Recapping The Dead Files “Dead End” (Season 3 Episode 6) which aired August 28, 2015. 

What’s lurking in the closet? (No, seriously—what is it??) 

What happens when a small-town Missouri home becomes the hunting ground for a shadow man with a serious vendetta? In this episode of The Activity Continues, Amy and Megan recap The Dead Files Season 3, Episode 6: “Dead End” — where the family’s safety is threatened by something very real, very dark… and very interested in their child.

 

In This Paranormal Parade:

• A shadow man that army-crawls from the closet toward a child (like a demon doing pushups)

• A curtain rod with a vendetta

• Mini-demons that might just be shadow man's sidekicks

• A history of brothels, betrayal, and a sheriff who died of…you guessed it, syphilis

• A skeptical police officer who finally admits: “This house scares the hell out of me”

• Amy Allan doing what she does best: unearthing secrets from the walls — and the past

All in a house with a brutal, confusing, and possibly brothel-adjacent backstory. The energy in this one? Oppressive with a side of 'get out now.'

Get your bingo cards out kids, this one has a lot… and join us where… The Activity Continues.

Chapter Markers

00:00:00 Intro

00:00:26 Hello!

00:03:30 Overview

00:05:32 The Set Up

00:31:00 The Investigation

00:38:07 The Reveal

00:47:06 Research and Rabbit Holes

00:52:09 Goodbye

00:52:42 Outro/Disclaimer

 

Episode links:

Blog written by Larry Wood, Steve’s contact on the episode: https://ozarks-history.blogspot.com/2011/09/lane-britton.html

Emma Mae Liebhart: https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-neosho-times-emma-mae-pt-1/26944534/

The Dead Files Official Podcast: https://pod.link/1642377102

 

The Activity Continues is a paranormal podcast where soul friends Amy and Megan chat about true crime, ghost stories, hauntings, dreams, and other paranormal stuff including the TV show, The Dead Files. Our recaps are full of recurring jokes about recurring tropes.

This episode was recorded on August 14, 2025, and released on September 4, 2025.

 

 

Disclaimer:

This podcast is in no way affiliated with Warner Brothers, HBOMax, the Travel Channel, Painless TV, or the TV show The Dead Files or any of its cast or crew. We’re just fans who love the show and want to build a community of like-minded people who would enjoy hanging out and discussing the episodes and similar content.

 

Credits:

Hosted by: Amy Lotsberg and Megan Simmons

Production, Artwork, and Editing: Amy Lotsberg at Collected Sounds Media, LLC. https://www.collectedsounds.com/

Theme song. “Ghost Story” and segment music by Melissa West

Background music: “Beyond the Stars” by Chris Collins

 

Engage!

Our website, https://www.theactivitycontinues.com/ 

Leave us a Voicemail: https://www.theactivitycontinues.com/voicemail/ (might be read on the show)

Newsletter sign-up: https://www.theactivitycontinues.com/newsletter          

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We’re on (almost) all the socials too @theactivitycontinues

 

SEND US YOUR PARANORMAL STORIES!

Email: [email protected] and maybe it will be read on the show!

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Are you a The Dead Files client, or a paranormal/spiritual professional, and are interested in being interviewed on our show? Let us know by filling out our guest form:

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 A haunted country club, an unsolved murder, and a lot of side-eye at the ‘official story.’

This week, we take a detour from The Dead Files and dip our toes into Kindred Spirits (Season 7, Episode 10): The Country Club Murders. Set at the eerily elegant Black Knight Country Club in Beckley, West Virginia, this episode delivers high paranormal drama, low lighting, and medium-level mediumship.

A couple murdered on Lover’s Lane. A doctor who may or may not have tripped to his death (hi, McCulloch). An explosion beneath the golf course. And Chip Coffey in a skull scarf. What more could you want?

We discuss the hauntings, the history, the residual energy, and yes—the totally not-suspicious husband who was conveniently unaccounted for the night of the murder.

🧐 Let’s be honest we all know: the husband did it (but don’t sue us).

Also in this episode:

·        McCulloch Took a Tumble™

·        We explain how coal becomes Coke (not the fizzy kind)

·        Megan finally learns bullet speeds are not measured in light years

·        Amy wants a medium to isolate EVPs in Audacity like it’s 2008

·        AP drops historical facts like haunted breadcrumbs

 

Come for the ghostly whispers, stay for the wild speculation. We loved this episode of Kindred Spirits—and we think you will too.

