The Night Owl: True Ghost Stories
Episodes
Spirits of Moonshine - Part V
23 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Returning for one final overnight inside one of Austin’s oldest and most haunted locations, the Night Owl team pushes deeper into Moonshine Bar &...
Spirits of Moonshine - Part IV
26 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The investigation at Moonshine Bar & Grill continues as the team returns to one of Austin’s most storied locations. What began as fragments and ...
Spirits of Moonshine - Part III
29 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tonight, the team returns to one of Austin’s oldest and most notoriously haunted locations, Moonshine Bar & Grill.After months of interviews, th...
Spirits of Moonshine Bar & Grill - Part II
24 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In Part II of this Moonshine investigation, the activity escalates. More voices come forward — current staff, former employees, and even contractors...
Spirits of Moonshine Bar & Grill - Part I
27 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tonight, The Night Owl Podcast takes listeners inside one of Austin’s most storied and allegedly haunted landmarks — Moonshine Bar & Grill. Bu...
The Villisca Axe Murder House - Part III (Campfire)
29 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
More than a century ago, in the quiet town of Villisca, Iowa… a horrifying crime shattered a sense of small-town innocence: two adults and six child...
The Villisca Axe Murder House - Part II (Campfire)
25 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In Part I of this Campfire Series, you heard from a range of voices connected to the site of one of the most notorious unsolved crimes in American his...
The Villisca Axe Murder House - Part I (Campfire)
28 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Prepare yourself to venture into one of the most chilling true crime cases in American history — the 1912 Villisca Axe Murders.This is part of our C...
Haunted Freddo ATX - Part III
30 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In tonight’s episode, the Night Owl team returns once more to Freddo ATX — the historic Victorian café where unexplained activity continues to ra...
Haunted Freddo ATX - Part II
26 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In tonight’s episode, the Night Owl team returns to Freddo ATX — a cozy café and bar tucked inside a stunning Victorian home at the corner of Sou...
Haunted Freddo ATX - Part I
28 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tonight, the Night Owl is opening a new case—one that takes us to Austin, Texas, where a striking Victorian home, built in 1876 and relocated to Sou...
Spirits at Sunset Strip - Part V
31 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Over the past four episodes in this series, the Night Owl team has been immersed in a chilling investigation of the Sunset Strip Comedy Club, located ...
Spirits at Sunset Strip - Part IV
24 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the first three parts of this investigation, the Night Owl team uncovered unsettling paranormal activity at the Sunset Strip Comedy Club, particula...
Spirits at Sunset Strip - Part III
27 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, the team returns to the Sunset Strip Comedy Club, located in the heart of Austin’s vibrant 6th Street, to continue their investigat...
Spirits at Sunset Strip - Part II
30 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, the Night Owl team returns to the Sunset Strip Comedy Club, nestled in the heart of Austin's iconic 6th Street, to continue thei...
Spirits at Sunset Strip - Part I
25 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, The Night Owl team heads to the heart of Austin’s legendary Dirty 6th Street, where they have been contacted by the Sunset Strip Co...
Halloween Special - Live Campfire Tales at the Spirit Social 2024
28 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As the leaves turn and shadows stretch longer, we embrace the spirit of Halloween—a time when the veil between the living and the dead grows thin. T...
Ghosts of the Austin Antique Mall - Part II
30 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Night Owl team’s exploration of the Austin Antique Mall, a cherished landmark in the heart of Austin that has recently faced its...
Ghosts of Austin Antique Mall - Part I
26 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when an antique mall that’s been a staple of Austin for 40 years suddenly faces its last chapter? The Austin Antique Mall was sadly for...
Haunted Hotel Havana - Part III
29 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Tonight, the team will conclude their series of investigations at the haunted Hotel Havana in San Antonio, Texas. Previously, they gathered testimony ...
Haunted Hotel Havana - Part II
24 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Tonight, the Night Owl team is packing their bags and traveling to the haunted Hotel Havana in San Antonio, Texas. Built in 1914 and designed in the M...
Haunted Hotel Havana - Part I
29 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Throughout history, hotels have been a common hotbed for reported paranormal activity. In most major cities, you’re bound to discover there is a...
The Haunted Pompee House - Part III
25 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the previous two episodes, the team has been investigating the mysterious happenings at the Pompee house - a transplanted historic home now sitting...
A Psychic Journey (Campfire)
26 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It’s one thing to experience a haunting or isolated paranormal encounter, and another all together to discover you may possess an ability to see and...
The Haunted Pompee House - Part II
29 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A transplanted historic home, now sitting atop a cliffside in farwest Austin, has its residents questioning whether or not they are alone in their res...
The Haunted Pompee House - Part I
25 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A historic home in Austin, TX, originally built in the University of Texas campus area in the late 1800s, now sits nestled on a picturesque cliffside ...
The Rental from Hell (Campfire)
27 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Tonight’s campfire takes back twenty years ago, to a quaint Ohio college town, where Lindsey and her two roommates were scrambling to find new lodgi...
The Haunted Williamson Museum - Part II
30 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Multiple reported sightings of a woman in white. Electronics going off in unusual ways. Disembodied voices throughout the building. Feelings of being ...
