It’s our 3 Year Podiversary! To celebrate, we’re bringing you a Film vs. Fact episode where we examine the true story behind a haunting and compare it to the “based on a true story” film adaptation. In this episode, we again wade into the Conjuring Universe to examine The Conjuring 2. We’ll explore the film’s treatment of the famous Enfield poltergeist case and determine how much reality made it into the film. As it turns out, the answer is more than you think.

Guy Lyon Playfair’s book This House is Haunted

Creepy True Stories: Enfield Poltergeist Janet Hodgson

Stream The Conjuring 2 on Hulu

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Welcome to another classic haunted house story. In this episode, we recount the experience of Cindy Sarro and her home in Caseyville, Illinois, where a dark presence began to assert itself, driving her from the house in just two months. Then we travel to south-central Indiana and the historic Whispers Estate. There’s a lot of legend surrounding the former doctor’s office and home of Dr. John Gibbons and his family. Visitors report unexplained footsteps, physical scratches, and a looming shadow figure known simply as Big Black. Listen closely—some houses don’t stay quiet.

The Wall by Cindy Sarro

The Ghost Files: The Haunting of Cindy Sarro

The Tape Library: Haunting of the Sarro Family

Whispers in the Darkness by Richard Estep - buy on amazon

When the Walls Talk - Stream the doc on Tubi

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Some say first responders have seen everything—but did you ever imagine that “everything” might include the paranormal? In this episode, we delve into the eerie encounters of paramedics and police who have faced more than emergencies in the line of duty. Hear the spine-tingling account of a rookie paramedic haunted by ghostly children, and discover what happens when the dead themselves dial 911. Relive the unnerving moment when seasoned officers come face-to-face with an Ontario poltergeist and learn about an entire town left stunned as a UFO hovered overhead for more than an hour. These unsettling stories—and more—await you in this week’s episode.

Supernatural Encounters: True Paranormal Accounts from Law Enforcement by Elliot Van Dusen

More Supernatural Encounters from Law Enforcement by Elliot Van Dusen

Paranormal 911 - TV Show

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Welcome to Part 2 of our Film vs. Fact episode for The Conjuring: Last Rites. This time we’ll examine the real story behind the film, weighing the film’s most unsettling moments against eyewitness accounts and the Warrens’ own claims. What really happened at the Chase Street duplex in 1986—and what details were softened, altered, or left out entirely? For one, the alleged haunting occurred longer than the film suggests. What else did the film get wrong?

The Haunted by Robert Curran with Jack and Janet Smurl

The Paranormal Files: The real Story of The Conjuring: Last Rites

The Tape Library: The Disturbing Case of the Smurl Haunting

The Haunted (1991) Made-For-TV Movie

People – Where Is the Smurl Family Now?

The Citizens’ Voice – Conjuring Up Memories of the Smurls

Mystic Memoirs Volume II

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Welcome to another Film vs. Fact episode where we examine the true story behind a reported haunting and compare it to the “based on a true story” film adaptation. In this episode, we review the latest entry from the Ed and Lorraine Warren Conjuring Universe, The Conjuring: Last Rites, weighing the film’s most unsettling moments against eyewitness accounts and the Warrens’ own claims. What really happened at the Chase Street duplex in 1986—and what details were softened, altered, or left out entirely? For one, the alleged haunting occurred longer than the film suggests. What else did the film get wrong? Join us for Part One as we begin to explore the reality of the Smurl family haunting.

The Haunted by Robert Curran with Jack and Janet Smurl

The Paranormal Files: The real Story of The Conjuring: Last Rites

The Tape Library: The Disturbing Case of the Smurl Haunting

The Haunted (1991) Made-For-TV Movie

People – Where Is the Smurl Family Now?

The Citizens’ Voice – Conjuring Up Memories of the Smurls

Mystic Memoirs Volume II

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In this episode, we ride along with the Ghost Hunters crew as they investigate two locations. First, we’ll explore the Christmas Farm Inn in Jackson, New Hampshire where visitors hear ghostly footsteps and see the apparition of a deceased owner. Next, Jason and Grant investigate the historic Old Stone Fort in Schoharie, NY where ghosts are seen both inside and out. This one promised to be fun, so join us for this classic Ghost Hunters rewatch.

Ghost Hunters Season 6 Episode 25 can be streamed on Prime

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In this episode, we step inside the shadows of some of the most haunted churches where faith endures, but so do the spirits who refuse to let go. We begin in rural Indiana, at a small chapel where visitors report being pursued by the dark silhouette of a man who appears only long enough to send them fleeing into the night. From there, we travel to a historic Chicago parish shaken by sightings of shrouded monks who drift through between pews, terrifying more than a dozen parishioners in a single weekend. Our journey continues north to Montreal’s famed oratory, where the preserved heart of a revered saint may be binding his presence to the grounds. We’ll also stop at an Iowa college campus chapel, where the tragic death of a young woman left behind unanswered questions, lingering sorrow, and reports of a presence still searching for resolution.

Ghosts & Legends of Crawfordsville, Indiana by Christopher and Christina Hunt

The Big Book of Illinois Ghost Stories by Troy Taylor

The Mammoth Book of True Hauntings edited by Peter Haining

True Ghost Stories: Haunted Heartland from the American Midwest by Beth Scott and Michael Norman

True Ghost Stories: Real Haunted Churches and Cathedrals by Za

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In this episode, we step into locations where the echoes of childhood linger long after the children themselves have vanished. These aren’t stories of monsters or malevolent spirits; they’re the stories of children who have stayed behind in places like a century-old dance hall where tiny desperate hands might tug at your clothing while you sip your drink. There’s a Gettysburg orphanage whose basement echoes with the sobs of children. We’ll visit an abandoned house that seems determined to remember its former occupant. And join us at a once-joyful West Coast amusement park where the laughter on the carousel hasn’t faded. Sit back, dim the lights, and enjoy these chilling stories and more.

Gettysburg Orphanage - Wikipedia

Paranormal Subreddit - Evidence caught at the Orphange

Ghost City Tours - Gettysburg Orphanage

Jantzen Beach Carousel - Portland Ghosts

Weird NJ - Cave Grave

Paranormal Survivor

Paranormal Caught on Camera: S5 E5 – Discovery+

Celebrity Ghost Stories - Tubi – Bill Belemy

Celebrity Ghost Stories – Tubi – Joan Osbourne

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In this episode, we follow the trail of the Grey Lady across time and continent, piecing together accounts, archival whispers, and the strange common thread that binds her to the living. We find her in libraries, castles, and hotels. Her presence drifts across centuries and oceans, from a palace in Britain to the echoing corridors of an American high school. Witnesses speak of a woman in pale mourning silk, her features blurred as if the air itself resists remembering her. But who was she? A grieving mother, a betrayed lover, or something else — a pattern repeating itself wherever sorrow takes root? And yet, not all ladies are grey, even if their stories are no less tragic. We’ll visit the story of a pair of blue ladies, a red lady, a purple lady, and a famous brown lady. There seems to be no shortage of grey lady stories. While some stories fade, hers refuses to die.

Paranormal News - Seaview Terrace For Sale

Liberty Hall Historic Site

Tuckahoe Plantation

Lady Spirits - Little House of Horrors Blog

Elizabeth Betsey Reed - Pioneer Pages

Moss Beach Distillery - Ghost History

Rio Grand Depot - Purple Lady

McPike Mansion - Little House of Horrors

Dock Street Theater - Little House of Horrors

Historic Mizpah Hotel - Travel Nevada

“The Grey Lady: A Staple of British Hauntings”

“Dudley Castle Grey Lady Ghost Caught on Camera for First Time”

“The Gruesome Story of Janet Douglas”

“Meet the Grey Lady Ghosts of Newcastle upon Tyne”

The Paranormal Periodical

“The Blue Lady of Temple Newsome”

“He Waits For Me: Parts 1 and 2”

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In this special Halloween Paranormal Rewatch, we’re summoning our friends Lauren and Gina from The Witch’s Familiar Paranormal Research to join us for a chilling deep dive into one of Indiana’s most haunted locations—the Randolph County Infirmary. Together, we’ll wander its shadowed corridors and echoing halls as we revisit the terror captured in Destination Fear (Season 2, Episode 9) and Kindred Spirits (Season 4, Episode 8). But this time, we won’t just be watching the hauntings unfold . . . we’ll be sharing our own bone-chilling experiences within those same walls. Get ready for whispers in the dark, phantom footsteps, and the stories that still linger long after the lights go out.  

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