Castle of Spirits True Ghost Stories

What are doppelgangers? In paranormal folklore, they're thought to be the apparitions of living people that spontaneously appear and just as quickly vanish. Some suggest they're supernatural entities and harbingers of misfortune. Others believe doppelgangers are actual physical beings, evil twins bent on wreaking havoc on the lives of the unsuspecting. In this episode, we feature the true story of a man whose friends and family have witnessed his appearance in unexplained locations. After that, we hear the story of a small group of security guards who discover an unearthly presence lurking on the sixth floor of a 100-year-old building. And finally, a mother and child are pranked by a back room dwelling ghost. Stories: Two Places at Once? The 6th Floor The Back Room (1) Discover 4,600+ true ghost stories in the Castle of Spirits Library www.castleofspirits.com/ghost-stories Submit your own true paranormal story www.castleofspirits.com/submit OR call 801-436-7838. Watch us on YouTube and follow us on Instagram and Facebook @castleofspirits Theme Music: "Lightless Dawn" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Amateur ghost hunters are chased out of an abandoned asylum by a jabbering herky-jerky puppet man. On a rural highway, the ghost of a murdered tow truck driver comes to the aid of stranded travelers. And the tale of a haunted ceiling fan prompts the Ghostkeepers to share an unexplained experience of their own. Stories: The Fan Ghost Horror at Sandhill Park Phantom Tow Truck Discover 4,600+ true ghost stories in the Castle of Spirits Library www.castleofspirits.com/ghost-stories Submit your own true paranormal story www.castleofspirits.com/submit OR call 801-436-7838. Watch us on YouTube and follow us on Instagram and Facebook @castleofspirits Theme Music: "Lightless Dawn" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Just off the infamous Mystery Mile in western Pennsylvania, an angry ghost child's late-night visits grow increasingly alarming. A young family is haunted by a duo of specters insistent on preventing them from leaving. A new homeowner discovers something inhuman living in her basement. And a protective father comes face to face with an attic-dwelling entity with a taste for young flesh. Stories: The Angry Boy on Mystery Mile Our Unfriendly Farewell The Basement 2 Years Discover 4,600+ true ghost stories in the Castle of Spirits Library www.castleofspirits.com/ghost-stories Submit your own true paranormal story www.castleofspirits.com/submit OR call 801-436-7838. Watch us on YouTube and follow us on Instagram and Facebook @castleofspirits Theme Music: "Lightless Dawn" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

The death of writer Edgar Allan Poe has been shrouded in mystery for nearly two centuries, and there is no shortage of theories on how the master of the macabre met his untimely end. Was Poe the victim of foul play? Or did he succumb to his inner demons? In this special episode of the Castle of Spirits True Ghost Stories Podcast, the Ghostkeepers endeavor to answer one of the great unsolved questions of literary history: Who or what killed Edgar Allan Poe? Links: Edgar Allan Poe (Wikipedia) Happy Birthday Mr. Poe (story) The Oval Portrait (story by Edgar Allan Poe) The (Still) Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe (article) Alan Parsons Project - Tales of Mystery and Imagination (Wikipedia) Kidnapping, Binge Drinking and Costumes: Voter Fraud in the 1800s (Ridiculous History Podcast) Discover 4,600+ true ghost stories in the Castle of Spirits Library www.castleofspirits.com/ghost-stories Submit your own true paranormal story www.castleofspirits.com/submit OR call 801-436-7838. Watch us on YouTube and follow us on Instagram and Facebook @castleofspirits Theme Music: "Lightless Dawn" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

A sleeper is awakened by a crouching creature with huge eyes and a menacing smile. A child spots a tiny humanoid lurking in a tree. A skeleton crew of night-shift nurses hear a disembodied voice asking for help. A podcast listener shares their run-in with a freakish grinning monk. And a ghost named Johnny comes knocking. Stories: Crouching There Little Man Voice in the Hall (2) Johnny the Ghost Discover 4,600+ true ghost stories in the Castle of Spirits Library www.castleofspirits.com/ghost-stories Submit your own true paranormal story www.castleofspirits.com/submit OR call 801-436-7838. Watch us on YouTube and follow us on Instagram and Facebook @castleofspirits Theme Music: "Lightless Dawn" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

