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Haunted Hospitality

Haunted Hospitality

Southern Stories told by Spooky Gingers. Co-hosts Robin and Zoey talk about a story a week that falls in the general spooky category, including ghosts, unexplained events, true crime, and local cryptids.

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All Episodes

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Ep 117 – Blood, Eels, and Rain

Haunted Hospitality ·

2023/06/27

Most of the time, the Earth works as it should. Water can be counted upon to rise, mist, and fall again when heavy. We get variations of this, of course: fog, snow, and hail, for example. But for the most part, the cycle is quite normal — except when it really, really isn't. In this episode, we explore two specific cases of odd precipitation: North Carolina's blood rain in 1884 and Alabama's eel rain in 1892. One thing to note: instances of "blood rain" that have been

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Ep 116 - Completing the Alamo Plaza with the Menger...

Haunted Hospitality ·

2023/06/20

We've covered the Emily Morgan Hotel, the Alamo, and now, the Menger Hotel. This hotel is estimated by experts to be home to 32 to 45 ghosts including, but not limited to, Teddy Roosevelt, Sallie the Chambermaid, Captain Richard King the Cow Baron, a lady in white, and a few kids running around. It's to be expected, with a long history of renovations, civil war efforts, and deaths to go around, that a place would be haunted. But large places are haunted big time and the Menger Hotel is no

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Ep 115 – Frights in the Backcountry

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2023/06/13

Welcome to the first installment of a new ongoing series: Frights in the Backcountry. We hunt the interwebs for personal accounts of spooky encounters and eerie events in rural areas of the American South. Think: backroads, small towns, and abandoned buildings.In this episode, we dive into four stories of encounters with the paranormal, including: 1) the slow realization that a house is haunted; 2) a road that doesn't exist in the daytime; 3) what happens when you hit a ghost with your car; and

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Ep 114 - The Holly Bobo Case and a Mistrial of Justice

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2023/06/06

Every so often, we get a case where you just look at it and say, "That can't be true." Not because the murder is so gruesome, or the killer is so stupid, but because the police haven't seemed to do their job properly. This is one of those cases.Holly Bobo, a sweet but shy young woman, was seen arguing with a man and then walking into the woods with him, and then her body wasn't found for 3 years. Even when she was found, her remains were skeletal with not much evidence on

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Ep 113 – The Vampire Episode

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2023/05/30

Vampires — they can't live with us, and they can't live without us. Because they're undead! Throughout history, different cultures have developed their own conceptions of vampires: how they originate and their potential to inflict pain upon the living. Whether sparkly, lurking down darkened alleyways, or menacingly chewing underground, vampires tend to take up a lot of our imagination.In this episode, we take a broad look at vampire lore as a whole. Then, we dive into two stories of

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Ep 112 - The Crawler at the Old Jail

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2023/05/23

Have you ever been to one of those "haunted" houses with the actors that jump out at you? How about one where they were allowed to touch you? Ever want to experience it for real?Then head over to the Old Jail in St. Augustine, Florida. A project funded by none other then Henry Flagler to make the prison less scary looking to tourists, the Old Jail was built in 1891 and saw a lot of horrors. The men and women imprisoned here were forced to do heavy labor and/or sex work, while the payment

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Ep 111 – The McRaven House in Vicksburg, Mississippi

Haunted Hospitality ·

2023/05/16

We're going full haunted house in this episode! The McRaven House in Vicksburg, Mississippi is old — very, very old. Its first two rooms were built over 200 years ago in 1797, with the rest of the house to follow in the years 1836 and 1849. Today, you can find it just off the end of a residential road, surrounded by trees and foliage that once loomed so close to the property that vines broke into two upstairs windows.Domineering former owners and playful ghost boys are said to roam the halls

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Ep 110 - The case that was Solved by TV

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2023/05/09

In this week's episode, Zoey shares the case of Pamela Shelley, a woman from Ashdown, Arkansas. Pamela was found, shot, in her boyfriend's Texas home in 2001 after getting in an argument with her boyfriend, Ronnie. Pam and her two kids were set to move back to Arkansas with her first husband and the father of her children that same day due to friction in the household between Ronnie and Pam's daughter. While Pam survived the ride to the hospital, she died the next day. Ronnie's

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Ep 109 – The Poisoning On Independence Day

Haunted Hospitality ·

2023/05/02

By all accounts, July 4, 1965 was a fairly normal night for Madison and Marrs Cawein. They went out with their friends for Independence Day, and after some drinking and revelry, Marrs decided to turn in while Madison decided to stay out longer. She got back home around midnight, greeted the babysitter, and had a nightcap with the friend who drove her back before going to bed. No one — aside from her killer — saw her alive again. Because sometime between 2 and 6 in the morning, Marrs Cawein was

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Ep 108 - The Best Hoax in UFO History

Haunted Hospitality ·

2023/04/25

On Tuesday, August 19, 1952 around 11 pm Scoutmaster Sonny DesVergers was taking three Boy Scouts home after an event. They were driving on a road near West Palm Beach, Florida when they saw a bright light flash on a road called Military Trail. Being the proper Scoutmaster he was, Sonny decided to pull over and head towards the light, thinking that it could have been a downed plane or a car accident despite the boys’ protests. He brought a machete and a flashlight with him, telling the boys to stay

