Mission Spooky

Author and paranormal investigator Michelle Belanger joins us again this time to discuss her new book "The Lonely House". Part horror story and part choose-your-own-adventure, The Lonely House is a playable work of fiction. We also discuss how tabletop games changed during COVID, the positive role TTRPGs can have in mental health, and how Michelle is doing with her run through Baldurs's Gate 3!

We have a special bonus interview for you while you wait for Season Five to start!

We suggest reviewing Episode 108 on the Haunting of the White House for maximum enjoyment of this President's Day Episode.

In a very special Kord vs Cryptid, our player Cord had no idea what he was about to fight and our DM Ben gave him some interesting surprises.

We're bringing you something extra to celebrate true love ... er ... true crime. What happens when a girl of privilege, runs off to marry the man of her dreams? What happens when that dream man wears out his usefulness? Why, a love triangle and murder is what happens!

We're tackling a few Pennsylvania strange happenings dealing with cryptic messages: The Toynbee Tiles from the 80s and the new wave of conspiracy-laden messages in food items across Pennsylvania. We'll be reading and discussing each of these messages in depth, so buckle up cause this one is wild!

Happy New Year!

*We've got PA news with The Era of Taylor Swift, The Utz Plant Machete Incident, and the Old Man Killed His Wife Over the Vet Bill.

*The Days of Weirdmas are:

7: Dead Geese in Lawrence County

8: Maids Swill Milking

9: Extensive Beer Can Collection

10: The Haines Shoe House

11: Pennsylvania Stonehenge

12: Bowman's Treasure

We have a special two-part episode to celebrate Yule and the end of 2023! In Part 1, Kiki and Kayla discuss 12 Quick and Quirky Facts about the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, followed by 1 through 6 of 12 Days of Weirdmas: Pennsylvania Edition. *Days of Weirdmas:

1: Missing Ornithologist

2: Dead Pigeons in Philly

3. Rotisserie Chicken Man

4. Cannelton Pig Lady

5. Collar Bomb Heist

6. PA Toilets

Join us as we finally discuss the ghosts of Gettysburg with the foremost authority on the region's ghost stories and history, Mark Nesbitt! *

We're on another road trip this episode with stops off in West Virginia, New Jersey, and Connecticut.

In this Special Halloween extra episode, we cover some current events related to a Colorado Funeral Home and the insane law against fortune telling in Pennsylvania that has led to some unneeded drama for a small business owner in Hanover, PA.

In an extra episode just for Spooky Season, we take on the connection between the paranormal and staircases. We cover some of the most famous photographs of ghosts on staircases, a few weird staircase myths and romantic legends, and the famous "stairs to nowhere" in the Winchester House. To round out the episode, we discuss three films featuring staircases as well as some horror films with iconic staircase scenes!

A corpse road, prevalent in the United Kingdom's history, refers to ancient routes used for carrying the deceased to burial grounds, ensuring safe passage for mourners. In this episode, we'll get into the history of Corpse Roads in the UK, their counterparts here in the States, The Right to Roam law, superstitions and customs of transporting the dead as well as ley lines and dowsing rods.

In this special Friday the 13th episode we bring you some cursed films and a list of devastating deaths that have occurred on movie sets. Do we need stunt folks to continue these sacrifices? Do we require real guns on film sets? Are helicopters to blame for the most deaths in film and TV? We discuss all this and more!

*Welcome to Spooky Season 2023 and our special guest co-host for the entire season, The Mushroom Maiden, Kayla!*

*In this episode we take on Haunted Churches in New Orleans, and Pittsburgh, PA. We also discuss the Church Grim throughout history and cultures.

* Our extended show features 3 film reviews dealing with haunted churches or a church:

- Kayla : Stigmata (1999)

- Kiki: The Church (1989)

- Cord: The Nun (2018)

It's a Special Back to School Episode with our guest, history teacher, Ben Headlee! Today, we cover all the folks who passed away inside the White House and the ghosts that reportedly hang out there. Cord tells the story of a ghost train connected to one of our most famous Presidents.