A mimic demon attaches itself to an unsuspecting family. The spirit of a long-dead cowboy refuses to leave the site of his death. An encounter with a ghostly nun offers clues to an unsolved crime. And a Ouija board session reveals the lingering echoes of a violent murder. Stories: Robin and the Mimic Demon The Angry Cowboy The Nun Freebird Discover 4,600+ true ghost stories in the Castle of Spirits Library www.castleofspirits.com/ghost-stories Submit your own true paranormal story www.castleofspirits.com/submit OR call 801-436-7838. Watch us on YouTube and follow us on Instagram and Facebook @castleofspirits Theme Music: "Lightless Dawn" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

A malevolent spirit uses a Ouija board to gain entry into this world. The ghost of a murdered matriarch leaves her grave in search of payback. A young girl is tormented by a quartet of giggling china dolls. And two campers find themselves trapped by a supernatural spectacle of epic proportions. This week, the Ghostkeepers share four never-before-heard horror tales too terrifying to be true. Stories: Alex and the Ouija Board (from the book Castle of Spirits: Tome of Lost Tales) Mother (from the book Shadows on the Page) My Laughing Dolls (from the book Castle of Spirits: Tome of Lost Tales) Nightsong (from the book More Shadows on the Page) Discover 4,600+ true ghost stories in the Castle of Spirits Library www.castleofspirits.com/ghost-stories Submit your own true paranormal story www.castleofspirits.com/submit OR call 801-436-7838. Watch us on YouTube and follow us on Instagram and Facebook @castleofspirits Theme Music: "Lightless Dawn" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Driving through the British moors at night, a man comes upon a hitchhiker from another time. In New Zealand, a long and winding road is the setting for a multi-ghost encounter. On a cold and foggy night in New Jersey, good samaritans offer a lift to a hitcher with no eyes. And the spirit of a woman killed in a fire haunts the Sussex County mansion where she died 100 years ago. Stories: Burning Down the House (2) Lost Hitchhiker WWII Hitchhiker Four Ghosts in One Night Discover 4,600+ true ghost stories in the Castle of Spirits Library www.castleofspirits.com/ghost-stories Submit your own true paranormal story www.castleofspirits.com/submit OR call 801-436-7838. Watch us on YouTube and follow us on Instagram and Facebook @castleofspirits Theme Music: "Lightless Dawn" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Mysterious beings pay a late-night visit to suburbia. A toddler is plagued by visitations from a "scary dead guy" under his bed. A rural Texas home is besieged by loud knocks and strange sounds in the surrounding woods. And in 1943 Germany, a family bears witness to a procession of the dead. Also: the Haunted Hotline is in full operation, and ghosts are standing by to hear your personal tale of terror at 801-436-7838! Stories: This is My House What Was That?(2) A Winter's Night in Germany Discover 4,600+ true ghost stories in the Castle of Spirits Library www.castleofspirits.com/ghost-stories Submit your own true paranormal story www.castleofspirits.com/submit OR call 801-436-7838. Watch us on YouTube and follow us on Instagram and Facebook @castleofspirits Theme Music: "Lightless Dawn" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Steel yourself for the horrors to come this Thanksgiving with an inoculating dose of terrifying tales meant to chill you to the wishbone. In "Thanksgiving," a beloved family friend is determined not to let a little thing like death keep him from the mashed potatoes. Next, a babysitter finds out why the family refuses to go upstairs in "Brother-In-Law's House." Lost hikers find their way "Out of the Woods" with the help of an unexplained presence. And finally, a family's love affair with their new home ends rather abruptly in "Ghostly Happenings in Our House." Grab a plate, take a seat, and dig the feast. Links: Thanksgiving (story) Brother-In-Law's House (story) Out of the Woods (story) Ghostly Happenings in Our House (story) Third Man Factor (Wikipedia article) La Diablesse (Wikipedia article) Discover 4,600+ true ghost stories in the Castle of Spirits Library www.castleofspirits.com/ghost-stories Submit your own true paranormal story www.castleofspirits.com/submit OR call 801-436-7838. Watch us on YouTube and follow us on Instagram and Facebook @castleofspirits Theme Music: "Lightless Dawn" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Is it possible to communicate with the dead...by phone? One man learns the answer to that question in the chilling true ghost story "On the Other Side of Death." Also: In "Extra Passenger," an unlucky driver learns you should never look in the rearview mirror when you're driving on a lonely mountain road in the dead of a winter night. Meanwhile in L.A., a Warner Brothers employee experiences unearthly phenomena on "Sound Stage 4." And finally, the tenant of a basement apartment discovers he's not alone in "My Own Home by the Sea." Listen along as the Ghostkeepers serve up four classic chillers from the archive of true reader-submitted paranormal encounters. Stories: On the Other Side of Death Extra Passenger Sound Stage 4 My Own Home by the Sea Discover 4,600+ true ghost stories in the Castle of Spirits Library www.castleofspirits.com/ghost-stories Submit your own true paranormal story www.castleofspirits.com/submit OR call 801-436-7838. Watch us on YouTube and follow us on Instagram and Facebook @castleofspirits Theme Music: "Lightless Dawn" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Four true stories of Halloween horror are on hand as the Ghostkeepers revel in the spirit of the spooky season. It's a BOO-nanza of...well, boos! Stories: The Inherited Car and Great-Grandma Night Shift Ghost Bedford Haunting Three Story Terror Discover 4,600+ true ghost stories in the Castle of Spirits Library www.castleofspirits.com/ghost-stories Submit your own true paranormal story www.castleofspirits.com/submit OR call 801-436-7838. Watch us on YouTube and follow us on Instagram and Facebook @castleofspirits Theme Music: "Lightless Dawn" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Four true ghost stories that'll make you rethink getting behind the wheel after dark. 1. The Creature in the Rain: On a rural road in a downpour, a driver catches a horrifying hop-on. 2. The Highway of Hell: Three teens on a late-night cruise have a run-in with the dead. 3. The Hitchhiker: A truck driver unwittingly picks up a passenger with a message. 4. Greetings from Iceland: In a snowstorm on the Reykjanes Peninsula, the victims of a 16th-century shipwreck make landfall. Discover 4,600+ true ghost stories in the Castle of Spirits Library www.castleofspirits.com/ghost-stories Submit your own true paranormal story www.castleofspirits.com/submit OR call 801-436-7838. Watch us on YouTube and follow us on Instagram and Facebook @castleofspirits Theme Music: "Lightless Dawn" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

