Off the coast of Venice is an island that, long ago, people who showed signs of the dreaded Bubonic Plague would be left there, many came here, a tiny amount would leave.

CREDITS & LINKS 

MUSIC PROVIDED BY:

Bobby Mackey “Johanna”

Stick the Landing “Headliner”

Like what you heard? Click below to listen to more of Stick The Landing's amazing music:

http://YouTube.com/@stickthelandingband

WEEKLY CITY SHOUT OUTS:

Asker Municipality, Norway
St. George, Utah
Naples, Florida
Henrico, Virginia
Évry, France
Gaithersburg, Maryland

COVER PHOTO:

Jenna Lee created this image with help from ChatGPT

STORY BLOCKS:

https://www.storyblocks.com/audio/stock/lurking-fear-348854950.html

https://www.storyblocks.com/audio/stock/darkness-seas-349160146.html

PIXABAY:

https://pixabay.com/music/modern-classical-ethereal-haunting-dramatic-piano-music-262444/

https://pixabay.com/music/mystery-rocking-in-the-dark-forest-mystery-haunting-instrumental-170040/

MY OWN RECORDINGS:

Footsteps 

The early morning hours of Thanksgiving of 2024, the world lost an incredible man. The podcast and paranormal communities deeply mourn the loss of the amazing Jerry Paulley. Those who knew him know just how special a human being he really truly was. Founder and host of Hillbilly Horror Stories, the phenomenal Paulley duo, husband and wife team Jerry and Tracy for years brought their listeners laughs, haunts, stories, jokes and so much more.

Tessa shares stories that Jerry told here during a radio interview between them several years ago, also included are several accounts from other folks, including some of Jerry's own family members.

Jerry you are sorely missed. Rest In Peace my dear sweet friend. You are loved.

CREDITS & LINKS 

MUSIC PROVIDED BY:

Bobby Mackey “Coming Home”

WEEKLY CITY SHOUT OUTS:

Newark, New York
San Leandro, California
Sand Springs, Oklahoma
Saint Petersburg, Florida 
Scarborough, Maine
Rochester, England

COVER PHOTO:

This photo was provided by the lovely Tracy Paulley.

FEATURING:

Tim Mullins 
Donna Artis
Annie ‘Weebs’ Weible
Bill Stark
Amber Paulley
Brandon Ayers 
Josh Peluso
Rebecca Paulley Jones
Andrea Cunningham
Michael Patrick Hobi II
Brett Stephanoff 

STORY BLOCKS:

https://www.storyblocks.com/audio/stock/reminiscence-cello-soloist-348542027.html

https://www.storyblocks.com/audio/stock/autunno-greve-347514087.html

https://www.storyblocks.com/audio/stock/memories-last-piano-solo-348766459.html

PIXABAY:

https://pixabay.com/music/beats-mysterious-forest-creepy-lofi-halloween-lofi-halloween-music-168238/

GO FUND ME:

https://gofund.me/e736bb65

MY OWN RECORDINGS:

Jerry Paulley voiceover for past episode

BOOK:

Chapter 4 of Paranormal Prowlers, Who Blew Out the Candles

In Omaha, Nebraska, you will find a beautiful park, consisting of 202 acres of forest, water and much more. Home to myths, stories, ghosts and murders.

CREDITS & LINKS 

MUSIC PROVIDED BY:

Bobby Mackey “Johanna”

REMINDER:

Anyone interested in sharing a story about Hillbilly Horror Stories Jerry Paulley, the deadline to send something is Friday the 13th.

WEEKLY CITY SHOUT OUTS:

*Copenhagen, Denmark
*Wantage, England
*Cerritos, California
*Alness, Scotland
*Brisbane, Australia 
*Grand Lake, Colorado

COVER PHOTO:

Walking around in Hummel Park

Dj Romm13

Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0

STORY BLOCKS:

https://www.storyblocks.com/audio/stock/calming-ombre-smlhcbwvwkepyjmsg.html

PIXABAY:

https://pixabay.com/music/ambient-dark-and-scary-wind-9658/

https://pixabay.com/music/solo-piano-horror-piano-250870/

Located in Richmond, Virginia, stands the gorgeous luxurious Jefferson Hotel. A place where several US presidents, actors, musicians have visited. Alligators once called this place home and is you come for a visit, you may just hear the sound of children laughing, when no children are around.

CREDITS & LINKS 

MUSIC PROVIDED BY:

❤️ Bobby Mackey “Johanna”
❤️Alien Manner “Green Dragon”

WEEKLY CITY SHOUT OUTS:

*Liberty Center, Ohio
*Castelló de La Plana, Spain
*Pawtucket, Rhode Island
*Leominster, Massachusetts
*Laurelton, New York
*Saito, Japan

IN MEMORY & DEDICATED TO:

Toni Mauro. The entire family love you. You are incredibly missed.

