The Ghost Furnace Podcast

The Ghost Furnace Podcast is comprised of three friends who share an interest in the paranormal. We have roundtable discussions about encounters involving the unexplained entities and anomalies.

Sky Canada Project 09/07/2025

Sky Canada Project The Ghost Furnace - Episode 130 "Sky Canada Project" This week we look at a fascinating, and remarkably well put together report on the state of UPA reporting in Canada. They do an excellent job laying out the elements in the databases and reporting that work, and what they lack. Then make some very sound recommendations on how we can all benefit from centralized reporting to better study the wide variety of phenomena and bring together the disparate groups to further everyone's understanding. Here is a link to the full report: If you have a story you'd like to share, you can find us on Instagram, YouTube or [email protected] /episode/index/show/theghostfurnacepodcast/id/38115655

Hell Money 08/31/2025

Hell Money The Ghost Furnace - Episode 129 "Hell Money" On this week's episode we are reunited to chat around some feedback from the last few weeks we wanted to share with everyone. Then Nic has a story from the other side of the globe which sounds eerily familiar to stories we have spoken about before. But what are hungry ghosts and what does hell money have to do with this? We'll learn together. If you have a story you'd like to share, you can find us on Instagram, YouTube and [email protected] /episode/index/show/theghostfurnacepodcast/id/38035130

The Legendary & Historic Johannes Kelpius w/ Timothy Grieve-Carlson 08/25/2025

The Legendary & Historic Johannes Kelpius w/ Timothy Grieve-Carlson The Ghost Furnace - Episode 128 “The Legendary & Historic Johannes Kelpius w/ Timothy Grieve-Carlson” On this week's episode we talk with author Timothy Grieve-Carlson about Johannes Kelpius. This is a conversation I’ve been wanting to have since first reading his book “” last year. We look at both the historic and legendary versions of Kelpius and attempt to parse what we can learn from both. Timothy has two upcoming events you all might be interested in. First we will be giving a presentation titled “The Wizard of the Wissahickon: The Life and Legacy of Johannes Kelpius” at the at the Wissahickon Valley Park on September 17th at 6pm. Then the Ephrata Cloister Museum, who you can reach out to for details, will host his talk on an early American poltergeist case at 7pm on September 18th. If you have a story you'd like to share, you can find us on YouTube, Instagram or [email protected] /episode/index/show/theghostfurnacepodcast/id/37937590

Thwarted 08/17/2025

Thwarted The Ghost Furnace - Episode 127 "Thwarted" Due to some unexplainable technical difficulties, we were unable to record the UAP related show we had planned. However, we wanted to make sure you all got a full length episode to help get you through the dog days of summer. So, we have a compilation of three Dr. PA episodes which were recorded around the same time in 2020. These are three of my favorites and all have elements we have touched on during previous Ghost Furnace episodes. If you have a story you'd like to share, you can find us on Instagram, YouTube and [email protected] /episode/index/show/theghostfurnacepodcast/id/37848975

The Seneca Drums 08/10/2025

The Seneca Drums The Ghost Furnace - Episode 126 - "The Seneca Drums" On this episode we head to the beautiful finger lakes of update New York. Among the picturesque scenery we have the setting for a bonafide scientific mystery, the Seneca Drums. These unaccounted for booms are labeled as everything from sky quakes, seismic activity, geologic gas, distant thunder and everything in between. But what is the source of the loud noises that pierce the otherwise tranquil landscape? Scientific conjecture seems to be coming up short. Or, does this deep lake hold even more secrets? If you have a story you'd like to share, you can reach out on Instagram, YouTube or [email protected] /episode/index/show/theghostfurnacepodcast/id/37745975

Summer 2025 Update 08/03/2025

Summer 2025 Update Quick update for everyone, we have lots of episodes in the works and will be back to our normal schedule shortly. /episode/index/show/theghostfurnacepodcast/id/37647410

