Hometown Ghost Stories

Princess Diana, born Diana Spencer in 1961, became the People's Princess after marrying Prince Charles in 1981 in a fairy-tale wedding watched by millions. She captivated the world with her warmth, style, and humanitarian work—championing causes like AIDS awareness, landmine removal, and children's hospitals—while raising Princes William and Harry. Behind the glamour, her life was marked by personal struggles, including an unhappy marriage, bulimia, and intense media scrutiny that ended in divorce in 1996. Tragically, on August 31, 1997, at age 36, Diana died in a high-speed Paris car crash in the Pont de l'Alma tunnel. She was with boyfriend Dodi Fayed and pursued by paparazzi when their Mercedes, driven by an intoxicated chauffeur who was not wearing a seatbelt (nor were Diana or Dodi), slammed into a pillar. Official French and British inquiries concluded it was a tragic accident caused by reckless driving and pursuit, with no evidence of conspiracy despite persistent theories involving the royal family, MI6, or cover-ups. Her death sparked global mourning, massive tributes at Kensington Palace, and enduring speculation—including claims of ghostly hauntings. Some visitors and staff have reported eerie presences or sightings of Diana's spirit lingering in the palace halls where she once lived, adding a haunting layer to her legacy as a beloved, restless icon whose influence and story refuse to fade. Become a supporter on Patreon!https://www.patreon.com/hometownghoststoriesMusic by Jesse Wilkins and Seth WilkinsNEW ALBUM OUT NOW!  Hometown Ghost Stories: The Music (Volume 2)https://open.spotify.com/album/3aVN2YCP13j3NjZ1ViCZ7Q?si=1Cs9iLVwTlyrtSXmpKUtAQMERCH: https://hometownghoststories.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One of the most notorious towns of the Wild West is Dodge City. Infamous for shootouts, saloons, and a reputation deliberately built by newspapers and legend, the city has become synonymous with frontier violence. But the danger people warned about may not have ended when the guns went quiet. Something else lingered; and the legendary violence might not be the only reason you’d want to get out of Dodge. Become a supporter on Patreon!https://www.patreon.com/hometownghoststoriesMusic by Jesse Wilkins and Seth WilkinsNEW ALBUM OUT NOW!  Hometown Ghost Stories: The Music (Volume 2)https://open.spotify.com/album/3aVN2YCP13j3NjZ1ViCZ7Q?si=1Cs9iLVwTlyrtSXmpKUtAQMERCH: https://hometownghoststories.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, we review the newest I Know What You Did Last Summer... remake? Sequel? Abomination? Franchise Ruiner? Find out what we thought about this completely unnecessary movie with ... the best writing ever ... Become a supporter on Patreon!https://www.patreon.com/hometownghoststoriesMusic by Jesse Wilkins and Seth WilkinsNEW ALBUM OUT NOW!  Hometown Ghost Stories: The Music (Volume 2)https://open.spotify.com/album/3aVN2YCP13j3NjZ1ViCZ7Q?si=1Cs9iLVwTlyrtSXmpKUtAQMERCH: https://hometownghoststories.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tonight we search the internet for the most haunted items on sale in hopes to build our haunted collection. From haunted dolls, to all sorts of cursed vessels, we are on a mission to find the most compelling listings and make a bid. Join us as we break down the back stories and try to find authentic cursed possessions. Become a supporter on Patreon!https://www.patreon.com/hometownghoststoriesMusic by Jesse Wilkins and Seth WilkinsNEW ALBUM OUT NOW!  Hometown Ghost Stories: The Music (Volume 2)https://open.spotify.com/album/3aVN2YCP13j3NjZ1ViCZ7Q?si=1Cs9iLVwTlyrtSXmpKUtAQMERCH: https://hometownghoststories.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this months paranormal update, we cover multiple ghost stories. A ghost on a plane that one person claims to have locked eyes with... also .. can your pets see ghosts? Find out on this brand new Paranormal Update! Become a supporter on Patreon!https://www.patreon.com/hometownghoststoriesMusic by Jesse Wilkins and Seth WilkinsNEW ALBUM OUT NOW!  Hometown Ghost Stories: The Music (Volume 2)https://open.spotify.com/album/3aVN2YCP13j3NjZ1ViCZ7Q?si=1Cs9iLVwTlyrtSXmpKUtAQMERCH: https://hometownghoststories.