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Haunted American History

A daily campfire-style podcast blending American history, folklore, and original ghost stories. What scares you? Let’s find out.

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00:24:40

The Tower of London

Haunted American History ·

2026/02/01

Behind the souvenir swords and ceremonial guards, the Tower of London is still what it has always been: a memory machine built from stone and blood.From a “cylinder of light” that attacked the Keeper of the Crown Jewels in 1817, to phantom bears, headless queens, vanished princes, and a force at the Sally Port that even dogs refuse to cross—this fortress doesn’t just hold history. It replays it.YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@HauntedAmericanHistory hauntedamericanhistory.com Patreon-

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00:21:35

Haunted American History YouTube - Greenwood Cemetery

Haunted American History ·

2026/01/31

The audio that I am sharing here comes from a location I visited and shot a video on for the Haunted American History YouTube Channel. I hope you all enjoy it and come spend time with me there. The link is below.YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@HauntedAmericanHistory hauntedamericanhistory.com Patreon- ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/hauntedamericanhistory⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ LINKS FOR MY DEBUT NOVEL, THE FORGOTTEN BOROUGH Barnes and Noble -

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00:25:01

The Big Muddy Monster

Haunted American History ·

2026/01/30

A river doesn’t cleanse...it keeps.In Southern Illinois, the Big Muddy has swallowed centuries of violence, folklore, and frontier rot… until the summer of 1973, when something pale and massive stepped out of the river bottoms and into a quiet suburb.This is the story of the Big Muddy Monster, footprints in clay, black slime on leaves, and the question that never stayed buried: what does the river refuse to forget?YouTube -

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00:21:22

Resurrection Mary

Haunted American History ·

2026/01/29

After a night of dancing, a pale girl in a white dress asks for a ride home, then demands to be let out at the gates of Resurrection Cemetery… and vanishes into untouched snow.They call her Resurrection Mary, Chicago’s most famous hitchhiking ghost. But there is more to it than a simple ghost story.Cold hands, missing time, and a legend that once left scorch marks on iron.Because some stories don’t end when the music stops.YouTube -

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00:22:09

Piasa Bird

Haunted American History ·

2026/01/28

A Jesuit priest sees a masterpiece painted high on the Mississippi bluffs—an ancient guardian of the deep, watching the river like a warning.Two centuries later, a preacher adds wings, teeth, and a hero… and the lie becomes the legend.YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@HauntedAmericanHistory hauntedamericanhistory.com Patreon- ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/hauntedamericanhistory⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ LINKS FOR MY DEBUT NOVEL, THE FORGOTTEN BOROUGH Barnes and Noble -

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00:25:06

Manteno Madness

Haunted American History ·

2026/01/27

In August 1939, Manteno State Hospital became a sealed ecosystem of heat, overcrowding, and contaminated water.Typhoid spread through the wards like a silent fire, leaving dozens dead—and a reputation the prairie never shook.Some places don’t heal. They just get repurposed. hauntedamericanhistory.com Patreon- ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/hauntedamericanhistory⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ LINKS FOR MY DEBUT NOVEL, THE FORGOTTEN BOROUGH Barnes and Noble -

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00:22:14

Iroquois Theatre Fire

Haunted American History ·

2026/01/27

Chicago built the Iroquois Theatre to prove the city could never burn again—“Absolutely Fireproof,” they promised.On December 30, 1903, a spark found the lie, and over 600 people died behind locked gates and false exits.A century later, they still say the alley behind the theater remembers. hauntedamericanhistory.com Patreon- ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/hauntedamericanhistory⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ LINKS FOR MY DEBUT NOVEL, THE FORGOTTEN BOROUGH Barnes and Noble -

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01:22:38

Presenting "How Haunted?" - Dracula in Whitby

Haunted American History ·

2026/01/23

How Haunted? is a fortnightly paranormal podcast hosted by Rob Kirkup from the north east of England, who is a published author and ghost hunter, as well as being a podcaster. Each episode of How Haunted? focuses on one of the world's scariest locations, and Rob dives deep into the bloody history and terrifying ghost stories. This is usually somewhere in his native UK, with occasional trips overseas. Rob occasionally has guests join him to discuss these scary sites, or polterguests as he prefers to

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00:21:33

The Old Idaho Penitentiary

Haunted American History ·

2026/01/22

At the base of Table Rock in Boise stands a prison built from the very stone its inmates were forced to carve.For more than a century, the Old Idaho Penitentiary was a place of heat, isolation, executions, and riots.Some say the sandstone never forgot. hauntedamericanhistory.com Patreon- ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/hauntedamericanhistory⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ LINKS FOR MY DEBUT NOVEL, THE FORGOTTEN BOROUGH Barnes and Noble -

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00:52:59

Presenting - Disturb Me -Behind Closed Doors

Haunted American History ·

2026/01/21

In this episode of Disturb Me, Chris and Meg trade two stories that prove reality can be far more terrifying than fiction.Chris dives into the horrifying life of Albert Fish, a serial killer and cannibal whose crimes shocked early 20th-century New York.Meg counters with the eerie unsolved case of the Hinterkaifeck murders, where an entire family was slaughtered on their remote German farm, leaving a mystery that still lingers today.Together, these stories reveal how horror often hides in plain sight