 

👻 Support us on Patreon for bonus episodes, outtakes, haunted bingo cards, and more at patreon.com/theactivitycontinues

 

 So, grab your skull scarf (just like Chip’s), and join us where… The Activity Continues.

 

We didn’t find anything we thought deserved a content warning, except that we use colorful language.

 

The Activity Continues is a paranormal podcast where soul friends, Amy, Megan, and AP chat about ghost stories, haunts, dreams, and other supernatural and paranormal stuff including the TV show, The Dead Files. Our recaps are full of recurring jokes about recurring tropes. 

We also occasionally do interviews with people from the metaphysical world, as well as Dead Files clients.

This episode was recorded on July 28, 2025 and released on August 21, 2025.

 

Chapter Markers

00:01:18 Intro

00:03:10 Overview

00:04:48 Dead Files vs. Kindred Spirits

00:08:47 History of Black Night Country Club

00:15:11 Dr. James McCulloch

00:19:21 EVPs – Different Takes

00:25:46 Investigations: Night or Day

00:27:58 Lover’s Lane Murders

00:34:42 More on McCullough’s Tumble

00:40:45 Who Will Remember Us?

00:42:19 Beacon TV and Wrap Up

 

Episode links:

The Country Club: https://historicblackknight.org/ 

McCulloch:

Legal Paper Amy found: ttps://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F2/109/866/1500603/

https://case-law.vlex.com/vid/mutual-life-ins-co-894852128

Rand-Baily Murders:

Websleuths https://websleuths.com/threads/wv-nellie-rand-39-ray-bailey-50-beckley-4-nov-1947.77757

https://coldcasecrew00.wixsite.com/coldcasecrew/post/the-rand---bailey-black-knight-country-club-murders

Mine Explosion

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space%3ARaleigh_Coal_and_Coke_No._4_Mine_Disaster

https://wvexplorer.com/attractions/historic-landmarks/raleigh-powerhouse/

Newsletter sign-up: https://www.theactivitycontinues.com/newsletter          

 

Disclaimer:

Sometimes we get a little scientific. We enjoy trying to come up with possible explanations for some of the things that the clients experience. But this by no means indicates that we do not believe the clients or are invalidating their experiences. We do believe.

 

This podcast is in no way affiliated with HBOMax, the Travel Channel, Painless TV, or the TV show The Dead Files or any of its cast or crew. We’re just fans of the show talking about paranormal shows & movies and other spooky stuff. We want to build a community of like-minded people who would enjoy hanging out and discussing similar content.

 

Credits:

Hosted by: Amy Lotsberg, Megan Simmons, and Amy Piersak

Production, Artwork, and Editing: Amy Lotsberg at Collected Sounds Media, LLC.

Theme song. “Ghost Story” and segment music by Cannelle https://melissaoliveri.com

 

SEND US YOUR PARANORMAL STORIES!

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Thank you for listening, take care of yourselves. We’ll see you next time!

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This is a special bonus episode, which is about an important change in the TAC universe. We recorded this on June 28, the same evening that we recorded the Kindred Spirits episode that will be released on August 21.

I just wanted to release this separately to be sure everyone hears it and is aware so there's no confusion as to what's taking place.

In a nutshell, after two years, we say goodbye to AP. Her presence will be missed but we remain close. 💕

She will tell you in her own words right here.

If you want to stay in touch with AP, you can follow her on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/apmn21/

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Recapping The Dead Files “Vengeance” (Season 10 Episode 1) which aired July 25, 2015.

This week on The Activity Continues, Megan and Amy dive into The Dead Files episode “Vengeance” set in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

When a woman inherits her family’s beloved restaurant in Albuquerque’s Old Town, she embraces her role as caretaker of both the business and its rich legacy. But after decades of whispers, sightings, and strange activity, they are ready for answers. Who still lingers in the historic building—and why? They’re curious—and concerned about what, if anything, they should be doing for the spirits that still call the place home.

As the team investigates, a dark legacy emerges involving an 1880s lawman with blood on his hands, a furious female spirit from the 1920s, and a violent, lingering energy that's hurting the living.

 Content Warning:

 In this episode there is quite a bit of talk about infant and child death, as well as botched hanging executions, so trigger warning for those who need it. Also, we swear.

🪦 Topics include:

·        A Wild West marshal with a murderous streak

·        A swirling storm of grief, anger, and illness

·        The line between paranormal activity and undiagnosed medical conditions

·        Shadow figures, swirling energy, and one pissed-off spirit

·        The science and woo behind how energy lingers

 

💬 Plus: Megan and Amy try to untangle the history, laugh at the absurd bits, and share their own takes on what’s really haunting this historic spot.

 

👻 So grab your emotional support wicker furniture and join us where… The Activity Continues.

 

💀 Support the show, get bonus episodes, and join our paranormal-loving community at patreon.com/theactivitycontinues

 Chapter Markers

00:00:00 Hello!

00:02:23 Content Warning & Housekeeping

00:12:16 Segment One – The Set Up

00:39:04 Segment Two – The Investigation

01:01:00 Segment Three – The Reveal

01:21:00 Fact Check

01:31:20 Real ghost story about the area

01:32:55 Outro/Disclaimer

 

Episode links:

Join our IG Group Chat! https://ig.me/j/AbZQ-sYUAb5Nrhyb/

High Noon Restaurant https://www.highnoonrestaurant.com/

Facebook page for restaurant https://www.facebook.com/highnoonrestaurant

On Old Town: https://www.albuquerqueoldtown.com/ 

Milton Yarberry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_J._Yarberry

Article we quoted: https://www.executedtoday.com/2017/02/09/1883-milton-yarberry-marshal-of-albuquerque/

This is the book that puts the Yarberry murder in 1881: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2e/History_of_New_Mexico%3B_its_resources_and_people_%28IA_historyofnewmexi01paci%29.pdf

US Ghost Adventures: https://usghostadventures.com/albuquerque-ghost-tour/high-noon-restaurant-saloon (this is not Baggins’ show, it’s a directory of haunted places you can visit.)

The Dead Files Official Podcast: https://pod.link/1642377102

 

The Activity Continues is a paranormal podcast where soul friends, Amy, Megan, and AP chat about true crime, ghost stories, haunts, dreams, and other paranormal stuff including the TV show, The Dead Files. Our recaps are full of recurring jokes about recurring tropes.

 

We also occasionally do interviews with people from the paranormal world, with the goal of learning from others. We think you’ll really benefit from the things these people have to say.

 

Sometimes we get a little scientific. We enjoy trying to come up with possible explanations for some of the things that the clients experience. But this by no means indicates that we do not believe the clients or are invalidating their experiences. We do believe.

 

This episode was recorded on July 2, and released on August 7,2025.

If you want to hear us early and ad-free EVERY week, become a Patron. Join us in the Haunted Lounge and get bonus exclusive episodes! https://www.patreon.com/theactivitycontinues

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Recapping The Dead Files, Season 6, Episode 7: Afflicted (Aired June 13, 2015)

In this powerful 150th episode, Amy and Megan revisit The Dead Files case titled “Afflicted,” where a single mother in Covington, Louisiana, pleads for help as her family is terrorized by a dark, unseen force. Physical attacks, emotional torment, and a terrifying presence have shattered their home—and possibly their lives.

Steve DiSchiavi uncovers a turbulent past filled with addiction, heartbreak, and violent death. Meanwhile, Amy Allan encounters a demon-like entity that thrives on human suffering, especially addiction, and warns that it could claim a soul forever.

🎧 This one’s heavier than usual—we talk about addiction, family breakdown, and the impossible choices a mother must make to protect her children. It’s not our funniest episode, but it might be one of our most important.

🔮 Topics include:

·        Paranormal attachments and addiction demons

·        Generational trauma and haunted land

·        Amy Allan setting boundaries like a queen

·        Soulmates, skepticism, and the reality of recovery

·        Creepy sketches, bad curtain rods, and baseboard heaters

·        Our 150th episode milestone!

So, grab your non-alcoholic beverage, and join us where… The Activity Continues.

📌 Trigger warning: We discuss addiction, drug and alcohol use, emotional trauma, and family breakdown. Please listen with care.

