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Ghost Stories and Gummies
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Welcome to Ghost Stories and Gummies, where the gummies are strong, and the ghost stories are stronger.
We’re your hosts Savanna and Hayley, two best friends with a love for the weird, the unexplainable, and anything that goes bump in the night.
Each week, we’ll be diving into chilling encounters, haunted places, and the strange stories that keep you up at night all while maybe laughing a little too much and definitely eating too many gummies.
Whether you’re a full-blown believer or just here for the vibes, we’re glad you found us. Now dim the lights, grab your snacks, and let’s get haunted.
This… is Ghost Stories and Gummies.
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EPISODE 35: The Creepiest Craigslist & Facebook Marketplace Encounters
3w ago00:44:17Tap to summarizeLate-night Marketplace scrolling was a mistake. This week on Ghost Stories & Gummies, I’m diving into some of the creepiest, weirdest, and most uncomfortable real encounters tied to Craigslist and Facebook Marketplace. From terrifying meetups and bizarre sellers to “absolutely the fuck not” situations that sound like the beginning of a horror movie… So grab your gummies, lock your doors, and maybe stop responding to listings that say “pickup behind abandoned warehouse.” 🖤 Submit Your Stories to Dear Darkness Have a paranormal experience, glitch story, creepy encounter, stalker situation, mimic story, haunted object experience, or complete WTF moment? Send it to Dear Darkness: Email ghoststoriesandgummies@gmail.com DM me on Instagram/TikTok or submit anonymously through the form in my bio/link hub Your story could be featured in a future episode. 🎧 Listen to Ghost Stories & Gummies Available on: Spotify Apple Podcasts Amazon Music Podbean
Transcribe →Episode 34: The Doomsday Cat Cult
May 800:38:32Tap to summarizeThis week on Ghost Stories and Gummies, we’re getting into one of the wildest cult stories I’ve covered yet: the so‑called Doomsday Cat Cult. We’ll talk about pastor Sheryl Ruthven, her cat rescue Eva’s Eden, and how, according to former members and reporting, a small Washington church turned into a high‑control doomsday group where cats were believed to be divine beings carrying 144,000 souls through the apocalypse. From blood‑tinged rituals and “Divine Magdalene” claims to a cross‑country “Exodus,” family estrangements, and the Investigation Discovery episode that blew the story up, this one is part true crime, part “what the hell did I just hear.” Content warning: cult dynamics, spiritual and psychological abuse, possible animal neglect, and mentions of violence https://www.nashvillescene.com/news/coverstory/apocalypse-meow-how-a-cult-that-believes-cats-are-divine-beings-ended-up-in-tennessee/article_78fc2367-5596-5a7a-ad8e-edae8c83a594.html https://www.cultnews101.com/2016/09/apocalypse-meow-how-cult-that-believes.html https://www.realclearreligion.org/2016/09/09/apocalypse_meow_a_cat_cult_in_tennessee_273944.html https://www.getreligion.org/getreligion/2016/9/8/why-bob-smietanas-apocalypse-meow-story-on-an-end-times-cat-cult-really-is-the-cats-meow https://catsofcapetown.com/2025/03/04/the-curious-case-of-the-doomsday-cat-cult-a-shocking-saga-of-family-faith-and-felines/ https://whatcom-news.com/evas-eden-cat-rescue-makes-news-in-tennessee_50126/ https://www.facebook.com/IsThereACultInColumbiaTN/ https://www.sportskeeda.com/us/shows/who-sheryl-ruthven-do-details-the-curious-case-of-subject-explored
Transcribe →Episode 33: Why Do Some Places Feel So Off… For No Reason
Apr 2800:23:29Tap to summarizeSome hauntings don’t react to you. They don’t acknowledge you, they don’t change, and they don’t seem aware that you’re even there. They just… keep happening. Same place. Same movement. Same sequence over and over again. In this episode, we’re breaking down the Stone Tape Theory the idea that environments themselves can somehow “record” emotional or traumatic events and replay them later as what people describe as residual hauntings. We get into where this theory comes from, why materials like quartz are always brought into the conversation, and the scientific reasons it doesn’t actually hold up. But even with that, people are still reporting the same kinds of experiences in the same types of places. So if it’s not a ghost… what are people actually experiencing? Because some places don’t feel neutral and that’s the part that sticks. Have you experienced something like this? Send it in: ghoststoriesandgummies@gmail.com
Transcribe →Episode 32 Dear Darkness Society: I Shouldn’t Have Gone Back on Reddit
Apr 100:30:00Tap to summarizeWe’re back with Dear Darkness Society Part 2. After going down a Reddit rabbit hole during Episode 30, I found way more stories than I was expecting… and there was no way I was leaving some of these out. So this episode is a continuation, more real experiences, more “that’s not right” moments, and more stories from people who were kind enough to share what they’ve gone through and let me bring it here. Some of these are unsettling. Some are just straight-up weird. And some will have you sitting there like… that's a no for me dawg. A huge thank you to everyone who shared their stories and trusted me with them, I really do appreciate it. If you’ve ever experienced something you can’t explain, something that didn’t sit right, or something you still think about… you’re not alone. The diary is always open. 🖤
Transcribe →Episode 31: Creepy Broadcasts Interruptions
Mar 2500:19:17Tap to summarizeThere’s a specific kind of unsettling that happens when your TV does something it’s not supposed to do. Not buffering. Not lagging. Just… wrong. In this episode, I'm getting into real cases where broadcasts were interrupted, hijacked, or taken over sometimes for seconds, sometimes longer and left people genuinely confused about what they were seeing. From the 1987 Max Headroom incident, to the Southern Television interruption in the UK, to real emergency alert hacks that exposed how vulnerable these systems actually are… this one gets weird fast. We’re talking: how broadcast signal intrusions actually happen why these systems aren’t as untouchable as we think real cases that were never fully explained and why your brain reacts so quickly when something feels “off” Some of these are strange. Some are unsettling. Some are just… no. I don’t like that. Because it’s not just what people saw it’s the fact that something was able to interrupt a system that’s supposed to be controlled… and no one could stop it. https://www.fcc.gov/media/radio/public-and-broadcasting https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/patternicity-finding-meaningful-patterns/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadcast_signal_intrusion https://rewindtv.com/2021/11/22/wgn-max-headroom-signal-intrusion/ https://www.pbs.org/video/max-headroom-attack-yffnrt/ https://www.pbs.org/video/30-years-later-max-headroom-incident-remains-mystery-ugz9gm/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIop2MsmMTQ&t=7s https://www.discoveryuk.com/mysteries/vrillon-the-broadcast-that-hijacked-britains-imagination/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmXsvyOpPJk https://transdiffusion.org/2023/08/21/southern-interference/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Television_broadcast_interruption https://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/vrillon-hacking-alien-voice-seventies-extra-terrestrial-hoax-unexplained-mysteries-a8069926.html https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/katv-broadcast-interruption-of-1959 https://www.tarrdaniel.com/documents/Ufology/intergalactic_message.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Midnight_broadcast_signal_intrusion https://www.mentalfloss.com/entertainment/tv/when-captain-midnight-hacked-hbo https://freakylogo.fandom.com/wiki/HBO_Captain_Midnight https://ultimateclassicrock.com/captain-midnight-hbo/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtdwD0qqApQ https://www.nytimes.com/1986/04/29/arts/hbo-piracy-incident-stuns-other-satellite-users.html https://www.networkworld.com/article/950900/man-who-hijacked-hbo-s-satellite-signal-30-years-ago-would-face-far-different-fate-today.