Hometown Ghost Stories

Project Pegasus - The Time Traveling Child With No Shoes | Dark Mysteries

19 Jun 2026

Contributed by Lukas

On this wild episode of Hometown Ghost Stories, Dark Mysteries... we're talking TIME TRAVEL! Did the US Government have a secret program where they w...

The Internet Is Selling Haunted Objects and We're Going Shopping | Cursed Possessions

17 Jun 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Tonight we're shopping for haunted objects online, and things are about to get weird. Haunted dolls, cursed mirrors, music boxes that allegedly play o...

Introducing: Creepy — "Turn It Off"

15 Jun 2026

Contributed by Lukas

One of the simple joys of childhood is adventuring with friends. But even when you stay close to home — close enough to feel safe — the darkness s...

Horror Movie Review! Backrooms (2026)

12 Jun 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This week on HTGS reviews, Dave, Rob and Jesse hit the theatres to watch the 2026 horror movie, backrooms! The Backrooms movie is a psychological sci-...

EP 205 - Sleepy Hollow Road | Jefferson County, KY

10 Jun 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Just beyond the outskirts of Louisville, lies a curious expanse of dense woodland and a dark winding road that cuts through it. While there is no lege...

Horror Movie Review! Hole in the Ground

05 Jun 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This week on HTGS Reviews, Rob, Dave and Jesse are back in full force to review the horror movie Hole in the Ground! A single mother living in the Iri...

EP 204 - The Ghosts of St. Charles | St. Charles, IL

03 Jun 2026

Contributed by Lukas

St. Charles, Illinois sits on the Fox River forty miles west of Chicago, and for a town its size, it carries a remarkable amount of darkness. Two buil...

Does Bigfoot Poop? | Paranormal Update

29 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This week on HTGS Paranormal update, we bring you more ghost sightings, strange things with dave and the question nobody wants to ask... does bigfoot ...

EP 203 - Fog City's Cursed Streets | San Francisco, CA

27 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Tonight on Hometown Ghost Stories, we dive into the dark history of San Francisco, California. From the Gold Rush to the great earthquake, this c...

Horror Movie Review! Obsession (2026)

22 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This week on HTGS Reviews, Dave and Rob review the latest horror movie Obsession! This is a spoiler filled review ... and the movie is brand new, so y...

EP 202 - Cursed Conwy: The Mermaid, The Castle and The Dead | Wales

20 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

A dying mermaid cursed a Welsh fishing village centuries ago ... cursed it to war, to hunger, to fire, to suffering without end. This week we're in Co...

The Legend of the Bunny Man | Dark Mysteries

15 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This week on Hometown Ghost Stories, we dive into the mysterious legend of the BUNNY MAN! In the 1970s, Fairfax county was sent into a frenzy after a...

EP 201 - The Mysteries of the Superstition Mountains | Apache Junction, Arizona

13 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This week on Hometown Ghost Stories, we travel into Arizona’s Superstition Mountains, a brutal stretch of desert surrounded by legends of curses, lo...

Horror Movie Review! Lee Cronin's The Mummy

08 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This week on HTGS Reviews, we cover Lee Cronin's The Mummy! The young daughter of a journalist disappears into the desert without a trace. Eight years...

EP 200 - The Devil and Elizabeth Knapp | Groton, MA

06 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Before Salem there was Groton. In 1671 a sixteen year old servant girl in a small Massachusetts frontier town was possessed by the devil and the mini...

My Son Talked to a Ghost | Paranormal Update

02 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This week on Hometown Ghost Stories we bring you yet another Paranormal Update! This time... it's all about ghosts. Sexy ghosts... Ghost sightings a...

EP 199 - The Haunting of the Harbour City | Sydney, AU

29 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Tonight we visit Sydney Australia to cover some of the dark history and hauntings that have plagued this city for centuries.  From the Capitol Theatr...

Horror Movie Review! 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple

24 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

THE GREAT 28 YEARS LATER DEBATE! What started as a casual review of a horror movie turned into a heated debate between Dave and Rob... Tune in to fin...

Terrifying Ghost Stories Youve Never Heard | Listener Submitted (Part 12)

22 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This week we have more listener submitted ghost stories! Every story you hear tonight has been sent in by our listeners.. true stories.. real ghosts....

History Of Ghosts | The Arguments For Their Existence

17 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

We are back for another episode of History of Ghosts! This week, we discuss ghost stories from some of the most brilliant people in history and their...

EP 198 - The Most Haunted City in the World | Savannah, GA (Part 2)

15 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Savannah Georgia is one of the oldest cities in the untied states. And a city with that much history is bound to be rife with tragedy. From the massac...

Horror Movie Review! Black Phone 2

10 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This week on HTGS Reviews, we cover Black Phone 2! Black Phone 2 (2025) is a psychological horror sequel focusing on Gwen, who begins receiving ha...

EP 197 - The Ridgeway Ghost | Iowa County, WI

08 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In the early 1800s, thousands of miners flooded into the southwestern corner of Wisconsin chasing lead. The violence and lawlessness they brought with...

GHOST FIGHT! | Paranormal Update

03 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This week on Hometown Ghost Stories Paranormal Update, we talk about about a FIST FIGHT OVER GHOSTS! A demonic car and several ghosts caught on camer...

EP 196 - The Restless Spirits of Edinburgh Castle | Edinburgh, Scotland (Pt. 2)

01 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Tonight we return to Scotland to dive into the history and hauntings of Edinburgh Castle.  This fortress has seen more sieges than any other castle i...

Horror Movie Review! Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter

27 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This week on HTGS Reviews, we cover Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter, the 2012 Horror-Thriller. While still a boy, Abraham Lincoln loses his mother t...

Lets Shop For Haunted Items | Cursed Possessions

25 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Tonight we search the internet for the most haunted items on sale in hopes to build our haunted collection. From haunted dolls, to all sorts of curse...

The Hammersmith Ghost Hysteria | Dark Mysteries

20 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

For weeks, something pale and towering had been drifting through the streets of Hammersmith after dark. Witnesses swore it was a ghost—white as a bu...

The Flannan Isles Lighthouse Mystery | Dark Mysteries

18 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

On a stormy December night in 1900, a relief ship approached the lonely Flannan Isles Lighthouse expecting to find three keepers tending the light. In...

Horror Movie Review! Friday the 13th - Jason Goes to Hell

13 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

It's finally time to review Friday the 13th... JASON GOES TO HELL!!! In this spoiler filled review, we ... do not agree on this. Which usually means...

EP 195 - The 100 ghosts of Dragsholm Castle | Zealand, Denmark

11 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Built more than 800 years ago as a fortified residence for the Catholic Church, Dragsholm castle is rumored to be the most haunted castle in all of De...

Exorcisms, Resurrections and Ghosts Caught on Camera! | Paranormal Update

06 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

On this month's paranormal update, we bring you 3 new stories about GHOSTS! An exorcism at a hospital, a good ol' fashioned resurrection and ghosts c...

EP 194 - The Girl in the Cave | Hannibal, MO

04 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

There is a town on the Mississippi River that is the boyhood home of Mark Twain.  A place of fishing holes, steamboats, whitewashed fences, and boys ...

Horror Movie Review! Together

27 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This week on HTGS Reviews we cover the 2025 horror movie, Together starring Dave Franco and Alison Brie - Years into their relationship, Tim and Milli...

EP 193 - The Ghosts of Galena | Galena, IL

25 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Tonight, we dive into the history of two of the most haunted buildings in Galena, Illinois. Opened in 1855, the DeSoto House Hotel has had its fair s...

The Ghost of Bela Lugosi | Celebrity Hauntings

20 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This week on Hometown Ghost Stories, we cover the multiple levels of ghost stories surrounding Bela Lugosi. From Him being haunted, to his ghost, to ...

EP 192 - The Ghost of Helen's Bridge | Asheville, NC (Part 2)

18 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Tonight, we revisit Asheville, North Carolina to cover two of its most haunted locations.  Built in the 1950s on top of an 1800s potters field cemet...

Horror Movie Review! Friday the 13th Part VIII - Jason Takes Manhattan

13 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

It's Friday the 13th! That means its time for us to continue down our journey of reviewing every Friday the 13th movie and this time... we've landed ...

EP 191 - The Rosenheim Poltergeist | Rosenheim, Germany

11 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

What might be the most well documented case of poltergeist activity in the history of Germany, occurred in the city of Rosenheim in 1967. A modest law...

Horror Movie Review! Heart Eyes (2025)

06 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

We reviewed "Heart Eyes" the 2025 RomCom Slasher and had some mixed thoughts on it - A masked maniac with glowing, red eyes returns every Valentine's ...

Ghostly Cowboys and Demonic Parrots?! | Haunted Headlines

03 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

A hundred years ago, newspapers were completely unhinged. And here at hometown ghost stories we went digging for the scariest and most bizarre headli...

Top 10 Paranormal News Stories of 2025 | Paranormal Update

30 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This week on Hometown Ghost Stories we break down the top 10 paranormal stories of 2025! Some of these are brand new and others we may have covered b...

EP 190 - The Haunting of the Biltmore and the Deering Estate | Miami, FL

28 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Miami’s haunted history hides behind luxury façades. Built in 1926, the Biltmore Hotel rose as a playground for the wealthy, but it wasn't long b...

Horror Movie Review! 28 Years Later (2025)

23 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This week ,we review the 2025 horror movie, 28 Years Later! It's been almost three decades since the rage virus escaped from a biological weapons la...

EP 189 - The Ghost of Chicken Alley | Asheville, NC

21 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In Asheville, North Carolina, history doesn’t fade so much as it settles in. A narrow alley remembers a violent night, and some say it still answer...

The Ghost of Princess Diana | Celebrity Hauntings

16 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Princess Diana, born Diana Spencer in 1961, became the People's Princess after marrying Prince Charles in 1981 in a fairy-tale wedding watched by mill...

EP 188 - Get Out of Dodge | Dodge City, KS

14 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

One of the most notorious towns of the Wild West is Dodge City. Infamous for shootouts, saloons, and a reputation deliberately built by newspapers and...

Horror Movie Review! I Know What You Did Last Summer (2025)

09 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we review the newest I Know What You Did Last Summer... remake? Sequel? Abomination? Franchise Ruiner? Find out what we thought about t...

Hunting for the World's Most Haunted Object | Cursed Possessions

07 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Tonight we search the internet for the most haunted items on sale in hopes to build our haunted collection. From haunted dolls, to all sorts of curse...

Locking Eyes With a Ghost on a Plane | Paranormal Update

02 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

On this months paranormal update, we cover multiple ghost stories. A ghost on a plane that one person claims to have locked eyes with... also .. can ...

EP 187 - King Johns Castle | Limerick, Ireland

31 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In the shadow of Limerick's misty River Shannon, stands King Johns Castle. Its stone walls etched with eight centuries of blood and betrayal. Built in...

Horror Movie Review! Bring Her Back (2025)

26 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

**Spoilers Ahead** This week we review one of the better horror movies of 2025! Bring Her Back follows step-siblings Andy and Piper, orphaned after...

EP 186 - The Bloody Tower | London, England

24 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Bloody Tower: where the two young Princes mysteriously vanished in 1483. Witnesses see their ghosts – little boys in nightgowns, crying, hand in...

Face of Evil: The Skin Driver | Dark Mysteries

19 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

After shooting a Westchester County officer during a traffic stop on the Saw Mill River Parkway, Alex Mengel, 30, stole the cop’s gun and disappeare...

EP 185 - The Ghostly Secrets of Bruce Mansion | Burnside Township, MI

17 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In Michigan’s Thumb, a mansion that survived one of the deadliest fires in American history has been unraveling minds ever since. Inside the Bruce M...

Horror Movie Review! Troll 2 (1990)

12 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week we review the greatest worst movie of all time... TROLL 2. A vacationing family discovers that the entire town they're visiting is inhabi...

EP 184 - Ghosts of the Civil War: The River of Death | Chickamauga, GA

10 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Battle of Chickamauga was the second bloodiest engagement of the Civil War, surpassed only by Gettysburg, with more than 34,000 men, killed, wound...

A Hidden Room With a Dark Secret | Paranormal Update

05 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It's time for another paranormal update! This week we bring you a story about a tik tok creator who "found" a secret room in his new house... and the...

Campfire Tales | Listener Submitted

03 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week on Hometown Ghost Stories we present something kind of brand new!  Our listeners have submitted their own ghost stories... this is differen...