🔗 Support us on Patreon to hear the follow-up Sideshow episode, where we try to be funny again: patreon.com/theactivitycontinues

 

Chapter Markers 

00:00:19 Intro

00:03:08 Overview

00:4:39 Segment One – The Set Up

00:46:56 Segment Two – The Investigation

01:03:15 Segment Three – The Reveal

01:17:31 Corrections Corner

01:19:35 Outro/Disclaimer

 

Episode links:

The Dead Files Official Podcast: https://pod.link/1642377102 

 

The Activity Continues is a paranormal podcast where soul friends, Amy, Megan, and AP chat about true crime, ghost stories, haunts, dreams, and other paranormal stuff including the TV show, The Dead Files. Our recaps are full of recurring jokes about recurring tropes.

 

We also occasionally do interviews with people from the paranormal world, with the goal of learning from others. We think you’ll really benefit from the things these people have to say.

 

Sometimes we get a little scientific. We enjoy trying to come up with possible explanations for some of the things that the clients experience. But this by no means indicates that we do not believe the clients or are invalidating their experiences. We do believe.

 

This episode was recorded on June 9, 2025, and released on July 26, 2025.

 

 

Disclaimer:

This podcast is in no way affiliated with Warner Brothers, HBOMax, the Travel Channel, Painless TV, or the TV show The Dead Files or any of its cast or crew. We’re just fans who love the show and want to build a community of like-minded people who would enjoy hanging out and discussing the episodes and similar content.

 

Credits:

Hosted by: Amy Lotsberg, Megan Simmons, and Amy Piersak

Production, Artwork, and Editing: Amy Lotsberg at Collected Sounds Media, LLC. https://www.collectedsounds.com/

Theme song. “Ghost Story” and segment music by Cannelle https://melissaoliveri.com

Background music: “Beyond the Stars” by Chris Collins

 

Engage!

Our website, https://www.theactivitycontinues.com/ 

Leave us a Voicemail: https://www.theactivitycontinues.com/voicemail/ (might be read on the show)

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We’re on (almost) all the socials too @theactivitycontinues

 

SEND US YOUR PARANORMAL STORIES!

Email: [email protected] and maybe it will be read on the show!

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BE OUR GUEST!

Are you a The Dead Files client, or a paranormal/spiritual professional, and are interested in being interviewed on our show? Let us know by filling out our guest form:

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Affiliates/Sponsors

Please see our Store page for all the links for all our current affiliates. https://www.theactivitycontinues.com/store/

 

Thank you for listening, take care of yourselves. We’ll see you soon!

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Well, well, well...if it isn’t the consequences of one’s own actions rearing their heads. At least two people in this story are getting their just desserts.

In this episode, we head to Seattle to revisit one of The Dead Files’ early cases—

This time, Amy and AP dive into "Burned Alive", where a bar owner is dealing with vengeful mist creatures, a bathroom ghost, a possibly syphilitic protector spirit, and a religious woman ghost named Mary whose touch can literally kill you. So, that’s fun.

This Dead Files episode (S5 E7) originally aired June 13, 2015.

We talk about the Merchant Cafe and Saloon—one of Seattle’s oldest bars—and the heavy energy tied to its long, sometimes tragic, history. Highlights include:

• A wine rack catastrophe that even Steve can’t rationalize.
• Some early 2000s mood lighting choices and Top Chef nostalgia.
• Theories about sepsis, pneumonia, and why paranormal illness may not be all that paranormal.
• And yes, the horrifying realities of mob justice in the 1800s. (Spoiler: it’s not the fun kind of mob.)

Also discussed: haunted dolls, ghostly health risks, Empress Gin color science, and a little behind-the-scenes peek on the making of our show.

So grab your shaky lime and haunted barware, and join us—where The Activity Continues.

 

Chapter Markers

00:00:00 Intro

00:05:31 Hello!

00:05:41 Overview

00:09:10 Segment One – The Set Up

00:45:26 Segment Two – Diggin’ Tru

01:04:07 Segment Three – The Reveal

01:20:12 Outro/Disclaimer

Content Warning:

 In this episode we talk about a horrific hanging that took place around the area. Also there were several fires and some people were likely burned alive (we don’t go into much detail).

 

Also, while Amy and Steve's swears are bleeped on TV, ours are not.

Episode links:

The Dead Files Official Podcast: https://pod.link/1642377102

Info on Sepsis: https://www.sepsis.org/sepsisand/bacterial-infections/ 

Some trouble she got into: https://seasol.net/blog/2024/10/06/seasol-starts-fighting-darcy-hanson-at-merchants-cafe/

Closing: https://www.seattletimes.com/life/food-drink/seattles-historic-merchants-cafe-and-saloon-closing-but-will-return/

Panic of 1893: https://www.historylink.org/file/20874 

The Activity Continues is a paranormal podcast where soul friends, Amy, Megan, and AP chat about true crime, ghost stories, haunts, dreams, and other paranormal stuff including the TV show, The Dead Files. Our recaps are full of recurring jokes about recurring tropes.

We also occasionally do interviews with people from the paranormal world, with the goal of learning from others. We think you’ll really benefit from the things these people have to say.

Sometimes we get a little scientific. We enjoy trying to come up with possible explanations for some of the things that the clients experience. But this by no means indicates that we do not believe the clients or are invalidating their experiences. We do believe.

This episode was recorded on June 2, 2025 and released on July 10, 2025.

 

Disclaimer:

This podcast is in no way affiliated with Warner Brothers, HBOMax, the Travel Channel, Painless TV, or the TV show The Dead Files or any of its cast or crew. We’re just fans who love the show and want to build a community of like-minded people who would enjoy hanging out and discussing the episodes and similar content.

 

Credits:

Hosted by: Amy Lotsberg, Megan Simmons, and Amy Piersak

Production, Artwork, and Editing: Amy Lotsberg at Collected Sounds Media, LLC. https://www.collectedsounds.com/

Theme song. “Ghost Story” and segment music by Cannelle https://melissaoliveri.com

Background music: “Beyond the Stars” by Chris Collins

 

Engage!

Our website, https://www.theactivitycontinues.com/ 

Leave us a Voicemail: https://www.theactivitycontinues.com/voicemail/ (might be read on the show)

Newsletter sign-up: https://www.theactivitycontinues.com/newsletter          

Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theactivitycontinues

We’re on (almost) all the socials too @theactivitycontinues

 

SEND US YOUR PARANORMAL STORIES!

Email: [email protected] and maybe it will be read on the show!

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BE OUR GUEST!

Are you a The Dead Files client, or a paranormal/spiritual professional, and are interested in being interviewed on our show? Let us know by filling out our guest form:

https://www.theactivitycontinues.com/guests/intake/

 

Affiliates/Sponsors

Please see our Store page for all the links for all our current affiliates. https://www.theactivitycontinues.com/store/

 

Thank you for listening, take care of yourselves. We’ll see you soon!

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This week, Amy and Megan dive headfirst into one of the darkest and most disturbing Dead Files episodes yet: Season 10, Episode 1 – “Taken.” Set in Mahwah, New Jersey (which yes, is north of NYC—who knew?!), this case features shadow people, child spirits, and one truly unnerving ghost bear creeping through the house… on tiptoes.

The haunting centers on Jen, her husband Gary, and their four kids. What starts as “we think the house might be haunted” quickly escalates into “multiple demonic entities are trying to possess our children.” It’s heavy, it’s heartbreaking, and somehow we still find time to make jokes about Switzerland, snack breaks, and John Candy.

Topics include:

👻 Ghosts that affect electricity and moods

🐻 A ghost bear that tiptoes like it’s late for bedtime

💀 Historical suicides, tragic mothers, and cursed real estate

🧒 The sweetest possessed teenager you’ve ever met

🕯️ An exorcism plan that includes tar water, Jewish mediums, and annual land blessings

We show what little we know about what languages other countries spoke in the late 1800s.

Content warning: This episode discusses sensitive topics like death by suicide and child death. We handle it gently, but feel free to skip ahead if you need to. Your wellbeing matters.

So grab your ghost-proof teddy bear and a sandwich in case you're just Hungary—and join us where The Activity Continues.

Chapter Markers

00:00:00 Intro

00:02:57 Hello and Content Warning 

00:03:12 Overview

00:04:45 Segment One – The Set Up

00:30:21 Segment Two – Diggin’ Tru – this is where all the yucky stuff is

00:52:01 The Sketch

00:53:39 Segment Three – The Reveal

01:14:00 Outro/Disclaimer

Episode links:

https://dailyvoice.com/new-jersey/mahwah/lifestyle/tv-show-rescues-bergen-family-assaulted-by-ghosts/737686/

Sheriff’s name was not Bob, and he was not a great guy. https://abc7ny.com/sheriff-michael-saudino-racist-bergen-county-phil-murphy/4304466/

The Dead Files Official Podcast: https://pod.link/1642377102

https://shows.acast.com/the-dead-files/episodes

 

The Activity Continues is a paranormal podcast where soul friends, Amy, Megan, and AP chat about true crime, ghost stories, haunts, dreams, and other paranormal stuff including the TV show, The Dead Files. Our recaps are full of recurring jokes about recurring tropes.

