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We had the pleasure of having Tara guest star again and Greg came with her to visit us. Australia came through with cookies and other snacks for us, thank you T, Harley, and Australian Greg. Krysti starts us off this episode all the way across the world in Australia. This time the story comes from Melbourne and the infamous Old Melbourne Gaol. This jail was built in 1845 and served as an operating jail until 1924. Currently this is a museum. This jail almost immediately became overcrowded and more cellblocks were built. Men, women, and children were all housed together for years before populations were separated. We learn that if you’re going to tell the British colonials to fuck off, plate mail is not the armor to do it in. The jail was decommissioned and when bodies of executed prisoners were found in the exercise yard. You want a haunted museum… Solitary confinement was something that was enforced harshly. 133 hangings were held at this prison and the gallows remain a feature in the museum to this day. Check out the saga of Ned Kelly’s head. EVPs, emf spikes, unexplained noises, and apparitions are still noted to this day. Tori brings it back to Indiana and immediately turns to a cemetery. Tillett Cemetery in Peru was her next target, otherwise known as Hookman’s Cemetery. This cemetery has a bubble of silence and creepy atmosphere. The hookman trope was built in the story of this cemetery. Stories about a crazed killer going after couples getting friendly in their cars have been in play for as long as cars and teenagers have been around. Urban legends bring up this kind of trope wherever folks are present. This leads to another trope about the missing camper in a swamp that was the site of a Native American battle called Okie Pinokie in Peru. In 1976 Joey Peoria went missing from the trail, he was never seen again. This trail has been the scene of substantiated body dumps. All in all Tori had many strike outs in her story/researching this episode. A big thanks to our guest stars this week, Tara and Greg!

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Malcom starts with his story! He tells us of the Kokomo Hum and it’s odd effect on both natives and visitors alike. This sound has been heard in many places but is a documented phenomena in Kokomo. Are some folks susceptible to sounds outside of the normal bounds of human hearing? This is not heard by everyone but seems to be observed by select people. Could this be a nature sound? Maybe a industrial sound? Is this from Grissom Air Force Base (Tori once again points to aliens)? You decide. Tori moves to Oregon and Lone Fir Cemetery, yes she is officially the cemetery chick. From sex workers, city founders, dancers, immigrant workers, to psychiatric patients, many types of folks are laid to rest here. BTW, not wise nor respectful to build atop graves. You want ghosts… Krysti rounds us out with a trip back to Indiana and the resident spirits of Tuckaway. Home to a palmist that was employed by the US government at one point, some guests never seem to leave this home. The past owners have stuck around and have been known to make their presences apparent.
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The boys are back for this one too! Malcom and Chuck are back to hear more stories from us. Krys leads off with Prospect Place House in Ohio also known as the Trinway Mansion. Built by George Adams in 1856 to house his family and new wife. Rumor was the ghost of his first wife was none too happy with the new wife and haunted his current house. This new house had some modern amenities before they were common. The first house they built was burned to ground by arson. Cue a second house being built and some shady business about who may have burned it down. Native American burial ground and a woman named Satan or a shady carpenter, you decide. Or perhaps it was the fact that George was an abolitionist with his brothers and ran the Underground Railroad through the house rather than the mill that the family owned? Rumors and stories abound about this house, even more shady goings on after George died and left the house to his daughter. Anna’s husband disappeared and a detective was employed. Cue a sighting in San Francisco with an unidentified gentleman. The house changed hands several times and is now the sight of the G.W. Adams Educational Center which teaches about the Underground Railroad. Oh, did we mention this house was haunted? Sightings, sounds, and some tragic stories center around this housed. Tori follows up by crossing the pond and ends up in Ireland. Leap Castle in Coolderry, County Offaly. Most likely built by the O’Bannon clan in the 13th century, this castle has had a bloody history. The castle changed hands into the O’Carrol clan and may have been built on a Neolithic burial ground, you want ghosts… Brother fought brother and murder ensued. Leap Castle has gone through many hands through the years. The current owners are in the process of renovating the castle and restoring it. During this process the oubliette was found, thank you to the O’Carrol clan. This location just happens to be at the confluence of two ley lines. Fae? Nasty deaths? Regardless of the reason, this castle is haunted. What kind of ghost is Krys’s favorite? Kid ghosts and many, many more. There seems to be an elemental that makes it’s home in the castle and the land surrounding it as well. Magick is afoot here for sure. 

