Haunted Places
You’ve heard of haunted houses, haunted cemeteries, haunted islands...but do you know how a normal place can become a paranormal minefield? Every haunted place on earth has a frightening, real backstory. Every Thursday, we take you on an audio tour of a new haunted place, and its haunted history! Subscribe for free on Spotify to listen our Urban Legends bonus series every Tuesday. Haunted Places is a Spotify Original from Parcast.
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Hotel Galvez
In 1900, a category 4 hurricane reached the shores of Galveston, Texas and swept through the city, killing thousands.
48 min
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Boggo Road Gaol
A 19th-century Australian jail was notorious for its poor living conditions and roughly 100 deaths, including 42 hangings.
38 min
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Hahn Mansion
A Craftsman-style home in Spokane, Washington has attracted misery and misfortune ever since it was first built in 1916.
43 min
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Resurrection Cemetery
This graveyard is home to one of Chicago's most famous ghosts, Resurrection Mary.
40 min
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Castello Di Montebello
This 11th-century fortress was built on a pre-Roman spiritual site, which might explain the strange sounds many hear through its walls.
43 min
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Mary Ellen Pleasant Park
San Francisco’s smallest public park is said to be haunted by the woman it’s named after: Mary Ellen Pleasant.
39 min
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Xunantunich
In Belize, the ruins of Xunantunich were once a prosperous Mayan city
44 min
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A Bram Stoker Classic from Haunted Places: Ghos...
Dracula wasn’t the only frightful fiction conjured by Irish author Bram Stoker… In this retelling of “The Judge’s House,” a Cambridge student is overcome with curiosity — then dread — as he faces an evil man’s terrifying legacy.
31 min
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The Alamo
Famous for the cry "Remember the Alamo!” many of the site's ghosts are the 800 lives lost in the infamous battle.
36 min
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Pennhurst Asylum
Once an institution for the mentally and physically disabled, Pennhurst Asylum has been shut down for over twenty years.
44 min
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Chicago Water Tower
The Chicago Water Tower was one of the few structures in the city to survive the great fire of 1871.
40 min
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Mackinac Island
While today's Mackinac Island might conjure up images of bicycles and ice cream shops, it was once the site of vicious battles between French, American, and British armies — so when you step off the ferry, be wary of the ghosts still wandering today…
43 min
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The Haunted Vicarage
The most haunted place in Sweden lies isolated in the countryside.
39 min
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Old City Jail
Built in 1802 and operational for nearly 140 years, the Old City Jail in Charleston, South Carolina saw the deaths of over fourteen thousand people — and some of them, like ten-year-old Alonzo Small, are thought to still inhabit the imposing stone fortress.
39 min
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Donner Memorial State Park
In the winter of 1846, a group of pioneers became trapped in a prison of ice, forced to perform unspeakable acts to survive.
40 min
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The Smithsonian Institution Building
Since its establishment in 1855, the Smithsonian Institution Building in Washington, D.C. has been a place of science and wonder.
39 min
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The Iditarod Trail
Deep in the Alaskan wilderness is a harrowing dog-sled course.
37 min
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Hotel Monteleone
Nicknamed the Grande Dame of New Orleans, this opulent hotel is known for its Carousel Bar and its location one block away from Bourbon Street.
41 min
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The Hell-Fire Caves
This cave system in England was once the site of a secret club for London's elite.
40 min
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Mythology Crossover: La Llorona
She’s the spirit of a woman, crying unceasingly for her lost children… whom she herself killed.
46 min
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The Joshua Ward House
A historic residence in Salem, Massachusetts has a particularly witchy history: it sits atop the foundation of the home of George Corwin — the sheriff responsible for arrests and executions during the Salem Witch Trials.
39 min
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Riverdale Road
An 11-mile stretch of highway between two suburbs in Denver, Colorado is desolate and lonely during the day. But at night, it comes alive with ghosts and demons.
37 min
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Mikhailovsky Castle
Afraid his mother, Catherine the Great, would have him assassinated, Russian Emperor Paul I built a fortress to protect himself.
37 min
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Hex Hollow Murder House
The 1928 murder of a Dutch faith healer led to not only one of Pennsylvania’s last witch trials, but one of the state’s most haunted homes.
40 min
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Urban Legends: College Halloween Scare
A psychic appears on a local talk show and predicts a serial killer's Halloween massacre on a college campus.
28 min