The Dancing Toaster Podcast

In episode 38 of The Dancing Toaster, I take you on a guided tour through New Zealand’s most talked-about haunted hotels, weighing folklore, history, and faith. We visit St Bathans’ Vulcan Hotel and its infamous Room 1, where the legend of “Rose” lingers on. In Napier, the Art Deco Masonic Hotel becomes a case study for residual hauntings amid the city’s 1931 quake scars. Dunedin’s Leviathan Hotel raises hard questions about attribution as the story of Mrs. Antiss Silk collides with historical records. Christchurch’s Riccarton Racecourse Hotel anchors its eerie reputation to a real 1933 unsolved murder. The journey culminates at the Waitomo Caves Hotel, perched on tapu limestone and soaked in layered tales about Room 12, Room 14, and Cat Alley. Throughout, I challenge listeners to test claims, consider how expectation shapes experience, and reflect on a biblical worldview of the supernatural.

The Dancing Toaster is a weekly podcast that wrestles with the intersection of faith and the unexplained.

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A nation once woke to Pearl Harbor. In Episode 37 we ask what happens when a new shot shatters the silence. This urgent episode takes a raw look at Charlie Kirk’s assassination, but dives deeper into the people and the ideas that led us to this point. If you are tired of fear and hungry for clarity, come for a straight call to repentance, prayer, and revival, and leave with concrete steps for your family, church, and city. This is not business as usual. It is a line in the sand and an invitation to stand. Next week we continue our journey into the unexplained, but this week, we mourn, reflect, and prepare for what’s next.

Episode 36 of The Dancing Toaster take us to Campbelltown, Australia. In 1826, farmer Fred Fisher vanished. Weeks later a terrified witness claimed Fisher’s ghost sat on a bridge and pointed toward a creek. A police search uncovered Fisher’s buried remains, and neighbor George Worrall was convicted. This episode unpacks the facts behind the legend, and how folklore welded itself to a murder case, and why the annual Festival of Fisher’s Ghost keeps the story alive. Along the way, we compare similar “ghosts for justice” tales like the Greenbrier Ghost of West Virginia. We'll weigh evidence against rumor, and explore a biblical lens for how hidden truths can come to light.

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In episode 35 of the Dancing Toaster we dive into the case of: The Enfield Poltergeist.

It remains one of the most infamous paranormal cases in modern history. In the late 1970s, the Hodgson family of North London found themselves at the center of a storm of strange disturbances—knocks that followed from room to room, furniture sliding on its own, toys flying like shrapnel, and the chilling voice of “Bill Wilkins” speaking through eleven-year-old Janet. Investigators, neighbors, journalists, and even police officers witnessed events they could not explain, while skeptics pointed to trickery and stress within the family. Was it a haunting, a hoax, or something darker masquerading as the dead? The case became so iconic that decades later it was dramatized in The Conjuring 2, cementing its place in pop culture and introducing the haunting of Green Street to a new generation. But behind the Hollywood spectacle lies a much more complicated, and perhaps more sinister, reality. In this episode of The Dancing Toaster, we dive deep into the chaos of Enfield, peeling back the layers of deception, grief, and spiritual danger that made it a story still debated to this day.

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In Part 2 of Esther Cox and the Great Amherst Mystery, we return to Nova Scotia to examine the disturbing aftermath of one of the most controversial hauntings in North American history. Esther’s life spiraled after a traumatic event, followed by violent poltergeist activity, mysterious voices, and messages from unseen forces. But was she truly possessed, or simply used by those around her for money and fame? This episode explores biblical parallels to Esther's case, including the spirit of divination in Acts 16, the dangers of Mesmerism, and the spiritual implications of trauma. What happened to Esther may have been more than psychological. It may have been a spiritual war with no one to fight for her.

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In part 1 of this chilling deep-dive, we head north to investigate Canada’s most infamous paranormal case: The Great Amherst Mystery. Centered around Esther Cox, a young woman haunted by trauma, and perhaps something even darker. This episode explores the supernatural storm that engulfed Nova Scotia in the late 1870s. Furniture flew, thunder cracked from within walls, and lit matches fell from nowhere.

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In this special crossover event, the Nevermore Hollows crew sits down with Pastor Nelly, creator and host of The Dancing Toaster, for a conversation that dives deep into the intersection of the paranormal and the pastoral. From Bigfoot to Ghostbusters, from demonology to divine appointments, we unpack how Nelly uses the strange and supernatural to build bridges to the gospel, especially in the spiritually resistant Pacific Northwest. We explore the origins of The Dancing Toaster, the Max Payne-inspired narration, and the pastoral heart that beats behind every chilling episode. This isn’t just about ghost stories, it’s about reclaiming the supernatural worldview the Bible never gave up. If you’ve ever wondered how horror, humor, and holiness could mix, this is the episode for you. Come meet the man behind the toaster.

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Rod Ferrell, a troubled teen who believed he was a vampire, led a cult of misfits from the shadows of small-town Kentucky to a blood-soaked Florida murder scene. In this episode, we trace the dark road that led from childhood trauma and mythic obsession to the brutal killing of two parents, and we wrestle with the chilling question: when does fantasy become a manifesto? Join me as we peel back the layers of this tragic true crime story and ponder the line between monster and man.

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What started as a creepy eBay listing from a Portland seller in 2003, The Dybbuk Box, became one of the most infamous haunted objects of the 21st century. But what if the real danger was never inside the box at all? In this episode, we trace the full story from its original eBay listing to the viral legend it became, uncovering layers of folklore, Jewish mysticism, and theological error along the way. Was it a cursed relic, a clever hoax, or a spiritual snare built from belief, fear, and ritual? This episode examines the Dybbuk Box’s strange legacy through a biblical lens and asks a sobering question: can a lie become a doorway?

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In Episode 31 of The Dancing Toaster, we dive into the eerie true story of Don Decker, a Pennsylvania inmate who walked out of jail for his grandfather’s funeral—and seemingly brought a supernatural storm with him. What began as a quiet act of compassion unraveled into an unexplainable series of paranormal events involving levitation, water pouring from ceilings, police officers witnessing impossible rainfall, and crucifixes that burned on contact. Was Don a victim of demonic possession, unresolved trauma, or something more sinister— something that moved with him from house to pizza shop to prison cell? With eyewitness testimony from law enforcement, landlords, and clergy, this episode explores one of the strangest modern hauntings on record and asks the question: what happens when a broken heart becomes a doorway for something dark?

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