History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The Mind

McMenamins Edgefield is located in Troutdale, Oregon and it is an historic hotel that features a little bit of everything from fine dining to concerts to a movie theater to a distillery and brewery t…

On October 1, 2014, History Goes Bump dropped its first episode. It was a dream come true. Over the past 9 years, we have featured thousands of locations. More than any other podcast out there. And t…

Portugal sits right along the coast of Spain and while Spain overshadows it in size, the history of Portugal is vast. A mix of cultures have lived and ruled here for centuries. The country became a l…

We often wonder why spirits stay behind in haunted locations. Many times the answer is that some sort of trauma was experienced. And digging even deeper, we sometimes find that a spirit is at unrest …

Lincoln, Nebraska is the home of the Cornhuskers and its also the state's capitol city. The Sower stands atop the tower of the Capitol Building, preparing to toss some seeds to businesses and neighbo…

There's no missing the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. It stands tall along Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles with a bright red neon sign on top announcing to the world that it is Hotel Roosevelt. This i…

Dartmoor is located in an upland area of southern Devon, England. Much of the area is protected by a National Park and it has the largest concentration of Bronze Age ruins in the United Kingdom. This…

Not too far from Malabar Farm State Park in Ohio sits Pleasant Valley Cemetery. One marble grave marker stands a bit higher than the rest of the headstones around it and across the top is embossed th…

Kennebunkport is a Maine town that goes back hundreds of years. This coastal resort town plays host to several haunted inns. The Kennebunkport Captains Collection in Maine are four historic homes tha…

In this redux episode, Kelly and Diane explore the Shanley Hotel. The Shanley Hotel is one of New York's most haunted hotels and is located in Napanoch, nestled among the beautiful woods of the Shawa…

The USS Salem was the flagship of the 6th Fleet and is nicknamed "The Sea Witch." She was first launched in 1947 as a Naval cruiser and was fortunate to never see any battle. But that didn't keep her…

The Florida Everglades is a network of impenetrable swamps, snaking waterways and thick cypress forests. This would be a great place to make a body disappear and there is a dark history here of disap…

There's no other way to describe the Hotel del Coronado in San Diego other than magnificent. The structure is unique and easily recognizable with its Queen Anne Victorian architecture and white clapb…

In this redux episode, Kelly and Diane explore the origins of the Bloody Mary legends and rituals. Through that exploration, they examine the superstitions around mirrors and the practice of scrying.…

Vast areas of the oceans have never been explored, but there are also places on the earth that have been left untouched. Particularly the mountains. Some are so high, men can only dream of scaling th…

New Orleans, Louisiana is well known for its legends and its ghosts. Like every other large city, it has played host to some heinous crimes and the 700 block of Ursulines Avenue seems to be a murder …

Denver was considered the Queen City of the Plains during the Victorian era and by 1867, it was designated the territorial capital. Colorado would gain statehood in 1876 and a capitol would be built …

Estes Park is a gorgeous mountain city and one of Diane's favorite places in Colorado. F.O. Stanley would build the Stanley Hotel in this town, a hotel made famous by Stephen King in his book The Shi…

Memphis' Adams Avenue is where the rich built their homes during the Victorian era. Today, it is referred to as the Victorian Village, but in its heyday, this was Millionaire's Row. These gorgeous ho…

Bonnie and Clyde are an infamous crime duo who left behind a legacy that has been romanticized in books and movies. But the truth was that this young couple were dangerous and deadly. They left many …