Castle of Spirits True Ghost Stories

Some call Hollywood the city of broken dreams. But if urban legend is to be believed, it's really the land of restless souls and unforgiving curses. In this episode of the Castle of Spirits Podcast, …

A levitating girlfriend puts the kibosh on long-term love in "The Haunting of Sara." A teenage boy learns that "Betsy the Seldom-Seen Ghost" isn't as docile as he's been led to believe. And a group o…

The name Amityville literally translates to “friendship village”—but because of the tragic murders that took place in that Long Island community in 1974, and because of the bestselling book and block…

In "Headless Ghost," college students pay a visit to a neighborhood apparition who's all shoulders. A motorist plays a game of chase with the "Summerville Light." And two friends have a close encount…

They arise from the earth and take flight through dark skies. Incandescent enigmas that tumble and twirl like sentient beings made of light. Some stay awhile, mesmerizing witnesses into shocked gasps…

The Castle of Spirits library is chock full of true reader-submitted paranormal accounts spanning 25 years, and in this bonus podcast episode, the Ghostkeepers dip into that burbling cauldron to serv…

Bloody Mary is a rite of passage for children throughout the world. It is a divination ritual best played in a darkened bathroom with a mirror, a candle, and a small group of friends that invariably …

A woman in rural Texas is tormented by mysterious gnome-like creatures called Duendes. In New Zealand, a young man is haunted by the specter of an unwelcome visitor who takes up residence in his home…

The phenomenon of the Top Hat Man—known also in popular culture as Hat Man, the Smiling Man, and the Grinning Man—is one that bears serious discussion and consideration for anyone interested in urban…

Why are hospitals so often the scenes of ghost sightings and paranormal activity? Can the phenomena be blamed on the spirits of those who died there? Or is there something more to it that paranormal …

Listen to a first-person account of a real-life encounter with a Banshee in Dublin, Ireland—followed by the sighting of a roadside hooded ghost in Wales. Plus: Jane details her own experience witness…

Take a deep dive into the history, mystery, myths, and misconceptions of the Ouija board, and listen to numerous firsthand accounts from Castle of Spirits website visitors and podcast listeners. If y…

Tune in as ghostkeepers Vince and Jane pick two true terrifying tales from the Castle’s monstrous story archive—"The Watcher" and "Waketop Walkers"—then dive into discussion on the phenomenon of dise…

Does the ghost of Anne Boleyn really haunt the Tower of London? Are ghosts just fragments of the past forever stuck on loop, or is there a consciousness behind them? These are a few of the questions …

Back in the early 80s, a series of unexplained incidents in a medical laboratory led to the discovery of a phenomenon called the Fear Frequency—an inaudible vibration that can cause people to sense a…

Have you ever seen something you can’t explain? Something you might have glimpsed on the side of the road as you were driving by, or spied out of the corner of your eye on a dark and moonless night? …

Is it possible that the more you talk about the paranormal, the greater the chances are that you’ll begin to experience it? And what part does the phenomenon of frequency illusion play into our perce…

Where will you haunt when you die? And do you even have to be dead to be a ghost? Join ghostkeepers Vince and Jane as they contemplate the nature of ghosts and talk about all things paranormal. Also:…

Castle of Spirits ghostkeepers Vince and Jane tackle a veritable smorgasbord of spook, sharing true ghost stories from the voluminous library archives and holding discourse on a potpourri of paranorm…

Join intrepid ghostkeepers Vince and Jane as they wind their way through the castle to the library, where they rummage through the vast archives of 4,600+ reader-submitted ghost stories to bring you …