A librarian meets a horrifying patron after hours. In historic Salem, a man holds an epic stare-down with a belligerent ghost. On the Caribbean island of Trindad, a bicyclist is pursued by a demon in the form of a beautiful woman. And a childhood memory resurfaces, revealing a family's chilling ordeal living with the Straw Hat Man. Plus: Real talk about orbs. What they are, and what they probably aren't. Stories: Ghost Imitator in the Library The Angry Ghost on the Stairs The Lajjablaise Straw Hat Man Discover 4,600+ true ghost stories in the Castle of Spirits Library www.castleofspirits.com/ghost-stories Submit your own true paranormal story www.castleofspirits.com/submit OR call 801-436-7838. Watch us on YouTube and follow us on Instagram and Facebook @castleofspirits Theme Music: "Lightless Dawn" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

In a cabin deep in the woods of West Virginia, a malevolent entity makes itself known. And in rural Michigan, a group of friends takes a late-night forest walk that leads them straight into the path of an ancient supernatural force. Stories: A Presence in the Woods Woods Walk Discover 4,600+ true ghost stories in the Castle of Spirits Library www.castleofspirits.com/ghost-stories Submit your own true paranormal story www.castleofspirits.com/submit OR call 801-436-7838. Watch us on YouTube and follow us on Instagram and Facebook @castleofspirits Theme Music: "Lightless Dawn" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Two motorists are pursued by an evil entity on a dark desert highway. In the backwoods of Tennessee, a long abandoned fire tower marks the spot where ghost children, a woodland wild man, and the specter of a murderous cult leader are said to haunt the land. Outside a small village in rural Greece, a young traveler encounters an old vampire. And two teenagers discover an abandoned convent whose former residents have yet to move on. Stories: Wild Eyes Fire Tower Hill Old Vampire The Convent Discover 4,600+ true ghost stories in the Castle of Spirits Library www.castleofspirits.com/ghost-stories Submit your own true paranormal story www.castleofspirits.com/submit OR call 801-436-7838. Watch us on YouTube and follow us on Instagram and Facebook @castleofspirits Theme Music: "Lightless Dawn" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

A toddler is terrorized by a ghost child named "Tommy." A mother learns the horrifying truth about her daughter's imaginary friend in "Humming Angela." And an airport employee has a haunting late-night "Bathroom Incident." Links: Tommy Humming Angela Bathroom Incident The Appointment (movie scene) Discover 4,600+ true ghost stories in the Castle of Spirits Library www.castleofspirits.com/ghost-stories Submit your own true paranormal story www.castleofspirits.com/submit OR call 801-436-7838. Watch us on YouTube and follow us on Instagram and Facebook @castleofspirits Theme Music: "Lightless Dawn" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

On a lonely road at night, a stranded driver is pursued by a man-sized figure with goat legs and shiny black hooves. Outside a forest near a stretch of road called Mystery Mile, two fearless ghost hunters encounter a horrifying presence. And on a dark staircase in the bowels of an aging movie theater, a young usher comes face to face with a tragically lost soul. Also: podcast listener Jeff writes in to share his story of being awakened in the night by an unexplained audiovisual phenomenon. Story Links: Untitled No. 18 (Night Road Walker) The Wraith of Mystery Mile The Ghost of Theatre Three Unexplained Sight and Sound (plus image) Discover 4,600+ true ghost stories in the Castle of Spirits Library www.castleofspirits.com/ghost-stories Submit your own true paranormal story www.castleofspirits.com/submit OR call 801-436-7838. Watch us on YouTube and follow us on Instagram and Facebook @castleofspirits Theme Music: "Lightless Dawn" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Curious children are terrorized by an angry ghost in "The Last Bedroom." Ancestral spirits are awakened and wreak havoc on "Life in Guam." And vacationers aboard a private yacht encounter maritime phantoms in "Ghost on the Gulf." Story Links: The Last Bedroom Life in Guam Ghost on the Gulf (bonus link) Charing Village Ghosts Discover 4,600+ true ghost stories in the Castle of Spirits Library www.castleofspirits.com/ghost-stories Submit your own true paranormal story www.castleofspirits.com/submit OR call 801-436-7838. Watch us on YouTube and follow us on Instagram and Facebook @castleofspirits Theme Music: "Lightless Dawn" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

The Ghostkeepers return with a fistful of frights guaranteed to spoil a sound night's sleep. In "A Place of Sickness," two friends are physically affected by a malicious entity. An ambitious property owner meets a "Mysterious Gardner" who's not too thrilled with the renovations. A midnight storm serves up more than wind and rain in "The Howler in the Storm." Late-night beachgoers are haunted by a mysterious "Foam Jogger." And an unsuspecting family gives a lift to a deceased neighbor in the chiller "We Picked Up a Real Man." Story Links: A Place of Sickness Mysterious Gardener The Howler in the Storm Foam Jogger We Picked Up a Real Man Additional music: Ashot Danielyan - Dark Depression Discover 4,600+ true ghost stories in the Castle of Spirits Library www.castleofspirits.com/ghost-stories Submit your own true paranormal story www.castleofspirits.com/submit OR call 801-436-7838. Watch us on YouTube and follow us on Instagram and Facebook @castleofspirits Theme Music: "Lightless Dawn" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/