A Touch from the Past

This podcast is one part history and one part spooky. Cohost Clark Canez and Jen Curcio explore the history and ghost stories inside a variety of buildings and often find that history is scarier than any haunting.

Episode 41: Paranormal Happenings in Our Lives 11/21/2021

Episode 41: Paranormal Happenings in Our Lives This week, Clark and Jen share recent paranormal happenings with each other. One includes a butt-slapping ghost and the other is a ghost that is mad about their resting place being paved over in Pomona, CA. /episode/index/show/atouchfromthepast/id/21236393

Episode 41: Paranormal Happenings in Our Lives 11/21/2021

Gallus Meg of North Carolina 10/30/2021

Gallus Meg of North Carolina We had the pleasure of talking to Aubrie Williams of and Stephen of the about the Ghost Tours they did in Wilmington, NC and ghost stories of Delaware County, PA aka Jen's birth place. She and Stephen have matching birth goblets from the hospital. Thank you so much for listening. Please give us a rating and review on Apple Podcast to help other Goths find us and share the scare. /episode/index/show/atouchfromthepast/id/20993327

Jen and Clark's Halloween PSA 10/17/2021

Jen and Clark's Halloween PSA This week we are doing something a little different. We are going to be talking about some of the fun Halloween events going on around SoCal. Please go support your local haunt and haunt shop where ever you are. /episode/index/show/atouchfromthepast/id/20844353

St. Francis Dam Disaster 10/10/2021

St. Francis Dam Disaster Hold on tight, this week Jen and Clark talk about The St. Francis Dam disaster. The dam that was supposed to give life to Los Angeles quite literally washed away communities and spelled doom for hundreds as it ripped through the Los Angeles area. As always you can follow us on Instagram for more creepy content. Your hosts are Clark Canez and Jen Curcio, the episode is edited by Clark. The intro music was created by Le Cos. Please give us a rating and review to help other Goths find our podcast! /episode/index/show/atouchfromthepast/id/20764712

The Queen Mary 10/03/2021

The Queen Mary Pack your bags because we’re going on a cruise… on the most haunted ship in the world, the Queen Mary. Built to be the most luxurious liner in the Cunard Line, the Queen Mary has seen it all. From her time as a warship known as the Grey Ghost to her time as a haunted hotel, she has a lot of paranormal activity to offer up. /episode/index/show/atouchfromthepast/id/20684597

Pico House 09/18/2021

Pico House The Pico House is one of the oldest landmarks in Los Angeles. It was built by Pio Pico, the last Governor of California while it was under the rule of Mexico. The building’s purpose was to be the most luxurious hotel and it opened in 1870. Security staff claim to hear footsteps coming from the upper floors and seeing shadowy figures lurking. Like most of the haunted locations we cover, the Pico House had a very real, very tumultuous past. /episode/index/show/atouchfromthepast/id/20519981

The Jet Propulsion Lab's Satanic Beginnings 09/10/2021

The Jet Propulsion Lab's Satanic Beginnings Aaaand we are back! And we're talking about JPL's satanic beginnings. Jack Parsons, the godfather of rocket science himself, was deeply involved with Aleister Crowley's Church of Satan. Jack was so intertwined with the group that the church did rituals in his Pasadena mansion where JPL was started. /episode/index/show/atouchfromthepast/id/20433893

The Disappearance of Jean Spangler 12/15/2020

The Disappearance of Jean Spangler Jean Spangler was a triple threat in Hollywood, she could sing, she could dance, and she could act. /episode/index/show/atouchfromthepast/id/17196089

The Drum Barracks With Jonathan Bradley Welch 11/27/2020

The Drum Barracks With Jonathan Bradley Welch This week we talk to storyteller, and producer, Jonathan Bradley Welch of The Stonewall Democrats about the Drum Barracks, LA’s only Civil War era fort. We also talk about The Unsolved Mysteries tv show, trinkets from beyond and the 2020 U.S. election. /episode/index/show/atouchfromthepast/id/16977074

