The Ghost Story Guys

Singer/songwriter Brian Kelly, aka Oceanography, is going back on tour and will be our musical guest on the next "Talk Spooky", so we thought we would share his 2021 conversation with Brennan from his old talk show "Largely the Truth." Check Brian's tour dates here Original shownotes follow: This week, singer/songwriter Brian Kelly, who performs as Oceanography, joins me to talk about his fantastic new LP "Thirteen Songs About Driving Nowhere in Alphabetical Order" and along the way we manage to invent car-to-car food delivery then discuss the impermanence of place Buy your digital copy on Bandcamp: https://oceanography.bandcamp.com/ Physical copies and tour dates: https://www.oceanographymusic.com/ Monterey video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrx6zr-hD7o Field Shots video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLi4BlHFfHU Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Close calls during a mountain hike, an explanation of Philippine totems, and a review of the brand new psychological thriller "Broken Bird", in UK theaters on August 30th. All this and more in our latest mail show! Our musical feature on this episode is "(Never) 2 Hot" by Massey feat. Xochi, presented courtesy of Bent River Records. Link to the screengrab Bob sent in [Imgur] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're joined by Sinead Hanna of "The Poisoner's Cabinet" to tell stories of high strangeness in and around waterfalls! From North Queensland to California's High Sierras and the mountains of the Philippines, your best bet is to just stay out of the woods, man. The Lady of the Lake can be found here Full shownotes at www.ghoststoryguys.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A strange light over Western Australia, schizoaffective disorder & the paranormal, and a history of bad luck on the same Blackpool rollercoaster that once threw off a young Paul Bestall. That's right - it's a mail show. Our musical feature on this episode is "Barcelona" by Rain is Wet Full shownotes at www.ghoststoryguys.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What do you get when you combine stories from New Zealand and remote Western Australia, with a recorded appearance of a hat man in 1989? You get just a portion of the listener stories on this episode, along with some surprising findings from Brennan's research, and Paul's love of summer Links: Daniel W. VanArsdale's Paranormal Journal [carryiton.net] Paul Cropper's blog, The Fortean [thefortean.com] Full shownotes at www.ghoststoryguys.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Board games, a Greek poet, and the mystery of Jawbone Hill are just a couple of the topics we cover in our listener mail segment before we get down to an epic conversation with John Olsen, author of the "Stranger Bridgerland" series. John is a fount of knowledge on the strange side of Utah and we talk about missing time, the good kind of orb, and a whole lot more! Our musical feature on this episode is "Bar" by King Tut's Tomb Find full shownotes at www.ghoststoryguys.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How weird IS the Beehive State? As it turns out, pretty damn weird: we talk about the haunting of Park City, menacing presences in school at night, Tommyknockers, the Farmington Poltergeist, and a whole lot more! Story Time Codes: Visions of the Apocalypse (8:48) House Has Devil (27:00) Everybody Knows (36:49) Fresh Powder (55:38) The Farmington Poltergeist (1:06:23) Lights Out (1:17:35) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Paul has a legendarily good week, Brennan is on the road again, and there are e-mails about narcolepsy, having hope for the future, plus why the Dublin-New York portal might be the best expression of being human. Our musical feature on this episode is "D00mfkinD00m" by Rainy Days For Ghosts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What comes to mind when you think of Italy? Palazzos? Gnocchi? Monica Bellucci? On this episode, we have exactly none of those things but plenty of banshees, family ghosts, inexplicable smoke, and a thorough debunking of one of the paranormal world's laziest myths. We also have some UFO sightings taken straight from a recently unearthed collection of newsletters from the late, great John Keel Links mentioned: BBC article about the Florence UFO sighting [BBC] How to Be a Keelian Scholar in One Easy Step [The Observer] Pat Cooper's comedy [YouTube] Full shownotes @ www.ghoststoryguys.