Second Hand Haunting
Callum Patrick and Olly Holmes read old ghost stories and try to make sense/fun of them.
Episodes
Amber reads Callum a story about a Tennessean Baptist Revival night invaded by a hellish apparition, and the multiple ghosts it leaves in its wake.
Explain the difference between Methodists and Baptists here: 2ndhandhaunt@gmail.com
Tennessee Folklore Society Bulletin - Volume 37, No. 3 (C)1971 Tennessee Folklore Society
Thirteen Tennessee Ghosts and Jeffrey (C)1977 by Kathryn Tucker Windham (ISBN 9780817360351)
Callum & Olly celebrate Chinese New Year with an old tale of conflict between the Son of Heaven, a rebellious Warlord, and the extremely brave man caught in between.
Link to the episode with the headless chicken.
If you've seen a movie based on today's episode, let us know: 2ndhandhaunt@gmail.com
Some Chinese Ghosts (C)1887 by Lafcadio Hearn (2008 ISBN 978-0-486-46306-3)
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Justin & Amber join Callum for a Valentine's day special (not like that). The trio examine marital politics of 1600s Scotland while rooting for young lovers to become spouses, and not ghosts.
Have we found the most wholesome ghost story ever? Who's going to be the ghost? And what's with the Flapjacks?
Find Justin on Instagram.
Send us your recipe for homemade treats: 2ndhandhaunt@gmail.com
LEGENDS of Northeast Scotland...
Amber got Callum a birthday gift of a brand new bookazine about ghosts, so they take turns reading stories about troubled young women in the 20th century who were ghosts.
Or were trying to be ghosts?
Or were just trying to find love in this crazy mixed-up world?
If you've ever acted like a supernatural entity woo someone, email: 2ndhandhaunt@gmail.com
History of Ghosts 9th Edition Bookazine (C)2025 by Future Publishing ...
Callum & Olly hunt through Haunted Houses looking for a decent ghost. Along the way they find some impressive houses, and some inhumane acts, and an inappropriate Nun.
If you like wet ghosts, email: 2ndhandhaunt@gmail.com
Haunted Houses (C)1907 by Charles G Harper (1994 ISBN 1 85958 068 8)
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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 ...
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)
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...
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
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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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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
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...
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...
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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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...
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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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...
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.
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https://uppbeat.io/t/danijel-zambo/centuries-ago
License code: RTOJRJP10E2YDEGT
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