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The Ghostly Spirit Behind the Script Wanted His Name on the Marquee, Not Hers
In “The Imposter”, a woman, despite having no theatrical background, is suddenly inspired to write a full-length play — with the ghostly help of a long-dead actor. When the play turns out to be a hit, she tries to take all the credit for it. But the real author’s spirit isn’t having it and demands that her name be removed from the marquee.
SCARY MONKEY BUSINESS: Escaped Monkey Swings from Rafters in Spirit Halloween Store
A diapered primate turned a Texas Halloween store into its personal jungle gym.
LINUS, THE GREAT PUMPKIN, AND DEMONS: Foam Tombstones, Plastic Skeletons, and Spiritual Warfare
Every October, we decorate our homes with plastic skeletons and paper bats, never realizing that the genuine spiritual warfare happening around us makes these decorations look like child’s play.
NICE TO SEE YOU FROM THE OTHER SIDE: Bruce Forsyth’s Spirit Reportedly Haunts the London Palladium
The beloved entertainer’s ghost has allegedly been heard repeating his famous catchphrase beneath the stage where his ashes rest, joining centuries of theatrical hauntings at the historic venue.
The Headless Woman of Bobby Mackey’s: A Century of Blood, Murder, and Restless Spirits
A country music nightclub in Kentucky holds dark secrets beneath its dance floor — secrets that began with a brutal decapitation in 1896 and continue to manifest in violent supernatural encounters today.
SPIRIT ORBS AND LIGHT FORMS: Has The Mystery Of This Phenomenon Been Solved?
For more than a century, the field of spirit photography has snapped iridescent spheres of light—igniting bitter debate between believers, who say the images are proof of an afterlife, and skeptics, who say there’s nothing more than a dust particle caught in the flash of a camera. Could they both be right?
THE TROUBLE WITH GHOST ORBS: Are Spirit Orbs Real, Or is Your House Just Dusty?
When mysterious orbs of light start appearing in photographs at haunted locations, a psychic medium claims they’re messages from the dead — but paranormal investigators armed with science have a far less supernatural explanation that might burst your spiritual bubble.
WHEN DARKNESS PRESSES DOWN: Sleep Paralysis and Spiritual Warfare
You’re trapped in your own body while dark figures watch from the shadows – but what science calls sleep paralysis might be something far more sinister, and in this episode we’ll explore how ancient spiritual attack is alive and well just in your nightmares, but in your waking hours as well. But you have a weapon that will conquer it all.
When Spirits Turn Deadly: The World’s Most Violent Hauntings
An investigation into documented cases of supernatural encounters that left victims injured, traumatized, or dead, examining the thin boundary between paranormal activity and genuine physical harm.
SUICIDES AND SPIRITS OF THE LEMP MANSION: Inside America’s Most Infamous Haunted House
The Lemp family of St. Louis were rich, powerful, influential, and were living a celebrity lifestyle thanks to the lager beer empire they had built there. But the family was anything but happy… the tragedy and depression of the family was like a curse, taking them out one by one. And it appears their spirits are still residing in the extremely haunted mansion they left behind.
KABBALISTIC NIGHT WALKERS: Demons And Spirits of Jewish Tradition
The margins of sacred texts contain creatures that academic study rarely addresses—vampiric Estries who recover only through their victim’s bread and salt, and demons born from unfinished divine work on the first Friday. These beings emerge from centuries of Jewish mysticism and folklore, where the line between protective magic and terrifying consequence grows dangerously thin.
The Samaritan Cult: Linda Greene’s Deadly Path To Spiritual Enlightenment
A respected nurse’s spiritual teachings attracted hundreds of followers worldwide, but beneath her claims of divine insight lay a deadly cult that would ultimately consume those closest to her.
SPIRITUALISM: Mediums, Ectoplasm, and Floating Tables – America’s Forgotten Obsession With The Dead
At a time when speaking to the dead was a national obsession, America’s séance rooms became theaters of mystery, manipulation, and maybe — just maybe — real contact with the other side.
THE INTRUDERS: Some Spirits Don’t Know They Are Gone | Paranormal & Crime OTR
A woman who, upon returning to her cherished home, finds it inhabited by a family of strangers who seem oblivious to her presence. | #RetroRadio EP0424
TERROR AT CHRISTMAS COTTAGE: Where The Holiday Spirits Aren’t The Only Ones Stirring
During a Christmas gathering at a renovated 17th-century cottage, four friends experience a series of supernatural events that reveal the dark history of the house in the tale, “Exorcism” from BBC’s Ghost Story! | #RetroRadio EP0422
THE EASTER SUNDAY MASSACRE: Shed Blood on the Holiest of Days, Leaving Behind Unholy Spirits
On Easter Sunday 1975, William List murdered seven members of his family – an unholy act on the holiest of days that left behind not only a brutal crime scene, but a home still said to be haunted by restless spirits.
GEORGE WASHINGTON Wages Spiritual BATTLE With a HEADLESS HESSIAN! #RetroRadio EP0325 #WeirdDarkness
It’s the American Revolutionary War, and General George Washington’s troops prepare for the Battle of Trenton. The soldiers are unnerved by the nightly appearance of a headless horseman, dressed in a Hessian uniform. Hear the tale in this Old Time Radio marathon’s episode of CBS Radio Mystery Theater and the episode, “The Headless Hessian” from September 23, 1975!