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…
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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…
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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.…
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Thelma Todd-Haunted Hollywood
Thelma Todd Thelma Todd was an American Actress. Born July 29, 1906, she appeared in about 120 films (pictures) between 1926 and 1935. On the morning of December 16, 1935, Thelma Todd was found dead in her car in a garage behind her restaurant, The Sidewalk Cafe. Her death ruled accidental by carbon monoxide poisoning (see death certificate below), its…
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Winchester Mansion
The Winchester Mansion Called the Winchester Mystery House it is an architectural wonder, built and designed by Sarah Winchester in the late 19th and 20th century. Warned by a medium, that Sarah must continue to build and expand 24 hours a day 7 days week, 365 days a year, was Sarah a spiritualist who believed the medium or was building…
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Ghost Stories
The week we turn the mics around and listen to your ghost stories, and of course a few of our own. Stories from Utah, Pennsylvania and California. Thank you to all who called in and emailed us!
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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…
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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.…
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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…
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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…