Ep74 - Ham House: Aged AND Fresh

What happens when a castle has been around since the 11th Century? More ghosts and goblins than you can shake a stick at! Join Callum & Amber for the first of 2 huge episodes dedicated to Scotland's Glamis Castle: home of malformed monsters, ghost knights, and tea ladies. Send us your Word Award, there's plenty of options: ⁠⁠⁠[email protected] Scottish Ghost Stories (C)1911 by Elliott O'Donnell (2006 ISBN 0-7117-0533-X) Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/danijel-zambo/centuries-agoLicense code: RTOJRJP10E2YDEGTSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's Halloween 2026, and that means it's time to try and contact the dead via a Spirit Box again! Or at the very least Callum, Steph, Justin, and Amber attempt to locate Olly who just can't seem to stop globetrotting. Tell us what messages we missed: ⁠⁠⁠[email protected] Find Justin and Steph on Instagram Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/danijel-zambo/centuries-agoLicense code: RTOJRJP10E2YDEGTSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Callum gets Amber in the mood for Halloween by reading out some stories that blur the line between trees and spirits:One phantom forest really doesn't want you to enter it.The other gets people in the mood to do QUITE the opposite... Tell us how you survived an encounter with an uncanny tree this Halloween: ⁠⁠⁠[email protected] the hag of the dribble & other true ghosts from the files of Elliott O'Donnell (C)1971 by Bernhardt J. Hurwood (ISBN 0 7091 2336 1)-Trees of the Ghostly Dead (C)1958 by Rider & Company, London Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/danijel-zambo/centuries-agoLicense code: RTOJRJP10E2YDEGTSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Callum & Olly really try their hardest to believe this credulous cornwallian country club member's story about meeting something eerie on the road late at night, but there's just so much drinking involved that he doesn't make it easy... until he's corroborated, that is. Send you Ham recipes to: ⁠⁠⁠[email protected] Supernatural in Cornwall (C)1974 by Michael Williams (ISBN 9780906456163) Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/danijel-zambo/centuries-agoLicense code: RTOJRJP10E2YDEGTSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

If you're still having trouble sleeping, Callum's got another bedtime story for you.He promises that there'll be no loud noises, interruptions, or laughing.However, he does promise wicked witches, transmogrification, and ghosts. If you made it through, send your MVP and Word Award nominations to: ⁠⁠⁠[email protected] Grimm's Complete Fairy Tales by Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm, translated in 2011 by Margaret Hunt (ISBN 978-1-60710-313-4) Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/danijel-zambo/centuries-agoLicense code: RTOJRJP10E2YDEGTSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Amber & Ciarán agree to an experiment: Callum reads 2 different accounts of the same Haunted House published more than 100 years apart, and we all see what's changed, what's the same, and what's for dinner in Ham House. Send your Ham recipes to: ⁠⁠⁠[email protected] Find Amber & Ciarán together at Please Attend Carefully Haunted Houses (C)1907 by Charles G Harper (1994 ISBN 1 85958 068 8)Haunted World (C)2024 by Theresa Cheung (ISBN 978-1-78929-580-1) Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/danijel-zambo/centuries-agoLicense code: RTOJRJP10E2YDEGTSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's time for Callum & Olly to get back to some good old Haunted Houses. These two ghosts take two very different trips: one down a road to his repeated death, and one across a river to finally avenge his own demise. Tell us which skeptic archetype you prefer: ⁠⁠⁠[email protected] Haunted Houses (C)1907 by Charles G Harper (1994 ISBN 1 85958 068 8) Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/danijel-zambo/centuries-agoLicense code: RTOJRJP10E2YDEGTSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Amber's been to the library again to surprise Callum with a book of short haunts from around the world.At first they let fate in the form of a dice roll decide the stories, but then they take a closer look at the contents page...Stories covered: Ottowa Jail St Augustine Lighthouse Fairfield Hills Hospital The Taj Mahal Palace Hotel Museum of Art, Ho Chi Minh City Demand Ham House here: ⁠⁠⁠[email protected] Haunted World (C)2024 by Theresa Cheung (ISBN 978-1-78929-580-1) Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/danijel-zambo/centuries-agoLicense code: RTOJRJP10E2YDEGTSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

If you're having trouble sleeping, Callum's got a nice soothing bedtime story for you.He promises that there'll be no loud noises, interruptions, or laughing.He doesn't promise sweet dreams, though... If you made it through, send your MVP and Word Award nominations to: ⁠⁠⁠[email protected] Grimm's Complete Fairy Tales by Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm, translated in 2011 by Margaret Hunt (ISBN 978-1-60710-313-4) Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/danijel-zambo/centuries-agoLicense code: RTOJRJP10E2YDEGTSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Callum is joined by Thomas who is eager to hear some old Japanese Folk Tales. But is he eager to hear about a monk trying to break INTO prison? Or another monk who almost beat Dr Frankenstein to the punch by more than 500 years? Find Thomas on youtube:@ThomasWilliamsMusik Tell us how you would break into prison: ⁠⁠⁠[email protected] Japanese Tales selected, edited, and translated by Royall Tyler (C)1987 (ISBN 0-375-71451-0) Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/danijel-zambo/centuries-agoLicense code: RTOJRJP10E2YDEGTSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.