The Poltercast

In our third Film Club, we tackle an entire media franchise, looking at every single Scooby Doo tv series from the original "Scooby Doo, Where Are You!" to the recent and divisive "Be Cool Scooby Doo". We also tackle the live-action adaptions including 2018 "Daphne & Velma" origin story, question what Scooby Snacks taste of and work out what our Scooby-Villain-Sona would be... Our theme tune is by Graham Waller. You can find his stuff at GrahamWaller.com Please send in your ghost encounters and home town hauntings to [email protected]

We're back and feeling spookier than ever! In this Halloween special, we discover the origins of the holiday, how its more Irish then St. Patrick's Day, what traditions haven't carried over into modern day and taste-test Poundland's finest Halloween candy! Our theme tune is by Graham Waller. You can find his stuff at GrahamWaller.com Please send in your ghost encounters and home town hauntings to [email protected]

Your ghostly cohostlies tell a pair of tales with a devilish edge with Tiffany covering a Big Boo (with a cameo from Hitler!) and Hamish takes us to Tallinn, Estonia for a Pick and Mix of bizarre folkstories. We also discuss the 12A Certificate and watching films you really shouldn't. Hauntings covered: The Exorcisms of Emily Rose and the Hauntings of Estonia. Our theme tune is by Graham Waller. You can find his stuff at GrahamWaller.com Please send in your ghost encounters and home town hauntings to [email protected]

We return from a break to discuss the important issues of the day: would you drink the skeleton water found inside the mysterious black sarcophagus? We also discuss what we've been up to since last we recording, including Hamish's travels to the Gators n' Ghosts capital of the world New Orleans! Hauntings covered: The LaLaurie Mansion of New Orleans and The Haunting of Khonsuemheb. Our theme tune is by Graham Waller. You can find his stuff at GrahamWaller.com Please send in your ghost encounters and home town hauntings to [email protected]

Today, after an elemental chat, we delve into two very famous "Witch" adjacent stories. Are they the stories of magical women who've mad pacts with the devil, or simply misunderstood, mentally ill women who were born in a time that didn't accept them. You will have to decide but there is a right answer. Hauntings covered: The Possession of Elizabeth Knapp and the Bell Witch. Our theme tune is by Graham Waller. You can find his stuff at GrahamWaller.com Please send in your ghost encounters and home town hauntings to [email protected]

It is Pride Month beyond the vail too so today we celebrate LGBT ghosts! Well Tiffany does! Hamish didn't get the memo. Hauntings covered: A Ghostly Gay Bar and The Hauntings of York. Our theme tune is by Graham Waller. You can find his stuff at GrahamWaller.com Please send in your ghost encounters and home town hauntings to [email protected]

You know what they say? Better late then pregnant! And in the case of ghost stories, "The Late" Hamish and Tiffany sounds pretty good. After a week off, we're back with two tales from the recent past with a chilling shopping mall spook from the 80s and an eerie media sensation from the 70s. Hauntings covered: The Merry-Go-Round Ghouls and TV's First Exorcism Our theme tune is by Graham Waller. You can find his stuff at GrahamWaller.com Please send in your ghost encounters and home town hauntings to [email protected]

Despite a slightly late upload, your paranormal pals are back with two chilling tales from San Francisco and Russia. We also talk supernatural social media! Hauntings covered: The White Lady of Stow Lake and a Russian Ghost Story. Our theme tune is by Graham Waller. You can find his stuff at GrahamWaller.com Please send in your ghost encounters and home town hauntings to [email protected]

APOLOGIES ONCE AGAIN FOR AUDIO. We'll do everything in our power to fix this next episode. Tiffany and Hamish travel to dark mansions and shadowy tunnels in an episode filled with mystery, urban legend and creatures caught of tape. That is of course after a LENGTHY chat about our favourite suburban-mums turned paranormal investigators: The Rescue Mediums! Hauntings covered: The Barton Mansion Ghost and the Ghosts of the London Underground. Our theme tune is by Graham Waller. You can find his stuff at GrahamWaller.com Please send in your ghost encounters and home town hauntings to [email protected]

