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Lights Out With Sylvia Shults

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Podcast Alert: Haunted Chronicles

Lights Out With Sylvia Shults ·

2024/01/05

Sometimes I am invited to be a guest on someone’s podcast, and the host and I just … click. The hour flies by, and we just have the best time chatting! This is what happened with Michelle Fisher, host of Haunted Chronicles. I must confess, I fell for her as soon as I heard her … Continue reading Podcast Alert: Haunted Chronicles

Today I Learned …

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2024/01/01

The town of Cameron Corner straddles the border of three Australian states with three different time zones. So the New Year is rung in three times in the town, each half an hour apart — first New South Wales, then South Australia, and finally Queensland. (From Ripley’s Believe It or Not: Out of the Box) … Continue reading Today I Learned …

California Haunts Podcast

Lights Out With Sylvia Shults ·

2023/12/27

Join me for a chat with Charlotte Sanchez-Kosa, host of California Haunts Radio. We’ll revisit the Peoria State Hospital, and share some fun spooky stories. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZ0-u2y9dx0

Today I Learned …

Lights Out With Sylvia Shults ·

2023/12/25

So that he could spend Christmas 2018 with his daughter Pierce, who was working as a flight attendant for Delta Air Lines, Hal Vaughan, from Ocean Springs, Mississippi, bought tickets to fly with her as a passenger on all six of her flights on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. (From Ripley’s Believe It or Not: … Continue reading Today I Learned …

Twelve Nightmares of Christmas, Day 12 — The Ghost...

Lights Out With Sylvia Shults ·

2023/12/24

Merry Saturkwanzukah! It’s time for our Christmas Eve story. Here is one of my favorites. Every so often, we hear of ghosts helping the living. It’s rarer still when a living person has the chance to help a ghost. Mary Pepper was an orphan living in Liverpool in the 1880s. At seven years old, she … Continue reading Twelve Nightmares of Christmas, Day 12 — The Ghost and Mary Pepper

Twelve Nightmares of Christmas, Day 11 — The Ghost of...

Lights Out With Sylvia Shults ·

2023/12/23

The Tower of London comes by its ghostly reputation honestly. Built by William the Conqueror in 1078, it has stood as a symbol of the might of England for nearly a thousand years. It was originally a royal palace as well as a defensive fortress. In fact, Her Majesty’s Royal Palace and Fortress, The Tower … Continue reading Twelve Nightmares of Christmas, Day 11 — The Ghost of Anne Boleyn

Twelve Nightmares of Christmas, Day 10 — The Brown...

Lights Out With Sylvia Shults ·

2023/12/22

There is a startling ghost photograph that was taken in a stately English home, Raynham Hall in Norfolk. This might just be the most famous ghost photograph of all time. Raynham Hall was once the home of Lady Dorothy Townshend, who married Viscount Charles Townshend in 1713. As in many ghost stories, all was not … Continue reading Twelve Nightmares of Christmas, Day 10 — The Brown Lady of Raynham Hall

Twelve Nightmares of Christmas, Day 9 — The Woman in...

Lights Out With Sylvia Shults ·

2023/12/21

I was privileged, this spring, to spend three weeks ghost hunting in England and Scotland with Dale Kaczmarek. Our host for those three weeks was Paul Adams, a renowned writer of ghost stories himself. One evening as we were sitting around talking after supper, Paul brought out file after file of newspaper clippings he had … Continue reading Twelve Nightmares of Christmas, Day 9 — The Woman in the Blitz

Twelve Nightmares of Christmas, Day 8 — Ghost Rider...

Lights Out With Sylvia Shults ·

2023/12/20

Ready for another ghost story as we creep up on Christmas? Me too! Let’s dive in! Here’s another story from Spirits of Christmas. The winter winds whistled around the cabin in the South Carolina woods, but inside the snug home, all was well. The cabin’s owner, David Miles, was a Quaker, and held himself and … Continue reading Twelve Nightmares of Christmas, Day 8 — Ghost Rider of the Revolution

Twelve Nightmares of Christmas, Day 7 — Let’s have...

Lights Out With Sylvia Shults ·

2023/12/19

I had a fabulous time chatting with Jon Mallard, host of the Odd to Newfoundland podcast. Listen in as I spin some spooky tales of Christmas hauntings. https://podfollow.com/oddtonewfoundland/view?fbclid=IwAR0_FlxyNn0BRuyKLYV16pIAr713xclaqyPJPaWkYl6bFDklXajyTgp2xT8#_=_ Drop in on www.weirddarkness.com, too. You’re sure to find even more exciting ghost stories over there. Tell Darren I sent you!