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Ep 107 - The Haunting of the Battery Carriage House Inn

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2023/04/18

For the first time in nearly a year, we're back to recording in-person at Zoey's dining room table — and something about this situation is making us unhinged! Welcome to the first of (at least) two truly chaotic episodes of Haunted Hospitality. We're kicking things off with one of Robin's longtime bucket list topics: the Battery Carriage House Inn in Charleston, South Carolina! (Now known as 20 South Battery.)This antebellum structure has two very well known ghosts: the Gentleman

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Ep 106 - Tales from Honey Island Swamp

Haunted Hospitality ·

2023/04/11

In this week's episode, Zoey covers two spooky stories from Honey Island Swamp in Louisiana. This is a protected, 70,000 acre marshland home to all sorts of creatures and outlaws.First, she tells us about the Honey Island Swamp Rat Killings, a story of two men who were killed and their bodies robbed. This lead to multiple mobs formed in town as the people chased down the two men they believed to be responsible for their deaths. Content warning for lynching.Then, she tells us about the Honey

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Ep 105 – Witches, Mermaids, and the Three-Legged Lady

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2023/04/04

For Haunted Hospitality's second pod-iversary celebration episode, we're exploring three stories of spooky ladies from the South! We get wild with our first segment, so skip to minute 43 for this content.First up: Four people were put on trial for witchcraft in South Carolina back in 1792. While this trial took place on a farm and wasn't actually legal, there were plenty of witnesses taking the stand. They accused Mary Ingleman, in particular, of some rather harsh tricks. On two

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Ep 104 - The Ongoing Search for Jennifer Kesse

Haunted Hospitality ·

2023/03/28

In this week's episode, Zoey covers the unsolved disappearance of Jennifer Kesse, a 24 year old woman who went missing from her condo in January 2006. Jennifer, who was known for always being in touch with loved ones, was reported missing on January 24th, 2005 around 3 pm after no one had heard from her since the previous night. However, because she was an adult, police assumed that she just got in a fight with her boyfriend and left.Eventually the Kesse family was able to convince the police

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Ep 103 – The Motorcade in Dallas

Haunted Hospitality ·

2023/03/21

On November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy rode in the backseat of a dark blue convertible through the streets of Dallas, Texas, where up to 200,000 people stood on sidewalks to get their glimpse of the President. The route was public knowledge, pre-planned to get as big of an audience as possible. The President would be running for reelection soon, and he wanted to ensure he had the Texas vote. Then, at 12:30 p.m., three shots rang out.In this episode, we cover JFK's assassination, the

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Ep 102 - The Queen of Country and Ghosts

Haunted Hospitality ·

2023/03/14

In this week's episode, Zoey takes us to visit the Loretta Lynn Ranch. This 3,500 plot of land is home to the Queen of Country's home, plenty of things to do for those who like the outdoors, and ghosts!While Loretta Lynn was alive, she would have been the first to tell you that her house is haunted. She had one rule: don't mess with the ghosts and they won't mess with you. In this episode, Zoey shares all the juicy, ghosty tidbits that the family and employees offered up. And the

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Ep 101 – Frights in the Wild 3: That Woman Was...

Haunted Hospitality ·

2023/03/07

It's time for another Frights in the Wild, where we scour the Internet for personal stories of people encountering creepy, scary, or generally hard-to-explain things out in nature. And boy, did this slate of encounters deliver! Both Robin and Zoey were scared to be alone after recording this episode. So if that's your jam, this episode is for you.From mysterious hunched over creatures that inspire a shared dream, to a years-long haunting in an abandoned cemetery, to a possible instance of

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Ep 100 - Join us at the Partridge Inn

Haunted Hospitality ·

2023/02/28

Wow. 100 Episodes. We can hardly believe it. Thank you so much to everyone who continues to tune in and listen!This episode, we're excited to finally announce that we are recording on Location at The Partridge Inn in Augusta, GA. In our hotel room, Zoey shares her notes about Emily, the resident ghost, and other spooky locations around Augusta. But first, Robin shares a Something Spooky sent in by faithful listener, Abby.Thank you all again! We would never have gotten it this far without

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Ep 99 - To the Memory of a Female Stranger

Haunted Hospitality ·

2023/02/21

The Female Stranger is one of Alexandria, Virginia's best known pieces of folklore. According to legend, a woman and her maybe-husband travelled from outside of the country to Alexandria in 1816, only for her to die from an illness a few weeks later. Though sad, this story wouldn't have lasted over 200 years if it weren't for one crucial detail: she and her husband were adamant that no one knew their names. Even her doctor and nurses were sworn to secrecy. After she died, her husband

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Ep 98 - The Podcast That (Allegedly) Solved a Murder

Haunted Hospitality ·

2023/02/14

It's the dream of every true crime fan - being the one who finally puts the pieces together to solve a years old unsolved disappearance or mystery. And in this episode, we cover the case that was potentially helped by a Podcast to get closed for good. Tara Grinstead was a beauty queen and a high school teacher. She was well loved in her small down of Hawkinsville, GA. However, one day in 2005 she went home after a busy night out never to be seen again. Her car was still in the driveway of her

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