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Welcome to a special Halloween episode. As were approach All Hallow’s Eve, we thought you might enjoy an episode dedicated to the history of Halloween and the ghost story. But that’s not all. If you ring our doorbell and say “Trick-or-Treat,” we’ll drop a few listening submitted paranormal experiences into your pumpkin. Thanks for listening and we hope you are having a wonderfully frightful spooky season!

History.com - halloween history

History.com - ghost story history

Saint Jospeh's University

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In 2009, moviegoers were enthralled and terrified by The Haunting in Connecticut. The
supernatural thriller was promoted as being “based on a true story.”  We wondered how much of the “true story” made it into the film? In this episode, we look at the movie, the 1992 book, and several interviews with the family to uncover what really happened at the former funeral home in Southington, CT. What did Hollywood get right, and what did they get wrong? The answer may be more terrifying than the movie could hope to be.

In a Dark Place by Carmen Reed, Al Snedeker, and Ray Garton

The Fear is Real: Reinvestigating the Haunting in Connecticut

Interview With Carmen Reed – A Haunting in Connecticut by The Mystic Paranormal Podcast

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Nothing screams spooky season like a good old-fashioned haunted house. Come along as we uncover the bumps in the night and the ghostly visitors in two genuine haunted houses. First, we visit the Monroe House in Indiana, today more infamously known by its sinister nickname: the Demon House. Then we take a trip to a late 1700s farmhouse in Litchfield County, Connecticut where one resident has kept a diary documenting paranormal activity in the home for the last 50 years. As always, thanks for listening!

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Buy your copy of On Dark Ground: Investigating the Haunted Monroe House By Richard Estep

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Welcome to another Ope, A Ghost Book Club. Today we look at Dr. Bruce Greyson’s After (2021). As cofounder of the International Association for Near-Death Studies, Greyson has studied near-death experiences (NDEs) for 45 years. His book is loaded with the stories of those who experience NDEs. Just as interesting are the conclusions that Greyson makes based on four decades of research. The book is as thought provoking as it fascinating. Thanks for listening!

Link to buy After, on Amazon

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When you hear the words Salem, Massachusetts, your mind undoubtedly goes to the Salem Witchcraft Trials and for good reason. Salem is steeped in history . . . and in hauntings.  In this episode, we visit the haunted Burying Point Cemetery and the adjacent Murphy’s Pub. We also stop by the mysterious Salem Inn and an eerie funeral home turned speakeasy turned liquor store named Bunghole Liquors. Thanks for joining us as we kick off the spooky season!

Ghost City Tours

Smithsonian Magazine

Murphys Pub

Bunghole Liquors

American Paranormal Magazine - nationwide september/october 2023 issue, featuring Ope, A Ghost

Illinois Times - Best of Springfield 2023 - Vote for Ope, A Ghost for best local podcast! 

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It just so happens that the theater has been a place for entertainment for nearly as long as humanity has existed. It also just so happens that theaters are among the most haunted places you’ll ever visit. In this episode, we look at the NederlanderTheater in Chicago and a handful of haunted Broadway theaters. The moral of this story is to pay attention the next time you take in a play. That out of place character in the back may not be part of the production. Break a leg!

YouTube: “The Haunted Oriental Theater – short video (2:47)

American Ghost Walks

NIU Article :A Matinee to Remember” by Dr. Frank Norbury

James M. Nederlander Theater

Architectural Digest “The 37 Most Haunted Placed in the World”

Anna Gasteyer on Celebrity Ghost Stories (Starts around 20:54)

Iroquois Theater photos from Chicago Tribune

Playbill article 

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The list of cryptids is a mile long, but when it comes to the superstars, Bigfoot is the reigning champ. In this week’s episode, Jonathan visits a 1973 Bigfoot rash of sightings in Murphysboro, IL dubbed the Big Muddy Monster. Heaven takes us down the rabbit hole by discussing some of the more unique Sasquatch specimens. Ever hear of Sheep Squatch? You have now!

Big Muddy Monster Festival

Creature From Big Muddy: An Illinois Bigfoot Legend

Monsters of Illinois by Troy Taylor

Cryptids Fandom

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On today’s Book Club Minisode we read T. Kingfisher’s What Moves the Dead, a wonderful retelling of Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Fall of the House of Usher.” Kingfisher incorporates all the characters from Poe’s original to create a mesmerizing world that is both fascinating and nightmarish. Did we mention the hares? We think you’ll love this one!

T. Kingfisher website

Amazon link to buy What Moves the Dead 

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What is it about dolls that creeps us out? Maybe it’s because they look a little too much like us. Maybe it’s because they were so real to us as children. Either way, when those dolls are haunted dolls, they become the stuff of nightmares. In this episode we visit two famous haunted dolls: Harold and Robert. Come play with us as we explore the history behind these legendary playthings. No tagbacks.

Harold the Haunted Doll  Book

Interview with Anthony

YouTube “The Untold Story of Robert the Doll - Florida” by Mystery Archives.

The Artist’s House

Artist’s House Photos at Booking.com

Fort East Martello Museum

Ghostkeywest.com Robert the Doll page

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The things that went on at 112 Ocean Avenue in Amityville, New York have become the stuff of legend. The Amityville story has spawned almost forty films and documentaries. The story begins on November 13, 1975 with the murder of the DeFeo family and ends on January 13, 1976 with the Lutz family fleeing in terror. What really happened that caused a family to flee their home after only twenty-eight days? How accurate is the 1977 book by Jay Anson? Did the movie overdramatize the haunting? In this episode, we attempt to answer these questions by looking at what the book and movies say compared to what the Lutz children say. Somewhere in the middle lies the truth.

History vs. Hollywood

From My Amityville Horror (2012)

Youtube - The Real Amityville Horror

Jay Anson's Book - The Amityville Horror 

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