The Ghost Story Guys
Episodes
Like a Pep Rally In Hell
23 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A midnight religious service turns into something much darker for one Los Angeles-based listener, and that's just one of the fantastic listener storie...
Book of the Dead, Vol. 14
16 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It's time to dive back into the Book of the Dead. What do we find? You'll have to listen to find out. Ghost Story Guys patrons have access to more th...
Ghosts in the Machine
09 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode we do our best to ruin your relationship with your cellphone as we tell tales of technological terror. Voices of the dead, warnings fr...
Book of the Dead, Vol. 13
02 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week the book takes us to worlds as far apart as the rivers of Bangladesh, and the Colorado countryside, to prove that to the other side, everyth...
Death on the Road Revisited
26 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It's road trip season and that means it's time to dive into some terrifying tales from the highway. From the US to the UK, from South Africa to South ...
The Dive: A Ghost Story Guys Audio Drama
19 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the first episode of "Transmissions From the Void", our new series of audio dramas! Each installment will adapt a story from a different au...
We Sold Our Soul For Ghost Stories
12 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Our "Greatest Hits" episode is here! You wanted them, and you got em - all-new retellings of our personal paranormal stories: Bren's accidental exorci...
Book of the Dead, Vol. 12
05 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week we open the book to two stories which are relatively familiar in their form and function, but the third? The third is something special and ...
Shadows Beyond the Campfire, with Jim Harold
28 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What's waiting for us in the shadows beyond the campfire? Guest storyteller Jim Harold, that's who! On this episode, we are joined by the undisputed k...
Book of the Dead, Vol. 11
21 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week: possession, a harbinger of violent death, and the Tall Man are all waiting for us in the Book of the Dead. Ghost Story Guys patrons have ...
You're a Strange Animal
14 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sometimes we get wind of a phenomenon so strange we have to devote an entire episode to it, and that's exactly what we've done here. Prepare yourselve...
Book of the Dead, Vol. 10
07 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week we open the book to the mundane, the inexplicable, and the harrowing, but even in the darkest places, we're reminded that we're never alone....
Those Who Watch You Sleep
31 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this show we generally are of the opinion that demons don't exist, but for the creature spotted by one of our listeners, it's an uncomfortably apt ...
Book of the Dead, Vol. 9
24 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week we open the book to find three dreams, none of which could be called sweet Ghost Story Guys patrons have access to more than 40 episodes of ...
When the Jungle Gets Angry
17 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when you start messing around in the jungle and incur the wrath of the Taotaomo'na, Guam's First People? One of our listeners found out, ...
Book of the Dead, Vol. 8
10 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A grandfather's grace, a whisper that transcends generations, and the eternal mystery of the night are just a few of the things waiting for us this we...
Poltergeists Will Tear Us Apart
03 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Somewhere in Seattle, a poltergeist causes enough terror to ruin a friendship. In London, England, another poltergeist wanders a home in the same part...
Book of the Dead, Vol. 7
26 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week the Book delivers feelings of a massacre long past, stones thrown from a dark wood, and a church renovation that causes more problems than i...
Clap For the Hat Man
19 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
An episode so cursed it crashed Paul's computer! For the first time ever, we exclusively tell stories of that particularly sinister shadow person - Th...
Book of the Dead, Vol. 6
12 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A family ghost, two visitations from a shadowy tall man, and a possible reincarnation. Ghost Story Guys patrons have been getting book of the dead for...
The Abominable Mr. Skin
05 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We finally did it - we broke two hours, and it's a ride that goes all over the place: static shadows, UFOs, missing time, poisoned drugs, and so much ...
Book of the Dead, Vol. 5
29 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week the Book of the Dead offers up a shadow man, an XBOX-loving spirit who's not afraid to apologize, and a Los Angeles office building I'm dumb...
The Owls Are Not What They Seem
22 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Owls have long had their place in esoteric symbolism, but when was the last time you heard about them actually getting up to weird stuff? On this epis...
Book of the Dead, Vol. 4
15 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week we open the Book of the Dead to find doppelgangers, encounters with angry entities in the dark, and a phantom smell with a real-life tragedy...
