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Back to SearchThe Hotel That Kept a Record of Its Ghosts: Hotel Alex Johnson (South Dakota)
Episode 199
For nearly a century, the Hotel Alex Johnson has towered over downtown Rapid City, hosting presidents, Hollywood stars, and generations of travelers.…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
The Millennium Falcon Beneath the Sea: The Baltic Sea Anomaly (Baltic Sea)
In 2011, a pair of Swedish treasure hunters scanned the floor of the Baltic Sea with a $1,900 sonar system—and accidentally ignited one of the bigges…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
The Desert That Never Forgets: The Nazca Lines (Peru)
Stretching across the Peruvian desert are thousands of enormous lines, geometric shapes, and animal figures so vast they can only truly be appreciate…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
The Devil in Petticoats: Becky Cotton (South Carolina)
Episode 198
In 1807, a woman stood laughing on the courthouse steps in Edgefield, South Carolina. Moments later, her own brother walked across the square, picked…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
The Faces in the Water: The Ghost Pirates of Charleston (South Carolina)
Episode 197
For more than 300 years, Charleston has whispered the same warning: don't look into the rainwater on Water Street after dark. They say the flooded gu…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
The Headless Soldier in Room 8: 20 South Battery (South Carolina)
Episode 196
Charleston's Battery is one of the most photographed streets in America, lined with elegant mansions overlooking the harbor. But hidden behind one of…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
The Gardens That Remember Everything: Magnolia Plantation (South Carolina)
Episode 195
Magnolia Plantation is often celebrated as one of the most beautiful gardens in America. Couples marry beneath its moss-draped oaks, tourists wander …
1 month, 3 weeks ago
The Serial Killer Who Never Was: Lavinia Fisher (South Carolina)
Episode 194
Charleston's Old City Jail is one of the most haunted buildings in America—or so the ghost tours claim. Nearly every story begins with Lavinia Fisher…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
The Ghost Ship That Never Was: The Mary Celeste (Atlantic Ocean)
The most famous ghost ship in history never had steaming cups of tea, half-eaten meals, or a ticking clock left behind. Those details were invented b…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
The Hearts They Burned: The New England Vampire Panic (New England)
Episode 193
In 1990, archaeologists uncovered a colonial grave in Connecticut unlike anything they had ever seen. The skeleton had been carefully rearranged—its …
1 month, 4 weeks ago