Haunted Talks

Some of history’s most famous people had remarkably eventful afterlives. Charlie Chaplin’s corpse was stolen from his grave and held for ransom. Thomas Paine was dug up and carried across the Atlantic. Pieces of Beethoven and Schubert disappeared in the name of science. And René Descartes somehow ended up buried without his head. In this...

In the conclusion to our haunted road trip across North America, we travel north to the infamous Valley of the Headless Men, listen for an invisible gathering deep in the Great Smoky Mountains, cross the strange emptiness of the Badlands, and enter the haunted halls of the Banff Springs Hotel. Along the way, we explore...

Summer is the season for open roads, quiet trails, dark lakes, and nights under the stars. But we never enter the wilderness empty-handed. We bring our oldest fears with us. In Part 1 of our two-part journey, Haunted Talks sets out on a road trip through some of North America’s most beautiful parks and wild...

In 1987, Ruthie Mae McCoy called 911 from her apartment with a terrifying story: someone was trying to break in through her bathroom mirror. To the dispatcher, it sounded impossible. Maybe even delusional. Ruthie Mae’s call was treated as low priority. Officers came, knocked, and left. Two days later, they forced the door and found...

Was Denver International Airport built for the end of the world? Since opening in 1995, the airport has become the centre of endless conspiracy theories. Secret tunnels. Apocalyptic artwork. Underground bunkers. A mysterious time capsule linked to an organization that seemingly never existed. For decades, these and other oddities have fueled rumours of hidden agendas,...

Before Houdini became the name history remembered, another illusionist drew enormous crowds and commanded extraordinary fees. He called himself the Great Lafayette, and his performances were part magic show, part circus, part theatre of death. Then, one night in Edinburgh, his grand finale set the theatre on fire. Lafayette was seen rushing back inside, through...