102. The Axe Man of New Orleans: An Unsolved Terror

102. The Axe Man of New Orleans: An Unsolved Terror

The Axeman of New Orleans is one of those cases where the real history is already unsettling enough, and then the folklore kicks the door open with jazz hands. This week, we’re stepping into 1918–1919 New Orleans, where a series of attacks, limited forensic tools, frightened neighborhoods, and one extremely dramatic letter turned an unsolved case into a legend that still refuses to stay neatly in the true crime box. ⚠️ Content Warning: Historical violent attacks, death, and brief discussion of injuries. 👀 Sneak Peek 🪓 The Axeman attacks and why New Orleans residents were so afraid 🎷 The infamous letter claiming jazz music could spare people 🕵️ Suspects, theories, copycat possibilities, and investigation gaps 👻 How the case shifted from true crime into folklore and demon-coded weirdness ❓ Question for the Comments: Would you want to know who committed a famous unsolved case if you could never prove it? 🔗 Links 🎥 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NotMyGhostPodcast [https://www.youtube.com/@NotMyGhostPodcast] 🎧 Listen now: https://pod.link/1754259268 [https://pod.link/1754259268] 📩 Paranormal Postcards submissions: notmyghostpodcast@gmail.com [notmyghostpodcast@gmail.com] 🔗 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/notmyghostnotmyproblem [https://www.patreon.com/notmyghostnotmyproblem] 🛍️ Shop: https://notmyghostpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/ [https://notmyghostpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/] 📸 Instagram & TikTok: @notmyghostpodcast 📘 Facebook: Not My Ghost, Not My Problem 📚 Sources & Further Reading The Mysterious Axman’s Jazz — The Historic New Orleans Collection https://hnoc.org/research-collections/collection-highlights/mysterious-axman [https://hnoc.org/research-collections/collection-highlights/mysterious-axman] The Axeman of New Orleans Preyed on Italian Immigrants — Smithsonian Magazine https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/axeman-new-orleans-preyed-italian-immigrants-180968037/ [https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/axeman-new-orleans-preyed-italian-immigrants-180968037/] The Axeman of New Orleans — Country Roads Magazine https://countryroadsmagazine.com/art-and-culture/history/the-axeman-new-orleans/ [https://countryroadsmagazine.com/art-and-culture/history/the-axeman-new-orleans/] FBI Crime Data Explorer: Clearances — Federal Bureau of Investigation https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2019/crime-in-the-u.s.-2019/topic-pages/clearances [https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2019/crime-in-the-u.s.-2019/topic-pages/clearances]

101. EVPs: Voices from the Dead… or Just Static?

EVPs, or electronic voice phenomena, sit right where paranormal investigation and human perception get messy: a voice appears on playback that no one heard in the room. In this episode, we’re getting into what EVPs are, where the idea came from, why ghost hunting shows made them so famous, and why people still argue over them. We look at both sides: the believer case for possible spirit communication and the skeptical case for auditory pareidolia, suggestion, and plain old audio weirdness. Then we listen to real EVP examples and see what we hear before the labels, captions, and spooky context get in our heads. ⚠️ Content Warning Brief mention of difficult family dynamics, anxiety around silence, and end-of-life language in a paranormal context. 👀 Sneak Peek 🎧 What EVPs actually are, and why they are different from disembodied voices 📼 The early EVP history behind Attila von Szalay, Raymond Bayless, Friedrich Jürgenson, and Konstantin Raudive 👻 How Ghost Hunters, Project Fear, and paranormal TV turned EVPs into must-have investigation evidence 🧠 Why auditory pareidolia and suggestion make EVPs so creepy, compelling, and wildly debatable ❓ Question for the Comments Which clip stood out the most? What did you hear before we told you what it said? And does it sound clear, or do you just think it’s spooky audio chaos? 🔗 Links 🎧 Audio version: https://pod.link/1754259268 [https://pod.link/1754259268] 📩 Paranormal Postcards submissions: notmyghostpodcast@gmail.com [notmyghostpodcast@gmail.com] 🔗 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/notmyghostnotmyproblem [https://www.patreon.com/notmyghostnotmyproblem] 🛍️ Shop: https://notmyghostpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/ [https://notmyghostpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/] 📸 Instagram & TikTok: @notmyghostpodcast 📘 Facebook: Not My Ghost, Not My Problem 📚 Sources & Further Reading * Electronic Voice Phenomenon (EVP) — Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology / Encyclopedia.com [http://Encyclopedia.com]. * Auditory Pareidolia: Effects of Contextual Priming on Perceptions of Purportedly Paranormal and Ambiguous Auditory Stimuli — Michael A. Nees and Charlotte L. Phillips. * A Ghost in the Machine — Vic Tandy and Tony R. Lawrence. * The Haunted Sanitarium that Changed Us Forever — Project Fear. * APRA: A Night in Linda Vista Paranormal Investigation — American Paranormal Research Association. * Destination Fear: Fairfield County Infirmary — Tubi episode listing. * Ghost Hunters Season 1 episode list, including the Altoona, Pennsylvania premiere investigation.

100. The 100th Episode That Haunted Us Back: Paranormal Postcards Vol. 11

Not My Ghost, Not My Problem hits its 100th episode with a special Paranormal Postcards episode featuring listener ghost stories, paranormal encounters, haunted stories, and supernatural stories from the ghosties. To celebrate the milestone, Jen and Kelly bring Joel on for creepy submissions, a draft of a paranormal investigation team, and the kind of chaotic energy that somehow ends with the recording itself feeling haunted. This episode is part celebration, part listener-story roundup, and part “did that seriously just happen on mic?” moment. From cemetery messages and protective spirits to Elias moving, strange sounds in Kelly’s house, and Joel fully losing it in real time, the 100th episode turns into exactly the spooky, skeptical, wildly unsupervised milestone this podcast deserves. With Joel (FuelNeve) — paranormal creator, podcast host, and our resident “WTF are you still doing here?” commentator. Follow: IG @thefuelneve | TikTok @Fuelneve ⚠️ Content Warning Brief mentions of death, grief, substance use, and a possible break-in/security concern. 👀 Sneak Peek 🎉 Not My Ghost, Not My Problem officially hits 100 episodes. 🔦 Jen, Kelly, and Joel draft their ultimate paranormal investigation teams. 👻 The ghosties bring listener stories involving cemetery messages, protective spirits, and strange timing. 🕯️ The episode appears to get haunted while recording, with Elias moving and strange sounds in Kelly’s house. 😂 Joel returns with peak FuelNeve chaos, panic, commentary, and “what are you still doing here?” energy. ❓ Question for the Comments Whose team would you pick, and who would you want with you if you were being haunted on air while recording a podcast?

