True Hauntings

What happens when something inside a haunted asylum takes the appearance of people you know and tries to lure you into an empty ward? In Part 2 of our investigation into Aradale Asylum in Ararat, Victoria, Anne takes us deep into the reported paranormal activity, ghost sightings and unexplained encounters that have earned this former psychiatric hospital its reputation as one of Australia's most haunted locations. From the mysterious Nurse Kerry, whose footsteps are said to echo through the women's wards, to Old Margaret, unexplained banging, shadow figures, disembodied voices and disturbing physical encounters, Aradale has accumulated an extraordinary collection of ghost stories. But one account is particularly chilling. During a paranormal investigation, a witness reportedly encountered two figures who looked and sounded exactly like fellow investigators Bill and Amanda from the Australian Paranormal Society. One appeared to be injured and was calling for help, while the other urged the witness to enter the men's ward. There was just one problem. The real Bill and Amanda were safely with the rest of the investigation team elsewhere in the building. Who, or what, was attempting to lure the investigator into that empty ward? We also examine the reported hauntings of Aradale's morgue, isolation areas, treatment rooms and former staff quarters, including accounts from paranormal investigators and visitors who believe they experienced something they couldn't explain. But this is True Hauntings, and we don't simply accept every ghost story at face value. Anne digs into the origins of Aradale's famous ghosts, asking whether the people behind these legends can actually be identified through historical records. How much of the asylum's paranormal reputation comes from genuine eyewitness experiences, and how much has developed through decades of storytelling, suggestion and repeated paranormal investigations? We also share our own connection to Aradale, including a previous investigation and the unusual circumstances surrounding a planned private investigation that was cancelled following the site's sudden closure over safety concerns. Are the spirits of former patients and staff still wandering Aradale's abandoned corridors, or have some of its most famous ghosts become legends through the power of belief? Join Anne and Renata for another journey into Australia's haunted history, where we separate documented facts from paranormal folklore and leave the unexplained exactly where it belongs. Some ghost stories are frightening. Others become even more disturbing when you start asking questions. True Hauntings Podcast | Anne & Renata | Frightfully Good Productions Follow Anne & Renata 🌐 Frightfully Good: https://ghostgrannies.com/ 👻 True Hauntings Podcast: https://truehauntings.com.au/ 📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FrightfullyGoodAnneAndRenata 📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AnneAndRenata/ 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anneandrenata/ 🔦 Paranormal Equipment: https://ozparatech.com/ ☕ Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/anneandrenata 🖤 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/anneandrenata Hashtags #AradaleAsylum #AradaleMentalAsylum #AradaleGhostStories #HauntedAustralia #AustralianGhostStories #HauntedAsylum #ParanormalInvestigation #Doppelganger #GhostEncounters #NurseKerry #AraratVictoria #HauntedVictoria #ParanormalAustralia #GhostHunting #HauntedHistory #TrueHauntingsPodcast #AnneAndRenata #FrightfullyGood Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Part 1 - The History

Case 213: The Logan Inn: A Haunted Room, a Dead Soldier and the Mystery of Emily The Logan Inn in New Hope, Pennsylvania, has been welcoming travellers for nearly 300 years, and with that history has come a formidable collection of ghost stories. Room 6 is at the centre of many of them. Guests have reported unexplained footsteps, voices, moving objects, pillows being pulled from beneath their heads, strange figures reflected in mirrors and the unmistakable scent of lavender. And then there is Emily, the woman said to haunt the room. But who was Emily? Depending on who tells the story, Emily has been described as the mother of a former owner, the daughter of the owners, a former owner herself, and even confused with other female spirits at the inn. Her portrait, her furniture, where she lived, where she died and even the paranormal activity attributed to her have changed as the story has been retold. Anne traces the evolution of the Emily legend, going back through older accounts to discover what was originally reported, what was added later, and what we can actually establish about the real Emily Lutz. And Emily isn't the Logan Inn's only mystery. Deep beneath the inn is a basement where, according to legend, bodies were once stored when the frozen Pennsylvania ground made burial impossible. One particularly disturbing story claims that a man, later described in some versions as a Revolutionary War soldier, was placed amongst the dead only to wake and discover that everyone believed he was already a corpse. Did it really happen? Is there evidence that bodies were ever stored beneath the Logan Inn? And how did a story about a man mistakenly believed dead evolve into reports of a ghostly soldier roaming the building and a disembodied voice calling for “help”? Renata takes us through the extraordinary history of one of Pennsylvania's oldest inns, while Anne investigates the reported hauntings, eyewitness accounts, paranormal investigations and the changing folklore surrounding Emily, Room 6 and the soldier in the basement. After almost three centuries of history, is the Logan Inn genuinely haunted, or have generations of storytellers created ghosts with histories far more certain than the evidence? It's time to decide whether the Logan Inn is a True Haunting. Find Anne & Renata / True Hauntings 🌐 True Hauntings: https://truehauntings.com.au/ 🌐 Frightfully Good: https://www.ghostgrannies.com/ ☕ Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/anneandrenata 🖤 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/anneandrenata 📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TrueHauntingsPodcast/ 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anneandrenata/ ▶️ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FrightfullyGoodAnneAndRenata 🍎 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/true-hauntings/id1537052147 🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1FIfOIC08D6v9Y5FP6ud1c #LoganInn #TrueHauntingsPodcast #HauntedPennsylvania #NewHopePA #EmilyLutz #Room6 #HauntedHotel #GhostStories #ParanormalInvestigation #PennsylvaniaGhosts #HauntedHistory #RevolutionaryWarGhost #AnneAndRenata #TrueHauntings Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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