Explore every episode of the podcast Splintered Spirits

John Kruth runs one of the strangest labs in America, and he's got the data to prove it. As executive director of the Rhine Research Center, the oldest continuously operating parapsychology lab in the country, with roots tracing back to a 1930s Duke University basement, Kruth has spent over fifteen years running ESP, psychokinesis, and psychic phenomena through controlled, peer reviewed, double blind experiments.

He grew up doing meditation and healing work before he could ride a bike, and a shared childhood dream convinced him early on that something bigger than five senses was going on. This episode is built around one question. Are spirits energy, or are they information?

Gary sits down with Kruth to unpack what parapsychologists mean when they say psi, which covers telepathy, clairvoyance, precognition, and the far edges of human consciousness. Kruth breaks down the Ganzfeld experiment, a sensory deprivation setup involving ping pong balls taped over your eyes, red light, and white noise, then tells a genuinely unsettling story about accidentally leaking his own thoughts into a subject sitting in another room. From there it's biophotons, energy healing, near death experiences, and survival research, plus a real debate over whether ghosts and hauntings are leftover human energy, like John Santa's theory suggests, or something closer to an informational field we're all quietly plugged into.

It's a rare chance to hear a working scientist take hauntings, apparitions, and mediumship seriously without checking his skepticism at the door. Kruth compares psychic ability to golf, something anyone can practice but usually needs a natural gift to really excel at, and explains why the Rhine still runs lab studies instead of just chasing ghost stories on camera. If you care about parapsychology, ghost hunting, or just want a smarter conversation about what might survive after we die, don't miss this one.

@RhineResearchCenter-ESP @Santaparanormal

Paranormal author and investigator Sam Baltrusis joins Gary and John Santa from @santaparanormal live with a reveal they didn’t see coming. Sam’s distantly related to Lizzie Borden. With his new book, Lizzie Borden and the Family Curse coming out October 13, Sam digs into the Borden family tree and its unsettling ties to other infamous names, including Aileen Wuornos and Marilyn Monroe. He also traces an ancestor whose father was executed on spectral evidence, begging the question whether a family can really carry a curse.

The conversation goes deep on the Fall River axe murders. Sam walks through alternate suspects, including William Borden, and the Bertha Manchester murder theory. He also shares what Ryan Murphy's take on the Lizzie Borden story got wrong. From there, the talk turns thoughts on  a different ways ghost hunters should work. Sam, Gary, and John debate going into a haunted location cold versus knowing its history, trade notes with the skeptics, and explain why critical thinking matters.

If you love true crime, haunted history, New England ghost stories, or paranormal investigation, this live episode is for you. Sam and John will both be at MASS ParaCon, October 2 to 4, 2026, in Taunton, Massachusetts. Subscribe to Splintered Spirits for weekly conversations with the people chasing the unexplained, and Stay Curious.

Tarot cards get a bad rap in the movies: dramatic candlelight, a mysterious stranger, and a death card that spells doom. The reality is a lot more interesting, and a lot less scary, and in this episode we're getting the real story straight from someone who reads professionally and is currently fighting a legal battle over it.

Beck Ravenswood, the Hanover, Pennsylvania witch making headlines as the plaintiff in a landmark court case over Pennsylvania's fortune telling laws, joins Gary for a full breakdown of the craft that started it all. Beck walks through tarot's murky medieval origins, the difference between the major and minor arcana, why the deck splits into four suits just like a regular deck of playing cards, and what it actually means when a card shows up reversed. Along the way she also gives an update on her ongoing lawsuit, a case that's turned into something much bigger than tarot itself, touching on free speech, religious practice, and what the government gets to decide counts as legitimate spiritual work.

Then Beck puts Gary in the hot seat for his first ever tarot reading, a full ten card Celtic cross spread that digs into what's really going on beneath the surface. Whether you're tarot curious, already have a deck collecting dust on a shelf, or just want to understand what's really happening in a reading before you write it off, this episode is a genuinely useful crash course in one of the most misunderstood tools in the paranormal and spiritual world.

Chris McKinnell, grandson of legendary paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren, joins Splintered Spirits for a conversation about ghosts, consciousness, fear, and the real stories behind the Warren legacy. With more than four decades of fieldwork across 10,000 cases in 18 countries, Chris brings a perspective shaped by firsthand experience, psychology, religion, cultural anthropology, and a lifetime spent around the unexplained.

Chris discusses why he moved beyond the demonology framework associated with the Warrens, why he believes fear can make paranormal experiences worse, and what he thinks spirits actually are. He also talks about the true cases that inspired The Conjuring universe, the modern obsession with Annabelle, haunted objects, psychic ability, residual energy, and why the paranormal may have far more to do with human consciousness than horror movies.

This is a grounded, surprising episode of Splintered Spirits with one of the most connected voices in paranormal investigation.

John Santa has a big problem this week. After a few too many cocktails at the haunted Tarrytown House Estate, a flirtatious spirit named Lily got a little too comfortable on his live stream. Then she followed him to home. Gary and John discuss the consequences of altered states of "intent,” why alcohol and ghost hunting don't mix, and whether it can be considered cheating if it’s with a ghost.

From there the guys dig into some genuinely wild paranormal theory: entities that evolve over time, a possessed forest campsite nicknamed The Creature, water tables as spiritual conduits, and whether an 8 foot shadow figure could exist without even knowing it's terrifying anyone. There's talk of dowsing rods, ley lines, time slips, and a haunted Confederate soldier still walking someone's hallway. Real ghost stories, real paranormal investigation talk, zero filter.

Splintered Spirits Live drops weekly with unscripted conversations about hauntings, spirit communication, ghost hunting equipment, and the paranormal community's strangest encounters. New episodes and guest interviews every Tuesday, live shows every Thursday. Time’s winding down to take Are You a Ghost Magnet survey at splinteredspirits.com/survey to find out if you're wired to attract the supernatural.

This episode of Splintered Spirits welcomes viral paranormal reaction creator Fuel Neve, for a funny, thoughtful, and unexpectedly personal conversation about ghost encounters, horror, social media, and why the paranormal does not always have to be deadly serious. Fuel shares how his loud, hilarious reactions to strange internet videos helped build his following, and why John Santa’s ghost-hunting clips are perfect material.

Then things get genuinely spooky. Fuel recounts the shadowy figure known as “Old Man Mr. Fox” from his grandmother’s basement in Crown Point, Indiana, a presence his relatives later admitted they had seen too. He also relives a terrifying solo hotel stay in Inverness, Scotland, where the temperature plunged, appliances turned on by themselves, and a closet door shook from the other side.

Gary, John, and Fuel get into the big question behind it all: What are spirits? From residual hauntings and intelligent entities to time, dimensions, and the possibility that paranormal experiences are something the human brain cannot fully process, this is a lively paranormal conversation with plenty of laughs, strong language, and more than a few “WTF is wrong with you?” moments!

