The Ghost Story Guys

Snake Island Blues | Talk Spooky to Me 30.06.2026 56хв

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows⁠ Invisible forces turning on the water, a message from beyond the grave, the dangers of arm wrestling, and the only thing scarier than rats in James Herbert's "Rats" series - that's right, it's time to Talk Spooky. Check out Brett Manning's Etsy store here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/brettisagirl Our musical feature on this episode is "The Beach Boys Were Full of It" by The Boy Detective, provided courtesy of Punkerton Records. If you like what you hear, follow The Boy Detective on Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube. For full shownotes, head to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠GhostStoryGuys.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

England's Most Haunted 23.06.2026 1год 33хв

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows⁠ On this episode we dive into stories from UK folklorist and friend of the show Ruth Roper Wylde's "These Haunted Times, Volume 6" available in paperback, Kindle, and audiobook. Also on this episode: nerdy synchronicities, Paul surviving the World Cup, and the nightmare that is James Herbert's "The Rats" For full shownotes, head to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠GhostStoryGuys.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One Powerful Owl | Talk Spooky to Me 16.06.2026 49хв

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows⁠ What kind of high strangeness lurks at Hanging Rock? Is there a plasmoid theory of poltergeist activity that will blow your everloving mind? Is a giant owl fit to be a babysitter? All these questions and more are answered when we talk spooky. Our musical guests on this episode are the Lot Lizards, with "Doomsday Kegger" off their latest collection, "First Two LPs", provided courtesy of Punkerton Records. Follow Lot Lizards on Facebook and Instagram. For full shownotes, head to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠GhostStoryGuys.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lost in the Backrooms: Haunted Malls 09.06.2026 1год 50хв

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows⁠ Brennan's most striking encounter with the paranormal in years kicks off our exploration into high strangeness in those most liminal of places - shopping malls. From the former Puente Hills Mall in Industry, CA to Cincinnati Mills to The Shire's in Trowbridge, it turns out that while these malls may look empty, you're never really alone Also on this episode: ass-trology, Bigfoot in Idaho, and something about Pingu's dad For full shownotes, head to ⁠⁠⁠⁠GhostStoryGuys.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Heat Strokin' It | Talk Spooky to Me 02.06.2026 53хв

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows⁠ Haunted houses that won't stay clean? Nerding out about the newly discovered cut of 1958's "Dracula"? Making out with Green Day? All while Paul desperately fights the heat? That's right, it's time to Talk Spooky! Our musical guest on this episode is Podzontommusic, with his latest beat, "Motown." For full shownotes, head to ⁠⁠⁠GhostStoryGuys.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

They See You 26.05.2026 1год 44хв

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows⁠ This one represents a first for GSG - never before have we recorded an episode while my phone is blowing up with tornado warnings! The only thing scarier than that is the collection of listener stories we told while the wind was blowing - three never-before-heard-in-English tales of German poltergeists, spirits next to the bed, presences in the basement, and more, all of which are united by one commonality: They. See. You. For full shownotes, head to ⁠⁠GhostStoryGuys.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Ghost Anti-Defamation League | Talk Spooky to Me 19.05.2026 56хв

The tragic tale of the girl in the bathroom, Bagheera & Barnabus, a Hawaiian knuckle sandwich, the Westall UFO, and more haunting in Bren's apartment. That's right, it's time to Talk Spooky. Our musical guest on this episode is Misha Bower with her latest single, "Surrender." Keep an eye on Misha's Instagram and Bandcamp page for the release of her next track, "Eclipse," coming June 1st. Links:Cimmerian Wares Vulture's Nest BooksLittle Wren BooksDon't forget to check out Liz Johnston's new novel, "The Fall-Down Effect" here or at your local bookstore. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Haunted South Africa 12.05.2026 1год 38хв

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows⁠ At long last, we dive into stories of high strangeness from South Africa, with check-ins from our buddies the Tokoloshe, the Djinn, and a whole bunch of house spirits who insist on being impossible to explain by conventional means.Also on this episode: Bren finally watches "Thrash", Paul is challenged to a fistfight, and a terrible new character is born For full shownotes, head to ⁠GhostStoryGuys.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Here's to You, Molly Moo | Talk Spooky to Me 05.05.2026 57хв

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows⁠ A murder suspect tormented by dreams from beyond the grave? Justice for Lake Doo-Ron-Ron? Paul still absolutely furious he watched "Thrash"? Loving with your whole heart, just not at the bus station? It sure sounds like a Talk Spooky episode to me! Our musical guest on this episode is Darko Richards with his latest single, "Like Gravity", featuring Jamie Wiltshire For full shownotes, head to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠GhostStoryGuys.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This House is Haunted 28.04.2026 1год 53хв

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows⁠ Your home is your castle, so what do you do when your castle is haunted? You leave. The answer is you leave, but in the two stories we have for you on this show, it takes our victims a LONG time to figure that out. We also talk about the world record for "Ferret legging", the great Montgomery County Cocaine Explosion of 1985, and the Massapequa Monster! For full shownotes, head to GhostStoryGuys.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Shape of Bigfoot to Come | Talk Spooky to Me 21.04.2026 1год 1хв

