Episodes

  • 10. Halloween Market YYJ LIVE SHOW!

    10. Halloween Market YYJ LIVE SHOW!
    Oct 31 2024
    HelloooOooOooOoo and welcome, to our very first LIVE SHOW at the Davinci Centre for the Halloween Market YYJ! Jamie covers the history and hauntings at Hatley Castle, while Sara shares the wild story of the skull-face bishop, Charles John Seghers!


    Trigger Warnings: death; suicide; racism.

    Share your comments, questions and personal ghost stories with us! E-mail them to ghoulsocietypod@gmail.com

    If you enjoyed this episode, please rate and review us on iTunes and Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. You can follow us on Instagram at @ghoulsocietypod to keep up to date with what we're doing. Oh, and welcome - you are now a member of the Ghoul Society.


    Resources:

    Hatley Castle:
    https://www.royalroads.ca/news/chinese-workers-and-rru-price-they-paid-pennies-they-made
    https://www.hatleypark.ca/history/dunsmuirs
    https://www.viurrspace.ca/items/0ca5f8c4-0736-4fda-8a39-6c014f279e71
    https://www.hatleypark.ca/history/hatley-castle
    https://npiweb.com/Blog/Posts/haunted-places-series-hatley-castle
    https://www.hatleypark.ca/history/hatley-castle#:~:text=Maclure%2C%20who%20helped%20design%20Government,west%20coast%20at%20the%20time.
    https://hatleycastle.com/history/
    https://americanaristocracy.com/houses/burleith
    https://ltgov.bc.ca/cary-castle-mews-tea-room/
    https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/ghost-stories-hatley-castle
    https://www.westcoasttraveller.com/ghosts-secret-passageways-and-hollywood-greater-victoria-castle-has-it-all/
    https://www.vicnews.com/community/west-shore-has-rich-haunted-history-31789
    https://discover.hubpages.com/religion-philosophy/Haunted-Hatley-Castle


    The murder and ghost of Bishop Seghers:
    https://temexw.org/moderntreaties/douglas-treaties/
    https://www.songheesnation.ca/community/l-k-ng-n-traditional-territory
    https://www.reddit.com/r/darktourism/comments/eop84g/documenting_the_worlds_haunted_locations_one_at_a/
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18734/charles-john-seghers
    https://isthisaghost.substack.com/p/9-the-skull-faced-bishop
    https://www.yukon-news.com/opinion/the-bishop-the-madman-and-murder-6994564
    https://explorenorth.com/library/bios/archbishop_seghers-1887.html
    https://humanamplified.com/blog/i-am-still-here-the-difference-between-spirits-and-ghosts-and-how-theyre-tied-to-our-humanity
    https://myiconmedia.com/explaining-the-difference-between-ghosts-and-spirits-and-other-paranormal-jargon/
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    1 hr and 12 mins
  • 9. Puhspicious Spirit Halloween

    9. Puhspicious Spirit Halloween
    Oct 27 2024
    As we get closer and closer to the thinning of the veil, we are taking the time to honour and remember the tragic story of the Pendle Witches! This history is intertwined with many other witch hunts that took place across Europe and eventually into the colonies of Salem Massachusetts. Join us as we explore the outlandish trials and ideologies that put many innocent people to death.

    TW: death by hanging; misogyny/sexism; downright blasphemy!

    Share your comments, questions and personal ghost stories with us! E-mail them to ghoulsocietypod@gmail.com

    If you enjoyed this episode, please rate and review us on iTunes and Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. You can follow us on Instagram at @ghoulsocietypod to keep up to date with what we're doing. Oh, and welcome - you are now a member of the Ghoul Society.


    Resources:
    • "The Chilling True Story of the Pendle Witch Trials" from History Hit - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wegs_uHDZiE
    • "1612: The Disturbing Witch Trial That Shook Britain | The Pendle Witch Child" from Chronicle - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQrva6RAkak
    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pendle_witches
    • https://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/The-Pendle-Witches/
    • https://thehistorypress.co.uk/article/the-pendle-witches/
    • https://www.pendlewitches.co.uk/
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    54 mins
  • 8. The Landlord of Johns

    8. The Landlord of Johns
    Oct 20 2024
    Join us this week across the globe as Sara shares stories of very very very old, haunted English pubs!

    TW: discussions of death and anti-semitism.

    Share your comments, questions and personal ghost stories with us! E-mail them to ghoulsocietypod@gmail.com

    If you enjoyed this episode, please rate and review us on iTunes and Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. You can follow us on Instagram at @ghoulsocietypod to keep up to date with what we're doing. Oh, and welcome - you are now a member of the Ghoul Society.


    Resources:
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viaduct_Tavern
    https://www.ghostclub.org.uk/viaduct.htm
    https://www.haunted-britain.com/viaduct-tavern.htm
    https://londonspubswherehistoryreallyhappened.wordpress.com/2022/12/16/the-viaduct-tavern/
    https://youtu.be/sKUYVu2qZuk?feature=shared
    https://www.theholocaustexplained.org/anti-semitism/medieval-antisemitism/
    https://www.history.ox.ac.uk/why-were-the-jews-expelled-from-england-in-1290-0
    https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/nottingham-news/dark-tale-how-nottingham-landlord-5761892
    https://www.nottinghampost.com/whats-on/whats-on-news/ancient-nottingham-pub-named-one-3434129
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ye_Olde_Salutation_Inn
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    55 mins
  • 7. Brick Flip Phlone

    7. Brick Flip Phlone
    Oct 13 2024
    Join us for our spookiest episode yet – the tragic story of Maggie & Ella Vail, and some first hand accounts of experiencing Maggie's ghost!

    TW: discussions of sexual assault; murder; racism.

    Share your comments, questions and personal ghost stories with us! E-mail them to ghoulsocietypod@gmail.com

    If you enjoyed this episode, please rate and review us on iTunes and Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. You can follow us on Instagram at @ghoulsocietypod

    Resources:
    https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/maggie-vail-murder-case
    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/black-river-road-1.3758177
    https://cfmb.icaap.org/content/1980/3.1/19-Music_Death_of_Maggie.pdf
    https://www.unb.ca/saintjohn/arts/projects/crimepunishment/cases/blackriver.html
    https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.11172/12
    https://obituaries.tj.news/obituary/maggie-vail-1080893129
    https://truecrimeindex.ca/2021/07/23/black-river-road-by-debra-komar/
    https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/entertainment/books/2016/09/10/questions-of-character-arise-in-historic-new-brunswick-murder
    https://gooselane.com/blogs/news/holiday-feature-true-crime-collection
    https://archives.gnb.ca/associates/Newsletters/2004-18-Spring-e.pdf
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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • 6. Basagna's Chief of Bolice

    6. Basagna's Chief of Bolice
    Oct 6 2024
    Jamie covers the myth, the legend, the not-so-simple history of Giorgio Rasputin.

    TW: discussions of sexual assault; murder; religious exploitation.

    Share your comments, questions and own ghost stories with us! E-mail them to ghoulsocietypod@gmail.com

    If you enjoyed this episode, please rate and review us on iTunes and Spotify, or wherever you listen. You can follow us on Instagram at @ghoulsocietypod

    Resources:
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grigori_Rasputin
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGVX0Z5XWNg
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TH260P4IwA8&pp=ygUSZGlzY292ZXJ5IHJhc3B1dGlu
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    47 mins
  • 5. 1700 Sims

    5. 1700 Sims
    Sep 29 2024
    Sara shares eerie tales of time travelling, aliens, and ghosts from inside the Hoia Forest in Romania!

