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Haunted Places

BySpotify Studios
420 episodes

Podcast Summary

Step into the chilling world of "Haunted Places," a captivating Spotify Original from Parcast that takes you on an eerie journey to the globe's most haunted locations. Each episode immerses listeners in spine-tingling tales of restless spirits and unsolved mysteries, exploring what happens when souls linger where they once lived. From the unsettling story of a teenager's disappearance in the world's smallest country to the haunting echoes of an abandoned orphanage in New Zealand, the podcast delves into the darker side of history and human experience. With insights from renowned paranormal experts and ghost hunters, listeners gain a unique perspective on these spectral phenomena. The show not only shares ghostly anecdotes but also examines the historical contexts behind each haunting, making it a must-listen for true crime and paranormal enthusiasts alike. Join us as we uncover the secrets of the afterlife and the stories of those who refuse to fade away.

#1

Disappearance at the Vatican: The Orlandi Case

What happens when a teenager goes missing in the world’s smallest, and supposedly safest, country? Emanuela Orlandi’s sudden disappearance remains the only missing person’s case in Vatican City, yet more than 40 years later we still have no idea what really happened behind the papal state’s walls. After the story, stick around for an exclusive interview with the director of The First Omen, Arkasha Stevenson!This episode is brought to you by Twentieth Century Studios' the First Omen. Experience the most terrifying movie of the year, and what critics are calling “deliciously disturbing” only in theaters April 5th.Conspiracy Theories is now on Instagram @theconspiracypod and TikTok @conspiracy.pod! Follow us to keep up with the show and get behind-the-scenes updates from Carter and the team. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2024-03-27•1hr 3mins
#2

Carlile House

In New Zealand, an old building stands abandoned — at least, by the living. It was once an orphanage, and then a refuge for Tongan immigrants. But if it were truly a safe haven for vulnerable souls… would it be haunted? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2022-12-01•39mins
#3

Thanksgiving Special: Zorro, the Curse of Capistrano

He’s the swashbuckling fox of Southern California, a masked bandit who fights injustice with skill and swagger. In our Thanksgiving Special, meet the Curse of Capistrano, the lion-hearted legend himself, as he outwits his ruthless enemies and falls in love! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2022-11-22•1hr 4mins
#4

Lithia Park

You might think the pale blue mist hovering throughout this century-old park in Oregon is simply a tranquil natural feature — until disembodied laughter rolls through the trees, and a hand emerges through the haze to clasp yours... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2022-11-17•30mins
#5

Urban Legends: The Black Angel of Iowa City

Perched within Iowa City’s Oakland Cemetery stands an angelic bronze statue, arms wide open. While she may seem welcoming, the curse surrounding her is anything but. Visit her at night and tempt fate. Disrespect her… and prepare for death. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2022-11-15•25mins
#6

Mission San Antonio de Padua

Tucked beneath the foothills of the Santa Lucia Mountains, Mission San Antonio de Padua is an over 250-year-old compound established by the Franciscan order to bring Christianity to the local Salinan tribe. It was built to be a site of faith. But a violent legend has brought visions of a damned woman riding atop her horse — roaming the premises in search of her head. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2022-11-10•32mins
#7

Urban Legends: The House That Kills

Many have dreamed of owning a beautiful palace in a European city. But buyer beware: If that home is the Palazzo Dario in Venice, Italy, you may just lose your fortune... and your life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2022-11-08•24mins
#8

Hospicio Cabañas

In the middle of Guadalajara, a hospital and orphanage once cared for children who had nowhere left to go — except, perhaps, an early grave. Whether they died from ill health, an angel of death, or something more supernatural, it’s clear not all their spirits have abandoned the building. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2022-11-03•32mins

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#9

Urban Legends: La Llorona

You might want to avoid bodies of water on Día de los Muertos, lest you come face-to-face with a mythic terror — a grieving mother who haunts waterways, waiting for children she can claim as her own. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2022-11-01•25mins
#10

The Mummy’s Curse: Baron Empain Palace

It’s a grand feat of architecture. A stunning mansion on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt. And though it might be empty, that doesn’t mean no one’s home. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2022-10-27•36mins
#11

Social Media Legends: Mind Control Cats

We bring them into our homes. Love them unconditionally. And sometimes even make them into stars. But what if every time we played with them… they were playing us? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2022-10-25•25mins
#12

Valley of the Kings

By age nineteen, King Tut had only ruled for a decade before his reign was cut short. With the true cause of his death shrouded in mystery, archaeologists traveled to the Valley of Kings to find a secret tomb said to hold the answer. Instead, they find a curse so horrific, the only thing they learn is the true cause of their own death. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2022-10-20•33mins
#13

Social Media Legends: Three Dots

They’re supposed to tell you when someone’s texting you. But those three little dots can cause major anxiety when all of a sudden they just… disappear. Did the sender lose interest in the conversation? Or did they lose something else entirely? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2022-10-18•23mins
#14

