The Ghost Furnace - Episode 93 "A Strange Little Place, w/ Brennan Storr" In this episode we have a conversation with Brennan Storr, the author of "A Strange Little Place: The Paranormal Secrets of Revelstoke, British Columbia". This book covered everything from anomalous lights, cryptids, high strangeness and more ghost stories than you'd normally…

Singer/songwriter Brian Kelly, aka Oceanography, is going back on tour and will be our musical guest on the next "Talk Spooky", so we thought we would share his 2021 conversation with Brennan from his old talk show "Largely the Truth." Check Brian's tour dates here Original shownotes follow: This week, singer/songwriter Brian Kelly, who performs as…

Close calls during a mountain hike, an explanation of Philippine totems, and a review of the brand new psychological thriller "Broken Bird", in UK theaters on August 30th. All this and more in our latest mail show! Our musical feature on this episode is "(Never) 2 Hot" by Massey feat. Xochi, presented courtesy of Bent River Records. Link to the scr…

We're joined by Sinead Hanna of "The Poisoner's Cabinet" to tell stories of high strangeness in and around waterfalls! From North Queensland to California's High Sierras and the mountains of the Philippines, your best bet is to just stay out of the woods, man. The Lady of the Lake can be found here Full shownotes at www.ghoststoryguys.com Learn mor…

A strange light over Western Australia, schizoaffective disorder & the paranormal, and a history of bad luck on the same Blackpool rollercoaster that once threw off a young Paul Bestall. That's right - it's a mail show. Our musical feature on this episode is "Barcelona" by Rain is Wet Full shownotes at www.ghoststoryguys.com Learn more about your a…

The Ghost Furnace - Episode 92 "Kelley Road" In this episode we look at a new(ish) haunted road in our neck of the woods. This one ticks all the boxes and has some unique elements to boot. The thing that makes haunted roads like this so fascinating to us is because they could be set almost anywhere. Imagining what experiencers, legend trippers and …

What do you get when you combine stories from New Zealand and remote Western Australia, with a recorded appearance of a hat man in 1989? You get just a portion of the listener stories on this episode, along with some surprising findings from Brennan's research, and Paul's love of summer Links: Daniel W. VanArsdale's Paranormal Journal [carryiton.ne…

Board games, a Greek poet, and the mystery of Jawbone Hill are just a couple of the topics we cover in our listener mail segment before we get down to an epic conversation with John Olsen, author of the "Stranger Bridgerland" series. John is a fount of knowledge on the strange side of Utah and we talk about missing time, the good kind of orb, and a…

The Ghost Furnace - Episode 91 "Ghost Lites No.5 - Spoil of Riches" On this Ghost Lite we look back at our previous episode with Jim Harold, talk about the importance of storytelling and look forward to the next few weeks of shows. If you have a story you'd like to share, or a topic for us to research, you can reach out on Facebook, Instagram, Yout…

How weird IS the Beehive State? As it turns out, pretty damn weird: we talk about the haunting of Park City, menacing presences in school at night, Tommyknockers, the Farmington Poltergeist, and a whole lot more! Story Time Codes: Visions of the Apocalypse (8:48) House Has Devil (27:00) Everybody Knows (36:49) Fresh Powder (55:38) The Farmington Po…

The Ghost Furnace - Episode 90 "Jim Harold" On this week's episode we speak to podcasting OG Jim Harold. With almost 19 years on air with his shows, 65+ million downloads, and 6 books under his belt, Jim has collected thousands of stories from all corners of the paranormal which gives him a unique perspective on these subjects. We speak about his e…

Paul has a legendarily good week, Brennan is on the road again, and there are e-mails about narcolepsy, having hope for the future, plus why the Dublin-New York portal might be the best expression of being human. Our musical feature on this episode is "D00mfkinD00m" by Rainy Days For Ghosts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adcho…