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEkWNCK6Hu4 https://www.keranews.org/2013-02-12/zombie-alert-also-aired-in-michigan-hacking-traced-to-overseas-source https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2013/feb/12/zombie-apocalypse-newsflash-tv-video https://www.govtech.com/security/hackers-broadcast-zombie-emergency-alert-on-tv.html https://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-02-15/zombie-apocalypse-hoax-exposes-flaws-in-system/4520554 https://current.org/2013/02/zombie-emergency-broadcast-hoax-on-pubtv-station-blamed-on-overseas-hacker https://www.ksl.com/article/24061333/hackers-send-zombie-emergency-alert-through-ksl-station-others https://player.bfi.org.uk/subscription/film/watch-ghostwatch-behind-the-curtains-2012-online https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-41740176 https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/oct/26/how-we-made-bbc-mockumentary-ghostwatch https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/why-i-love-ghostwatch https://www.curiousarchive.com/ghostwatch-bbc-controversial-broadcast/ https://bfidatadigipres.github.io/in%20dreams%20are%20monsters/2022/10/28/ghostwatch/ https://npg.si.edu/blog/orson-welles-and-70th-anniversary-war-worlds https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/history/welles-broadcasts-war-worlds https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2016/10/lcm-page-from-the-past-war-of-the-worlds/ https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/october-30/welles-scares-nation https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/infamous-war-worlds-radio-broadcast-was-magnificent-fluke-180955180/ https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/misguided/202506/why-people-believe-conspiracy-theories https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-savvy-psychologist/202007/why-we-believe-in-conspiracy-theories https://www.fcc.gov/media/radio/how-to-apply https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IF13130 https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachand ments/DA-99-1099A2.pdf https://www.fcc.gov/sites/default/files/public_and_broadcasting_0.pdf
Transcribe →Episode 30: Dear Darkness Society
Mar 2500:28:41Tap to summarizeIn this Dear Darkness Society episode, I made the mistake of going on Reddit to see if anyone has experienced the same kind of creepy, unexplainable moments we talk about on here... and yeah, some of you are going THROUGH it. I'm sharing real stories from people who were kind enough (and brave enough) to let me bring their experiences here. Some are unsettling, so are straight up weird and sine will have you sitting there like... that a no for me dawg. Huge thank you to everyone who shared their stories and trusted me with them, I genuinely appreciate it. If you've ever had a moment that didn't make sense, didn't sit right or still sticks with you... you're in the right place. The diary is always open
Transcribe →Cartoon Conspiracy Theories: The Lost Episodes We Remember That Never Existed
Mar 1300:26:24Tap to summarizeWhat happens when the internet starts reinterpreting childhood cartoons through a much darker lens? In this episode I explore some of the most infamous cartoon conspiracy theories from the Rugrats imagination theory to the mysterious Squidward creepypasta and look at the psychology behind why people create them in the first place. https://abc7.com/spongebob-kwarantined-crab-inappropriate-episodes-removed/10462487/ https://www.wired.com/1997/10/in-his-way-john-k-will-challenge-the-world/ https://www.osti.gov/opennet/manhattan-project-history/Events/1945-present/crossroads.htm https://www.atomicarchive.com/media/photographs/testing/us/crossroads.html https://ahf.nuclearmuseum.org/ahf/history/operation-crossroads/ https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/usupress_pubs/35/ https://nyupress.org/9780814742815/convergence-culture/ https://www.gamespot.com/articles/spongebob-squarepants-mid-life-crustacean-episode-removed-from-paramount/1100-6489459/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC80580/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/patternicity-finding-meaningful-patterns/ https://bmcpsychiatry.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12888-023-05360-0 https://www.history.com/articles/nuclear-bomb-tests-bikini-atoll-facts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Crossroads https://time.com/4446927/rugrats-chuckie-mom-nickelodeon/ https://www.teenvogue.com/story/rugrats-never-happened-theory https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/creepypasta https://www.washington.edu/news/2004/12/06/two-thirds-of-school-age-children-have-an-imaginary-companion-by-age-7/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/patternicity-finding-meaningful-patterns/ https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/03/050308101309.htm
Transcribe →Episode 28 - The Mandela Effect: Did We Remember It Wrong... or Did Something Change?
