American Hauntings Podcast

By Cody Beck and Troy Taylor

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History, hauntings, legends, lore, true crime, and the dark side of American History. Hosted by Cody Beck and Troy Taylor, Season 7, "GONE" is now live. Previous seasons cover Alton, IL, St. Louis, New Orleans, Hollywood, Heartland Horrors and Homicides, and the Villisca Axe Murders.

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The Missing Reporter (The M...

11.28.2023

Someone who was watching the KIMT-TV news on the morning of June 27, 1995, might have noticed that the popular anchor Jodi Huisentruit wasn’t behind the news desk that day but they might not have thought much about it. They ...

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11.28.2023 The Missing Reporter (The Mysterious Disappearance Of Jodi Huisentruit) Someone who was watching the KIMT-TV news on the morning of June 27, 1995, might have noticed that the popular anchor Jodi Huisentruit wasn’t behind the news desk that day but they might not have thought much about it. They ...
11.14.2023 Two Mysteries, Too Soon (The Disappearances Of Sharon Pretorius And Brandon Swanson) This will not be the last episode to feature a missing child – or missing children, in this case, teenagers – this season, but these stories are two of the most heartbreaking, so get ready for another tough one. Check ...
10.31.2023 Our Favorite Road Trip Horror Movies (Halloween 2023) This Halloween Season, we are discussing our favorite Road Trip Horror Movies, including:Joy Ride (2001)Duel (1971)Vacancy (2007)The Hills Have Eyes (2006)Wrong Turn (2003)House of Wax (2005)The Houses October Built (2014)The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)Race With The Devil (1975)Jeepers Creepers (2001)The ...
10.24.2023 The Vanishing of the Springfield Three It was on June 6 of that year when two Missouri teenagers and one of their mothers vanished without a trace after a graduation ceremony and have never been seen again. There was no valid reason for the three of ...
10.17.2023 Changeling: The Disappearance Of Walter Collins On March 10, 1928, Los Angeles mother Christine Collins was faced with every parent’s worst fear – the disappearance of her child. Her son, Walter, vanished that afternoon. Check out our updated website and sign up for our newsletter at ...
10.10.2023 The Disappearance Of Amy Lynn Bradley On March 24, 1998, a young woman named Amy Lynn Bradley vanished from a Royal Caribbean cruise ship while it was on its way to Curacao. Cruises seem to be an escape from reality, but crime happens on board, too. ...
10.03.2023 The Disappearance of the Jamison Family When the Jamison family of Eufala, Oklahoma, vanished in October 2009, it got the attention of the entire country. They seemingly disappeared without a trace one night, which was strange enough, but the story that led up to their disappearance ...
09.26.2023 Ghosts of the Mineral Springs Hotel (Revisiting Alton, Illinois) Much has changed at the Mineral Springs since it opened more than a century ago, but if you stand in the lobby – when the lighting is just right – you almost expect to see guests in old-fashioned clothing as ...
09.19.2023 The Missing Candy Heiress (The Mystery Of Helen Brach) This is not an easy story to tell. It has a lot of twists, turns, and subplots and, as we mentioned last week, even a connection to several other cases in the Chicago area around this same time. Here is ...
09.12.2023 Graveyards Of Alton (Revisiting Alton, Illinois) Every town has a story like the one you just heard. Some places, like Alton, have more than one. Most people dismiss stories like that as nothing more than folklore – a tale to be told around the campfire – ...
09.05.2023 Young Women Lost On a hot, sunny, summer Saturday, three young women in bathing suits left all their belongings on a crowded beach and climbed aboard a motorboat on Lake Michigan. They were never seen again. Check out our updated website and sign ...
08.29.2023 Something Strange In Your Neighborhood (The McPike Mansion and More) (Revisiting Alton, Illinois) In this episode, Troy introduces three haunted houses in town. Although this hardly scratches the surface of the number of local haunts he has uncovered over more than two decades of research into Alton’s history and hauntings, these happened to ...
08.22.2023 The Newlywed Who Vanished (The Mistletoe Bride) A young woman will always remember her wedding day. Unfortunately for newlywed Mary Shotwell Little, after having dinner with her friend at the Lenox Square Shopping Center in Atlanta, Georgia, Mary vanished without a trace. Check out our updated website ...
08.18.2023 Sinister: The True Story of H. H. Holmes (Patreon Preview) This is a sneak peak of our Patreon-only series "Sinister: The True Story of H. H. Holmes." If you like what you hear, subscribe for more episodes at https://www.patreon.com/americanhauntings Check out our updated website and sign up for our newsletter ...
08.15.2023 Minnie Nichols And Alton’s Other Ladies In Black (Revisiting Alton, Illinois) In this episode, we introduce you to Alton’s OTHER ladies in black, whose reason for remaining behind may not be quite as charitable as the Olin Lady in Black, who warned factory workers of possible death in the early part ...
08.08.2023 Missing From El Paso (The Disappearance of William and Margaret Patterson) On the evening of March 5, 1957, William and Margaret Patterson left their home at 3000 Piedmont Drive in El Paso, Texas, and vanished without a trace, leaving everything they owned behind. But the more the police learned, the stranger ...
08.01.2023 Dinner and Spirits of Another Kind (Revisiting Alton, IL) It is safe to say there are two things that Alton loves – booze and ghosts. And in this special episode, we’ll introduce you to a couple of places that have both. Head downtown with us as we explore some ...
07.25.2023 The Babysitter Who Vanished (The Disappearance of Evelyn Hartley) “The call is coming from inside the house.” That’s the line that always gets us – it’s a line from one of the most popular urban legends of all time. But what if I told you that’s not just an ...
07.18.2023 Spirits of Industry (Revisiting Alton, Illinois) During the first half of the nineteenth century, Alton was actually the largest town in the state of Illinois. The town was billed as the “most desirable place to live on the east side of the Mississippi River,” St. Louis ...
07.11.2023 Home Before Dark (The Disappearance of Beverly Potts) In the summer of 1951, Beverly Potts was just 10 years old. When the Showagon came through Cleveland, Ohio in August 1951, she was ecstatic to go there alone and her mother reluctantly agreed- as long as she was home ...
07.04.2023 Doing Time In Alton (Revisiting Alton, Illinois) In 1833, construction was completed on the first penitentiary in Illinois. Located in the riverfront town of Alton, there was no other building like it in the state – and only two others anywhere in the United States. The Alton ...
06.27.2023 Tell Me A Ghost Story (Live From The 2023 Haunted America Conference) The Conference is over and we have ghost stories! Thank you to everyone who came out to our biggest one yet. Check out our updated website and sign up for our newsletter at AmericanHauntingsPodcast.com Want an episode every week, plus ...
06.20.2023 The Ghost of Harriet Haskell (Revisiting Alton, Illinois) In 1867, Harriet Haskell arrived as the new principal of Monticello Female Seminary (present day LCCC). She would become the symbol of the college as she devoted her life to making it one of the most respected female institutions in ...
06.13.2023 The Girl Genius Who Vanished (The Story of Barbara Newhall Follett) In 1923, Barbara began her most extensive project yet – a complete novel. Finally, in 1926 – after many drafts and a house fire that destroyed one of them – she finished the book. She was only 12 years old. ...
06.07.2023 Alton Unchained (Revisiting Alton, Illinois) In this episode, we discuss Elijah P. Lovejoy, and how his death in Alton, Illinois, in 1837 started the country down the long, dark road toward war. Join us in this special 10-episode "on the side" season as we revisit ...
05.30.2023 What Happened To Ruth? Ruth was last seen on the night of May 4 by some of her Tri-Delta sorority sisters shortly before 11:00 PM. She had just returned to her dorm, Austin Hall, after choir practice and changed into her pajamas. She had ...
05.23.2023 Up In The Air (Revisiting Alton, Illinois) Weird things can happen in the skies over Alton, Illinois. Join us in this special 10-episode "on the side" season as we revisit new and updated stories from our very first season of the podcast on Alton, Illinois, based on ...
05.16.2023 "NEMO 1934": The Disappearance of Everett Ruess Everett financed his wanderings by selling prints and paintings, but he never stayed in the same place for long. He once wrote, “There is always an undercurrent of restlessness and wild longing. The wind is in my hair, there is ...
05.09.2023 Sinister Trailer: The True Story Of H.H. Holmes Available only on Patreon. Our Sponsors: * Check out Factor and use my code hauntingspod50 for a great deal: https://www.factor75.com/ * Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.com/ Support this podcast at — ...
05.02.2023 Into The Sunset With Bitter Bierce (The Story of Author Ambrose Bierce) In the early 1900s, Ambrose Bierce was one of the most famous writers in America. He was odd, unusual, eccentric, and often disagreeable, but critics loved his gritty stories of war and adventure. He became one of the most acclaimed ...
04.18.2023 The Boy Who Vanished (Melvin Charles Horst) This episode discusses a tragic story of an unsolved mystery that left only a pint bottle of whiskey, a frozen orange, and a very strange story behind. Check out our updated website and sign up for our newsletter at AmericanHauntingsPodcast.com ...
04.04.2023 Down The River (The Mystery of Glen and Bessie Hyde) There’s probably nothing more American than planning a trip to one of America’s National Parks. And nothing more peaceful than disconnecting from the world while you’re there. Hiking, camping, canoeing, rock climbing, exploring nature… all part of the perfect vacation ...