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the shadow of Limerick's misty River Shannon, stands King Johns Castle. Its stone walls etched with eight centuries of blood and betrayal. Built in 1210 on the orders of the infamous King John—England's treacherous tyrant, murderer of kin, and reluctant signer of the Magna Carta—the fortress witnessed sieges where countless men lost their lives. Now, in the dead of night, vague whispers slither through its halls, and shadows twist unnaturally. From poltergeist activity to shadow figures and a Banshee on the bridge... its no wonder why this castle has grown a dark reputation as being extremely haunted. Join us as we dive into the history and hauntings of King John's Castle, Limerick, Ireland. Special Guest: Brent Thomas of The Paranormal Portal https://open.spotify.com/show/5B2u8CZvbwJnWlGwdYl2Fg https://www.youtube.com/paranormalportal Become a supporter on Patreon!https://www.patreon.com/hometownghoststoriesMusic by Jesse Wilkins and Seth WilkinsNEW ALBUM OUT NOW!  Hometown Ghost Stories: The Music (Volume 2)https://open.spotify.com/album/3aVN2YCP13j3NjZ1ViCZ7Q?si=1Cs9iLVwTlyrtSXmpKUtAQMERCH: https://hometownghoststories.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

**Spoilers Ahead** This week we review one of the better horror movies of 2025! Bring Her Back follows step-siblings Andy and Piper, orphaned after their father's death, who are placed with a seemingly kind but deeply troubled foster mother, Laura, in her isolated home. Laura, whose own daughter drowned, fixates on Piper, who shares her visual impairment, and a disturbing occult ritual involving witchcraft, possession, and body horror unfolds as Laura tries to "bring back" her daughter using Andy and Piper, culminating in extreme violence and a fight for survival against supernatural forces.  Become a supporter on Patreon!https://www.patreon.com/hometownghoststoriesMusic by Jesse Wilkins and Seth WilkinsNEW ALBUM OUT NOW!  Hometown Ghost Stories: The Music (Volume 2)https://open.spotify.com/album/3aVN2YCP13j3NjZ1ViCZ7Q?si=1Cs9iLVwTlyrtSXmpKUtAQMERCH: https://hometownghoststories.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Bloody Tower: where the two young Princes mysteriously vanished in 1483. Witnesses see their ghosts – little boys in nightgowns, crying, hand in hand... before vanishing. Headless Anne Boleyn walks the grounds. Lady Jane Grey's spirit weeps on the scaffold. Reports of growls, potentially coming from the ghost of a bear, lion... or something darker. After centuries of countless executions, it's no wonder, the tower has climbed the list as one of the most haunted buildings in the entire country. Join us as we dive into the history and hauntings of the Bloody Tower. London. Become a supporter on Patreon!https://www.patreon.com/hometownghoststoriesMusic by Jesse Wilkins and Seth WilkinsNEW ALBUM OUT NOW!  Hometown Ghost Stories: The Music (Volume 2)https://open.spotify.com/album/3aVN2YCP13j3NjZ1ViCZ7Q?si=1Cs9iLVwTlyrtSXmpKUtAQMERCH: https://hometownghoststories.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After shooting a Westchester County officer during a traffic stop on the Saw Mill River Parkway, Alex Mengel, 30, stole the cop’s gun and disappeared in the victim’s patrol car. Twenty-four hours later he surfaced in Dutchess County, abducted a woman from an IBM parking lot, and vanished again in her white Toyota. For the next week, police across New York and into Canada hunted a ghost. Roadblocks, helicopters, bloodhounds; nothing. Mengel, slipped across the border unnoticed. On March 3, Toronto PD spotted the missing vehicle, chased it through the city, and boxed it in after a crash. A seven-day manhunt that crossed two countries ended with the suspect never making it to trial. Become a supporter on Patreon!https://www.patreon.com/hometownghoststoriesMusic by Jesse Wilkins and Seth WilkinsNEW ALBUM OUT NOW!  Hometown Ghost Stories: The Music (Volume 2)https://open.spotify.com/album/3aVN2YCP13j3NjZ1ViCZ7Q?si=1Cs9iLVwTlyrtSXmpKUtAQMERCH: https://hometownghoststories.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Michigan’s Thumb, a mansion that survived one of the deadliest fires in American history has been unraveling minds ever since. Inside the Bruce Mansion, a ghost cat prowls the halls, a growling dog echoes from the basement, and the tower looms over a man who couldn’t live with what he’d done. Owners have fled, sanity has frayed, and one man was driven to take his own life. This is a house that doesn’t just remember the past — it slowly takes pieces of the people who walk through it.Become a supporter on Patreon!https://www.patreon.com/hometownghoststoriesMusic by Jesse Wilkins and Seth WilkinsNEW ALBUM OUT NOW!  