What's the best gift you ever received? For many young girls, one of the most requested presents is your own doll! As a kid, you dream about the possibility of your toys coming to life at night. As we get older, that changes. The idea of a doll moving and thinking on its own? SPOOKY! Today we are going to discuss 2 true hauntings. First up, the not…

Happy Memorial Weekend! For this very spooky episode, we are going full paranormal. 2 true ghost stories coming your way! First up, the Dunnam family moves into a new home with their children in Deltona, Florida and find that they are not alone... The house is infested with spirits. But can the family reclaim their home? Next, we are discussing one…

The tranquil upscale lakeside community of Great Waters Reynolds in Georgia has always been known for its beauty & serenity. But in May 2014, everything changed. For the past 10 years, a double murder mystery has haunted the town... The brutal unsolved killings of Russell & Shirley Dermond. A couple in their late 80's savagely targeted with no clea…

When Lisa and Andy Wyrick moved into their new home in the small town of Ellerslie, Georgia, they were thrilled. But excitement soon gave way to concern when their young daughter Heidi began mentioning 2 imaginary friends... One, an older man dressed in a suit named 'Mr. Gordy', who would push her on the swing. The other, a man named 'Con', who was…

On April 1st 2006, Brian Shaffer went out with a friend to celebrate the beginning of spring break. He had spent the last week pulling all nighters and wanted to hit the town. What transpired that night has become one of the most baffling mysteries to date... Brian was captured on CCTV walking into a bar in Columbus, Ohio around 1:55am. Then, he di…

One of America's most beautiful haunted mansions & one of the nations most mysterious murder cases When Oil heir Ned Doheny and his friend & secretary Hugh Plunkett were shot to death in a guest bedroom of Ned's mansion in 1929, it was officially ruled a murder-suicide. Hugh supposedly shooting Ned over a scandalous business dispute. But many wonde…

In 2001, the Van Landingham family moved into a charming home in Wynne, Arkansas. They were initially enchanted by its picturesque surroundings. The big house sat in a beautiful, peaceful neighborhood They were also surprised they were able to get the house for such a steal, it was priced on the lower end *red flag * But their joy soon gave way to …

There's something about being out on the road alone. You never know who you may run into... dead OR alive. Put the petal to the metal! In this very spooky episode, we are discussing 3 true ghostly tales from the road Firstly, the haunting stories of Resurrection Mary. Chicago's most infamous ghost. Secondly, 2 men had an supernatural experience on …

On August 23, 1987, Arkansas teenagers Kevin Ives & Don Henry set out for a hunting trip around midnight. The events of that night in the woods remain shrouded in mystery What is certain is that around 4 a.m., during a routine journey to Little Rock, a cargo train engineer looked ahead on the tracks in horror. He saw the 2 teens lying side by side …

On the coast of Florida, where land meets sea, stands the legendary St. Augustine Lighthouse. One of America's oldest & most haunted spots. It sits on rushing water which is believed to be a large conductor of paranormal activity From ghostly tales of past lighthouse keepers to 3 young spirits who like to play tricks on employees and guests, the pa…

1 night, 8 murders. The Villisca Axe Murders are one of the most notorious unsolved cases in American history. In June 1912, all eight people inside the Moore family's house in Villisca, Iowa were murdered by an axe-wielding assailant. The community was in shock, no one had ever heard of anything so heinous. Everyone in the small town became a susp…

Happy Thursday, Detectives! Today I have a variety show for you. A little bit of everything. 3 different stories, all VERY mysterious... First up, a breaking case out of St. Louis, Missouri. Last month, 39 year old Dr. Sarah Sweeney was found dead at the home she shared with her fiancé Fire Captain Robert Daus. Shockingly, Robert Daus's previous fi…

In the early 1970's, Clara and Phil Dandy thought they found their ideal country house in Hinsdale, New York. The 100-year-old home was surrounded by dense isolated woods and Clara initially felt the property was a dream... The first few weeks in the house were quite serene. But one day, they began to see strange translucent figures roaming around …

In 1995, a woman who identified herself as 'Jennifer Fairgate' checked into the Oslo Plaza Hotel in Norway. 3 days later, a gunshot. Authorities entered her room to find Jennifer's lifeless body on the bed. With a gunshot wound to the head, it appeared to be a suicide What was found, rather not found, in Jennifers room only raised more questions th…

What happened to the Kansas City 3? The deaths of Clayton McGeeney, 36, David Harrington, 37, and Ricky Johnson, 38, have devastated and baffled the community in Kansas City, Missouri. Weeks after their bodies were found frozen in the backyard of their friends home, the circumstances surrounding their deaths are murkier than ever... Watch this podc…

Suitcases containing human body parts began washing up along the Chesapeake Bay in May 2004. The public was horrified & investigators were stumped. Who was this mystery man? Their search for answers would lead them to the most unlikely suspect... Watch this podcast episode! Click HERE to check it out & subscribe to the Avery After Dark Youtube Chan…

Heartbreak, it's an inevitable part of life & the afterlife! Today we are discussing 2 true hauntings First up, a woman who only wanted to be known as Megan breaks up with her boyfriend and has to find a new place to live. She finds a historic apartment complex & believes this would be a great place to start over But she fould find out that the apa…

Is There A Serial Killer In Austin Texas? Bodies Keep Washing Up At Lady Bird Lake... Watch this podcast episode! Click HERE to check it out & subscribe to the Avery After Dark Youtube Channel! Business Inquires | averyannross@gmail.com Want this episode EARLY & AD FREE? Join the PATREON for only $3 dollars a month! Make sure you are following alon…

A Very Mysterious & Creepy New Years Episode, Coming Up! Today, we are covering 2 different cases. Both chilling mysteries, both involving unexplained deaths Firstly, we are discussing the creepy case of the Circleville writer. An anonymous person targeted residents in Circleville, Ohio for years. Although someone was convicted, many believe he was…

HUGE NEWS! Gypsy Rose Blanchard Has Just Been Released From A Missouri Prison. She's A Free Woman Watch this podcast episode! Click HERE to check it out & subscribe to the Avery After Dark Youtube Channel! Business Inquires | averyannross@gmail.com Want this episode EARLY & AD FREE? Join the PATREON for only $3 dollars a month! Make sure you are fo…

A Haunted Victorian Manion, A Ghostly Ranch In Texas & A Voicemail From A Ghost! Today we are going all in on the supernatural with 3 true ghost stories... First, we have the story of June Ferris & The Dream House. Secondly, we are discussing the haunting of the Texas Cowboys. And finally, the very chilling 'Judy Voicemail' that will leave the hair…

On Christmas Eve in 1945, a mysterious fire broke out at the Sodder home in Fayetteville, West Virginia. George Sodder, his wife Jennie and four of their nine children escaped. Leaving 5 of the children still inside The fire department didn't arrive for 7 hours. When they finally did get to the scene, the home was nothing but ash Strangely, the bod…

After an uncomfortable shuttle ride home from the airport, 32 year old Donnah Winger told her husband Mark about the experience. She said the shuttle driver, a young man by the name of Roger Harrington, drove erratically & made violent comments. So the Wingers decided to file a complaint with the shuttle company Just a few days later, Mark Winger c…

A Haunted Lake, A Spooky Hotel Room & An Entire Cursed Town... CHILLS! This episode, we have 3 Ghost Stories! First up, the haunting of Covewood Lodge in NY. A paranormal case intertwined with a shocking & brutal murder in the early 1900's After that, we are discussing Room 311 at the Read House Hotel in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The room is haunted …

This episode, Avery discussed 3 of the most disturbing disappearances in recent years. First up, the unsolved disappearances of Hannah Upp. She has gone missing 3 separate times & is currently missing Next, the chilling & bizarre disappearance of Terrence Woods Jr. A 26 year old production assistant who mysterious vanished into the woods in 2018 af…