    Share your comments, questions and own ghost stories with us! E-mail them to ghoulsocietypod@gmail.com

    If you enjoyed this episode, please rate and review us on iTunes and Spotify, or wherever you listen. You can follow us on Instagram at @ghoulsocietypod

    Resources:

    Hoia Bacui Forest, a Place of Mysteries and Legends:
    https://romaniatourstore.com/blog/hoia-baciu-forest-mysterious-legends/

    What’s Inside Hoia Baciu Forest, the World’s Most Haunted Forest? - Times of India: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/travel/destinations/whats-inside-hoia-baciu-forest-the-worlds-
    most-haunted-forest/articleshow/100102785.cms

    Stories From the Hoia Baciu Forest - Guided Tours in Romania: https://tourinromania.com/reasons-to-visit-romania/stories-from-the-hoia-baciu-forest
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    Hoia-Baciu Forest - Cluj-Nacopa, Romania - Atlas Obscura: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/hoia-baciu-forest

    Visit the Top 10 Most Haunted Places in Europe, If You Dare: https://www.travelandleisure.com/holiday-travel/halloween/most-haunted-places-in-europe

    Hoia Baciu Travel Guide: Inside the Creepiest Forest In Transylvania: https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/europe/romania/hoia-baciu-haunted-forest-travel-guide-b2256555.html

    r/Forest: https://www.reddit.com/r/Forest/comments/xihelv/hoia_baciu_forest_transylvania_romania/

    r/Romania: https://www.reddit.com/r/Romania/comments/22etuv/my_experience_at_hoia_baciu_forest/
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    28 mins
  • 4. Whispering Geese

    4. Whispering Geese
    Sep 22 2024
    Jamie tells the story of Thomas Skelton, Muncaster Castle's last (and most loved) jester.

    Share your comments, questions and your own ghost stories with us! Email them to ghoulsocietypod@gmail.com

    If you enjoyed this episode, please rate and review us on iTunes and Spotify, or wherever you listen. You can follow us on Instagram at @ghoulsocietypod


    Resources:
    • http://www.pastpresented.ukart.com/eskdale/tomfool2.htm
    • https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/68443/tom-skelton-serial-killer-court-jester
    • https://hauntedpalaceblog.com/2016/11/15/thomas-skelton-the-murderous-jester-of-muncaster-castle/
    • https://www.wiganlocalhistory.org/articles/thomas-skelton-the-fool-of-haigh
    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravenglass_Roman_Bath_House
    • https://www.hauntedrooms.co.uk/muncaster-castle
    • https://www.cpre.org.uk/discover/the-origins-of-may-day-and-beltane/#:~:text=The%20Celts%20named%20the%20first,the%20'fire%20of%20Bel'.
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    39 mins
  • 3. Nine Men Cuddling

    3. Nine Men Cuddling
    Sep 15 2024
    Sara shares the tragic story of the SS Valencia and its ghostly, skeleton crew members.

    Share your comments, questions and own ghost stories with us! E-mail them to ghoulsocietypod@gmail.com

    If you enjoyed this episode, please rate and review us on iTunes and Spotify, or wherever you listen. You can follow us on Instagram at @ghoulsocietypod

    Resources:
    Wikipedia SS Valencia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Valencia
    Atlas Obscura: Wreck of the SS Valencia https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/wreck-of-the-ss-valencia
    The Wreck of SS Valencia (1906) https://www.historylink.org/File/7382
    The Graveyard of the Pacific https://www.themandagies.com/graveyard-of-the-pacific-northwest-shipwrecks/
    The SS Valencia and its Path Toward Collision https://allthatsinteresting.com/ghost-ships/10
    Victoria Ghostly Walk Tour https://discoverthepast.com/?gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAADDKODumQe23SyvjcWcZBivmsd0OK&gclid=CjwKCAjw59q2BhBOEiwAKc0ijU0urW77PfDyW-qdfB8_W9zGcVnNlvOOaLM9d8vz0VtjuL_xeJH_khoC9e0QAvD_BwE
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    1 hr and 5 mins