What comes to mind when you think of Italy? Palazzos? Gnocchi? Monica Bellucci? On this episode, we have exactly none of those things but plenty of banshees, family ghosts, inexplicable smoke, and a thorough debunking of one of the paranormal world's laziest myths. We also have some UFO sightings taken straight from a recently unearthed collection …

The Ghost Furnace - Episode 89 "The Dover Demon" This week we take a look at the story of a strange creature that made itself at home for a few nights in the small Massachusetts town of Dover in 1977. Was it an alien, cryptid, a misidentified known animal, or something even more strange? This story has some familiar elements that remind us of the G…

We talk haunted offices, give the final word on soundtracks, uncover the hidden truth behind Paul's accent, and recap Brennan's trip to the Goblin Market in Indiana. Then, Ghost Story Guys comes full circle as Brennan sits down with Anne & her son D, the original experiencers of Bumblebuzz, one of our most popular stories, to reflect on what happen…

The Ghost Furnace - Episode 88 "Jack in the Green" On this week's episode we look at an English folk tradition which takes place during May Day festivals. The history wrapped up in this precision has everything from walking trees to milk maids. Though where it came from and how it evolved is a matter of debate among folklorists. What isn't up for d…

When there's something strange and it don't look good, who you gonna call? On this episode, inspired by Russell Crowe's latest film "The Exorcism" (in theaters now), we decide to call up an exorcist, or at least stories about them. That's right - we have five tales of possession, plus two lesser known stories of haunting on film sets, and through i…

The Ghost Furnace EP 87 "Ghost Lites No.4 - Why do You Believe" With the fourth installment in our Ghost Lites series, we answer a listener's questions around what events have shaped our thoughts and perspectives on the paranormal. We talk about ghostly footsteps, apparitions and other high strangeness. If you have a question you'd like to ask, a s…

Paul rages against the new French shark flick "Under Paris" before being slayed by Brennan's terrible Count Von Count jokes, and then we welcome Jo Hickey-Hall, host of "The Modern Fairy Sightings Podcast" to talk about seeing the fae in our modern world. Our musical guest on this episode is Genki Genki Panic, with their latest single, "Crypt Walk"…

The Ghost Furnace - Ghost Lites No.3 "Harmonist Cemetery" On this Ghost Lite, we look into a listener's question about a local cemetery which is equal parts historic, unique and curious. A place which sits in a reportedly haunted town, has almost 100 bodies interred yet no grave markers and an ominous stone door. But do any of those souls still fre…

We lift our gaze from haunted basements to the forbidding skies as we explore stories of UFO sightings across North America and Europe. Along the way, we stop to talk about the experience that made actress Goldie Hawn say, "Oh, my God. I think I made contact with outer space." Full shownotes at www.ghoststoryguys.com Learn more about your ad choice…

The Ghost Furnace - Episode 85 "Ole Bull" In this episode we begin by looking at a reported musical haunting in a secluded state park. Which leads us to questioning why ghosts supposedly haunt one place, or another and sometimes multiple locations. Looking at the mechanics and semantics of a haunting make us question why only famous people haunt mo…

Paul's friends getting kicked out of Ibiza for duelling the police with fire extinguishers, a listener is wrong about SEVERAL movies, and which paranormal phenomenon we'd most want to know the truth about, should a genie ever ask. Truly, this mail episode is the essence of The Ghost Story Guys Our musical feature on this episode is "Just a Memory" …

Ghost Furnace Podcast EP 84 "Ghost Lites No.2" On our second installment of Ghost Lites, we answer a listener question around psychics. We get into our experiences and what might be happening, or not happening, with these metaphysical practitioners. If you thought we couldn't fit string theory, free will, and Sheboygan Wisconsin into the same conve…

What happened to the air traffic controller who lost hours of time after seeing a strange light descend onto the runway? Whose strange handwriting filled the logbook while he was out? Why, in Herefordshire, are monks stepping down from the sky on invisible stairs? We don't have answers, but we sure have fun with the questions Story Time Codes: Pres…