The Ghost Story Guys

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What's The Ghost Story Guys about?

Somewhere on the border of sleep there's a little mountain cabin you dream about, but can never quite reach. From there, authors Brennan Storr & Ian Gibbs explore the dark corners of the world. Join them.

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Episode 72: The Lady Vanishes

11.26.2019

On this episode we welcome guest storyteller Kevin Eustace of the podcast "We Need to Talk About Ghosts" to help us tell stories of spectral women. From trains in India, to open-air malls in Salt Lake City, the only thing ...

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11.26.2019 Episode 72: The Lady Vanishes On this episode we welcome guest storyteller Kevin Eustace of the podcast "We Need to Talk About Ghosts" to help us tell stories of spectral women. From trains in India, to open-air malls in Salt Lake City, the only thing ...
11.12.2019 Episode 71: Do You Know the Boiler Room Man? On this episode we navigate the post-Halloween hangover with stories of a running giant, grave dancing, and the creeping terror of The Boiler Room Man. Also on this episode: Food subscriptions, a kitten arrives, and what is said, may never ...
10.29.2019 Episode 70: The Curious Case of Bumblebuzz On our final episode of October we take another look into the mailbag to find listener stories that scare us just about as much as anything we've put into this show. There's a strong chance the final story will make ...
10.15.2019 Episode 69: Pennies From Heaven (or Thereabouts) On our second episode of the Halloween season we share listener stories about the dearly departed coming for one last goodbye, a former firehouse where spirits are trying to spread some cheer, confessions of a night shift nurse, and so ...
10.01.2019 Episode 68: What Does the Fox (Man) Say? October has begun, and with it Listener Story Month! On this episode we share listener tales of encounters with a fox man in Northern Idaho, another run-in with the long-legged shadow beast, visitations from loved ones and a sculpture that ...
09.17.2019 Episode 67: The Haunting of India After three long weeks away we're back in the studio and ready to explore the high strangeness of the Indian subcontinent, finding numerous encounters with nature spirits, a house that refuses to be a home, and much more. Also on ...
09.03.2019 Episode 66: Demons of the Prairie On this episode we trek out across the lonesome prairies to find, if not demons, then at least their closest cousins; from drums in the dark, to a Lakota myth come to life, you'll never trust the flatlands again. Also ...
08.20.2019 Episode 65: What Would You Do If the Shadows Moved? On this episode we truly do head out into the darkness in search of shadow people stories, and by God they are there - multiple reports of a shadowy little girl, three horrid figures who can mimic the voice of ...
08.06.2019 Episode 64: Camp Nowhere (And I Mean Nowhere) On this episode we celebrate the waning days of summer with an exploration of camping and all its horrors - from flesh-and-blood knife-wielding psychos to razor-teeth children to yet another visit from the tiny figures in black hoods, there's enough ...
07.23.2019 Episode 63: The Woods Are Trying to Kill You On this episode, Brennan continues his polemic against being outside because there is horrible stuff out there: cults, ghostly medicine men, plus a frightening child, and that's just for starters. Also: once more to Red Lobster, Google Home shall rise ...
07.09.2019 Episode 62: The Haunting of Los Angeles, Part 3 On this episode we celebrate Brennan's triumphant return from Los Angeles by sifting through stories from the City of Angels. From a trip to the infamous Cecil Hotel, to the haunting of Highland Park, and a nature encounter unlike anything ...
06.25.2019 Episode 61: The Bleak East On this episode we welcome our very first guest storytellers, Kim and Jen from the "Boos & Bourbon" podcast, and together we dig up stories from the east coast of the USA, and it does not disappoint; time slips, the ...
06.11.2019 Episode 60: Ghosts Along the Mississippi On this episode we follow the mighty Mississippi, from Minnesota to Louisiana, along the way finding stories of screaming trees, the black room, killer cars, and more! Also on this episode: Ian trips the light fantastic, the trees are angry, ...
05.28.2019 Episode 59: The Voices Call Your Name On this episode we are proud to present our tenth volume of listener stories! From the cat that arrived just in time to the spirit of a soldier guarding against shadow people, there's a lot to get into and we ...
05.14.2019 Episode 58: Haunted Healthcare, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Abyss On this episode we share stories of the unexplained as experienced by healthcare professionals - from the Disco Angel of Death to children under the bed, to a story of possession that might, kinda-sorta, be bullshit, if nothing else we've ...