Twelve Nightmares of Christmas, Day 6 — Today I...

Lights Out With Sylvia Shults ·

2023/12/18

Aileen Sterling’s family, from Renfrew, Scotland, has decorated the same ornamental Christmas tree for over 100 years. (From Ripley’s Believe It or Not: Out of the Box) Short and sweet, right? Need more spooky Christmas goodness? Check out www.weirddarkness.com. I know there’s some great stuff going on over there.

Twelve Nightmares of Christmas, Day 5 — Blood Brothers

Lights Out With Sylvia Shults ·

2023/12/17

(This story, and many others, can be found within the pages of Spirits of Christmas, available from Bookshop.org and Amazon.) This tale comes from the brooding mountains and dark hollows of Appalachia. A young man from West Virginia was engaged to be married to a beautiful girl. But the dark clouds of World War I … Continue reading Twelve Nightmares of Christmas, Day 5 — Blood Brothers

Twelve Nightmares of Christmas, Day 4 — Footprints In...

Lights Out With Sylvia Shults ·

2023/12/16

(This story, and many others, can be found within the pages of Spirits Of Christmas: The Dark Side of the Holidays. https://bookshop.org/p/books/spirits-of-christmas-the-dark-side-of-the-holidays-sylvia-shults/10267269?ean=9780999604007 It was a cold winter afternoon early in the last century. A mother huddled in her cabin on the west fork of the Little Pigeon River in Tennessee. She held two of her … Continue reading Twelve Nightmares of Christmas, Day 4 — Footprints In

Twelve Nightmares of Christmas, Day 3 — Lights Out...

Lights Out With Sylvia Shults ·

2023/12/15

Here’s another Lights Out for your listening enjoyment: the Christmas edition, brand-new for 2023. The tragic disappearance of the Sodder children, on Christmas Eve 1945, began in flames and ended in enduring mystery. How could five children simply vanish from their bedrooms without a trace? The unsolved mystery continues to haunt West Virginia today. https://five.libsyn.com/show/episodes/view/29097618 … Continue reading Twelve Nightmares of Christmas, Day 3 — Lights Out Extra:

Throwback Thursday!

Lights Out With Sylvia Shults ·

2023/12/14

Welcome to the annual roundup of Christmas episodes of Lights Out with Sylvia Shults. You’ll get a brand-new episode tomorrow — this year’s Christmas present to you guys — but today, we’ll have a chance to revisit some episodes from past years. Kick back with a mug of hot chocolate (extra marshmallows encouraged), and immerse … Continue reading Throwback Thursday!

The Twelve Nightmares of Christmas Returns!

Lights Out With Sylvia Shults ·

2023/12/13

That’s right! This year makes lucky number seven for the collaboration between myself and Darren Marlar, of Weird Darkness. Start off here, then hop over to his site, http://www.weirddarkness.com for more spooky treats. (Right now he’s gearing up for the holidays too, with The Twelve Slays of Christmas. FUN!) Let’s start off by getting in … Continue reading The Twelve Nightmares of Christmas Returns!

Today I Learned …

Lights Out With Sylvia Shults ·

2023/12/11

Villagers in Chekka, Lebanon, spent 20 days building a 28 1/2 foot tall Christmas tree using 129,000 plastic water bottles. It had taken them eight months to collect the bottles needed for the tree. (From Ripley’s Believe It or Not: Out of the Box)

Today I Learned …

Lights Out With Sylvia Shults ·

2023/12/04

A mass snowball fight involving 9,000 people, which was scheduled to take place at the Six Flags Great Adventure theme park in Ocean County, New Jersey, on December 16, 2017, was cancelled because of too much snow. (From Ripley’s Believe It or Not: Beyond the Bizarre)

December’s Here!

Lights Out With Sylvia Shults ·

2023/12/02

Welcome to December, everyone! We’re going to start the month off with a bang; here’s a link to the Odd to Newfoundland podcast. Jon and I got into a surprisingly deep discussion, and of course we chatted about Spirits of Christmas. https://podfollow.com/oddtonewfoundland/view… Enjoy! And stay tuned throughout the rest of the month, because if it’s … Continue reading December’s Here!

The Paranormal Podcast: A conversation around the...

Lights Out With Sylvia Shults ·

2023/11/29

I had a great time chatting with the incomparable Jim Harold on his show, The Paranormal Podcast. If you’d like to join us around the campfire for some wonderfully spooky stories, just follow the link! https://content.blubrry.com/paranormalplus/Haunted_Amusement_Parks_and_More-Ghost_Insight_212.mp3

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