Haunts

If these stories all meet at the same crossroads, what else might be waiting there? Support the show on Patreon: https://patreon.com/Hauntscast?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink Let's keep in touch! Join our discord server - https://discord.gg/Y26pecdCkN Check out our website - www.hauntscast.com Follow us on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/hauntscast/ Follow us on Twitter - https://twitter.com/hauntscas When thunder cracked across the Suffolk coast in 1577, witnesses claimed a massive black hound burst through the doors of two English churches — killing worshippers and leaving claw marks scorched into the wood. Centuries later, those marks remain. In this episode, we chase the legend of the Black Shuck — a spectral hellhound said to haunt crossroads and storms — and uncover how lightning, fear, and faith combined to create one of Britain’s oldest surviving monster tales.

Where do we draw the line between what’s beastly… and what’s infernal? Support the show on Patreon: https://patreon.com/Hauntscast?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink Let's keep in touch! Join our discord server - https://discord.gg/Y26pecdCkN Check out our website - www.hauntscast.com Follow us on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/hauntscast/ Follow us on Twitter - https://twitter.com/hauntscas In the dead of winter, when food runs scarce and fear grows fat, even the most virtuous hearts can turn hollow. This week, we trace the legend of the Wendigo — a creature born from hunger, gluttony, and the brutal cold of the Great Lakes. From Algonquin oral traditions to 19th-century courtrooms, this isn’t just a monster story — it’s a record of what happens when survival crosses the line into sin. Featuring the true cases of Swift Runner and Jack Fiddler, and the eerie phenomenon once known as Wendigo psychosis, we’ll ask the question no one wants answered: Is the Wendigo a spirit that possesses… or a person transformed by hunger itself?  

But maybe it isn’t the devil who lingers at these intersections... Support the show on Patreon: https://patreon.com/Hauntscast?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink Let's keep in touch! Join our discord server - https://discord.gg/Y26pecdCkN Check out our website - www.hauntscast.com Follow us on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/hauntscast/ Follow us on Twitter - https://twitter.com/hauntscast This week on Haunts, we head south into the swamps of Louisiana, where faith and folklore twist together under the cypress trees. The Rougarou — a Cajun werewolf said to stalk sinners and silence witnesses — has haunted bayou towns for centuries. But if every story about it ends in a whisper, can a monster built on secrecy ever really exist?

So once again, we find ourselves at the crossroads, wondering if the devil may show himself… or if these beasts aren’t as infernal as they may seem. Support the show on Patreon: https://patreon.com/Hauntscast?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink Let's keep in touch! Join our discord server - https://discord.gg/Y26pecdCkN Check out our website - www.hauntscast.com Follow us on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/hauntscast/ Follow us on Twitter - https://twitter.com/hauntscast When a pair of young girls stumble upon a winged figure near a churchyard in the quiet village of Mawnan Smith, an English legend is born. For decades since, witnesses have claimed to see the same creature: half-man, half-owl, with eyes that burn red through the fog. Is it a case of mistaken identity, a hoax that got out of hand, or something older — something tied to the sacred ground beneath Mawnan Church itself? In this episode, we leave behind the folklore of the Jersey Devil and cross the Atlantic to Cornwall, where skepticism begins to falter. Because what the locals call The Owlman feels less like a monster… and more like an omen.

If I’m honest, there’s a sliver of it that I can almost believe... Support the show on Patreon: https://patreon.com/Hauntscast?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink Let's keep in touch! Join our discord server - https://discord.gg/Y26pecdCkN Check out our website - www.hauntscast.com Follow us on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/hauntscast/ Follow us on Twitter - https://twitter.com/hauntscast The wait is over—Season Three of Haunts is here. This time, we’re diving into the shadows of cryptozoology with a 13-episode arc exploring infernal beasts and monstrous legends. Each week, host Courtney Hayes puts her skepticism to the test, searching for proof that these creatures are more than myth. We begin in the Pine Barrens of New Jersey, a million acres of fog, forest, and folklore said to be home to the Jersey Devil—a winged creature born of a curse and whispered about for nearly three centuries. From colonial politics and the notorious Leeds family to mass hysteria and modern-day photographs, Courtney traces the Devil’s path through history in search of truth. Could the legend be more than a campfire tale? Or is this just another hoax hiding in the pines? Find out in the Season 3 premiere of Haunts Podcast.