COVER PHOTO:

Description: No published or copyright date listed on postcard.
Manufacturer: Valentine & Sons
Date Postmarked: 1910
Rights: This item is in the public domain. Acknowledgement of the Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is requested.
Reference URL: dig.library.vcu.edu/u?/postcard,67

Collection: Rarely Seen Richmond: Early twentieth century Richmond as seen through vintage postcards

VCU Libraries Commons

No known copyright restrictions

Jefferson Hotel, Richmond, Va.

STORY BLOCKS:

https://www.storyblocks.com/audio/stock/someday-we-will-meet-again-orchestra-version-347504900.html

https://www.storyblocks.com/audio/stock/dark-room-hzzasbq0okrap5c03.html

https://www.storyblocks.com/audio/stock/depths-of-the-cursed-waters-349132830.html

https://www.storyblocks.com/audio/stock/a-grim-reality-347003035.html

MY OWN RECORDINGS:

Baby laughing

Tessa shares another journal entry from her beloved grandfather about his time in the Second World War. Every day life, thrills, a little possible romance and a story shared with him that shook him to his core.

CREDITS & LINKS 

WEEKLY CITY SHOUT OUTS:

Tainan City, Taiwan
Windhoek, Nambia
Parsippany, New Jersey 
Glostrup Municipality, Denmark
Middletown, Ohio
Vacaville, California 

COVER PHOTO:

The image is from Tessa's grandpa's private collection from WWII

STORY BLOCKS:

https://www.storyblocks.com/audio/stock/fog-of-war-346995054.html

https://www.storyblocks.com/audio/stock/heroes-march-on-348368151.html

https://www.storyblocks.com/audio/stock/a-triumphant-return-346756185.html

https://www.storyblocks.com/audio/stock/rifle-firing-sgozfi6nuvhk0wxxxej.html

https://www.storyblocks.com/audio/stock/epic-hollywood-tension-build-hr6q9vwawkj25e2qe.html

https://www.storyblocks.com/audio/stock/the-restoration-348432384.html

https://www.storyblocks.com/audio/stock/tank-half-track-start-up-idle-turn-off-military-world-war-ii-bgd-xst38pbk0wxxjkg.html

https://www.storyblocks.com/audio/stock/elder-ashes-347637882.html

https://www.storyblocks.com/audio/stock/epic-storm-349016062.html

Missionary Thomas Baker, along with his followers, travel to the Republic of Fiji, to Viti Levu, where they unsuccessfully try to convert the Chief and his people to Christianity. Things go terribly wrong in the worst possible way.

CREDITS & LINKS 

MUSIC - COURTESY OF:

Bobby Mackey ‘Johanna’

WEEKLY CITY SHOUT OUTS:

Billingshurst, England
Sugar Land, Texas
Saint Simons Island, Georgia
Mitchell, South Dakota
Janesville, Wisconsin
Ontario, California

COVER PHOTO:

A re-enactment of a Cannibal Feast in Fiji, 1869. The meat, the fire, and the cooks.[1]

Coulon

Public domain

A Cannibal Feast in Fiji, 1869 (1898)

1895

PIXABAY:

https://pixabay.com/music/ambient-six-feet-under-dark-ambient-music-156048/

https://pixabay.com/music/nostalgia-the-wait-138639/

https://pixabay.com/music/scary-childrens-tunes-skeleton-in-the-closet-256809/

Tessa talks about some cases about some unfortunate people who died in some of the worse ways possible.

CREDITS & LINKS 

MUSIC - COURTESY OF:

Bobby Mackey ‘Johanna’

COVER PHOTO:

TOP LEFT:

A grizzly bear hiding behind some greenery in Juneau, Alaska. 

Ashley Lee

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0

TOP RIGHT:

Kop van Python reticulatus/Netpython. Foto gemaakt in Serpentarium Blankenberghe BELGIUM. Natuurlijk biotoop: regenwouden van Azië.

Goalsurfer

Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0

BOTTOM LEFT:

Sarah Bernhardt in the famous coffin in which she sometimes studied roles.

SiefkinDR

Public domain

Sarah Bernhardt's coffin 1880

BOTTOM RIGHT:

Helicopter Shaft and Rotor assembly turning

ImagePerson

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0

STORY BLOCKS:

https://www.storyblocks.com/audio/stock/someday-we-will-meet-again-orchestra-version-347504900.html

https://www.storyblocks.com/audio/stock/soft-emotional-piano-quiet-storm-bcc2bmpgdkkodchgq.html

https://www.storyblocks.com/audio/stock/i-will-see-you-again-someday-soft-solo-piano-347488455.html

https://www.storyblocks.com/audio/stock/funeral-elegy-347615865.html

https://www.storyblocks.com/audio/stock/haunted-wasteland-347433678.html

Freddy Heineken and his chauffeur Ab Doderer find themselves in murky water after they are kidnapped by a group of thugs.

