Second Hand Haunting

Second Hand Haunting

Callum Patrick and Olly Holmes read old ghost stories and try to make sense/fun of them.

Episodes

January 5, 2026 63 mins

Callum & Amber see out the old year with something more annoying than fireworks: a spooky something that won't leave the poor wealthy Shchapoff family, and their numerous servants, alone.
Escalating from a ruckus on the roof to a sure-fire murder attempt, this Russian devil is not to be trifled with.

Can you hear the drums? If so, email: ⁠⁠⁠2ndhandhaunt@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠

The Book of Dreams and Ghosts (C)1897 Andrew Lang (Reprint ...

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Just in time for Christmas, Callum & Amber sit down to read what Andrew Lang calls "The best story in the world": the old Icelandic tale of Glam.

As an excerpt from Iceland's Saga of Grettir the Strong: Yeomen, shepherds, monsters, thralls, and big strong boys abound.

Send us you Christmas wishlist: ⁠⁠⁠2ndhandhaunt@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠

The Book of Dreams and Ghosts (C)1897 Andrew Lang (Reprint ISBN 978-1-4065-2606-6)

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December 8, 2025 85 mins

Jess, Justin, and Callum provide very different, yet equally esteemed interpretations of the poltergeist and spectral events surrounding poor Amy, a thirteen year old girl in the USA in 2002.
After they give their own advice they hear what Echo Bodine: self proclaimed ghostbuster, psychic, clairvoyant, and spiritual healer, said to Amy back in '02.
To shake off that horror, they play a little game to test if Jess REALLY IS in...

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November 24, 2025 64 mins

Olly's back from his holiday just in time to celebrate our 2 year anniversary!
Callum updates him on his own recent spooky experience, catches up on Olly's circumstances during the Halloween Seance, and reads a haunting tale of the one place in London that Olly didn't go: the Tower of London.

If you or someone you know has been seized by a vial of alien goo, contact us here: ⁠⁠⁠2ndhandhaunt@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠

Haunted Houses (C)1907 by...

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Callum & Amber indulge in their bed-time routine: cozy pajamas, potent nightcaps, and stories from Japanese folklore.

If you've ever buried a corpse beneath a house, admit your sins here: ⁠⁠⁠2ndhandhaunt@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠

Japanese Tales selected, edited, and translated by Royall Tyler (C)1987 (ISBN 0-375-71451-0)

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October 30, 2025 71 mins

It's Halloween 2025, and that means it's time to try and contact the dead again!

This time we're using the Estes Method to tap into the Spirit Realm via a Spirit Box.

Or at the very least Callum, Steph, Justin, an Amber try to contact Olly who is in an undisclosed location halfway around the world...

Find Justin and Steph on Instagram

Tell us your interpretation of our seance here: ⁠⁠⁠2ndhandhaunt@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠

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October 27, 2025 38 mins

Fresh from their ghost hunt in a haunted lunatic asylum, Olly asked Callum to find some stories about other haunted health care facilities.
He hit the jackpot, because apparently the Royal Melbourne Hospital, Brisbane's Royal Children's Hospital, AND Adelaide's Women's and Children's Hospital are all haunted!

Tell us about your dosed-up hospital hallucinations here: ⁠⁠⁠2ndhandhaunt@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠

Haunted: The Book of Australia's G...

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October 13, 2025 71 mins

Callum, Olly & Amber went on a Ghost Hunt in the old Glenside Z-Ward (a.k.a. Parkside Lunatic Asylum).

Find out what they saw, heard, and felt in the dingy, barbaric, and reputedly haunted facility that held Adelaide's most troubled minds for over 100 years.

Recommend more haunted sites at: ⁠⁠⁠2ndhandhaunt@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠

Ghost Tour & Hunt provided by Adelaide's Haunted Horizons.

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Callum gives Justin a choice of ghost stories from China, Japan, or the Mystery Box!
Of course he manages to double-dip, but that just means a deadly double dose of phantom fun!

Check out the pictures from the episode on Instagram.

Email Justin at https://www.pzinner.com.au/contact

Or on Instagram.

or email Callum here: ⁠⁠⁠2ndhandhaunt@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠

Japanese Tales selected, edited, and translated by Royall Tyler (C)1987 (ISBN 0-3...

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September 15, 2025 53 mins

Callum tortures Amber & Olly with letters that were submitted to psychic Echo Bodine asking for help with very... intimate spectral problems they've been having.