Hometown Ghost Stories: The Music (Volume 2)https://open.spotify.com/album/3aVN2YCP13j3NjZ1ViCZ7Q?si=1Cs9iLVwTlyrtSXmpKUtAQMERCH: https://hometownghoststories.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we review the greatest worst movie of all time... TROLL 2. A vacationing family discovers that the entire town they're visiting is inhabited by goblins, disguised as humans, who plan to eat them. Become a supporter on Patreon!https://www.patreon.com/hometownghoststoriesMusic by Jesse Wilkins and Seth WilkinsNEW ALBUM OUT NOW!  Hometown Ghost Stories: The Music (Volume 2)https://open.spotify.com/album/3aVN2YCP13j3NjZ1ViCZ7Q?si=1Cs9iLVwTlyrtSXmpKUtAQMERCH: https://hometownghoststories.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Battle of Chickamauga was the second bloodiest engagement of the Civil War, surpassed only by Gettysburg, with more than 34,000 men, killed, wounded or missing over just two brutal days. The fighting took place along the winding waters of Chickamauga Creek; its name derived from a Cherokee term often translated as “The River of Death” After the violence and unimaginable bloodshed on that ground, it should come as no surprise that the fields, houses, and forests surrounding Chickamauga are believed by many to be haunted. Become a supporter on Patreon!https://www.patreon.com/hometownghoststoriesMusic by Jesse Wilkins and Seth WilkinsNEW ALBUM OUT NOW!  Hometown Ghost Stories: The Music (Volume 2)https://open.spotify.com/album/3aVN2YCP13j3NjZ1ViCZ7Q?si=1Cs9iLVwTlyrtSXmpKUtAQMERCH: https://hometownghoststories.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's time for another paranormal update! This week we bring you a story about a tik tok creator who "found" a secret room in his new house... and the items he found inside this room led him to a dark conclusion. We also cover one of the strangest PG13 stories about a woman.. another woman and the ghost of her husband... so that one might not be suitable for all audiences... and more! Also another Strange Things with Dave segment. Have breaking news about the paranormal? Send the story over for a chance to have it featured on the next paranormal update! Become a supporter on Patreon!https://www.patreon.com/hometownghoststoriesMusic by Jesse Wilkins and Seth WilkinsNEW ALBUM OUT NOW!  Hometown Ghost Stories: The Music (Volume 2)https://open.spotify.com/album/3aVN2YCP13j3NjZ1ViCZ7Q?si=1Cs9iLVwTlyrtSXmpKUtAQMERCH: https://hometownghoststories.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on Hometown Ghost Stories we present something kind of brand new!  Our listeners have submitted their own ghost stories... this is different from our usual listener submitted ghost stories, where people submit their true personal experiences, this time around we allowed the creativity to flow.  It's time to showcase the talents of our listeners and their creative writing on this chilling episode of Campfire Tales, THIS TIME... it's raining outside, so we shall get cozy by a fake campfire and get scared together, LIVE.  Become a supporter on Patreon!https://www.patreon.com/hometownghoststoriesMusic by Jesse Wilkins and Seth WilkinsNEW ALBUM OUT NOW!  Hometown Ghost Stories: The Music (Volume 2)https://open.spotify.com/album/3aVN2YCP13j3NjZ1ViCZ7Q?si=1Cs9iLVwTlyrtSXmpKUtAQMERCH: https://hometownghoststories.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, we review Guillermo del Toro's latest horror movie, Frankenstein! This is a brand new movie and this review is once again FULL OF SPOILERS... so be sure to watch it unless you want us to spoil it! Dr. Victor Frankenstein, a brilliant but egotistical scientist, brings a creature to life in a monstrous experiment that ultimately leads to the undoing of both the creator and his tragic creation. Become a supporter on Patreon!https://www.patreon.com/hometownghoststoriesMusic by Jesse Wilkins and Seth WilkinsNEW ALBUM OUT NOW!  Hometown Ghost Stories: The Music (Volume 2)https://open.spotify.com/album/3aVN2YCP13j3NjZ1ViCZ7Q?si=1Cs9iLVwTlyrtSXmpKUtAQMERCH: https://hometownghoststories.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Scotland, Maryland is a small historic community located in St. Mary's County.  Today, people visit Point Lookout for its camping, fishing and beaches.  But the grounds they walk on have a bloody and dark history.  