The Ghost Story Guys

This week we're joined by podcaster and author Timothy Renner, host of "Strange Familiars" to read stories from his latest book, "The Keystone Hagstone: Faeries and Other Mysterious Entities of Pennsylvania"! We cover a TON of ground, from haunting inside and out, to green bigfoot, to dreams, salvia experimentation, and so much more Get autographed copies of "The Keystone Hagstone" from Tim's Etsy store, Lost Grave Standard copies are available from Amazon Check out the Strange Familiars website for all things related to the podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Friend of the show and Canadian extreme horror maestro Steve Stred returns! We talk about "Kaiju Killers, Part 1 & 2" the recently released sequels to his hit novel, "Mastodon", as well as his upcoming instalment in Mark Tullius' adult Choose Your Own Adventure-style series, "Try Not to Die: On Werewolf Island" Get your copy of "Try Not to Die on Werewolf Island": https://mybook.to/onwerewolfisland Check out the "Mastodon" series: https://mybook.to/mastodonseries Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

⁠Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows⁠⁠⁠ A poltergeist in Oakland? A housekeeper for a ghost? Even a Christmas curse? This week, the pages of Fate Magazine offer up some truly bizarre tales of the paranormal as well as a deeply strange - and still unsolved - case of the twins who, it seems, willed themselves to death. For full shownotes, head to ⁠GhostStoryGuys.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

⁠Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows⁠⁠⁠! Brennan talks about taking the Ghosts of the Don Valley haunted walk, which was plenty creepy but has nothing on a listener who writes in to tell us about a groping ghost at Waverly Hills. We also have a sweet story of someone's grandfather coming to say goodbye, a series of suggestions for more whacked-out animal movies (MDMAlien, anyone?), the Smiley Face Killer, and whole bunch more! Our musical guests on this episode are Moonraker with their latest single, "Umbrage", off their upcoming album, "Me and the Bells", coming this fall via Punkerton Records Full shownotes @ GhostStoryGuys.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows⁠⁠⁠ Haunted airports, train stations, and moorland are just a few of the locations where, according to legendary paranormal researcher Peter Underwood, ghosts are said to walk. We share not only those stories but also newspaper accounts of giant beasts, a quarry that shouldn't exist, and a Cornish folk song that's... well, it's real gross Links: "Try Not to Die on Werewolf Island" giveaway For full shownotes, head to GhostStoryGuys.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows⁠⁠ Yet another shark movie has hit the tower...I mean scene! We also uncover listener emails about prophetic dreams of death, photos coming to life, and learn that Paul's Greek pronunciation was, shall we say, a little off. Or maybe it wasn't, we're not sure...Our musical guest on this episode is the legendary Vampire Step-Dad with his latest single, "Late at Night" For full shownotes, head to GhostStoryGuys.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows⁠ The world has always been weird, and for proof we're going back to stories from an April 1957 edition of Fate Magazine. Get ready for Tesla's laser-eyed pigeon, warnings from beyond the grave, psychic mediums who may (or may not) have travelled through the ether, the music of the storm, and so much more For full shownotes, head to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠GhostStoryGuys.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows⁠ What haunts the land of the Gods? Turns out it's a lot of shadow people and they're real jerks about the whole thing. On this episode, Greece reveals some of its high strangeness, both ancient and modern Also: Paul expresses his love of Kefalonia, there is some debate as to which installment of Valerius Maximus' 1st century series "Factorum ac dictorum memorabilium libri" was too commercial, and we make a shameless attempt to draft off the SEO for Christopher Nolan's massive hit film "The Odyssey" Full shownotes at GhostStoryGuys.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows⁠⁠ Misheard Springsteen lyrics, dreams in which people explore the path not taken, sweet grifter tears, and a listener tale of crack attack: that's right, it's time to Talk Spooky. Our musical guests on this episode are the pop country band Shimmer Road with their single, "Ring" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows⁠ We've been wanting to cover a full-on poltergeist case for a while and now here it is! Me and Paul dive into the 1960 Leuthold Poltergeist in Maschwanden, Switzerland, as well as a 1956 UFO sighting in Altadena, CA by W.E. Dickensheetz (for real). Also on this episode: Tom Waits down on the farm, making fun of Italians is okay, and one of our patrons passed Stephen King at a Patton Oswalt show, like two spooky ships in the night. For full shownotes, head to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠GhostStoryGuys.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows⁠ Invisible forces turning on the water, a message from beyond the grave, the dangers of arm wrestling, and the only thing scarier than rats in James Herbert's "Rats" series - that's right, it's time to Talk Spooky. Check out Brett Manning's Etsy store here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/brettisagirl Our musical feature on this episode is "The Beach Boys Were Full of It" by The Boy Detective, provided courtesy of Punkerton Records. If you like what you hear, follow The Boy Detective on Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube. For full shownotes, head to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠GhostStoryGuys.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows⁠ On this episode we dive into stories from UK folklorist and friend of the show Ruth Roper Wylde's "These Haunted Times, Volume 6" available in paperback, Kindle, and audiobook. Also on this episode: nerdy synchronicities, Paul surviving the World Cup, and the nightmare that is James Herbert's "The Rats" For full shownotes, head to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠GhostStoryGuys.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows⁠ What kind of high strangeness lurks at Hanging Rock? Is there a plasmoid theory of poltergeist activity that will blow your everloving mind? Is a giant owl fit to be a babysitter? All these questions and more are answered when we talk spooky. Our musical guests on this episode are the Lot Lizards, with "Doomsday Kegger" off their latest collection, "First Two LPs", provided courtesy of Punkerton Records. Follow Lot Lizards on Facebook and Instagram. For full shownotes, head to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠GhostStoryGuys.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows⁠ Brennan's most striking encounter with the paranormal in years kicks off our exploration into high strangeness in those most liminal of places - shopping malls. From the former Puente Hills Mall in Industry, CA to Cincinnati Mills to The Shire's in Trowbridge, it turns out that while these malls may look empty, you're never really alone Also on this episode: ass-trology, Bigfoot in Idaho, and something about Pingu's dad For full shownotes, head to ⁠⁠⁠⁠GhostStoryGuys.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows⁠ Haunted houses that won't stay clean? Nerding out about the newly discovered cut of 1958's "Dracula"? Making out with Green Day? All while Paul desperately fights the heat? That's right, it's time to Talk Spooky! Our musical guest on this episode is Podzontommusic, with his latest beat, "Motown." For full shownotes, head to ⁠⁠⁠GhostStoryGuys.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows⁠ This one represents a first for GSG - never before have we recorded an episode while my phone is blowing up with tornado warnings! The only thing scarier than that is the collection of listener stories we told while the wind was blowing - three never-before-heard-in-English tales of German poltergeists, spirits next to the bed, presences in the basement, and more, all of which are united by one commonality: They. See. You. For full shownotes, head to ⁠⁠GhostStoryGuys.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The tragic tale of the girl in the bathroom, Bagheera & Barnabus, a Hawaiian knuckle sandwich, the Westall UFO, and more haunting in Bren's apartment. That's right, it's time to Talk Spooky. Our musical guest on this episode is Misha Bower with her latest single, "Surrender." Keep an eye on Misha's Instagram and Bandcamp page for the release of her next track, "Eclipse," coming June 1st. Links:Cimmerian Wares Vulture's Nest BooksLittle Wren BooksDon't forget to check out Liz Johnston's new novel, "The Fall-Down Effect" here or at your local bookstore. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows⁠ At long last, we dive into stories of high strangeness from South Africa, with check-ins from our buddies the Tokoloshe, the Djinn, and a whole bunch of house spirits who insist on being impossible to explain by conventional means.Also on this episode: Bren finally watches "Thrash", Paul is challenged to a fistfight, and a terrible new character is born For full shownotes, head to ⁠GhostStoryGuys.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows⁠ A murder suspect tormented by dreams from beyond the grave? Justice for Lake Doo-Ron-Ron? Paul still absolutely furious he watched "Thrash"? Loving with your whole heart, just not at the bus station? It sure sounds like a Talk Spooky episode to me! Our musical guest on this episode is Darko Richards with his latest single, "Like Gravity", featuring Jamie Wiltshire For full shownotes, head to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠GhostStoryGuys.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows⁠ Your home is your castle, so what do you do when your castle is haunted? You leave. The answer is you leave, but in the two stories we have for you on this show, it takes our victims a LONG time to figure that out. We also talk about the world record for "Ferret legging", the great Montgomery County Cocaine Explosion of 1985, and the Massapequa Monster! For full shownotes, head to GhostStoryGuys.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices