Haunted Tales of Darkness - The Lady of Rosemount

222 Paranormal Podcast - Haunted Dollar Generals Strange Voices, Shadow Figures and Paranormal Encounters

What happens when one of America's most common retail stores becomes the center of ghost stories, unexplained voices, and shadow figure encounters? In this fun but fascinating episode of the 222 Paranormal Podcast, Joe and Jennifer Shortridge explore reports of haunted Dollar General stores from across the United States. While most paranormal investigations focus on historic mansions, abandoned hospitals, prisons, or battlefields, this episode takes a look at a place millions of people visit every week. Could ordinary locations become the setting for extraordinary paranormal experiences? Joe and Jennifer examine reports from employees and customers who claim to have encountered unexplained activity while shopping or working inside Dollar General stores. Stories include reports of shadow figures lurking in store aisles, phantom footsteps echoing through empty buildings, mysterious voices heard in stockrooms, names being called when no one is present, and even the sound of conversations coming from completely vacant areas of stores. The episode explores four reported haunted Dollar General locations. One store was rumored to have been built on land connected to an abandoned cemetery. Another location became known among employees for reports of a mysterious "Midnight Walker" who appeared to roam the aisles after closing. Listeners will also hear about the legend of a woman seen repeatedly in one store's aisles and a location where workers claimed to hear voices and conversations coming from empty stockrooms. In addition to the location reports, Joe and Jennifer share three eyewitness accounts involving shadow people, phantom voices, and a mysterious child's laughter that was heard throughout a store despite no children being present. The episode also features a listener story from Sara P. of Toledo, Ohio. Sara describes hearing country music seemingly playing from nowhere while working at a Dollar General store. She also reports hearing conversations in empty areas of the building and repeatedly smelling cigarette smoke despite nobody smoking nearby. What makes the story especially intriguing is that Sara was unaware of the location's history. The store occupies part of the former Greenwood Mall property, where the popular country-western bar Bronco Billie's once operated. Portions of that former space reportedly still exist behind the current store location. Throughout the episode, Joe and Jennifer discuss possible explanations for these experiences, including environmental factors, psychological influences, residual hauntings, and paranormal theories. As always, the hosts approach each story with an open mind while encouraging listeners to draw their own conclusions. The conversation also takes a humorous turn as Joe and Jennifer discuss their many years traveling to paranormal conventions, haunted locations, and investigations across the Midwest. Along the way, Dollar General stores have become a familiar and often necessary stop for snacks, batteries, drinks, and supplies. Their running joke of counting Dollar General stores during road trips adds a lighthearted touch to this unusual paranormal topic. Whether you believe these stories are evidence of hauntings, residual energy, coincidence, or simple misinterpretation, this episode proves that paranormal reports can emerge from the most unexpected places. Join Joe and Jennifer for a unique exploration into one of the strangest collections of modern ghost stories yet—Haunted Dollar General Stores.

Haunted America - The McRaven House - Mississippi's Most Haunted Home

Step inside one of the most haunted homes in the American South. In this episode of Haunted America, we explore the chilling history of the McRaven House in Vicksburg, Mississippi. Built in 1797, this historic mansion has witnessed frontier violence, tragic deaths, Civil War suffering, and generations of reported paranormal activity. From the legend of highwayman Andrew Glass to the ghostly tales of Mary Elizabeth Howard and the spirits of wounded Confederate soldiers, McRaven's dark past continues to captivate visitors and ghost hunters alike. Join us as we uncover the true history, real encounters, and lingering mysteries surrounding Mississippi's most haunted house.

Wicked Curious Radio - Ghost Trees & Coffin Point: Lost Legends of the Maine Woods

In this episode of Wicked Curious Radio, we journey into the forests of Maine through a collection of forgotten newspaper accounts from the early twentieth century. Hidden among their yellowed pages are tales of phantom caribou wandering lonely trails, haunted pines that groan when threatened with an axe, sacred trees that preserved lives during winter storms, and the mysterious Silent Brothers. The featured story takes us deep into the wilderness of Grand Lake and the infamous Coffin Point, where a fisherman vanished after declaring, “I’ll be back to supper… or I’ll eat it in Hell.” His disappearance gave rise to one of Maine’s strangest haunted clubhouse legends—a tale repeated by guides, woodsmen, and caretakers who all claimed to encounter the same terrifying apparition. Were these simply campfire tales… or did generations of Mainers preserve something stranger hidden among the pines? Join Mystery Maven Roxie Zwicker as she uncovers these forgotten legends and explores why the forests of New England have always been places where history, folklore, and the supernatural seem to grow together.

Haunted Tales of Darkness - The Lady of Rosemount

Published in 1919 in the collection Six Ghost Stories, issued by John Murray, London, The Lady of Rosemount is the opening tale in Jackson's only collection of supernatural fiction. Written late in his life, the stories reveal the influence of M. R. James while retaining Jackson's own deep knowledge of medieval architecture and antiquarian history. When the young antiquary Henry Charlton visits the ancient Rosemount Abbey, a chance discovery of a forgotten medieval tomb awakens a fascination he cannot explain. Drawn ever closer to the mysterious Lady Alianora, he soon discovers that some beauties of the past refuse to rest in peace—and that curiosity may invite far more than forgotten history. Subscribe for weekly classic horror literature readings and let me know in the comments which ghost story collection you want to hear next. Presented by Haunted Tales of Darkness — preserving the finest forgotten tales of the supernatural. Narrated by Christopher Halton.

Weird Darkness - 1963: The Year UFOs, Beasts, and Dark Forces Swept Three Continents

A “gigantic cigar-shaped UFO” is spotted over the Atlantic in 1963, but the witness is so terrified by her experiences that it takes her twenty years to come forward to tell her story. And in that same year, elsewhere in the United Kingdom, people were dealing with dark, paranormal, even satanic forces - with numerous events that still remain unexplained.