Tiffany and Hamish are back on their boo-shit as they bring two chilling tales from around the world! Hamish continues his trend of wanting to tell stories that are fun but end up being about horrific tragedies, and Tiffany tells a story that is a horrific tragedy but we do nothing but laugh at. Whoops. Hauntings covered: The Post Tsunami Ghost Boom of Japan and the Tale of Hungry Lucy. Our theme tune is by Graham Waller. You can find his stuff at GrahamWaller.com Please send in your ghost encounters and home town hauntings to [email protected]

For our second film club, we've also made it a book club and TV club! Clubs are great! What is also great: Goosebumps! The terrifying multi-media franchise from professional creep R. L. Stine! Today, we discuss the recent Jack Black movie, the book "The Ghost Next Door" and its TV adaptation! Our theme tune is by Graham Waller. You can find his stuff at GrahamWaller.com Please send in your ghost encounters and home town hauntings to [email protected]

WARNING: Hamish's story in this episode contains some details about child murder which some listeners might find upsetting. We're all born dead and the rest is magic! Today, we talk video-games that chilled us to the bone and surprisingly adaptations of Peter Jackson's films have scarred us both for life. Then we delve into hotel hauntings and cheeky ghost children. Hauntings covered: The Biltmore Hotel Hauntings and the Black-Eyed Children. Our theme tune is by Graham Waller. You can find his stuff at GrahamWaller.com Please send in your ghost encounters and home town hauntings to [email protected]

Today we tackle the ghostly equivalent of a "Heavy Hitter" which we are labelling "Big Boos" as Hamish tells the story of one of the most famous poltergeists and Tiffany tells the tale of the most haunted house in Australia! Hauntings covered: The Enfield Haunting and the Monte Cristo Homestead. Our theme tune is by Graham Waller. You can find his stuff at GrahamWaller.com Please send in your ghost encounters and home town hauntings to [email protected]

Things get historical with two stories about strange supernatural occurrences that may be ghosts but may also may not be... ghosts. Hamish and Tiffany delve into stories featuring such celebrity cameos as Marie Antoinette and Jesus! Hauntings covered: The Moberly-Jourdain Incident and The Legends of Glastonbury. Our theme tune is by Graham Waller. You can find his stuff at GrahamWaller.com Please send in your ghost encounters and home town hauntings to [email protected]

We are officially back on our bullsheet (as in sheet ghost) as we bring you two ghost-adjacent stories as we tackle a modern-day vampire hunt and a demonic possession! We also read out a chilling listener ghost story! Hauntings covered: The Highgate Vampire and The Exorcisms of Latoya Ammons. Our theme tune is by Graham Waller. You can find his stuff at GrahamWaller.com Please send in your ghost encounters and home town hauntings to [email protected]

We're back with a Very Spectral Episode where instead of telling ghost stories, your co-ghosts Tiffany Baxter and Hamish Steele instead review the excellent walking tour of the British Museum hosted by Treadwell's, one of London's best emporium for all your occult needs! Treadwell's website is here - https://www.treadwells-london.com/ Our theme tune is by Graham Waller. You can find his stuff at GrahamWaller.com Please send in your ghost encounters and home town hauntings to [email protected]

Christmas might be many moons ago now, but Hamish insists on dragging on his "Ghost of Christmas BLANK" theme with a story about a spirit from the future. Tiffany doesn't - and instead opts for a LITERALLY chilling tale. Hauntings covered: The Vision of Sharon Tate and The Trapper Ghost. Our theme tune is by Graham Waller. You can find his stuff at GrahamWaller.com Please send in your ghost encounters and home town hauntings to [email protected]

On this episode, Tiffany and Hamish discuss there incredibly true Christmas experiences before delving into a duo of devilishly spooky tales. Hauntings covered: The Ghosts of the Hellfire Caves, Emily and Isabella and Rules for Staying at the Bonderfort Mansion. Our theme tune is by Graham Waller. You can find his stuff at GrahamWaller.com Please send in your ghost encounters and home town hauntings to [email protected]