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TW: Tori was in her cups and demands snacks from the Aussies several times this episode.

The boys are back with us for this episode. I quickly told on myself on why calling the Bobby Barton Chronicles BBC may be the wrong abbreviation for it. Although it would trendy quickly as a hashtag. Leading off with a story from Melissa in Mississppi (Melissa in actually in my hometown now) about Stucky’s Bridge. Crime gangs, a serial killer innkeeper, and a river named Chunky, this story has it all. Caught in a murder spree to rob his patrons, Stucky was strung up on the bridge in question. He still shows up in ghost form that haunts the area to this day. Krys comes up with another story given to us by Harley about the St James Station tunnel which is under the current train routes. Thee tunnels were given many new uses including mushroom farm, air raid shelter, and currently an underground tunnel with is home to albino eels. This has also served as the backdrop to numerous tv shows and movies. Wait, did we mention the monster? Chuck volunteers his opinion on the monster and of course Tori jumps to aliens. More abandon tunnels and an excavated cemeteries=ghosts. Maybe even a Storm Trooper shoot out as well(only one bullet hole for a gunfight=Storm Troopers.) Plenty of ghosts hanging out in those tunnels as well. Tori brings on home to Indiana for the Pest House in Knightstown. Cue a smallpox epidemic and the National Guard getting involved. The Thornhill house was built for Charles Morgan and his wife Alvira. Due to Alvira’s declining health the pair moved further into town. Thornhill stood empty until the Board of Health bought to move the smallpox patients to keep them away from the healthy citizens. This gave Thornhill the moniker the Pest House. This is still a legendary haunted spot to scare your friends at to this day. 

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Krys opens up in Dublin with the story Black Dog Prison and the Dolocher. Black Dog Prison was the main  debtor’s prison in Dublin originally in the Newhall Market now known as the Cornmarket. The conditions in this prison were abysmal and it was a for profit prison. The prison terms were dictated by the owners of the debt, you see how this could be a very bad thing? A debtor’s prison that you could RENT a bed at? Um, I’ll pass. Apparently a prisoner named Olocher committed suicide before he was scheduled, cue curse here. Guards attacked, a disappearing guard, and a black demon pig attacking women ensued. Massive pig slaughter happened and then just like the guard they disappeared. Enter the blacksmith wearing a woman’s cloak. The Dolocher chose poorly with this victim as promptly whooped the Dolocher’s ass.  Next up we have the Hellfire Club, both Dublin’s and the one in the UK. Despite the Stan Worshipping rumors, it was a place to act badly for men, like playing cards on Sundays, and whoring. The spooky and weirdness came later. The Hellfire Cave in West Wycombe is the notorious spot that is seem in most of the ghost hunting shows. It’s been covered by many podcasts as well. The Dublin chapter made a very poor choice of locale, William Conolly the original owner and builder was not the brightest crayon in the box. Building on a grave and using the grave stones as part of the building just seems like a poor choice to me. All of the ghost stories are here too, you just gotta listen to learn them. Oh, I did I mention the streaking priest?

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Tori leads off with Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky. This cave system is the largest in the world sitting at 400 miles of explored caves. New caves are still being found to this day that add to the size of this cave system. From it’s ancient start to this day, this cave has gone through many changes and has had numerous inhabitants. This has been the site of Civil War battles, a TB hospital, many mining operations, and much more. This was a place for new starts for former slaves and their families. Some of these former slaves stuck around and carved out a place for themselves. There have been mummies and ghosts in the cave system for hundreds of years at this point. She covers the story of Floyd Collins and his musical graves. The park is home to 80 cemeteries as well (110 covered now for those keeping track at home.) Krysti dives into the Curse of Kaskaskia and illustrates that Karma really is a bitch.  Kaskaskia Illinois was home to French settlers during it’s first years. This curse boils down to bigotry plain and simple. An Algonquin man falls in love with a white settler’s daughter, this is immediately struck down by her father. The daughter and her love elope into the night and are found very shortly after. The daughter is placed into a convent but the man was tied to a log and sent down the river in winter. The legend has the man cursing the town as he’s being sent down the river. Kaskaskia had to be moved due to flooding in 1881. Unfortunately they did not move the cemeteries in time and still get bones and headstones that float up during flooding to this day.

