The Stanley Hotel in Estes Park is home to many legends - perhaps none more famous than Stephen King's stay in Room 217. But paranormal activity abounds at the historic hotel. Special Guest: Karl Pfeiffer   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Paranormal expert John Ruggiero explores the haunted Sterling Hill Mines in New Jersey, filled with ghostly activity. The hosts recount their investigation, including encountering a spirit burdened with grief. They discuss the mine's history, accidents, and strange phenomena experienced while exploring. The podcast also covers a recent charity event and expresses appreciation for convention attendees and the mining culture.

Lemp Mansion is one of St. Louis’s grandest homes, which housed generations of one of the city’s most prominent — and troubled — families. Among tragic accounts of untreated mental illness and untimely deaths are stories of underground passages, false claims to the family fortune, rumors of a generational curse, and even a child hidden away in the attic. Special guest: Jeff Belanger Visit amy-bruni.net for details of my fall speaking tour, plus strange-escapes.com if you're ready to take a spooky vacation with us. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Explore the haunted ships at Buffalo Naval Park and the paranormal experiences reported on them. Learn about the historical significance of the ships and the sacrifices made by soldiers. Discuss the process of salvaging a sunken ship and the importance of sensitively presenting historical artifacts. Discover the possibility of objects causing hauntings and the energetic essence they bring. Also, hear about the significance of Buffalo Naval Park and the importance of research in investigating paranormal locations.

Missouri State Penitentiary was decommissioned in 2004, after nearly 170 years of brutal incarceration. But the stories of harsh punishments and austere living conditions still live on in the buildings today — in the people who come to visit the prison, and in the spirits who have stayed behind, replaying their years at what is sometimes called the “bloodiest 47 acres in America,” over and over into infinity. Special Guest: Diane Kitchell  Visit amy-bruni.net for details of my fall speaking tour, plus strange-escapes.com if you're ready to take a spooky vacation with us. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In Asbury Park, NJ in 1934, nearly 100,000 people paid 25 cents apiece to view the charred remains of a shipwreck where 140 people burned to death. Today, the theatre next to where the ship breached is said to be haunted by those killed in the tragedy. Special guest: Kathy Kelly Visit www.amy-bruni.net for upcoming speaking dates and www.strange-escapes.com if you'd like to take a haunted vacation. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Famously haunted, full of history dark and otherwise, the Saint Augustine Lighthouse is one of many ghostly locations in the oldest city in America. It's also the most visible, her famous black spiral viewable from almost anywhere in town. Reportedly haunted by former keepers, wayward sailors and a few children, we dig deep into the history and paranormal reports. Special Guest: Chip Coffey Visit strange-escapes.com to join us at the Lighthouse in September 2022 and visit www.amy-bruni.net for details of Amy's Fall tour. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Some might call the Star of India, a historic trade ship, the most cursed boat in the water. In its 159 years of sailing, the ship has been trapped in the ice in Alaska and run aground in Hawaii, and has seen cyclones, collisions with other ships and a crew mutiny that ended in 17 men being sentenced to hard labor. Special Guest: Britt Griffith Visit amy-bruni.net for details of my fall speaking tour, plus strange-escapes.com if you're ready to take a spooky vacation with us. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A mansion in Little Rock, Arkansas, with what many believe to be a cursed past. Family scandal, death, accidents and suicide have followed this structure for decades. Special Guest: Drew Counsell-Short. Visit amy-bruni.net for details of my fall speaking tour, plus strange-escapes.com if you're ready to take a spooky vacation with us. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A hospital plagued with claims of maltreatment, and somewhat involved in an unsolved murder - is also known as a building that dutifully served its community for decades. Old South Pittsburg Hospital is empty of the living, but the dead are still very much making themselves known. Special Guest: Ronnie Dee Visit amy-bruni.net for details of my fall speaking tour, plus strange-escapes.com if you're ready to take a spooky vacation with us. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.