Missouri State Penitentiary was decommissioned in 2004, after nearly 170 years of brutal incarceration. But the stories of harsh punishments and austere living conditions still live on in the buildings today — in the people who come to visit the prison, and in the spirits who have stayed behind, replaying their years at what is sometimes called the “bloodiest 47 acres in America,” over and over into infinity. Special Guest: Diane Kitchell
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In Asbury Park, NJ in 1934, nearly 100,000 people paid 25 cents apiece to view the charred remains of a shipwreck where 140 people burned to death. Today, the theatre next to where the ship breached is said to be haunted by those killed in the tragedy. Special guest: Kathy Kelly
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Famously haunted, full of history dark and otherwise, the Saint Augustine Lighthouse is one of many ghostly locations in the oldest city in America. It's also the most visible, her famous black spiral viewable from almost anywhere in town. Reportedly haunted by former keepers, wayward sailors and a few children, we dig deep into the history and paranormal reports. Special Guest: Chip Coffey
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Some might call the Star of India, a historic trade ship, the most cursed boat in the water. In its 159 years of sailing, the ship has been trapped in the ice in Alaska and run aground in Hawaii, and has seen cyclones, collisions with other ships and a crew mutiny that ended in 17 men being sentenced to hard labor. Special Guest: Britt Griffith
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A mansion in Little Rock, Arkansas, with what many believe to be a cursed past. Family scandal, death, accidents and suicide have followed this structure for decades. Special Guest: Drew Counsell-Short.
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