The Ghost Furnace - Episode 118 "Hairy Hands of Dartmouth" On this week's episode, we head back across the pond for more UK folklore. This time to a very specific region of Dartmouth along B3212 near Postbridge. This story has been the subject of many newspaper articles, books and conjectures going back over 100 years. In many ways, it has familiar…

The Ghost Furnace - Episode 117 "The Morgawr" This week we head back across the pond for another Cornish legend which had been sighted many times over the last 100+ years, but never decidedly identified. With so much of the ocean inaccessible by conventional means, it lends itself to stories. When you have an area where so many residents live near,…

The Ghost Furnace - Episode 116 "Dr. PA - Lost Children of the Alleghenies" The week we do something a little different. Before Mike started the Ghost Furnace, Nic and I had a Pennsylvania centric history/folklore podcast that ran from late 2015 until sometime in 2023. It had a different style and format but many of the topics either informed or wo…

The Ghost Furnace - Episode 115 "State College Sasquatch" This week we look at a recent report of a bigfoot in an unlikely, and familiar location. The area along Spring Creek between State College and Bellefonte is a place we have fished many times over the years. It holds a special place in our hearts. So when we heard someone had recently reporte…

The Ghost Furnace - Episode 114 "Confluence" On this episode of the Ghost Furnace we look at two seemingly paranormal disappearances, one of Charles Ashmore and David Lang. These stories have all the hallmarks, tropes and clues that lead to conjecture of everything from aliens to other dimensions. As per usual, the thread of truth and clarity that …

The Ghost Furnace - Episode 113 - "Bedford Springs" As we are coming out of the dregs of winter we, like many of you, are looking to travel. There's lots of different options out there given your preferences, destinations and budget but one thing that'll always float to the top of that priority list is a haunted hotel. Bedford Springs is an sulfer …

The Ghost Furnace - Episode 112 "Wildwood Cemetery" On this week's episode we head to the center of our commonwealth to Williamsport. To a particular cemetery that has a few intriguing features and stories to match. Apparitions, anomalous lights, restless bodies and ancestral remnants all divided by a line of demarcation that seems to represent the…

The Ghost Furnace Podcast - Episode 111 "Dangers Both Real & Imagined" In this episode we go down the line to the commonwealth of Kentucky. Under a large steel trestle railroad bridge flows a quiet creek. However, in this secluded location, people from all over gather thanks to an unbelievable story about a monster which supposedly haunted this bri…

The Ghost Furnace - Episode 110 "The Ring in the Basement" The role video plays in the paranormal hasn't changed much over the years. People generally see what they want, or don't want to see in them. What has changed is the prevalence and quality of cameras in not only our investigations, but our day to day lives. This week we look at three videos…

The Ghost Furnace EP 109 - "I Have Never Minded the Loneliness w/ Timothy Renner" On this episode we speak with Tim Renner about his newest book "I Have Never Minded the Loneliness - Hermits and Their Stories". Tim explores the lives, histories, and folklore surrounding these curious individuals who decide to live apart from society. We talk about …

The Ghost Furnace - Episode 108 "Ghost Lite No.8 Unsolved Mysteries" On this ghost lite, we have the first in what will hopefully be a mini series, we celebrate Unsolved Mysteries. This is a show that introduced many people, so many strange topics. Though more importantly, it set a tone for contextualizing the paranormal in modern American media th…

The Ghost Furnace - Episode 107 "The Falcon Lake Incident" On this episode of the Ghost Furnace, we look at one of the most famous cases in Canadian UFO lore, Falcon Lake. What sets this 1967 case apart is the presence of physical evidence, the massive response by the public and officials, and the legacy it produced. What do you think Stephen Micha…

The Ghost Furnace - Episode 106 "Big Bear" On this week's episode we look at the resort town of Big Bear, nestled in the San Bernardino national forest. Tourists come in to enjoy the lake, high desert, forests and all the other natural attractions the area has to offer. When people gather and relax in the great outdoors, it's natural to tell a few …

The Ghost Furnace - Episode 105 "Old Man of the Forest" On this week's episode we look at a few creatures which have made the jump from folkloric rumors to taxonomized records of mainstream science. An occurrence which doesn't happen often, but when it does, there is a blueprint established which allows for speculation on what else might be out the…

The Ghost Furnace -Episode 104 "Two Taverns" On this episode we look at two historically interesting locations in the city of brotherly love. Both the City Tavern and The General Wayne have wild stories, even without all the ghosts. Some of the stories which come out of these places reflect the hundreds of years of history that we don't often see i…

The Ghost Furnace - Episode 103 "Occam's Laser" On this week's episode we look at the rash of drone sightings happening on the east coast recently. There are a lot of videos out there showing various lights in the sky. Theories range from the very mundane to the very strange. How this "flap" is being reported, discussed and documented is reminiscen…

The Ghost Furnace Podcast - Episode 102 - "Ghost Lite No.7 Serbian Dancing Lady" On this Ghost Lite we look at the relatively new phenomenon of the Serbian Dancing Lady. If you do a quick search you'll find many different videos with a common theme and a creepy vibe. Regardless of the origin of this person, it's a strange case which has parallels t…

The Ghost Furnace - Episode 101 "PA Thunderbirds" On this episode we take a deep dive down the burrowing owl hole into a topic we have touched on in the past, thunderbirds. Concentrating on a small section of Pennsylvania gives a view into a history of sightings that's new to us, but gives an interesting snapshot into this phenomena. Are these sigh…

Ghost Furnace Episode 100 - "657 Boulevard" In this episode we take a look back on the last few weeks before getting into the strange case of the Watcher of Westfield NJ. Was it a disturbed neighbor, a prank, a ploy, or something more strange yet? If you're not familiar with this case at all yet, we can recommend the article linked below. This case…

The Ghost Furnace - Episode 99 "We need ghosts, we can't recon without them: Tim Grieve-Carlson on Shoemaker" On this episode, we speak with local author, professor and folklorist Timothy Grieve-Carlson about one of our long-time subjects, Henry W. Shoemaker. Shoemaker was Pennsylvania's first state Folklorist, prolific author and preservationist w…

The Ghost Furnace - Ghost Lites No.6 Brady's Run Redux In response to the last episodes EVP's, we wanted to look at them again through a lens quite a few listeners had suggested. Like many historic sets of evidence in the paranormal, the Sierra sounds are polarizing. You can find examples from the author online, we don't have them linked here for c…

Fear Daily - Night Hunting | The Day it Didn't Rain This week we wanted to share with you an episode from our friend's new podcast called Fear Daily. This show is written by Brennan Storr, creator of The Ghost Story Guys who we had on a few weeks back, and hosted by Brandon Schexnayder, creator of Southern Gothic. Both shows you should check out as…

The Ghost Furnace - Episode 97 "EVPs of Brady's Run" In this episode we look at two evps (electronic voice phenomena), which we submitted by a friend and listener. These were captured unintentionally, and were not heard aloud at the time. Which put them into a curious category. We talk about these pieces of evidence in relation to other evps we've …

The Ghost Furnace - Episode 96 "Hawk Mountain" We only need to travel a few short miles west of the location of our last episode to get into this week's stories. Hawk Mountain is now a nature sanctuary and one of the best places around to watch migrating birds, hike, appreciate the outdoors, and if you're lucky, you'll see a hatchet wielding ghost …

The Ghost Furnace Podcast - Episode 95 "Pinnacle Man" On this week's episode we look at the recent revelations around the identity of the Pinnacle Man. A cold case in Berks Co along the Appalachian trail in 1977. With all the cases which have been solved in the last few years thanks to dna databases, this one came from a much more analog source. If…