 

We also occasionally do interviews with people from the paranormal world, with the goal of learning from others. We think you’ll really benefit from the things these people have to say.

 

Sometimes we get a little scientific. We enjoy trying to come up with possible explanations for some of the things that the clients experience. But this by no means indicates that we do not believe the clients or are invalidating their experiences. We do believe.

 

This episode was recorded on May 26, 2025 and released on June 26, 2025.

 Disclaimer:

This podcast is in no way affiliated with Warner Brothers, HBOMax, the Travel Channel, Painless TV, or the TV show The Dead Files or any of its cast or crew. We’re just fans who love the show and want to build a community of like-minded people who would enjoy hanging out and discussing the episodes and similar content.

 

Credits:

Hosted by: Amy Lotsberg, and Megan Simmons

Production, Artwork, and Editing: Amy Lotsberg at Collected Sounds Media, LLC. https://www.collectedsounds.com/

Theme song. “Ghost Story” and segment music by Cannelle https://melissaoliveri.com

Background music: “Beyond the Stars” by Chris Collins

 

Engage!

Our website, https://www.theactivitycontinues.com/ 

Leave us a Voicemail: https://www.theactivitycontinues.com/voicemail/ (might be read on the show)

Newsletter sign-up: https://www.theactivitycontinues.com/newsletter          

Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theactivitycontinues

We’re on (almost) all the socials too @theactivitycontinues

 

SEND US YOUR PARANORMAL STORIES!

Email: [email protected] and maybe it will be read on the show!

Voicemail: https://www.theactivitycontinues.com/voicemail/ to leave a message and maybe it will be played on the show!

 

BE OUR GUEST!

Are you a The Dead Files client, or a paranormal/spiritual professional, and are interested in being interviewed on our show? Let us know by filling out our guest form:

https://www.theactivitycontinues.com/guests/intake/

 

Affiliates/Sponsors

Please see our Store page for all the links for all our current affiliates. https://www.theactivitycontinues.com/store/

 

Thank you for listening, take care of yourselves. We’ll see you soon!

 

If you want to hear us early and ad-free EVERY week, become a Patron. Join us in the Haunted Lounge and get bonus exclusive episodes! https://www.patreon.com/theactivitycontinues

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A Haunted Hotel and a Horrible History

🎙️ Revisited: The Palmer House (A Recap of a Recap… of a Haunting?)

In this week’s slightly chaotic, definitely spirited episode of The Activity Continues, your hosts Amy, Megan, and AP revisit one of their earliest episodes: The Palmer House Hotel in Sauk Centre, Minnesota. Originally featured in Season 9 of The Dead Files, this location has long been on our paranormal radar—and not just because of the mixing bowls that take flight or the creepy footsteps echoing down empty hallways.

🌀 Join us as we:

·        Reflect on our very early podcasting days (we’ve come a long way, folks)

·        Share updates and new research on the Palmer House—including tragic and unsettling events not fully explored in the original show

·        Revisit the real history behind the Dakota 38+2 execution and the ongoing memorial rides in Minnesota

·        Debate the presence of residual hauntings, serial killer spirits, and...chaos magicians?

·        Laugh (a lot) and possibly forget our listeners’ names (sorry, Shannon!)

👻 Plus, AP drops some heavy (and necessary) historical truth bombs, we theorize about gangsters on ghost sketches, and Megan finally gets called out for texting like she’s in five conversations at once.

🎧 Whether you’re a die-hard Dead Files fan, a local haunting enthusiast, or just here for our delightful nonsense—this one’s for you.

Resources Mentioned:

Palmer House Hotel – Guest Experiences

Palmer House Hotel – Paranormal Findings

Dakota 38+2 Memorial Ride Info (Native Hope)

US Dakota War History

Minnesota Historical Society

Sauk Center History Museum

Book Club:

“Main Street” Sinclair Lewis

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📣 Got a haunted hotel near Minnesota or Wisconsin you think we should visit? Let us know!

