Left of Skeptic
Episodes
Episode 174: “Freedom fighters and food folk”
05 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Spooky Wednesday, folks! It's opposite day at Left of Skeptic. First up, Kala talks about Jinny Bingham's ghost in Camden Town, London...
Episode 173: "These ghosts are ruining their social lives"
29 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Spooky Wednesday, one and all! Summer has started and we've got some stories to put you in the mood for the warmer weather. First up, Kala t...
Episode 172: “It was built for the living. Duh.”
22 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Spooky Wednesday, folks! This week Kala keeps it Midwest by talking about Bowers Harbor Inn on the Old Mission Peninsula in Michigan. This buil...
Episode 171: "Flesh or... lima beans?"
15 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Spooky Wednesday, dear listeners! We've got aliens and cryptids for you this week! First up, Kala talks about the Kelly-Hopkinsville Encounter, ...
Episode 170: “We’re just astonished this whole time”
08 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Spooky Wednesday, folks! And a happy belated birthday to Kala’s Mom! We’re taking her listener request and starting the episode with a disc...
Episode 169: “Yes, Caddy! Yes!”
01 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Spooky Wednesday, everyone. It’s the moment Kala has been waiting for (at least for the last 99 episodes): EPISODE 169! Kala starts us off b...
Episode 168: “Who you gonna call? CHAD!”
24 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Spooky Wednesday, everyone! We have a special guest, Chad Brown (AKA C-Silence), with us this week! You can catch him this Homegrown both solo,...
Episode 167: "Dracula Furries"
17 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Spooky Wednesday, folks! This week we have another special guest! Fearless leader of the Twin Ports Horror Society, member of more Duluth bands...
Episode 166: "He's done with the funny business"
10 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Spooky Wednesday, friends! We've got special guest Breanne Marie of Breanne Marie and the Front Porch Sinners with us this week! First up, ...
Episode 165: “KEVIN!!”
03 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Spooky Wednesday and Happy Homegrown month, dear listeners! This week we have special guest Abe Curran of Winzige Hosen and many other Duluth ba...
Episode 164: “OSHA, is this okay?”
27 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Spooky Wednesday, folks! We’ve got a haunted home and a freaky factory for you this week! Kala talks about The Hinsdale House, also known as ...
Episode 163: “Drab to fab!”
20 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Spooky Wednesday, everyone! First up, Kala talks about the famous Lake Lanier, a man-made lake in Georgia, often considered one of the most dea...
Episode 162: "I'm CLEARY magical, and you are... not."
13 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Spooky Wednesday, everyone! We’ve got ghosts and eyeballs for you this week! First up, Kala heads back to the Midwest to talk about The Ameri...
Episode 161: “The pirates pillaged and plundered for a plethora of periods”
06 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Spooky Wednesday, folks! We’ve got a historic episode this week, literally. Full of history. First up Kala talks about Anne Boleyn and the ma...
Episode 160: "I bet that PR guy got fired."
28 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Spooky Wednesday folks! We’re going full X-Files this week with a Kala takeover where she discusses the Roswell incident and Area 51. In the l...
Episode 159: “12 days gone and just mad about a belt buckle”
21 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Spooky Wednesday, everyone! We’ve got a Brittany episode take over this week as she finishes telling us the extremely interesting tale of Mel...
Episode 158: "Art's stirring the pot!"
14 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Spooky Wednesday! We have a very Art Bell-heavy episode for you today. First, Kala talks about one of the most famous calls on Coast to Coast AM...
Episode 157: "“Keep me away from Mel’s Hole”
07 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Spooky Wednesday, and welcome back to our regularly scheduled programming! This week Kala starts with the ultimate of all deep sea cryptids, The...
Episode 156: True Crime January | Glensheen
31 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Spooky Wednesday! For our last week of True Crime January we are heading home and revisiting a location from our first-ever episode! Glensheen M...
Episode 155: True Crime January | Sayre House Murders
24 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Spooky Wednesday, everyone! It is the fourth week of True Crime January, and this week we are telling you about the Sayre House Murders. While t...
Episode 154: True Crime January | The Axeman of New Orleans
17 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Spooky Wednesday! For our third week of 2024 True Crime January, we’ve got the notorious Axeman of New Orleans. This serial killer stalked New...
Episode 153: True Crime January | The Savannah Axe Murders
10 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Spooky Wednesday, dear listeners! We are in the second week of True Crime January 2024, and we are covering "the most diabolical crime eve...
Episode 152: True Crime January | Ed Gein
03 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Spooky Wednesday! Happy New Year! Happy first week of True Crime January! We’re starting this month with a discussion on Ed Gein, also known a...
Episode 151: "A great gift for a less than loved one!"
27 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Spooky Wednesday, folks! For our last episode of the year we’ve got a cursed object and a haunted house. How classic! First up, Kala talks abo...
Episode 150: " Sinister Klaas a.k.a Daddy December 😉"
20 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Spooky Wednesday and Happy Holidays, y'all! We've got an episode to tell you all about the reason for the season... giant cats and magic...
Episode 149: “We are hooded and we’re on a mission"
13 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Spooky Wednesday, folks! We’ve got classic tales of a haunted museum, church, and cemetery this week! First up Kala tells us all about the Yu...
Left of Skeptic THROWBACK
06 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hey y'all, we are taking a much-needed break this week, so we're doing a THROWBACK to one of our sexiest (what?) episodes... episode 69 - wher...
Episode 148: "Not a Petti-bone in her body."
29 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
appy Spooky Wednesday, everyone! This week we've got classic stories in the form of a haunted hotel and a creepy college campus. First up, Kala t...
Episode 147: "A UFO is like a beautiful woman..."
22 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Spooky Wednesday folks! We’re hitting two different categories of the paranormal this week with a tale of an alien abduction and an old, haun...
Episode 146: “…because crime”
15 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Spooky Wednesday, dearests! This week we’ve got two locations that scream “Tale as old as time.” First up, we have Kala discussing the Ash...
Epsiode 145: “It’s not Dracula, it’s just this a**hole”
08 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Spooky Wednesday, folks! Brittany is taking over this week with a story of the North Carolina house known as “Nannie”. Better known as the P...
Episode 144: "She hates her job and she hates you"
01 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Spooky Wednesday, folks! We’re back to our regularly scheduled programming with two haunted locations and a kooky case of psychokinesis. First...
Episode 143: "It was just flesh eating bananas"
25 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Spooky Wednesday and HAPPY HALLOWEEN, EVERYONE! It is our last week of Urban Legends October for 2023 and we are excited to bring you some trul...
Episode 142: "All that Small Shark Energy"
18 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Spooky Wednesday, and welcome back to our 3rd annual Urban Legends October! It's "travel week", where we pick another country and...
Episode 141: "It's those White Boy Gangs"
11 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Spooky Wednesday, folks! We are in the second week of Urban Legends October, and you know what that means! CREEPYPASTAS! That's right, this ...
Episode 140: "Did it for the lolz 👻"
04 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Spooky Wednesday and happy Spooky Season, one and all! We’re so excited to be starting out the 3rd annual Urban Legends October with the ever-...
Epsidoe 139: "Bathsheda vs. Bethesda"
27 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Spooky Wednesday, friends! We hope you’re enjoying your fall as much as we are! We’ve got two haunted locations for you this evening, and bo...
Episode 138: "Stairs John, not Arsenic John."
20 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Spooky Wednesday to all of our favorite spooky friends! This week, Kala continues the Barry Taff discussion with the investigation story of the ...
Episode 137: "It spelled out J-E-F-F."
13 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Spooky Wednesday, dears! We've kept you on your toes long enough! This week, Brittany is bringing you the spine-chilling conclusion to The ...
Episode 136: "Poor Jeff…”
06 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Spooky Wednesday, everyone! We’ve got one happy haunting for you this week, and one very unhappy haunting. First, Kala talks about The Grand i...
Episode 135: "Hail a cab. Cannon a ferry."
30 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Spooky Wednesday, folks! This week we've got a petrifying prison and a paralyzing plantation. Kala discusses The Old Idaho Penitentiary in ...
Episode 134: “He’s actually really dead”
23 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Spooky Wednesday! This week we've got creepy stories galore! Kala talks about Gore Orphanage Road & Swift's Hallow in Vermillion, OH...
Episode 133: "Ouija Boards don't kill people."
16 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Spooky Wednesday, folks! First up this week, Kala has an important question: Alien or Cryptid? The Flatwoods Monster scared the butts off some ...
Episode 132: "Grandma or... demon?"
09 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Spooky Wednesday everyone! It’s Brittany’s birthday week! We’re celebrating with a creepy castle and the history of one of the most recogn...
Episode 131: "A Wonky Donkey"
02 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Spooky Wednesday! Kala is back from vacation just in time for a giggly little podcast. We start with Kala talking about the Eloise Psychiatric H...
Episode 130: "... A house named after a casket they found in the basement."
26 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Spooky Wednesday, dear listeners! We hope your summer is going well! We've got a bloodcurdling bed & breakfast and an ill-fated island for you t...
Episode 129: "That was the plan the whole time, your Majesty. Totally."
19 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Spooky Wednesday, folks! It's Kala's birthday week! And she is celebrating by covering one of her favorite haunted U.S. locations: The Q...
Episode 128: "Fine. No one's an abomination..."
12 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Spooky Wednesday, our loves! This week we’ve got a classic haunting and a cursed soul for your enjoyment. Kala talks about Casa Loma in Toront...
Episode 127: “hypoallergenic cat demon”
05 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Spooky Wednesday! We've got a very special guest this week: Left of Skeptic Super Fan Gina! We start the episode with the third annual Kala&...
Episode 126: "It's very unassuming, I assume."
28 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Spooky Wednesday, one and all! This week we're heading to the east coast to talk about historic locations, famous authors, literary puns, an...
Episode 125: "Capital H - Haunted"
21 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Spooky Wednesday, everyone! We’ve got two locations this week to tingle your spines and bump your gooses! Kala starts it off with the Haunted ...
Episode 124: “It's a Hoedown Hodag”
14 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Spooky Wednesday, one and all! We’re doing a call-back episode this week, calling back to last week and to two years ago. We start out with an...
Episode 123: "The Big Three: Alcohol Addiction, Menopause, and Tuberculosis."
07 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Spooky Wednesday, dear listeners! This week we've got two haunted locations known by many different names. We start with Kala discussing &qu...
Episode 122: "I'm glad that you got defrocked."
01 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Spooky Wednesday, dear listeners! We’ve got a special guest for you this week! Kara Babcock of Prophecy Girls joins us this week as we tackle ...
Episode 121: "This whole thing seems sketch city.”
24 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Spooky Wednesday, one and all! It may be summertime out in the real world, but here in Left of Skeptic Land it is spooky season all year long! F...
Episode 120: "A skeleton hand?! Okay... I get it. Sometimes you need the $12, but..."
17 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Spooky Wednesday, folks! This week, based on a listener suggestion by Kristy, Kala talks about The Hotel Congress in Tucson, AZ! This hotel has ...
Episode 119: "Bad doll! Bad!"
10 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Spooky Wednesday to you all! We recorded remotely this week as we are both down with the sickness, but we are not too disturbed to provide you...
Episode 118: "We went a little off the rails..."
03 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Spooky Wednesday and HAPPY HOMEGROWN ONE AND ALL!!! This week we recorded very early in preparation for our favorite music festival and the resu...
Episode 117: "I want to go LARPing in Ohio!"
26 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Spooky Wednesday, everyone! We've got some classic locations for you this week: haunted hotels and an abandoned castle (well, castle adjace...
Episode 116: "The fate of the un-haunted."
19 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Spooky Wednesday, folks! Kala is back from vacation and we are ready to rock your world with some overseas spooky stories! First up, Kala has a ...
Episode 115: "Was he hanging his spoils and then it spoiled?"
12 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Spooky Wednesday, dear listeners! We've got haunted elevators, dancing spirits, and ghostly pets for you this week! First up, Kala discusses...
Episode 114: "Something about soggy ghosts really upsets me."
05 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Spooky Wednesday, everyone! We're joined by a very special guest this week, Kimberly Christine! She's a Reiki master, paranormal investi...
Episode 113: "Next time I need to do an exorcism, I guess I'm just gonna Google it."
29 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Spooky Wednesday, folks! This week we've got some very classic haunted scenarios to share with you. We start with a tale of possession. (I...
Episode 112: "This is what it REALLY means to be toxic."
22 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Spooky Wednesday, dear listeners! We've got some real bloodcurdling stories for you today, both figuratively and literally. Well... kind of....
Episode 111: "Baggin’ on Bagans"
15 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Spooky Wednesday, folks! This week is like Sesame Street, full of storytelling and learning about numbers. Well, Sesame Street if the stories in...
Episode 110: "The most sense? THE MOST SENSE?!"
08 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Spooky Wednesday, folks! This week is full of amazing news, laughter, and as always, quality stories. Kala discusses the 1908 Tunguska event in ...
Episode 109: "This witch would have done great on TikTok."
01 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Spooky Wednesday, everyone! We went a bit off the rails this week with some serious stories and some not-so-serious side tangents. To start, Kal...
Episode 108: "Haunted Dolls are basically like beta fish."
22 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Spooky Wednesday, dear listeners! We've got a special treat for you this week with the return of Adam Herman! And he's not just here to comment ...
Episode 107: "That's suspicious. That's weird."
15 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Spooky Wednesday, folks! This week we’ve got a roller coaster of feelings for you! First up, Kala talks about Grey Gardens in East Hampton, NY...
Episode 106: "A funeral home with its own ambulance service? Seems like a conflict of interest."
08 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Spooky Wednesday, Friends! We're keeping it classic this week with two haunted locations. First up Kala talks about Bannack, MT and it's most ha...
Episode 105: “No. Pam didn’t work for OSHA.”
01 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Wow! TWO WHOLE YEARS OF SPOOKY WEDNESDAYS! For our anniversary this week, we’ve got mysteries galore! First up Kala talks about The Alas...
Episode 104: “I think something might have happened…”
25 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Spooky Wednesday! This is the last week of 2023's True Crime January and we are finishing off with a bang! Or a chop... We're talking about the ...
Episode 103: "It was VERY suspicious..."
18 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Spooky Wednesday! We interrupt our regularly scheduled programming to bring you a solo Brittany episode! This week Brittany talks about the Gree...
Episode 102: “Mary… we talked about this.”
11 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Spooky Wednesday, everyone! For the second week of 2023’s True Crime January, we’re talking about Typhoid Mary. Mary Mallon was a dirty, dir...
Episode 101: "There's a lot of good women with a lot of bad backs."
04 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Spooky Wednesday and a Happy New Year everyone! It's the first episode of the first month of the year, and you know what that means: TRUE CRIME ...
Episode 100: Vampire Spectacular with The Prophecy Girls: A Buffy Rewatch Podcast!
28 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Spooky Wednesday, y’all! And thank you so, so much for helping us get to 100 episodes of the Left of Skeptic podcast! We are joined by Kara an...
Episode 99: “If Krampus can do it, I can do it too.”
21 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Spooky Wednesday and Happy Holidays, dear listeners! We hope you’re staying warm and aren’t snowed in. Time to cuddle up and listen to some ...
Episode 98: “I want that tasteless chill tonic”
14 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Spooky Wednesday, y’all! This week Kala talks about the KiMo Theater in Albuquerque, NM. This gorgeous old building has experienced a few disa...
Episode 97: “Soggy bodies”
07 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Spooky Wednesday! This week we’ve got creepy tunnels and spooky gravesites for you! First Kala talks about the Gold Camp Rail Tunnels near Col...
Episode 96: “I was reborn for this role.”
30 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Spooky Wednesday! We’ve got a Minnesota ghost and an Egyptian past life for you this week, so basically our stories do not relate to each othe...
Episode 95: “No hands. Only arms.”