The Haunted Williamson Museum - Part I
25 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Williamson Museum is located in the gorgeous and historic downtown district of Georgetown, Texas. The museum is housed in a historic building whos...
The Haunted House of Torment - Part III
28 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this concluding episode of this series, investigating a popular Haunted House attraction here in Austin TX, the Night Owl team brings in psychic fr...
The Haunted House of Torment - Part II
31 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Haunted House attractions have been around for over a century and here in Austin, The House of Torment has been evoking fear and eliciting screams fro...
Haunted House of Torment - Part I
26 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Chainsaws, strobe lights, blood-splattered walls, creepy clowns and blood-curdling screams. These are just a few things you would expect to encounter ...
Stowaway Spirit - Part II
29 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Previously, we heard husband and wife Lukas and Witney recount the strange activity that has been occurring in their recently purchased home. Conducti...
Stowaway Spirit - Part I
24 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In December of 2019, husband and wife, Lukas and Whitney, began a new chapter of their life in a new home they purchased in Austin Texas. They had t...
Haunted Vision - Part III
27 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A boutique vision center, nestled in the Texas Hill Country has been experiencing a plethora of unusual phenomena. The staff experience eye frames fal...
Haunted Vision - Part II
27 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
With initial phone interviews and a preliminary investigation of Dripping Springs Vision Center complete, the Night Owl team learned that this establi...
Haunted Vision - Part I
30 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Whenever you go to see your eye doctor, you expect to see and hear the usual sights and sounds associated with an Ophthalmologist's office. Eye...
The Demons That Haunt Us - Part IV
26 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this concluding episode of the series, the team work to help single mother Luna and her two children, obtain some much needed answers for the oppre...
The Demons That Haunt Us - Part III
28 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A single mother, Luna, along with her teenage son Finn and young daughter Shiloh had to recently flee their home due to unsettling activity in their...
The Demons That Haunt Us - Part II
31 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
After fleeing their home for a week, Luna and her two children now return to their home where unexplained activity has plagued them for the last 7 yea...
The Demons That Haunt Us - Part I
26 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A single mother and her children have now reached a breaking point with the disturbing paranormal activity in their home. Over the last 7 years, they’...
Haunted Gaslight Baker Theatre - Part II
25 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Previously, in Episode 30, we began an investigation of a historic theater located in beautiful downtown Lockhart, Texas. We interviewed several peopl...
Announcement: A Night Owl Pause
28 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Hi listeners, You may have noticed my absence over these last few weeks as I’ve been taking a break for my physical and mental well-being. It is wi...
Night Owl Update and Announcement - Dec 2020
04 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dear Night Owls, I know we don’t have an episode for you quite yet, but we wanted to take time to wish you all a happy holiday season and let our lo...
Haunted Gaslight Baker Theatre - Part I
31 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Lockhart is a picturesque small Texas town, infamously dubbed the BBQ capital of Texas because of it’s long-standing establishments serving some of ...
A Haunting Abroad (Campfire)
28 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Around 2003, Caroline was studying theatre abroad in France. While there, she lived on a boathouse on the Seine River in northern Paris and spent a st...
Eerie Helltown, Ohio (Campfire)
31 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Many of us are drawn to mystery. Whether that be an unsolved murder, a mysterious disappearance, or for the paranormal enthusiasts, haunted places and...
Haunted Heartland (Campfire)
29 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We’ve seen it in movies. We’ve read it in books. It’s the typical modern ghost story. You and your unassuming family move into a new home. A new...
Spirits of Mattie's Restaurant - Part II
25 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
After receiving a random message on Facebook stating that a place called Mattie’s at Green Pastures had four resident ghosts, Stephen’s interest w...
Spirits of Mattie's Restaurant - Part I
27 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Night Owl team has investigated a lot of unique Austin establishments on this show. Restaurants and bars that are housed in buildings that are his...
Haunted Nightclub: Elysium - Part II
30 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
After hearing an impressive number of first-hand paranormal experiences from Austin night club Elysium, the Night Owl team will return with clairvoyan...
Haunted Nightclub: Elysium - Part I
24 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Night Owl team has been called to investigate Elysium, a night club that has been a home for the alternative and goth communities in Austin, Texas...
Haunted Origins - Part II
30 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
When host Stephen Belyeu was around the age of 11, he had an experience in his childhood bedroom that would haunt him for the rest of his life - a dis...
Cautionary Tales (Campfire)
11 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Haunted objects, a spirit of a serial killer, and a hotel so haunted it's guest book has been deemed "The Book of the Dead" - these are...
Haunted Origins - Part I
28 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Host Stephen and fellow paranormal investigator Alexis met while attending A&M University in Corpus Christi. They were both studying film and quic...
Murder House - Part III
30 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this final installment of the Murder House series, Stephen and the Night Owl team continue their journey trying to help Martin and his family make ...
Murder House - Part II
09 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, the Night Owl team pack their bags once more, this time with clairvoyant friend Sara in tow, as they travel back to the Murder House,...
Murder House - Part I
26 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Are you ready for a slightly darker journey into the paranormal than usual? In this episode, the Night Owl team is packing their bags, hitting the roa...
