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True ghost stories; haunted places, haunted people, and the mysteries that surround them. Follow host Stephen Belyeu and his team as they investigate paranormal events and those who are affected by them. Have a personal ghost story or haunted home or business? Share via voicemail at (512) 270-8859 or email [email protected]

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The Demons That Haunt Us - ...

09.26.2022

A single mother and her children have now reached a breaking point with the disturbing paranormal activity in their home. Over the last 7 years, they’ve experienced voices, knocking, phantom putrid smells, oppressive feelings, shadow figures, apparitions, and even physical ...

The Night Owl: True Ghost Stories episodes:

09.26.2022 The Demons That Haunt Us - Part I A single mother and her children have now reached a breaking point with the disturbing paranormal activity in their home. Over the last 7 years, they’ve experienced voices, knocking, phantom putrid smells, oppressive feelings, shadow figures, apparitions, and even physical ...
10.25.2021 Haunted Gaslight Baker Theatre - Part II Previously, in Episode 30, we began an investigation of a historic theater located in beautiful downtown Lockhart, Texas. We interviewed several people with first-hand accounts of experiences they’d had at the Gaslight Baker Theater. Through their testimony, we learned that ...
12.28.2020 Announcement: A Night Owl Pause Hi listeners, You may have noticed my absence over these last few weeks as I’ve been taking a break for my physical and mental well-being. It is with a heavy heart that I announce this break will continue for longer ...
12.04.2020 Night Owl Update and Announcement - Dec 2020 Dear Night Owls, I know we don’t have an episode for you quite yet, but we wanted to take time to wish you all a happy holiday season and let our local Austinites know about our upcoming Holiday Spirits event ...
10.31.2020 Haunted Gaslight Baker Theatre - Part I Lockhart is a picturesque small Texas town, infamously dubbed the BBQ capital of Texas because of it’s long-standing establishments serving some of the best in the state. But Lockhart’s more than just a popular day-trip destination for many Texans looking ...
09.28.2020 A Haunting Abroad (Campfire) Around 2003, Caroline was studying theatre abroad in France. While there, she lived on a boathouse on the Seine River in northern Paris and spent a stint of time at a cute farmhouse in southern France. Most everyone would have ...
08.31.2020 Eerie Helltown, Ohio (Campfire) Many of us are drawn to mystery. Whether that be an unsolved murder, a mysterious disappearance, or for the paranormal enthusiasts, haunted places and legends. Tonight’s campfire iIs a combination of all the above. It’s a story of an abandoned ...
06.29.2020 Haunted Heartland (Campfire) We’ve seen it in movies. We’ve read it in books. It’s the typical modern ghost story. You and your unassuming family move into a new home. A new chapter begins with a mix of uncertainty and excitement. But then the ...
05.25.2020 Spirits of Mattie's Restaurant - Part II After receiving a random message on Facebook stating that a place called Mattie’s at Green Pastures had four resident ghosts, Stephen’s interest was piqued to look into this claim as a new potential case. Come to find out, Mattie’s is ...
04.27.2020 Spirits of Mattie's Restaurant - Part I The Night Owl team has investigated a lot of unique Austin establishments on this show. Restaurants and bars that are housed in buildings that are historic landmarks or perhaps built over historic land. In this episode, Stephen is contacted by ...
03.30.2020 Haunted Nightclub: Elysium - Part II After hearing an impressive number of first-hand paranormal experiences from Austin night club Elysium, the Night Owl team will return with clairvoyant Sara to see what validations she might make or what new discoveries rise to the surface. However, with ...
02.24.2020 Haunted Nightclub: Elysium - Part I The Night Owl team has been called to investigate Elysium, a night club that has been a home for the alternative and goth communities in Austin, Texas for the past 19 years. Serving up a diverse lineup of events ranging ...
12.30.2019 Haunted Origins - Part II When host Stephen Belyeu was around the age of 11, he had an experience in his childhood bedroom that would haunt him for the rest of his life - a disturbing encounter with the spirit of a little girl who ...
11.11.2019 Cautionary Tales (Campfire) Haunted objects, a spirit of a serial killer, and a hotel so haunted it's guest book has been deemed "The Book of the Dead" - these are the tales of tonight's campfire. Warning: Tonight’s Campfire episode is a cautionary tale. ...
10.28.2019 Haunted Origins - Part I Host Stephen and fellow paranormal investigator Alexis met while attending A&M University in Corpus Christi. They were both studying film and quickly realized they had similar tastes in cinema - horror. They soon became friends and began watching scary movies ...
09.30.2019 Murder House - Part III In this final installment of the Murder House series, Stephen and the Night Owl team continue their journey trying to help Martin and his family make sense of the unsettling phenomena they are experiencing in their home - which was ...
09.09.2019 Murder House - Part II In this episode, the Night Owl team pack their bags once more, this time with clairvoyant friend Sara in tow, as they travel back to the Murder House, the home from their previous episode that was the recent site of ...
08.26.2019 Murder House - Part I Are you ready for a slightly darker journey into the paranormal than usual? In this episode, the Night Owl team is packing their bags, hitting the road, and traveling to a home that was recently the site of an unsolved ...
08.12.2019 School Spirit: Haunted Metz Elementary (Campfire) Metz Elementary is one of Austin ISD’s oldest schools, established in 1916 on Willow Street in East Austin. At that time, this area was considered to be on the outskirts of East Austin. The School Board that year decided that ...
06.24.2019 Ghosts of Pioneer Farms - Part III In this episode, the Night Owl team will conclude their investigation of Pioneer Farms, the living history museum nestled on a historic site on the banks of Walnut Creek in Austin, Texas. Being the largest site they've ever tackled, the ...
06.10.2019 Night of the Ghouls (Campfire) THE GOLDEN GHOULSI know you all hunger horrifying stories, thirst for true tales of terror, so in tonight's campfire, we're not only sharing more ghost stories with you, these stories will be told by a delightful trio of like minded ...
05.28.2019 Ghosts of Pioneer Farms - Part II In this episode, Stephen and the team pick up where they left off on their first visit to Pioneer Farms. Following a tour around the expansive property rich with history and haunts, clairvoyant friend Sara arrives and will now join ...
05.13.2019 Haunted Moorehead Stagecoach Inn (Campfire) After spending twenty years as a paranormal investigator, Allen Cornelison moved to Ida Grove, Iowa to help his wife from his second marriage care for her ailing mother. He had absolutely no intentions putting his investigator hat back on, until ...
04.29.2019 Ghosts of Pioneer Farms - Part I In this episode, Stephen and the team are kicking off a new investigative series at Pioneer Farms, a living history museum and historic site situated along the banks of Walnut Creek in North Austin. The property was once home to ...
04.08.2019 Ghost in Grandma's Basement (Campfire) Grandma's Basement:When they were just 13 and 8 years old, siblings Yessica and Genesis had a lot on their plate for just two kids trying to have a relaxing summer. Their parents had just divorced, they’d packed up and moved ...
03.25.2019 Haunted Buenos Aires Café - Part III In this episode, Stephen and the team conclude their investigation into the paranormal claims at Buenos Aires Café. Join them as they embark on the tedious journey of uncovering this buildings colorful history and try to assemble the many missing ...
03.11.2019 Haunting Domestic Disturbances (Campfire) "Remnants"In the early 2000’s, a Brazilian pastor is given an opportunity to move his family to the San Francisco Bay area, to open a new church for a large Brazilian community in area. O.C., his wife, and 3 sons found ...
02.25.2019 Haunted Buenos Aire Café - Part II In this episode, we travel back to the quaint Argentinian restaurant at the corner of Waller and East 6th Street in Austin, Texas. Here, at Buenos Aires Cafe, many of the staff have experienced a presence they all believe to ...
02.11.2019 The Monsters Might Be Real (Campfire) “Doppelgänger”The word Doppelgänger was first introduced by German author Jean Paul in 1796, in a book he wrote wherein the protagonist exchanges identities with a lookalike. The word Doppelgänger’s literal translation is “Double Walker” or “Double Goer”. However the myth ...
01.28.2019 Haunted Buenos Aires Café - Part I In this episode, travel with us to Buenos Aires Café, a quaint Argentinian restaurant in East Austin, that’s having some serious concerns about activity a majority of the staff are experiencing. Reports of employees growing nervous because it sounds like ...