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows⁠⁠ Has a Bigfoot travelled from Ohio to Ontario? What is walking across one of our listener's house in the dead of night, only to stop when they get out of bed? Is there chaos in the collective unconscious? Why does Paul know so much about the shape of various animals bathing suit areas? Yes, it's time to Talk Spooky. Also on this episode: we declare victory when our speculation about a certain actor is validated by someone who had to deal with his ping-pong playing ass Our musical guests on this episode are Joker's Republic with their brand-new cover of Green Day's "When I Come Around", courtesy of Punkerton Records For full shownotes, head to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠GhostStoryGuys.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The House That Screamed, and Other Stories 14.04.2026 1год 21хв

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows⁠ When the house next door starts screaming, who do you call? On this episode, we hear stories from listeners who have responded to emergency calls from the other side and come away with mysteries which quite simply cannot be solved For full shownotes, head to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠GhostStoryGuys.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Beast of Bridgwater | Talk Spooky to Me 07.04.2026 50хв

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows⁠ Giant cats in England, a crash course in agave beverages, and my stereo turning on by itself, mid-show - yep, it's a Talk Spooky, and a it's weird one. Our musical guest on this episode is Eliot Wilder with "See That My Grave is Kept Clean" from his latest album, "Non Playable Character." For full shownotes, head to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠GhostStoryGuys.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What's Haunting, Pennsylvania? 31.03.2026 1год 51хв

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows⁠ We all know Pennsylvania is strange - but how strange, exactly? According to this collection of listener emails, strange enough to keep you up nights, should you listen to this in the dark. We also dig into stories from the LeHigh Valley, where things wait in crawlspaces and empty amusement parks, hopefully convincing you to avoid both in future For full shownotes, head to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠GhostStoryGuys.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wax On, Wax Off | Talk Spooky to Me 24.03.2026 47хв

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows⁠ What does the world look like when you're astrally projecting and not seeing it with your eyes? What horrors await us in the featureless backrooms of LinkedIn? Find out the answers to these questions and more in our most recent trip through the mailbag. Also, Bren raves about "Undertone" Our musical guest on this episode is Tired of Fighting, with their latest single "Just For Me", courtesy of Punkerton Records For full shownotes, head to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠GhostStoryGuys.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Here, There Be Ghosts 17.03.2026 1год 38хв

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows⁠ Sometimes ghosts take stuff, but what about when they start taking knives? Would you believe they were trying to protect you? That's one of the questions asked by a listener on our latest collection of stories. We also get an update on a not-so-cursed house in Delaware, definitely haunted houses in South Africa, and Paul gets to meet the BPT. You'll have to listen to find out what that is...Links: The Delaware "Cult House" Urban Legend [Jude McLaughlin] For full shownotes, head to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠GhostStoryGuys.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Pair of Conundrums | Talk Spooky to Me 10.03.2026 1год 7хв

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows⁠⁠⁠ Ghost kittens, strange men disappearing in the rain, and a voice that warns someone in the nick of time - that's just a few of the stories you'll hear as we dive into the mailbag! Also: Bren says the "Spawn" soundtrack can kick rocks, Paul flexes his psychic muscles, and we present further proof that the hosts both have AND are conundrums. Our musical guest on this episode is Nakatomi Freefall with their latest single, "Black Cherry" For full shownotes, head to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠GhostStoryGuys.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Never Trust a Skeptic - My Life in the Paranormal 03.03.2026 1год 49хв

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows⁠ Our listener David has shared with us his lifetime of paranormal experiences from both South Dakota and Connecticut, including a life-saving shove from an unseen force, a cursed childhood bedroom, and so much more!Also in this episode: Brennan accidentally annoys The Youth, Paul is called upon to help them, and we learn a little bit about the magic of Anel. Criss Anel, that is For full shownotes, head to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠GhostStoryGuys.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hank Estrada, GhostBooks.biz | Ghost Story Guys & Friends 26.02.2026 51хв

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows⁠ Publisher Hank Estrada started the imprint that would become GhostBooks.biz back in 1980s with his husband, the late Antonio R. Garcez. Together, they would go on to publish more than two dozen meticulously researched volumes of Antonio's ghost stories, including "American Indian Ghost Stories of the West", "New Mexico Ghost Stories", "Gay and Lesbian Ghost Stories", and many more. Though Antonio passed away in 2023, Hank has continued carrying his legacy forward not only by ensuring his books stay in print, but by completing his final volume, the nearly 700-page "Unforgettable Ghost Story Interviews." Hank joins Brennan and Paul to talk about how it all began, and to share a little of what it was like watching Antonio work. We can't wait to have him back! For full shownotes, head to ⁠⁠⁠⁠GhostStoryGuys.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chock Full O' Ghosts | Talk Spooky to Me 24.02.2026 50хв

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows⁠ This dive into the mailbag is our most haunted one yet! Starting off with a nod to the classic (depending on who you ask) 90s flick "Spawn", Bren & Paul head straight into the darkness with an anonymous contribution from a UK police officer, updates on a haunted house, and so much more. This is a particularly story-heavy Talk Spooky, so enjoy! Our musical guest on this episode is Saint Martyn (https://saintmartyn.bandcamp.com/) with "The Closing", lead-off single from their upcoming album, "And Testament" For full shownotes, head to ⁠⁠⁠⁠GhostStoryGuys.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices