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Brought to you by Penguin. For longer than recorded history there have been tales of spirits and of places where our hackles rise and our skin turns cold. Bestselling historian Neil Oliver travels the British Isles on a deliciously spine-chilling tour that spans several centuries and explores...

Join hosts Corinne Vien and Sabrina Deana-Roga, bi-coastal best friends, with a questionably unhealthy predilection towards all things strange, spooky and creepy, for heavily researched and listener submitted tales of the supernatural. They do warn you though... Two Girls One Ghost is the most haunted podcast in America, countless listeners have reported that listening leads to encounters with the other side. Listen at your own risk. To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com

In Ghost Train to the Eastern Star, Paul Theroux retraces the steps he took thirty years ago in his classic The Great Railway Bazaar. From the Eurostar in London, he once again sets out on a journey to the East, travelling overland through Eastern Europe, India and Asia. Infused with the changes that have shaped the exterior landscape and enriched with developments to his own perceptions and psychology, Ghost Train to the Eastern Star is an absorbing and beautifully written follow-up to The Great Railway Bazaar.

In less than a year, Neil Peart lost both his 19-year-old daughter, Selena, and his wife, Jackie. Faced with overwhelming sadness and isolated from the world in his home on the lake, Peart was left without direction. That lack of direction lead him on a 55,000 mile journey by motorcycle across much of North America, down through Mexico to Belize, and back again.

From the assassination that triggered World War I to the ethnic warfare in Serbia, Bosnia, and Croatia, the Balkans have been the crucible of the 20th century, the place where terrorism and genocide first became tools of policy. Chosen as one of the Best Books of the Year by the New York Times, and greeted with critical acclaim as "the most insightful and timely work on the Balkans to date" (The Boston Globe), Kaplan's prescient, enthralling, and often chilling political travelogue is already a modern classic.

Ghost Empire is a rare treasure - an utterly captivating blend of the historical and the contemporary, realised by a master storyteller. In 2014, Richard Fidler and his son Joe made a journey to Istanbul. Fired by Richard's passion for the rich history of the dazzling Byzantine Empire - centred around the legendary Constantinople - we are swept into some of the most extraordinary tales in history. The clash of civilisations, the fall of empires, the rise of Christianity, revenge, lust, murder.

In production for nearly a dead-cade, History Goes Bump has covered thousands of haunted locations from the well known to the obscure and everything in between. Diane and Kelly prove that history isn't boring, it's terrifying!

Noo Saro-Wiwa goes in search of China's 'Black Ghosts', African economic migrants in the People's Republic, who live in separate communities and are vigorously involved in the trade between the continents. Her fascinating encounters include a Ghanaian cardiac surgeon, a drug dealer, a visa overstayer, a Nigerian popstar who sings in Chinese and men married to Chinese women who speak English with Nigerian accents.

Join travel writer Daniel Stables and professional boozehound Charlie Duckworth on a journey through the worlds of food, alcohol, and world culture, examining the strange things we do in our search for meaning through food and drink.In Buddhist and Hindu lore, hungry ghosts are lost souls who stalk the earth seeking in vain to sate their swollen appetites. In the wheel of death and rebirth, the hungry ghosts occupy a lower realm than humans. We think that flatters us.We are all hungry ghosts. These are the lengths that we go to.© Daniel Stables and Charles Duckworth. Original music © Daniel ...

Felix Mercer explores America's abandoned towns—mining camps, disaster zones, and foreclosed subdivisions—uncovering how optimism, extraction, and speculation built communities that vanished when resources depleted or dreams collapsed. Each episode reveals patterns we repeat across generations. For more content like this, visit QuietPlease.ai This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI.

A series with metaphysician, author, investigator, ALLAN PACHECO. The program will center on the odd happenings in and around Santa Fe, New Mexico. Topics, hauntings, UFOs, ghosts, La Llorona, Pecos Triangle, strange history, conspiracy, Zorro Roanch, the missing, the vanishined, legend and much more. This show will bring you first hand investigation accounts, along with data concerning the topic. Host Al Pacheco is hands on investigator of renown, he brings his inside knowledge of this area to the program. His lineage goes back to Conquistador days, when concerning Santa Fe. If you like ...

Each episode we take you across the nation with history and hauntings of various locations.

Hometown Ghost Stories dives into the history of haunted locations and investigates why and how these places earned their terrifying reputation. Rob, Dave and Jesse go live every Tuesday night, after a 15-20 minute uninterrupted, documentary-style breakdown on the case. You can even join the show - as many do, during the live broadcasts on YouTube, Tuesday nights at 9pm EST, as we talk ghosts, demons, poltergeists, and the horrifying true tales that led to these hauntings. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ready to explore haunted theaters, phantom-filled museums, Civil War ghost stories, and monster legends in the Maryland mountains? Ghost Trail: Haunted Frederick & Beyond takes you on a self-guided journey through 10 eerie, history-rich stops across Frederick and Washington Counties—plus a bonus location and a few local cryptids you won't believe. Whether you're driving the trail in a day, exploring it over a weekend, or just listening from the safety of your sofa, this audio tour blends historical research with regional folklore to bring Maryland’s ghost stories to life. Hosted by Beth ...

Welcome to the Ghost City Podcast—your new favorite destination for everything haunted, spooky, and unexplained. Brought to you by the team behind Ghost City Tours, the world’s leading ghost tour company, this podcast takes you beyond the cobblestone streets and fog-filled alleyways into the chilling, often overlooked corners of haunted history and paranormal lore. Hosted by GCT Founder, Tim Nealon, each episode of the Ghost City Podcast invites you to step into the shadows as we explore true ghost stories, notorious hauntings, and the terrifying truths behind urban legends. Whether ...

Although the typical travel stories collected in the True Travel Tales book series are normally oriented towards safety and security in travel, the very scary and spooky accounts of ghosts, hauntings, and all the variations in between can and do occur to travelers. Mostly these things will not happen to you. But you never know. In this series, you'll hear plenty of examples of the wide variety of spirit and ghost encounters that may pop up now and again in your travels, as well as your own home life.

Two ghost story addicts take listeners on a journey through the mysterious and often creepy world of haunted tourism as told by local tour guides and ghost hunters!

We intend to present only true accounts of hauntings and the paranormal. Our goal is to make this show for listeners. We want to hear your feedback, questions, and suggestions. We will cover any subjects in the paranormal field, including, but not limited to, ghosts, hauntings, cryptozoology, and many other subjects related to the paranormal.

Take a stroll through the history of the people and places of Montana in these interesting stories told by Jolene Ewert-Hintz of Ghost Towns and History of Montana

A paranormal podcast telling the stories and experiences of haunted locations.