What happens when a terrifying encounter in your own bedroom becomes the beginning of a life in paranormal investigation? On this episode of Splintered Spirits, Ghost Hunters and Ghost Nation investigator Shari DeBenedetti shares the chilling story that changed everything: unexplained activity in her family home, a physical encounter she still cannot explain, and a faceless doppelgänger that looked exactly like her then-boyfriend.

Long before joining Jason Hawes and The Atlantic Paranormal Society, TAPS, Shari spent years investigating private cases across Massachusetts and upstate New York. She talks about building an investigative team in the 1990s, working with the limited equipment available at the time, and why a logical, evidence-first approach matters even when a case becomes deeply personal. She also tells stories that never made it to television, including the moment a skeptical engineer was violently thrown across a room.

From Ghost Hunters to Ghost Hunters Returns, this is a candid, funny, and unsettling conversation about spirits, fear, skepticism, and the real work of helping people feel safe in their own homes again. If you love paranormal podcasts, true ghost stories, haunted-house investigations, EVP evidence, or behind-the-scenes stories from the Ghost Hunters universe, press play and dive into the conversation.

Reverend Meg joins Splintered Spirits for a grounded, funny, and deeply personal conversation about psychic mediumship, spiritual awakening, spirit guides, and the nature of the nonphysical world. An ordained minister and licensed psychic medium through the Chapel of Awareness, Meg shares how a former atheist began experiencing powerful intuition, déjà vu, and encounters she could not easily explain, eventually leading her into years of spiritual study and ministry.

We talk about ADHD and learning to separate intuition from a busy mind, why meditation and skepticism matter in psychic development, and why Meg believes mediumship is a skill that requires practice, mentorship, and verifiable exercises. She also breaks down her view of ghosts, guides, and consciousness after death, including why she sees spirits as nonphysical energy rather than frightening human-like entities.

What are spirits? Can paranormal investigators benefit from a more spiritual approach? And why does Meg believe we may be less separate from the spirit world than we think? This episode explores paranormal experiences, psychic abilities, spiritual healing, shadow work, religion, fear, and the ongoing search for peace, purpose, and connection.

In this episode of Splintered Spirits, Gary sits down with Mizz Paranormal, Cat, and Luna for an unfiltered conversation about paranormal experiences, ghost hunting ethics, and the growing fight for civility in the paranormal community. The three guests share the personal experiences that shaped their beliefs and drove them to speak publicly about what they see happening in the field.

But this is also a conversation about accountability. Mizz Paranormal, Cat, and Luna break down what they feel is the line between paranormal entertainment and authentic investigation, why debunking is a necessary part of ghost hunting, and how misinformation, rage bait, bullying, harassment, and parasocial fandoms can poison online paranormal spaces. Gary pushes back from the perspective of a producer, leading to a real discussion about transparency, content creation, evidence, the Conjuring House controversy, and whether the paranormal community can make room for disagreement without becoming cruel - which this conversation proves: it can.

If you love paranormal podcasts, ghost stories, spirit communication,  and honest conversations about the ethics of ghost hunting, this episode goes deeper than the jump scares. It is a funny, candid, occasionally controversial look at belief, integrity, and what it takes to defend truth and human decency in a field where nobody can fully prove what happens after death.

The Oman House is a three story home on Cielo Drive in Beverly Hills, built in 2002 on a vacant lot just feet from where the Sharon Tate and Manson family murders took place in 1969. Owner David Oman has spent decades living with unexplained phenomena in the house, from phantom footsteps and vanishing tools during construction to figurines and large dolls that topple on their own in rooms packed with cameras, all against a backdrop of Native American and old Hollywood history.

In this episode I join David inside what has been called one of the most haunted houses in America for a full walkthrough of his home and his experiences. He shares how a childhood fascination with the supernatural evolved into a more skeptical, investigative mindset and recounts key moments, including the night he woke to see a full bodied apparition he later recognized as victim Jay Sebring standing at the foot of his bed and silently pointing toward the hillside next door. Whether you believe in ghosts or just love true crime and high strangeness, this is a rare chance to hear the story of the Oman House from the man who actually lives there.

What happens when a love of haunted history, horror movies, folklore, and ghost hunting brings two people together? In this episode of Splintered Spirits, we sit down with Cara Cilento and Gail Gamble of Nine Lives Paranormal to explore their path from Italian folk magic, Ozarks legends, abandoned asylums, and a first ghost hunt to becoming paranormal investigators, authors, educators, and creators of one of New Jersey’s most ambitious paranormal events. From ghost cats at the Conjuring House and Shanley Hotel to a chilling shadow figure encounter at Pennhurst Asylum, Cara and Gail share the experiences that made the unknown impossible to ignore.

We dig into paranormal investigation techniques, haunted locations, spirit communication, EVP evidence, spirit boxes, custom ghost-hunting equipment, EMF anomalies, intuitive sensitivity, historical research, and the question at the center of every investigation: what are spirits? Cara and Gail explain their balanced approach to investigating hauntings, where Gail brings the technology, data, and experimental equipment, while Cara describes the physical and intuitive sensations that guide her toward paranormal hotspots. They also share why respect, ethics, open-mindedness, and validating history matter more than provocation or sensationalism.

Plus, we take a deep dive into The Hollow Paracon & Film Fest, the New Jersey paranormal convention and horror film festival created by Nine Lives Paranormal. Hear how The Hollow grew from a small paranormal bazaar into a large-scale gathering of ghost hunters, horror filmmakers, paranormal researchers, vendors, workshops, haunted attractions, and independent genre films. If you love ghosts, hauntings, paranormal research, haunted asylums, folklore, supernatural stories, horror culture, or the ongoing search for evidence beyond the veil, this is an episode you do not want to miss.

In this episode of Splintered Spirits, Gary and John sit down with paranormal mentor and Norse mystic Kaedrich Olsen, a man who quite literally says he was “born into the paranormal.” From growing up in a haunted house and attending spiritualist church as a kid to teaching seances and Norse mysticism, Kaedrich has spent decades refining a practical set of “10 rules” for dealing with ghosts, spirits, and the unseen. Instead of rehashing ghost stories, we dig into the real question: what actually happened to him over the years that forced each of these rules into existence?

Across the conversation we walk through those rules one by one and trace them back to lived experiences. Kaedrich explains how being a terrified kid in a haunted basement led to his first rule, “similarities attract and perpetuate,” why learning to laugh at strange activity completely changed his relationship with hauntings, and how years of helping investigators with attachments and problem homes convinced him you must “test and validate everything.” We get into Ouija boards, seances, spirit attachments, fear states, energetic boundaries, shadow work, “no veil” theory, and what spirits are from his consciousness-based model. If you’ve ever wondered whether your mindset can make a haunting worse, why some people seem like ghost magnets, or how to safely communicate with loved ones without gadgets, this episode is built to challenge your assumptions and give you a new playbook for coexisting with the paranormal.

Perfect for fans of paranormal investigation, ghost hunting, psychic development, Norse mysticism, and shadow work, this is a high-signal, low-BS deep dive into how the unseen actually behaves in real life and what to do about it when it shows up.

In this episode of Splintered Spirits, Gary and John dive into the strange and spiritual world of demonologist, paranormal investigator, musician, medium, tech developer, and all around Renaissance Man, Sean Austin. From Catholic school memories and horror movie nightmares to actual field work with dark entities, Sean walks us through how a flip phone EVP and a very skeptical waiter blew his life wide open to the paranormal. It is part theology chat, part quantum physics, part campfire story. And it is very much a ride.

Along the way, we get into what Sean thinks spirits really are, why intent might matter as much as faith, and how his music background and finely tuned ear shape the way he investigates. There are stories of hauntings that unfold like cosmic practical jokes, out of body trips to places that feel a lot like heaven, and hard won lessons from demonology mentors who have seen it all. It is thoughtful and curious, but never too serious to laugh at itself.

If you have ever wondered whether vibration, frequency, and the ways you live your life could shape what happens after you die, this conversation is going to stick with you. If you just want to hear smart people joke about last rites, skeptical lab rats, and Southern ghosts versus New York ghosts, you are in the right place too.

Splintered Spirits welcomes veteran paranormal investigator, TV analyst, and author Brian J. Cano (Travel Channel's Paranormal Caught on Camera, SyFy's Haunted Collector) for a deep dive into his personal research philosophy he calls “Paralosophy.” Brian breaks down why he refuses to research a location's history before investigating, why he thinks the Estes Method is little more than a placebo dressed up in headphones, and why the biggest source of ghostly EVPs might actually be us, not spirits. Along the way he shares his wild psychic projection experiment.

This episode blends ghost hunting theory, parapsychology, and skeptical inquiry with real talk about tech gadgets, meditation, consciousness, and the science behind paranormal investigation. Gary  and John dig into what makes a truly complete paranormal investigation, why TV and YouTube culture have warped how people chase the unexplained, and how humor and energy might unlock connections that gear alone cannot. Whether you are a lifelong ghost hunter or just curious about spirits, consciousness, and the unexplained, this conversation offers a fresh, thoughtful lens on paranormal research.

Tune in for stories from Staten Island cable access shows to national television, insights from the Rhine Institute, and a candid look at how one investigator evolved from rigid skeptic to skeptical believer over two decades in the field.

What happens when you put a data-driven parapsychologist in the same room as two loud-mouth ghost enthusiasts trying to figure out what spirits are? In this episode, Gary and John sit down once again with Professor Brian Laythe to unpack his groundbreaking work on “Haunted People Syndrome” and why some people seem to live in a constant swirl of weirdness while others barely see a flicker. They dig into the idea of transliminality, thin psychic boundaries, and how your personality, your beliefs, and even your family can shape the way you experience hauntings, synchronicities, and all the “what the hell was that?” moments that never quite leave you.Along the way, Brian reads out Gary and John’s actual scores from a new survey they’ve created together and uses them as a live case study. Gary gets crowned an “internally enlightened mystic,” while John quietly blows the doors off the strange events scale. The result is part therapy session, part comedy roast, and part field guide to your own state of weird. If you’ve ever felt watched, had bizarre body sensations, smelled things that weren’t there, or just wondered whether your house is haunted or your brain is creative, this conversation gives you language, tools, and a fresh way to think about it all.

Take the Are You A Ghost Magnet Survey Here:

splinteredspirits.com/survey

If you’re into haunted houses, real-life ghost research, Western occult history, psychic phenomena, or just want to know what serious scientists actually think about spirits, this is the episode you don’t skip.  Step into one of the most mind-bending episodes of Splintered Spirits yet, as Gary and John sit down with Dr. Brian Laythe, social psychologist, parapsychologist, Director of the Institute for the Study of Religious and Anomalous Experience, and co-author of Ghosted!: Exploring the Haunting Reality of Paranormal Encounters. Brian has spent decades at the crossroads of science, magick, theology, and hauntings, studying everything from the Golden Dawn and Western esotericism to real-world ghost encounters, ESP, and possession cases. In this conversation, he reveals how he went from “in the closet” paranormal nerd to one of the leading researchers publishing haunting and ESP studies in mainstream scientific journals, and why psychology as a field is often more hostile to the paranormal than physics.

If you’ve ever wondered whether ghost experiences are “all in your head” or genuinely supernatural, this episode is your rabbit hole. Brian breaks down his Survey of Strange Events: a mathematically built hierarchy of haunting phenomena that shows subjective feelings (“I felt a presence”) and objective events (voices, objects moving, apparitions) are not separate categories, but one backbone of paranormality that repeats across hauntings, gang-stalking accounts, and creepy imaginary friends. He then walks Gary and John through Haunted People Syndrome, his six-stage model explaining why some people are haunted everywhere they go, how high “transliminality” (thin psychic boundaries) supercharges paranormal encounters, and why belief systems and social contagion can turn one “oh crap” moment into a full-blown, life-shaping haunting.

Along the way, you’ll hear jaw-dropping field stories from infamous locations like Black Moon Manor and Whispers Estate; sites where Brian’s team locked down environments, ran A++ level EMF and geomagnetic monitoring, and still captured anomalies that defy easy debunking. 

Don’t just dive into the conversation with this one, become a part of it.  Visit splinteredspirits.com and be a part of our study with Prof. Brian Laythe by taking our “ARE YOU A GHOST MAGNET?” Survey!

Splintered Spirits sits down with Tim Nealon, the software engineer and entrepreneur who turned a “joke” ghost tour in Savannah into Ghost City Tours, one of the most recognizable brands in haunted tourism. This conversation starts out funny then dives into how Tim built a real world business around phenomena most people still consider unreal.

Across the episode, Tim talks candidly about his universe and his competitors. He breaks down why most ghost tour operators may be passionate, but not great business people (or even ethical ones), how ambition and drive helped him scale to hundreds of employees, and what changes when every guest thinks they are a paranormal expert thanks to TV and social media.

We also explore how years of investigations at famous haunted locations shifted his sense of what might happen after death and why he believes we have barely scratched the surface of how the paranormal interacts with us. If you care about ghosts, business, and the strange intersection of curiosity and capitalism, this is a sharp, funny look at what it means to build a haunted empire in the real world.

