Built in 1894, Preston School of Industry opened to 7 wards, all juveniles transferred from San Quentin State Prison. For over 120 years the Castle as its become known as has become home to more than its share of spirits. Is Preston Castle filled with intelligent hauntings of the boys and staff who worked, lived and died there or are…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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!