Big Cat Bonanza 07/20/2025

Big Cat Bonanza The Ghost Furnace - Episode 125 "Big Cat Bonanza" The only thing better than a cat is a big cat right? Well, that might be the case the majority of the time, but not so much if you are a resident, farmer or sheep in England. On this episode, we look at the big cat phenomena that has been developing and shifting over the last hundred years, or longer, in England's countryside. The unique element to this apparent cryptid is the scope and depth of the evidence, stories and investigations which have taken place over the years. Attacks, sightings and physical evidence leave a lot to comb through. What do you think is staking the moors of Old Albion? If you have a story you'd like to share, you can find us on Instagram and YouTube, or [email protected] /episode/index/show/theghostfurnacepodcast/id/37467580

Brinton Lodge 07/13/2025

Brinton Lodge The Ghost Furnace - Episode 124 "Brinton Lodge" This week we have our latest edition to our unofficial "Haunted taverns of Pennsylvania" series. The Brinton Lodge has an impressive history regarding both its context in local affairs and as a seasoned paranormal hotspot. When you find a place like this that checks so many of the typical boxes, does that signal that it is legitimately haunted, or that it's merely collected every trope our collective consciousness can throw at it? If you have a story you'd like to share, please reach out to us on Instagram, Youtube or [email protected] /episode/index/show/theghostfurnacepodcast/id/37385845

Infrasound 07/06/2025

Infrasound The Ghost Furnace - Episode 123 - Ghost Lite No.9 "Infrasound" Do you ever just get a bad feeling in a place that, otherwise, seems perfectly normal? Well there are myriad reasons this feeling could be creeping into your bones, maybe there is a discarnate entity nearby, perhaps you're hanging out above a layline, or maybe there is a much more mundane source. In this ghost lite we look at the research of a engineer who may foil (pun intended) the spectral origins to those feelings. Here are the links to the articles we reference this week, highly recommend giving them a read. article and , and articles. If you have a story you'd like to share, you can find us on Instagram, YouTube and [email protected] /episode/index/show/theghostfurnacepodcast/id/37291635

The Albatwitch 06/29/2025

The Albatwitch The Ghost Furnace - Episode 122 "The Albatwitch" On this episode of the Ghost Furnace we head out to the eastern part of the commonwealth to a beautiful ridge called Chickies Rock to take a closer look at recent sightings of one of the strangest denizens in a place full of weirdness. The albatwitch often gets categorized as juvenile bigfoot, a curious mark in history, or merely the subject of local tourism, but might this small creature be hiding some large revelations about the world around us and our place in it? If you have a story you'd like to share, you can find us on Instagram, YouTube or [email protected] /episode/index/show/theghostfurnacepodcast/id/37209785

Beechwood Farms 06/15/2025

Beechwood Farms The Ghost Furnace - Episode 121 "Beechwood Farms" On this week's episode Bond shares a story of a weird occurrence while on a hike with friends. For how much time we spend in the woods and reportedly creepy places, it's funny how little seems to actually happen when we are looking for it. This is an example of a very likely mundane, yet perplexing little happening. Do you have a story you'd like to share? You can find us on YouTube, Instagram or [email protected] /episode/index/show/theghostfurnacepodcast/id/37012770

Western Maryland Folklore w/ Susan Fair 06/01/2025

Western Maryland Folklore w/ Susan Fair The Ghost Furnace - Episode 120 “Western Maryland Folklore w/ Susan Fair” This week we sit down with author and researcher Susan Fair to talk about some of Western Maryland's most interesting stories. Focusing mainly on a few of the stranger creatures reported we are able to highlight both some familiar elements along with some new perspectives. As we often find with the more fantastical side of the cryptid spectrum, the more you dig into these creatures, the more we learn about ourselves. By putting these denizens of the four westernmost counties in this diverse state in context of the past, we learn about the present. You can find Susan’s books anywhere quality books are sold -American Witches: A Broomstick Tour through Four Centuries -Maryland Spells: An Incomplete Compendium of Magic Spells and Superstitions From the Old Line State -Mysteries and Lore of Western Maryland: Snallygasters, Dogmen and other Mountain Tales If you have a story you’d like to share, you can reach out to us on Instagram, YouTube or /episode/index/show/theghostfurnacepodcast/id/36802435