Amie Balesky returns to Splintered Spirits for a conversation that pushes past easy labels like "spirit" and into deeper territory. She shares how her understanding of energy, vibration, and connection has evolved since her last visit, offering a fresh lens on how she experiences and interprets the unseen. Gary and John dig into what's changed for her, and how those shifts are shaping the way she works and sees the world.The conversation moves through some heavier moments, including stories of unsettling premonitions and a surprising new direction in her work that has drawn unexpected outside interest. Amie opens up about the responsibility that comes with the things she senses, and how she decides what to share and when.As always, the episode balances the eerie with the entertaining. Between lighter personal stories and a visit with the Annabelle doll, this one captures the mix of humor and mystery that keeps listeners coming back to Splintered Spirits.

Meet Haley Michelle, the Paranormal Princess. By day, she owns Royal Wishes, an entertainment company where she has been bringing beloved princess characters to life at children's birthday parties for over a decade. By night, and sometimes in between, she is one of the most uniquely vibrant voices in the paranormal world. She has nearly three million TikTok followers, a collection of over 50 haunted dolls, and a brand unlike anything else in the ghost hunting community. Gary and John sit down with Haley to explore what it means to bring light, warmth, and a decidedly pink energy into a space that tends to favor black t-shirts and dark corridors.

Haley opens up about growing up with mediumistic gifts from infancy, her journey into haunted objects, and how her princess persona may actually amplify her connection to the spirit world. Children's spirits are especially drawn to her. From paranormal investigations inside the Ohio State Reformatory to nursing home visits where spirits appeared alongside her while she was in full character, Haley shares her most extraordinary and emotional ghost encounters, including deeply personal signs she has been receiving since the recent passing of her mother.

The conversation takes a thoughtful turn into some of the biggest questions in the paranormal community. What are spirits, really? Do past lives exist? And why do so many ghost hunters assume every cemetery is crawling with the dead? Haley also shares her take on the haunting of Disney World, introduces her famous haunted doll Cynthia, and explains why she will occasionally drop the crown on haters online. She is the rare paranormal personality who makes ghost hunting feel like magic.

Audrey and Bella were just two best friends who bonded over K-pop in college until a trip to Salem, Massachusetts changed everything. With zero investigation experience, they started a YouTube channel about ghost hunting and the unexplained, and their very first paranormal investigation became their very first video.

In this episode, Gary and John talk with the duo about building their brand from scratch. Audrey shares growing up in a haunted house and discovering her sensitivity to paranormal energy, while Bella explains how she conquered her childhood fear of the dark by diving headfirst into everything that scared her. They cover their evolution from taped-together gear to a fully planned investigation process, plus the moment a spirit box responded with "Lucifer" on their first ever hunt.

The conversation gets into their most haunted location, Laurel's House of Horror in Maryland, where corrupted footage and an alleged possession changed how Audrey thinks about demons. They also talk business strategy, their five year plan, and what they believe spirits really are, all with plenty of laughs along the way.

Animal psychic and “realm walker” Angel Morgan is back, and this time she brought backup: a ball python named Benedict and a whole lot of wild stories. In this episode, Angel dives into how she communicates with animals on physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual levels, from hearing a snake clearly say “You’re my mommy, take me home” to doing ceremony for frozen feeder mice and cattle bound for market. The conversation starts light and weird, then keeps surprising you as it goes deeper into the ethics, rituals, and real-world moments that shaped her work.

Things get personal when Angel starts reading John’s infamous house cat, Voxxie. She calls out a spirit-level animal who wants to go to cemeteries, an orange cat with a tragic past, and a little girl in John’s home who might be tied to a destroyed haunted doll named Penny. From cinematic animal communication stories at historic train stations to a pack of dogs coming through a spirit box onstage, Angel keeps dropping experiences that challenge what we think “spirits” are and how they show up. If you’ve ever wondered whether your pets are just watching you or actually watching over you, this one is going to stick with you.

Welcome to an episode that asks what happens when the spirits you talk to have fur, claws, or scales. In this Splintered Spirits conversation, Gary sits down with animal psychic and realm walker Angel Morgan, a psychic-medium who claims she can tune into animals on mental, physical, emotional and spiritual levels. Together they discuss the Akashic Records, haunted locations, nature spirits, and the hidden roles animals play as guardians, messengers, and energetic sponges in our homes. If you are into animal communication, pet psychics, paranormal investigations, haunted houses, mediumship, spirit guides, and real-life psychic readings, press play now.

Angel explains how she works with spirit animals, gods and goddesses, and even restless entities attached to objects, while also talking about ethics, grief, and what it feels like to know an animal is preparing to cross over. The conversation moves from practical tools for protecting your pets during hauntings to big-picture questions about what spirits are and how consciousness moves between realms. Stay to the very end, where Gary includes his own dogs for an on-air reading that lands with eerie specifics and becomes one of the most personal and unsettling moments in the entire episode.

This week on Splintered Spirits, it's just Gary and John Santa flying solo, no guest, which means the gloves come off and the conversation goes everywhere. The guys dig into the latest Paranormal News, including the ongoing battle over The Conjuring House and whether its future lies in Hollywood hype or serious investigation, plus a wild story about a developer who wants to level the historic Pennhurst Asylum to build a 1.3 million square foot AI data center. What would the most haunted data center in America even look like? They have thoughts.

From there things get cosmic. Gary and John break down government UAP disclosures and the genuinely unsettling claim that world governments say they have no idea what they're dealing with. They explore a chilling theory that the spirits encountered in investigations might actually be the dead of an alien species, a question made even stranger when multiple AI models independently pointed to an alien-type being over a traditional ghost. Along the way they share a creepy listener ghost photo submission, debate spirit boards and timeless entities, and somehow both admit they’ve probably slept with a few aliens. No shame. No discrimination.

It's a looser, funnier, no holds barred episode that still chases the show's core question: what are spirits? Stick around for a preview of next week's Pet Psychic episode with Angel Morgan . New episodes drop Tuesday, with the live show every Thursday. Like, share, follow, and stay curious.

On this episode of Splintered Spirits, Gary Shapiro and John Santa sit down with Canadian evidential medium Joelle Tremblay to explore how a corporate high achiever became the only medium in Canada certified by the Forever Family Foundation. Joelle shares the emotional story of four years of fertility treatments, a surprise “spiritual boot camp” retreat, and the moment during pregnancy when she suddenly started knowing and hearing things she could not logically explain. She talks about the strange sequence of events that turned a yoga teacher and doctorate candidate into a working medium whose abilities seemed to arrive hand in hand with new life.

From there, Gary and John dive into what evidential mediumship looks like in real practice. Joelle explains how her clairs developed from pure claircognizance into powerful clairsentience and clairaudience, why she prefers not to see too much, and how she experiences spirits as distinct, personality-filled presences rather than just a vague field of consciousness. She walks the audience through the rigorous Forever Family Foundation testing process, including the infamous video-off sitter who would only respond with “tell me more.” The conversation also tackles ethics, boundaries with spirit, the reality of doing highly emotional grief work, and what it means to practice mediumship inside science-minded Canadian culture while still honoring angels, spirit guides, and the raw, human weight of loss.

If you are searching for paranormal podcasts that blend psychic mediumship, afterlife evidence, and real human stories, you’ll get all that in this episode and hear why Joelle walked away from corporate life, how she handles skeptics and non-ethical practitioners, and why she thinks grief itself is a universal language that cuts across borders, beliefs, and platforms.

Spend the night in a haunted hotel where the guests aren’t the only ones checking in. In this episode of Splintered Spirits, Gary and John sit down with Kelly Hammerling, the owner of The Haunted Shanley Hotel, a 19th‑century boarding house turned mafia hangout, brothel, and bar that now hosts more than 50 reported spirits. From a rebuilt 1800s hotel with Irish mob ties and personal tragedy to the present‑day caretaker who actually lives there full‑time with her “second family” of ghosts, this episode dives into the building’s wild history.

From jaw‑dropping first‑hand accounts of spirit box sessions that spit out non‑human voices, a digital temperature gauge jumping to 66.6 degrees mid‑communication, and a bouncer spirit named Frank who has been known to put hands around Kelly’s throat, The Shanley doesn't disappoint. 

Along the way, Kelly breaks down why investigators keep coming back for new evidence: from disembodied voices and full‑body apparitions to deeply personal messages from loved ones during seances. If you’re into haunted hotels, ghost hunting, EVPs, ITC, spirit boxes, the Estes Method, portals, scrying, and real‑life paranormal investigations at historic locations- Let's face it - ANYTHING paranormal related - the Shanley has to be on your list. and this episode will make you rethink what it means to live, and sleep, inside an intelligent haunting.

What if the ghosts haunting you aren't in a dark hallway, but buried deep inside your own mind? In this live episode of Splintered Spirits, Gary and John sit down with Brett Harpp, LMHC-D (she earned that D), better known as The Haunted Therapist, a licensed mental health counselor and EMDR-certified trauma therapist who has built an extraordinary bridge between the world of psychology and the paranormal. Brett explores how the unprocessed experiences of our past operate exactly like hauntings: surfacing without warning, replaying on loop, and refusing to rest until they're truly acknowledged.

Brett walks us through her unique therapeutic framework, blending EMDR, Parts Work (IFS), and Advanced Clinical Hypnosis to help clients identify, face, and integrate their emotional "haunts." But this conversation goes far deeper than metaphor.  Brett shares her own personal paranormal experiences, including a childhood encounter with a mysterious ball of light. 

If you’re someone carrying a ghost of your own, this episode will change the way you think about what it means to be haunted and what it truly means to heal. Find links to Brett in the LinkTree in our bio.  

John returns from an action-packed trip to Buffalo, where he forgot his luggage, experienced overwhelming sensations at Niagara Falls, attended the premiere of The Devil's Mark with Nick and Tessa Groff, and led a one-of-a-kind cemetery walk at Sweeney Cemetery — complete with two mediums, EVP work, and a spirit that may have guided them straight to a long-lost grave. Back home, the haunted Shanley Hotel delivered its own surprises, including a spine-chilling connection to the anniversary of a little girl's death that nobody knew was coming.

Gary and John also pull back the curtain on what's ahead for Splintered Spirits — from an exciting academic study on paranormal beliefs to upcoming guests like Shari DeBenedetti from Ghost Hunters, Sean Austin, and a death doula, just to name a few. They dive into the big questions the show was built on: Why do spirits show up in cemeteries? Can emotional energy leave an imprint? And  how do you deal with trolls - not the kind that live under a bridge, but the social media type.  It's the usual mix of laughs, genuine curiosity, and the kind of paranormal conversation you won't find anywhere else. Dive into the conversation…

When death is your day job, what does it do to your beliefs about ghosts, the afterlife, and what comes next? In this episode of Splintered Spirits, Gary and John sit down with Dr. Dead Serious herself—parapsychological researcher and Paranormal Rescue investigator Kelly Curtis—to explore the eerie intersection of death, dying, and paranormal activity.

Kelly shares insights from her groundbreaking research with hospice workers, ER nurses, first responders, and morticians who are surrounded by death every day, yet often insist they “don’t believe” in the paranormal—even as they tell jaw-dropping stories of near-death experiences, ghostly encounters, and unexplainable phenomena. From her work with Paranormal Rescue in the UK to her data-driven look at how exposure to death rewires belief in spirits and the afterlife, this conversation is a must-listen for fans of ghost stories, true paranormal investigation, and afterlife research.

If you’re into haunted hospitals, real-life ghost hunters, NDEs, and the science of spirits, you won’t want to miss this episode with Dr. Dead Serious, Kelly Curtis.

What does it take to build a paranormal convention from scratch in a haunted Old West gold mining town, when you've never even attended one before? That's exactly what Tiffany Fox, co-founder of Haunted AF and Are You Afraid of the Dark? Paranormal Events, decided to do when she and her team set their sights on Cripple Creek, Colorado. Gary and John sit down with Tiffany to pull back the curtain on what goes into producing a full-scale paracon: finding the venue, locking in speakers like Amy Bruni, Adam Berry, and Dustin Pari, and creating overnight ghost investigations at a 150-year-old jail in a town that practically sounds haunted.

But the conversation goes much deeper than logistics. Tiffany, a Christian investigator who balances her faith with a genuine hunger for the unknown, opens up about her first paranormal experience: a spirit voice at Vermont's Wilson Castle that told her group exactly which room to visit and how that single moment turned her into a full-blown ghost hunter. The crew digs into the gear she swears by, the role group energy plays in generating activity, and whether most "demon" encounters are really just misidentified earthbound grumps. Spoiler: John has strong opinions.

Let’s dive into the conversation.

What happens when a New Orleans-born costume designer moves to Hollywood and starts seeing ghosts on every film set and haunted theater she works in? You get Tammie Merheb Chavez -- paranormal investigator, podcast host, practicing bruja, and one of the most distinctive voices in the paranormal community. Raised on a rich blend of Honduran, Lebanese, and New Orleans folklore, Tammie saw her first full-body apparition while working in a haunted theater in college, and never looked back. She went on to co-create the Hollyweird Paranormal Podcast, become a consultant for Ghost Adventures, and develop her boundary-pushing project Haunted Threads, where she builds period-accurate costumes for famous ghosts and brings their stories to life.

In this episode, Tammie takes Gary and John on a wild ride through some of the most memorable investigations of her career, from nearly falling asleep in the notoriously hyped Sally House in Kansas to conducting a spirit box session partially in Spanish during a live Ghost Adventures shoot. She unpacks her deep-rooted belief system, explains how a vintage suit from a Burbank shop turned out to be very much occupied, and shares why she thinks a ghost can be everything from residual energy to a parallel dimension traveler. She also gets candid about what it is really like to be a woman of color in a field still dominated by guys in black t-shirts.  Let’s dive into the conversation with Tammie Merheb Chavez.