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00:33:14

Sharlie of Payette Lake

Haunted American History ·

2026/01/20

High in the mountains of Idaho, Payette Lake plunges nearly 400 feet into black, frozen water.For centuries, locals and Indigenous tribes have warned that something lives in those depths.They call it Sharlie.hauntedamericanhistory.com Patreon- ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/hauntedamericanhistory⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ LINKS FOR MY DEBUT NOVEL, THE FORGOTTEN BOROUGH Barnes and Noble - https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-forgotten-borough-christopher-feinstein/1148274794?ean=9798319693334 AMAZON:

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00:30:23

The Massacre at Kealakekua Bay

Haunted American History ·

2026/01/19

In 1779, Captain James Cook arrived in Hawaiʻi during Makahiki—welcomed with a reverence that blurred the line between man and god. But when Cook returned out of season, the story changed fast. This episode explores Kealakekua Bay, the collision of belief systems, and how a single decision turned an explorer into a legend… and a warning.hauntedamericanhistory.com Patreon- ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/hauntedamericanhistory⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ LINKS FOR MY DEBUT NOVEL, THE FORGOTTEN BOROUGH Barnes and Noble -

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00:03:31

Update 1/12/26

Haunted American History ·

2026/01/12

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00:20:48

Presenting - The Nightmare Collective - Extinct

Haunted American History ·

2026/01/11

Subscribe the The Nightmare Collective. New Original fiction coming in 2026.New Year. Nightmares. Wherever you get your podcastsWritten by Jon SaksEdited and sound designed by Frank BonacciInstagram - The_nightmare_collective X/Twitter - @TNCpods Email- Thenightmarecollectivepodcast@gmail.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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00:30:43

The Curse of Friday the 13th

Haunted American History ·

2026/01/10

Friday the 13th didn’t become a global fear by accident. It was built, myth by myth, headline by headline, until one perfectly timed disaster made it feel inevitable: the seven-masted schooner Thomas W. Lawson wrecked in a gale on Friday, December 13, 1907, the same year its namesake published a bestselling novel called Friday, the Thirteenth.From Norse feasts to dinner-party “fourteenths,” Wall Street panic to horror-movie branding, this is the story of how the calendar learned to scare us

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00:21:15

Altie: The Altamaha River Monster

Haunted American History ·

2026/01/09

Along Georgia’s Altamaha River, nicknamed the “Little Amazon”, locals have spent centuries whispering about a creature they call Altie.From Indigenous water-spirits to sea-serpent sightings and modern hoaxes, this is a story about what the blackwater refuses to explain.hauntedamericanhistory.com Patreon- ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/hauntedamericanhistory⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ LINKS FOR MY DEBUT NOVEL, THE FORGOTTEN BOROUGH Barnes and Noble -

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00:25:35

Leo Frank & The Ghost of Mary Phagan

Haunted American History ·

2026/01/08

In 1913 Atlanta, a young factory girl is found dead in a basement... and two strange notes turn a murder into a legend.This episode traces the “Night Witch” clue through superstition, bias, and mob justice… and asks what still lingers in the places we paved over. hauntedamericanhistory.com Patreon- ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/hauntedamericanhistory⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ LINKS FOR MY DEBUT NOVEL, THE FORGOTTEN BOROUGH Barnes and Noble -

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00:24:50

Andersonville Prison

Haunted American History ·

2026/01/07

Andersonville was meant to be a prison camp. Instead, it became one of the deadliest places in American history.In this episode, we uncover the horrors buried beneath Georgia soil... where thousands died, the ground remembers, and the past refuses to stay silent. hauntedamericanhistory.com Patreon- ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/hauntedamericanhistory⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ LINKS FOR MY DEBUT NOVEL, THE FORGOTTEN BOROUGH Barnes and Noble -

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00:24:02

The Sorrel-Weed House

Haunted American History ·

2026/01/06

The Sorrel-Weed House is one of the most haunted locations in Savannah, but the real story isn’t the one told on ghost tours. Beneath the legends of suicides, shadow figures, and restless spirits lies a much darker history tied to war, displacement, and land soaked in blood. In this episode, we uncover what was buried long before the house was built… and why something there still refuses to rest. hauntedamericanhistory.com Patreon- ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/hauntedamericanhistory⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ LINKS FOR

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00:22:48

Lake Lanier

Haunted American History ·

2026/01/05

Lake Lanier in Georgia isn’t just dangerous...it’s layered. A modern playground built over erased towns, buried roads, and missing graves. This episode follows the nightmare timeline that turned a man-made reservoir into one of the South’s most enduring haunted legends… and asks whether the “curse” is supernatural, or something far more human.hauntedamericanhistory.com Patreon- ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/hauntedamericanhistory⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ LINKS FOR MY DEBUT NOVEL, THE FORGOTTEN BOROUGH Barnes and Noble

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