This week we hopped a spiritual Greyhound to local Minnesota to explore the terrifying First Avenue music venue and the haunted halls of the St. James Hotel. We’ve got ghosts in our homes, caffeine in our veins, and a debut album on the way. Turn up the volume and lock those water-closet doors, because we’re diving into some local lore!

October may be over, but for these ghouls, it’s always spooky season! This week, we’re spilling Halloween horror stories from the internet and true listener submissions that will make your coffee go cold. Want to know what’s scarier than being the oldest of seven kids? Curious about the consequences of messing with spells? Ever wondered what it will be like to contact these ghouls from the afterlife? Tune in for the answers while these ghouls are being ghouls!

Was it a trick? Oh, it’s definitely a treat! The ghouls are back and somehow deader than ever! If we’ve said it once, we’ve said it a thousand times, in unison! This week, we’re getting real local as we dig into the lore of The Elgin Metal Casket Company  and the ever mysterious Lake Michigan Triangle, where boats, captains, but apparently not Christmas trees, all go missing. So grab your snacks, a hot cup of pumpkin spice, and settle in for some much needed Ghoul Beans!

References

Gourley, Jay. The Great Lakes Triangle. Aaron M. Priest, 1977.

Kaczmare, Dale, and Ghost Research Society. “Elgin Casket Factory Investigation .” Ghostresearch.Org, Ghost Research Society, 2018, www.ghostresearch.org/Investigations/elgin.html.

Berlitz, Charles. The Bermuda Triangle. Doubleday, 1974.

u/CodeCC2224, “Experience with WWII Ghost Encounter,” posted to r/Paranormal (Reddit, 2024).

Trick or Treat! 🎃 This Halloween, we're brewing up one of our favorite themes—Roasted and Ghosted! The real trick? We're the ones getting roasted this time, as we take aim at everything hilariously wrong with our show. So grab your spookiest mug and get ready to enjoy, because we’re roasting some Ghoul Beans! ☕👻

Halloween is just around the corner, and these ghouls decided there’s no better time for some extra spooky stories. Whether it’s people wandering through a graveyard or camping alone on a cursed island, the lesson is clearly written on the lighthouse wall: stay indoors. So, cuddle up, maybe with a frappé in hand, because these ghouls are being ghouls!

This week we share tales of haunted schools from all over the internet. We get it, if we were stuck in school for all of eternity, we would scare the crap out of students to pass the time too! Sharpen your pencils, because these ghouls are going back to school!

Talk to me.....no, we’ll talk to you. This week we dive into our personal thoughts about the once new movie, Talk to Me. If you’ve seen it, you’ll probably agree with us, if you haven’t your welcome! We saved you the time by doing it for you! Pull up a chair and grab a petrified hand because we’re having ourselves a bitching hour.

This week we traded in our beans for corn as we discussed the lore of some of Iowa’s spookiest residences. Whether you’re there for some higher education or a cute little seance, you will most likely find yourself face to face with some pretty bold ghosts. Is it an RA or ghoulish creep? We’ll never tell....

Roller Coasters aren’t the only thing that can get the heart racing, today we’re talking about ghostly encounters in amusement parks. Do you think you could have what it takes to shut down a haunted park? Most importantly, which park would you choose to haunt in the thrill ride of the afterlife? Grab an espresso martini and find the answer to none of these questions in this Ghouls being Ghouls!

We’re back! And deader than ever, truly. It has been a TIME on this end on the pod but you know what helps us get through the dark times? Darker stories. And that’s just what we collected here for you. So let’s all grab a cup of our favorite coffee as we try and answer the age old question, would you rather be choked alone or stuck in a pit with one other person?