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Ope, A Ghost

Heaven and Jonathan

We discuss all things paranormal and spooky! Join your hosts, Heaven and Jonathan, as we dive into the paranormal and discuss our own ghostly experiences, haunted locations, and all the spooky lore you could ever want. Please follow or subscribe to be sure you get the newest episodes.

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59:52

Episode 64 - Reptiles, Rodents, and Rumors

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2025/08/18

This week, we’re diving into the wonderfully bizarre world of cryptids where folklore meets the downright unbelievable. First, we travel to the windswept Isle of Man in the 1930s, where a talking mongoose named Gef supposedly made a family’s farmhouse his home, leaving behind one of the strangest legends in paranormal history. Was Gef a ghost, a hoax, or a creature from somewhere beyond the ordinary? Then we head to the murky backroads of Bishopville, South Carolina, to meet the Lizard Man of...

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Episode 63 - Ghoul Rush

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2025/08/04

Pack your ghost-hunting gear and your frontier sass because this episode is headin’ west in search of haunted ghost towns. First stop: Bannack, Montana, a gold rush town frozen in time and reportedly still hosting guests at the famously haunted Meade Hotel. We’ll dive into the eerie tale of Dorothy Dunn, the young girl whose tragic fate may have tethered her spirit to the old town . . . when she isn’t following you home. Then we hitch a spectral ride to Deadwood, South Dakota, where Wild Bill...

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Episode 62 - Waverly Hills

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2025/07/21

Welcome to our second episode where we take an in-depth look at a location with far too much history to cover in a regular episode. This time, we journey deep into the history and ghosts of the Waverly Hills Sanatorium, one of America’s most famously haunted locations. Located in Louisville, Kentucky, Waverly Hills was a state-of-the-art tuberculosis hospital that opened in 1910 as a humble, two-story stucco building that served 40 people. By 1926, the rise in tuberculosis cases, and a 2,600-...

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Episode 61 - Haunted Road Trip: Seattle

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2025/07/07

Who’s ready for another road trip? Pack up the Ope, A Ghost Van because we’re headed to the Emerald City itself: Seattle, WA. We have several stops to make, but a few of them include the Owl N’ Thistle Pub where an elusive piano player tickles the ivories when no one is looking. Then we’ll stop at the Merchant’s Café where portraits move on their own and a lady of the night whispers in the ears of unsuspecting male patrons. Finally, we’ll end at the historic Cadillac Hotel where the ghosts of...

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Episode 60 - Funeral Home Frights

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2025/06/23

In this delightfully eerie second installment in our funeral home adventures, we creak open the doors of two former houses of mourning that are now anything but lifeless. First, we take a spine-tingling stroll through the Bell Mansion in Fort Wayne, Indiana—a towering tribute to Victorian opulence and spectral sightings where children’s laughter echo in the halls and a mysterious woman in jeans is said to roam. Then, we cross the border to Dresden, Ontario, where the Thomas L. DeBurger Funera...

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Paranormal Rewatch Ep. 7 - Paranormal Lockdown:...

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2025/06/16

Welcome to another Paranormal Rewatch! In this episode, we’ll follow Nick Groff and Katrina Weidman from Paranormal Lockdown (Season 1 - Episode 1) as they investigate the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum in search of evidence of a shadow person Nick saw almost 10 years before. Come along for a 72-hour lockdown with two of our favorite investigators. The evidence they capture might be the creepiest we’ve seen to date. Enhanced Evidence Video on YouTube You can also use this link to text us your...

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Episode 59 - The Devil Made Me Do It

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2025/06/09

Welcome to another fact vs. film episode where we look at the true story of a haunting and compare it with the “based on a true story” film version. For this one, we’ll tackle another film from the Ed and Lorraine Warren inspired Conjuring universe: the 2021 The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It. We'll evaluate the terrifying scenes from the movie compared to eyewitness accounts and the Warrens' own claims. What really happened in that Brookfield, Connecticut household? How much of the story...

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Episode 58 - Tunnel of Love... or Terror

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2025/05/27

Step right up—if you dare—for a chilling ride through two of America’s most haunted amusement parks. In this episode, we explore the eerie legends and ghostly encounters tied to Chippewa Lake Amusement Park in Ohio and Sylvan Beach Amusement Park in New York. Abandoned for decades, Chippewa Lake is a rusting graveyard of forgotten rides and lingering spirits. Locals speak of phantom music coming from the demolished dance hall and the sound of a rollercoaster that hasn’t ran in almost 50 year...

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The Haunting of Rookward House - Book Club Mini

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2025/05/19

Welcome to an Ope, A Ghost Book Club Mini Episode. In another foray into fiction, we read Darcy Coates’s The Haunting of Rookward House (2020). Meet Guy, a man looking to escape his hometown after becoming the community pariah. His luck seems to have changed when he finds the deed to a forgotten house in his mother’s attic. This is his chance: fix up the old mansion, sell it for a quick profit, and use the money to move away. Sounds easy, but the ghost of a deranged and jealous stalker has ot...

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Episode 57 - Unrelated Ghosts 2

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2025/05/12

Welcome to another Unrelated Ghosts episode where we dive into two locations that have nothing in common with one another. Nothing except that they’re both haunted, of course. First, we’ll stop in the quaint town of Felicity, Ohio and visit the Broadwell Funeral Home. The current owner purchased the property with the intent to remodel it to move it, but after several paranormal occurrences, his wife left and has not stepped foot back into the house since. Visitors have experienced shadow peop...

