This week we take you on a trip that spans from Arkansas to Naples as we investigate a haunted hotel with a sordid history, and the case of a falsified miracle in Italy.  TW: Mention of Suicide. If you will find this upsetting please proceed with caution.  Twitter: @BandCPod Email: [email protected]  Sources:  https://www.cntraveler.com/gallery/the-most-haunted-places-in-america The Crescent Hotel https://www.legendsofamerica.com/ar-crescenthotel/ https://crescent-hotel.com/history.shtml https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/charlatan-ozarks-still-looms-over-haunted-crescent-hotel-180973743/ https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/the-haunting-history-of-a-hucksters-cancer-cure https://www.historichotels.org/us/hotels-resorts/1886-crescent-hotel-and-spa/ghost-stories.php https://crescent-hotel.com/blog/ghostly-happenings-at-the-crescent-hotel/ https://roadtrippers.com/magazine/sleeping-in-the-morgue-at-the-crescent-hotel/ Music:  Halloween music : Halloween Spooky Monsters: StudioKolomna Wolf howl : 109252026-animals-wolves-wolf-howl-singl:  (www.jshaw.co.uk) of Freesound.org Fox howl: Fox, Vocal Cry, Distant, 01.wav" by InspectorJ  (www.jshaw.co.uk) of Freesound.org

This week Ella takes you to the Czech Republic to investigate Castle Houska, the castle on top of the gateway to hell. Come with us on an adventure through the grim and bloody history of this strange castle to investigate the demons that sprung from the chasm, the headless horseman and the St. Ludmila.  Twitter: @BandCPod Email: [email protected]  Sources  https://www.tresbohemes.com/2017/04/houska-castle/ https://praguemonitor.com/life/16/03/2021/the-dark-legends-of-the-houska-castle/ https://allthatsinteresting.com/houska-castle https://darktourists.com/inside-houska-castle/ https://www.astonishinglegends.com/al-podcasts/2017/9/16/ep-83-castle-houska-part-1?rq=houska https://www.astonishinglegends.com/al-podcasts/2017/9/22/ep-84-castle-houska-part-2?rq=houska https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houska_Castle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavibor http://weekinweird.com/2016/10/29/houska-castle-gateway-to-hell/ Music and Sound: Fox, Vocal Cry, Distant, 01.wav" by InspectorJ  (www.jshaw.co.uk) of Freesound.org https://www.pond5.com/ https://p5prod.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com/109252026.wav?response-content-disposition=attachment%3B%20filename%3D109252026-animals-wolves-wolf-howl-singl.wav&response-content-type=application%2Foctet-stream&AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAJT4MAJ3GJAN6YDGQ&Expires=1652905864&Signature=p%2BpqkvqcjUNPtf7oblhiHfvICGk%3D 78 Halloween Spook Monsters . MP3

Join us for a special episode as Serah takes us on an adventure through the Petite Trianon, home of Marie Antoinette in this special end of #PrideMonth episode. Lesbian love, possible psychosis and the ghost of Marie Antoinette fill us with awe during this wild ride and possible hoax.  Twitter: @BandCPod  Gmail: [email protected]  Sources:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petit_Trianon - the grounds and house https://archive.org/details/adventurewithapp00mobe/mode/2up - the version of the book published in 1913, first edition published in 1911 https://psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk/articles/versailles-%E2%80%98time-slip%E2%80%99 http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/84232/3/WRAP-enchanted-modernity-occult-adventure-Schwartz-2017.pdf http://www.ghost-story.co.uk/index.php/ghost-stories/342-the-ghosts-of-the-trianon-paris-france https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6876800/ https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-48446 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Th%C3%A9r%C3%A8se_Louise_of_Savoy,_Princesse_de_Lamballe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yolande_de_Polastron https://www.jstor.org/stable/1395553 Music and Sound: Fox, Vocal Cry, Distant, 01.wav" by InspectorJ  (www.jshaw.co.uk) of Freesound.org https://www.pond5.com/ https://p5prod.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com/109252026.wav?response-content-disposition=attachment%3B%20filename%3D109252026-animals-wolves-wolf-howl-singl.wav&response-content-type=application%2Foctet-stream&AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAJT4MAJ3GJAN6YDGQ&Expires=1652905864&Signature=p%2BpqkvqcjUNPtf7oblhiHfvICGk%3D 78 Halloween Spook Monsters . MP3 