Happy Halloween To You! For our very special Halloween Episode, we are talking GHOSTS! Our first case is the Surrency Family Poltergeist. In the 1700's, a small southern town was thrust into the paranormal spotlight when the Surrency Family began experiencing poltergeist activity at their farmhouse. Out of NO WHERE! The entity seemed to be targetin…

Welcome back to the Avery After Dark Podcast! I am excited to share that the show just hit 1 MILLION LISTENS! I want to say thank you to all who tune in every week & support the podcast! For this very special episode — I have a little bit of everything for you. 4 different stories, 1 episode First up, a chilling Halloween disappearance that has baf…

What lurks in the darkness? Some call this place the MOST terrifying building in America. Waverly Hills Sanatorium is a former tuberculosis sanatorium in Louisville, Kentucky A place where many who were stricken with the illness came to recover from the unforgiving illness... It's apparent that although the hospital closed decades ago, many never l…

Chipmunk alibis, spy pens & a secret affair. Suzanne Morphew mysteriously disappeared on Mother's Day weekend in 2022. The mother of 2's case became the biggest mystery in Colorado. What happened to Suzanne Morphew? Her husband Barry Morphew has been the #1 suspect for investigators but without a body, charges were dismissed against him But in Sept…

Happy October, friends! For todays episode, we are going fully spooky, fully supernatural... are you ready? First up, we are discussing the haunting of Apartment 14 in Chico, California. A paranormal case intertwined with an unsolved disappearance from the 1970's. For our second story, we are discussing The Haunting of the Lemp Mansion in St. Louis…

In November 1974, Lindley Street in Bridgeport, CT became the epicenter for one of most-documented & intense hauntings in history. Moving furniture, breaking windows, levitating objects terrified everyone who stepped foot inside the home... As the situation intensified, police and firefighters were called in. As well as news reporters, priests, par…

If you had to describe your mom in 3 words, what would they be? Hopefully words like compassionate, caring & protective come to mind. The bond between a mothers & their babies is one of the strongest human connections It's a bond 19-year-old Ashley Wallace thought of her mother Stacey Castor. She thought of her mom as her best friend, someone she t…

The town of Whitewater, Wisconsin seems like any typical midwestern college town. But if you dig a big deeper, you'll see it's anything but... It's been dubbed the 'Second Salem' for its dark history of witchcraft, hauntings & unexplainable occurrences. How did this town get SUCH a chilling reputation? Our second story, we have an especially haunti…

Are you ready for goosebumps? This episode we have 4 true ghost stories! First up, we have the chilling case of the Tallman Family. After moving into a new home & purchasing a 2nd hand bunkbed, the family suffered through 9 months of paranormal torment before fleeing their home in the middle of the dead of winter. Next is the true story of the 28 f…

Unsolved, Strange & Supernatural... Avery discusses The Unsolved Murder of Elizabeth 'Liz' Barraza, The Strange Disappearance of Steven Kubacki & The Supernatural Story of Lucky West Side 15 If you have ANY information on the case of Elizabeth Barraza, Crime Stoppers is offering a $50,000 reward for any information. Call (713) 222-TIPS Watch this p…

The Bellaire House in Ohio is one of the most legendary & haunted in the nation. Built in the 1800's by a coal mining executive, it's been the site of a mining explosion, ancient Native American burial caves & the French & Indian wars. In decades since, it's become a paranormal hotspot. It's seen a frequent turnover of residents. No one seems to wa…

Did her ghost help solve her own murder? Teresita Basa was a healthcare worker who had been brutally murdered. Police came up with no leads & had very little evidence to go on But then one day, investigators got a phone call that would change everything. This tip would take this investigation into the world of the paranormal, the unexplained The ca…

