Websters dictionary definition of the word Legend says : a traditional story sometimes popularly regarded as historical but is unauthenticated. Being a historical true crime podcast, so many times the stories we tell are mired in a century old game of telephone somewhere in the story is the truth, sadly tho we never know how much of the truth of the story gets documented and shared, particularly when we talk about something that happened 200 years ago. This weeks episode is a story that exemplifies that, The legend of Lavina FIsher is so old its hard to know what is true and what parts just became a camp fire story.…
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The Legend of Vampire Girl-Mercy Brown
Much like the Salem Witch Trials, the New England Vampire panic was born out of fear and the unknown, or maybe even just the fear of the unknown. There were upwards of 80 victims of the panic, Mercy Brown was just one of them, but, one of the most famous and probably the muse for the character Lucy in Bram Stokers novel Dracula. None of the photos on this page belong to Haunting History Podcast. No copyright infringement intended and are only used as enhancements to the story told. At times when reporting facts regarding a true crime, (and photos) multiple sources use the same wording. Every effort…
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The Exorcist
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…
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The Hotel Del Coronado
Season 4 Episode 3 Kate Morgan The Hotel Del Coronado opened in February of 1888. It has hosted famous people from Marilyn Monroe to Ellen Degeneres. But the most famous guest of the Hotel Del is one that been there for almost 130 years. Kate Morgan checked into the Hotel Del Coronado on Thanksgiving Day 1892, the employees knew almost immediately there was something different about the Beautiful Stranger, little did they know that she would be still famous so many decades later. Link to the painting by Dr. Suess. “I dreamed I was a doorman at the Hotel Del Coronado” https://www.libertypuzzles.com/wooden-jigsaw-puzzles/i-dreamed-i-was-a-doorman-at-the-hotel-del-coronado Pictures of the Crown Room with…
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Heaven’s Gate
Season 4 Episode 2 Said to be one of the most haunted locations in California, (a perfect area to visit for Halloween) the house was located in the upscale neighborhood in Rancho Santa Fe in San Diego County, (the house isn’t there anymore it was demolished soon after it was purchased far below market value, ) The Heavens Gate house is said to not only be haunted by the spirits on the undead but, by something a little more outter wordly than that. Marshall Applewhite & Bonnie Nettles Purple Shrouds & Nikes None of the photos on this page belong to Haunting History Podcast. No copyright infringement…
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The Ghost Ship Mary Celeste
Season 4 Episode 1 When Captain Briggs set sail in the Mary Celeste he had no idea that he and his family and the ship would become the Ghost Ship that people would still be talking about almost 150 years later. This story has all my favorites for the Halloween season. A ghost ship, history, mystery and maybe even pirates. What happened to the family and crew of the Mary Celeste? Its a mystery we may never know the answer to. The Mary Celeste when she was the Amazon Benjamin Spooner Briggs Briggs Family None of the photos on this page belong to Haunting History Podcast. No copyright infringement intended…
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The Ghosts of San Juan Capistrano-Haunted California
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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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? The man in the front isBobGrogan 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 for him. For more information on Veronica, I found a link to an interview she did…