School Spirit: Haunted Metz Elementary (Campfire)
12 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Metz Elementary is one of Austin ISD’s oldest schools, established in 1916 on Willow Street in East Austin. At that time, this area was considered t...
Ghosts of Pioneer Farms - Part III
24 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, the Night Owl team will conclude their investigation of Pioneer Farms, the living history museum nestled on a historic site on the ba...
Night of the Ghouls (Campfire)
10 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
THE GOLDEN GHOULSI know you all hunger horrifying stories, thirst for true tales of terror, so in tonight's campfire, we're not only sharing...
Ghosts of Pioneer Farms - Part II
28 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Stephen and the team pick up where they left off on their first visit to Pioneer Farms. Following a tour around the expansive propert...
Haunted Moorehead Stagecoach Inn (Campfire)
13 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
After spending twenty years as a paranormal investigator, Allen Cornelison moved to Ida Grove, Iowa to help his wife from his second marriage care for...
Ghosts of Pioneer Farms - Part I
29 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Stephen and the team are kicking off a new investigative series at Pioneer Farms, a living history museum and historic site situated ...
Ghost in Grandma's Basement (Campfire)
08 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Grandma's Basement:When they were just 13 and 8 years old, siblings Yessica and Genesis had a lot on their plate for just two kids trying to have...
Haunted Buenos Aires Café - Part III
25 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Stephen and the team conclude their investigation into the paranormal claims at Buenos Aires Café. Join them as they embark on the t...
Haunting Domestic Disturbances (Campfire)
11 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
"Remnants"In the early 2000’s, a Brazilian pastor is given an opportunity to move his family to the San Francisco Bay area, to open a new ...
Haunted Buenos Aire Café - Part II
25 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we travel back to the quaint Argentinian restaurant at the corner of Waller and East 6th Street in Austin, Texas. Here, at Buenos Air...
The Monsters Might Be Real (Campfire)
11 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
“Doppelgänger”The word Doppelgänger was first introduced by German author Jean Paul in 1796, in a book he wrote wherein the protagonist exchange...
Haunted Buenos Aires Café - Part I
28 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, travel with us to Buenos Aires Café, a quaint Argentinian restaurant in East Austin, that’s having some serious concerns about act...
The Devil's Backbone (Campfire)
14 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
“The Devil’s Backbone”Years ago, when they were only teenagers, good friends Brian, Seth, Ryo and McCall would spend many nights hanging out, pl...
A Haunting on Main Street - Part II
26 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, the team returns to Buda to further investigate the unexplained reports surrounding Old Town Buda Antique Mall. Staff and patrons hav...
A Haunting on Main Street - Part I
29 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Let's take a small road trip, just 20 miles south of Austin, to the town of Buda - where an antique shop occupying a historic three-story buildin...
Spirits of the Spider House
24 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In the final episode of season one, we travel back to where this incredible journey all began – at an unassuming tattoo shop on the Spider House gro...
Restless Spirit of New Braunfels - Part III
27 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In the final chapter of “The Restless” series, Stephen, Sara, Alexis and Franklyn must put their heads together to figure out what’s really happ...
Restless Spirit of New Braunfels - Part II
30 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Stephen returns to Amanda and Paul's New Braunfels home, this time joined by clairvoyant friend Sara to further investigate thei...
Restless Spirit of New Braunfels - Part I
25 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, the Night Owl Podcast dives into unfamiliar territory, investigating, for the first time, a private residence in New Braunfels, Texas...
The Ghosts at Clay Pit - Part III
28 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Stephen and Sara return to The Clay Pit for two more investigations. Sara pushes the spirits to give her more answers while Stephen s...
The Ghosts at Clay Pit - Part II
30 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
After gathering personal testimonies from the staff and guests of The Clay Pit in Episode 6, Stephen now brings clairvoyant friend Sara to investigate...
The Ghosts at Clay Pit - Part I
26 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Celebrating its 20th year, this famous Indian restaurant located in downtown Austin shares its stories about the building's seedy history, the co...
South Texas Ghosts (Campfire)
26 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This campfire-style episode features two eerie tales that take place in South Texas:"The Boy In My Room" - Several members of a family livin...
The Haunted Tavern - Part III
29 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this special hour-long episode that concludes this series on The Tavern, host Stephen Belyeu and clairvoyant Sara return to uncover more hidden clu...
The Haunted Tavern - Part II
24 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Host Stephen Belyeu dives deeper into the stories surrounding The Tavern, a historic bar in Austin, Texas. Join him and clairvoyant Sara as they attem...
The Haunted Tavern - Part I
19 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
One of Austin's oldest bars has, what the staff refer to as, a prankster spirit who likes to hide objects from the staff, play with electronic eq...
The Night Owl Trailer
29 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The Night Owl Podcast is a new monthly podcast featuring true tales of the paranormal. Join me, your host Stephen Belyeu, as I track down haunted plac...
Ink, Coffee & Spirits - Haunted Royal Legion Tattoo
25 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
A local Austin tattoo shop has things mysteriously moving in the night, its employees feeling uneasy, and sightings of an angry woman in their shop wi...