When the Lee family moved into a log cabin in the middle of the Black Forest in Colorado, they thought they hit the jackpot. The spacious two-story home sat on 5 acres in the densest & most secluded part of the woods But shortly after moving in, The Lee's began to experience a series of truly terrifying events. They heard footsteps, the sounds of c…

In 2015, 60-year-old Dr. Mary Yoder, a chiropractor who ran a thriving upstate New York practice with her husband Dr. William Yoder, suspected she may have had a stomach bug. This was out of the ordinary for Mary as she was the usually the picture of health... But her illness escalated rapidly & within 48 hours, Mary Yoder was dead. Doctors were ba…

They were the all American couple. Lindsay was a beauty queen, Robert was a football star. By all accounts, Lindsay & Robert Shiver appeared to live a perfectly charmed life in Georgia with their children. Mansions, private jets, the Shivers lived the good life. Instagram posts from Lindsay showed the family grinning happily on beachside lavish vac…

I want you to imagine, you just bought your DREAM home. It's everything you've ever wanted. But as soon as you move in, something feels off... You're hearing strange noises coming from empty rooms, seeing shadows out of the corner of your eye & just can't shake the feeling that someone is watching you You finally come to the realization that your d…

It's the arrest that has SHOCKED the nation. A serial killer has been hiding in plain sight for years as a New York suburban dad & husband... More than a decade after 11 bodies were found on Long Island, a New York architect has been charged in the Gilgo Beach murders Rex Heuermann, 59 was arrested last week at his Manhattan office and arraigned Fr…

Charles and Catherine Romer, a wealthy couple from New York, checked into a Holiday Inn in Brunswick, Georgia, on April 8th, 1980 And then, they vanished What happened to the Romers after they entered that hotel room remains a puzzling mystery Days after the couple went missing, police were finally notified. Investigators were baffled as when they …

Many say the iconic Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado is the MOST haunted hotel in America! And for good reason... the hotel is overflowing with paranormal activity Since The Stanley opened its doors in 1909, this picturesque hotel has seen a lot. From a gas explosion that destroyed nearly 10% of the hotel, to spooked guests fleeing in the midd…

In 1986, Sherri Rasmussen was in the prime of her life. She had married to her husband John Ruetten 3 months prior and had a very successful career as a nurse On February 24th, John Ruetten returned home to find his wife Sherri dead on the floor of their Los Angeles condo. She had been beaten & shot 3 times The crime scene suggested a long struggle…

On November 19th, 1990, wealthy business executive John Grundhofer arrived at his offices at 8:10am in Minneapolis, Minnesota. As he exited his car in the parking garage, a man calling himself "Carl" approached John and abducted him at gunpoint From here, the kidnapper demanded some of the 3 million dollar ransom be paid in $1000 dollar bills and a…

One morning, a 40-year-old mother named Marlene Warren was having breakfast with her son and his friends when there was an unexpected knock at the door of her Palm Beach, Florida home Marlene opened up the front door to see a clown standing on her front doorstep. The clown was holding a basket of flowers and 2 balloons. She excitedly reached out to…

20-year-old Angela Hammond pulled over to call her fiancé Rob Shafer using a payphone late one night in their hometown of Clinton, Missouri. She was 4 months pregnant at the time On the call, Angela began describing to Rob that a strange truck was circling the phone booth. The unidentified man in the truck then parked and began using a flashlight a…

In March 2022, Eric Richins wife Kouri called 911 after she reportedly found him unresponsive in their bed at their home in Utah. When police arrived, Kouri Richins told authorities that she had made him a Moscow mule the evening before & found him cold to the touch in the middle of the night What happened to the father of 3? His children & family …

On a December morning in 2017, two Toronto real estate agents were giving a tour of a mansion when one made a grisly discovery. Next to the pool were the bodies of Barry & Honey Sherman. The owners of the home had been murdered & staged in semi seated positions Who murdered one of Canada's most prominent and wealthy couples? And why? Thank you to Z…