99. Something in the Water: The Truth Behind Mermaid Legends

Mermaid legends and mermaid sightings have followed humans across oceans, cultures, and centuries, from ancient water spirits to sailors’ reports and modern shoreline encounters. In this episode, we look at why these stories keep surfacing, what patterns show up again and again, and why the ocean still leaves room for questions. We’re talking ancient Assyrian myth, sirens, Mami Wata, rusalki, ningyo, selkies, the Kiryat Yam mermaid sightings, Zimbabwe dam reports, and one eerie night-fishing story from Reddit. Basically, are mermaids real, are people misidentifying sea life, or are we all just one weird splash away from spiraling? 👀 Sneak Peek 🌊 Ancient mermaid legends from Assyria, Greece, West Africa, Slavic folklore, Japan, and Scotland 🧜‍♀️ Modern mermaid sightings from Kiryat Yam, Zimbabwe, and remote shorelines 🎣 A creepy night-fishing story involving singing in the dark and absolutely no chill 🔗 Links 🎧 Listen here: https://pod.link/1754259268 [https://pod.link/1754259268] 🎥 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NotMyGhostPodcast [https://www.youtube.com/@NotMyGhostPodcast] 🔗 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/notmyghostnotmyproblem [https://www.patreon.com/notmyghostnotmyproblem] 📩 Paranormal Postcards submissions: notmyghostpodcast@gmail.com [notmyghostpodcast@gmail.com] 🛍️ Shop: https://notmyghostpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/ [https://notmyghostpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/] 📸 Instagram & TikTok: @notmyghostpodcast 📘 Facebook: Not My Ghost, Not My Problem ❓ Question for the Comments Important question: what’s your favorite Pokémon, and are you going with the classic original 150 or the newer generations? 📚 Sources & Further Reading * Mermaid — Encyclopedia Britannica. * Are Mermaids Real? — NOAA Ocean Service. * Atargatis — Encyclopedia Britannica. * Rusalka — Encyclopedia Britannica. * Mami Wata — Encyclopedia.com [http://Encyclopedia.com]. * Giant Squid — Smithsonian Ocean. * Israeli Municipality Offers Million Dollar Reward for Solid Evidence of the Existence of a Mermaid in Israeli Waters — Reuters Archive Licensing. * Gokwe “Mermaids” Appeased — The Standard. * Mermaids: The Body Found — Snopes.

98. The Green Children of Woolpit: Medieval England’s Strangest Mystery

The Green Children of Woolpit is one of medieval England’s strangest unsolved mysteries: two green-skinned children reportedly appeared near a wolf pit in 12th-century Suffolk, speaking an unknown language and refusing every food except raw fava beans. In this episode, we dig into the historical accounts, the world these children supposedly stepped into, and the theories that try to explain them, from illness and lost Flemish children to fairy lore, underground worlds, and parallel dimensions. The weirdest part is not that there are theories. It is that none of them fully works. ⚠️ Content Warning Mentions of child death and historical violence. 👀 Sneak Peek 🟢 Two mysterious green children appear in medieval Woolpit with no clear explanation 📜 Two medieval chroniclers record the story, but their versions do not fully match 🧚 Theories range from medical explanations and Flemish orphans to fairy realms, underground civilizations, and parallel worlds 🔗 Links 🎧 Listen here: https://pod.link/1754259268 [https://pod.link/1754259268] 🎥 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NotMyGhostPodcast [https://www.youtube.com/@NotMyGhostPodcast] 🔗 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/notmyghostnotmyproblem [https://www.patreon.com/notmyghostnotmyproblem] 📩 Paranormal Postcards submissions: notmyghostpodcast@gmail.com [notmyghostpodcast@gmail.com] 🛍️ Shop: https://notmyghostpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/ [https://notmyghostpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/] 📸 Instagram & TikTok: @notmyghostpodcast 📘 Facebook: Not My Ghost, Not My Problem 📚 Sources & Further Reading * Historia rerum Anglicarum — William of Newburghhttps://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/basis/williamofnewburgh-intro.asp [http://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/basis/williamofnewburgh-intro.asp] * Chronicon Anglicanum — Ralph of Coggeshallhttps://archive.org/details/ChroniconAnglicanum [http://archive.org/details/ChroniconAnglicanum] * Children from the Sky — Duncan Lunan Mutus Liber, 2012 * The Fairies in English Tradition and Literature — Katharine Briggs University of Chicago Press, 1967 * “The Green Children of Woolpit” — Paul Harris, Fortean Studies, Vol. 4, 1998 * “Green Children of Woolpit” — Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_children_of_Woolpit [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_children_of_Woolpit] * “The Green Children of Woolpit” — Ancient Originshttps://www.ancient-origins.net/myths-legends-europe/green-children-of-woolpit-002347 [http://www.ancient-origins.net/myths-legends-europe/green-children-of-woolpit-002347] * “The Green Children of Woolpit” — Brian Haughtonhttp://brian-haughton.com/ancient-mysteries-articles/green-children-of-woolpit/ [http://brian-haughton.com/ancient-mysteries-articles/green-children-of-woolpit/]