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Episode 56 - Small Towns, Big Haunts

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2025/04/28

Small town life is generally easy. That is, unless the town is haunted. Get ready for ghost stories, local lore, and a deep dive into the paranormal legacies of America's most haunted towns. First, we journey to Jerome, Arizona—a once-booming copper mining town turned ghostly relic. Discover the eerie tales of the Jerome Grand Hotel, where a phantom maintenance man lingers in the basement and ghostly footsteps echo through the halls. We'll also step inside a brothel still haunted by the tragi...

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Paranormal Rewatch Ep. 6 - Destination Truth: Island...

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2025/04/21

Welcome to another Paranormal Rewatch. In this episode, we’ll follow Josh Gates and Destination Truth as they explore the haunted Island of the Dolls located in the Xochimilco canals just south of Mexico City, Mexico. Legend has it that Don Julián Santana Barrera found a doll floating in the canal the day after a young girl drowned. He hung the doll in her memory. He believed the girl’s spirit haunted the island, so Barrera hung more dolls to appease her until over 4,000 dolls adorned the isl...

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Episode 55 - Doppelgängers

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2025/04/14

In this chilling episode, we dive deep into the eerie phenomenon of doppelgängers — mysterious doubles that look exactly like us, but aren't us. Are they omens of death, astral projections, or something even more sinister? From ancient folklore to modern-day encounters, we unravel real stories of people who’ve come face to face with these uncanny twins. Join us as we explore the dark mirror world of doppelgängers — where reality blurs and not everything is as it seems. In Paranormal News: Peo...

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Episode 54 - What's in Your Attic?

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2025/03/31

Step into the eerie world of haunted objects, where the line between history and the supernatural blurs. In this chilling episode, we dive deep into two of the most infamous haunted relics: the Anna Baker Wedding Dress and the Conjured Chest from Kentucky. The Anna Baker Wedding Dress, a garment frozen in time, tells the heartbreaking tale of a love unfulfilled, and its mysterious presence haunts the Baker Mansion in Altoona, Pennsylvania. Meanwhile, the Conjured Chest, an antique piece from ...

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Strange, Spooky and Supernatural - Book Club Mini

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2025/03/24

On today’s Book Club Minisode we read Mike Browne’s 2024 book Strange, Spooky and Supernatural: Curious Tales of Fascinating People, Places and Things. The book is a compelling exploration of the eerie, the mysterious, and the downright bizarre. This book offers readers a mix of historical oddities, chilling folklore, and contemporary paranormal encounters including the mysterious disappearance of Granger Taylor, the inexplicable occurrences at England’s Borley Rectory, and one of our favorit...

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Episode 53 - Lake Monsters

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2025/03/17

Have you ever been swimming and felt something touch your leg? Maybe it was a fish, or maybe it was a lake monster. In this episode, we’ll dive into the legends and lore surrounding some of the world's most elusive and eerie monsters lurking beneath the waters. Heaven will share encounters with the Dragon of Lake Chelan in Washington, the Walgren Lake Monster in Nebraska, and finally to Utah to fish for the monstrously long “Old Briney” who also goes by the name the North Shore Monster. Then,...

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Episode 52 - Haunted Road Trip: Saint Louis - 2 Year...

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2025/03/03

Once again, it’s time to hit the road on another Haunted Road Trip. This time we’re headed to the Gateway to the West: St. Louis, Missouri. In this chilling episode, we dive into two of St. Louis' most haunted landmarks: the Powell Symphony Hall and the Lehmann House. As one of the oldest and most beloved venues in the city, Powell Hall has also been a stage for eerie paranormal occurrences. We’ll meet the ghost of a mysterious man in white who sports a magnificent handlebar mustache an...

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Richard Estep's The Horrors of Fox Hollow Farm

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2025/02/24

What happened at Fox Hollow Farm where Herb Baumeister allegedly murdered at least 11 men. In this special episode, we look at The Horrors of Fox Hollow Farm: Unraveling the History and Hauntings of a Serial Killer’s Home by Richard Estep with Robert Graves. The book is a chilling account that’s part history, part true crime, and part paranormal investigation that’s as captivating as it is terrifying. It’s unclear exactly what went on at Fox Hollow, but a grim collection of more than 10,000 b...

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Episode 51 - Whaley House

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2025/02/17

The story begins with a man witnessing an execution. That man was Thomas Whaley who, not long after, moves from his home in New York to San Diego, buys the land where the execution occurred, and builds a house on the spot where the gallows once stood. That house is now known as the Whaley House. The Whaley story is one full of heart wrenching tragedy and just plain bad luck. As you might have guessed, the story is full of both history and ghosts. Today, the house endures as a museum to the pa...

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Episode 50 - Haunted Castles

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2025/02/03

This episode will have you yearning for the days of yore when castles dotted the landscape. But wait, there are still places where castles still dot the landscape and many of those are haunted—why else would we visit them. In this episode, we’ll visit Chillingham Castle in Northern England where true evil took the form of a ruthless executioner. Then we’ll leap over the Irish Sea to the heart of Ireland to visit Leap Castle and find out how the Bloody Chapel got its name. Are you brave enough...

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