Misfit Apparitions, The Podcast

In this second to last episode of season 1, we present what is hoped to be a regular addition to The Podcast beginning in season 2:  a story submitted by a listener about their paranormal experience.  We want to hear those real world stories and know others, even those with a passing interest in the paranormal, will want to hear them too.  If you have a story and wish to share it, please reach out to us.

Our first listener haunting is an interview with Karie from North Carolina. 

Opening and closing music courtesy of Rok Nardin

In the late 19th century the railroad brought life to the town of Ballinger, TX.  Today, one of those structures built back then, remains.  The structure, the circa 1886 Olde Park Hotel, sustains the cowboy mystique.  While many who resided here under its different names have come and gone over the past 130-plus years, some, as many as 30, can still be seen and heard.  Only they are no longer among the living.

RESOURCES:

Spirits of The Olde Park Hotel by Dan LaFave

https://sanangelolive.com/news/entertainment/2015-10-17/old-ballinger-hotel-hub-history-and-paranormal-activity

https://www.bigcountryhomepage.com/news/they-like-to-play-jokes-with-us-owners-share-the-history-of-olde-park-hotel-in-ballinger/

https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/top-news/general-interest/so-called-haunted-hotel-in-west-texas-draws-halloween-crowds/

https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/ballinger-tx

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It was just the fourth building in the new town of Malvern, Iowa.  In its 130-plus years of operation, it was home to the rich and the poor, the affluent and the impoverished, the advantaged and disadvantaged.  Today it is home to restless residential spirits. Malvern Manor, one of the most fascinating paranormal locations in the country.

RESOURCES:

https://www.findagrave.com/

https://newspaperarchive.com/obituary-clipping-dec-27-1900-1319889/

A Brief History of Malvern by John D. Paddock

We Are Malvern Manor by Tory Westhoff and Josh Heard

We Are Malvern Manor News by Tory Westhoff and Josh Heard

R4_00197v2_FR_CatholicMonks courtesy of Kevin Luce and freesound.org

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Don talks about the different types of hauntings as well as the changes coming to The Podcast and the direction of the team’s upcoming investigation videos.

RESOURCES:

https://psychiclibrary.com/haunting-types/

Opening and closing music courtesy of Rok Nardin.

Misfit Apparitions concludes its series on the Villisca Ax Murder House with the final part of their phone interview with Dr. Edgar Epperly, the prominent expert on the Villisca Ax Murder Case and author of the book Fiend Incarnate - Villisca Axe Murders of 1912. This episode contains mature subject matter. Listener discretion is advised.

Opening music courtesy of Rok Nardin.

Misfit Apparitions continues its series on the Villisca Ax Murder House with the second of a three-part phone interview with Dr. Edgar Epperly, the prominent expert on the Villisca Ax Murder Case and author of the book Fiend Incarnate - Villisca Axe Murders of 1912.   This episode contains mature subject matter.  Listener discretion is advised.

Opening and closing music courtesy of Rok Nardin.

Misfit Apparitions continues its series on the Villisca Ax Murder House with the first of a three-part phone interview with Dr. Edgar Epperly, the prominent expert on the Villisca Ax Murder Case and author of the book Fiend Incarnate - Villisca Axe Murders of 1912.   This episode contains mature subject matter.  Listener discretion is advised.

Opening and closing music courtesy of Rok Nardin.

Misfit Apparitions is taking a one episode break from their Villisca series to give an extended sneak peek into their other Iowa investigation location, Malvern Manor.  From its beginnings as a family home and hotel in the mid to late 1800s to a nursing and rest home in the mid-1900s and finally a convalescent home eventually closing in 2005, Malvern Manor is one of Iowa’s most unique locations for paranormal activity.  Follow the timestamps below and listen closely to hear what is captioned.

Note:  Timestamps are as accurate as possible but may be deviated from by (+) or (-) 3 seconds due to variances in podcast platforms.

TIME STAMPS

27:54 - COUGH

38:48 - UNKNOWN SOUND

41:39 - “Oh”

41:59 - UNINTELLIGIBLE

42:03 - UNINTELLIGIBLE

42:05 - UNINTELLIGIBLE

44:09 - GASP

44:15 - UNINTELLIGIBLE

44:33 - KNOCK

44:34 - UNINTELLIGIBLE

47:37 - “Hey”

53:50 - SWOOSH

57:13 - “Back”

1:02:26 - GROWL

1:08:07 - FOOTSTEPS

1:16:13 - “Hey”

1:17:51 - GROWL

1:22:05 - “Get out”

1:26:48 - “No”

1:26:51 - UNKNOWN SOUND

1:47:46 - LIGHT FOOTSTEP

1:49:14 - Big Orb

1:50:55 - TWO KNOCKS

1:55:28 - LIGHT FOOTSTEP

1:55:30 - LIGHT TAPPING ON GLASS

1:56:19 - UNKNOWN SOUND

2:12:05 - ORB

2:13:25 - ORB

2:13:31 - ORB

2:19:23 - “Hey, wanna play?”

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Misfit Apparitions spent 16 hours inside the Moore home accumulating over 100 hours of recorded audio and video.

Part 1 :  Interview with Misfit Apparitions lead by Ariel of the Historically Haunted podcast.  Ariel recently released the interview on her podcast.  This is the same interview but recorded from an Angel in the parlor room of the Moore home and combined with the audio from her interview.

Opening music courtesy of Rok Nardin.

Strange lights on a 8 mile stretch of what was once a rail line, now a tightly fit two-lane dirt road informally called Ghost Road.  Are paranormal claims on Bragg Road justified?  Misfit Apparitions journeyed there to run an experiment which may or may not answer that question.

Opening and closing music courtesy of Rok Nardin.

RESOURCES:

https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/bragg-tx

https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/saratoga-tx

https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/big-thicket-light

https://austinghosts.com/bragg-road-and-the-saratoga-lights/