Hometown Ghost Stories

The United Verde Hospital was constructed in 1926 and tended to the sick and wounded workers who mined for copper during the early 20th century. The hospital saw an estimated 9000 deaths, before it closed its doors and lay abandoned for decades. Eventually the building would be turned into the Jerome Grand Hotel, but almost immediately, staff and guests started reporting strange and haunting experiences in their rooms and all over the hotel. From shadow figures, to poltergeist activity and ghostly cats, to something more dangerous and malevolent... the Jerome Grand Hotel has no shortage of terrifying stories. Special Guest: Jim Harold https://jimharold.com https://twitter.com/thejimharold https://instagram.com/thejimharold Music by: Jesse Wilkins, Seth Wilkins and Frank Wilkins Merch: https://www.hometownghoststories.com Pateron: https://www.pateron.com/hometownghoststories Sources: https://phoenixghosts.com/jerome-grand-hotel/ https://jeromegrandhotel.net/hotel-history/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rob, Dave and Jesse review the 2024 film, Night Swim starring Wyatt Russell, Ameile Hoeferle and Kerry Condon. Forced into early retirement by a degenerative illness, former baseball player Ray Waller moves into a new house with his wife and two children. He hopes that the backyard swimming pool will be fun for the kids and provide physical therapy for himself. However, a dark secret from the home's past soon unleashes a malevolent force that drags the family into the depths of inescapable terror. SPOILER ALERT: We loved it. Kidding. Or am I? MERCH: http://hometownghoststories.com Music by: Jesse Wilkins, and Kashar Become a supporter on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/hometownghoststories Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we bring you another batch of listener submitted ghost stories! Every one of these true stories have been sent in by our listeners. Have a ghost story to share? Be sure to send yours in via email or discord for a chance to have your terrifying paranormal experience shared on the show. MERCH: http://hometownghoststories.com Music by: Jesse Wilkins Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rob introduces Jesse and Dave to the wild mystery of Mel's Hole. Mel's Hole is, according to an urban legend, a "bottomless pit" near Ellensburg, Washington. Claims about it were first made on the radio show Coast to Coast AM in 1997 by a guest calling himself Mel Waters. Later investigation revealed no such person was listed as residing in that area, and no credible evidence has been given that the hole ever existed. MERCH: http://hometownghoststories.com Music by: Jesse Wilkins Become a supporter on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/hometownghoststories Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Spokane is a unique city that sits on the eastern side of Washington. Known as "The Lilac City" the beautiful sites of the city are also surrounded by hauntings. An eternal staircase in a cemetery known as "1000 steps" and the exquisite Davenport Hotel are just some of the more active locations in Spokane. Special Guest: Brent Thomas from the Paranormal Portal https://www.youtube.com/@ParanormalPortal Check out Brent's paranormal investigation of the Davenport Hotel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYHHN35oc8g&t=2s MERCH: http://hometownghoststories.com Music by: Jesse Wilkins, and Seth Wilkins Become a supporter on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/hometownghoststories Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are back for another Horror Movie Review! This week, Rob, Dave and Jesse cover the 2003 horror movie, House of the Dead. A group of college students travels to a mysterious island to attend a rave, which is soon taken over by bloodthirsty zombies. Directed by Uwe Boll, starring Jonathan Chery, Tyron Leitso and Clint Howard. Subscribe! HTGS Reviews on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HTGSReviews MERCH: http://hometownghoststories.com Music by: Jesse Wilkins Become a supporter on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/hometownghoststories Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A popular tourist destination for thousands of people every year, most come and go without realizing just how haunted Key West really is. From the old Key West lighthouse haunted by its former keeper to the ghosts of infamous pirates, the island is swarming with lost souls. But perhaps the most peculiar tale is that of the dead women who sleep beneath the floor of a popular saloon in the heart of the haunted city of Key West, Florida. Special Guest: Matt Leslie https://twitter.com/matthewgleslie https://instagram.com/matthewgleslie Previously working as a Development Executive for Producers Matt Alvarez and Scott Bernstein, Matt Leslie was heavily involved in developing the script for the 2015 box office smash STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON. In 2018, he left the development world, co-writing and producing the indie thriller SUMMER OF ‘84, which premiered in the Midnight Lineup at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. The forthcoming mystery-horror film DON’T OPEN THE DOOR, produced by Kodiak Pictures and Defiant Studios, marks Leslie’s feature directorial debut alongside his partner Stephen J. Smith. The writing-directing-producing duo currently have a number of scripted projects in development. MERCH: http://hometownghoststories.com Music by: Jesse Wilkins, and Andrew Wilkins Become a supporter on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/hometownghoststories Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rob, Dave and Jesse bring you our third paranormal update, with brand new gripping tales of hauntings and odd happenings around the world. This week we have an Australian ghost sighting, a bizarre poltergeist case and a couple on Tik Tok who have been posting footage of some "hauntings" inside their home. MERCH: http://hometownghoststories.com Music by: Jesse Wilkins and Kashar Become a supporter on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/hometownghoststories Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Old Montana State Prison was active for over 100 years and saw some of the state's most violent criminals. Multiple riots, suicides and murders at the prison have left its mark on the town of Deer Lodge, Montana. The prison is no longer actively housing prisoners... but many believe it is one of the most active locations in the state for paranormal activity and may be one of the most haunted prisons in the country. MERCH: http://hometownghoststories.com Music by: Jesse Wilkins, Seth Wilkins and Frank Wilkins Become a supporter on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/hometownghoststories Video Credit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiX8rlNCYFM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lYcrT6jMm0 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

(SPOILERS) Early access to next friday's movie review - the original Final Destination from 2000 - After getting a premonition about a plane crash on his school trip, Alex, a student saves a few of his classmates. However, their situation gets complicated when death starts chasing them. MERCH: http://hometownghoststories.com Music by: Jesse Wilkins Become a supporter on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/hometownghoststories Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Jesse, Dave, and Rob as they dive into some very old newspaper articles about ghosts and other paranormal happenings. Have an article? Send it to us via email Hometownghoststories@gmail.com or post it in discord! MERCH: http://hometownghoststories.com Music by: Jesse Wilkins Become a supporter on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/hometownghoststories Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apparently there's a valley in northwest Canada where people go missing and sometimes turn up... well... just listen to this episode to hear what madness goes on in the Valley of the Headless Men... there must be a reason they call it that... MERCH: http://hometownghoststories.com Music by: Jesse Wilkins Become a supporter on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/hometownghoststories Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Westminster is a quiet town nestled in the northern portion of Maryland. But don't let that silence fool you, the town itself has quite the history with ghosts. An old opera house, where tragedy befell a performer who's grinning specter has now made the outside of the building his home. And Westminster also has the ghost of Legh Masters, who many believe was the most wicked man to ever call the town home. Join us as we dive into the history, folklore, and hauntings of Westminster Maryland. MERCH: http://hometownghoststories.com Music by: Jesse Wilkins Become a supporter on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/hometownghoststories Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rob, Dave and Jesse review the classic horror movie, Alien from 1979. Alien is a 1979 science fiction horror film directed by Ridley Scott and written by Dan O'Bannon. Based on a story by O'Bannon and Ronald Shusett, it follows the crew of the commercial space tug Nostromo, who, after coming across a mysterious derelict spaceship on an uncharted planetoid, find themselves up against a deadly and aggressive extraterrestrial loose in their vessel. Watch our horror movie reviews by subscribing to our new YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/@HTGSReviews MERCH: http://hometownghoststories.com Music by: Jesse Wilkins & Kashar Become a supporter on Patreon! http://patreon.com/hometownghoststories Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the winter of 1956, a South London family began experiencing strange occurrences happening around their house. Loud bangs and floating objects were just the beginning of events that would terrorize the Hitchings family for 12 years. Join us as we discuss the hauntings and the controversy of the Battersea Poltergeist. MERCH: http://hometownghoststories.com Music by: Jesse Wilkins Become a supporter on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/hometownghoststories Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

