The Mysterious Disappearance of Ambrose Bierce - Castle of Spirits True Ghost Stories

What are doppelgangers? In paranormal folklore, they're thought to be the apparitions of living people that spontaneously appear and just as quickly vanish. Some suggest they're supernatural entities and harbingers of misfortune. Others believe doppelgangers are actual physical beings, evil twins bent on wreaking havoc on the lives of the unsuspecting. In this episode, we feature the true story of a man whose friends and family have witnessed his appearance in unexplained locations. After that, we hear the story of a small group of security guards who discover an unearthly presence lurking on the sixth floor of a 100-year-old building. And finally, a mother and child are pranked by a back room dwelling ghost.

Stories:
Two Places at Once?
The 6th Floor
The Back Room (1)

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Amateur ghost hunters are chased out of an abandoned asylum by a jabbering herky-jerky puppet man. On a rural highway, the ghost of a murdered tow truck driver comes to the aid of stranded travelers. And the tale of a haunted ceiling fan prompts the Ghostkeepers to share an unexplained experience of their own.

Stories:
The Fan Ghost
Horror at Sandhill Park
Phantom Tow Truck

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Just off the infamous Mystery Mile in western Pennsylvania, an angry ghost child's late-night visits grow increasingly alarming. A young family is haunted by a duo of specters insistent on preventing them from leaving. A new homeowner discovers something inhuman living in her basement. And a protective father comes face to face with an attic-dwelling entity with a taste for young flesh.

Stories:
The Angry Boy on Mystery Mile
Our Unfriendly Farewell
The Basement
2 Years

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The death of writer Edgar Allan Poe has been shrouded in mystery for nearly two centuries, and there is no shortage of theories on how the master of the macabre met his untimely end. Was Poe the victim of foul play? Or did he succumb to his inner demons? In this special episode of the Castle of Spirits True Ghost Stories Podcast, the Ghostkeepers endeavor to answer one of the great unsolved questions of literary history: Who or what killed Edgar Allan Poe?

Links:
Edgar Allan Poe (Wikipedia)
Happy Birthday Mr. Poe (story)
The Oval Portrait (story by Edgar Allan Poe)
The (Still) Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe (article)
Alan Parsons Project - Tales of Mystery and Imagination (Wikipedia)
Kidnapping, Binge Drinking and Costumes: Voter Fraud in the 1800s (Ridiculous History Podcast)

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A sleeper is awakened by a crouching creature with huge eyes and a menacing smile. A child spots a tiny humanoid lurking in a tree. A skeleton crew of night-shift nurses hear a disembodied voice asking for help. A podcast listener shares their run-in with a freakish grinning monk. And a ghost named Johnny comes knocking.

Stories:
Crouching There
Little Man
Voice in the Hall (2)
Johnny the Ghost

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A mimic demon attaches itself to an unsuspecting family. The spirit of a long-dead cowboy refuses to leave the site of his death.  An encounter with a ghostly nun offers clues to an unsolved crime. And a Ouija board session reveals the lingering echoes of a violent murder.

Stories:
Robin and the Mimic Demon
The Angry Cowboy
The Nun
Freebird

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A malevolent spirit uses a Ouija board to gain entry into this world. The ghost of a murdered matriarch leaves her grave in search of payback. A young girl is tormented by a quartet of giggling china dolls. And two campers find themselves trapped by a supernatural spectacle of epic proportions. This week, the Ghostkeepers share four never-before-heard horror tales too terrifying to be true.

Stories:
Alex and the Ouija Board (from the book Castle of Spirits: Tome of Lost Tales)
Mother (from the book Shadows on the Page)
My Laughing Dolls (from the book Castle of Spirits: Tome of Lost Tales)
Nightsong (from the book More Shadows on the Page)

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Driving through the British moors at night, a man comes upon a hitchhiker from another time. In New Zealand, a long and winding road is the setting for a multi-ghost encounter. On a cold and foggy night in New Jersey, good samaritans offer a lift to a hitcher with no eyes. And the spirit of a woman killed in a fire haunts the Sussex County mansion where she died 100 years ago. 

Stories:
Burning Down the House (2)
Lost Hitchhiker
WWII Hitchhiker
Four Ghosts in One Night     

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Mysterious beings pay a late-night visit to suburbia.  A toddler is plagued by visitations from a "scary dead guy" under his bed.  A rural Texas home is besieged by loud knocks and strange sounds in the surrounding woods. And in 1943 Germany, a family bears witness to a procession of the dead. Also: the Haunted Hotline is in full operation, and ghosts are standing by to hear your personal tale of terror at 801-436-7838!

Stories:
This is My House
What Was That?(2)
A Winter's Night in Germany   

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Steel yourself for the horrors to come this Thanksgiving with an inoculating dose of terrifying tales meant to chill you to the wishbone. In "Thanksgiving," a beloved family friend is determined not to let a little thing like death keep him from the mashed potatoes. Next, a babysitter finds out why the family refuses to go upstairs in "Brother-In-Law's House." Lost hikers find their way "Out of the Woods" with the help of an unexplained presence. And finally, a family's love affair with their new home ends rather abruptly in "Ghostly Happenings in Our House." Grab a plate, take a seat, and dig the feast.

Links:
Thanksgiving (story)
Brother-In-Law's House (story)
Out of the Woods (story)
Ghostly Happenings in Our House (story)
Third Man Factor (Wikipedia article)
La Diablesse (Wikipedia article)

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