Following the battle of Gettysburg, this area became Camp Hoffman... the Union's largest Civil War prison. Over 20 thousand POWs were held here, ravaged by disease and despair, at least 4 thousand men died at the camp. Today, it's believed to be plagued by restless spirits. Long before the civil war, the people of St. Mary's County had a bit of a witch hysteria of their own, including no fewer than 10 people dragged before the Maryland courts and accused of witchcraft.Become a supporter on Patreon!https://www.patreon.com/hometownghoststoriesMusic by Jesse Wilkins and Seth WilkinsNEW ALBUM OUT NOW!  Hometown Ghost Stories: The Music (Volume 2)https://open.spotify.com/album/3aVN2YCP13j3NjZ1ViCZ7Q?si=1Cs9iLVwTlyrtSXmpKUtAQMERCH: https://hometownghoststories.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On Dec. 29, 1980, Betty Cash, Vickie Landrum, and her grandson Colby encountered a blazing diamond-shaped UFO hovering over a Texas road, spewing flames and intense heat. Surrounded by 23 military helicopters, the object left after 15 minutes. All three suffered severe radiation-like burns, vomiting, hair loss, and long-term illness. They sued the U.S. government, alleging a secret craft, but lost in 1986 due to lack of evidence. The Cash-Landrum case remains one of ufology’s most compelling and physically damaging close encounters. Become a supporter on Patreon!https://www.patreon.com/hometownghoststoriesMusic by Jesse Wilkins and Seth WilkinsNEW ALBUM OUT NOW!  Hometown Ghost Stories: The Music (Volume 2)https://open.spotify.com/album/3aVN2YCP13j3NjZ1ViCZ7Q?si=1Cs9iLVwTlyrtSXmpKUtAQMERCH: https://hometownghoststories.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Calgary.  New city. Old bones.  Devil’s Playground: a schoolhouse torched with every child inside. The field is empty now… except for the laughter that rises when the temperature drops.  Deane House: axe murders, a boy in the attic noose, blood that sweats through fresh paint, and a braided apparition still guarding ground that was stolen long before the foundation was poured. Lougheed House: Lady Isabella locked forever at the window. The piano breathes a single chord in the dark. Dead couples turn in an endless, silent waltz.  The city sleeps under neon and snow.  But beneath it… something ancient… is wide awake.Become a supporter on Patreon!https://www.patreon.com/hometownghoststoriesMusic by Jesse Wilkins and Seth WilkinsNEW ALBUM OUT NOW!  Hometown Ghost Stories: The Music (Volume 2)https://open.spotify.com/album/3aVN2YCP13j3NjZ1ViCZ7Q?si=1Cs9iLVwTlyrtSXmpKUtAQMERCH: https://hometownghoststories.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We reviewed Weapons, one of the most critically acclaimed movies of the year starring Julia Garner, Josh Brolin and Amy Madigan. When all but one child from the same classroom mysteriously vanish on the same night at exactly the same time, a community is left questioning who or what is behind their disappearance Become a supporter on Patreon!https://www.patreon.com/hometownghoststoriesMusic by Jesse Wilkins and Seth WilkinsNEW ALBUM OUT NOW!  Hometown Ghost Stories: The Music (Volume 2)https://open.spotify.com/album/3aVN2YCP13j3NjZ1ViCZ7Q?si=1Cs9iLVwTlyrtSXmpKUtAQMERCH: https://hometownghoststories.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For sixty-six years, Preston Castle stood as a monument to reform and a witness to suffering. Built in 1894 as California’s first institution for wayward youth, its red brick walls saw generations of disaffected youth pass through, some to redemption, others to ruin. When the lights went out in 1960, the building fell silent, but the silence didn’t last. From the boy shot during his escape attempt to the sick left to die in its infirmary, and finally to Anna Corbin, the beloved housekeeper whose unsolved murder still echoes through its basement, the Castle has never forgotten. Join us as we delve into the brutal history and subsequent hauntings of Ione’s infamous Preston Castle Featuring Special Guest: Bridget Marquardt of the Ghost Bunny Podcast https://open.spotify.com/show/6O6OJ5N... https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Become a supporter on Patreon!https://www.patreon.com/hometownghoststoriesMusic by Jesse Wilkins and Seth WilkinsNEW ALBUM OUT NOW!  Hometown Ghost Stories: The Music (Volume 2)https://open.spotify.com/album/3aVN2YCP13j3NjZ1ViCZ7Q?si=1Cs9iLVwTlyrtSXmpKUtAQMERCH: https://hometownghoststories.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices