American Hauntings Podcast
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American Hauntings Podcast
History, hauntings, legends, lore, true crime, and the dark side of American History. Hosted by Cody Beck and Troy Taylor, Season 8, "HOME" is now live. Previous seasons cover Alton, IL, St. Louis, New Orleans, Hollywood, Heartland Horrors and Homicides, missing persons and the Villisca Axe...
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The Believers and Borderland (and a big announcement!)
Mark spent the night drinking beer with his friends and trying to pick up girls, passing most of his time in a cantina called Sgt. Peppers, and a honk...
The Lighthouse
The initial inspiration for the film was NOT based on a true story – it was based on an unfinished Edgar Allan Poe story that was also called “The Lig...
Veronica
It’s been called the “SCARIEST FILM ON NETFLIX” by critics and viewers alike. It’s a Spanish film that’s written and directed by Paco Plaza, who found...
Bonus- American Dread: Horror in Decatur — The Penny Timmons Story
Check out the brand new podcast, American Dread, from Adam White.
On Halloween 1992, 20-year-old Penny Timmons vanished in Decatur, Illinois, le...
Sneak Preview of New Season Coming to Patreon!
NEW PREVIEW OF OUR NEW SHOW ON PATREON!
CANYON: THE TRUE STORY OF THE STARVED ROCK MURDERS
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Bonus- American Dread: Cold Barrels, Cold Blood
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Two winters. Two murders. Eighteen years apart.
In Decatur, Illinois, th...
An American Crime
On October 26, 1965, a 16-year-old girl named Sylvia Likens died in Indianapolis from shock, malnutrition, and a brain hemorrhage. She had been tortur...
Bonus- American Dread: The Freeman Murders
Check out the brand new podcast, American Dread, from Adam White.
On a quiet May night in 1976, the city of Decatur, Illinois, was shattered by...
The Entity
The true story of THE ENTITY doesn’t begin with Carla Moran coming home from work one night, it actually started with researchers Barry Taff and Kerry...
The Bell Witch Cave (Bonus episode)
Enjoy this bonus episode about the history and hauntings of The Bell Witch Cave, including Troy's own firsthand tales of his times in the cave!
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Jeepers Creepers
It was Easter Sunday, April 15, 1990, and Ray and Marie Thornton were driving along Snow Prairie Road, a rural highway about 12 miles outside of Coldw...
Jaws
There’s no denying that there are so many similarities between JAWS and the 1916 shark attacks on the Jersey Shore as well as the disaster of the USS...
LIVE From The Haunted America Conference 2025
This year we have some of THE BEST ghost stories from the Haunted America Conference attendees. Check 'em out!
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An American Haunting
The legend of the Bell Witch is one of the greatest ghost stories in American history. It has all the elements of what we have come to think of as a H...
Poltergeist
There isn’t a lot that I can say about this film that you don’t already know – it’s a classic, there’s no two ways about that. It’s not only one of th...
The Haunting in Connecticut
In 1986, the town of Southington, Connecticut, was in an uproar. Normally, a place known for its perfect small-town charm, it had been thrown into a f...
The Conjuring 3: The Devil Made Me Do It
In 1981, a young man in Connecticut took the idea of the insanity plea to the next level. He claimed that he was innocent of the murder he’d committed...
The Conjuring 2: The Enfield Poltergeist
“It was chaos, things started flying around, people were screaming.”
In 1977, hot on the heels of the publicity they received after the Amityvi...
The Conjuring: Bathsheba, The Warrens, and the Truth
This is, of course, based on a true story. But how true is this story? Well, as you’re just about to hear, NOT VERY. Truth, as they say, is often much...
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
Maybe what gets called a DEMON isn’t what the variations of Christian churches thinks it is. Their narrow definition leaves out an awful lot of other...
Badlands
Charles Raymond Starkweather was born in Lincoln, Nebraska, on November 24, 1938. He was the third of seven children born to Guy and Helen Starkweathe...
Candyman
On October 16, 1992, one of the greatest horror films of the 1990s -- CANDYMAN -- opened across the country. But it’s the reality that the film is ins...
The Dead Man Walking
On May 2, 1962, a Haitian man named Clairvius Narcisse died of a mysterious illness – or so it seemed at the time.
Then, a little over 18 years...
Live From Dead Of Winter 2025
LIVE from Dead of Winter 2025!
We ended up having to rely on our third audio backup, so, it sounds like a live show. Would you expect anything d...
Conjuring Up Phillip
"The Phillip Experiment" has become known as one of the most famous paranormal studies of all time, so it’s not really that surprising that someone de...
Introducing Season 9: "Based On A True Story"
In this season, we’ll be bringing you real-life horror stories -- of ghosts, demons, hauntings, crime, murder, and the supernatural – and introduce yo...
Horror for the Holidays 2024
Special Christmas Eve Episode of the Podcast!
In centuries past, our ancestors had a much different idea of the holiday season than we do today....
TRAILER FOR NEW PATREON SHOW "MONSTER"
Season Five our our alternative podcast for Patreon is coming soon! The new season will be called MONSTER and it chronicles the horrifying life and cr...
Our Favorite 2024 Horror Movies
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Amityville (Horror or Hoax?)
To tell the story of this once very famous haunted house seems like it should be simple, oh, but it’s not. In fact, there’s nothing simple about this...
The Clown That Killed (John Wayne Gacy)
John’s life took an abrupt turn in September 1964 when he met and subsequently married a co-worker named Marlynn Myers, whose parents owned a number o...
BONUS! A Thanksgiving Ghost Story
Join us for the haunting Thanksgiving story of the mysterious Kate Morgan, the lingering ghost of the Hotel Del Coronado -- and then help us spread th...
The Horror Of Fox Hollow Farm
Carmel was a safe place, everyone thought so – well, until the middle 1990s, when the town was rocked to its core by the discovery of a mass burial gr...
Halloween Bonus Episode - The Boise Murder House
If you ever happen to find yourself driving down West Linden Street in Boise, Idaho, you might notice the house that sits at number 805. Covered in a...
Halloween Horror Films 2024 (Stephen King Mini-series Chat)
Our annual Halloween Horror Films Episode! But this time, we dive into a lot of Stephen King. Enjoy!
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The True Story Of The Winchester Mansion
There is no single residence in America that seems to fit the description of HAUNTED HOUSE better than the Winchester Mansion in San Jose, California....
The Rise And Fall Of "Pacer" Smith
On November 29, 1895, the very first professional athlete in America history to receive a death sentence was executed for the murders- a bloody act th...
The Long Island Murder Cottage
On the hot New York City afternoon of June 26, 1897, a handful of boys were swimming in the East River just south of an abandoned dock at the foot of...
The Phoenix Bungalow (Winnie Ruth Judd And The “Trunk Murders”
Violet Grimm knew something was wrong when Ruthie, her tenant, came to the door. She looked tired, and she seemed preoccupied and nervous. She was hop...
The Mystery and Crimes of Pearl O’Loughlin
As Peal handed the rice around the table, Douglas reached for the bowl, but Pearl quickly moved it out of his reach. “You’ve got enough on your plate,...