Email the gang here: ⁠⁠⁠2ndhandhaunt@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠

Dear Echo... (C)2002 Echo Bodine (ISBN 0 00 716642 7)

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September 1, 2025 60 mins

Callum is joined by Amber and special guest Steph Heff to discuss the eagerly anticipated Lumley Castle. As in Joanna Lumley.
But she's hardly the only recognisable name connected to the ghostly activity in both the haunted castle and it's spooky surrounds...

Email the gang here: ⁠⁠⁠2ndhandhaunt@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠

Check out Steph Heff on Instagram: @steph.heff

ABC story of Australian Cricketers: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2005-0...

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Callum & Olly get on a call to discuss a fancy restaurant haunted by a fancy phantom. Where else can you behold a swinging chandelier before being perved on by a washroom wraith, and then get blown out the back door?

Email the boys here: ⁠⁠⁠2ndhandhaunt@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠

Ghost Stories of Chester County and the Brandywine Valley by Charles J Adams III (ISBN 1-880683-15-6)

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Callum & Olly are joined by Welshy & Murray from Scripty Business to help us get through three bizarre tales of a German banshee, an obedient revenant, and a marital squabble from beyond the grave.
This one reeaalllly isn't for the kiddos...

Complain about our dirty mouths here: ⁠⁠⁠2ndhandhaunt@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠

Almanac of the Uncanny (C)1995 by Reader's Digest (ISBN 0 86438 910 8)

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July 21, 2025 35 mins

Callum & Olly read about some bona fide South Australian maritime ghost lore. Well, the ship was named after Kooringa in SA, anyway.
It was built in NSW, sailed from VIC to QLD, and was designed by a massive Carlton FC fan who didn't ever want to leave his baby, even after he died...

Send your Cheap Wine lyric theories to: ⁠⁠⁠2ndhandhaunt@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠

Shadows: Tales of South Australia's Supernatural (C)1999 by the eXXaminers...

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July 7, 2025 34 mins

Callum & Olly report from the scene of the Old Adelaide Gaol, where they've joined a Ghost Tour and are having an eerily good time.

Recommend more haunted sites at: ⁠⁠⁠2ndhandhaunt@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠

Ghost Tour provided by Adelaide's Haunted Horizons.

Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):
https://uppbeat.io/t/danijel-zambo/centuries-ago
License code: RTOJRJP10E2YDEGT

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Callum & Olly read the oldest known recorded story of a haunted house, among other spirits and night mischief perpetrated in ancient Rome.

Send latin pronunciation corrections to: ⁠⁠⁠2ndhandhaunt@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠

The Letters of the Younger Pliny, translated by Betty Radice (C)1963

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June 9, 2025 50 mins

Callum, Amber & Olly read about inexplicable lamps, eerie showers, and the ghostly echoes of fame on John Wayne's yacht after he died.

Send corrections to Callum's facts about John Wayne & Elvis Presley here: ⁠⁠⁠2ndhandhaunt@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠

Ghost Stories of California (C)2000 by Barbara Smith (ISBN 1-55105-237-7)

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May 26, 2025 63 mins

Callum takes Amber & Olly back to the 1500s, when anyone could be a ghost. Wives of God, Wives of Kings, even wives of mediums! Wait a minute...

Send your ghost wife tale to: ⁠⁠⁠2ndhandhaunt@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠

Almanac of the Uncanny (C)1995 by Reader's Digest (ISBN 0 86438 910 8)

Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):
https://uppbeat.io/t/danijel-zambo/centuries-ago
License code: RTOJRJP10E2YDEGT

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Callum offers Amber Patrick & Justin McArthur some baked potato snacks, with a side-serving of horrors found in Pringle's Mansion, Edinburgh!

There's a creepy crawly in the cellar, a monster running loose in the halls, and a demonic disturbance in the bed.

Content Warning for misophonia, let alone all the usual stuff.

Send angry emails to Callum at: ⁠⁠⁠2ndhandhaunt@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠

Check out more of Amber at Please Attend Care...

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Olly's got a trip to California coming up, so Callum decides to warn him of the dangers of local haunted hotels & antique stores carrying dreadful dolls.

Wish Olly bon voyage at ⁠⁠⁠2ndhandhaunt@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠

Ghost Stories of California (C)2000 by Barbara Smith (ISBN 1-55105-237-7)

Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):
https://uppbeat.io/t/danijel-zambo/centuries-ago
License code: RTOJRJP10E2YDEGT

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