04.30.2019 Episode 57: The Haunting of New Orleans Finally! On this episode we take a trip to New Orleans in search of stories and we are not disappointed. From possessed sleepwalkers, to invisible tormentors, to perhaps the strangest encounter we've ever covered on this show, the Crescent City ...
04.16.2019 Episode 56: The Arkansas Banshee and Other Stories to Sabotage Your Sleep On our ninth volume of listener stories (and longest episode so far) we go from Arkansas to the Philippines and beyond, along the way finding tales of shadow people, astral projection, and a possible banshee encounter so strong we encouraged ...
04.02.2019 Episode 55: A Weakness For Spirits On this episode we raise a glass and set off in pursuit of haunted pubs, and from the UK to America we find stories of disembodied voices, things in the basement, destructive phantoms and black-eyed girls, plus a lot more. ...
03.19.2019 Episode 54: Terror of the Deep On this episode we bravely venture beneath the surface of that great watery scourge, the ocean (plus one lake), to find stories of the Demon Crab, an electric ghost, disappearing galleons and a whole lot more. Also on this episode: ...
03.05.2019 Episode 53: The Haunting of France - Vive le Fantôme Sacre bleu! On this episode we tackle our first full episode centered on a foreign locale, along the way hurdling a language barrier and finding stories of the worst AirB&B ever, a hotel that wasn't there in the morning, a ...
02.19.2019 Episode 52: Saying Goodbye to the Ghost With Two Backs (Listener Stories, Vol. 8) What's more romantic than two grown men spending Valentine's Day together reading each other stories about people having sex with ghosts? Pretty much anything, and that's why we scrapped that idea in favor of much better stories from our listeners. ...
02.05.2019 Episode 51: Cursed Items, or Why Marie Kondo Was Right On this episode we wake up some haunted bric-a-brac and find stories that bring us joy while also creeping us the hell out. Cursed paintings, disappearing butter dishes, and a piano that connects two women across time and space are ...
01.29.2019 Bonus 007: A Guide to Recognizing Your Ghost Story Guys You've heard their names a hundred times, now it's time to meet the Ghost Story Guys research team! That's right, on this bonus episode Luke Greensmith and Anthony Germain join us to tell us about themselves, what they do, and ...
01.22.2019 Episode 50: The Mythical Dream Episode We are back from vacation and ready to tackle the great white whale that is our dream episode! Our listeners have submitted a huge range of stories about their nocturnal adventures, from predicting births in their family to saying goodbye ...
01.08.2019 Episode 49: Crossing Over We've all lost someone we care about and wondered whether or not we'll get to see them again. On this episode we don't have any answers for you, but we do have strange and unusual stories submitted by a hospice ...
12.23.2018 Episode 48: A Very Scary Christmas Whether you call it Christmas, Yule, Wintermas, or just another damn day, this used to be the season for scares; families would gather round the fire and run out the long, cold hours till dark by telling one another spooky ...
12.11.2018 Episode 47: Taxi to the Other Side On this episode we catch a ride to far-off spots like Singapore and Pudukottai, India where cab drivers have encountered the kind of high strangeness you'll have to hear to believe: doppelgangers, vanishing cyclists, the sirens of the wastelands, and ...
11.27.2018 Episode 46: Who Ya Gonna Call? First Responders vs. the Paranormal On this episode there's something strange in the neighborhood and in the absence of Ghostbusters, police, paramedics, and firemen are left to answer the call. From first person stories sent in by a Canadian paramedic whose remote station house has ...
11.20.2018 Bonus 006: Sapper Kelly's Search For Water On this bonus episode the guys share a little-known dowsing story about the ANZAC forces in WWI and manage to mostly avoid insulting Australia Mostly. Also on this episode: the magic of fried chicken, Ian's Kitchen Nightmares, and fighting off ...
11.13.2018 Episode 45: Lopsided Jesus & the War on Two Fronts (Listener Stories, Vol. 7) On this episode we share our final volume of listener stories for 2018, with tales of the strange and unusual from across the US and Canada. Flickering lights, a spirit that hates cats, and, of course, Shadow People all make ...
10.30.2018 Episode 44: The Ultra Mega Halloween Special II It's that time again. Our Ultra Mega Halloween special is back, powered by you, our listeners, who sent in stories of your encounters with the fae folk, shadow people, invisible forces who cause bodily harm, and so much more. Last ...
10.23.2018 Bonus 005: Great Canadian Ghost Stories, with Barbara Smith On this episode we're joined in-studio by legendary Canadian author Barbara Smith to talk about her (fantastic) new book "Great Canadian Ghost Stories". Barbara has been collecting and writing stories of the paranormal for almost thirty years and is set ...
10.16.2018 Episode 43: The Disappearing Man, and Other Things People Wish They Hadn't Seen On this episode we dig into our massive archive of listener stories and share tales of a haunted hotel in Texas, the high strangeness of Florida, astrally projected revenge, and more! Also on this episode: teachable moments, when everything sounds ...