01.14.2019 The Devil's Backbone (Campfire) “The Devil’s Backbone”Years ago, when they were only teenagers, good friends Brian, Seth, Ryo and McCall would spend many nights hanging out, playing video games, and getting high on sugar. Siblings Seth and McCall’s parents had decided to build a ...
11.26.2018 A Haunting on Main Street - Part II In this episode, the team returns to Buda to further investigate the unexplained reports surrounding Old Town Buda Antique Mall. Staff and patrons have reported strange happenings including objects relocating or being thrown, phantom smells throughout the building, an uneasy ...
10.29.2018 A Haunting on Main Street - Part I Let's take a small road trip, just 20 miles south of Austin, to the town of Buda - where an antique shop occupying a historic three-story building on Main St. is reporting countless experiences they can’t explain. Join Stephen and ...
09.24.2018 Spirits of the Spider House In the final episode of season one, we travel back to where this incredible journey all began – at an unassuming tattoo shop on the Spider House grounds in Austin, Texas. In Episode 1, “ Ink, Coffee & Spirits”, Stephen ...
08.27.2018 Restless Spirit of New Braunfels - Part III In the final chapter of “The Restless” series, Stephen, Sara, Alexis and Franklyn must put their heads together to figure out what’s really happening to this young couple in New Braunfels, Texas. With activity heightening, rather than subsiding after a ...
07.30.2018 Restless Spirit of New Braunfels - Part II In this episode, Stephen returns to Amanda and Paul's New Braunfels home, this time joined by clairvoyant friend Sara to further investigate their claims. Stephen and his team work to determine whether the activity Amanda and Paul are experiencing is ...
06.25.2018 Restless Spirit of New Braunfels - Part I In this episode, the Night Owl Podcast dives into unfamiliar territory, investigating, for the first time, a private residence in New Braunfels, Texas. It’s the home of a husband and wife who have reached the end of their rope. Recently ...
05.28.2018 The Ghosts at Clay Pit - Part III In this episode, Stephen and Sara return to The Clay Pit for two more investigations. Sara pushes the spirits to give her more answers while Stephen starts connecting the dots to this mystery by means of research and more interviews. ...
04.30.2018 The Ghosts at Clay Pit - Part II After gathering personal testimonies from the staff and guests of The Clay Pit in Episode 6, Stephen now brings clairvoyant friend Sara to investigate this historic landmark to see if she can either validate any of these experiences or perhaps ...
03.26.2018 The Ghosts at Clay Pit - Part I Celebrating its 20th year, this famous Indian restaurant located in downtown Austin shares its stories about the building's seedy history, the countless unexplained experiences the staff have had over the years, and offers up a "taste" of what it's like ...
02.26.2018 South Texas Ghosts (Campfire) This campfire-style episode features two eerie tales that take place in South Texas:"The Boy In My Room" - Several members of a family living in a ranch home in South Texas encounter what they believe to be the spirit of ...
01.29.2018 The Haunted Tavern - Part III In this special hour-long episode that concludes this series on The Tavern, host Stephen Belyeu and clairvoyant Sara return to uncover more hidden clues to this mystery, confront a dark spirit that has started to frighten the staff, and hunt ...
12.24.2017 The Haunted Tavern - Part II Host Stephen Belyeu dives deeper into the stories surrounding The Tavern, a historic bar in Austin, Texas. Join him and clairvoyant Sara as they attempt to uncover the truth behind the activity that's haunted this building for decades. Are the ...
11.19.2017 The Haunted Tavern - Part I One of Austin's oldest bars has, what the staff refer to as, a prankster spirit who likes to hide objects from the staff, play with electronic equipment, make unexplainable noises, and even throws things in the kitchen and bar. The ...
10.29.2017 The Night Owl Trailer The Night Owl Podcast is a new monthly podcast featuring true tales of the paranormal. Join me, your host Stephen Belyeu, as I track down haunted places and personal ghost stories, dig deep into the mysteries surrounding them and share ...
10.25.2017 Ink, Coffee & Spirits - Haunted Royal Legion Tattoo A local Austin tattoo shop has things mysteriously moving in the night, its employees feeling uneasy, and sightings of an angry woman in their shop window after hours. But when a clairvoyant happens by one evening, this story takes an ...