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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Wednesday Feb 01, 2023
Wednesday Feb 01, 2023
Originally released for Patreons at Halloween 2022, I hope you enjoy this very special episode.
At Halloween 2011, while writing my book Ghosts of York, I led a small team of three, in the first ever investigation at Middlethorpe Hall Hotel in York.
In this episode I read, in its entirety, the chapter of my book which covers every aspect of the investigation.
To get episodes such as this three months sooner, you can become a Patreon for just £3 a month, and get yourself early access to episodes, and more exclusive episodes such as this. 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 - 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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Friday Jan 27, 2023
Friday Jan 27, 2023
Situated on the River Ouse, this magnificent building which dates from 1445 has played host to a cast of famous characters from the history of Britain including notable royals and criminals. It’s long and colourful history has left left its mark in the form of the many ghosts and ghouls said to stalk it’s impressive corridors and chambers. This includes phantom monks, voices calling out in empty rooms, and a large shadowy man, who’s heavy footsteps are a sure sign of his presence.
I investigated this location in 2011 while writing my book Ghosts of York. Find out exactly what happened on that chilly October evening?
Let's find out together when we ask How Haunted is the York Guildhall?
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You can become a Patreon for £3 a month, and get yourself early access to episodes, and exclusive monthly episodes where Rob will conduct ghost hunts and you'll hear the audio from the night. There are five special episodes available right now.
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 Jan 20, 2023
Friday Jan 20, 2023
One of the most haunted houses in America, if not the world, this previously unassuming property was the scene of a mass murder back in November of 1974, which appears to have kickstarted some absolutely horrifying paranormal activity, including slime oozing from the walls, family members levitating in their bed, and a demonic red-eyed pig monster. After just 28 days the family fled their new home and the house on Ocean Avenue, Long Island has lived in infamy ever since.
But is this house genuinely as haunted as we would be led to believe?
Let's find out together when we ask How Haunted is the Amityville Horror House?
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 monthly episodes where Rob will conduct ghost hunts and you'll hear the audio from the night. There are five special episodes available right now.
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 Jan 13, 2023
Friday Jan 13, 2023
Built on foundations dating back to the Roman occupation of Britain, this castle, constructed in 1258, has been the focus of studies for 30 years, due to the incredible frequency of the paranormal occurrences. Occurrences including babies crying, children singing, and shadowy figures. An experienced team of paranormal investigators came to the castle to conduct an investigation, but no sooner had their ghost hunt begun, the phantoms within the Tapestry Room, the most active room in this 800 year old fortress, sent them fleeing into the wilderness of the Lake District as they feared for their lives.
Let's find out together when we ask How Haunted is Muncaster Castle?
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. There are five special episodes available right now, including a return to Mary King's Close.
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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Sunday Jan 08, 2023
Sunday Jan 08, 2023
Picking up where we left off at the end of episode 18, I head back north of the border to Edinburgh, and once again investigate Mary King's Close.
In this special episode, you'd join me for that investigation in early 2013, and I'd talk you through every aspect of the ghost hunt, and you'd hear actual audio from the investigation, as it happened.
It was one hell of a night. This is a short teaser of the full episode, which is available right now on Patreon at https://patreon.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 - 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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Friday Jan 06, 2023
Friday Jan 06, 2023
Below Edinburgh’s famous Royal Mile lies a historic close that was once a thriving community in it’s own right, open to the skies above, and named, unusually for the 17th century for a woman who was the most successful businesswoman here until her death in 1644. The building of the Royal Exchange in the 18th century spelled the end for this place, and it would be, eventually, buried beneath the city streets, lost and unused. The close became shrouded in myths and urban legends; with terrifying tales of the ghosts that remain at the close they knew so well in life.
When it was opened as a tourist attraction in 2003, it found new levels of infamy, and is now regarded as one of the most haunted places, in an incredibly haunted city.
I investigated this location in 2012 while writing my book Ghosts of Edinburgh. Find out exactly what happened on that dark October evening, as tonight. join me as we once again venture below the streets of Edinburgh.
Let's find out together when we ask How Haunted is Mary King's Close?
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. There are five special episodes available right now, including a return to Mary King's Close.
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 Dec 30, 2022
Friday Dec 30, 2022
Originally released for Patreons in September, I hope you enjoy this very special episode.
Picking up where we left off at the end of episode 3, lets revisit Chillingham Castle, a place of torture, suffering, murder, and betrayal.
In this 95-minute special, you'll join me for an investigation in early 2015, and I'll talk you through every aspect of the ghost hunt, and you'll hear actual audio from the investigation, as it happened.
It was one hell of a night.
To get episodes such as this three months sooner, you can become a Patreon for £3 a month, and get yourself early access to episodes, and more exclusive episodes where Rob will conduct ghost hunts and you'll hear the audio from the night. 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 - 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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Friday Dec 23, 2022
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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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:
Title : Horror Story
This music link : https://youtu.be/VebaguxUJWE
Music used in this episode includes:
Winter Trouble by Nicolas Gasparini (Myuu) Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Music promoted by MrSnooze https://youtu.be/ew400-ib_Uw
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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
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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