Vaile Mansion Join Cat as she discusses the hauntings and happenings at Vaile Mansion in Independence, MO with Shannon Johnson of Apex Paranormal
When we started this story, like so many others, we don’t know how they will end. This one rekindled an old acquaintance, who is now a friend, it introduced me to Bob Taft, who I know now, will be a long time friend and created an even closer relationship with Kristi, an old friend. So, if all this has done is get Kerry’s story out there and help people remember her then we’ve done what we set out to do, what we didn’t plan on was Kerry bringing us all together, I’ve said it before, and I will say it again, we were all brought to this one place for…
Kerry Patterson Cerritos High School 1979 (Picture Michele is referring to in this episode) For more information on Kristi Vaughn please visit https://www.spiritwindowproject.com/ or email her at Spiritwindowproject@gmail.com
We are pleased that the Orange County Sheriff’s Department agreed to be interviewed for this case. The disappearance and murder of Kerry Patterson hit home for Investigator Bob Taft, being a father himself, its hard to imagine the heartbreak of losing a child. He joins us today to discuss the case.
Kerry Patterson was a pretty, outgoing orange county teenager. On December 27, 1980, a worker in the Union oil field in Brea California, specifically in tonner Canyon, came across a human skull, located on flat ground in the middle of the oil field, about 50 feet from an oil derrick, rested what would break a mothers heart, send a sister on a life long search and a cold case detective looking for answers, the life and death of Kerry Patterson has touched many lives, lives of people she never even had a chance to meet.
The Hollywood Roosevelt hotel, financed in part by the roaring twenties kings and queen of Hollywood, Louis B. Mayer, Douglas Fairbanks, the silent screen queen herself Mary Pickford and Grauman Theater owner Sid Grauman. The 12-story hotel has 300 guest rooms including 63 suites it was Built in 1927, and named for US President Theodore Roosevelt, the hotel has penthouse views of the hollywood hills and sign. Building took a year and half and at the time cost what seemed like an astronomical amount for the time of 2.5 million, which would be well over 25 million today. Its known for hosting the first academy awards on May 16, 1929,…
Its a couple of weeks before Halloween so we are taking a small break from true crime to focus on the really scary and what’s more terifying then a story about a demon? Released in December 1973 the movie the Exorcist was the highest grossing movie of its time, the movie based loosely on the book by William Peter Platty follows the story of 12 year old Regan played by Linda Blair and her family as they deal and try to overcome some radically disturbing behavior. None of the photos on this page belong to Haunting History Podcast. No copyright infringement intended and are only used as enhancements to…
As part of our Halloween episodes, Haunting History Podcast is starting a series we will come back to occasionally based on Hauntings in California. This week is The Ghosts of San Juan Capistrano. San Juan Capistrano, better known for its Mission and swallows that leave and return every year, is a town full of ghosts, legends and lore. The locals and residents not only speak freely of their neighbors beyond the veil,they cherish them. Join us as we travel back in time to when the legends began. Drawing of their lady in white, that started my search for and about Modesta Avila, some people say the picture above doesn’t resemble the drawing,…