We are back and better than ever with a new producer, Bodhi!
While we were gone, we had a son, traveled to the first settlement in Ohio and encountered some ghosts!
This week we discuss the haunting history at the Anchorage Mansion in Marietta, Ohio and recap our experience.
The Anchorage or Putnam Mansion was constructed in 1859 and spent time as a nursing home in the 1960s-1980s before closing down.
We also discuss the must see things and best place to stay in Marietta!
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Near Thanksgiving of 2009 the unthinkable happens when a fun group trip turns into a nightmare when 26 year old John Jones was trapped upside down in a cave, more than 100 feet underground.
A team of 137 rescue workers and volunteers pulled their efforts together to get John out alive but unfortunately
his body succumbed to his being upside down for 27-28 hours and he was pronounced dead.
What was the fallout of what happened at Nutty Putty Cave?
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This weeks episode is a little different, we discuss the hauntings of Hocking Hills and the Athens Lunatic Asylum following our weekend trip there.
Did we experience any spooky happenings?
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In this weeks episode we again discuss the dangers of hitchhiking.
In the 1970's a terrible duo who's quest was to kill a teenage girl for each year ages 13 through 19 and unfortunately they got all to close to reaching their goal.
What was supposed to be an institution before its time turned into a hell on earth.
With over crowding and understaffing, Pennhurst became a prison of neglect and filth.
After 79 years of operation, it closed on December 9, 1987 leaving behind decaying buildings and a history of torture.
Many documentaries came out about this case involving girl who was abducted in plain sight.
She and her family were groomed by their next door neighbor who would eventually abduct 12 year old Jan where he would take her to Mexico to get married.
All the while, Jan was being brainwashed by her abuser to believe she is part alien and must complete a secret mission to have a baby before the age of 16.
July 12 of 2015, teenager Tiffany Valiante went missing one night following a grad party. Her parents were immediately out looking for her. Her uncle had the misfortune of stumbling upon a police investigation on the train tracks, close to where Tiffany was last seen. He was told by investigators that a young woman had been hit by a train. He was asked to identify the body and he was shocked when it was in fact his niece.
The following day, the New Jersey Transit closed the case and labeled it as a suicide. However, there were many occurrences that lead the family to believe there may have been another reason for Tiffany to be out on the tracks that night. Her shorts were never found and her shoes were found miles away from where she was hit, despite investigators claiming Tiffany walked the tracks to her death.
It's a 5 bedroom house located at 112 Ocean Street, Long Island, New York that was the inspiration of countless books and movies.
In 1974 Ronald DeFeo Jr. murdered his family in the house that the Lutz's would purchase 13 months later for $80,000.
The family only lived in the house for 28 days despite it being their dream home.
What happened to cause the Lutz's to leave behind their belongings and food in the fridge or was it all a hoax?
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Junko was 17 years old when she was kidnapped by her classmates who were also members of the feared Yakuza gang.
Junko was held captive and tortured for 44 days in one of the kids homes while his parents plead ignorance. Junko was eventually murdered when the group of teens became enraged when she beat them at a game.
To avoid murder charges, the teens disposed of Junko's body in a 55 gallon barrel and filled it with concrete.
They walked free until two members were arrested for a separate rape charge and one of the morons confessed.
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Maurice "Frenchie" Theriault was born in Canada in 1935 and experienced a troubled upbringing on the family farm.
Following a traumatic experience involving his father and abuse of farm animals, Maurice began experiencing strange things that plagued him throughout his adult life.
Things finally came to a head when his third wife Nancy reached out to the church for assistance and that led to Ed and Lorraine Warren intervening to perform a full exorcism on Maurice, making it the first ever video recorded exorcism.
However, not all the demons were gone and Maurice followed in the footsteps of his abusive father and attempted to kill his ex wife in the same manner of a murder suicide.
What really happened to Maurice?
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In May of 1999, a 14 year old girl made her way to a Hong Kong police station, telling them for the past several weeks she had been plagued by the ghost of a woman bound with electrical wire. They didn't pay her much mind until she divulged the information that she had a hand in this woman murder.