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We talk haunted offices, give the final word on soundtracks, uncover the hidden truth behind Paul's accent, and recap Brennan's trip to the Goblin Market in Indiana. Then, Ghost Story Guys comes full circle as Brennan sits down with Anne & her son D, the original experiencers of Bumblebuzz, one of our most popular stories, to reflect on what happened and their lives since then. Our musical guest on this episode is The Revenants, with their latest single, "You and I" from the album "Los Feliz" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When there's something strange and it don't look good, who you gonna call? On this episode, inspired by Russell Crowe's latest film "The Exorcism" (in theaters now), we decide to call up an exorcist, or at least stories about them. That's right - we have five tales of possession, plus two lesser known stories of haunting on film sets, and through it all we pay tribute to thicc Russell Crowe and his embracing of the dad bod. For full shownotes, head to www.ghoststoryguys.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Paul rages against the new French shark flick "Under Paris" before being slayed by Brennan's terrible Count Von Count jokes, and then we welcome Jo Hickey-Hall, host of "The Modern Fairy Sightings Podcast" to talk about seeing the fae in our modern world. Our musical guest on this episode is Genki Genki Panic, with their latest single, "Crypt Walk" For full shownotes, head to www.ghoststoryguys.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We lift our gaze from haunted basements to the forbidding skies as we explore stories of UFO sightings across North America and Europe. Along the way, we stop to talk about the experience that made actress Goldie Hawn say, "Oh, my God. I think I made contact with outer space." Full shownotes at www.ghoststoryguys.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Paul's friends getting kicked out of Ibiza for duelling the police with fire extinguishers, a listener is wrong about SEVERAL movies, and which paranormal phenomenon we'd most want to know the truth about, should a genie ever ask. Truly, this mail episode is the essence of The Ghost Story Guys Our musical feature on this episode is "Just a Memory" by Banri, featuring Elijah, courtesy of Night Harvest Recordings Full shownotes at www.ghoststoryguys.com Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-ghost-story-guys4724/donations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What happened to the air traffic controller who lost hours of time after seeing a strange light descend onto the runway? Whose strange handwriting filled the logbook while he was out? Why, in Herefordshire, are monks stepping down from the sky on invisible stairs? We don't have answers, but we sure have fun with the questions Story Time Codes: Presence (9:05) Touch (21:11) The Tower (30:26) Church (47:37) The Monk (58:31) Lost Things (1:09:06) Full shownotes at www.ghoststoryguys.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Who knows what evil lurks in the darkness of the movie theater? Bren knows, and on this episode, you have to know too, because misery shared is...well, funnier.. We also answer listener mail about neurodivergence and the paranormal, Paul's take on Eurovision 2024, and our favourite soundtrack albums. Our musical feature on this episode is the single "All I Need" from Greco Ray & Dorion Dolore Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, we share the second half of Meghan's haunted life story, taking us into New York City, flying blocks of cheese, subterranean water, and so much more. Also on this show: Paul threatens to call the police, Brennan's mother is in a war against the bees, and a new space mission is proposed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Poltergeists in Chicago, giants in the South Pacific, and the final word on a recent Djinn story are just a couple highlights from our latest mail show! We also talk a little about the films "Sasquatch Sunset" and "Max Beyond" Our musical feature on this episode is the latest single from Rainy Days For Ghosts, "Mirrors", now available on Spotify & Apple Music Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Some people never encounter the paranormal in their lifetime, others encounter it on an almost daily basis. Our listener Meghan falls into the latter category, and in this episode we share the first half of her story. Also on this episode: Paul drops some knowledge about Delaware, an upsetting version of ring-toss is suggested, and there's blood on the ice. That's not a metaphor. Find full shownotes at www.ghoststoryguys.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You come to us on this day, the anniversary of Joe Simonton getting alien pancakes in exchange for a glass of water, and you bring us listener mail? Our musical guest on this episode is The Revenants, with "Don't Hide Your Light" from their latest album, "Spanish Kitchen." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices