins and tells us all about a little social climber and the death of a man in one of the most barf inducing ways. Have the week you'll have! Source used in today's episode is: Headstuff.org

The lesson here is don't drive through the Arizona desert at night. Ever.

We are back!! And we have missed you all so much! We kick off our new format of SEASONS with one of the most famous locations in America - Bobby Mackey's Music World. Starting as a slaughterhouse and spanning many incarnations since then this location has a portal to hell - maybe with a head in it, maybe not, we sure don't know - a warning sign tha…

This week Carrie tells us about some creepy, and some hysterical, things that happened to folks on NYE. Welcome back, folks! Have the week you'll have!

Welcome back guys!! We have missed you! This week we cover THE most famous cryptid ever - Bigfoot. Who he is, where he hails from, is he real, is he just a hallucination from the marijuana field in Humboldt - we break it all down! We also have decided he should heretofore be called "Blobsquatch." Pass it on. We also make an announcement about the f…

We are back and celebrating Laura's 3 year anniversary with the show!!This week we are revisiting Austin, TX and the famed Driskill Hotel. It doesn't have JUST at least one ghost, it's got them all! From giggling children, to cigar smoke basically everywhere, to all the heartbroken brides, this hotel is sold out with spooks.Sources used in today's …

We're back! This week Laura tells us facts about Christmas and we make a game of it to see how many Carrie knows.Have the week you'll have!

We are back and keeping the Halloween vibes going with your Halloween episode, 6 days after the fact! CONTENT WARNING on this one folks. Watch and listen at your own discretion. Don't say we didn't warn you. Seriously, we totally warned you.

**Due to Carrie's work schedule, she wasn't able to make it to recording for this week, so we are re-releasing one of our most popular episodes - "Ufology with Andrea Perron!"This week we sit down and discuss all the things with the lovely Andrea Perron!Known for growing up in what came to be known as The Conjuring House, there is so much more to h…

Carrie's got the bad and the weird this week guys and it is way more bad than weird. Grab a double espresso and white knuckle it with us through this story of the man whom Russia called "The Lord of the Mummies." Have the week you'll have!

Let's go to Romania and it's infamously haunted Hoia Baciu Forest! With sightings of UFOs, ghosts, and having over 1,000 mysteriously disappear here - this place is no joke. What is the real truth going on here, and would you partake in some of the pretty cool, but kinda risky events they have to offer? We say no. Sources used for this week's episo…

This week Laura tells us of one of the most infamous murderers in the world - Elizabeth Bathory. Believed to have killed her virginal servants to bathe in their blood to retain her youth, she is believed to have a body count of over 600. Have the week you'll have. Excuse us while we go barf.

Happy 4th anniversary History of a Haunting!!This special celebration episode is dedicated to our amazing friend, and long time supporter - Libby Lanier! Sorry Libby that it's such an awful story, but hey - you asked for it. 3 years ago. Shut up, we got to it!From boats just catching on fire, to catfish that can drive Volkswagens, or are the size o…

Carrie has the weird reins this week and she tells us about one of the more shocking cases of a folie a deux - or shared delusion / shared psychosis - in the case of the Swedish Eriksson Twins. Have the week you'll have!

Come along to England and the site of one of the most bananas poltergeist stories we have ever heard. From items materializing out of thin air, to threatening text messages sent to landlines, to one man surviving physical attack after physical attack - the South Shields Poltergeist WILD. This episode is brought to you by the word: psychical. Source…

We're super excited to tell you all about a new haunted trolley tour in Cary, NC - When the Whistle Blows! Join Carrie as she sits down with Dr. Katherine Loflin as they go in-depth with this new interactive haunted tour just in time for Spooky Season. There are still tickets left, and you can purchase them at: https://thecitydoctorproductions.tick…

Laura takes over this week and tells us about the boss babe of all boss babes with the story of Ching Shih, the Pirate Queen of China.Have the week you'll have, and take no shit.

Join us for the next in our "Revisit" series as we take you back to The Queen Mary!From a beloved child spirit in the first class pool area, to an attention seeking introvert in the bar, to a famous British Prime Minister, we tell you some old faves, and introduce you to some new ones haunting this famous and beautiful ship.Settle in and cover your…

This week Carrie tells you about a CIA report that was done in 1983 and declassified in 2003 about the potential ability for humans to enter an altered state of consciousness and be able to transcend space and time.It’s also got a connection to “Lucky Girl Syndrome,” and that amazing Reticular Activating System (RAS) we all have. Carrie teaches us …

This week we are bangin’ em out with quadruple recordings since Laura is traveling to parts unknown for vacation! Let’s hustle!Come with us to a VERY well known part - Scotland and the infamous Loch Ness. Here we’ll share with you the amazingly mystical and magical story of Nessie, the famous cryptid known as the Loch Ness Monster.We also discover …

Laura's got this week's story guys, and it is a doozy. Sit back while she tells us the origin of Stockholm Syndrome, and the world's weirdest bank heist.Have the week you'll have!

Come with us to one of the most haunted places in America. Known for one of the most famous battles that inspired the phrase “Remember the Alamo,” this mission in the Texas desert is the heart of San Antonio. From lost children looking for their parents, to the 6 guards that appear to still be guarding the building, to a bullet ridden Davey Crocket…

It's Carrie's turn this week, and she tells us about 4 infamous and horrific murders that occurred, and the weird commonality they all share. Have the week you'll have! Sources for this week's snack are: Wikipedia.org Thecrimewire.com

This week we tell you all about Sloss Furnaces in Birmingham, AL! Arguably one of the most dangerous jobs to do, the resulting hauntings here are something straight out of a horror movie. And ones that may send you to the hospital and/or kill you. Grab a buddy's hand and let's walk cautiously into this creepy scary place. This episode brought to yo…

Welcome to our new release days! This week we take everyone to Cambria County, PA and the Cresson Sanatorium and State Prison. This location has had many incarnations over its lifetime, and with each it's left behind a energetic echo throughout this vast complex. From clawed beings on the ceiling of the chapel, to being herded in the tunnels undern…

We are back with our Snack Size Episodes to get your week started off right and weird.Laura hits it out of the park with her story about the Green Children of Woolpit in the 12th century!Have the week you'll have!

