Everything is Spooky in the Dark

Serial killers? Hanging Gallows? Ghosts that love to torment guests? Edinburgh's White Hart Inn has it all. Enjoy this month's podcast all about Edinburgh's haunted pub, the White Hart Inn. Hosted by Crystal - https://wanderingcrystal.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@wanderingcrystal Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wanderingcrystal TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@wanderingcrystal Twitter: https://twitter.com/wandercrystal Music - Myuu - thedarkpiano.com

Warlocks, exorcisms and ghosts. The Tolbooth Tavern is shrouded in dark history. Enjoy this month's podcast all about Edinburgh's haunted pub, the Tolbooth Tavern. Check out the blog post: https://www.wanderingcrystal.com/tolbooth-tavern-edinburgh/ Hosted by Crystal - https://wanderingcrystal.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@wanderingcrystal TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@wanderingcrystal Twitter: https://twitter.com/wandercrystal Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/wanderingcrystal Music - Myuu - thedarkpiano.com

This month's episode takes you to Rothiemurchus Forest in Scotland. The haunted grave of Seath Mor - The Great Shaw - will challenge you, and your response will determine your fate. Hosted by Crystal - https://wanderingcrystal.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@wanderingcrystal TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@wanderingcrystal Twitter: https://twitter.com/wandercrystal Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/wanderingcrystal Music - Myuu - thedarkpiano.com

Deep below Edinburgh's city streets sit the haunted Blair Street Vaults. The vaults are filled with multiple ghosts, but there is one sinister spirit that makes his presence known. Hear the spooky tales of The Watcher, also known as Mr. Boots, in this month's episode of Everything is Spooky in the Dark. Do you want more dark history about Scotland? Check out the blog below. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@wanderingcrystal Visit the site - https://wanderingcrystal.com TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@wanderingcrystal Twitter: https://twitter.com/wandercrystal Music: Myuu - thedarkpiano.com

Half Hangit Maggie was hanged to death in 1724 and on the way to her burial, she woke up. Learn the story about Maggie Dickson - the woman who survived being hanged, in this month's episode of Everything is Spooky in the Dark. Do you want more dark history about Scotland? Check out the blog below. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@wanderingcrystal Visit the site - https://wanderingcrystal.com TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@wanderingcrystal Twitter: https://twitter.com/wandercrystal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wandering_crystal Music: Myuu - thedarkpiano.com

Edinburgh is one of the most haunted cities in the world. With so much dark history, there must be at least a few ghost stories, right? Edinburgh Castle is one of the best paranormal hot spots in Edinburgh. Check out which ghosts haunt Edinburgh Castle, and let me know if you've come into contact with any of them. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@wanderingcrystal Visit the site - https://wanderingcrystal.com TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@wanderingcrystal Twitter: https://twitter.com/wandercrystal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wandering_crystal Music: Myuu - thedarkpiano.com

The Hoia Baciu Forest in Romania is said to be the world's most haunted forest. They say some people enter and are never seen again. Would you step foot in the world's most haunted forest? Haunted Places in Romania: https://www.wanderingcrystal.com/most-haunted-places-and-spooky-spots-in-romania/ Hosted by Crystal - https://wanderingcrystal.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6rcMK4L9LXEb0RWzA4COZw TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@wanderingcrystal Twitter: https://twitter.com/wandercrystal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wandering_crystal Music - Myuu - thedarkpiano.com

Savannah Georgia is one of the most haunted cities in the United States. Enter into the spooky world of tour guide and collector of ghost stories Enocha Edenfield. Visit Enocha at https://enochaedenfieldtours.com Hosted by Crystal - https://wanderingcrystal.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6rcMK4L9LXEb0RWzA4COZw TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@wanderingcrystal Twitter: https://twitter.com/wandercrystal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wandering_crystal Music - Myuu - thedarkpiano.com