Horror Movie Review! Frankenstein (2025)

28 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we review Guillermo del Toro's latest horror movie, Frankenstein! This is a brand new movie and this review is once again FULL OF SPOILERS...

EP 183 - Point Lookout and the Maryland Witch Trials | Scotland, MD

26 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Scotland, Maryland is a small historic community located in St. Mary's County.  Today, people visit Point Lookout for its camping, fishing and beache...

The Cash-Landrum UFO Attack | Dark Mysteries

21 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On Dec. 29, 1980, Betty Cash, Vickie Landrum, and her grandson Colby encountered a blazing diamond-shaped UFO hovering over a Texas road, spewing flam...

EP 182 - The Devil's Playground | Calgary, Alberta, Canada

19 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Calgary.  New city. Old bones.  Devil’s Playground: a schoolhouse torched with every child inside. The field is empty now… except for the laught...

Horror Movie Review! Weapons (2025)

14 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We reviewed Weapons, one of the most critically acclaimed movies of the year starring Julia Garner, Josh Brolin and Amy Madigan. When all but one chi...

EP 181 - The Institution of the Dead ft. Bridget Marquardt | Ione, CA

12 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

For sixty-six years, Preston Castle stood as a monument to reform and a witness to suffering. Built in 1894 as California’s first institution for wa...

An Ominous Message Scratched in the Wall | Paranormal Update

07 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It's time for another paranormal update! We have the news on the ghosts, some terrible people, creepy messages and more! Tune and and get the latest...

Hunting For The World's Most Haunted Items | Cursed Possessions

05 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

SPOOKY SEASON CONTINUES! It's never over here at Hometown Ghost Stories. We are back for another cursed shopping session, where we search the intern...

The Villisca Axe Murder House Investigation Recap | Halloween 2025 Special

01 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We spent the night in the Villisca Axe Murder House and it did NOT disappoint! On this glorious Halloween evening, we premiered our overnight investi...

Horror Movie Review! Halloween 3: Season of the Witch

31 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We reviewed and (believe it or not) didn't agree on the 3rd installment of the Halloween franchise. Who do you agree with? Happy Halloween from every...

EP 180 - The Closest Place to Hell | Newark, OH

29 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Nestled in the forks of the Licking River just east of Columbus sits the city of Newark Ohio. Incorporated in 1813, the city is known for both its mid...

The Gurdon Light | Gurdon, AR

24 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Nestled in the shadowy pine woods of Gurdon, Arkansas, the Gurdon Light has haunted the imagination of locals and thrill-seekers for nearly a century....

EP 179 - Iowa's Most Haunted | Malvern, IA

22 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Malvern, Iowa... a forgotten railroad town born in the 1870s, where dreams rusted into shadows. Malvern Manor, once a bustling inn, morphed into a gri...

Horror Movie Review! Mother!

17 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Tonight on HTGS reviews, we break down the movie Mother! **Spoilers!** Mother! (2017) is a psychological horror film directed by Darren Aronofsky...

EP 178 - Kansas’ Most Haunted Town | Atchison, KS

15 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Our Midwest road trip kicked off in the small town of Atchison, Kansas. It’s a town often called one of the most haunted in America, and with a popu...

The Beasts of Satan Cult | Dark Mysteries

10 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In the late 1990s, northern Italy's heavy metal scene birthed the Beasts of Satan—a twisted cult of young occultists blending black metal, drugs, an...

Terrifying Ghost Stories You've Never Heard | Listener Submitted (Part 12)

08 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week on Hometown Ghost Stories, we dive into more listener submitted ghost stories! We tell the true stories of paranormal activity from our lis...

Horror Movie Review! The Conjuring: Last Rites

03 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We reviewed the final installment of the Conjuring Universe... the latest film. The Conjuring: Last Rites. This movie is brand new and still in thea...

EP 177 - Overnight at The Winslow House | Marshfield, MA

01 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Marshfield Massachusetts... A town known for its beaches, festivals and the annual Marshfield fair.  But Marshfield has some of the oldest buildings ...

Campfire Tales LIVE | Part 3

26 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We are back for our third attempt at telling scary stories live around an actual campfire. This time... from Jesse's backyard, horrifyingly decorate...

EP 176 - Utica's Darkest Ghost Stories | Utica, NY

24 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Utica, New York may seem like just another upstate city, but its past is steeped in darkness. From the ghostly apparitions said to haunt the grand St...

Horror Movie Review! Final Destination: Bloodlines

19 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week on HTGS Reviews, we cover the latest Final Destination movie, BLOODLINES. Did this movie revitalize the franchise... or... was it the exact...

Terrifying Ghost Stories You've Never Heard | Listener Submitted (Part 11)

17 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week on Hometown Ghost Stories, we dive into more listener submitted ghost stories! We tell the true stories of paranormal activity from our lis...

Dark Mysteries - The Bermuda Triangle

12 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week on Hometown Ghost Stories Dark Mysteries, we cover the the mysteries of the Bermuda Triangle! Dave was almost in the Bermuda Triangle recen...

EP 175 - The Isle of Devils | Bermuda

10 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Bermuda was once known to sailors as the Isle of Devils, a name earned from its treacherous reefs, strange lights over the water, and ominous, childli...

Horror Movie Review! Until Dawn (2025)

05 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week on HTGS reviews, we dive into another video game - turned movie. We've been waiting for this one... UNTIL DAWN! We did a full playthrough ...

EP 174 - The Haunted Castles of South Wales | Wales, UK

03 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

At the edge of the Welsh Valleys stands Llancaiach Fawr Manor, a building that stood tall during the civil war, and the spirits of the past still lin...

Campfire Ghost Stories LIVE | Part 2

29 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Hometown Ghost Stories presents our second installment of LIVE campfire tales. This is where we gather around an actual campfire and tell spooky tale...

EP 173 - Death Lights in the Tower | Tuscaloosa, AL ft. Christopher Feinstein

27 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Tuscaloosa’s spirit runs deeper than football chants and crimson pride.  On the University grounds, shadows stir where memories of tragedy never fa...

Horror Movie Review! War of the Worlds (2025)

22 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Well... there's a reboot of the classic, War of the Worlds on Amazon Prime... and if you didn't know it was on amazon prime, they let you know by sham...

Ghost Whispers and a Trunk of Mystery | Haunted Headlines ft. Brent Thomas

20 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week on Hometown Ghost Stories, Rob digs up more haunted headlines from long ago.  Join us as we break down these strange true news stories from...

An Inexplicable Encounter | Dark Mysteries

15 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In 1976, a pilot in training took off for a routine training exercise. What happened next hasn't been able to be explained ever since Hometown Gho...

EP 172 - Conjuring The Smurl Family Haunting | West Pittston, PA

13 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The true story that inspired the newest Conjuring universe movie, The Conjuring 4: Last rites. A Pennsylvania family began experiencing strange occurr...

Horror Movie Review! The Fanatic

08 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We reviewed this silly, silly movie and despite knowing how silly it would be, might have kind of enjoyed it? Really? This week we cover the 2019 ......

EP 171 - The Lost Souls of the Seven Towers | Thessaloniki, Greece

06 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Looming over Greece's second largest city, Thessaloniki, is the Heptapyrgion Fortress.  Built in Byzantine times, refortified by Ottomans in 1430, it...

The Devil's Footprints | Dark Mysteries

01 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In 1855, the town of Devon, England experienced quite the dark mystery. After a heavy snowfall, a trail of hoof-like marks, resembling cloven hooves...

EP 170 - Ghosts of Lebanon | Lebanon, IL

30 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Lebanon, Illinois, is a quiet college town with a history that runs deeper—and darker—than it appears. The historic Mermaid House may still be hom...

Horror Movie Review! Y2K (2025)

25 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we review one of the latest horror movies, Y2K. Some of us... remember the craze around the computers shutting down at the turn of the cen...

Hunting for the Worlds Most HAUNTED Items | Cursed Possessions

23 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It's that time again, folks. This time we are going to FIND the most haunted item in the world by ... looking on ebay and other sites. Are they rea...

Campfire Ghost Stories LIVE | Bonus Episode

21 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Were you a fan of Are You Afraid Of The Dark as a child? Want an adult version? Join Jesse Dave and Rob as they tell live ghost and scary stories! ...

Paranormal Update! Antarctica's Ghosts, Monet Mall Cop and Weird Dave

18 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It's time for another Paranormal Update! This time we bring you a whole bunch of ghost stories from Antarctica, a possible Monet Ghost sighting and a...