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Lights Out!

Lights Out is a place to explore the unknown. This is a podcast of true ghost stories, told by the people who experienced them.

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Lights Out #60: Spooks of Sin City

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2018/07/29

Las Vegas: Sin City. Home to glittering neon, flashing lights, spinning roulette wheels, and clattering slot machines. But Las Vegas hides many secrets underneath the glamour and glitz. From Bugsy Siegel's Flamingo Hotel to the Rat Pack to Howard Hughes, the spooks of Sin City are varied and plentiful. Let's go on a tour of the Las Vegas strip, and discover what's hiding in the shadows.

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Lights Out #59: Return to Sugar Tree Grove

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2018/06/30

Sugar Tree Grove Cemetery, nestled in the farmland outside Monmouth, Illinois, is the final resting place of two players in a drama that took place over 180 years ago. William Martin was killed by a Native American brave, who was in turn killed by whites in retribution for Martin's death. The two men are buried directly across from each other, in opposite corners of the cemetery. What happens when a ghost hunting team comes to the cemetery to help the two work towards reconciliation? Find out in

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Lights Out #58: Dole Mansion

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2018/06/27

Historic homes can be homes to spirits as well as paying visitors. Dole Mansion, in Crystal Lake, Illinois, is a gracious showplace that also boasts a few ghosts lurking in the odd corner. Join our guide, Joe Diamond, for a flashlight tour of this beautiful home.

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Lights Out #57: Effland Woods

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2018/05/10

Take a walk in the woods: haunted Effland Woods in Fulton County, Illinois.

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Lights Out #56: Stephen Lancaster

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2018/03/23

Stephen Lancaster is a paranormal investigator and the author of three books of nonfiction. His latest, Norman, The Doll Who Needed To Be Locked Away, is published by Llewellyn Press. In this episode, I chat with Stephen about his experiences with haunted objects, and we discuss what it means to be a magnet for spiritual activity.

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Lights Out #55: The Boy in the Basement

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2018/03/16

In this episode, I share the story of my growing friendship with Chris, a spirit of the Pollak Hospital. Chris died in the early part of the twentieth century, but his spirit is still very much alive -- and still very much that of a healthy, red-blooded young man. Join us for an evening of touching the Other Side. We may even get to dance!

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Lights Out #54 -- The Dark Mirror

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2018/02/10

Haunted objects hold a fascination for us. The idea that a common household item -- say, a mirror -- can be a conduit for supernatural energy is a concept both terrifying and intriguing. Join me as I examine the Dark Mirror, a tool used for divination that can have some disturbing attributes. What will we see when we look into the Dark Mirror? Find out in this episode of Lights Out.

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Lights Out #53: Return to Dixwell

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2018/01/29

A couple of years ago, we learned of a haunted house in Davenport, Iowa (see Lights Out #29). In this episode, we get to go inside. What secrets does the house on Dixwell hold?

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Lights Out #52: The Roving Skeleton of Boston Bay

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2017/12/10

Here's another Christmas episode of Lights Out. I sit down for a conversation with paranormal author Holly Nadler, an expert on the ghosts of New England. Pour a cup of eggnog and settle back for a tale of ghosts, betrayal, and Edgar Allan Poe.

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Lights Out #51: Plymouth Courthouse

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2017/12/10

Enjoy this Christmas 2017 special episode of Lights Out! Return to Plymouth with us as we explore the haunted courthouse and hear the tragic story of the wreck of the General Arnold in 1778 in White Flats Harbor. This tale has led to the residual and intelligent haunting of the courthouse where the bodies of the sailors lost were stored.

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Lights Out #50: Resurrection Mary

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2017/11/13

Celebrate the 50th episode of Lights Out with a trip down Archer Avenue to visit Chicago's Resurrection Mary.

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Lights Out #49: Haunted Objects 3

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2017/11/13

It's time for another visit to the Traveling Museum of the Paranormal and Occult. Come with me on a visit to Greg and Dana Newkirk's lair, and meet Simon, the haunted doll, give the Fetid Face the side-eye, and keep your hands off the voodoo drum.

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Lights Out #43: Lizzie Borden House

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2017/11/04

Come along on an investigation of the Borden House, in Fall River, Massachusetts. On August 4, 1892, Abby and Andrew Borden were brutally murdered in their own home, by someone wielding a hatchet. That someone may have been Lizzie Borden, Andrew’s younger daughter. Let’s see what the spirits have to say about it!

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Lights Out #48 -- Luke Naliborski

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2017/10/23

Enjoy a visit with Luke Naliborski, author of Spooky With a Chance of Ghosts, Ghosts Never Say Boo, and other collections of true ghost stories. Join him as he shares stories of his experiences as a tour guide for Haunted Alton tours.

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Lights Out #46 -- Plymouth Ghost Tour

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2017/10/23

Join me for a walking tour of Plymouth, Massachusetts, with Janice Williams of Dead of Night Ghost Tours.

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Lights Out # 17: Thorne and Cross

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2017/09/05

A conversation with the horror writing team of Tamara Thorne and Alistair Cross. We talk about their books Ghosts of Ravencrest and The Cliffhouse Haunting, and chat about what’s coming up next.

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Lights Out # 16: Hunting Demons

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2017/09/05

Linda was a seasoned paranormal investigator. Also a committed Christian, she prayed to be able to hear the lost souls with whom she was trying to communicate. In this special episode of Lights Out, you’ll hear Linda’s terrifying true story of demonic oppression. Based on the book Hunting Demons by Sylvia Shults, available from Whitechapel Press

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Lights Out # 15: Tinker Swiss Cottage

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2017/09/05

Take a tour of the lovely — and haunted! — Tinker Swiss Cottage in Rockford, Illinois.

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Lights Out # 14: Haunted Prisons

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2017/09/05

Haunted Prisons, Asylums, and Sanitoriums. Sit down for a visit with Jamie Davis, who writes about haunted places. And take a peek at Ashmore Estates.

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Lights Out #45: Bhangarh Fort

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2017/09/05

In this episode, we’ll travel to India — no passport needed. We’ll explore the incredibly haunted Bhangarh Fort

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