This week the girls take you to the far-flung reaches of 1830s New Orleans and the LaLaurie Mansion, and to the impossible collections of P.T Barnum's American Museum. Tune in to find out about murder most foul and the ghosts that now echo throughout one of the most notorious houses in Louisiana, and the hoax that garnered Barnum his fame.  Content Warning: This weeks episode includes details of slavery and torture that some listeners may find distressing. Listener discretion is advised.  Twitter: @BandCPod Email: [email protected]  Sources:  https://neworleanshistorical.org/items/show/1492 https://nolaghosts.com/lalaurie-mansion/ https://www.legendsofamerica.com/lalaurie-mansion/ https://allthatsinteresting.com/lalaurie-mansion https://skepticalinquirer.org/newsletter/ghosts-at-new-orleans-secret-horror-chamber/ http://hoaxes.org/archive/permalink/the_feejee_mermaid https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_C._Perry#Perry_Expedition:_opening_of_Japan,_1852%E2%80%931854 https://www.horniman.ac.uk/story/manmade-mermaids/  https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/mermaids.html/ - NOAA quote Music and Sound:  Fox, Vocal Cry, Distant, 01.wav" by InspectorJ  (www.jshaw.co.uk) of Freesound.org https://www.pond5.com/ https://p5prod.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com/109252026.wav?response-content-disposition=attachment%3B%20filename%3D109252026-animals-wolves-wolf-howl-singl.wav&response-content-type=application%2Foctet-stream&AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAJT4MAJ3GJAN6YDGQ&Expires=1652905864&Signature=p%2BpqkvqcjUNPtf7oblhiHfvICGk%3D 78 Halloween Spook Monsters . MP3 

Follow us on a journey to London town, and then New York State this week as Ella takes you to the haunted grounds of the Tower of London to discuss the antics of a ghostly polar bear, Anne Boleyn, and a haunted host of ghosts whilst Serah reveals the giant hoax that was the Amityville Horror Haunting.  Content Warning: This episode includes description of executions, and murder that some listeners may find disturbing. Viewer discretion is advised for those under thirteen.  Email: [email protected]  Twitter: @BandCPod https://www.hrp.org.uk/tower-of-london/history-and-stories/the-tower-of-london-menagerie/ https://www.britannica.com/topic/Tower-of-London https://www.hrp.org.uk/tower-of-london/history-and-stories/anne-boleyn/#gs.2c6el0 https://www.authenticvacations.com/13-ghosts-of-the-tower-of-london/ walks.com/blog/tower-of-london-ghosts/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Pole,_Countess_of_Salisbury

Join us as we investigate the haunted island of Poveglia in all it's gruesomeness, and the Cottingly Fairies.  This episode contains some graphic content surrounding the discussion of plague, illness and asylums that may not be suitable for children under the age of 13. Listener Discretion is advised.  Social Media:  Twitter: @BandCPod  Email: [email protected]  Sources:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poveglia Terrible secrets are buried on Ghost Island ( Poveglia Italy ) https://www.ranker.com/list/creepy-facts-about-poveglia-the-italian-black-plague-island/cheryl-adams-richkoff https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2015/03/the-evil-island-of-italy/ https://www.huffpost.com/entry/poveglia-island-like-hell_b_4188986 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cottingley_Fairies https://library.leeds.ac.uk/news/article/1000/library/132/fooled-by-fairies https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/kodk/hd_kodk.htm#:~:text=By%20far%20the%20most%20significant,100%2Dexposure%20roll%20of%20film. The Evidence for Fairies - Arthur Conan Doyle, 1921

Body snatchers, violent ghosts, a loyal dog, and Harry Potter characters may seem like strange bedfellows, but in Scotland’s gorgeous, gothic capital city of Edinburgh, the four merge to make up the ghostly lore surrounding one of the world’s most haunted graveyards.  Twitter: @BandCPod Ella : @SnapsOfAFool  Sources:  Fox, Vocal Cry, Distant, 01.wav" by InspectorJ  (www.jshaw.co.uk) of Freesound.org Wolf Howl: https://greyfriarskirk.com/visit/kirkyard/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greyfriars_Kirkyard http://www.eatdrinktravel.com/most-haunted-graveyard-in-the-world-greyfriars-kirkyard/ https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/famous-haunted-tomb-inside-historic-25689461 https://www.cityofthedeadtours.com/the-mackenzie-poltergeist.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covenanters