A haunted country club, an unsolved murder, and a lot of side-eye at the ‘official story.’

This week, we take a detour from The Dead Files and dip our toes into Kindred Spirits (Season 7, Episode 10): The Country Club Murders. Set at the eerily elegant Black Knight Country Club in Beckley, West Virginia, this episode delivers high paranormal drama, low lighting, and medium-level mediumship.

A couple murdered on Lover’s Lane. A doctor who may or may not have tripped to his death (hi, McCulloch). An explosion beneath the golf course. And Chip Coffey in a skull scarf. What more could you want?

We discuss the hauntings, the history, the residual energy, and yes—the totally not-suspicious husband who was conveniently unaccounted for the night of the murder.

🧐 Let’s be honest we all know: the husband did it (but don’t sue us).

Also in this episode:

·        McCulloch Took a Tumble™

·        We explain how coal becomes Coke (not the fizzy kind)

·        Megan finally learns bullet speeds are not measured in light years

·        Amy wants a medium to isolate EVPs in Audacity like it’s 2008

·        AP drops historical facts like haunted breadcrumbs

 

Come for the ghostly whispers, stay for the wild speculation. We loved this episode of Kindred Spirits—and we think you will too.

 

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 So, grab your skull scarf (just like Chip’s), and join us where… The Activity Continues.

 

We didn’t find anything we thought deserved a content warning, except that we use colorful language.

 

The Activity Continues is a paranormal podcast where soul friends, Amy, Megan, and AP chat about ghost stories, haunts, dreams, and other supernatural and paranormal stuff including the TV show, The Dead Files. Our recaps are full of recurring jokes about recurring tropes. 

We also occasionally do interviews with people from the metaphysical world, as well as Dead Files clients.

This episode was recorded on July 28, 2025 and released on August 21, 2025.

 

Chapter Markers

00:01:18 Intro

00:03:10 Overview

00:04:48 Dead Files vs. Kindred Spirits

00:08:47 History of Black Night Country Club

00:15:11 Dr. James McCulloch

00:19:21 EVPs – Different Takes

00:25:46 Investigations: Night or Day

00:27:58 Lover’s Lane Murders

00:34:42 More on McCullough’s Tumble

00:40:45 Who Will Remember Us?

00:42:19 Beacon TV and Wrap Up

 

Episode links:

The Country Club: https://historicblackknight.org/ 

McCulloch:

Legal Paper Amy found: ttps://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F2/109/866/1500603/

https://case-law.vlex.com/vid/mutual-life-ins-co-894852128

Rand-Baily Murders:

Websleuths https://websleuths.com/threads/wv-nellie-rand-39-ray-bailey-50-beckley-4-nov-1947.77757

https://coldcasecrew00.wixsite.com/coldcasecrew/post/the-rand---bailey-black-knight-country-club-murders

Mine Explosion

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space%3ARaleigh_Coal_and_Coke_No._4_Mine_Disaster

https://wvexplorer.com/attractions/historic-landmarks/raleigh-powerhouse/

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Disclaimer:

Sometimes we get a little scientific. We enjoy trying to come up with possible explanations for some of the things that the clients experience. But this by no means indicates that we do not believe the clients or are invalidating their experiences. We do believe.

 

This podcast is in no way affiliated with HBOMax, the Travel Channel, Painless TV, or the TV show The Dead Files or any of its cast or crew. We’re just fans of the show talking about paranormal shows & movies and other spooky stuff. We want to build a community of like-minded people who would enjoy hanging out and discussing similar content.

 

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Hosted by: Amy Lotsberg, Megan Simmons, and Amy Piersak

Production, Artwork, and Editing: Amy Lotsberg at Collected Sounds Media, LLC.

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