Grumblethorpe 05/25/2025

Grumblethorpe The Ghost Furnace - Episode 119 "Grumblethorpe" On this episode we are back in historic Philadelphia, with a house that saw six generations of one family, many historical events, countless visitors and supposedly a few ghosts. This Wister family is well known and documented in the commonwealth's history but this story was new to us. It's exciting to find a place like this which seems beloved by so many in the area for a variety of reasons, so whether you are there for the gardens, wedding, an educational tour or the spirits... you'll make some memories either way we expect. If you have a story you'd like to share, you can find us on Instagram, YouTube or [email protected] /episode/index/show/theghostfurnacepodcast/id/36700750

Hairy Hands of Dartmouth 05/19/2025

Hairy Hands of Dartmouth The Ghost Furnace - Episode 118 "Hairy Hands of Dartmouth" On this week's episode, we head back across the pond for more UK folklore. This time to a very specific region of Dartmouth along B3212 near Postbridge. This story has been the subject of many newspaper articles, books and conjectures going back over 100 years. In many ways, it has familiar elements we've looked at in other tales, but this one has some very unique characteristics which make for an interesting inspection. If you have a story you'd like to share, you can find us on Instagram, YouTube and [email protected] /episode/index/show/theghostfurnacepodcast/id/36617905

The Morgawr 05/05/2025

The Morgawr The Ghost Furnace - Episode 117 "The Morgawr" This week we head back across the pond for another Cornish legend which had been sighted many times over the last 100+ years, but never decidedly identified. With so much of the ocean inaccessible by conventional means, it lends itself to stories. When you have an area where so many residents live near, work on, and love the water, it is natural that stories of unknowable beasts come to the surface. Is the Morgawr a single creature, a relic population of marine reptiles or something yet more strange? If you have a story you'd like to share, you can find us on Youtube, Instagram or [email protected] /episode/index/show/theghostfurnacepodcast/id/36431380

Dr. PA - Lost Children of the Alleghenies 04/27/2025

Dr. PA - Lost Children of the Alleghenies The Ghost Furnace - Episode 116 "Dr. PA - Lost Children of the Alleghenies" The week we do something a little different. Before Mike started the Ghost Furnace, Nic and I had a Pennsylvania centric history/folklore podcast that ran from late 2015 until sometime in 2023. It had a different style and format but many of the topics either informed or would expand into elements we talk about on this show. So we wanted to start sharing them with everyone when we have a week like this, where both of us are crazy busy and don't have time to sit down and talk spooky stories with all of you. Let us know what you think about this early take of ours on the Lost Children of the Alleghenies, and if you like us digging into these archives from time to time. If you have a story you'd like to share, you can find us on Youtube, Instagram or [email protected] /episode/index/show/theghostfurnacepodcast/id/36324035

State College Sasquatch 04/20/2025

State College Sasquatch The Ghost Furnace - Episode 115 "State College Sasquatch" This week we look at a recent report of a bigfoot in an unlikely, and familiar location. The area along Spring Creek between State College and Bellefonte is a place we have fished many times over the years. It holds a special place in our hearts. So when we heard someone had recently reported a class A encounter, we were eager to look into the story. In many ways this is a textbook sighting, how that affects your opinion of the veracity of the story is up to interpretation. Here is a link to the BFRO report we reference in the episode: If you have a story you'd like to share or a topic you'd like us to research, you can find us on Instagram, Youtube and [email protected] /episode/index/show/theghostfurnacepodcast/id/36232040

Confluence 04/13/2025

Confluence The Ghost Furnace - Episode 114 "Confluence" On this episode of the Ghost Furnace we look at two seemingly paranormal disappearances, one of Charles Ashmore and David Lang. These stories have all the hallmarks, tropes and clues that lead to conjecture of everything from aliens to other dimensions. As per usual, the thread of truth and clarity that runs through these stories isn't what we expected, but maybe should have. If you have a story you'd like to share, you can find us on Instagram, YouTube and [email protected] /episode/index/show/theghostfurnacepodcast/id/36111915

Bedford Springs 03/30/2025

Bedford Springs The Ghost Furnace - Episode 113 - "Bedford Springs" As we are coming out of the dregs of winter we, like many of you, are looking to travel. There's lots of different options out there given your preferences, destinations and budget but one thing that'll always float to the top of that priority list is a haunted hotel. Bedford Springs is an sulfer spring spa, hotel and resort along the well established route from the coast, into the interior of the country. Lots of history, people and stories mix in this location to create a space which is primed for a haunting. We'll share some of its stories and look at how these types of establishments fit into our history and folklore. If you have a story you'd like to share, you can find us on Instagram, YouTube and [email protected] /episode/index/show/theghostfurnacepodcast/id/35920220

Wildwood Cemetery 03/23/2025

Wildwood Cemetery The Ghost Furnace - Episode 112 "Wildwood Cemetery" On this week's episode we head to the center of our commonwealth to Williamsport. To a particular cemetery that has a few intriguing features and stories to match. Apparitions, anomalous lights, restless bodies and ancestral remnants all divided by a line of demarcation that seems to represent the light and dark itself. If you have a story you'd like to share, feedback, or something we should research, you can find us on YoutTube and Instagram or [email protected] /episode/index/show/theghostfurnacepodcast/id/35822485

Dangers Both Real & Imagined 03/16/2025

Dangers Both Real & Imagined The Ghost Furnace Podcast - Episode 111 "Dangers Both Real & Imagined" In this episode we go down the line to the commonwealth of Kentucky. Under a large steel trestle railroad bridge flows a quiet creek. However, in this secluded location, people from all over gather thanks to an unbelievable story about a monster which supposedly haunted this bridge. The story is told over and over again, just like other urban legends all over the world. The part that often seems overlooked in these stories, is the real danger that comes with putting yourself in the path of these phantoms. The Pope Lick monster is an unusually potent cautionary tale, one everyone should pay attention to. to the film we reference in this episode Do you have a story you'd like to share? You can find us on Instagram, YouTube or [email protected] /episode/index/show/theghostfurnacepodcast/id/35716595

The Ring in the Basement 03/09/2025

The Ring in the Basement The Ghost Furnace - Episode 110 "The Ring in the Basement" The role video plays in the paranormal hasn't changed much over the years. People generally see what they want, or don't want to see in them. What has changed is the prevalence and quality of cameras in not only our investigations, but our day to day lives. This week we look at three videos shared with us that seem to contain anomalies. Ghosts or not, videos like this give us a great example of why deciding what we are often looking at reported video evidence of the paranormal is still just as complex and confounding to figure out as it ever was. /episode/index/show/theghostfurnacepodcast/id/35589945

I Have Never Minded the Loneliness w/ Timothy Renner 02/23/2025

I Have Never Minded the Loneliness w/ Timothy Renner The Ghost Furnace EP 109 - "I Have Never Minded the Loneliness w/ Timothy Renner" On this episode we speak with Tim Renner about his newest book "I Have Never Minded the Loneliness - Hermits and Their Stories". Tim explores the lives, histories, and folklore surrounding these curious individuals who decide to live apart from society. We talk about some notable characters that give a glimpse into why hermits are so consistently fascinating to so many people over the years. This book also features some stunning photographs and beautiful original illustrations. You can find this, along with Tim's other books, podcast, Patreon, art and music at If you have a story you'd like to share, you can find us on , and [email protected] Book cover provided for the episode artwork features a cabinet card photograph of Brusher Mills, hermit and snake-catcher. From the collection of Timothy Renner. /episode/index/show/theghostfurnacepodcast/id/35391385

Ghost Lite No.8 "Unsolved Mysteries" 02/16/2025

Ghost Lite No.8 "Unsolved Mysteries" The Ghost Furnace - Episode 108 "Ghost Lite No.8 Unsolved Mysteries" On this ghost lite, we have the first in what will hopefully be a mini series, we celebrate Unsolved Mysteries. This is a show that introduced many people, so many strange topics. Though more importantly, it set a tone for contextualizing the paranormal in modern American media that we can still see the impacts of today. If you have thoughts, or a story you'd like to share, you can find us on Youtube, Instagram or [email protected] /episode/index/show/theghostfurnacepodcast/id/35296715

The Falcon Lake Incident 02/09/2025

The Falcon Lake Incident The Ghost Furnace - Episode 107 "The Falcon Lake Incident" On this episode of the Ghost Furnace, we look at one of the most famous cases in Canadian UFO lore, Falcon Lake. What sets this 1967 case apart is the presence of physical evidence, the massive response by the public and officials, and the legacy it produced. What do you think Stephen Michalak had a run in with on that fateful day? If you have a story you'd like to share, you can find us on Instagram, Facebook, Youtube and [email protected] /episode/index/show/theghostfurnacepodcast/id/35206220

Big Bear 01/26/2025

Big Bear The Ghost Furnace - Episode 106 "Big Bear" On this week's episode we look at the resort town of Big Bear, nestled in the San Bernardino national forest. Tourists come in to enjoy the lake, high desert, forests and all the other natural attractions the area has to offer. When people gather and relax in the great outdoors, it's natural to tell a few stories to pass the time. We look at some of those stories and what locations like this, with huge fluctuations in population, might have to tell us about the nature of our reality. If you have a story you'd like to share, you can find us on Facebook, Instagram, Youtube and [email protected] /episode/index/show/theghostfurnacepodcast/id/35008790

Old Man of the Forest 01/05/2025

Old Man of the Forest The Ghost Furnace - Episode 105 "Old Man of the Forest" On this week's episode we look at a few creatures which have made the jump from folkloric rumors to taxonomized records of mainstream science. An occurrence which doesn't happen often, but when it does, there is a blueprint established which allows for speculation on what else might be out there in our vast world. If you have feedback or a story you'd like to share, you can find us on Instagram, Youtube, Facebook and at [email protected] /episode/index/show/theghostfurnacepodcast/id/34722640

Two Taverns 12/29/2024

Two Taverns The Ghost Furnace -Episode 104 "Two Taverns" On this episode we look at two historically interesting locations in the city of brotherly love. Both the City Tavern and The General Wayne have wild stories, even without all the ghosts. Some of the stories which come out of these places reflect the hundreds of years of history that we don't often see in public/commercial locations in the states. Here is the City Tavern photo we reference: Please check out our, now award winning, episode on If you have a story you'd like to share, find us on Instagram, Facebook, Youtube or [email protected] /episode/index/show/theghostfurnacepodcast/id/34641555

Occam's Laser 12/22/2024

Occam's Laser The Ghost Furnace - Episode 103 "Occam's Laser" On this week's episode we look at the rash of drone sightings happening on the east coast recently. There are a lot of videos out there showing various lights in the sky. Theories range from the very mundane to the very strange. How this "flap" is being reported, discussed and documented is reminiscent of other UFO incidents that draw some interesting parallels and contrasts. Here is a link to the 1952 video Nic references: Vote for us in the Hellie Awards here: Check out our exclusive episode on Monsters in Man-Made Lakes over on the Fear Daily feed here: If you have a story you'd like to share or something you'd like us to look into, you can find us on Instagram, Facebook, Youtube and [email protected] /episode/index/show/theghostfurnacepodcast/id/34569570

Ghost Lite No.7 "Serbian Dancing Lady" 12/08/2024

Ghost Lite No.7 "Serbian Dancing Lady" The Ghost Furnace Podcast - Episode 102 - "Ghost Lite No.7 Serbian Dancing Lady" On this Ghost Lite we look at the relatively new phenomenon of the Serbian Dancing Lady. If you do a quick search you'll find many different videos with a common theme and a creepy vibe. Regardless of the origin of this person, it's a strange case which has parallels to other modern folklore. If you have a story or thoughts to share, you can find us on Instagram, Youtube, Facebook or [email protected] Please check out our episode on Hemlocks to Hellbenders and vote for us in their Hellie Awards! Episode: Voting: /episode/index/show/theghostfurnacepodcast/id/34329885

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