London Fridge Has Fallen Down
08 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever seen a black mist come together in your home? Perhaps a black hole opening and closing on your wall? Have you ever returned to the offic...
Book of the Dead, Vol. 3
01 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this installment, the Book reminds us why we should always sleep with our feet covered. Ghost Story Guys patrons have been getting book of the dea...
Noises in the Attic
22 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ever been in a house while it exploded? One of our listeners has, and on this episode she tells us about the inner voice that gave her enough informat...
Book of the Dead, Vol. 2
15 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This time on Book of the Dead, we open to three stories, each paranormal in their own way: disappearing items, vanishing figures, and a psychic haunte...
A Beast in the Night
08 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It's time for a trio of listener stories, beginning with the comfort of a lifelong spirit guardian, and ending with a sighting in the cold night which...
Book of the Dead, Vol. 1
01 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"Book of the Dead" is a short new biweekly show here on the GSG feed. Narrated by Brennan, each episode tells you three ghost stories, without any ext...
A Haunting in Brooklyn
25 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Our sixth season begins with Paul's triumphant return to the microphone after beating Covid and a special episode format! To celebrate the new year (a...
The Call of Dreams
11 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When you dream of somewhere you've never been or even seen, only to discover it by random chance one day out in rural America, it forces you to re-exa...
Tis the Season For Haunting
26 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded on the shortest day of the year, this episode is full of listener stories about shadow people, aggressive haunting in an apartment building, ...
Shadows of the Golden State
14 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
If you know the paranormal, then you know that California's Mount Shasta is a hot spot for high strangeness of all kinds, but did you know the rest of...
The Haunted Seaside
30 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
There has been a LOT of water happening out here on the west coast and so for this episode, we thought we'd run with it and see what kinds of horrors ...
Visions of the Time Fish
16 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The most exciting stories are the ones that connect across different times, locations, and people, and on this episode we have not one or two but thre...
By the Rivers Dark
02 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
From the Vermilion in Ohio to the Ganges in India, one thing you can rely on rivers to do is provide us with tales of high strangeness. On this episod...
The Hungry Forest
19 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It's almost Halloween and what could be more frightening than driving headlong into the woods? On this episode we share the story of 2 Overlanders who...
The Uncovered Well
05 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
You find an uncovered well beneath your house - what do you do? No, this isn't a line from Zork, this is the conundrum faced by a listener in a story ...
The Owl & the Glass
21 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Do owls and glass make any sense together? Absolutely not, and neither does anything else that happened to us on this recording. With stories ranging ...
Mysteries of Hawaii, with Lopaka Kapanui
07 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What does it take to be considered a master storyteller? On this episode, Lopaka Kapanui, THE Hawaiian Ghost Story Guy, shows us how it's done as we r...
In Case of Haunting, Break Glass
24 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Somewhere in Modoc County, California there sits a motel that will forever put you off staying in room 4 - any room 4. In Bayonne, New Jersey, a horri...
The Haunting of Vietnam
10 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On our first country-specific episode since "The Haunting of Poland", we dive into stories of the paranormal from Vietnam, where a formless crying ent...
The Goodbye Ghosts
27 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode we finally crack into the script Brennan's been holding onto - the one where people share their stories of interactions with passed-on...
Dial G For Ghost
13 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Remember when "Reach Out and Touch Somebody" was a hopeful slogan for telephones and not a terrible supernatural promise? The Ghost Story Guys remembe...
Who Are the Plaid People?
29 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
They can appear as a fever dream, a hallucination, or even solid physical forms moving through your home, but who the hell are the Plaid People, and w...
The Gnome Watcher
15 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The person you love most in the world leaves the room via one door and inexplicably re-enters through another. Their expression is now completely blan...
Under the Bridge
01 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Throughout folklore bridges have been regarded as places of mystery - they've harbored trolls, trapped vampires, and even gotten Clint Eastwood laid. ...
Secrets of the Ghostlight
18 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Every theater has a ghostlight, but not every theater has a ghost - the Starry Night Theater, in Tonawanda, New York, also known as the Ghostlight The...
Fear of the Dark
04 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, Paul gives us the goods from last weekend's Nebraska Bigfoot Conference, we continue a story from what may be Wisconsin's most haunte...