💀 CREDITS & LINKS 💀 

MUSIC:

Courtesy of : 

Bobby Mackey (KY) “Johanna”
Alien Manner (CA) “Green Dragon”

COVER PHOTO :

Freddy Heineken

Bogaerts, Rob / Anefo

Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 nl

CITY SHOUTOUTS:

Chicopee, Massachusetts
Palmetto, Florida
Caluire-et-Cuire, France
New Taipei, Taiwan
Greensburg, Pennsylvania
Charles Town, West Virginia

STORY BLOCKS :

https://www.storyblocks.com/audio/stock/true-ghost-stories-348404479.html

https://www.storyblocks.com/audio/stock/purgatory-voices-vision-bghi_e3hlpbk0wxrw8y.html

https://www.storyblocks.com/audio/stock/soft-emotional-piano-quiet-storm-bcc2bmpgdkkodchgq.html

https://www.storyblocks.com/audio/stock/calming-ombre-smlhcbwvwkepyjmsg.html

This Halloween brings a whole new line up of phenomenal people sharing some special stories when it comes to the paranormal and supernatural...

FEATURING SPECIAL GUESTS:

⚰️ Gail Goth
🧛‍♀️ Barry Fitzgerald 
☠️ Miranda Hoot
🧪 KimAnna Cellura
🩸 Ryan Blaker
🐺 Angie Velasquez
🎃 Joan Pillsbury
🧟‍♀️ Joan Gunter 
🦇 Tawni Dawson
🧙 Steve Dawson
🐈‍⬛ Theresa Arguello
🪦 Ronda Mauro

🎃 CREDITS & LINKS 🎃

COVER PHOTO:

 Image was created and provided by
 🧛‍♂️ Tim Fattig

STORY BLOCKS:

https://www.storyblocks.com/audio/stock/happy-halloween-348546198.html

https://www.storyblocks.com/audio/stock/rituals-of-suffering-348533742.html

https://www.storyblocks.com/audio/stock/halloween-ghost-348530955.html

https://www.storyblocks.com/audio/stock/skinwalker-path-348457574.html

https://www.storyblocks.com/audio/stock/true-ghost-stories-348404479.html

https://www.storyblocks.com/audio/stock/it-is-halloween-time-348530960.html

PIXABAY:

https://pixabay.com/music/mystery-horror-spooky-piano-254402/

https://pixabay.com/music/solo-piano-spooky-horror-piano-251201/

https://pixabay.com/music/mystery-dark-horror-background-252905/

https://pixabay.com/music/scary-childrens-tunes-fear-of-halloween-169818/

https://pixabay.com/music/scary-childrens-tunes-cat-in-the-hat-253889/

https://pixabay.com/music/mystery-scary-dark-trailer-146541/

MY OWN RECORDINGS:

Baby laughter

Honestly this episode had me yanking my hair out, cursing under my breath repeatedly, and literally crying. The curse of working on the halloween episode lives on, I ran into challenges, obstacles and a list of tech snafu's - one after another. I started around early and went on till dark, 13 hours... so when you listen please have patience if the sounding isn't completely normal and just know it's because I truly love this podcast and have fun doing it that I didn't give up! This deserves some saving my skin shoutouts...

SAVING MY SKIN SHOUTOUTS:

🐺 Justin Dean (4 hours on video call)
🎃 Dennis Barrett (1 hour on phone/video call)
🧛 Kasey Mauro ( letting me use her computer and software for (re)recording this episode)

In Barcelona, exists a phenomenal burial ground nestled on a hill in Montjuïc Hill known as Montjuïc Cemetery. Some interesting characters are buried here like a horrific serial killer, one of Catalonia's presidents who was executed and more.

💀 CREDITS & LINKS 💀 

INTRO SONG:

Courtesy of the lovely Bobby Mackey (KY)
“Johanna”

Stick the Landing (IL)
“The Headliner”

WEEKLY CITY SHOUT OUTS:

Creedmoor, North Carolina
Merrickville, Canada 
Bognor Regis, England 
Wallingford, Connecticut 
Kirkcaldy, Scotland 
Yukon, Oklahoma

COVER PHOTO:

Found on Wikimedia Commons 

Montjuïc Cemetery (Barcelona)

Emily Prachthauser

Creative Commons Attribution 2.0

PIXABAY:

https://pixabay.com/music/solo-piano-cold-october-soft-piano-music-251673/

https://pixabay.com/music/scary-childrens-tunes-creepy-music-box-halloween-music-horror-scary-spooky-dark-ambient-118577/

STORY BLOCKS:

https://www.storyblocks.com/audio/stock/calming-ombre-smlhcbwvwkepyjmsg.html

Gerald Mauro served in WWII and writes a letter back home to family, nestled in the tiny mountain mining town of Walsenburg, Colorado.

💀 CREDITS & LINKS 💀 

INTRO SONG:

Courtesy of the lovely Bobby Mackey (KY)
“Johanna”

COVER PHOTO:

Photo is from Tessa’s grandfathers private collection

STORY BLOCKS

https://www.storyblocks.com/audio/stock/between-the-war-347189751.html

https://www.storyblocks.com/audio/stock/on-the-edge-of-war-347087902.html

https://www.storyblocks.com/audio/stock/blues-harp-brothers-in-tulsa-349204758.html