Dark House
At the crossroads of true crime, interior design, and the paranormal, Dark House explores beautiful homes that can’t seem to escape their dark histories. Hosts and House Beautiful editors Hadley Mendelsohn and Alyssa Fiorentino dig into the twisted backstories of four infamous homes, and uncover the strange stories suggesting some inhabitants never left—and that perhaps history isn't the only thing haunting them. Featuring guest interviews with authors, set designers, psychic mediums, and paranormal investigators, Dark House uncovers why these residences, and the stories they tell us, are so important.
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Waco Siege Part 2: Feat. Cult Scholar Daniella ...
Following their investigation into New Mount Carmel Center, Hadley and Alyssa are joined by author and cult scholar Daniella Mestyanek Young to resume their discussion of the infamous 1993 Waco siege.
67 min
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Waco Siege Part 1: New Mount Carmel Center (Wac...
Alyssa and Hadley turn their attention to New Mount Carmel Center, an isolated ranch just outside of Waco, Texas where a 51-day standoff between the FBI and the Branch Davidians—a religious cult led by self-proclaimed prophet David Koresh—came to a disastrous end on April 19, 1993.
85 min
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Ammons House (Gary, IN) Feat. Psychology Profes...
Hadley and Alyssa investigate the Ammons House, a modest home in Gary, Indiana where Latoya Ammons and her three young children were reportedly possessed by demons in 2011.
95 min
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The Amityville Horror House (Amityville, NY)
Alyssa and Hadley come face to face with 112 Ocean Avenue in Amityville, New York, the Dutch-Colonial house that inspired 'The Amityville Horror.'
83 min
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Victoria’s Black Swan Inn (San Antonio, TX)
Hadley and Alyssa venture to Victoria’s Black Swan Inn, a 35-acre venue cloaked by lush oak trees (and allegedly infested by spirits) in San Antonio, Texas.
85 min
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Listen Now: MrBallen’s Medical Mysteries
Listen Now: MrBallen’s Medical Mysteries
7 min
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Listen Now: I Hear Fear
Listen Now: I Hear Fear
5 min
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Guest Interview: Hilarie Burton Morgan (Actress...
Hadley and Alyssa chat with One Tree Hill star Hilarie Burton Morgan about her new book, Grimoire Girl: A Memoir of Magic and Mischief in a special Dark House minisode.
60 min
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Lucy Murder House (Uniontown, AL)
Alyssa and Hadley explore the haunting past of the Hardie-Coleman House—or, as it’s better known online, the Lucy Murder House—in Uniontown, Alabama, where the remains of 13-year-old Allan Lucy were found buried beneath the front porch in January of 1994.
77 min
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Black Dahlia Part 2: The John Sowden House (Los...
Hadley and Alyssa set their sights on the Black Dahlia’s suspected killer, Dr. George Hodel, who lived in the Sowden House in Los Feliz.
97 min
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Black Dahlia Part 1: The Biltmore Hotel (Los An...
Hadley and Alyssa dive into the life and gruesome death of Elizabeth Short—better known as the Black Dahlia—whose unsolved murder spurred Hollywood’s most persistent ghost story.
89 min
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Taylor Swift's Holiday House (Watch Hill, RI)
Alyssa—a longtime “Swiftie”—leads us in a deep dive into the history of Holiday House, Taylor Swift’s oceanfront mansion in Watch Hill, Rhode Island.
91 min
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Winchester Mystery House (San Jose, CA) Feat. S...
Hadley takes us to the Winchester Mystery House—a sprawling San Jose mansion built by The Winchester Repeating Arms Company heiress Sarah Winchester in the late 1800s.
99 min
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Guest Interview: David Dastmalchian (Actor, ‘Th...
Actor and horror buff David Dastmalchian joins hosts Hadley and Alyssa for a special Dark House minisode to talk about his new movie, The Boogeyman.
42 min
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Listener Ghost Stories & Holiday Lore (Season 2...
In the final episode of Season 2, Hadley and Alyssa pass the mic to Dark House listeners who tell their own ghost stories.
46 min
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The Conjuring House (Burrillville, RI)
Alyssa and Hadley unravel the complicated past of 1677 Round Top Road in Burrillville, Rhode Island, the colonial farmhouse that inspired the 2013 horror film The Conjuring.
59 min
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Lemp Mansion (St. Louis, MO)
Hadley and Alyssa unearth the haunting past of St. Louis's infamous and foreboding Lemp Mansion, the former home of wealthy beer tycoon William J. Lemp Sr. and his family.
70 min
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Amazon Music Presents: I HEAR FEAR
Listen to an exclusive preview of I HEAR FEAR from Amazon Music.
5 min
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Smurl House (West Pittston, PA)
Alyssa and Hadley explore the peculiar story of 328-330 Chase Street which became the subject of media frenzy in 1986 when owners Jack and Janet Smurl told a local newspaper that a demonic presence had been terrorizing their home for years.
47 min
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Amazon Music Presents: SUSPECT: Vanished in the...
Listen to an exclusive preview of SUSPECT: Vanished in the Snow, an Amazon Music exclusive podcast from Wondery and Campside Media.
6 min
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1000 Lombard Street Part 2 (San Francisco, CA)
Picking up right where they left off in the story of 1000 Lombard Street, Hadley and Alyssa discuss the strange circumstances of a tragic fire that broke out at the apartment in 1969.
71 min
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1000 Lombard Street Part 1 (San Francisco, CA)
Hadley and Alyssa untangle the many mysteries of 1000 Lombard Street, an apartment in San Francisco’s Russian Hill neighborhood where in 1968 an astrology-themed party kick-started a chain of unfortunate events and untimely deaths.
55 min
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Wondery Presents: The Generation Why Podcast
Listen to an exclusive preview of The Generation Why Podcast from Wondery.
8 min
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The Watcher House Part 2 (Westfield, NJ) Feat. ...
Following their discussion of The Watcher House, Alyssa and Hadley are joined by psychology and sociology instructor Casey Lytle to review the many possible suspects of the still-unsolved case.
60 min
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The Watcher House Part 1 (Westfield, NJ)
Alyssa and Hadley recount the bizarre story of 657 Boulevard in Westfield, New Jersey, which became the target of an anonymous stalker who sent threatening letters to the new owners just days after they bought the house in 2014.
49 min