The Secret Life of Ghosts
20 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The one thing we know for sure about the subtle world is that we don't know much at all, and on this episode we share stories which make that lack of ...
The Devil in the Back Seat
06 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Locked cars, locked homes - these are places we're supposed to feel safe but no one told that to the strange intruders we'll be talking about on this ...
The Trouble With Doppelgängers
23 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
You know how sometimes life sneaks up on you? Well, replace "life" with "doppelgängers" and you've got this episode because when we put together this...
Take Me Down to Poltergeist City
09 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Who knows what evil lurks in the heart of Yorkshire? After this episode, Brennan, Paul, and their guest storyteller Kevin Eustace from "We Need to Tal...
The Horny Ghost
23 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It's time for 2021's first volume of listener stories and it is quite the ride, taking us from a rural Texas homestead where a "baby" cries to lure pe...
Haunted Graveyards: Where the Dead Don't Die
09 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Since people generally don't end up in graveyards till after their dying is done, they shouldn't be all that haunted, right? As Brennan and Paul learn...
Haunting in Nevada: The Way of the Desert
26 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Nevada may be home to the bright lights of Las Vegas, but outside the relative safety of the city stretches an expanse of desert with more darkness th...
How Much is That (Ghost) Dog in the Window?
12 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On the first episode of 2021, Brennan is joined by Paul Bestall of the "Mysteries & Monsters" podcast to explore the strange world of animal ghosts. F...
Introducing: The Ghost Story Guys
01 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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A Nightmare on 34th Street
22 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This year we here at Ghost Story Guys are proud to present our audio drama adaptation of "A Nightmare on 34th Street", by Paul Kane (the "Arrowhead" t...
Yes, Virginia, Bathrooms Can Be Haunted Too
08 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We pride ourselves on asking the hard questions, and on this episode we get right down to brass tacks by asking - "can a bathroom be haunted?" The an...
Mini Show for December 1, 2020
01 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this dive into the mailbag we try to make peace with Turducken, bust at least one wanna-be ghost, and so much more. Not only that, but there's a w...
They Come From the Forest: The Haunting of Poland
24 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In our first themed episode since "Doppelganger Country" in July, Poland brings the terror with ten stories of haunted history, spectral riders, and u...
Mini Show for November 17, 2020
17 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Spectral earthquakes, the poltergeist that follows you home, and an angry Vardøger are just a few of the things we find in the mailbag on this mini s...
The Forever Halloween
10 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
October 31 may be past but when you're a grown-up, Halloween is forever, if you want it. On this episode we decide the calendar is wrong and chase th...
Mini Show for November 3, 2020
02 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Visual disturbances, incongruous t-shirts, and a recommendation to check out a little stranger named Bagans are just a few of the things we find when ...
The Crystal & Bone House
27 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What is it to have the gift of second sight? One listener writes into tell us, and it's a wild ride of omens, messages from beyond, and what may very...
Mini Show for October 20, 2020
20 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Ok, so 54 minutes is pushing it for a "mini" show, but when you've got ghost stories, Ian being smitten by God, a conversation about the hidden world ...
The Burning Child
13 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The titular story isn't as bad as it sounds, unless you're particularly afraid of the Djinn, then we can't help you. That's right, our final story to...
Mini Show for October 6, 2020
06 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Visits from lost loved ones? Porno real estate? Favorite skeptics? It must be a mini show. On this installment we share the latest and greatest cor...
Cold Feelings in the Night
29 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever woken up to a suddenly cold room, certain you were being watched? Had your phone call for help without your knowledge? Seen the shadow...
Mini Show for September 22, 2020
22 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Yet again into the mailbag, dear friends, where the conversation goes way off the rails into hanging around haunted parking lots, Ian interpreting dre...
The Approaching Void and Other Stories
15 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It's a rainy night and you're only two blocks from home when you see, in a flash of lightning, one place the rain isn't falling. In the next flash, th...
Mini Show for September 8, 2020
08 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome, friends and neighbors, to our very first mini show! On this episode we dive into the GSG mailbag and talk about audio anomalies, where Brenn...
Shapes in the Closet
01 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
You're working alone one night when someone tries the door. You're busy, so you wait for them to leave, but they keep coming back again and again. F...
It Wasn't a Dream - It Was the Clown
18 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
One awful, grief-stricken night the voice of a recently departed loved one comes across your car's AM radio. Communication is difficult, but it's und...
Creatures With Covered Faces
04 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This time around we start off light, with dishwasher poltergeists and reassuring visits from passed-on loved ones, then we head into deep waters where...
Doppelgänger Country
21 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when a familiar voice calls you into the dark corners of your home while you're alone in the house? Can you keep it together when you he...
This is Not the End
07 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This time around we dive back into our bag of listener stories and come out with doppelgangers, shadowy pursuers, and a childhood friend who is not as...
The Haunting of the Philippines: A Star in a Dark Night
23 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What's it like to grow up haunted in the Philippines? On this episode two of our listeners share their stories of exactly that, and take us on a jour...
Objects in the Mirror May Be More Haunted Than They Appear
09 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode we confront that which we fear the most - mirrors - and find there are far worse things looking back at us than our reflections. With...
The Phantom of the Factory
26 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this globe-spanning episode we explore our very first set of Djinn stories from Pakistan, a disembodied hand reaches around the door of an Australi...
Don't Answer the Door
12 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It's time for another round of listener stories and things get weird: phantom cats, the little girl in the vents, a man held hostage by an unseen pre...
The Riddle of the Mountains
28 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What nightmares await amidst the alpine peaks above us? On this episode we find out, and guest storyteller Paul Bestell of the Mysteries & Monsters p...
The Shadows Know
14 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In trying times, we can always count on our fear of shadow people to supersede other concerns. On this episode they're hiding in basements, destroyin...
Absence Makes the Heart Grow Haunted
31 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This time around we join Idris Elba in canceling the apocalypse by recording this bad boy from 2 separate locations, a first for the show. We laugh, ...
The Haunting of Ireland: May the Dead Rise Up to Meet You
17 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
St. Patrick's Day is upon us and that means it's time for us to share our long-in-gestation episode about haunting in Ireland! This one is a special ...
This Jacob is Dead
03 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Psychic hostages, more encounters with the pale shadows, a dead little boy in the mirror, and one of the most unsettling stories we've ever heard are ...
Whisperers in the Dark
18 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
You're alone in the dark and someone, or something, calls your name - what do you do? On this episode, our listeners share their experiences and tell...
Those Haunted Penitentiary Blues
04 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Break out your harmonicas and striped pajamas because on this episode we're taking a look at haunted prisons, past and present, with an exclusive look...
This Present Darkness
21 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On our first official episode of 2020 we dive into a huge pile of listener stories and find shadow people waiting in the night, visits from the Sidewa...
Over the Years and Through the Woods
07 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode we took a look back at some of your (and our) favorite stories from the last couple years, calling back to episodes like "Taxi to the ...
A Very Scary Christmas, Volume 2
22 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It's the ho-ho-holidays and so we have a very special episode for all of you. Last Christmas we decided to carry on the great tradition of telling sc...
Roadtripping the Great Beyond
10 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode we hop in GSG1 (Brennan's Toyota) and head off in the direction of parts unknown. Along the way we find stories of disappearing gas s...
The Lady Vanishes
26 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode we welcome guest storyteller Kevin Eustace of the podcast "We Need to Talk About Ghosts" to help us tell stories of spectral women. F...
Do You Know the Boiler Room Man?
12 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode we navigate the post-Halloween hangover with stories of a running giant, grave dancing, and the creeping terror of The Boiler Room Man...
The Curious Case of Bumblebuzz
29 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On our final episode of October we take another look into the mailbag to find listener stories that scare us just about as much as anything we've put ...
Pennies From Heaven (or Thereabouts)
15 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On our second episode of the Halloween season we share listener stories about the dearly departed coming for one last goodbye, a former firehouse wher...
What Does the Fox (Man) Say?
01 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
October has begun, and with it Listener Story Month! On this episode we share listener tales of encounters with a fox man in Northern Idaho, another ...
The Haunting of India
17 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
After three long weeks away we're back in the studio and ready to explore the high strangeness of the Indian subcontinent, finding numerous encounters...