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…
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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…
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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…
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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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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…