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Origin of the superstition of ghost ships.

The story of the origin of The Boogy Man.

A dead girl's doll talks to a man, leading him to the very devil himself.

A man buys a haunted mansion with an attached cemetery that MUST stay.

Celebrate Halloween this weekend as things get a little spooky with Tim Weisberg and Christopher Balzano from Spooky Southcoast! Boys and Ghouls of every age, would you like to see something strange? Come with us and you will see this our town of Halloween! Ah yes, it's that time of the year again, Shocktober comes to a close as we hand out the treats this year a few days early of Halloween and celebrate all things spooky with the guys from Spooky Southcoast and Spooky Crossroads Tim Weisberg and Christopher Balzano. They will be stopping by BTE to share tales from their new book, Haunted Objects, Ghosts on your shelf! Frightening facts from the mysterious area known as the Bridgewater Triangle and share their own personal spooky encounters with us from many of Haunted investigations and Legend Trips they have travelled together on. Turn off all the lights except the glow of the candle from the Jack-O-Lantern, grab your bag of candy, lock the doors and prepare to get "spooked" as Tim and Chris join Eric, Lon and Sean as we take a Horrifying Halloween journey....Beyond The Edge. About Tim: Tim Weisberg is the host, creator and executive producer of Spooky Southcoast, one of the world's most popular paranormal radio programs. He is also the author of Ghosts of the SouthCoast, and has contributed to books such as Picture Yourself Ghost Hunting and publications such as FATE Magazine. A frequent contributor to paranormal television series and specials, Tim has been featured on programs such as Travel Channel's Ghost Adventures and Most Terrifying Places in America, History Channel's MonsterQuest, BIO Channel's My Ghost Story and LIVING TV's Conversations with a Serial Killer. In addition, Tim also runs the paranormal events company Legend Trips along with Jeff Belanger. He is a frequent guest on other radio shows as well, most notably for his research into the hauntings of the Lizzie Borden Bed & Breakfast in Fall River, Massachusetts. When not working in the realm of the paranormal, Tim is employed as a sports writer for The Standard-Times in New Bedford, Massachusetts, covering the Boston Celtics and the New England Patriots. About Chris: Christopher Balzano is the author of several books about regional hauntings, Dark Woods, Cults Crime and the Paranormal in the Freetown State Forest and Ghosts of the Bridgewater Triangle, as well as the collection of true ghosts stories Ghostly Adventures and the how-to paranormal books Picture Yourself Ghost Hunting and Picture Yourself Capturing Ghosts on Film. His most recent book, Haunted Objects: Stories of Ghosts on Your Shelf, captures stories of everyday people who have accidentally allowed spirits into their house. He has been a contributor to Jeff Belanger's Encyclopedia of Haunted Places and Weird Massachusetts and was one of the writers behind Weird Hauntings. He has appeared in more than a dozen other books, often called in to offer insight into the paranormal of perspective on a certain case. He has appeared on radio stations across the country and throughout the Internet, as well as being called upon by television shows to comment on ghosts and urban legends, including the British television series Conversations with a Serial Killer. He has been a guest on Coast to Coast AM and been asked in as a consultant on televisions shows like Paranormal State and Ghost Adventures. He now runs the paranormal news from Ghostvillage, one of the oldest and largest websites dedicated to the paranormal, and is the content director for the popular paranormal radio show Spooky South coast. About Spooky Southcoast: SpookySouthcoast.com is the home of one of the world's top-rated paranormal radio shows. Delve into the world of the strange and unusual each week with host Tim Weisberg, "The Silent Assassin" Matt Costa, Science Adviser Matt Moniz and Content Director Chris Balzano. Ghosts, hauntings, UFOs, alien beings, cryptid creatures...nothing is taboo with the Spooky Crew! You can tune into Spook

On this episode we welcome to the show Demonologist and paranormal investigator Keith Johnson. Keith is the author of several books and former cast member of the SYFY channel's Ghost Hunters. We talk to Keith about the topic of demonology and tackle some very important questions on the subject. For more information on Keith Johnson check out his website at www.nearparanormal.com. 

Gene and Chris present "Shop Talk 2012," where we answer your questions about anything and everything related to the paranormal and even our personal lives. You'll learn why we need to run lots of ads, our favorite guests, favorite UFO books, not-so-favorite books, and our fearless views about the state of paranormal research.

On this episode we welcome back a long time friend to the show, Bobby Nelson from Strange Frequencies Radio. Bobby is a one time believer turned skeptic. Bobby exposes some of the myths surrounding the Ouija Board and what the board was originally created for among other Ouija talk. We hope you enjoy the show!