Belle Gunness's Murder Farm

On an otherwise unremarkable stretch of highway in the middle of Indiana is the location of Belle Gunness's Murder Farm. Though the farm itself has been replaced with houses, rumors of the lingering dead send droves of tourists to the city of La Porte. And if you listen carefully, you can still hear the terrifying screams of her victims. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2022-10-13•30mins
#15

Social Media Legends: Mukbang or Die

Eating with friends is always more fun... until your feast becomes your downfall. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2022-10-11•24mins
#16

Social Media Legends: Ghost Hunting App

This month, we’re creating our own urban legends — stories that feed off the fears of our extremely online era. All Sona wanted to do was talk to her little brother again. Maybe a ghost hunting app could help her. Or maybe, it would deliver her to something much, much darker... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2022-10-04•24mins
#17

Custer House at Fort Abraham Lincoln

Filled with multiple fireplaces, a parlor, and a billiards room, the Custer House at Fort Abraham was not only a lively residence for Lieutenant Colonel George Custer, but also a place for soldiers to unwind. Now an exact replica of the home sits on the property, and it is just as lively as it was in 1875. But for all the wrong reasons. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2022-09-22•31mins
#18

Morris-Jumel Mansion

Atop a hill overlooking the Harlem River, the Morris-Jumel Mansion was built in the 1760s by Colonel Roger Morris and his wife. Now, two of its most notorious ghosts are a German soldier and the widow Eliza Jumel. They loved the property so much, they refuse to leave... even in death. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2022-09-15•32mins
#19

Urban Legends: Giant Catfish

Each time you hear the story, the size of the catfish gets bigger and bigger. But maybe, down deep in the depths of the water, catfish have similar stories about humans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2022-09-13•22mins
#20

St. Louis Ghost Train

Outside the village of St. Louis in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, a single white light travels a straight, deliberate path over an empty prairie. It looks like the headlight of a train, only there are no train tracks here anymore. The death of a conductor on those tracks years ago may be why the St. Louis Ghost Train still runs at night. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2022-09-08•29mins
#21

Urban Legends: Never Wake a Sleepwalker

A sleepwalker’s dreams can have dark consequences. If awoken too soon, it is said their souls might be lost forever... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2022-09-06•23mins
#22

Wyoming Frontier Prison

In 1901, Wyoming’s first penitentiary opened — establishing the new dawn of an orderly West. For years, outlaws-turned-guards beat those condemned to the wrong side of the law. Then one day, an inmate got revenge, and it was a guard who received the prison’s harshest sentence: eternity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2022-09-01•30mins
#23

Urban Legends: Rattlesnake Boots

It’s been said, to understand someone, you need to walk a mile in their shoes. Take just one step in these and you’re sure to understand one thing... how they died. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2022-08-30•24mins

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#24

Kadena Air Base

Seized by the United States during World War II, the Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan, is no stranger to the horrors of war. Some say the base’s bloody history haunts Building 2283 — telling its tenants to do terrible things. If these walls could talk... try not to listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2022-08-25•32mins
#25

Urban Legends: The Momo Challenge

Most viral internet challenges are just fun and games. But if you get a message from Momo, think twice before playing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2022-08-23•25mins
#26

Ammons House

Built in 1926, this nearly 900 square foot home located in Gary, Indiana, gained notoriety in 2011 when a single mother named Latoya Ammons moved in with her family. She claimed the house was haunted and that its evil had found a new host: her son. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2022-08-18•31mins
#27

Urban Legends: Moth Save the Queen

A winged creature stops a British express train dead in its tracks. To learn its intentions, you’ll have to move closer to the light. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2022-08-16•25mins
#28

Pythian Castle

In the heart of the Ozarks, a century-old castle once belonged to a secret society. Stories of ghostly children and disembodied voices date back to the 1960s. But its most famous ghost is a former guard with a distinctive walk and a penchant for terror. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2022-08-11•33mins
#29

Urban Legends: Monster in the Mall

Some deals are worth dying for... Do you dare enter the haunted mall just outside Manila? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2022-08-09•25mins
#30

Kreischer Mansion

This 19th-century mansion’s reputation was already dark before its caretaker turned out to be a hitman. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2022-08-04•32mins
#31

Urban Legends: Funeral Surprise

A funeral is an unexpected place to receive a gift... But a generous gesture can lead to a life of greed and loss. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2022-08-02•24mins
#32

Rockwood Museum

An estate in Delaware hosts a particularly active group of ghosts, including the ominous Shadowman, a mischievous boy named Edward, and — thanks to the pet cemetery on site — spectral dogs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2022-07-28•31mins
#33

Urban Legends: The Black Volga

You’d heard rumors about kids vanishing in the neighborhood. But it didn’t matter now. Because the Black Volga was already at the curb. And a hand was already pulling you inside. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2022-07-26•24mins
#34

Union Cemetery

One of New England's most infamous graveyards, Union Cemetery, lies in Easton, Connecticut. But beware — a mysterious woman in a white nightgown often roams the grounds. Rumor has it that she died traumatically, and is looking for a way to connect with the living. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2022-07-21•33mins
#35

Urban Legends: Balloon Flight

The sky’s the limit when you have a lawn chair and 45 helium-filled weather balloons! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2022-07-19•27mins
#36

Dumas Brothel

From the basement to the second floor suites, every room of the Dumas Brothel is said to be haunted. Visitors report an aggressive male spirit, commonly known as the Judge, and a mysterious woman in mid century clothes carrying a suitcase. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2022-07-14•34mins
#37

Urban Legends: The Lost Day

Divine intervention, or deadly cosmic disturbance? For this shady pastor, it’s a little bit of both. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2022-07-12•28mins
#38

Akershus Fortress

Originally constructed around 1300 to protect Oslo from outside invaders, Akershus Fortress has undergone a few incarnations, including a royal residence, administrative building, and prison. But many still reside inside its protective walls, including a faceless woman, disembodied voices, and other shadow figures. But if you see the large black dog, you are not long for this world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2022-07-07•35mins
#39

Urban Legends: The Man in Your Walls

Home alone? Not quite. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2022-07-05•29mins
#40

Pemberton Hall

For more than a century, residents of this college dorm in Illinois have reported paranormal experiences. The haunting allegedly began in the early 1900s after a gruesome murder. But this ghost isn’t out for revenge... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2022-06-30•35mins
#41

Urban Legends: Microwaved Pet

A technological feat becomes your fur baby’s worst nightmare. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2022-06-28•25mins
#42

Observation Post Rock

An outpost in southern Afghanistan changed hands repeatedly over its long, bloody history as various forces fought for its control. It became a graveyard several times over. And with that much death in the dirt, there would be no peace for the living. Parcasters, we have exciting news! Our first book hits bookshelves July 12th. Don’t miss this chilling summer read that takes you deep into the darkest sides of human nature. Learn more at www.parcast.com/cults! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2022-06-23•33mins
#43

Urban Legends: Bandage Man

A small town on the Oregon coast hosts a bogeyman covered in bloody bandages who will turn your summer romance into a fright-filled thriller. Parcasters, we have exciting news! Our first book hits bookshelves July 12th. Don’t miss this chilling summer read that takes you deep into the darkest sides of human nature. Learn more at www.parcast.com/cults! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2022-06-21•25mins
#44

The Snedeker House

When the Snedeker family moved into their new house in Southington, Connecticut, they were looking forward to the future. But the converted funeral home had a dark connection to its past: a mortician who had mistreated bodies left behind unhappy spirits...Countdown to the CULTS book release! Parcast’s first book hits shelves July 12th. It’s an unflinching exploration of shame, secrecy, power, exploitation, and destruction. Learn more at www.parcast.com/cults! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2022-06-16•32mins
#45

Urban Legends: Wedding Revenge

When you attend a couple’s nuptials, you may be gifted with a special wedding favor. What you may not expect is for that favor to be evidence of an affair… involving the bride or groom.Countdown to the CULTS book release! Parcast’s first book hits shelves July 12th. It’s an unflinching exploration of shame, secrecy, power, exploitation, and destruction. Learn more at www.parcast.com/cults! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2022-06-14•26mins
#46

Tat Tak School

One of the most haunted places in Hong Kong is an abandoned school with a long history. Urban explorers have bizarre experiences here, particularly with a long-dead former teacher. School may be out, but class is eternally in session...Parcasters, we have exciting news! Our first book hits bookshelves July 12th. Don’t miss this chilling summer read that takes you deep into the darkest sides of human nature. Learn more and grab your copy at www.parcast.com/cults! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2022-06-09•33mins
#47

Urban Legends: Razor Sharp Water Slide

There’s no way you were just bit by a piranha. You’re in a water park, for pete’s sake. So why are there cuts oozing blood down your legs? Parcasters, we have exciting news! Our first book hits bookshelves July 12th. Don’t miss this chilling summer read that takes you deep into the darkest sides of human nature. Learn more and grab your copy at www.parcast.com/cults! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2022-06-07•27mins
#48

Craigdarroch Castle

In this 19th-century castle in Canada, piano music floats down the drafty hallways. A woman is seen in the windows. And a little girl stares down at the floor. Are any of them really there? Parcasters, we have exciting news! Our first book hits bookshelves July 12th. Don’t miss this chilling summer read that takes you deep into the darkest sides of human nature. Learn more and grab your copy at www.parcast.com/cults! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2022-06-02•33mins
#49

Urban Legends: Dead-End Job

Sometimes, you really are stuck at the office for an eternity.Parcasters, we have exciting news! Our first book hits bookshelves July 12th. Don’t miss this chilling summer read that takes you deep into the darkest sides of human nature. Learn more and grab your copy at www.parcast.com/cults! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2022-05-31•27mins
#50

Linda Vista Hospital

A once-thriving medical center in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles is now haunted by its former patients and rumors of medical malpractice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2022-05-26•34mins

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