03.21.2023 The Mystery of Bobby Dunbar On August 23, 1912, a four-year-old boy named Bobby Dunbar vanished while on a fishing trip to Swayze Lake in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. When Mrs. Lessie Dunbar realized that her son was gone, she contacted the police, who began ...
03.07.2023 The Vanished Heiress (The Disappearance of Dorothy Arnold) A newspaper in 1910 wrote about Dorothy: "She disappeared from one of the busiest streets on earth, at the sunniest hours of a brilliant afternoon, with thousands within sight and reach, men and women who knew her on every side, ...
02.21.2023 Kidnapped For Ransom (Little Charlie Ross) In 1874, just nine years after President Lincoln was slain, the nation was again shocked by a terrible event. It was not the death of a great leader but the disappearance of a previously unknown four-year-old name Charles Brewster Ross. ...
02.14.2023 Live From The Dead of Winter Festival 2023 Troy and Cody go live in Alton IL at the Mineral Springs Hotel for the annual Dead of Winter festival....and then all hell breaks loose. Check out our updated website and sign up for our newsletter at AmericanHauntingsPodcast.com Check out ...
02.07.2023 The Ghost Ship (The tragedy of the Mary Celeste) The Mary Celeste had set sail for Genoa about 10 days before Dei Gratia had left port. What was she doing out here, off course and drifting? And where was the crew? These are just some of the many questions ...
01.24.2023 The Man In The Green Pajamas It was at the Sandman where the man in the green pajamas was staying when he came to Jacksonville. Of course, that wasn’t his name. It was Bruce Campbell, and he was a stockbroker from Massachusetts. He came here to ...
01.10.2023 Season Seven Trailer and Topic Reveal Season seven of the American Hauntings Podcast, "GONE", will include stories of mysterious and impossible disappearances that we found in the archives to be the most intriguing, compelling, and downright chilling. If all these people vanished so easily from the ...
12.13.2022 Our Favorite 2022 Horror Movies Movies discussed include:SlapfaceThe Free FallXThe CursedThe Black PhoneThe Barbarian Mr Harrigan's PhoneThe Harbinger HellraiserPrey Get a FREE 15 day trial of Backblaze at https://backblaze.com/hauntings Get 20% OFF Manscaped + Free Shipping with promo code AHP at MANSCAPED.com! #ad #manscapedpod Check ...
12.06.2022 The Lawson Family Christmas Charlie Lawson, the quiet, unassuming man had become more outgoing, especially with the children. He laughed and told jokes, which he never did. His wife might have been happy with those changes in her husband if they hadn’t been so ...
11.22.2022 Victims of the Ax Fiend One of the strangest murder sprees in American history occurred across Louisiana and Texas in the early 1910s. Local newspapers called the first crime "the most brutal murder in the history of this section," and there would be many more ...
11.08.2022 The Bluebeard Of Quiet Dell During the early years of the Great Depression, the crimes of Harry Powers appalled and fascinated thousands of people, but he is barely remembered today – much like the methods that he used to find his victims. He sought out ...
10.25.2022 Our Favorite Religious Horror Movies (Halloween 2022) This Halloween Season, we are discussing our favorite Religious Horror Movies, including:The ExorcistThe Exorcism of Emily RoseMidsommarThe Wicker ManThe OmenPrince of DarknessStigmataApostleThe BelieversFrailtyThe WitchAnd more!Get 20% OFF Manscaped + Free Shipping with promo code AHP at MANSCAPED.com! #ad #manscapedpod Sponsored ...
10.18.2022 The Starved Rock Murders On March 14, 1960, the bodies of three women from the Chicago suburbs were discovered in St. Louis Canyon, one of the many natural wonders at Starved Rock State Park, near Utica, Illinois. The crime shocked northern Illinois and led ...
10.04.2022 Strangers In The Night (The Keddie Resort Murders) One of the most disturbing multiple murders in California history occurred on April 11, 1981, when three victims – a mother, her teenage son, and the son's friend – were beaten to death in a remote cabin in the woods ...
10.03.2022 Introducing The AMC+ Interview with the Vampire Podcast Check out the new Interview with the Vampire Podcast from AMC! Website: www.amcplus.com Enter the dark, twisted underworld of vampires in the official podcast about AMC’s Interview with the Vampire. Each week, writer/comedian/vampire-enthusiast Naomi Ekperigin will be joined by the ...
09.20.2022 Wedged Into An Empty Apple Bin (The Serial Killer Of Linden) On November 12, 1917, the body of an unknown woman was discovered on some wooded property outside of the village of Linden, New York. Her identity was unknown – and so was that of her killer. It became the first ...
09.06.2022 Testimony From Beyond The Grave On January 23, 1897, the body of a young woman named Zona Heaster Shue was discovered in her home in Greenbrier County, West Virginia. It seemed to be a rather ordinary case of perhaps domestic discord gone wrong, but in ...
08.23.2022 Murder On Saxtown Road On March 19, 1874, horror came to the small town of Millstadt, Illinois. It was a place where nothing bad could ever really happen – or at least that's what the residents there in the latter part of the nineteenth ...

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