Inherited Hauntings

Some mirrors show more than a reflection. Some show what’s waiting in the dark.

In this episode of Inherited Hauntings, Lindsey and Nancy explore some of the most chilling haunted mirror stories ever told.

If you love paranormal stories, haunted objects, ghost lore, true supernatural encounters, and the history behind them, this mirror deep dive will stay with you long after the episode ends.

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Duration: 00:36:10

Something waits in the winter woods, hungry and whispering. In this chilling episode of Inherited Hauntings, Lindsey and Nancy explore one of the most terrifying Wendigo stories ever recorded. We unravel folklore, cold-weather madness, harsh survival history, and the eerie belief that something supernatural stalks the starving north. Settle in, because this one blurs the line between legend and tragedy.

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THE SCARIEST STORIES ARE THE ONES THAT ARE TRUE.

Duration: 00:35:36

Something strange gripped America in the 1980s. It slithered into living rooms, news broadcasts, church groups, and even preschool classrooms. On this episode of Inherited Hauntings, Lindsey and Nancy dive into the heart of the Satanic Panic, exploring how fear, rumor, and a wave of moral anxiety sent the country into overdrive. We break down the history, the wild accusations, the cultural impact, and the lasting scars, all with our usual mix of spooky curiosity and mother daughter humor.

If you enjoy true history with a paranormal twist, settle in and explore this unforgettable chapter with us.<...

Duration: 00:35:37

In this haunting episode of Inherited Hauntings, Nancy and Lindsey unravel the tragic and unsettling story of Alice Lake, a young mother from the Massachusetts Bay Colony whose grief, and the village’s fear, led to America’s first witchcraft execution.

We explore the ghostly sightings that still linger near ponds and marshes, the cries of my baby reported by hikers and late-night drivers, and what life was like as a Puritan settler in the 1600's.

If you’re drawn to historical mysteries, eerie legends, and the human stories behind old accusations, this one will stay w...

Duration: 00:35:43

A silent fog settles over Halifax as Lindsey and Mom Nancy step into a story shaped by disaster, carnage, gratitude, and spirits that never stopped whispering. This episode of Inherited Hauntings pulls you into the haunting echoes of the sinking of the Titanic, the 1917 explosion, the brave souls who tried to warn the city, and the unexpected Christmas gift that turned a tragedy into a bond that still matters today. It’s eerie, emotional, and wrapped in the kind of history that gives you chills in the best way.

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Duration: 00:34:32

Step aboard the RMS Queen Mary, one of the most haunted ships in the world. In this eerie and immersive episode of Inherited Hauntings, Lindsey and Nancy take you on a chilling tour through the ship’s ghostly history and spine-tingling encounters. From the tragic collision that claimed hundreds of lives to the mysterious death of John Pedder at Watertight Door 13, the Queen Mary has earned her title as the “Grey Ghost” in more ways than one.

Explore the eerie First-Class Pool, where the spirit of a little girl named Jackie still splashes and sings. Step into Stater...

Duration: 00:31:10

They say Halloween is when the veil between the living and the dead grows thin; when whispers become voices, and shadows feel a little too alive. In this special Halloween episode, Nancy and Lindsey explore the true origins of Halloween from ancient Celtic rites and soul cakes to the modern-day candy rush.

But it’s not all history and folklore. Lindsey takes us inside her eerie visit to the Lizzie Borden House on Halloween night, where a single photo captured two spectral faces staring from a bedroom window. Coincidence… or proof that something still lingers behi...

Duration: 00:30:32

They say Lake Shawnee Amusement Park never really closed. 🎠 In this episode, Nancy and Lindsey uncover the chilling history behind what is considered America's most haunted amusement park, where tragic accidents and ancient curses blur the line between entertainment and eternity. Join us as we explore why Lake Shawnee’s ghosts still linger long after the rides stopped turning. 

THE SCARIEST STORIES ARE THE ONES THAT ARE TRUE.

Duration: 00:28:57

What kind of haunting makes cops, priests, and even paranormal rock star Zak Bagans run for the hills? Welcome to Gary, Indiana; home of the infamous Demon House where a mother and her three children allegedly faced an infestation so dark it crawled across the ceiling, left oil dripping from the walls, and required three separate exorcisms to calm the chaos.

This isn’t your average ghost story. It’s a documented nightmare backed by police reports, social workers, and one terrified priest. The case was so disturbing that Bagans himself bought the house — and then demolished it — c...

Duration: 00:41:06

What if the game you played… started playing you back? 👀

This week on Inherited Hauntings, we’re testing our nerves (and maybe our common sense) with the internet’s most spine-tingling rituals from the Midnight Game and The 11 Mile Drive to Sweet Tooth, The Answer Man, and a few “lucky” traditions like Rabbit Rabbit that might not be so lucky after all.

Are these games just sleepover dares gone digital, or could they actually open something on the other side? Mom (Nancy) thinks they’re cautionary tale...

Duration: 00:49:49

When a UFO case is so convincing that it sparks a squabble between the U.S. Air Force and a small-town police department, you know something weird went down. Welcome to The Exeter Incident of 1965, one of the most credible and chilling UFO encounters in American history.

It all started with a huge craft with red flashing lights hovering over a New Hampshire field, encountered by a lone pedestrian and later confirmed by Officers Eugene Bertrand and David Hunt. What followed was a night of frantic reports, rattled cops, and an Air Force...

Duration: 00:41:28

Is the Chupacabra dangerous… or just misunderstood? 🩸 This week on Inherited Hauntings, we sink our teeth into the chilling legend of El Chupacabra, the blood-sucking cryptid that terrorized Puerto Rico in the 1990s and has since been spotted (maybe 👀) across the Americas. Is it an alien predator, a government experiment gone wrong, or something lurking in the natural world we've yet to understand? And more importantly… would you survive a midnight encounter?

Of course, it wouldn’t be us without some spooky hot takes, everyday-life detours, and plenty of laughs, because listening in feels a lot like han...

Duration: 00:35:13

Savannah doesn’t just drip with Spanish moss, it drips with ghost stories. Enjoy this tour of one of the oldest and most haunted cities in America, because we’re taking you through Savannah’s paranormal underbelly. From the haunted hallways of the Marshall House Hotel to ghostly whispers in the Olde Pink House, and from cemeteries layered in history to a brewery where the spirits come in more than one form. 

Of course, it wouldn’t be a Savannah tour episode without plenty of detours. Expect spooky legends, creepy lore, and along the way, Lindsey and Nancy...

Duration: 00:50:47

Step inside the crumbling glamour of the Baker Hotel in Mineral Wells, Texas, a once-opulent resort where Hollywood stars, wealthy oil barons, and desperate dreamers crossed paths. Today, its grand ballrooms and healing mineral baths have fallen silent; but the ghosts haven’t checked out.

From the mysterious mistress of the hotel’s owner, to the loyal elevator operator who never left his post, to whispers of the owner himself roaming the halls, the Baker Hotel is steeped in paranormal lore. And then there’s the woman who attempted the ul...

Duration: 00:19:35

In this humorous yet creepily captivating episode, Lindsey and Nancy dive headfirst into one of the most chaotic and widely documented paranormal cases of the 20th century: The Enfield Poltergeist. From flying furniture and levitating children to eerie voices that seemed to growl from another dimension, this case left even seasoned investigators questioning what was real, and what was simply too bizarre to explain away.

Along the way, the mother–daughter duo break down the infamous 1977 haunting that later inspired The Conjuring 2, blending bone-chilling details with their signature mix of sharp wit and unfiltered commentary. Wa...

Duration: 00:46:06

What happens when a 12th-century inn built on pagan burial grounds meets centuries of ghost stories? You get the Ancient Ram Inn, one of England’s most notorious paranormal hotspots. And just when you thought it couldn’t get creepier, we’re also pulling back the curtain on America’s oldest inn The Groton Inn where Nancy herself once worked and collected spine-tingling firsthand encounters.

In this episode of Inherited Hauntings, Nancy and Lindsey explore New England for personal stories of shadowy figures, vanishing women in darkened rooms, and mysterious footsteps echoing in Groton’s narrow halls. Then, we t...

Duration: 00:43:06

What do you get when you mix a flooded valley, a sunken ghost town, and hundreds of tragic deaths? You get Lake Lanier, the most infamous body of water in Georgia, and maybe the most haunted lake in America.

In this chilling and chatty episode of Inherited Hauntings, Nancy and Lindsey dive headfirst into Lanier’s dark history: the infamous town swallowed by water, the eerily high number of drownings and disappearances, and the numerous accounts of ghostly hands pulling swimmers under. From phantom rafts that vanish into thin air, to apparitions that wander the shorelines, we ex...