23 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Spooky Wednesday! We’re starting this week out with a mystery! Kala talks about the ghost ship Mary Celeste. In the 1870s she was found adrift...
Episode 94: “Death Drawers”
16 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Spooky Wednesday! This week Kala talks about Bobby Mackey’s Music World in Wilder, Kentucky. This country music club sits on the land that onc...
Episode 93: “Karma or ghosts? I’ll take it either way.”
09 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Spooky Wednesday! This week's episode feels very classic left of skeptic. Just some good ol' haunted buildings, but with a surprising amount of ...
Episode 92: “Scream because I can no longer scream.”
02 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Spooky Wednesday! This week we have a creepy New Jersey week, but not creepy for the reasons you might associate either the state. Nothing to do...
Episode 91: “Paranormability”
26 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Spooky Wednesday! Happy Halloween! This week we recorded our episode live on Facebook and ended our October with a bang! First Kala started out ...
Episode 90: "The smell of men keeps away the devil."
19 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Spooky Wednesday! We’ve got some overseas urban legends for you this week. We’re focusing our episode on tales from Germany! Kala starts ou...
Episode 89: "Yummm... drawer blood."
12 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Spooky Wednesday! We’re serving up some more of that hot Ringu Pasta Sauce with an episode made of Creepypasta for Urban Legends October. Brit...
Episode 88: “Ringu Pasta Sauce”
05 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Spooky Wednesday and Happy Spooky Season! We’re back with the beginning of our second annual Urban Legends October. We’re excited to welcome...
Episode 87: “That was the most delightful dead… child?… story I’ve ever heard.”
28 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Spooky Wednesday, dear listeners! We’re going hard this week with a haunted cemetery, a Canadian poltergeist, and creepy-looking headlig...
Episode 86: “Interactive haunting: the guests are in on it too.”
21 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Spooky Wednesday! Kala is back with another creepy transportation-related story this week, though this time it’s more mysterious than spectral...
Episode 85: "You've got a rocking chair? Automatically haunted."
14 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Spooky Wednesday! We're embracing the beginning of this gorgeous fall spooky season with a classic subject matter: haunted houses. This week Kal...
Episode 84: "Bones, blood, and bodily fluids."
07 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Spooky Wednesday, everyone! This week brings a whole host of ghosts, monsters, witches, and laxative water. First up, Kala gets to talk about tw...
Episode 83: "She had bewitched him to walk off-th the ledge to his untimely demise"
31 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Spooky Wednesday! This week, Kala is bringing us to West Virginia to talk about the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum. And Brittany tells us the ta...
Episode 82: "Let's talk 'Squatch!"
24 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Spooky Wednesday! This week we have a special guest, Corey Gice from The PodCostner podcast, and he's talkin' #Bigfoot! He started out a skeptic...
Left of Skeptic REMIX
17 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Spooky Wednesday! This week Kala and Brittany are revisiting some of their favorite stories. First, we take a trip down memory lane to hear Kala...
Episode 81: “Spiders. Monsters. Demons. Mall Goths.”
10 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
ITS BRITTANY’S BIRTHDAY WEEK! Happy Spooky Wednesday and Happy Birthday to the beautiful and smart Brittany Lind! She starts us out this week with t...
Episode 80: “They were all about them flat bottoms.”
03 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Fool me once, shame on you… kill 3 of my relatives, I’m pretty sure this vase is cursed. Happy Spooky Wednesday! This week Kala heads overs...
Episode 79: "Ancient map makers would have put mermaids there."
27 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Spooky Wednesday! We’ve got some salty stories for you this week! Get it? Salty? Ocean? The sea? … **crickets** Anyway, Kala is talkin...
Episode 78: “You’re pushing your faerie narrative onto my UFO experiences.”
20 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Happy spooky Wednesday, everyone! It’s a Kala Birthday Takeover this week! She’s telling you all about Skinwalker Ranch in Utah! There is so much ...
Episode 77: "Like growl, without the G” **Literally growls** "No."
13 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Spooky Wednesday, y’all! This week Kala tells you about the Littlefield House on the campus of the University of Texas in Austin. This buildin...