BREAKING NEWS.... We have more ghosts. Rob, Dave and Jesse bring you an update on some of the hauntings and other supernatural events around the world in our second paranormal update. This week, we have vampires, highway ghosts and potential poltergeist activity inside of a pub in the UK. Have you seen a news story about something paranormal that we should cover on the next update? Submit it via discord or email as we continue to cover hauntings, ufo sightings and cryptids from all corners of the world. MERCH: http://hometownghoststories.com Music by: Jesse Wilkins Become a supporter on Patreon! http://patreon.com/hometownghoststories Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 1989, researchers investigated a woman's claims that her home was haunted by at least two ghosts: the apparition of a corpse-like old man and a disembodied head that manifested in her attic. It didn't take long for the paranormal investigators to collect some of the most compelling and controversial evidence of the haunting. MERCH: http://hometownghoststories.com Music by: Jesse Wilkins & Seth Wilkins Become a supporter on Patreon! http://patreon.com/hometownghoststories Sources: https://houseofgeekery.com/2023/01/06... An Unknown Encounter: A True Account of the San Pedro Haunting (1997 Documentary) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tonight, we bring you something special: Haunted American History - this podcast is one of our favorites, featuring Christopher Feinstein who has been a guest on our show multiple times. We invite you all to go check out his show as he dives into some chilling tales of the paranormal, true crime and more. Be sure to subscribe to his podcast and drop a sub on his YouTube channel as well! This episode delves into the heart of South Dakota's historical enigma – the Spirit Mound. Lewis and Clark, pioneers of the American frontier, came across something that might be out of this world. Then, the episode turns from the stars and looks within to the shadow cast on South Dakota by the Gitchi Manitou Murders. YOUTUBE - https://www.youtube.com/@Chris_hAh Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/south-dakota-spirit-mound-the-gitchie-manitou-murders/id1525750530?i=1000644165215 --- The Nightmare Collective SUBSCRIBE!! Available on all podcast platforms! Apple https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-nightmare-collective/id1707943952 Spotify https://spotify.link/IPUVpAyWcDb LEAVE A VOICEMAIL - 609-891-8658 Zoning Out- https://open.spotify.com/show/3ZLb8oK5uxgK64GL7vUHwK Draft Class- https://open.spotify.com/show/3BEobZXMT1kiPbffV0VT3F Twitter- @Haunted_A_H Instagram- haunted_american_history email- hauntedamericanhistory@gmail.com Patreon- https://www.patreon.com/hauntedamericanhistory Want to watch me eat and review it? Talk about ghosts and theme parks? Follow me on TikTok. TikTok- @chris_hah MUSIC Nightmare Machine by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4133-nightmare-machine License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Music: Drone in D by Kevin MacLeod Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/3680-drone-in-d Licensed under CC BY 4.0: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Cryptic Sorrow by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3568-cryptic-sorrow License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Austin is a city with a haunted location on just about every corner, but the most haunted building in town is the infamous Driskill Hotel. Looming tall on the corner of 6th and Brazos, this 19th century Romanesque hotel is home to countless spirits; and we had a chance to visit in person and stay on the most haunted floor to see if we could connect with the dead. Join us as we investigate one of Texas' most haunted locations in one of Americas most iconic Capitol cities. Special Guest: Jeff Belanger https://jeffbelanger.com/ https://ournewenglandlegends.com/ MERCH: http://hometownghoststories.com Music by: Jesse Wilkins & Seth Wilkins Become a supporter on Patreon! http://patreon.com/hometownghoststories Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rob, Dave and Jesse review the 2022 horror movie, Talk To Me, directed by Danny and Michael Philippou. When a group of friends discover how to conjure spirits using an embalmed hand, they become hooked on the new thrill, until one of them goes too far and unleashes terrifying supernatural forces. Watch our horror movie reviews by subscribing to our new YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/@HTGSReviews MERCH: http://hometownghoststories.com Music by: Jesse Wilkins & Kashar Become a supporter on Patreon! http://patreon.com/hometownghoststories Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices