Lights Out!

Welcome to Lights Out, your virtual campfire. Join Sylvia Shults, your hostess with the mostest ghosties, as she listens to ordinary people talk about the extraordinary. This is your place for true ghost stories, shared by the people who lived them.

Lights Out 114: Haunted St. Albans 12/02/2024

Lights Out 114: Haunted St. Albans The town of St. Alban's, near London, began as the Roman town of Verulamium. Join me for a stroll around its streets, pointing out the haunted pubs, avenues, and buildings along the way. /episode/index/show/sylviashults/id/34222005

Lights Out Extra: Halloween 2024 10/31/2024

Lights Out Extra: Halloween 2024 Here's a treat -- no trick; an extra Halloween episode of Lights Out. Come explore a haunted cemetery and mausoleum. /episode/index/show/sylviashults/id/33700832

Lights Out 113: Dr. Crippen, The London Cellar Murderer 10/02/2024

Lights Out 113: Dr. Crippen, The London Cellar Murderer 39 Hilldrop Crescent. It sounds like a pleasant English address, maybe a small cottage off a cobblestone street, with flowers in the windowboxes. But this building sits in the heart of a busy London neighborhood. And in 1910, it was the scene of one of the most horrific murders in modern British history. Join me for a look at Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen, the London Cellar Murderer. /episode/index/show/sylviashults/id/33293732

Lights Out 112: Haunted Edinburgh 06/09/2024

Lights Out 112: Haunted Edinburgh Welcome to Scotland, home of Nessie, excellent whiskey, melt-in-your-mouth shortbread, and ghosts. In this episode, we'll explore some of the ghost stories of haunted Edinburgh. /episode/index/show/sylviashults/id/31665562

Lights Out 111: Hellfire Caves 03/16/2024

Lights Out 111: Hellfire Caves Pretend you're a wealthy English lord in the middle of the 18th century. You've just gotten back from a Grand Tour of the Continent, and you want to keep the party going. How do you do that? You start up a not-so-secret club, and you build yourself a super cool underground cave fort for you and your friends to hang out in. Let's visit Sir Francis Dashwood's Hellfire Caves with our guide, Cieran O'Keeffe, host for 14 seasons of Most Haunted. /episode/index/show/sylviashults/id/30402448

Lights Out 110: Stairway to Heaven 01/14/2024

Lights Out 110: Stairway to Heaven On March 3, 1943, tragedy struck in London, at the Bethnal Green Tube station. People on their way down to the station to seek shelter from a air raid were caught in a crush when one person fell. Fifteen seconds later, 173 people were dead. The Stairway to Heaven is the Bethnal Green memorial, where the victims are remembered. But the ghosts of this tragedy do their own remembering late at night, when the trains fall silent. Join me for a walk around this touching monument. /episode/index/show/sylviashults/id/29475738

Lights Out Extra: Christmas 2023 12/15/2023

Lights Out Extra: Christmas 2023 The tragic disappearance of the Sodder children, on Christmas Eve 1945, began in flames and ended in enduring mystery. How could five children simply vanish from their bedrooms without a trace? The unsolved mystery continues to haunt West Virginia today. /episode/index/show/sylviashults/id/29097618

Lights Out 109: Haunted Museum, Nottingham 11/24/2023

Lights Out 109: Haunted Museum, Nottingham The Haunted Museum in Nottingham, England, is four glorious floors of creepy artifacts galore. Join me for a stroll through the museum, if you dare. I'll even let you hold one of the haunted skulls. /episode/index/show/sylviashults/id/28782123

Lights Out 108: Victoria & Albert Museum 11/23/2023

Lights Out 108: Victoria & Albert Museum The Victoria & Albert Museum in London, one of the largest museums in the world, is home to two haunted objects; the Great Bed of Ware, and a chair that once belonged to the wife of 18th century actor David Garrick. Come along and explore them with me! /episode/index/show/sylviashults/id/28769353

Lights Out 107: Hampton Court Palace, Berry Pomeroy Castle 10/23/2023

Lights Out 107: Hampton Court Palace, Berry Pomeroy Castle Travel to England to visit Henry VIII's opulent Hampton Court Palace, scene of several hauntings. And take a peek at Berry Pomeroy Castle, home of both a White Lady and a Blue Lady ... the sight of both of them is an omen of certain death. Are you brave enough to go Lights Out? /episode/index/show/sylviashults/id/28391588

Lights Out 106: Willard Library 07/30/2023

Lights Out 106: Willard Library Willard Library, in Evansville, Indiana, is home to the Grey Lady. Is she the disgruntled daughter of the library's founder? Tune in to find out! /episode/index/show/sylviashults/id/27602895

Lights Out Extra: Christmas 2022 12/11/2022

Lights Out Extra: Christmas 2022 Here is my Christmas present to you all: an extra episode of Lights Out. In this episode, we'll hear a reading of "Smee", a short story by A. M. Burrage from 1931. Burrage brings the spooky with this ghostly tale. Merry Christmas! /episode/index/show/sylviashults/id/25287561

Lights Out #105: Kasey Cemetery 12/07/2022

Lights Out #105: Kasey Cemetery Ready for another walk in the woods? Come along with me, but be warned ... there are creepier things than ghosts in the forest. /episode/index/show/sylviashults/id/25247430

Lights Out #104: Robinson Cemetery 10/02/2022

Lights Out #104: Robinson Cemetery Join me for a walk through haunted woods on the night before Halloween. What secrets lie beneath the fallen leaves and tilted headstones? /episode/index/show/sylviashults/id/24558054

Lights Out 103: Pennhurst Asylum 07/08/2022

Lights Out 103: Pennhurst Asylum Pennhurst Asylum is one of the most actively haunted places in Pennsylvania. Its legacy of patient abuse and neglect casts a long shadow over the history of mental health care in the United States. But to many people, this was home, for better or for worse. Come inside the gloomy halls of this long-abandoned asylum and meet its resident spirits. /episode/index/show/sylviashults/id/23689397

Lights Out 102: Return to Malvern Manor 03/20/2022

Lights Out 102: Return to Malvern Manor A hotel. A nursing home. A group home. Malvern Manor has been through many incarnations, and all that energy is still swirling in the grand old building. Join me for a return to this active location ... and this time, we're staying there overnight. /episode/index/show/sylviashults/id/22503452

Lights Out 101: The Watseka Wonder 02/18/2022

Lights Out 101: The Watseka Wonder In the 19th century, Spiritualists believed that the dead could speak, and interact with the living. They may have been on to something ... The story of the Watseka Wonder is a tale of spirit possession, one young girl helping another to avoid the same fate she had suffered years before. /episode/index/show/sylviashults/id/22175324

Lights Out #100: Pickett's Charge 07/02/2021

Lights Out #100: Pickett's Charge July 3, 1863. The third day of fighting at Gettysburg. The Confederate Army pushed as far as it would ever go into Northern territory at the High Water Mark at the end of Pickett's Charge. Let's investigate this incredible piece of history together. /episode/index/show/sylviashults/id/19681493

Lights Out #99: Confederate Camp 06/04/2021

Lights Out #99: Confederate Camp Around 30,000 soldiers needed medical care after the Battle of Gettysburg. Bivouacs became hospitals for the care of the wounded. Join me for a walk through eight acres of haunted woods, as we explore a Confederate camp and field hospital. Find more information at /episode/index/show/sylviashults/id/19351571

Lights Out #98: Gettysburg Ghost Stories 04/16/2021

Lights Out #98: Gettysburg Ghost Stories The veil between the worlds is thin in Gettysburg. Many people have had ghostly encounters with the the spirits that still linger in the town and on the battlefield. /episode/index/show/sylviashults/id/18745172

Lights Out: Devil's Den 03/14/2021

Lights Out: Devil's Den The rocky area of Devil's Den and Little Round Top saw some of the fiercest fighting on July 2, 1863, the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg. What paranormal effects has this had since the battle? Join me to find out. /episode/index/show/sylviashults/id/18320753

Lights Out 96: Gettysburg Ghost Tour 02/28/2021

Lights Out 96: Gettysburg Ghost Tour Take a stroll around downtown Gettysburg with me and listen to some wicked cool ghost stories. /episode/index/show/sylviashults/id/18128363

Lights Out 95: Orphanage and Jennie Wade House 01/28/2021

Lights Out 95: Orphanage and Jennie Wade House The people of Gettysburg didn't go looking for a battle; the battle came to them. In this episode, we'll visit not one, but two haunted places touched by the war. The Old Orphanage was a sanctuary for war orphans ... until things went horribly wrong. And just across the street is the house where Jennie Wade, the only civilian killed in the battle, lost her life. /episode/index/show/sylviashults/id/17721389

Lights Out #94: Sachs Bridge 01/03/2021

Lights Out #94: Sachs Bridge Welcome to the first episode in the Gettysburg series! Sachs Bridge is a gorgeous little covered bridge just outside Gettysburg. In 1863, three Confederate soldiers were hanged from the bridge after being discovered hiding amongst Union troops. Do they still linger on the bridge? /episode/index/show/sylviashults/id/17405759

Lights Out Extra: Christmas 2020 12/24/2020

Lights Out Extra: Christmas 2020 I know, I know, it's kind of weird to be doing an "extra" Lights Out episode, when Episode 100 is in view. But I had ... a request? Sort of? Just listen to the episode. You'll see what I mean. Enjoy, and Merry Christmas. /episode/index/show/sylviashults/id/17323310

Lights Out #93: Queen of Heaven Mausoleum 11/23/2020

Lights Out #93: Queen of Heaven Mausoleum The mausoleum at Queen of Heaven Cemetery is a massive collection of marble, art, and dead people. Join me for a stroll through the beauty of this exquisite resting place. /episode/index/show/sylviashults/id/16920200

Lights Out #92: Queen of Heaven Cemetery 11/15/2020

Lights Out #92: Queen of Heaven Cemetery On December 1, 1958, one of the worst tragedies in Chicago's history took the lives of 93 children and three nuns. The fire at Our Lady of the Angels grade school is still remembered today as one of the darkest days of Chicago's past. Join me for a visit to the Shrine of the Holy Innocents, a memorial to those lost in the fire. /episode/index/show/sylviashults/id/16811882

Lights Out #91: Wisconsin Dells Ghost Tour 09/25/2020

Lights Out #91: Wisconsin Dells Ghost Tour Want to take a stroll in beautiful Wisconsin Dells and hear some ghost stories? You're in luck! Sit back and enjoy some spooky tales, including stories of a haunted pinball machine, a Confederate spy, and a hungry spirit that likes sandwiches. /episode/index/show/sylviashults/id/16149767

Lights Out #90: Ripley's Believe It Or Not Museum 07/23/2020

Lights Out #90: Ripley's Believe It Or Not Museum Ripley's Believe It or Not Museum in Wisconsin Dells is a treasure trove of the delightfully bizarre. With all the oddities contained in the museum's collection -- a sculpture of a python made of fingernails, a West African "hate doll", a picture made of toaster crumbs -- it's no surprise that the museum is, in fact, haunted. Come along with me as we explore the treasures within this fascinating place. /episode/index/show/sylviashults/id/15325562

Lights Out #89: U-505 06/23/2020

Lights Out #89: U-505 The U-505, housed at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry, is the only German submarine captured during World War II. Secrecy around the capture was paramount. But how do you hide something that's a city block long? We'll take a deep dive into the history and hauntings on this magnificent boat. /episode/index/show/sylviashults/id/14932934

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