Stories for Show #164: 1. David (St. Paul, Minnesota) – An Angry Apparition of an Elderly Lady 2. Annie (Richmond, California) – Family Dog Reacts to Something on the Fireplace Mantel 3. Luke (Ohio, U.S.) - The Ghost in the Trees 4. Michael (Lincoln, Nebraska) – A Haunted House in Nebraska Burns Down 5. Aris (Riverside, California) - The Shadow Man at Grandma's House 6. Ryan (Ashland, New Hampshire) - Show Bumper 7. Michelle (Baltimore, Maryland) – Who's Banging on the Front Door 8. Cameron (Castleford, West Yorkshire) – The Ghost of Daniel 9. Carriage (U.S.) - The Tall Man 10. Walter (Raleigh, North Carolina) - Visits from Grandma 11. Jolie (Seattle, Washington) – Me and Barbara Break #1 - Audiblepodcast.com/ghost 12. Lucy (Fair Lawn, New Jersey) – Keys Thrown on the Floor 13. Rob (Chino Hills, California) -  Las Luces Fantasmas of Arizona 14. Margaux (Creston, British Columbia Canada) - The Spirit of Halloween 15. Robert (Texas, U.S.) - A Walk at Bethany Lake Park In Allen, Texas Break #2 - Al Rauber's New Website: www.ajrhnj.com 16. William (Elberton, Georgia) – North Carolina Grave Yard Tales 17. Anonymous (U.S.) – The Next Time the Train Stops Here... 18. Bruce (U.S.) - Cedar View Mental Institution Break 3: Lex's Original Music, ©2012 19. Katherine (U.K.) - The Visitor (Hoping This Time She Can Hear Me) 20. Spring (Texas, U.S.) – Ghostly Figures Walk the Halls at a Home for the Elderly 21. Laura (Citrus Heights, California) – A Shadow Man Approaches 22. Ben (Forth Smith, Iowa) - The Ghost Scar 23. Lauren (Seattle, Washington) – Lake Crescent's Lady of the Lake 24. Angela (Santa Cruz, California) – The Death of Sarah Agnes Cowell Re-lived 25. Peter (Copenhagen, Denmark) - An Eerie Night at a Denmark Psychiatric Ward Links from #164 Anything Ghost Graphic Novel: on sale now, at Indy Planet   $9.99 printed version, $4.99 PDF version, $55.00 customer cover edition (contact Lex via email). Al Rauber's New Website: www.ajrhnj.com Audible.com: Free audiobook with 1 month free sign up, www.audiblepodcast.com/ghost Michelle from Baltimore Maryland: Mill Mall stories link 100% Unofficial Universal Orlando Podcast: http://unofficialuniversalorlando.podbean.com/ Have a Haunted and Happy Halloween!! 

Our 4th and final Paradigm Symposium special episode is now live (Ep3 has been in the feed for a few days) with a run down of the Symposium’s final day and our very first USA fan meet. We have to say here that Scotty Roberts, Micah Hanks, and their people have put on a superb [...]

In this episode we talk about the scariest moments in ghost hunting and beyond.

This year we celebrate a milestone, Won't you join us? It was back in September 2007, that Eric Altman and Sean Forker came up with the idea of hosting an internet talk show to talk with researchers, investigators and experiencers who dealt with the stranger side of life. Subjects that were just beyond the edge of reality. They wanted to know if there was life after death. Were there such things as Ghosts and hauntings? Do undiscovered creatures like Bigfoot, Lake Monsters, and the Mothman really exist? Are we not alone in the universe and being visited by Aliens traveling here in UFO's? Do people really have the ability to see the future and speak to the dead? Eric and Sean wanted answers to some of these greatest mysteries and more. They wanted to leave the world of they knew and travel far beyond the edge. On October 26, 2007, Beyond The Edge Radio was born. The first show aired that night on Blog Talk Radio and our very first guest was Paranormal Society of Pennsylvania Founder and paranormal investigator Rick Fisher. Since that day, BTE Radio has grown and added many new faces and names to the show. We've had many great co-hosts over the years including Monica Rawlins, Joe Biello and the show's current co-host for the past two years Lon Strickler. We've also had some fantastic segments hosted by great hosts such as Lon Strickler, Scott Walton, Nick Redfern, and James Baker. Who can forget some of the top name guests we have had on the program. Top names in the paranormal community field have included John Zaffis, Rosemary Ellen Guiley, Lloyd Auerbach and Dr. Barry Taff. From the Cryptozoology field, the guest list has included John Green, Ken Gerhard, Robert W. Morgan, Linda Godfrey and Mark Milhalko. Ufologists, Stanton Friedman, Stan Gordon, John Ventre, Mac Maloney have shared their thoughts on alien life and unidentified flying craft. And of course one of our most popular and most visited guests haunted survivor Bill Bean with close to ten appearances on the show. These are just a few names of the hundreds of fascinating and informative guests in their related fields we've had on the show with many more great guests to come. This week we celebrate over 300 episodes and five years of searching for answers to the world’s greatest mysteries and we have you to thank for it. You our listeners have stood by us and supported BTE Radio in our quest. Without you coming along with us on this journey, we would not be here five years later so this is not just a celebration of BTE Radio being on the air for five years, but five years of you supporting us and for that we are truly grateful and even more cause for celebration. So this week as an added bonus and a way of saying thanks, we have some great prizes to give away to say thank you an some great surprises for all our listeners who tune in live this week. Including great BTE swag, autographed collectibles, Bigfoot T-shirts, books and DVDs all up for grabs this weekend plus a few special call in guests from past shows and a few surprise call in guests on the show as well. Won't you tune in this week and join Eric, Lon and Sean as we celebrate and say thank you for supporting us for five years and a special thank you to our past co-hosts, segment hosts, guests, fans, listeners, and friends as we all get set to take another trip beyond the edge!

On this episode we welcome paranormal author John Kachuba. John is the author of several paranormal books such as Ghosthunting Illinois, Ghosthunting Ohio, & Ghosthunters: On the Trail of Mediums, Dowsers, Spirit Seekers and Other Investigators of America's Paranormal World to name a few. We talk to John about some of his favorite paranormal stories along with some of his most memorable encounters with the paranormal. For more information on John Kachuba check out his website: www.johnkachuba.com

Gene and Chris have a howling good time with paranormal writer Linda Godfrey, author of "Real Wolfmen: True Encounters in Modern America." You'll learn about the legends of humanoid wolves, shape shifters, and incredible creatures that materialize in portal or window areas around the world.

Tonight, we have mystery topics. We don't even know what we'll be talking about..