Spooky Stories with Trance Medium, Anousha Hutton 11/14/2020

Spooky Stories with Trance Medium, Anousha Hutton For so long, we have wanted to talk to a trance medium and this week we finally did it! We spoke to Anousha Hutton about her time as a medium and the very unique encounters she’s had with spirits. The most beautiful takeaway from this interview is what she learned after moving from London to Los Angeles. She speaks about moving to stolen land and how we need to respect those spirits and have empathy for the tremendous trauma they went through. /episode/index/show/atouchfromthepast/id/16806830

Haunted Mansion in Philadelphia with James Bradford 11/01/2020

Haunted Mansion in Philadelphia with James Bradford We talked to the very funny comedian and storyteller James Bradford about his experience renting a room in a beautiful mansion in Philadelphia and learning that the catch was a ghost. Plagued by strange events, the home owner decided to hire a ghost hunting crew to investigate. Listen now to hear about the findings! /episode/index/show/atouchfromthepast/id/16631420

Haunted Mansion in Philadelphia with James Bradford 11/01/2020

The Frightline: Bela Lugosi's Funeral Procession 10/25/2020

The Frightline: Bela Lugosi's Funeral Procession Brought to you by A Touch from the Past Podcast via Google Voice, The Frightline will feature a new story written and produced by Jen Curcio and based on a SoCal urban legend each week. This week, we tell the tale of Bela Lugosi's haunted funeral procession. We hope you enjoy and have a spooky Halloween! Call 323-744-4879 for a scare. /episode/index/show/atouchfromthepast/id/16540520

Disney Ghosts With Rachel Chapman 10/24/2020

Disney Ghosts With Rachel Chapman Greetings Ghoulies! Join us as Rachel Chapman tells tales about the Disney parks. She gives us the rundown on which ghosts are shutting down which rides. Also did you know there was an abandoned Disney water park? Did you know there is a ride where they used real skeletons? Listen to what else we uncover in this episode. /episode/index/show/atouchfromthepast/id/16527944

The Frightline: The Cult of Turnbull Canyon 10/19/2020

The Frightline: The Cult of Turnbull Canyon Brought to you by A Touch from the Past Podcast and Google Voice, The Frightline will feature a new story written and produced by Jen Curcio and based on a SoCal urban legend each week. The best part, it's FREE! This bonus episode is a sample of the Frightline, and we hope it gives you a chill. We know this year Halloween is different, so we wanted to do what we could to bring a little extra fright to the season. We hope you enjoy and have a spooky Halloween! Call 323-744-4879 for a scare. /episode/index/show/atouchfromthepast/id/16452692

Haunted Minnesota with Theo Manhattan 10/17/2020

Haunted Minnesota with Theo Manhattan Clark and Jen talk to comedian extraordinaire, Theo Manhattan! They are the host of the upcoming game show “Dollar’d” on YouTube and apparently they are a magnet for the paranormal and extraterrestrial. We talk about close encounters of the third kind and lost of ghosts laughing. /episode/index/show/atouchfromthepast/id/16437677

The Hollywood Knickerbocker Hotel 10/10/2020

The Hollywood Knickerbocker Hotel Hey Ghoulie! Grab your knickers and head on down to The Hollywood Knickerbocker Hotel. This 1929 hotel has an intense and spooky past. From heartbreak to honeymoons, it has it all. It was home to a magician conference that performed seances to contact Harry Houdini. It was also the site of the the deaths of 2 of Hollywood's biggest jerks. There is even the ghost of the films first heart throbs, Rudolph Valentino. Even though he had died 4 years before it opened. We also have an exciting giveaway from our good friends at Neon Altar, so make sure to follow us for details that are coming soon. And do us a favor...Have a spooky weekend! /episode/index/show/atouchfromthepast/id/16346675

Haunting Explorations with Jason Horton 10/03/2020

Haunting Explorations with Jason Horton Greeting Groovy Ghoulies! Actor, Author and co-host of Ghost Town podcast Jason Horton joins Jen and Clark on the first October episode of the year. He tells us stories of exploring abandon places, a harrowing encounter with a troubled rock star ghost and much more. Pick up his new book "Abandoned and Historic Los Angeles: Neon and Beyond" out now at your local book shop. /episode/index/show/atouchfromthepast/id/16255472

Pascagoula MS with Carl Tart 09/25/2020

Pascagoula MS with Carl Tart Actor, writer, comedian, and host of The Flagrant Ones podcast Carl Tart joins us this week to tell us a tale of a mysterious man walking around his hometown named Booker T and how he possibly saved Carl’s life and then vanished. We also talk about childhood Halloween costumes and trick-or-treating in malls. Join us as Carl takes us to his hometown of Pascagoula, Mississippi via his incredible storytelling skills. /episode/index/show/atouchfromthepast/id/16152008

The Beverly Hills Bermuda Triangle 09/18/2020

The Beverly Hills Bermuda Triangle Check your compass and be careful driving because we're going to the Beverly Hills Bermuda Triangle. In 1946, aviator Howard Hughes crashed the XF-11 into a home. One year later, gangster Bugsy Seigel was shot five times across the street from the crash site. In 1966, Jan Berry of Jan and Dean crashed his 1966 Corvette Stingray into a parked truck. The most bizarre of the tragedies was in November 2010, when publicist Ronni Chasen is shot by an unknown assailant while driving home from a movie premiere. /episode/index/show/atouchfromthepast/id/16069370

A Haunting in Texas w/ Raymond Abel 09/11/2020

A Haunting in Texas w/ Raymond Abel Mega-talented storyteller, Raymond Abel, joins us today to tell us all about his experience at W.B. Ray High School in Corpus Christi, Texas, and a haunted apartment in Los Angeles, CA. Every ghostly interaction he’s had is musical in nature. From a piano-playing ghost to an operatic spirit, Raymond is assembling a paranormal jam band. Speaking of which, at 37 minutes and 46 seconds, you can hear a couple of notes on what sounds like… a recorder. /episode/index/show/atouchfromthepast/id/15980498

The Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood 09/04/2020

The Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood The Roosevelt Hotel opened in 1927 and was the location of the first Academy Award ceremony, it also hosted many after-parties for movie premiers. The Spanish Colonial architecture and lavish interior decor exemplified the lure of Hollywood glitz and glamour. /episode/index/show/atouchfromthepast/id/15889808

The Roswell UFO Crash 08/21/2020

The Roswell UFO Crash Pour yourself a glass of Crystal Pepsi and tear open that bag of taco flavored Doritos, alien-loving children of the '90s because this week we’re talking about Roswell. The site of a UFO crash landing in 1947, not the awesome TV show. /episode/index/show/atouchfromthepast/id/15705059

Haunted House on Mulholland Drive w/ Alexander Rodriguez 08/07/2020

Haunted House on Mulholland Drive w/ Alexander Rodriguez We had the pleasure of getting scared by TV and radio’s Alexander Rodriguez, the host of “On the Rocks with Alexander: Where Celebrities and Cocktails Mix” and boy did he have a terrifying tale of a haunted house on Mulholland Drive! Jen had tears for fears streaming from her eyes after hearing about the aggressive presence in the basement of the house that was once closed off with concrete. What were they trying to keep in?!? And why do the scariest things always happen between 3:00 and 4:00 AM?!? /episode/index/show/atouchfromthepast/id/15518807

UFO's Over LA 07/25/2020

UFO's Over LA What’s that in the sky?! It’s a UFO or a weather balloon or maybe an attention seeking rocket. This week Jen and Clark discuss two times when Angeleno’s had a close encounter of the third kind. The first time took place in the winter of 1942 when tensions were high and people were gullible. A cluster of lights in the sky became the Battle of Los Angeles. The second time was more recent and turned out to be the Falcon 9 rocket, launched without warning by the stunt queen herself, Elon Musk of SpaceX. /episode/index/show/atouchfromthepast/id/15348179

The Batman of Echo Park 07/10/2020

The Batman of Echo Park This week Clark and Jen take you to the LaFayette Park Place murder house where the Batman of Echo Park, as the press dubbed him, murdered Fred Oesterreich after crawling down from his attic where he had been living for four years. One of the most bizarre crimes we’ve ever read about, it’ll definitely make you want to nail your attic shut forever and never trust anyone ever again. /episode/index/show/atouchfromthepast/id/15160727

Greek Theater Part 2 06/26/2020

Greek Theater Part 2 We were all thirsty for ghosts at The Greek, so we invited a friend of the pod and hilarious comedian Mikki Ann Maddox to spill the ghost tea. /episode/index/show/atouchfromthepast/id/14979881

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