History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The Mind
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History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The Mind
Podcast dedicated to the side of history that goes bump in the night. Every episode's content features community time that includes listener mail and experiences, a “Moment In Oddity” and “History Of The Day” segments and then interviews and discussions about a historic location, event or person and...
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Ep. 652 - Haunted Toronto
Canada is home to some great haunts and Toronto is one of those cities harboring several locations with ghosts stories. We've covered Keg Mansion (Ep....
Norwich State Hospital Redux
Norwich State Hospital in Connecticut served as a home and place of treatment for the mentally ill for a hundred years. As is the case with many old i...
Ep. 651 - Mont-Saint-Michel or "The Nest"
We once again were inspired to research a location that we saw on a series. This one is Mont-Saint-Michel from "The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon." The lo...
Stones and Bones Ep. 23 - Colon Cemetery in Havana
The oldest cemetery in the country of Cuba is known by several names. There is La Necropolis de Cristobal Colon or El Cementerio de Cristóbal Colón or...
Ep. 650 - Brownella Cottage
Brownella Cottage in Galion is said to be one of the most haunted locations in Ohio and has stood for nearly 140 years. While this is not a small hous...
Leap Castle Redux
Leap Castle in Ireland had it's beginnings in blood and death and is one of the longest continually inhabited castles in the world. Gothic windows and...
Ep. 649 - Haunted Abingdon, Virginia
The small southern town of Abingdon in Virginia oozes charm with its large maple and dogwood trees lining the brick sidewalks of Main Street, which ha...
Phantasmal Crime Ep. 59 - Allan Memorial Institute Mind Control Atrocities
We have shared on previous podcasts that there were asylums that had sterilized patients without their knowledge and without their consent. Now, ratch...
Ep. 648 - Haunted Cheltenham
Cheltenham in Britain is a wealthy, historic spa town that is a renowned center of cultural activity featuring wonderful Regency architecture. The tow...
The Life and Afterlife of Marilyn Monroe Redux
No other actress has ever had the notoriety and fame or stirred the emotions quite like Marilyn Monroe. She was a legend in her own time and that lege...
Ep. 647 - Haunted Lithuania
Human settlement goes back thousands of years in the region of the Baltics that would become Lithuania. Like so many Baltic states, it went from being...
Stones and Bones Ep. 22 - Spring Grove Cemetery and Arboretum
Spring Grove Cemetery and Arboretum is located at 4521 Spring Grove Avenue in Cincinnati, Ohio. Horticulturist Adolph Strauch pioneered the "lawn plan...
Ep. 646 - The Life and Afterlife of John Wayne
The actor John Wayne oozed tough. He was a man's man who was not only tough in his movies, but he was rugged in private life. Wayne's acting career be...
Molly Brown House Redux
The Molly Brown House is located in the historic Capitol Hill neighborhood in Downtown Denver in Colorado. Many people are familiar with the former ow...
Ep. 645 - Haunted Kingston
It's not surprising that Kingston is considered one of Canada's more haunted cities because it is known as the "Limestone City." Limestone has a way o...
Phantasmal Crime Ep. 58 - Ireland's Darkey Kelly
A pub on Fishamble Street in Dublin is named Darkey Kelly's. The name commemorates a dark time in Ireland's history when a woman had to do what she co...
Ep. 644 - Amargosa Hotel and Opera House
Out among the bleached bones of Death Valley National Park sits a quirky little building known as the Amargosa Hotel and Opera House. Death Valley fea...
Grace Dieu Priory Redux
In Leicestershire, England the ruins of a religious settlement can be found that was once the Grace Dieu Priory. Despite the fact that not much of the...
Ep. 643 - Haunted Middletown
Middletown is located in the state of Connecticut and was once a prosperous port. Wesleyan University is here and it has a couple of haunted locations...
Stones and Bones Ep. 21 - Lake View Cemetery
Lake View Cemetery is located in Cleveland, Ohio and is affectionately known as Cleveland's Outdoor Museum. And that is for good reason because there...
Ep. 642 - Zener Cards, the CIA and Psychic Phenomenon
Anyone who has followed and listened to History Goes Bump for any amount of time knows that we consider ourselves open-minded skeptics when it comes t...
The Haunted Kremlin Redux
A kremlin is simply a fortress or citadel in Russia. Many Russian cities have kremlins, or these fortified complexes. On this redux, we are focusing o...
Ep. 641 - Haunted Turkiye
The country of Turkiye is a fascinating place as it has such strong connections to many different religions. This is a truly spiritual place with many...
Phantasmal Crime Ep. 57 - Death in the Judd White House
In 2025, the Michigan Bell Building in Grand Rapids, Michigan sold for over $18 million to a New York investment firm. This eight-story office buildin...
Ep. 640 - The Life and Afterlife of Johnny Horton
Many of our listeners have probably never heard of Johnny Horton, but he was one of the best and most popular honky tonk singers during the late 1950s...
The Whitney Redux
In Detroit, Michigan sits a grand home with a gabled roof, arched windows and a beautiful rose hue emanates from the facade. This upscale dining estab...
Ep. 639 - Haunted Nottingham
Nottingham is located in Nottinghamshire in the East Midlands of England. The city is known for its Robin Hood legend, its lace heritage and the exten...
Stones and Bones Ep. 20 - Oakdale Cemetery
Oakdale Cemetery in Wilmington, North Carolina is another one of these cemeteries that is an outdoor museum. The level of trees also makes this an arb...
Ep. 638 - Railroad House Inn and Shank's Tavern
The Railroad House Inn celebrated its bicentennial in 2023. Through those 200 years, the inn has witnessed a lot of history in Marietta, Pennsylvania....
Battle of the Somme Redux
The Battle of the Somme was the defining battle of the First World War and was fought from July to November in 1916. The day it started, July 1st, was...
Ep. 637 - Haunted Fort Smith, Arkansas
Fort Smith in Arkansas was the gateway to the West. The city is over 200 years old and got its start as a military outpost. There are several haunted...
Phantasmal Crime Ep. 56 - Murder Room at the Oxford Hotel
Mining and railroads transformed Denver from a small town on the plains to a regional metropolis. Hotels were a necessity for the influx of business p...
Ep. 636 - Hotel Metlen
Dillon, Montana has served some important purposes in its time. This was the terminus for the Utah and Northern Railway and was the supply and shippin...
Ep. 634 - Haunted Edmonton
The city of Edmonton got its start as a place of trade like so many other Canadian cities. It eventually would be the Gateway to the North. Edmonton h...
Loftus Hall Redux
County Wexford in Ireland is a rugged and beautiful land and the Hook peninsula is home to the Loftus Hall Township. The large home was built by the R...
Ep. 633 - Chistlehurst Caves
The name Chistlehurst Caves is a bit deceiving because this system of tunnels and caverns near London is not natural. These are man-made. They started...
Ep. 632 - Haunted Inveraray, Scotland
The town of Inveraray in Scotland holds one of the most famous castles in Scotland and a jail from the 1800s that was one of the most modern jails for...
Ep. 626 - Thistle Hill House
Thistle Hill House is also known as the Wharton-Scott House and was built back in the early 1900s in Fort Worth, Texas. This historic mansion goes bac...
Ep. 625 - Legends of the Caucasus
Many years ago, we did an episode about the legends of the Balkans. We thought it would be interesting to go across the Black Sea and explore the lege...
Chillingham Castle Redux
Chillingham Castle is located in Northumberland, England and dates back to the 12th century. The village of Chillingham surrounds it and the village s...