Duration: 00:53:27

Was it the most haunted object in the world… or the internet’s greatest ghost story hustle?
In this episode of Inherited Hauntings, Nancy and Lindsey pry open (figuratively… we’re not that reckless) the infamous Dybbuk Box, a creepy wine cabinet said to imprison a malicious spirit from Jewish folklore. From its chilling “possession” stories and viral eBay listing to celebrity encounters and its current life behind glass in Zak Bagans’ Haunted Museum, we unravel the tangled web of fact, fiction, and full-on fakelore.

But here’s the twist: in 2021, original seller Kevin Mannis admitted...

Duration: 00:44:23

Beneath the beauty of America’s National Parks lies something far more chilling than poison ivy or a wrong turn. In this episode of Inherited Hauntings, Nancy and Lindsey lace up their hiking boots and head into the shadowy forests, foggy trails, and unsettling mysteries surrounding some of the most baffling disappearances ever recorded.

From the sudden vanishing of 6-year-old Dennis Martin in the Great Smoky Mountains, to a murdered family discovered under baffling circumstances, and the eerie case of 14-year-old Stacy Arras in Yosemite — we follow the trail of missing persons who stepped into the wild and...

Duration: 00:49:06

In November of 1966, a sleepy town in West Virginia became ground zero for one of the most bizarre paranormal outbreaks in American history. Over the course of thirteen months, more than 100 people reported sightings of a red-eyed, winged creature stalking the skies around Point Pleasant. Dubbed the Mothman by the press, this cryptid wasn't just creepy... He may have been trying to warn us.

In this episode of Inherited Hauntings, mother-daughter duo Nancy and Lindsey dig into one of the creepiest cryptid cases on record—and somehow manage to make it hilarious. From the original 1966 Point Pleasant si...

Duration: 00:43:17

Have you ever heard a bump in the night and wondered if it was just the house settling... or something more? In this episode of Inherited Hauntings, we’re diving into Ghosts 101—your crash course in all things paranormal.

Join our mother-daughter duo as we explore the different types of apparitions, break down popular ghost hunting equipment (hello, EMF meters and thermal cameras), and ask the big question: Do ghosts really exist, or is there a rational explanation behind the strange things we experience?

Whether you’re a seas...

Duration: 00:47:35

You’ve heard of haunted houses… but what about haunted highways?

In this chilling episode of Inherited Hauntings, mother-daughter duo Nancy and Lindsey take you on a nighttime drive down some of America’s most terrifying roads, where ghostly hitchhikers, phantom trucks, and things that defy explanation still travel by moonlight.

We’re talking:

Route 666, the so-called “Devil’s Highway,” where demon dogs and shadow trucks chase the living.Archer Avenue in Chicago, home to the infamous vanishing hitchhiker in white.Clinton Road in New Jersey, where phantom...

Duration: 00:34:33

Is it folklore, or is it fact? In this episode of Inherited Hauntings, we dive headfirst into one of the most chilling and infamous paranormal legends in American history—the Bell Witch haunting of Tennessee. And spoiler alert: this one’s not just a campfire story.

Join Nancy and Lindsey (your favorite mother-daughter paranormal duo) as they explore the terrifying true events that tormented the Bell family in the early 1800s. Violent attacks, disembodied voices, and a spirit with a seriously strong sense of humor. We’re talking full-on demonic chaos on the...

Duration: 00:33:24

Some nights, it’s not the caffeine that keeps us awake, it’s the haunted closet, the scream that sounds just like someone we know, or the feeling that something is watching from the shadows. In this chilling episode of Inherited Hauntings, your favorite mother-daughter podcast dives into the things that give us the shivers long after dark.

Lindsey shares disturbing stories of Black-Eyed Children and mimics, those eerie beings that look like us, sound like us, but are definitely not us. Nancy opens up about a terrifying encounter with a presence in her...

Duration: 00:44:30

Real ghosts. Our own family. No exaggeration.

We’re sharing some of the most bone-chilling, unexplained encounters our family has ever experienced, and trust us, these aren’t your average ghost stories.

We’re talking three haunted houses across Massachusetts, a colonial-era ghost boy, a menacing fireman spirit repeatedly seen, a creature crawling across the bedroom wall, and even a balloon with a mind of its own. There’s paranormal texting, disappearing baby monitors, and something that tried to lure o...

Duration: 00:50:29