She leads them to a rundown apartment where they find the decapitated head of a woman sewed into a stuff Hello Kitty doll.
She led them to the remains of 23 year old Fan Man-yee who had been tortured to death by 3 members of the Wo Shing Wo triad. Fan had been held captive for 1 month and sustained horrible torture as punishment for stealing money from one of the triad members wallets, money that she immediately returned.
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On August 7th of 1994 in Oakville, Washington, clear blobs smaller than a grain of rice began to rain down, covering a 20 square mile area.
Soon after their fall, residents started to fall ill, many being hospitalized for their ailments.
No one knows that these blobs are but there are some theories that range from military conspiracies to jellyfish. Yeah, jellyfish.
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Robert Ben Rhoades was a sexual sadist and rapist that was active for 15 years, with a body count that could possibly be as many as 100.
Robert worked as a long haul truck driver which made it easy for him to prey on young women who were hitchhiking.
He would hold these women captive for months while he tortured them in the converted dungeon sleeper cab.
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This week we discuss the mystifying oracle known as they Ouija board from the tiny room! We dive DEEP into the history of the talking board and ramble a LOT.
The Ouija board has been used since before World War 1 to contact those on the "other side". It was a hit during the spiritualist movement and was practiced in Europe long before its assent into America.
But is it really running on the power of spirits or is there another explanation as to how the board works. You be the judge!
Let us know what you think and reach out to us on twitter @hangoutspooky or send us an email @ aspookyhangoutpod@gmail.com
It’s the late 1800s and love is in the air for Elva Zona Heaster and blacksmith Erasmus Stribbling Tout Shue. After dating for a few months, they got married and started their lives together. Things did not remain all sunshine and rainbows when Zona was found dead in their home and cause of death was said to be heart failure.
Right away Zona’s mother thought there was more to her daughter’s death and she prayed every night that Zona would return and tell her the true story of her death.
Eventually one night her prayers came true and over a course of 4 visits, Zona had shared with her mother that she was killed by her husband in a fit of rage.
Does her husband get convicted on the account of a dream or is he allowed to walk free?
This is a very famous case as it is the first time anything like this has happened in an American courtroom.
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William George Bonin was born in 1947 and unleashed a reign of terror in Southern California during the late 70s and 80s. He had multiple accomplices, between Patrick Kearney, Randy Craft, Vernon Butts and William Pugh, at least 113 lives were taken too soon. The media was making the connection that a serial killer was on the loose before the police did and they gave this murderer(s) the name of “The Freeway Killer”.
Bodies of teenage boys were found littering the highways and byways of the Southern California area until the capture of these monsters.
In April 16, 146 nine covered wagons left Springfield, Illinois on the 2,500 mile journey to California. The train would later grow and gain the name of the Donner Party.
The party was faced with constant hardships and food shortages. Things only got worse when they failed to make it over the summit of the mountains in time before they were trapped by 25 feet of snow with limited supplies.
Needless to say, things didn't get any better and when people began dying of malnutrition, party members realized they had to do something to avoid ending up like their fallen comrades. This led them to cannibalize their dead party members.
What is the whole story behind the Donner party?
Listen and find out!
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!!!! Jacob very clearly asked for me to clarify that he said "I've seen it" and not "I seen it"!!!!!!!
Following the wrath of hurricane Katerina in August of 2005, another horror was unfolding in the dilapidated city. From the ashes of the storm rose Addie Hall and Zack Bowen, a couple who decided to wait out the storm and take the city back from the disaster.
The couple made a community for themselves and others who stayed behind amongst the wreckage of the storm, creating an almost camp-like environment to support and care for each other while the city was rebuilt.
Behind closed doors it was not all sunshine and rainbows for Zack and Addie. Many untreated issues were creating a storm all their own and it took over when Zack turned to murder as a means to resolve his problems. He turned on Addie and killed her in their apartment they shared. The state that Addie’s body was left in is truly disturbing. No one nows how long it would have been before her body was discovered if Zack didn’t complete suicide with a note in his pocket directing police back to their apartment.
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