10.02.2018 Episode 42: Return of the Living Shadows On this episode we again explore the topic of Shadow People, one of the few paranormal creatures that can get under Brennan's skin and discover that sometimes, they're as afraid of us as we are of them. Most of the ...
09.25.2018 Bonus 004: Everybody Do the Skinwalker For our fourth bonus episode we watched Jeremy Corbell's new documentary "Hunt For the Skinwalker", then discussed our thoughts on the film and the phenomenon which inspired it. It's a bonus episode so prepare for wild theories and a surprisingly ...
09.18.2018 Episode 41: Viva (Haunted) Las Vegas! On this episode Ian is back from Las Vegas and so we decide to take a peek at all that darkness hidden behind the bright lights. It turns out - to no one's surprise - that Sin City is good ...
09.04.2018 Episode 40: The Ghost in the Machine On this episode we try to make sense of the bizarre audio phenomenon we captured last week, talk about other times these things have happened to us, and then dive into stories of technology gone amuck. Phantom voices, phone calls ...
08.28.2018 Bonus 003: Centralia, and the Tyranny of Memory On episode 39 we explored the haunting of Pittsburgh and it led to conversations about Centralia, the little Pennsylvania town underneath which a fire has been burning for over 50 years. Turns out Ian has always wanted to go there, ...
08.21.2018 Episode 39: The Haunting of Pittsburgh - They Come at Night On this episode, Ian is back from vacation and we explore the paranormal underside of a city that seems to keep calling to Brennan. Amidst the shadows of the Steel City we find night time intruders, lonely little ghosts, and ...
08.07.2018 Bonus 002: Mayhem and Fried Chicken On our second bonus episode the guys eat an unhealthy amount of fried chicken and talk about the Shudder-exclusive horror film "Mayhem", Brennan's Celiac Monster office co-worker, and Ian's enthusiasm for, shall we say, certain films.
07.24.2018 Episode 38: The Black Dog Laughs at Midnight On this episode we take a look at sightings of the legendary Black Shuck, with stories of either being hunted or protected by these beasts. Along the way we explore the idea of generational haunting, the way run-ins with Black ...
07.10.2018 Episode 37: The Haunting of Los Angeles, Part 2 - Sympathy for the Drowned On this episode we take a second look at one of Brennan's favorite cities and dig up stories about the Hilton from Hell, a mysteriously cheap apartment, and sympathy for the drowned, among others. Also on this episode: the guys ...
06.27.2018 Episode 36: You Can Check Out Any Time You Like... On this episode we dive into stories of haunted hotels; from doppelgangers to spectral kids to an unseen strangler, you'll be glad you don't work the front desk over night. Unless you do, in which case, send us your stories. ...
06.21.2018 Bonus Episode 001: So You Want to Write a Book, with Tori Elliott of Touchwood Editions On our very first bonus episode we welcome Tori Elliott, Promotions Coordinator for Touchwood Editions, into the studio to talk publishing and Tori offers some advice to writers thinking about taking their first steps down that road. From editing to ...
06.13.2018 Episode 35: Invisible Friends, Uninvited Guests, & the Power of Louisiana On this episode we dive into a whole new batch of listener stories including what may be the most haunted house we've ever heard of, and those spirits are NOT happy. Other stories include a young boy in Texas who ...
05.29.2018 Episode 34: One Time, At Summer Camp On this episode we shine a light on the dark corners of that great American rite of passage, summer camp. From past lives, to talking lightning, to an angry lake monster - you'll either never want to camp again or ...
05.15.2018 Episode 33: The Haunting of Detroit, Part 1 - Amid the Shadows of Motor City On this episode we explore Detroit, the Motor City, and find that shadows have taken up residence among the remains of America's postwar dream. Disembodied voices, a man who experimented with death, Shadow People, and more are found in a ...
05.15.2018 Episode 33: The Living Shadows of Motor City - The Haunting of Detroit On this episode we explore Detroit, the Motor City, and find that shadows have taken up residence among the remains of America's postwar dream. Disembodied voices, a man who experimented with death, Shadow People, and more are found in a ...
05.02.2018 Episode 32: Death On the Road On this episode we celebrate Brennan's new driving job with stories of haunted highways, truck stop spirits, and all the other strange things one finds in the long stretches of blacktop between cities.
04.17.2018 Episode 31: Let Me Tell You About the Time I Almost Died On this episode we dive into some listener stories and hear about close encounters, living shadows, and possibly the worst night terrors you can imagine. We also hear about haunted asylums and are reminded, over and over, that you should ...

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