In this podcast, we speak to Rosie Grant about cemetery history, facts, graveyard dad jokes and all things spooky! Visit Rosie on Tiktok @ghostlyarchive and Instagram at @laflaneure Hosted by Crystal - https://wanderingcrystal.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6rcMK4L9LXEb0RWzA4COZw TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@wanderingcrystal Twitter: https://twitter.com/wandercrystal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wandering_crystal Music - Myuu - thedarkpiano.com

Who haunts the Lizzie Borden House? After the brutal double murder that took place in 1892, the ghosts that linger in the house might not be who you would suspect. Hosted by Crystal - https://wanderingcrystal.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6rcMK4L9LXEb0RWzA4COZw TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@wanderingcrystal Twitter: https://twitter.com/wandercrystal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wandering_crystal Music - Myuu - Misconception

New Orleans is full of spooky places and haunted locations. Join me as we chat with Travis, a New Orleans local who worked at the very haunted Bourbon Orleans hotel. Visit Travis - https://www.instagram.com/frostbite_snoballsandtreats/ & https://www.instagram.com/sylvesterinvestments504/ Hosted by Crystal - https://wanderingcrystal.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6rcMK4L9LXEb0RWzA4COZw TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@wanderingcrystal Twitter: https://twitter.com/wandercrystal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wandering_crystal Music - Myuu - Misconception

New Orleans is a city full of a dark history. From the vampire lore of the Casket Girls to the grim history of the Carter Brothers. Learn the history of the Vampires of New Orleans. Special thanks to Brian Harrison of Exemplore for the history of Count Saint Germain Hosted by Crystal - https://wanderingcrystal.com TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@wanderingcrystal Twitter: https://twitter.com/wandercrystal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wandering_crystal Music - Myuu - Misconception

TW: Sexual Assault The ghost of Thomas Weir still haunts the streets of Edinburgh, Scotland. Why was a respected religious Major executed for serious crimes? What was the truth behind Edinburgh's Wizard of West Bow - Thomas Weir. Special thanks to George Sinclair's Satan's Invisible World Discovered and to Ryan of the Unearthed Podcast (go check him out!) Hosted by Crystal - https://wanderingcrystal.com TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@wanderingcrystal Twitter: https://twitter.com/wandercrystal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wandering_crystal Music - Myuu - Cursed Stories, Collapse and Nebula

Was Charles Lechmere/Charles Cross more than an innocent bystander in the infamous Jack the Ripper murders? Or was he one of the most suspicious men in the case? Was Charles Lechmere Jack the Ripper? Let's go over the details. Thanks to Hell's Belle and Jack the Ripper - The Missing Evidence Hosted by Crystal - https://wanderingcrystal.com TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@wanderingcrystal Twitter: https://twitter.com/wandercrystal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wandering_crystal Facebook: https://facebook.com/wanderingcrystal Music - Myuu - Misconception & Obsessions

Jack the Ripper is the world's most infamous serial killer. Wreaking havoc in the Whitechapel District in London in 1888, the murderer has left his mark in dark history forever. Hosted by Crystal - https://wanderingcrystal.com TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@wanderingcrystal Twitter: https://twitter.com/wandercrystal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wandering_crystal Facebook: https://facebook.com/wanderingcrystal Music - Myuu - Misconception

History tells us of a cruel woman nicknamed The Blood Countess. She would drink and bathe in the blood of innocent young girls to steal their youth. Was Elizabeth Báthory truly as evil as we thought? Maybe not. Find out the secrets and truths behind the life of the world's most prolific female serial killer. Hosted by Crystal - https://wanderingcrystal.com TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@wanderingcrystal Twitter: https://twitter.com/wandercrystal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wandering_crystal Facebook: https://facebook.com/wanderingcrystal Music - Myuu - Misconception

Spiritualists contact the dead through seances and rituals, but how can we prove it to the world? One Spiritualist made the ultimate sacrifice to show that the living can connect with the deceased. Hosted by Crystal - https://wanderingcrystal.com TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@wanderingcrystal Twitter: https://twitter.com/wandercrystal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wandering_crystal Facebook: https://facebook.com/wanderingcrystal Music - Myuu - Wasted Wonderland

On this Halloween special episode of Everything is Spooky in the Dark, Crystal spends a weekend in a haunted little house in New England.

The witch trials in England were brutal - with an entire family being executed during the Pendle Witch Trials to the horror caused by the Witchfinder General. Listen to the history of witches in England. Read more here: https://wanderingcrystal.com/witch-trials-in-england/ Hosted by Crystal - https://wanderingcrystal.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/wandercrystal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wandering_crystal Facebook: https://facebook.com/wanderingcrystal Music - Myuu - Cursed Stories

Listen to some of the spooky ghost stories from Providence Ghost Tour's Courtney. To her experiences living in a haunted house to spooky stories from her ghost tour in Providence RI. Learn more about Providence Ghost Tour here: https://providenceghosttour.com/ Follow them on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/providenceghosttour Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ProvidenceGhostTour/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/providenceghost Hosted by Crystal - https://wanderingcrystal.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/wandercrystal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wandering_crystal Facebook: https://facebook.com/wanderingcrystal Music: Myuu - Living in the Dark Myuu - Cursed Stories

What if you woke up, surrounded by darkness, enclosed in a coffin? The air is being consumed at a rapid rate, being stolen by your frantic screams. You will suffocate before anyone could find you. It's scary how often people were buried alive throughout history. Hosted by Crystal - https://wanderingcrystal.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/wandercrystal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wandering_crystal Facebook: https://facebook.com/wanderingcrystal Music: Myuu - Forsaken Myuu - Cursed Stories

In 1665 the plague made its way to Eyam. The entire village entered into a death pact in order to spare others of the same fate. Read more about Eyam: https://wanderingcrystal.com/dark-history-england/ Hosted by Crystal - https://wanderingcrystal.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/wandercrystal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wandering_crystal Facebook: https://facebook.com/wanderingcrystal Music: Kevin MacLeod - Quinn's Song - The Dance Begins Myuu - Cursed Stories Brian Lowe - Ring Around the Rosie

Crystal and her Scottish friend Chris discuss the history of Edinburgh's most prolific serial killers Burke and Hare. Were they really grave robbers? Or just greedy killers with too much time on their hands? Take the self-guided Burke & Hare Tour: https://wanderingcrystal.com/burke-and-hare-edinburgh-tour/ Hosted by Crystal - https://wanderingcrystal.com For more information please check out the blog post: https://wanderingcrystal.com/burke-and-hare-edinburgh-tour/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/wandercrystal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wandering_crystal Facebook: https://facebook.com/wanderingcrystal Music: Kevin MacLeod - Quinn's Song - The Dance Begins

Listen to three ghost stories from around the world. These ghost stories are tied to real history and real places in St Andrews Scotland and New Orleans Louisiana and Salem Massachusetts. Hosted by Crystal at WanderingCrystal.com

Did you know that Robert Louis Stevenson's book Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde was based on a real person? His name is Deacon William Brodie and his double life was insane. Hosted by Crystal - https://wanderingcrystal.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/wandercrystal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wandering_crystal Facebook: https://facebook.com/wanderingcrystal Music: Kevin MacLeod - Quinn's Song - The Dance Begins

If you love ghost stories and tales of the paranormal you will love this episode of the Everything is Spooky in the Dark podcast. Would you spend a night trapped inside the Edinburgh Vaults? Hosted by Crystal - https://wanderingcrystal.com For more information please check out the blog post: https://wanderingcrystal.com/edinburghvaults/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/wandercrystal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wandering_crystal Facebook: https://facebook.com/wanderingcrystal Music: Kevin MacLeod - Quinn's Song - The Dance Begins

Bridget Bishop was the first person who was executed as a witch in Salem. Now her ghost is suspected to be haunting the city of Salem Massachusetts. Listen now to her life during the mass hysteria that consumed Salem Massachusetts in 1692. Hosted by Crystal - https://wanderingcrystal.com For more information please check out the blog post: https://wanderingcrystal.com/history-of-the-salem-witch-trials/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/wandercrystal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wandering_crystal Facebook: https://facebook.com/wanderingcrystal Music: Kevin MacLeod - Quinn's Song - The Dance Begins

Have you heard about the history of the mass hysteria that consumed Salem Massachusetts in 1692? The Salem Witch Trials were brutal to the suspected witches, but one man suffered immense torture at the hands of the court. Listen now to the life and death of Giles Corey. Hosted by Crystal - https://wanderingcrystal.com For more information please check out the blog post: https://wanderingcrystal.com/history-of-the-salem-witch-trials/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/wandercrystal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wandering_crystal Facebook: https://facebook.com/wanderingcrystal Music: Kevin MacLeod - Quinn's Song - The Dance Begins

There is a scary beast that lingers around Christmas time. Punishing naughty children in the scariest way possible. Learn about the folklore of Krampus - also called the Christmas Devil. Visit the blog at https://wanderingcrystal.com Music is Jingle Bells (Dark Piano Version) by Myuu - http://www.thedarkpiano.com

We have talked about the hysteria behind the witch trials in Scotland, but what about the practice of witches such as the Green Witch or White Witch? Today we speak with Folklorist Katherine Kear all about Green Witches, Folklore and Flower Rituals and Worship. Find Katherine here: http://www.katherinekear.co.uk/ Hosted by: Wandering Crystal - reach out to me at https://wanderingcrystal.com

Have you ever wondered why New Orleans cemeteries are above ground? What happens to those bodies in the hot New Orleans summers? Why are they called oven crypts? I answer these questions and more in this week's episode of Everything is Spooky in the Dark. Hosted by: Wandering Crystal - reach out to me at https://wanderingcrystal.comRead more about New Orleans here: https://wanderingcrystal.com/spooky-travel-guides/new-orleans/

On this bonus Halloween episode of Everything is Spooky in the Dark I read my favourite Edgar Allan Poe short story - "The Cask of Amontillado" Happy Halloween! Thank you to my wonderful friend Chun for being the voice of Fortunato.

Today I talk about the science behind why people believe in ghosts. On the Wandering Crystal blog, I talk a lot about spooky and haunted locations and where to find them. I finish the podcast with a personal ghost story - be sure to take a shot every time I say the word "fun!" Ghostly man in a glass case: https://wanderingcrystal.com/firesideghostexperience Tanishi Matsubara & his stigmatized properties: https://youtu.be/hd_m2RevjPA Podcast recorded and edited by Wandering Crystal. For more information reach out at https://wanderingcrystal.com

The witch history in Scotland during the Great Scottish Witch Hunt. The witch torture in Scotland was brutal - listen to the history of Scottish Witchcraft and be sure to read the post to find out which sites you can visit in Scotland that is associated with Scottish witch history. Read the post here: https://wanderingcrystal.com/scotlandwitchcraft/

Travel deep beneath the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, back in time to the 17th century when the plague was running rampant across Scotland. Hear about the plague victims and what really happened to them inside Mary King's Close. Read the full blog post here: https://wanderingcrystal.com/marykingsclose

Hidden within the hills of Edinburgh lies a mystery. Tiny coffins filled with tiny wooden people. Could they be tied to the infamous killing duo Burke and Hare? Read the associated blog post here: The Ultimate List of Spooky, Haunted and Scary Edinburgh Attractions - https://wanderingcrystal.com/guide-to-edinburgh-spookiest-places/

Nicolas Cage and New Orleans are connected in strange and unusual ways. One day he decided to purchase a haunted house in the "big easy" and what happened to him is peculiar. Be sure to read the blog post associated with this podcast about Nicolas Cage and his dark connections with New Orleans here: Nicolas Cage and his Dark Connections with New Orleans - https://wanderingcrystal.com/nicolascageneworleans/

Everything is Spooky in the Dark brings you the story about how vampires came to New Orleans. Listen now to Crystal from wanderingcrystal.com tell you the folklore and real history about the Casket Girls of New Orleans. Read the post associated with The Casket Girls of New Orleans.