Live from the Castle, it's Saturday Fright!

The veil was a little thinner Saturday night… so naturally, we fired up the candle, hit “go live,” and hoped we wouldn’t accidentally summon something that needed a ride home.

This is the audio replay of our Saturday Fright Live YouTube broadcast — an off-the-cuff hangout full of spooky talk, weird vibes, questionable ghost etiquette, and at least one host who probably should’ve gone to bed earlier.

We’re dropping it here as a bonus for anyone who missed the live shenanigans. Don’t worry — our regular episode will still drop Thursday, as usual. For now, dim the lights, grab a snack, and come hang out with us in the Castle.

Watch the full video version here: https://youtu.be/CYE5htc4SGA
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Theme Music: "Lightless Dawn" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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We performed a séance live on the show... and something responded. Was it a spirit? A trick of the mind? Or something we never should have summoned? You be the judge. Dim the lights, say a blessing of protection, and press play—if you dare.

Links:
Spooky Seance (submitted by Anonymous in USA)
Ectoplasm (Wikipedia article)

Music:
"SCP-x2x" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
"Echoes of Time" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
“Dark Depression” Ashot-Danielyan-Composer (pixabay.com/users/27049680)
"Thunder Dreams" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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There’s something about the ring of a telephone—something persistent, insistent, even a little…haunting. Maybe that’s why stories of phantom phone calls have lingered in our collective imagination for more than a century. Long before cell phones, text messages, or FaceTime, the telephone felt like a miracle. Voices traveled over wires on thin copper veins stretched across towns and cities. It was instant connection at a distance. But when something goes wrong—when the person on the other end of the line shouldn’t be there anymore—what exactly are we connecting to?

Links:
Michael’s Phone Call (submitted by Anonymous in USA)
The Disappearance of Brandon Swanson
Cell Phone Calls After Death
Dean Koontz’s Call from Beyond

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In the winter of 1993, a routine trip home took a strange turn for Air Force officer Gary Sudbrink when he began receiving bizarre phone calls from a voice that didn’t sound quite human—and seemed to know too much. What followed was a cascade of unsettling questions, impossible coincidences, and a growing sense that something—or someone—was watching. In this episode, we dive deep into a decades-old mystery that blurs the line between reality and the unexplainable.

Links:
The Strangest Phone Calls Ever Recorded (YouTube video)
Gary Sudbrink with Paranormal Brew (YouTube video)

Discover 4,600+ true ghost stories in the Castle of Spirits Library
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Beneath the surface, where the air is heavy and the shadows stretch long, something waits. Doors open on their own, voices murmur from the dark, and unseen hands knock from nowhere. Some basements are just storage spaces. Others hold something else. Something watching. Something listening.

Stories:
Basement Haunting (submitted by Jenny, IL, USA)
The Basement Experience (submitted by John, AK, USA)

Links:
The Hauntings of the Old Tooele Hospital
Iosepa Ghost Town
This Utah ghost town was once paradise in the desert for Native Hawaiian settlers

Music:
“Thunder Dreams” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
“Dark Depression” Ashot-Danielyan-Composer (pixabay.com/users/27049680)

Discover 4,600+ true ghost stories in the Castle of Spirits Library
www.castleofspirits.com/ghost-stories

Submit your own true paranormal story
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A mysterious cloaked figure appears and vanishes in broad daylight before the eyes of a stunned witness; a departed grandfather makes one final, unexpected visit; and a malevolent spirit torments two young siblings with eerie manifestations and ghostly voices. Plus, the Ghostkeepers play a terrifying game of paranormal Would You Rather.

Stories:
Woman in Black Coat (submitted by Tasha in Kansas, USA)
A Farewell Visitor (submitted by Amy Duke in California, USA)
The Thing Downstairs (submitted by Christina in California, USA)

Music:
"Echoes of Time" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
"Thunder Dreams" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
"Irregular Rhythms" Tim Kulig (timkulig.com)

Discover 4,600+ true ghost stories in the Castle of Spirits Library
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Submit your own true paranormal story
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A mother wakes to a storm in her living room and finds herself face-to-face with a seven-foot shadow figure; in 1827 England, a troubled young woman agrees to a secret rendezvous and is never seen alive again—her murder later solved by psychic dreams; drivers on a lonely stretch of road in the south of England report the creeping touch of unseen hands; and the Greenbrier Ghost of West Virginia makes legal history as the only known case where testimony from a ghost helped convict a murderer. Listen along as the Ghostkeepers share four terrifying true ghost stories from across time.

Stories:
What Is This Thing? (submitted by Anonymous in NY, USA)
Are You Afraid of Driving At Night? (submitted by Anonymous in Wiltshire, England)

Links:
The Red Barn Murder
The Greenbrier Ghost

Music:
"Dark Depression" Ashot-Danielyan-Composer (pixabay.com/users/27049680)
"Irregular Rhythms" Tim Kulig (timkulig.com)

Discover 4,600+ true ghost stories in the Castle of Spirits Library
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paranormal pareidolia (noun)
par·a·nor·mal par·ei·do·lia /ˌpærəˈnɔːrməl ˌpær.aɪˈdoʊ.li.ə/

1. The tendency to perceive ghostly or supernatural images, sounds, or patterns in random stimuli, such as shadows, reflections, or background noise.

2. A psychological phenomenon in which ambiguous sensory input is interpreted as paranormal entities or occurrences, often influenced by cultural beliefs or expectations.

Example: "The eerie face in the window was likely just an instance of paranormal pareidolia rather than an actual apparition, but I'm still totally freaked out and wanna call the Ghostbusters now."

Stories:
Woman's Voice Part 1 (submitted by Kevin Kinkade in Austin, Texas, USA)
Was it The Mothman or a Demon? (submitted by Ramona Wooten in WV, USA)
Ghostly Roommate (submitted by Anonymous)
Toy Story (submitted by Anonymous in Virginia, USA)

Music:
"Aftermath" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
"Dark Depression" Ashot-Danielyan-Composer (pixabay.com/users/27049680)
"Ossuary 6 - Air" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
"Irregular Rhythms" Tim Kulig (timkulig.com)

Discover 4,600+ true ghost stories in the Castle of Spirits Library
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Submit your own true paranormal story
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