THIS EPISODE CONTAINS A SOLID 8 MINUTES OF GILMORE GIRLS DISCUSSION. So skip to 8.00 if you're not into that. Usually skippers are our enemy but I can fully understand it this time. Hauntings covered: The Monster of Glamis Castle, the Toys "R" Us Haunting and the Horse-Man Ghost. Our theme tune is by Graham Waller. You can find his stuff at GrahamWaller.com Please send in your ghost encounters and home town hauntings to [email protected]

It's our first FILM CLUB! And of course we have to begin with the film that gave us our title and our catchphrase - Poltergeist (the original 1982 classic!) We react to the film, give our thoughts on what we would do in their situation and read our a listerner response before plunging into the urban myth that surrounds this film - just why did so many people involved in this franchise die tragic deaths? Hauntings covered: The Curse of Poltergeist Our theme tune is by Graham Waller. You can find his stuff at GrahamWaller.com Please send in your ghost encounters and home town hauntings to [email protected]

Note: Apologies for the sound quality. This is the last episode with our old set up - next episode, you'll hear us as clearly as the voices that mutter out of your bedroom wall at night. In today's episode, your (g)hosts Tiffany and Hamish enchant each other with two tales which have a surprise connection (not surprising if you've read the episode title). We also review CBBC's new answer to Goosebumps and Are You Afraid of the Dark?, called Creeped Out. Hauntings covered: The Throwing Ghost of Slavensvick Castle and The Little Red Man of Destiny. Our theme tune is by Graham Waller. You can find his stuff at GrahamWaller.com Please send in your ghost encounters and home town hauntings to [email protected]

NOTE: Apologies once again for the sound. We have a new mic but it won't be used until Episode 7. Tiffany and Hamish reunite after experiencing some unique chills at the London Film Festival. They share their experiences of seeing Ghost Stories and The Shape of Water and then deliver a duo of tales just as spooky (and wet!) We then also play Hamish's mother's OTHER ghost story. Hauntings covered: The Screaming Skull of Bettiscombe Manor and The Lady of White Rock Lake. Send in your ghost stories to @thepoltercast on Twitter and thepoltercast@gmail. Our theme music was provided by Graham Waller - grahamwaller.com

Halloween may be over, but we're gonna keep things spooky all year round. Hamish and Tiffany reunite to swap their Halloween experiences and talk about being October babies! We then delve in the Edinburgh Vaults and journey to Spooksville, USA (also known as Salem), before reading out a listener email that puts the OUCH in Coach! Hauntings covered: The Southbridge Entity and The Witch of the Joshua Ward House. Send in your ghost stories to @thepoltercast on Twitter and thepoltercast@gmail. Our theme music was provided by Graham Waller - grahamwaller.com

October is the month of spook, but it's also LGBT History Month! And Tiffany Baxter honours the month with an Historical LGBT Themed Haunting! Hamish Steele does NOT honour this month, and instead tells a ghost story with a dog called Don Caesar in it. We also read out two listener ghost stories that put the "EEEEEE!" in E-Mail. Hauntings covered: The Walsingham Haunting and The Ghost Army of Rome. Send in your ghost stories to @thepoltercast on Twitter and thepoltercast@gmail. Our theme music was provided by Graham Waller - grahamwaller.com

What's scarier than an episode of The Poltercast? 2 episodes of the Poltercast! And here we are to make your fears a reality with our second episode! Tiffany Baxter and Hamish Steele discuss possessed dolls, Casper's Uncles and ghosts from the future! We also hear from Hamish's mum about her real-life ghost encounter! Hauntings covered: Annabelle: Origins and Lord Dufferin's Ghost from the Future. Find us at @thepoltercast on twitter or [email protected]

In our first ESP-sode, wannabe ghosts Tiffany Baxter and Hamish Steele talk preferred haunting locations, the difference between zombies and revenants and lesser known Christian holidays! Our sound quality isn't the best right now... but imagine that we're coming to you from a cursed record player in a haunted attic. Hauntings covered: Borley Rectory: The Most Haunted House In England and The Buckingham Ghost. Find us at @thepoltercast on twitter or [email protected]