American Hauntings Podcast
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American Hauntings Podcast
History, hauntings, legends, lore, true crime, and the dark side of American History. Hosted by Cody Beck and Troy Taylor, Season 8, "HOME" is now live. Previous seasons cover Alton, IL, St. Louis, New Orleans, Hollywood, Heartland Horrors and Homicides, missing persons and the Villisca Axe...
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James "Big Jim" Colosimo
James “Big Jim” Colosimo ruled the Chicago underworld longer than any man in the city's history. The money he raked in from the many enterprises that...
Episode 12: "Signs, Wonders, and the Satanic Century"
In 1908, a Pentecostal minister announced to his followers that the Devil was alive and well and interfered with every aspect of human life. And he wa...
No Safe Hour: Between Daylight and Darkness
In the early 1980s, Springfield, Illinois learned there was no safe hour.
On this episode of American Dread, we examine two unconnected crimes t...
Live from Dead of Winter 2026
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Episode 11: "The Demon From the Bottomless Pit"
Nineteenth century America was awash with diabolical imagery. It was everywhere. It was used to link the Devil to everything from immigrants to aborti...
Capone
Young Brooklyn thug Al Capone took a cab to Coney Island. As he traveled down Ocean Parkway, he wasn’t surprised to see people practically living on t...
Episode 10: "The Devil Will Pay"
When the headless body of a pregnant young woman was found across the Ohio River from Cincinnati in 1896, the shock of the discovery was felt far beyo...
Season Ten Trailer and Topic Reveal
Season 10- Murder City, is here.
In this season, we'll be taking a trip back in time, to the years of prohibition and telling the story of a cit...
Episode 9: "The Devil Baby"
The nineteenth century marked a great change in American history – it was the age of the Industrial Revolution, the Civil War, and a time when science...
Episode 8: "Down at the Crossroads"
America’s first settlers were afraid of a lot of things and when they were afraid of something they reflexively connected it to the Devil – whether it...
Episode 7: "In the Pines"
The Puritans and the early colonists found more monsters in America than just witches. The Devil had birthed a variety of what were often called “mons...
Episode 6: "A Very Scary Christmas"
A special “Very Scary Christmas” Episode!
Traditional Christmas celebrations in colonial American were much different than they are today. It w...
Our Favorite 2025 Horror Movies
It's that time of year again! Join us as we attempt to avoid going off on wil tangents while we discuss our favorite Horror films of the year.
Episode 5: "Fire and Brimstone"
The Devil didn’t confine his shenanigans to Salem Village or even the Massachusetts Bay colony in the 1600s. A penchant for hanging and persecuting th...
Episode 4: "Where the Devil Hides"
The terrible incident at Salem was not the last American witch hunt. It was also not the end of Puritan oppression in the region. They would leave a l...
Frailty
In the past on this podcast, we have often asked the question of whether a monster is born or are they made? This might be the episode that finally an...
Episode 3: "The Devil in Salem Village...And Beyond."
The fires of the witchcraft allegations burned through the towns and villages of New England during the 1600s, leading to accusations, trials, and eve...
American Dread: The Murder of Amy Schulz
In 1987, ten-year-old Amy Rachel Schulz vanished from the quiet town of Kell, Illinois. By morning, her body was found in a rural oilfield — brutally...
Episode 2" "Spirits of the Invisible World"
A war raged in the Puritan New England of the 1600s with both the indigenous people who first settled the land and against the “Spirits of the Invisib...
The Hitcher
Riders on the Storm” turned out to be the last song Jim Morrison ever recorded. When the album was finished, he left L.A. for Paris and either died on...
Episode 1: "Please Allow Me To Introduce Myself"
American Nightmares begins with the horror at the root of the stories that kept the early settlers huddled around the fire late into the night – the D...
Trailer - American Nightmares
Our nightmare begins, as all bad dreams do, in the dark.
The new show coming to the American Hauntings Podcast Network is AMERICAN NIGHTMARES, h...
The Changeling
“So, I’d been listening to this conversation and I finally walked over and picked up a film off the rack. I handed it to the biggest guy and told him,...
Our Favorite Guilty Pleasure Horror Movies (Halloween 2025)
This Halloween, we discuss our favorite guilty pleasure Horror movies! And we try our best to not judge ourselves and others about the scary movies we...
American Dread: Twenty-Five Minutes: The Vanishing of TJ Davison
In October 1985, four-year-old Timothy “TJ” Davison vanished from a grocery store parking lot in Decatur, Illinois — in broad daylight, while his aunt...
The Possession
Post Malone only went into the room because he was with an expert. That’s what he said later, with a lot of regret. The room was part of the other man...
American Dread: The Dardeen Family Homicides
In 1987, the Dardeen family’s quiet life in rural Illinois ended in unimaginable horror.
A crime so savage, it left investigators speechless — a...
The Believers and Borderland (and a big announcement!)
Mark spent the night drinking beer with his friends and trying to pick up girls, passing most of his time in a cantina called Sgt. Peppers, and a honk...
The Lighthouse
The initial inspiration for the film was NOT based on a true story – it was based on an unfinished Edgar Allan Poe story that was also called “The Lig...
Veronica
It’s been called the “SCARIEST FILM ON NETFLIX” by critics and viewers alike. It’s a Spanish film that’s written and directed by Paco Plaza, who found...
Bonus- American Dread: Horror in Decatur — The Penny Timmons Story
Check out the brand new podcast, American Dread, from Adam White.
On Halloween 1992, 20-year-old Penny Timmons vanished in Decatur, Illinois, le...
Sneak Preview of New Season Coming to Patreon!
NEW PREVIEW OF OUR NEW SHOW ON PATREON!
CANYON: THE TRUE STORY OF THE STARVED ROCK MURDERS
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Bonus- American Dread: Cold Barrels, Cold Blood
Check out the brand new podcast, American Dread, from Adam White.
Two winters. Two murders. Eighteen years apart.
In Decatur, Illinois, th...
An American Crime
On October 26, 1965, a 16-year-old girl named Sylvia Likens died in Indianapolis from shock, malnutrition, and a brain hemorrhage. She had been tortur...
Bonus- American Dread: The Freeman Murders
Check out the brand new podcast, American Dread, from Adam White.
On a quiet May night in 1976, the city of Decatur, Illinois, was shattered by...
The Entity
The true story of THE ENTITY doesn’t begin with Carla Moran coming home from work one night, it actually started with researchers Barry Taff and Kerry...
The Bell Witch Cave (Bonus episode)
Enjoy this bonus episode about the history and hauntings of The Bell Witch Cave, including Troy's own firsthand tales of his times in the cave!
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Jeepers Creepers
It was Easter Sunday, April 15, 1990, and Ray and Marie Thornton were driving along Snow Prairie Road, a rural highway about 12 miles outside of Coldw...
Jaws
There’s no denying that there are so many similarities between JAWS and the 1916 shark attacks on the Jersey Shore as well as the disaster of the USS...
LIVE From The Haunted America Conference 2025
This year we have some of THE BEST ghost stories from the Haunted America Conference attendees. Check 'em out!
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