In this episode, we visit the Great Lake of Erie. Join us as we discuss the future of the Erie Quadrangle, the cryptid known as Bessie, a haunted lighthouse, and a ton of shipwrecks!

We re-visited the shores of North Eastern US looking for more spooky tales and legends. Join us as we unravel the murder mystery of a Maine lighthouse, delve into the tragedy of a cruise liner in Asbury Park, NJ, and discover a possible storm elemental in North Carolina.

In this episode we are joined by our good friend Logan Vo from Godzilla: Destroy All Podcasts and Lost Legends: Tales of Thurne to discuss some stories connected to National and State Parks - places where camping is available. Logan tells us a few spooky stories from his neck of the woods in Iowa, Cord recounts the tragic end of many a soldier's life in Gettysburg, PA and Kiki has a few tales from her favorite National Park, Acadia in Maine.

Today, we take you on a tour of just a few rivers and streams said to hold ghostly ships, fallen passengers, and cursed land! Join us as we travel the Hudson River, The Brandywine River and ... somewhere in Alabama? JC didn't follow the instructions for this one ...

Welcome to the fifth installment of our DnD 5e Adventure Series, Kord Vs. Cryptid. Today, our resident pro-wrestler, Kord, will (possibly?) face off against the Flying Fiend of Frederick County, Maryland - The Snallygaster! Will he annihilate this tentacled mouth, dragon-bird, or will he sing a round of Weird Al and tell some Dad jokes? Find out NOW!

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We dive ... into some of the legends and lore surrounding a handful of the "most haunted" lakes in Pennsylvania and a bonus creepy water feature in NY.

We are wrapping up our massacre series with the Paxton Boys Massacre.

The Paxton Boys were a group of vigilantes active in Pennsylvania during the 18th century, specifically in the 1760s. They were primarily of Scots-Irish origin and were angered by what they perceived as the inadequate protection of their settlements from Native American attacks by the colonial government. In December 1763, they carried out a violent massacre against the peaceful Conestoga Native American tribe and later attacked the Lancaster jail where Native Americans were being held for their protection. That jailhouse now serves as a theater and according to some, harbors the ghosts of those murdered as well as a beloved actress.

This episode discusses the events leading to the massacre at Bloody Brook near Deerfield Massachusettes during King Philip's (Metacom) War on the English Colonists and the ghostly impression that remains. We also tell a few other ghost stories related to the area: The Deerfield Massacre and Eunice Williams, The Ghost of Esther Stevens at the Old Burial Ground at Deerfield, and the Ghosts of the Deerfield Inn.

I suppose you could call this our Very Special Episode. The topic of Gnadenhutten is apropos considering the Implicit Cultural Bias and Overt Racism that have come across our media screens this week. Kiki takes us on a journey to where it all started and gets into the down and dirty of how our country was founded on the manipulation of these biases that will ultimately lead to the most horrific massacre of the Revolutionary War. 

The Bichshler Witch Diggers were a group of three siblings - Nick, Sam, and Susan Bischler - who lived in Indiana in the mid-19th century. The siblings claimed to be plagued by "witches" and became consumed with the idea that they were being haunted by them. This led to a period of monomania, during which the siblings dug a ditch so deep and wide that folks from around the farm, had no choice but to finally notice the mania. The story became a local legend, and the Bischler Witch Diggers are now remembered as an eerie example of the dangers of obsession and superstition. Is there anything paranormal to this story, or is this a case of mental instability brought on by PTSD and childhood trauma? 

Way back in episode 64, we discussed the Caged Graves in Catawissa, PA, and how those were most likely installed to keep out Resurrectionists from Ohio. Today we finally get to tell the tale of these brazen folks that caused so much consternation from Michigan all the way to Philadelphia. 

We are back with the first episode of Season 4!

Today, Kiki sets a few terrible internet memes straight with stories of bone whips and bones found in the London home of our favorite founding father, Ben Franklin. Then, we take a stop off at the Philadelphia residence of Bishop White with ghosts and possible medical malpractice!