John and Gary talk about big plans for John's Holiday party.

ALERT: Everything you hear from Ghost Fire is 100% real, buuuuut I did add some Halloween fun. Let me know if you see any apparitions and how many you spot 😈

Gary takes Ghost Fire, the custom spirit box he built from scratch, out for its first real test. The mission: find out if the device can actually let us communicate with whatever’s on the other side. Join Gary as he pushes the boundaries between science and spirit in this hands-on field test of Ghost Fire.👻 Follow @santaparanormal and @splinteredspirits for behind-the-scenes updates#GhostFire #SpiritBox #SplinteredSpirits #ParanormalPodcast #GhostHunting

The Hudson Valley all female paranormal investigation team, Full Moon Paranormal joins John and Gary on this week's live!

Gary's sister and John's mother, Cathy Santa visits Splintered Spirits to go over the re-release of Episode 6 where Cathy Nadal gave Gary a reading. The guys also talk about their upcoming episode with Andrea Perron and her mission to make sure her family's former farmhouse (aka The Conjuring House) winds up in good hands.

Andrea Perron's GoFundMe:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/the-conjuring-house

This week on Splintered Spirits, Gary and John sit down with Andrea Perron—author, survivor, and the eldest daughter from the true story that inspired The Conjuring. But this isn’t about the haunting. It’s about everything that came after.Andrea opens up about decades of reflection, how she made peace with what happened in that farmhouse, and how she’s now facing a new fight: five brain tumors and a renewed mission to preserve the home that changed her life forever.It’s a conversation about fear, faith, and what survival really looks like when the ghosts don’t leave—and neither do you.

🔗 Support Andrea’s GoFundMe with Jason Hawes: https://www.gofundme.com/f/the-conjuring-house

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This is an extended re-release with video of episode 6 which is Part 1 of 3 with Psychic-Medium, Cathy Nadal. Cathy meets with Gary to give him a reading (and we share about 99% of it), explain her history and what it means to be psychic and medium.

Cathy Nadal can be found at her website⁠ dreamcentralstation.com⁠ or ⁠@catwitchnyc⁠ on Instagram.

Her books,⁠ And She Danced by the Light of the Moon⁠ and⁠ Seeing More than Clouds in Your Coffee⁠ can be found on Amazon.

Let's dive into the conversation...

What happens when a seasoned journalist leaves the newsroom and steps into haunted houses, eerie bakeries, and historic sites filled with ghost stories? In this episode of Splintered Spirits, Gary and John talk with News 12 anchor Kristie Reeter about her journey from covering politics and parenting to reporting on the paranormal.

Kristie shares what it was like to investigate some of the Tri-State area’s most chilling locations, the unforgettable people she met along the way, and the moments that left even a journalist reaching for holy water. From eyewitness accounts that defy explanation to behind-the-scenes surprises the cameras didn’t catch, this conversation pulls back the curtain on what it means to cover the paranormal with a reporter’s eye.

Join us as we explore where fact meets folklore, and why some stories are too strange to ignore.

News 12 Originals: https://www.youtube.com/@News12Originals

Author Joni Mayhan, the self-described “Ghost Magnet,” joins Splintered Spirits to reveal why some people attract spirits—and why spirit communication isn’t always fun.In this episode of Splintered Spirits, Gary and John talk with paranormal author and investigator Joni Mayhan, whose book Ghost Magnet explores what happens when spirits attach themselves to the living. With more than twenty titles on hauntings and spirit communication, Joni has built a reputation for capturing compelling EVPs, documenting haunted history, and pulling back the curtain on attachments that can turn dangerous.She shares how she first discovered her sensitivity, what it means to live as a “ghost magnet,” and the chilling story of the entity she calls the Soul Collector. We also dive into her work on Hanover Haunting, the eerie tales of Haunted New Harmony, and her insights from Signs of Spirits.Not every ghost story is comforting. Some forms of spirit communication are unsettling, frightening, and even harmful. Joni explains how she navigates those encounters, how to tell the difference between a sign from a loved one and something darker, and why respecting the unknown is just as important as seeking answers.If you’re curious about why spirits linger, how investigators separate fact from folklore, and what it feels like to be a true “ghost magnet,” this is an episode you don’t want to miss.

Joni's Website:

https://jonimayhan.com/about/

In this Live episode of Splintered Spirits, John and Gary revisit the fireplace room, talk briefly about its history, its hauntings, and share a few videos of John's captures over the years where spirits decided to be physically destructive - throwing candles, mirrors, and of course - slurs.

We’re re-releasing Episode 2 of Splintered Spirits — now with full video!

In CEMETERY SPIRITS, Gary and John dig into John’s theories about the paranormal while surrounded by cemetery lore. This is the episode where John first introduces Gary to Edward, a ghost whose presence becomes central to our ongoing journey.

We also set up an experiment involving two versions of Edward to test John’s theory about fractured spirit energy. The results of that test appear in a later episode — but it all starts here.

If you’re new to the podcast, this is a great entry point into how we explore ghost encounters, history, and the strange ways energy lingers after death.

👻 Splintered Spirits is a lighthearted paranormal podcast hosted by Gary Shapiro and his nephew, John Santa (@santaparanormal), where we mix humor with the hunt for answers about what ghosts really are.