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Due to the unforeseen storm, the Ridge is celebrating Halloween a few days late - join us!

We're back at the Ridge just as September comes to a close and it's time to get ready for the fall.

Once again we're back at the Ridge, but this time it's for another Friday the 13th - with the other side of the story from another old friend from the city who is intent on making a new life in the Mountains!

We're back at the Ridge for Halfway to Halloween - with an old friend from the city who is intent on making a new life in the Mountains!

This Day After Christmas, Boxing Day, join Eevie, as she spends the day unwinding from the holiday while being visited by a ghost of days yet to come.

"...for in the very air through which this Spirit moved it seemed to scatter gloom and mystery. It was shrouded in a deep black garment, which concealed its head, its face, its form, and left nothing of it visible, save one outstretched hand. But for this, it would have been difficult to detach its figure from the night and separate it from the darkness by which it was surrounded."

This Christmas Day, join Noelle, as she spends the holiday, and her birthday with Ranger, and a ghost of present day.

"This boy is Ignorance. This girl is Want. Beware them both, and all of their degree, but most of all beware this boy, for on his brow I see that written which is Doom, unless the writing be erased."

This Christmas Eve, join Jennifer, as she's joined by a ghost of the days passed.

"I told you these were shadows of things that have been. That they are what they are, do not blame me!"

It's Friday the 13th again.  Some things haven't changed, some things have.

It's been far too long, Neighbors, and it's time to spend 13 mins with 13 residents of the Ridge, and get quickly caught up in time for spooky season!

It's Halloween, and I'm at the cabin for a little spooky encounter!

We're back up at the Ridge after a very wet and dreary summer, with fall just on the horizon.  Time to chat with the ladies, this time around, Eevie, Teeghan, Noelle, Jennifer, and one new voice as well!

Jennifer and the rest of the Boston-based neighbors have some catching up to do, and it seems, some spooky plans to make.

We were asked to take part in a special collaboration and could not have been more excited to do so! 

In this episode you'll hear snippets from so many amazing shows including They're Not Shadows, Ghost Story Guys, Real Life Ghost Stories, We Need To Talk About Ghosts, Souther Gothic, It's Haunted, What Now?, You Can See Me In The Dark and Weekly Creep!

Enjoy the spookiness!

We're back in the mountains to catch up with those we know best, and some we likely don't know at all.

This episode begins with a small tribute to a listener and friend of the show, who we sadly lost recently.  Nan Gardner was a kindred spirit who is already truly missed.

It's Friday the 13th, thank goodness! Join us back at the Ridge to catch up with some things that are happening, and some things that are happening again.

It's Halloween, we couldn't let it pass without a little drama, mystery and this time, a black cat!

As spring progresses into summer, we get to catch up with the Freeling family.  And a few others make an appearance, or re-appearance.

It's been a while, but that doesn't mean nothing has been happening, time to start back up, where it all began!

We're back in the woods, it's muddy, it's messy, it's just how the story progresses....

Time to get back up north, and into the story.  This episode we'll be getting a glimpse of what's happening, and what's happened, in others' words.  

Before we jump back into the storyline, I figured I'd get us caught up with who we know and what's happened - all with a few new voices!

In the strange days that blur between Christmas and New Years, several of the Residents at the Lofts have found themselves stuck in a strange place as well.

It's Halloween time at Birchwood Ridge, and the residents of the community have a few seasonal issues hanging over them.  But don't we all?

The podcast turns 3 today! To celebrate, we've got a bonus episode chronicling three ghostly encounters at the cabin!

It's Episode 13, and just like in Season 1, this one has a bit of a different perspective.  Enjoy a look at the Lofts and the Ridge through a lower set of eyes.

In observance of Independence Day, we're going to visit some of my favorite haunts of Philadelphia - including many of those from the founding souls of our the country!

We're back in the woods at the Ridge, and we're picking back up a story from last fall, one that was ended abruptly thanks to a zoom glitch, or was it? ;) 

As spring spills into summer, we head back to Birchwood Ridge and catch up with Max, Nyles, Adelaide and Jennifer as they navigate some new paths, and reconcile some old pasts.

This bonus episode is short, sweet, and very much needed.

Season Two is officially back after a hiatus - it's just about spring at the Lofts and at the Ridge, and it's time to check in with what's happening in light of the time away.  Ready to go back?

A little tease to get us back into the Season Two - after far too long, Jennifer returns to the cabin to get it ready for an upcoming storm.

One last tale to revisit our characters from Season 1, and this time, to tie up one family's unfinished story.

Is it even a holiday without some sort of household maintenance issue? Not if your job is keeping the Lofts in running order!

We're not all natural believers, but sometimes even skeptics might take the leap of faith when it comes to the afterlife.  In this episode, we'll hear things in a whole new voice when it comes to ghosts.

This ninth day we'll reconnect with a family, and their missing friendly ghost, or is it?

This winter solstice a few of our favorites are doing their best to bring in a new season of light and hope, all too ready to usher out the darkness.

On this seventh day, we meet our seventh ghost, and spend time with two ladies who never had the chance to take center stage, but are ready for their spotlight now!

With six days until Christmas, we get to spend a movie marathon afternoon with Claudia and Tidbit -- and it's an obscene amount of fun.....until it isn't.

Special thanks to one of our patrons for lending their cinematic vocal talents for a clip in this bonus!

This fifth ghost and day of Christmas, we get to check in with three of our favorite folks from the fifth floor! 

He's back! No, not Charlie, although he is too, but Roho! Our favorite calling bird, and he's got a lot to say, and see, this Hanukkah!

On this third day, with third ghost, we spend more time at the Lofts with a married couple just trying to keep some old family traditions alive.

For the second day, and ghost, of Christmas, we're heading to the first floor of the Lofts to share in the experience of one family's very first, and enlightening, Christmas Tree!

This holiday season we want to keep everyone in the spirit, by keeping alive the tradition of telling ghost stories at Christmas, and revisiting some of our favorite characters from season one!

On the first day, we have a Partridge and Charity, featuring Mallory!

In this episode we split our time between the Lofts and the Ridge, but some things are overlapping the locations - and nothing is exactly as it appears, at least at first.  

Halloween is over, but the spooky times have only just started.  In this episode, an entire community comes together to try and find a lost dog at the Ridge, while the trees have been keeping secrets. 

As with all things in 2020, even Halloween has been made a bit different, a bit more strange, but scary, all the same, whether you're at the Lofts of the Ridge.

It's almost Halloween, and that means it's almost time for some Halloween festivities - both at the Lofts and at the Ridge, who is ready to be invited to a little fun, and a lot of spooks?

We spend some time in a dark place with Jennifer, at the lofts, before returning back to the Ridge.  And regardless of where people are, it seems like everyone is nearing their breaking point.

In this second part of our special 2-year anniversary bonus, we cover some more recent paranormal experiences for Jennifer (and John) - and even have a true crime tie-in.  *Disclaimer* this episode contains more graphic content than our typical story, as some details surrounding a murder are included.  Skip out after Jennifer's first story if you'd like to avoid that content.

Citations for this story and a brief excerpt:

https://www.jphs.org/victorian-era/bussey-woods-murders.html

https://www.americanhauntingsink.com/northwood

Excerpt read from "Was it a Ghost?" by H.J. Brent, published in 1878

We are celebrating two years of the show this week, and it couldn't have happened without all of you! As part of our thanks, there will be a two-part Bonus Episode, and here is the first!

Figured some of you might be curious about the first ghost, the one that started it all!  Ready?