Episode 644: The Battersea Poltergeist Part II - Ghost Writer

This week in Part II, the Battersea Poltergeist escalates by burning bedsheets, literally killing Grandma Ethel, and claiming to be everything from an Extraterrestrial to a Hollywood heartthrob. As Harold Chibbet spirals into a years-long hunt for Donald’s “true identity,” the Hitchings family faces off with flying furniture, mysterious knocks, and a long-term poltergeist deep in an identity crisis. For Live Shows, Merch, and More Visit: www.LastPodcastOnTheLeft.comKevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of Last Podcast on the Left ad-free, plus get Friday episodes a whole week early. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Henry & Eddie bring you a very special episode this week as Eddie sits down with attorney, author, and former Senator, Dick Harpootlian to discuss his new book, "Dig Me a Grave: The Inside Story of the Serial Killer Who Seduced the South" & his time working as the prosecuting attorney against notorious serial killer Pee Wee Gaskins, as well as his views on Capital Punishment, and complex relationship with the infamous Murdaugh family. For Live Shows, Merch, and More Visit: www.LastPodcastOnTheLeft.comKevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of Last Podcast on the Left ad-free, plus get Friday episodes a whole week early. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Hot off the presses Eddie sits down with the director of 10 Cloverfield Lane, Prey, Predator: Killer of Killers, the new hit installment in the Predator Franchise, Predator: Badlands - Matt Trachtenberg joins the show to discuss his latest film that gives us a new angle on the Predator, taking the reigns of one of his favorite childhood blockbusters, Yautja Lore, a possible peek into the future of the franchise, Alien vs. Predator, and much, much more.... For Live Shows, Merch, and More Visit: www.LastPodcastOnTheLeft.comKevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of Last Podcast on the Left ad-free, plus get Friday episodes a whole week early. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

This week, the boys open the dusty case file of the Battersea Poltergeist, embarking on a two-part tale that charts the story of an allegedly telekinetic young British girl & the rise of a mysterious paranormal presence whose knocks, voices, and messages crown him the so-called "Poltergeist Who Can Write" AKA The Poltergeist Prince AKA The Prince of Wycliffe Road. For Live Shows, Merch, and More Visit: www.LastPodcastOnTheLeft.comKevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of Last Podcast on the Left ad-free, plus get Friday episodes a whole week early. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Henry & Eddie bring you this week's juiciest stories and true-crime news - The Ghost of Epstein returns to haunt Trump with scandalous new e-mail reveals, Hitler's Micropenis: Revealed, Michael Duarte aka @FoodWithBearHands's cause of death revealed to be an incident, Online sextortion threat in Ohio leads to murder, New Bosnian War documents reveal shocking "sniper tourism" of the 90s, Arizona Dad who watched porn while daughter died in hot car found dead by suicide, Pocket P*ssies for Widowers, Listener E-Mails, and MORE! For Live Shows, Merch, and More Visit: www.LastPodcastOnTheLeft.comKevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of Last Podcast on the Left ad-free, plus get Friday episodes a whole week early. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

This week on Last UPDATE on the Left - the boys bring you a very special live recording from The SiriusXM Garage in LA, revisiting a fan favorite topic, traveling back to the land of the Pukwudgie, Bigfoot, and other forgotten beasts... the mysterious - Bridgewater Triangle. For Live Shows, Merch, and More Visit: www.LastPodcastOnTheLeft.comKevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of Last Podcast on the Left ad-free, plus get Friday episodes a whole week early. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The boys sit down with Author Jeff Guinn to discuss getting doxxed by Charles Manson, the power of a demagogue, the 30th Anniversary of the Siege at Waco, and to take a look back at the brutal legacy of David Koresh and the Branch Davidians.  For Live Shows, Merch, and More Visit: www.LastPodcastOnTheLeft.comKevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of Last Podcast on the Left ad-free, plus get Friday episodes a whole week early. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The boys are back in town - fresh from their week at sea, Henry & Eddie bring you this week's weirdest stories and true crime news - Elephants attack a man in Malaysia and then return later to finish him off, Austin woman kidnapped, held hostage, and shot with a BB gun by "friends", over 100 piles of creamated ashes mysteriously dumped in desert outside of Las Vegas, The Peanut-Butter Man, Splash: The World's First Search & Rescue Otter, Listener Emails, and MORE! For Live Shows, Merch, and More Visit: www.LastPodcastOnTheLeft.comKevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of Last Podcast on the Left ad-free, plus get Friday episodes a whole week early. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The boys close the book on one of Germany's worst villains this week with the final chapter in the story of Heinrich Himmler - As Nazi Germany collapses, Himmler scrambles to save his own skin, hiding war crimes, chasing mythical superweapons, and leaning on his surprisingly influential massage therapist to negotiate peace. But in the end, the “architect of the Holocaust” proves himself to be exactly what he always was: a coward grasping for control as the world he built burns down around him. For Live Shows, Merch, and More Visit: www.LastPodcastOnTheLeft.comKevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of Last Podcast on the Left ad-free, plus get Friday episodes a whole week early. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Ahoy maties! This week, the boys bring you a very special Side Stories dispatch LIVE from the high seas - with the help of the lovely ladies of Sinsterhood -  to break down the dark side of cruise life, the death of Dick Cheney, the phenomenon of women going missing on cruise ships, The Bermuda Triangle, the unlucky old lady forgotten at Lizard Island, and much, much more... For Live Shows, Merch, and More Visit: www.LastPodcastOnTheLeft.comKevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of Last Podcast on the Left ad-free, plus get Friday episodes a whole week early. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.