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,…
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Amityville
Happy Halloween month! November 13, 1974, Butch DeFeo using a .35-caliber Marlin rifle murdered his family one by one while they slept. Did Butch act alone on that cold November morning?Was there something even more sinister than murder going on at the DeFeo home? Help us decide if what happened at the Amityville house was a horror or a hoax. Ronald DeFeo Jr aka Butch The DeFeo Family The house as it looked when the Lutz family moved in. The Lutz Family George & Kathy Lutz 911 Transcipt Operator: “Suffolk County Police. May I help you?” Man: “Hah?” Operator: This is Suffolk County Police. May I help you?” Man: “We have…
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Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Halloween! We are beginning our 3 weeks of Halloween with this episode. The Hollywood Forever Cemetery is home to the ghosts of Hollywood’s past. Join us as we discuss history, true crime and the ghost stories at one of Southern California’s oldest cemeteries. Hattie McDaniel didn’t get to be buried at Hollywood Forever, but, the new owners thought it important to recognize her there. One of the biggest Hollywood scandals began with the death of one and the end of a career for the other Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle & Virginia Rappe Virginia Rappe His death caused bedlam on two coasts, women were said to faint and there is…
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Whaley House
The Whaley House of San Diego has been named the most haunted house in America by Life magazine and The Travel Channel. Is Yankee Jim the only spirit from the past or did the Whaley family never leave their beloved home?Corrine Whaley Violet Whaley Birth October 14, 1862 Death August 18, 1885. Only 22 years of age, and ended her life because of embarrassment and sadness Whaley Family George Hay Ringgold Whaley Thomas Whaley Sr I don’t know why, but, the people in the stories are just people in a story, UNTIL I find records that they actually lived lives just like we do, signing documents and being parts of…
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Hillside Stranglers
For 5 months the murderer known only as the Hillside Strangler terrorized Los Angeles California, then the killing suddenly stopped….or did it? I believe the man in the front is either Frank Salerno or Bob Sager who I speak alot about in the show Its hard for me to post pictures of the murders, their faces were plastered on every news site for months, the victims are far more important, this photo includes Karen and Diane from Washington. Angelo Bueno and Kenneth Bianchi A photo I believe to be Veronica, the women who fell in love with the murderer, so much in love she would kill…
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Lady Killers
Most don’t associate women with serial murders, contrary to popular belief, there is a list, a long list of women who kill and kill and kill again. Join us we travel back in time to meet a couple of the most puzzling and notorious women who almost got away with murder. Photo we discussed in the episode! How did Melvina stand by her side, and hold her daughters??? Looking for more information on Lady Serial Killers check out this book Women Who Kill: Profiles of Female Serial Killers by Carol Anne Davis
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Wineville Chicken Coop Murders
A sleepy Southern California town is turned upside down with the murders of 4 boys. So much so, the town changed its name. Join us as we look into the crime that rocked this small town and meet the monster who called it home almost 100 years ago. Looking for more information on The Wineville Chicken Coop Murders check out these books The Road Out of Hell: Sanford Clark and the True Story of the Wineville Murders by Anthony Flacco and Jerry Clark (Sanford’s son). or Nothing Is Strange with You: The Life and Crimes of Gordon Stewart Northcott by Janes Jeffrey Paul More info that wasn’t mentioned in…
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The Cecil Hotel
One of LA’s most famous hotels, known mostly for its dark history. Was the Cecil a victim to changing times and a bad location, or is something more sinister going on? Come with us as delve into the Cecil’s past of murder, suicide and unsolved crimes. Want more information on the Cecil Hotel? Check this out on Amazon Horror at the Cecil Hotel Season 1 One of the most sinister places in America, for decades, The Cecil Hotel in Los Angeles has been home to a series of bizarre mysteries, murders and other suspicious deaths. Horror at the Cecil Hotel tells stories from the hotel’s terrifying history. The…
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