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Krysti leads with Campbelltown and Fisher’s ghost. Fredrick Fisher was an Englishman that was sent to Australia due to being passed fake bank notes. Fredrick scored his ticket of leave and started buying up properties. Fred got himself in trouble again and went straight to jail. Cue a shady partner Worral getting the power of attorney over all Fisher’s property. Fisher promptly disappeared and eventually was found dead on Worral’s property. Cue ghost stories and a 10 day festival in Campbelltown. Next up, Tori covers a cemetery of course. Rookwood Cemetery is located right outside of Sydney and is huge. Cue city name changes as well as the cemeteries change. This is still in use today. As a Victorian cemetery, it’s set up different than the cemeteries than the ones in the States. Ghosts and goats are found there too. It’s the largest cemetery in the Southern Hemisphere. She touches on some of the famous folks buried there and the spiritualist Davenport Brothers.

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And Now For Some Random Stories

Chase joins us for the episode of several little stories and tells his first cryptid story! Tori leads with Dog Head Bridge and it’s story of a car accident and two decapitations. Moral of that story, if you see a dog headed creature, run for your life. Next up Krys with Diana of the Dunes and her life on the edge of Lake Michigan. Independent and educated, she lived her life the way she wanted. She liked it there so much that she even stuck around after death. Tori comes back with the Angel Mounds and the Anderson Mounds. The indigenous people of Indiana created lasting monuments for their cultures. Archeologists study these mounds to this day. I’m not saying it aliens, but it was the aliens. Krys comes back with Doc Johnson and banshees. A horrible death with pieces of the Dr. and his wife scattered everywhere. Chase ends the episode with the Beast of Busco! Gigantic snapping turtle lurking in an Indiana lake, yes please!

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Madame Librarian and the Disney Dead Guys

Trigger Warning: Tori says the name of Boehne Camp Hospital incorrectly throughout the story, her bad.

Tori starts off this episode with another sanatorium, this time in Evansville.  Boehne Camp Hospital was a tuberculosis hospital that opened and had an open air TB camp.  This hospital housed TB patients from 1908 to 1968, then still was open as an alcohol treatment facility until its’ close.  Guess what is there at the present? Condos, because that’s how you get haunted condos… Moved to the Willard Library and the Gray Lady, with Tori’s inability to see anything but Ghostbusters in the story.  Krysti covers some Disney dead guys in prep for her vacation to Disney World.  Bill Shirley is first up and his history in Indiana. A local boy gone to Hollywood and the voice for Prince Phillip in Sleeping Beauty. Also played a part in My Fair Lady. Next up is James Baskett and his break onto the silver screen. He was involved in voicing Fats Crow in Dumbo but was front and center in Song of the South as Uncle Remus. Even as racist as it was it was the reason he earned the Honorary Academy Award. He was the first person of color that received an Oscar.  Did we mention both of those actors are buried in Crown Hill?

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Tori leads off this episode in Illinois in a famous haunted space, the Coles County Poor Farm, otherwise known as Ashmore Estates. She teased this story last episode with the Parke County Poor Asylum in Indiana.  The timeline for this property is long and well documented, and well represented in the media.  Covered by several paranormal investigators in both print and screen.  From an actual poor farm to it’s current state of as a haunted attraction                available for investigations. Did I mention there are TWO cemeteries there? GH did a very good job debunking some of the claims of hauntings at this locale.  Krysti brings us back to Indiana with the odd story of Watson Brown and his wandering corpse.  The son of the abolitionist John Brown died during the Raid at Harpers Ferry and the roundabout way he was returned home after his death. Krysti grabbed another story from home as well, which sent us back to Irvington and the tale of another haunted house, the Forrest Howe House now known as the Irvington United Methodist Church. Krysti gets to tell ghost stories with this one. Floating women through locked doors and getting locked into rooms without locks. From there we get a bonus story from Scotland (thanks again Ghost) and the tale of the miniature coffins.

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