This week we take you to a wonderfully historic hotel in upstate New York - The Shanley Hotel! Our dear friend, Anthony Simonelli, joins us this week and tells us all about the hauntings at this hotel built in 1845 that saw an awful lot of drama in its day. From a bordello to a speakeasy to deaths of children to hitmen still trying to rough people …

Welcome to part 2 of our recap of the ParaPsyCon IV at the Ohio State Reformatory!For today's sit down we chat with Greg & Kathy Feketik, founders of Tri-C Paranormal and the folks who put on this amazing annual event.We discuss exactly what it takes to put on an event of this size, how much planning goes into it, and how long it takes. We also cha…

Come and sit down with us as we chat with the most amazing people that were apart of, and created, the amazing ParaPsyCon IV at the ICONIC Ohio State Reformatory this past May 2023.There is so much to unpack with this event that we had to split it into 2 parts. Today we chat with the incomparable team of B.O.S.S. Paranormal (Brave Ohio Spook Seeker…

This week we go back in the archives and re-release one of our favorite topics - spiritualism and the Ouija board. In this episode we discuss the creation and rise of spiritualism and the awful thing that is the ouija board. From the rise of the Fox Sisters, to dating tips, to ouija board demons - we break it all down. Also, Carrie makes it clear s…

You've seen her on the show filling in for us when needed, and she runs things behind the scenes here at HoaH too. So we had to give her her OWN episode! Sit down with us as we talk all about Reiki, of which she has reached Master level - what it is, what it can do, how she does it, and how you can become a Reiki master yourself! We also discuss th…

This week we are joined by our guests Jason Roach and Zach Bennett, who did a paranormal investigation of the Trivette Clinic with Carrie a couple months back! It's a great example of what being a paranormal investigator actually does. Collect audio and video recordings, review with the group, discuss the captures, debunk what can be, etc. A couple…

This week we take a look into the life of Father Gabriel Amorth, the Vatican's Chief Exorcist. We are joined by Erin Bush, who is filling in for Laura this week as she is on vacation in Mexico eating all the tacos. Jerk. This man inspired the new film "The Pope's Exorcist" which has folks feeling all kinds of things about it. Come with us as we loo…

ekb* is back this week to take a deep dive with us into the Hawaiian legend of the Night Marchers. They rise from the ocean, float along the ground with no feet, holding torches, blowing into conch shells, bang on drums, and insist you mind your own damn business. Seriously, hit the ground when you hear those drums. We also discover what happens wh…

This week we bring you an episode we released to our former Patreons from our Conspiracy Theory series! Today (released the last week of 2021), Carrie tells us all about the most bizarre mass hysteria cases throughout history. From meowing nuns, to hysterical laughter, to ghost sightings, and everything in between - we wrap up 2021 with hilarity, l…

This week in part 2 of our series on H.H. Holmes we sit down with this great-great grandson, Jeff Mudgett. Join us as we discuss with Jeff his search to prove Holmes was the even more infamous serial killer, Jack the Ripper, the potential links they have, and where he's at with the quest today!

Welcome to our very first multi part series! Join us as we delve into the utter madness that was Herman Webster Mudgett, aka H.H. Holmes - America's first serial killer. This week Laura tells us all about this twisted man and his Murder Castle in Chicago! Then tune in next week for our 2 part interview with Holmes' great, great-grandson, Jeff Mudge…

This week we are revisiting the Ohio State Reformatory in celebration of our first paragon being held here next weekend 5/20-21, 2023!Built in part by inmates, this building holds the Guinness Book of World Records for the largest free standing cell block in the world. But as with all good things, that is not its only distinction. It's also one of …

We are back, guys!! We have missed you so much!As today is Coronation Day for King Charles III, we are bringing to you the ghosts of the British monarchy! We've got Queen Elizabeth I, Henry VII, Anne Boleyn, the 9 Days Queen and so many more. With all the strife and bloodshed, this group was bound to continue their reigns into the after life.We als…

Join Carrie and our guest host Erin Bush as we dive into the legend and history of Easter Island! One of the most remote islands in the world, with the most iconic stone carvings was a flourishing Polyneisian oasis. So how did the land become so barren and the population die out so fast? This episode is run by tiny furry overlords.…

This week Carrie tells the true origin of popular phrases such as "saved by the bell", "dead ringer", "having a wake", and "blowing smoke up my a**". And we begin our Monday Sweary Affirmations!

This week Carrie goes it alone, as Laura is on vacation, and we all quickly find stepping into Laura's polished and perfect shoes is no easy feat. So... Come with us to Spike Island in Ireland! For 1300 years the island was used as a monastery, military fort, housing, and a prison on four separate occasions. None of those prison set ups went well. …

As we close out 2022 we finally introduce you to someone we've often referenced, talked to, and blamed for things in the show. Please give an awesome HoaH welcome to "erin, write that down" erin k bailey!! Since erin is a native Hawaiian, we asked her to pick the topic for this holiday episode. And she chose Madame Pele, the Goddess of Volcanoes an…

In this final week of 2022, Carrie tells Laura about the super bizarre, and still unresolved story, of The Blood House on Fountain Drive.