How Haunted? Podcast | Horrible Histories, Real Life Ghost Stories, and Paranormal Investigations from Some of the Most Haunted Places on Earth

Listen to the How Haunted? Podcast, and allow author, ghost hunter, and paranormal historian Rob Kirkup to be your guide. Each episode sees us explore one of the most haunted places across the UK, as well as the occasional trip to some of the scariest places on Planet Earth. We will look in depth at the, often dark and troubled, history of each location, and the chilling ghost stories. There will also be special follow-up episodes where Rob conducts paranormal investigations at some of these terrifying places, as well as BIG Halloween Spook-taculars. Join me, as each episode we ask the question, How Haunted? WARNING: Listener discretion is advised as each episode will gruesome tales, horrific happenings, bloody murder, and ghosts. So many ghosts. Dare you download? For an optimal listening experience, listening through headphones, while clutching a torch hiding under your blankets on a dark, stormy night is recommended. Make sure you’re not in the dark by visiting https://www.how-haunted.com

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Episodes

Friday Dec 23, 2022

Christmas is a wonderous time for those people who celebrate it, where families and friends get together and exchange presents, watch Christmas movies, play games, and gorge themselves silly on enormous roast dinners. It’s also a time, traditionally, of telling one another scary tales. The 1963 Christmas song, “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year” even features the line “There'll be scary ghost stories”.
But while people, such as you, are having all this festive fun, could there be an unwelcome guest there, with them, in their very home?
On How Haunted? we’ve looked at castles, churchyards, jails, places that have bloody history, an eerie atmosphere, and are traditionally seen as locations that have the potential to be haunted. But this time out we’re going to focus on somewhere closer to home. Literally.
Tonight, join me as we look at some horrifying examples of hauntings in every day family homes.
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND ALL THE VERY, VERY BEST FOR 2023.
If you'd like to become a Patreon for £3 a month, and get yourself early access to episodes and exclusive episodes where Rob will conduct ghost hunts and you'll hear the audio from the night, visit https://patreon.com/HowHauntedPod
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Find out more about the pod at https://www.how-haunted.com and you can email Rob at Rob@how-haunted.com
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Title : Horror Story
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Ep 16 - Crumlin Road Gaol

Friday Dec 16, 2022

Friday Dec 16, 2022

The only Victorian era prison still standing in the city of Belfast in Northern Ireland, was once known as Europe’s Alcatraz. Dating from 1845, this was a place of incarceration and execution. It closed in 1996 and ever since visitors have reported all manner of paranormal occurrences such as things moving of their own accord, voices from empty cells, and ghosts have been seen and photographed.  It is considered one of the most haunted placed in this capital city, but is it worthy of such a reputation?
Tonight, join me as we dare to enter the empty, silent prison of Crumlin Road Gaol.
Huge thanks to Jenny Boanca for telling me all about her visit to the haunted prison in this episode.
If you'd like to become a Patreon for £3 a month, and get yourself early access to episodes and exclusive episodes where Rob will conduct ghost hunts and you'll hear the audio from the night, visit https://patreon.com/HowHauntedPod
Perhaps you'd rather buy me a coffee to make a one-off donation to support the pod, you can do that at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/HowHauntedPod
Support How Haunted? by subscribing and leaving a review.
Find out more about the pod at https://www.how-haunted.com and you can email Rob at Rob@how-haunted.com
 
Background music included in this episode includes:
Horror Story https://youtu.be/VebaguxUJWE
 
Music in this episode includes:
Darren Curtis – Lurking Evil: https://youtu.be/3i0aVnpeppw
 
"The Graveyard" composed and produced by "Vivek Abhishek"
Music link : https://youtu.be/hynSTzexVzg
 
" HORROR PIANO MUSIC " composed and produced by "Vivek Abhishek"
Music link :https://youtu.be/xbjuAGgk5lU
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Monday Dec 12, 2022

Following on from where episode 7 and 8 leave off, I conducted the only paranormal investigation allowed at the Wheatsheaf pub in the last decade. 
This is a sneak peek at the fourth Patreon episode, which includes audio from the actual investigation, so you can hear what happened, as it happened. 
You can become a Patreon for £3 a month (which is completely flexible and can be cancelled whenever you choose), and get access to this very special episode RIGHT NOW, as well as early access to all the standard episodes and three other Patreon episodes waiting for you right now.
Find out more, or sign up at https://patreon.com/HowHauntedPod
 
Music in this episode includes:
"Darren Curtis - Demented Nightmare" https://youtu.be/g_O4kS9FP3k
 
" HORROR PIANO MUSIC " composed and produced by "Vivek Abhishek"
Music link :https://youtu.be/xbjuAGgk5lU
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Ep 15 - Dunstanburgh Castle