Nick Groff helped invent modern paranormal television, but this is the story you haven’t heard, told by the guy who shot it, cut it, and then had to walk away from it.In this episode of Splintered Spirits, Gary and John sit down with Nick to trace the wild arc from hyperactive New England horror nerd to the wedding-DJ meet‑cute that accidentally created Ghost Adventures. Nick breaks down how he actually built the original documentary: blowing his savings on cameras, piling into a tiny car with Aaron and Zak, and learning documentary storytelling on the fly while shadow figures, EVPs, and ghost-hunting-on-offense started to emerge on tape.From there, the conversation goes deep. Nick opens up about years of behind‑the‑scenes tension, the slow realization that the show he created was no longer his, and the phone calls and ultimatums that led to his quiet exit. He walks us through birthing Paranormal Lockdown and sleeping in morgue drawers until his toes went white, only to watch that series disappear in a corporate shuffle. And we end in the present: Death Walker, his upcoming feature film, and a new creative chapter built around his partnership with psychic-medium Tessa Groff and their very haunted, very busy family. If you care about ghosts, filmmaking, or what really happens when TV “bands” break up, this is Nick Groff unfiltered.

On May 7, 2026, Gary and John dive deep into a listener-submitted paranormal experience that starts as a ghost story and slowly unravels into something far more complicated. From terrifying childhood encounters at Gettysburg to West Virginia mine where the "re-enactors" turned out to be something no one can explain,  this episode has it all. You'll understand when you hear it.

But the real twist? The deeper Gary reads, the more a dark picture emerges about the submitter’s Dad's "antique collection”: a sea container full of history's most questionable artifacts, including a Nazi shower valve purchased from a pop-up shop. Was the father’s disturbing fascination with horrific history bringing something evil into the house?  Gary and John debate whether the hauntings were paranormal, hereditary, or just a really uncomfortable family secret that needed to be said out loud.  Let's jump into the conversation…

A world‑renowned psychic medium, a paranormal TV icon, and two hosts who can turn 9/11 stories into dark comedy (too soon?), this episode has it all. Drawing from an intense near‑death experience at age four and a background in education and clinical mental health, Tessa Groff walks Gary and John through the evolution of her abilities, from seeing spirits at her bedside to leaving “normal” jobs behind to work full‑time with the dead. She opens up about using remote viewing to assist law enforcement on missing‑persons cases and homicides, the emotional weight of working with grieving families, and why she still chooses to say “yes” to the hardest cases.

Tessa also pulls back the curtain on sold‑out casino and theater shows, including the now‑infamous “Titanic‑style naked grandma” reading, and explains what it’s really like to investigate haunted locations and develop new TV series alongside her husband, Nick Groff. Between the jokes, the mob‑tinted Niagara Falls stories, and some raw conversations about what “the other side” might actually be, this is Splintered Spirits at its funniest, most vulnerable, and most mind‑bending.

News 12 anchor Kristie Reeter is back on Splintered Spirits, and this time she survived Season 2 of Haunted Tri-State with two rosaries, a night in the Shanley Hotel's men's quarters, and a few experiences she still can't explain. We dig into all four new episodes, covering the Shanley Hotel in Napanoch NY, Kingsland Manor in Nutley NJ, a Prohibition-era speakeasy in lower Manhattan, and a haunted library in Middletown CT.

Kristie breaks down the moments that shook her most, including a portrait that moved on its own, a thermal gun that couldn't explain what it was reading, and a crew member's deeply personal connection during a late-night investigation. We also get into the skeptics featured in the show, what it's like to sit across from someone trying to debunk everything you just experienced, and whether any evidence was good enough to give even the biggest doubters pause.

Plus, Gary reveals he bailed on the Shanley after a couple of hours, John drops his theory on what that "family member" voice might actually have been, and we all agree someone needs to find a haunted Four Seasons. Season 3 is already in the works, and you won't want to miss what Kristie is lobbying for next.

Gary Galka is the engineer and inventor behind the Mel Meter, the PSB7 spirit box, and the REM Pod, devices that define modern paranormal investigation. His journey into the unknown began after the tragic loss of his 17-year-old daughter Melissa in 2004. What started as a father's grief became a decades-long mission to use real science to bridge the gap between the living and the dead.

In this episode, Gary walks us through the invention and evolution of the tools that ghost hunters, paranormal investigators, and researchers use worldwide. He also shares the deeply personal ITC research he has never sold or published, including full conversations with Melissa that he has verified against live radio broadcasts in real time. It will change how you think about spirit communication.

Gary also shares what he believes spirits actually are, informed by his own out-of-body experiences, astral travel, and years of instrumental transcommunication research. His answer is fascinating. Whether you are a seasoned investigator or just starting to explore the paranormal, this conversation goes straight to the heart of the question Splintered Spirits was built to answer: What are spirits?

In this episode of Splintered Spirits, Gary and John Santa from Santa Paranormal explore the latest in paranormal news, ghost hunting, UFO theories, cryptid sightings, haunted locations, and spirit communication. From strange deaths and conspiracy chatter to Bigfoot, Dogman, and Loch Ness Monster speculation, the conversation moves through the biggest supernatural topics shaping the paranormal community right now.

We also dig into paranormal investigation tools, spirit boxes, haunted dolls, live ghost hunts, and the ongoing search for patterns in supernatural activity. Along the way, we talk about evidence, belief, energy, hauntings, and what it means to investigate the unknown in real time, blending humor, skepticism, and curiosity in a wide-ranging conversation for anyone fascinated by ghosts, the occult, and unexplained phenomena.

Gary and John are back for a live episode packed with paranormal news, show updates, and big conversations about where Splintered Spirits is headed. No guest this week, but that just means more time to dig into the stuff they love most, including a recap of their wild Ghostfire ITC session at the Shanley Hotel, a look at their recent episode with adult film star Aubrey Black and why sexual energy is actually a legitimate paranormal topic, and some genuinely exciting news about the show hitting the Apple Podcast charts in multiple countries.

The guys also get into cryptids, aliens, haunted dolls, and why John is convinced aquatic apes are more believable than the Little Mermaid. Plus, learn how Splintered Spirits is about to become part of a real peer-reviewed parapsychology study, because apparently they are scientists now. Come for the paranormal news, stay for the chaos.

This week on Splintered Spirits, we’re stepping into the space where desire, death, and consciousness collide. Our guest is Aubrey Black, an internationally recognised adult film star, creative producer, and visual artist with a multi‑decade career spanning photography, media, fashion design, health, and fitness, who also comes from a New Zealand family where intuitive and spiritual gifts are part of everyday life.

Behind the public persona, Aubrey is an ancestral researcher, and a lifelong intuitive who once tried to shut her abilities down out of fear before eventually choosing to explore them in a grounded, investigative way. In this episode, she shares stories of entities slipping under the covers, hotel spirits obsessed with her intimate life, and how sexual energy might fuel or shape paranormal phenomena, raising big questions about consent, voyeuristic hauntings, and what our desires look like on the other side.

Content note: this episode includes frank but non‑explicit discussion of sex, adult film work, and some very cheeky spirits, so if you’re listening with kids, at work, or next to a prudish ghost, consider headphones.

This week on Splintered Spirits, Gary and John sit down with paranormal researcher, intuitive medium, and Certified Master Spiritual Teacher, Tawney Lewis, a lead expert on the Travel Channel's hit series My Haunted Hometown and a recurring face on Ghost Adventures, Paranormal Revenge, and Scariest Places in America. Tawney pulls back the curtain on what it truly means to investigate haunted locations with both scientific tools and psychic intuition, sharing jaw-dropping cases from the Old Montana State Prison, a murder house in Houston, Texas, and a tattoo shop in Los Angeles where the spirit of a violent man refused to leave.

From being mentored by world-renowned psychic medium Lisa Williams to teaching students how to unlock their own intuitive gifts, Tawney breaks down the Clairs: clairvoyance, clairsentience, clairaudience, and explains why ethics, not ability, is the foundation of real mediumship. She also shares her personal experience being physically ill after investigating the Oman House, encountering a potentially racist spirit at Heritage Square Museum's Octagon House, and why she refuses to investigate anything demonic.

Whether you're a ghost hunter, a fan of paranormal TV, or someone trying to understand what spirits actually are, this episode delivers raw, honest, and deeply fascinating answers. Tawney Lewis doesn't just investigate the paranormal, she humanizes it. Subscribe, leave a review, and join the conversation as we keep building the mosaic: What are spirits?

What happens when two lifelong paranormal investigators from Kansas City, who grew up in haunted houses, finally start telling their stories? You get Chumming with the Spirits. In this episode, Gary and John Santa from Santa Paranormal sit down with J.D. Duvall and Larry "Para-chum" Buchanan for one of the most entertaining and eye-opening ghost hunting conversations yet. These two have spent decades in the field, and the firsthand paranormal experiences they bring to the table, whether it’s chilling childhood encounters to unforgettable haunted location investigations, will make even the most skeptical listener think twice.

The conversation spans everything from residual hauntings and intelligent spirits to non-human entities, Bigfoot encounters, and the deeper question of what it all really means. But beyond the supernatural, JD and Larry bring something rare to the paranormal community: a genuine spirit of collaboration and curiosity that reminds us why so many of us are drawn to the unknown in the first place. If you love real talk about ghost hunting, the afterlife, and what might be lurking just beyond our understanding, this is the episode for you.  Remember to hit the like button, and dive into the conversation.

Skepticism meets the supernatural when Gary sits down with Benjamin Radford, one of the world’s best-known paranormal investigators and deputy editor of Skeptical Inquirer. Author of Investigating Ghosts, Scientific Paranormal Investigation, Tracking the Chupacabra, and more than a dozen other books, Ben has spent decades chasing claims about hauntings, monsters, and mysterious phenomena around the globe.​

Together they dig into why “I know what I saw” is powerful but unreliable, how culture and media shape what we think ghosts and spirits are, and what real evidence for hauntings, EVPs, and cryptids like Bigfoot or lake monsters would actually look like. Gary challenges Ben on what could ever convince a skeptic that ghosts are real, while Ben explains why good investigations start with psychology, baselines, and careful definitions—not just gadgets in the dark.​

If you’re into ghost hunting, paranormal TikTok, skeptical inquiry, or you’re a believer who secretly wants a sharper BS detector, this Splintered Spirits episode will push your thinking on what “spirits” might be—and what happens when someone truly tries to test that belief.

In this episode of Splintered Spirits, Gary and John sit down with viral paranormal content creator and ghost hunter Jake Bruce to explore what happens when you mix legit fear, smart storytelling, and the weirdest corners of the spirit world. Together they dig into Jake’s early experiences that pushed him beyond “ghost tour tourist” into full‑blown ghost hunter, how childhood trips to historic battlefields and haunted orphanages shaped his view of spirits, and why he still admits he’s genuinely terrified on investigations. Listeners get a behind‑the‑scenes look at how a new‑school creator approaches hauntings, from live streams and short‑form content to fully planned, smartly produced paranormal episodes designed for YouTube, TikTok, and beyond.

The conversation also tackles the realities of modern ghost hunting and paranormal fame: dealing with trolls, getting banned from locations, experimenting with ghost apps and budget gear, and trying to balance authenticity with entertainment value. Jake talks about using humor, loud music, and high‑energy reactions as coping mechanisms in dark locations, while still taking the history and the phenomena seriously. If you’re into ghost hunting, haunted locations, paranormal investigation, or you’re a content creator curious how to turn supernatural adventures into binge‑worthy video, this episode delivers a mix of storytelling, practical insight, and genuinely unsettling encounters—all in the signature light‑hearted, tone of Splintered Spirits.

Splintered Spirits sits down with broadcaster, paranormal investigator, and intuitive ITC specialist Greg Bakun, host of Ghost Box Radio, for a deep dive into what it really means to talk to the dead. From the first time a spirit box answered him in a creepy Minneapolis basement to a jaw‑dropping session where a voice claiming to be Abraham Lincoln identified his own deathbed photo, Greg unpacks why he believes these aren’t “dark forces” but actual people still trying to communicate. He walks Gary and John through his no‑nonsense, SB7‑driven method, his reluctance to over‑process evidence, and how he found himself unexpectedly acting as a bridge between grieving families and the voices of their loved ones.

Across the conversation, Greg tackles the big questions at the heart of the show: what spirits are, why some refuse to “cross over,” and how belief, fear, and even ideas like “soul contracts” might shape your afterlife. He shares visceral stories from public investigations gone sideways, locations ruled by “gatekeeper” entities, and his evolving sense of ethics when audiences, spirits, and content all collide. Along the way, the three get candid about ego in paranormal media, rising investigation costs, the tension between tech and mediumship, and what responsible, evidence‑based investigation should look like in an era of viral clips and celebrity ghost hunters.

Greg Bakun: Ghost Box Radio

In this episode of Splintered Spirits, host Gary sits down with world-renowned psychic medium Cathy Nadal for a live coffee reading at Coffee Unique in Bronxville, New York. Cathy—author of Seeing More Than Clouds in Your Coffee, certified with the Forever Family Foundation, registered nurse, and retired U.S. Army Colonel—uses espresso and Turkish coffee to demonstrate tasseography, turning Gary’s cup into a map of his past, present, and future. As repeating symbols emerge in both cups, Gary and Cathy dig into psychic validation, spirit communication, and how coffee readings can reveal deeply personal messages from the other side, making this a must-listen for fans of psychic mediums, paranormal podcasts, and coffee divination.

In this less-edited redux of one of our wildest early episodes, Gary and John head back into Johnny’s infamous haunted basement with psychic-medium and author Cathy Nadal to see what still lurks in the dark. With cameras rolling this time, Cathy walks into the space cold and immediately starts pulling detailed hits on the building’s history, secret societies, and a vicious Scottish spirit named Edward—long before the spirit boxes ever turn on. As the tension builds, the energy spikes so hard that an object literally flies off the wall, and everyone has to decide whether to keep going or get out.​

This re-release is the raw, nearly unfiltered cut of that night: more basement, more spirits, more of Cathy and Johnny comparing their abilities, and more of Edward’s taunts as he wages his own “fight for the nexus.” You’ll hear how Cathy validates years of Johnny’s basement investigations, calls out a serpentine secret order, and even gets directly acknowledged—and threatened—by the spirits themselves.​

If you heard the original audio-only version, this is your chance to experience the full Big Ghost Energy of that session with added video and fewer cuts, exactly as it unfolded in real time.

On this week’s episode of Splintered Spirits, Gary and John go off-script and deep into the tension between believers and professional skeptics in the paranormal world. They unpack their conversations with skeptic heavyweights. From what it would actually take to convince a skeptic—a levitating grandfather clock, maybe?—to how evidence is judged in science versus ghost hunting, they probe why some people need something almost cinematically impossible before they’ll even consider spirits might be real.

They also pull back the curtain on the cottage industry of rage‑bait creators who build channels by tearing down mediums, investigators, and even grief counselors, using Gary’s mind‑bending reading with psychic medium Cathy Nadal as a case study.  Along the way, they tease a loaded slate of upcoming episodes: a conversation‑driven Shanley Hotel deep dive, a sit‑down with REM pod and SB7 inventor Gary Galka, another skeptic interview with Benjamin Radford, an intimate look at sexual energy and spirits with an adult film star, and a full Turkish‑coffee reading with Cathy that will delight believers and make skeptics grind their teeth.

James Underdown has spent over 25 years trying to give away $500,000 to anyone who can prove a paranormal ability under real test conditions, and no one has even come close. In this episode, Gary and John sit down with the executive director of Center for Inquiry West and founder of the Independent Investigations Group to dig into wild claims of telepathy, telekinesis, dowsing, “teleporting” horseflies, and the ghost gadgets that flood paranormal TV, while James explains why he believes science and psychology can fully account for what many people call hauntings.

Rather than arguing about who is “right,” the conversation leans into the tension between John’s work documenting spirits and James’s commitment to skeptical investigation, exploring where brain states, belief, culture, and genuine weird experiences collide. If you are fascinated by ghosts, curious about what is really happening during spirit box sessions, or just want to hear a skeptic and a paranormal creator push each other in real time, this episode will challenge your assumptions without killing the thrill of the unknown.

If you think you have the abilities to win the $500,000 prize, visit the CIF. Link is in the linktree in our bio.

Splintered Spirits goes live with Mandy Cummings of the Ghost Sisters, an all‑female paranormal investigation team from Ohio known for their raw, unfiltered ghost hunting across some of the most haunted locations in the Midwest. In this episode, paranormal investigator and medium Mandy shares how her years as a corrections officer shaped her approach to investigating haunted prisons, jails, and infamous hotspots like the Mansfield Reformatory and the Bel Air House. From capturing a full‑body apparition of a guard in solitary confinement to hearing intelligent “cat‑call” responses echo through abandoned cell blocks, she breaks down how law enforcement instincts, psychic mediumship, and hard evidence collide in real‑world investigations.

The conversation dives deep into one of the Ghost Sisters’ most disturbing residential hauntings, a TV‑level case involving possible demonic activity, attachments, and a terrified family living in an active haunted house. Mandy explains her process as a psychic medium doing cold walkthroughs with no prior research, using tools like the Estes Method and spirit boxes only after she’s mapped the energy of a location. Along the way, the team tackles cursed objects, haunted dolls and stuffed animals, secret‑society vibes, and even cryptid territory—Bigfoot and Grassman footprints, howls in the woods, and crossover between ghost hunting and cryptid research. If you’re into paranormal podcasts, ghost hunting shows, real haunted house stories, or female‑led paranormal teams, this episode is packed with eerie evidence, emotional stories, and practical insight into what spirits might really be.

Link to The Ghost Sisters in the Linktree in our bio.

In this episode of Splintered Spirits, Gary heads into the heart of Hollywood “magick” to sit down in person with psychic medium and self-described good witch of Hollywood, Patti Negri. From hosting her first childhood seance in Southern California to becoming one of TV’s most recognizable witches, Patti traces how a secret magical life ran parallel to her Hollywood career until a single reality TV seance blew the broom closet door wide open.

Patti gives Gary a crash course in practical witchcraft and divination—dowsing rods, tarot, crystal balls, black mirrors, and everyday spells for money, protection, and emotional balance—while explaining why she believes light, high-vibration magic will always outlast the dark arts. They dig into her work on Ghost Adventures and with top paranormal influencers, the rise of witchcraft and alternative spirituality in chaotic times, and how she juggles being an entrepreneur, teacher, and witch through Paraflixx and her international school, University Magickus.

Along the way, Patti shares intense encounters with so-called dark witches, haunted dolls, portals, and demonic energy, but always comes back to empowerment: reclaiming intuition, working with the elements, and remembering that you help create the spiritual world you have to live in.

Ashley from Ghost Gossip Pod joins Splintered Spirits Live for a fun, fast, and heartfelt dive into haunted houses, psychic intuition, and the strange path that led her from the federal court system to full-time paranormal podcasting. She shares how buying a haunted house she didn’t know was haunted, waking up to footsteps and disembodied voices, and feeling “a little crazy” pushed her to start Ghost Gossip as a safe, nonjudgmental space for people to talk about their ghost stories and real-life paranormal experiences.

Gary and John dig into her life with a house ghost named Al, a protective haunted doll that “chose” her in a dream, and how intention, spiritual boundaries, and energetic protection matter when you invite spirits and haunted objects into your home. Ashley opens up about being a “human lie detector,” getting crystal-clear psychic hits and clairaudient warnings that prevent real-world harm, and navigating the emotional weight of being an empath who constantly feels others’ emotions—especially her kids’.

Along the way, they tackle bigger questions: what spirits might be, why hauntings and ghost activity are just as common in the daytime, and whether intuition is a natural psychic “muscle” some people simply develop further. They also dive into the modern paranormal community and content-creator world—paranormal podcast drama, toxic gatekeeping, clout-chasing, and cancellation gossip—while championing a more collaborative, community-first approach for ghost hunters, investigators, and fans of the unexplained.