Splintered Spirits

Splintered Spirits

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  • Splintered Spirits Live from September 4, 2025 with Spooky Scoundrel!!!

    On this episode of Splintered Spirits, Gary and Johnny welcome Spooky Scoundrel, a Toronto-based paranormal investigator, ghost tour guide, and TikTok creator with over 406,000 followers. Since 2005, Spooky has been exploring the paranormal, and since 2021 they’ve been leading public investigations, teaching people how to talk to spirits while balancing curiosity, humor, and healthy skepticism. Specializing in historic and heritage hauntings, Spooky brings history to life through the voices of the dead while making the paranormal less scary and more fun. In this conversation, they share how they got started, the Estes Method, and why TikTok has become such a powerful platform for building a community around ghost stories and accessible paranormal investigation.#SplinteredSpirits #SpookyScoundrel #ParanormalPodcast #GhostStories #HauntedHistory #GhostTour #GhostHunters #ParanormalTikTok #ParanormalCommunity #TorontoHauntings #ParanormalInvestigation

    1 hr 7 min
  • Ep 4 (EXTENDED WITH VIDEO): A Crash Course in Paranormal Investigation

    On this EXTENDED EPISODE WITH VIDEO, Gary speaks with an expert who has thousands of paranormal investigations  and decades of research under his belt. He has writtern numerous books, including A PARANORMAL CASEBOOK, and all of them can be found on Amazon. This is Professor Paranormal himself, Loyd Auerbach, and he’s about to give Gary a crash course in psychical phenomenon. Let’s dive into the conversation. #ParanormalPodcast #ProfessorParanormal #LoydAuerbach #ParanormalCasebook #Parapsychology #GhostStoriesPodcast #ExploreTheUnknown #SupernaturalExplained

    Loyd Auerbach's Bio:⁠

    https://www.parapsych.org/users/profparanormal/profile.aspx⁠

    Loyd Auerbach's YouTube Channel:⁠https://www.youtube.com/@AskProfessorParanormal⁠

    A Paranormal Casebook on Amazon:⁠

    https://amzn.to/4le3nAt

    51 min
  • Live from August 27, 2025 with Jeremy Jolly from SoCo Paranormal

    This week on Splintered Spirits Live, Gary and Johnny welcome Jeremy Jolly from SoCo Paranormal—a team making waves in the paranormal world since their very first live stream on Halloween night, 2024.

    SoCo Paranormal began by exploring the hometown folklore of St. Scholastica and quickly expanded into full-scale investigations across the country. From eerie cemeteries in Montana and Wyoming to haunted hot spots in Kansas, Iowa, and Pennsylvania, their adventures are bringing ghost stories to life for curious seekers everywhere. With trips to Vermont and Salem lined up, Jeremy shares how the group turned their passion into a business, giving anyone interested in the supernatural a chance to join them on real investigations.

    Tune in as we talk haunted locations, personal encounters, and what it takes to build a paranormal community from the ground up. #SplinteredSpirits #SoCoParanormal #GhostHunting #HauntedPlaces #ParanormalPodcast #GhostStories #HauntedHistory #LiveInvestigation #Supernatural #Ghosts #Cemeteries #HauntedCemeteries #SalemHauntings #ParanormalCommunity


    Soco Paranormal Website

    Soco Paranormal Facebook

    Soco Paranormal TikTok

    Soco Paranormal YouTube

    Soco Paranormal Insta


    1 hr 18 min
  • Ep 18: Buckout - America's Most Haunted Road

    In this episode of Splintered Spirits, John and Gary explore Buckout Road, also known as America’s most terrifying highway. Winding through the woods of Westchester County, the road’s grim past includes the brutal murder of Louisa Buckhout and her lover by her jealous husband Isaac in the 1870s, ghost sightings like the lantern‑carrying Lady in White (Mary Buckhout), and whispers of three witches burned at the stake, their ghostly white “X” markings and car‑stalling curse still spooking locals. John and Gary recount the infamous albino cannibal legend: honk three times outside the abandoned red barn and face flesh‑eating horrors from a spectral albino family. They also dive into documented dark history: grave robbing, slave rebellions, and the possible origin of Sleepy Hollow's own, Headless Horseman. They analyze audio recordings as well as some video and thermal photographic evidence. Tune in for a spine‑tingling blend of folklore, history, and eerie evidence that peels back the layers behind Buckout Road’s ominous reputation.

    #BuckoutRoad #MostHauntedRoad #AmericanHauntings #LadyInWhite #AlbinoCannibals #WitchesBurnedAtStake #GhostStories #ParanormalEvidence #HauntedHistory #SplinteredSpiritsPodcast #WestchesterHaunts

    1 hr 11 min
  • Ep 17: Interview with a Salem Witch

    Get ready for a truly spellbinding episode of Splintered Spirits! Gary and John sit down with the legendary Lori Bruno, a Hereditary High Priestess and Elder of the Sicilian Strega tradition. Prepare to be enchanted as Lori shares her incredible insights into the Craft, delving into her family's ancient lineage, her role as a respected spiritual leader in Salem, and what it truly means to be a "Witch" in the modern world. This is an unfiltered, mind-opening conversation that will challenge your perceptions and leave you questioning everything you thought you knew about witchcraft. You won't want to miss it!

    #SplinteredSpirits #SalemWitch #LoriBruno #Witchcraft #ParanormalPodcast #Strega #WitchesOfTikTok #RealWitch #SpiritualJourney #PodcastInterview #HauntedHistory #MagicAndMystery

    1 hr 10 min
  • Ep 16: The Devil (You Think) You Know

    🤘🏼😈🤘🏼Dive into the dark, often misunderstood world of Satan with Gary and Dr. Joseph Laycock on Splintered Spirits! This isn't your Sunday school lesson. Dr. Laycock, a leading scholar of religious studies, rips open the history, evolution, and modern interpretations of Satan, revealing how this potent figure has shaped our culture and morality. Prepare to have your perceptions shattered and your mind expanded.#Satan #SplinteredSpirits #JosephLaycock #Podcast #ReligiousStudies #Devil #Demons #Culture #History #ViralPodcast #Mythology #Theology #newepisode Dr. Laycock's book: Satanism

    1 hr 1 min

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What are spirits, really? Splintered Spirits explores the afterlife, ghosts, and the mysteries of human consciousness. Hosted by producer Gary Shapiro (the uneasy novice) and his nephew John Santa of…

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