Friday Dec 09, 2022

Friday Dec 09, 2022

In a remote location, high above the North Sea, this castle has over 700 years of history, a turbulent past which has left it as a ruinous reminder of the violence and bloodshed that Northumberland has witnessed. This castle is said to be home to a number of spirits that were tied to the building in life, and most famously is the setting of a famous Northumbrian legend of a knight’s quest to save a maiden in distress.
Let's find out together, when we ask How Haunted is Dunstanburgh Castle?
If you'd like to become a Patreon for £3 a month, and get yourself early access to episodes and exclusive episodes where Rob will conduct ghost hunts and you'll hear the audio from the night, visit https://patreon.com/HowHauntedPod
Perhaps you'd rather buy me a coffee to make a one-off donation to support the pod, you can do that at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/HowHauntedPod
Support How Haunted? by subscribing and leaving a review.
Find out more about the pod at https://www.how-haunted.com and you can email Rob at Rob@how-haunted.com
 
Background music included in this episode includes:
Horror Story https://youtu.be/VebaguxUJWE
 
Music in this episode includes:
Darren Curtis – Lurking Evil: https://youtu.be/3i0aVnpeppw
 
"The Graveyard" composed and produced by "Vivek Abhishek"
Music link : https://youtu.be/hynSTzexVzg
 
" HORROR PIANO MUSIC " composed and produced by "Vivek Abhishek"
Music link :https://youtu.be/xbjuAGgk5lU
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Ep 14 - Highgate Cemetery

Friday Dec 02, 2022

Friday Dec 02, 2022

One of London’s best-known cemeteries, in fact it’s considered one of London’s magnificent seven Victorian graveyards. Dating back to 1839, there are believed to be around 170,000 bodies buried beneath the ground here. This graveyard has earned a frightning reputation in more recent years with stories of men clad in all black conducting dark rituals here. Spooks and specters flit about quickly between the 53,000 gravestones, and red eyed demons call this place home. Then most famously of all is the vampire that preys on its victims here, in England’s capital.
Let's find out together, when we ask How Haunted is Highgate Cemetery?
Huge thanks to Della Farrant for helping to clarify some aspects of the Highgate Vampire case for me, and talking to me about her research into haunted Highgate.
If you'd like to become a Patreon for £3 a month, and get yourself early access to episodes and exclusive episodes where Rob will conduct ghost hunts and you'll hear the audio from the night, visit https://patreon.com/HowHauntedPod
Perhaps you'd rather buy me a coffee to make a one-off donation to support the pod, you can do that at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/HowHauntedPod
Support How Haunted? by subscribing and leaving a review.
Find out more about the pod at https://www.how-haunted.com and you can email Rob at Rob@how-haunted.com
 
Background music included in this episode includes:
Horror Story https://youtu.be/VebaguxUJWE
 
Music in this episode includes:
Darren Curtis – Lurking Evil: https://youtu.be/3i0aVnpeppw
 
"The Graveyard" composed and produced by "Vivek Abhishek"
Music link : https://youtu.be/hynSTzexVzg
 
" HORROR PIANO MUSIC " composed and produced by "Vivek Abhishek"
Music link :https://youtu.be/xbjuAGgk5lU
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Friday Nov 25, 2022

A building designed to scare, disgust and terrify. Creepy, lifelike mannequins made up like torture victims, or a cannibalistic feast. Actors telling stories of the darkest periods in the history of this city, a city that we’ve visited on two previous podcast episodes. However could it actually be haunted? I investigated this location a decade ago, and received the biggest fright of my life.
Let's find out together, when we ask How Haunted is the Edinburgh Dungeon?
If you'd like to become a Patreon for £3 a month, and get yourself early access to episodes and exclusive episodes where Rob will conduct ghost hunts and you'll hear the audio from the night, visit https://patreon.com/HowHauntedPod
Perhaps you'd rather buy me a coffee to make a one-off donation to support the pod, you can do that at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/HowHauntedPod
Support How Haunted? by subscribing and leaving a review.
Find out more about the pod at https://www.how-haunted.com and you can email Rob at Rob@how-haunted.com
 
Background music included in this episode includes:
Horror Story https://youtu.be/VebaguxUJWE
 
Music in this episode includes:
Darren Curtis – Lurking Evil: https://youtu.be/3i0aVnpeppw
 
" HORROR PIANO MUSIC " composed and produced by "Vivek Abhishek"
Music link :https://youtu.be/xbjuAGgk5lU
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Ep 12 - Pendle Hill

Friday Nov 18, 2022

Friday Nov 18, 2022

Best known for its link to the witch trials of 1612, which saw eight women and two men executed by hanging for witchcraft. Ever since this particular location in Lancashire has been linked to paranormal occurrences blamed for the witches who were accused and convicted of practising their dark arts right here.
Every Halloween ghost hunters flock to this location, for it has been said by many to be one of, if not the, most haunted place in the world.
Let's find out together, when we ask How Haunted is Pendle Hill?
If you'd like to become a Patreon for £3 a month, and get yourself early access to episodes and exclusive episodes where Rob will conduct ghost hunts and you'll hear the audio from the night, visit https://patreon.com/HowHauntedPod
Perhaps you'd rather buy me a coffee to make a one-off donation to support the pod, you can do that at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/HowHauntedPod
Support How Haunted? by subscribing and leaving a review.
Find out more about the pod at https://www.how-haunted.com and you can email Rob at Rob@how-haunted.com
 
Background music included in this episode includes:
Horror Story https://youtu.be/VebaguxUJWE
 
Music in this episode includes:
Darren Curtis – Lurking Evil: https://youtu.be/3i0aVnpeppw
 
"The Graveyard" composed and produced by "Vivek Abhishek"
Music link : https://youtu.be/hynSTzexVzg
 
" HORROR PIANO MUSIC " composed and produced by "Vivek Abhishek"
Music link :https://youtu.be/xbjuAGgk5lU
SUBSCRIBE us on YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/DQQmmCl8crQ
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Friday Nov 11, 2022

In 1867, a psychiatric hospital was opened in Victoria, Australia, and for the next 126 years it would carry out horrendous medical procedures, without consent, or anesthetic. 
13,000 died at Aradale, and today there are countless reports of visitors being bitten and scratched by unseen assailants, and disembodied screams and cries are heard along the empty corridors. This location has a terrifying reputation, but is it earned?
Let's find out together when we ask How Haunted is Aradale Lunatic Asylum?
Support How Haunted? by subscribing and leaving a review.
You can become a Patreon for £3 a month, and get yourself early access to episodes, and exclusive episodes where Rob will conduct ghost hunts and you'll hear the audio from the night. Two of these are live now at Chillingham Castle, and Edinburgh Vaults, as well as my Halloween Patreon special from Middlethorpe Hall Hotel.
To sign up visit https://patreon.com/HowHauntedPod
Perhaps you'd rather buy me a coffee to make a one off donation to support the pod, you can do that at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/HowHauntedPod
Find out more about the pod at https://www.how-haunted.com and you can email Rob at Rob@how-haunted.com
 
Background music included in this episode includes:
Horror Story https://youtu.be/VebaguxUJWE
 
Music in this episode includes:
Darren Curtis – Lurking Evil: https://youtu.be/3i0aVnpeppw
 
"The Graveyard" composed and produced by "Vivek Abhishek"
Music link : https://youtu.be/hynSTzexVzg
 
" HORROR PIANO MUSIC " composed and produced by "Vivek Abhishek"
Music link :https://youtu.be/xbjuAGgk5lU
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Friday Nov 04, 2022

I investigated Edinburgh Vaults in November 2012, and this is episode 10 but with added audio from the investigation. You can hear it as it happened.
This is a sneak peek at the third Patreon episode.
You can become a Patreon for £3 a month (which is completely flexible and can be cancelled whenever you choose), and get access to this very special episode RIGHT NOW, as well as early access to all the standard episodes.
Find out more, or sign up at https://patreon.com/HowHauntedPod
 
Music in this episode includes:
"Darren Curtis - Demented Nightmare" https://youtu.be/g_O4kS9FP3k
 
" HORROR PIANO MUSIC " composed and produced by "Vivek Abhishek"
Music link :https://youtu.be/xbjuAGgk5lU
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Ep 10 - Edinburgh Vaults

Friday Nov 04, 2022

Friday Nov 04, 2022

In 1985 a tunnel was found by a Scottish international rugby player, that led to an enormous underground complex, that had once been a thriving, lawless, city beneath Edinburgh. 
This is a very paranormally active place indeed, with one malevolent phantom in particular being very unappreciative of the visitors who come here daily on tours.
I investigated this location a decade ago, and encountered this foul-mouthed, dangerous entity for myself, in what quickly escalated into the most dangerous investigation I had ever led.
Have the Vaults earned their reputation, as being one of the most fearsome places in Scotland?
Let's find out together, when we ask How Haunted are the Edinburgh Vaults?
There is an enhanced version of the podcast on Patreon, which includes audio from the investigation.
If you'd like to become a Patreon for £3 a month, and get yourself early access to episodes and exclusive episodes where Rob will conduct ghost hunts and you'll hear the audio from the night, visit https://patreon.com/HowHauntedPod
Perhaps you'd rather buy me a coffee to make a one-off donation to support the pod, you can do that at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/HowHauntedPod
Support How Haunted? by subscribing and leaving a review.
Find out more about the pod at https://www.how-haunted.com and you can email Rob at Rob@how-haunted.com
 
Background music included in this episode includes:
Horror Story https://youtu.be/VebaguxUJWE
 
Music in this episode includes:
Darren Curtis – Lurking Evil: https://youtu.be/3i0aVnpeppw
 
"The Graveyard" composed and produced by "Vivek Abhishek"
Music link : https://youtu.be/hynSTzexVzg
 
" HORROR PIANO MUSIC " composed and produced by "Vivek Abhishek"
Music link :https://youtu.be/xbjuAGgk5lU
SUBSCRIBE us on YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/DQQmmCl8crQ
Follow on Facebook: https://bit.ly/33RWRtP
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