 

Chapter Markers

00:00:00 Hello!

00:04:51 AP’s History Lesson

00:30:41 Discussion about the Dead Files episode

00:56:54 Next week

00:57:44 Outro/Disclaimer

This episode was recorded on May 19, 2025 and released on June 12, 2025.

 

The Activity Continues is a paranormal podcast where soul friends, Amy, Megan, and AP chat about true crime, ghost stories, haunts, dreams, and other paranormal stuff including the TV show, The Dead Files. Our recaps are full of recurring jokes about recurring tropes.

 We also occasionally do interviews with people from the paranormal world, with the goal of learning from others. We think you’ll really benefit from the things these people have to say.

Sometimes we get a little scientific. We enjoy trying to come up with possible explanations for some of the things that the clients experience. But this by no means indicates that we do not believe the clients or are invalidating their experiences. We do believe.

Disclaimer:

This podcast is in no way affiliated with Warner Brothers, HBOMax, the Travel Channel, Painless TV, or the TV show The Dead Files or any of its cast or crew. We’re just fans who love the show and want to build a community of like-minded people who would enjoy hanging out and discussing the episodes and similar content.

 

Credits:

Hosted by: Amy Lotsberg, Megan Simmons, and Amy Piersak

Production, Artwork, and Editing: Amy Lotsberg at Collected Sounds Media, LLC. https://www.collectedsounds.com/

Theme song. “Ghost Story” and segment music by Cannelle https://melissaoliveri.com

 

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This is a sample of our Sideshow episodes that go out to Patrons only. This type of conversation used to be rolled into our regular episodes but we decided to cut it out and release only to Patrons. So we wanted to give you a taste of what you’re missing over there.

If this isn’t for you, then you made the right decision.

If you like this type of ADHD rambling and you want to join the Ghosty Fam come on over to Patreon

https://www.patreon.com/theactivitycontinues

 

This is the sister show to The Activity Continues. Here we just talk about things like current events, things we’ve been up to, shows we’re watching, and other personal stuff.

 

This week we met just to do a Sideshow and boy did we have trouble staying on topic, or topics. So, you know, the uzsh (or however you’d spell that).

 Things we covered this time: Love on the Spectrum, ADHD brains, grilling day recipes, wild fires up north, Agatha Christie's disappearance, campy horror vs. psychological horror films, and we learn a little about how the a pope is chosen.

 

So, grab your coloring book, and join us where… The Sideshow begins.

 

This episode was recorded on May 12, 2025 and released on May 13 to Patrons, June 5th to the public.

  

Episode links:

Enoteca Maria https://enotecamaria.com/ 

Betwixt app: https://www.betwixt.life/ 

Hey Grill Hey: https://heygrillhey.com/

Leave us a voicemail at: https://www.theactivitycontinues.com/voicemail/

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Credits:

Hosted by: Amy Lotsberg, Megan Simmons, and Amy Piersak

Production, Artwork, and Editing: Amy Lotsberg at Collected Sounds Media, LLC.

Intro music: “It’s Time For a Sideshow” by Megan Simmons

SS Outro Music: “Sea Clown” by Martin Klem

 

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In this special bonus episode, we’re taking a break from our usual recap format and diving into something a little different—and very local. Join Amy, AP, and Megan as we explore some of Minnesota’s most haunted hotspots, packed with gangster lore, underground speakeasies, and a few spirits (of the ghostly kind).

👻 Featured Haunts:

• Wabasha Street Caves (St. Paul): Once a mushroom farm, then a Prohibition-era speakeasy, this sandstone cave system is now a event venue with an eerie past. Expect mobster shootouts, mysterious disappearances, and ghostly swing dancers.
• First Avenue (Minneapolis): From bus depot to rock club, this legendary venue has hosted everyone from Prince to Blue October. But did you know it may also host a legless ghost in the ladies’ room and a spirit named “Flippy” who doesn’t like bar stools out of place?

🕵️‍♀️ We Chat About:

• Gangster ghosts with a soft spot for kids
• Haunted bathrooms and bathroom etiquette (ghost-style)
• Amy’s failed attempt to summon a ghost (but she tried, okay?)
• Dillinger’s pistol, maybe
• How Minneapolis gangsters just wanted to make money while St. Paul’s got a little stabby
• Why prohibition might be responsible for NASCAR
• And yes, somehow it all comes back to mushrooms

 

📣 Bonus Content:

Amy gives a behind-the-scenes peek at her live show from her other podcast (Volsteadland) and connects the dots between historic gangsters and their haunts.

So, pour yourself some contraband hooch and join us where The Activity Continues.

Thanks for joining us! Don’t forget to rate, review, and tell your weird friends.

Chapter Markers

00:00:00 Intro

00:04:32 Hello!

00:05:24 Wabasha Street Caves

00:29:49 First Avenue

00:51:45 Volsteadland Live Show

00:57:31 Minnesota Ghost Stories needed for a book!

00:59:09 Outro

Episode links:

Wabasha Caves Resources:

https://olioiniowa.com/blog/wandering-the-wabasha-street-caves/

https://www.llewellyn.com/journal/article/2966?srsltid=AfmBOore95sVsCykyvOSoa5KyuZ7LDbq0SZPucb0e_USr1hfeSTiJQfv -Excerpt from a book “Passport to the Paranormal” by Rich Newman

https://mndaily.com/269295/arts-entertainment/ghosts-gangsters-and-more-a-closer-look-at-one-of-st-pauls-spookiest-spots/

https://www.wabashacaves.com/ 

https://hauntedhouses.com/minnesota/wabasha-street-caves/ 

 

First Avenue Resources:

https://www.americanghostwalks.com/articles/minneapolis-ghosts-the-spirits-of-first-avenue

https://first-avenue.com/about/our-history/

https://www.americanghostwalks.com/articles/minneapolis-ghosts-the-spirits-of-first-avenue

 

Buy links

“Passport to the Paranormal” by Rich Newman: https://amzn.to/4kjeLL4

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This episode was recorded on May 5, 2025 and released on May 29, 2025.

 📝 Want to share your haunted Minneapolis story?

Our friend and author Ron de Beaulieu is writing a book about haunted Minneapolis and wants your ghost stories! Email her at: [email protected]

The Activity Continues is a paranormal podcast where soul friends, Amy, Megan, and AP chat about ghost stories, haunts, dreams, and other supernatural and paranormal stuff including the TV show, The Dead Files. Our recaps are full of recurring jokes about recurring tropes. 

We also occasionally do interviews with people from the metaphysical world, as well as Dead Files clients.

Disclaimer:

Sometimes we get a little scientific. We enjoy trying to come up with possible explanations for some of the things that the clients experience. But this by no means indicates that we do not believe the clients or are invalidating their experiences. We do believe.

 

This podcast is in no way affiliated with HBOMax, the Travel Channel, Painless TV, or the TV show The Dead Files or any of its cast or crew. We’re just fans of the show talking about paranormal shows & movies and other spooky stuff. We want to build a community of like-minded people who would enjoy hanging out and discussing similar content.

 

Credits:

Hosted by: Amy Lotsberg, Megan Simmons, and Amy Piersak

Production, Artwork, and Editing: Amy Lotsberg at Collected Sounds Media, LLC.

Theme song. “Ghost Story” and segment music by Cannelle https://melissaoliveri.com

 

Engage!

Our website, https://www.theactivitycontinues.com/ 

Leave us a Voicemail: https://www.theactivitycontinues.com/voicemail/ (might be read on the show)

Newsletter sign-up: https://www.theactivitycontinues.com/newsletter          

Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theactivitycontinues

We’re on (almost) all the socials too @theactivitycontinues

 

SEND US YOUR PARANORMAL STORIES!

Email: [email protected] and maybe it will be read on the show!

Voicemail: https://www.theactivitycontinues.com/voicemail/ to leave a message and maybe it will be played on the show!

 

BE OUR GUEST!

Are you a The Dead Files client, or a paranormal/spiritual professional, and are interested in being interviewed on our show? Let us know by filling out our guest form:

https://www.theactivitycontinues.com/guests/intake/

 

Affiliates/Sponsors

Please see our Store page for all the links for all our affiliates. https://www.theactivitycontinues.com/store/

 

Thank you for listening, take care of yourselves. We’ll see you next time!

If you want to hear us early and ad-free EVERY week, become a Patron. Join us in the Haunted Lounge and get bonus exclusive episodes! https://www.patreon.com/theactivitycontinues

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