Mar 600:19:50Tap to summarizeWhat if thousands of people remember something that never happened? This weeks episode I dive into the Mandela Effect, the strange phenomenon where large groups of people share the same incorrect memory. From The Berenstain Bears to famous movie quotes we all swear are real, I explore why our brains might be rewriting reality. https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-the-mandela-effect-4589394 https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/mandela-effect https://www.snopes.com/tag/mandela-effect/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXoWiIuB25o&t=19s https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/entertainment/g28438966/mandela-effect-examples/ https://www.britannica.com/science/Mandela-effect https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/18/world/mandela-effect-collective-false-memory-scn https://aeon.co/ideas/on-shared-false-memories-what-lies-behind-the-mandela-effect https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/sinbad-movie-shazaam/ https://www.jstor.org/stable/1416187 https://search.catalog.loc.gov/search?option=keyword&pageNumber=1&query=Berenstein%20Bears&recordsPerPage=25 https://www.jstor.org/stable/40063737 https://news.feinberg.northwestern.edu/2004/10/01/false_memories https://collaborate.princeton.edu/en/publications/false-memories-and-aging https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31088337/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/totaling-recall https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1207/s15327019eb0901_4 https://www.simplypsychology.org/cognitive.html https://www.simplypsychology.org/flashbulb-memory.html https://research.edgehill.ac.uk/en/publications/schemas-and-memory-consolidation/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0896627318308560 https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/social-sciences/cognitive-map https://www.filmsite.org/empi3.html https://www.simplypsychology.org/what-is-a-schema.html https://mechanism.ucsd.edu/bill/teaching/philpsych.w03/memory4class.pdf https://www.mheducation.ca/blog/series-classic-learning-science-reconstructive-memory-schema-theory/
Transcribe →Episode 27 - Victorian Era Mourning Practices
Feb 800:39:03Tap to summarizeOur episode this week explores Victorian era mourning practices, like post-mortem photography and the strict mourning rituals that shaped how 19th-century families remembered and honored their dead. Far from being purely macabre, these practices include societal customs and cherished keepsakes, reflecting a culture tragically struck with repeated losses. Join us as we discuss how love and grief were preserved long after life had ended. Thank you for joining us, we're so glad you're here! Sources: https://www.history.com/articles/post-mortem-photos-history https://www.burnsarchive.com/historical-death-memorial https://victorianweb.org/photos/postmortem/index.html https://clarabartonmuseum.org/post-mortem-photography https://artincontext.org/post-mortem-photography https://familytreemagazine.com/photos/post-mortem-photography https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oF29vcZNMQY&utm https://allthatsinteresting.com/victorian-death-photos https://history.rcp.ac.uk/blog/good-death-and-after-post-mortem-photography-late-19th-century https://clements.umich.edu/exhibit/death-in-early-america/post-mortem-overview/ https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-36389581 https://daily.jstor.org/the-history-of-postmortem-photography/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7975931/ https://www.notesfromthefrontier.com/post/death-photography https://www.history.com/articles/post-mortem-photos-history https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/victorian-post-mortem-photographs https://www.pbase.com/gregorysullivan/post_mortem_photography https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/understanding-grief/201812/death-and-mourning-practices-in-the-victorian-age?msockid=1c8ae275174a69d31c90ed5b16fa6870 https://heritagemuseumoc.org/from-manicured-to-macabre-a-brief-history-of-dolls/#:~:text=Many%20Victorian%20children%20did%20not,know%20today%20as%20reborn%20dolls. https://victorianweb.org/history/mourning/6.html Ariès, Philippe. Western Attitudes toward Death: From the Middle Ages to the Present. Johns Hopkins University Press, 1974 Jalland, Pat. Death in the Victorian Family. Oxford University Press, 1996 Lutz, Deborah. Relics of Death in Victorian Literature and Culture. Cambridge University Press, 2015 Taylor, Lou. Mourning Dress: A Costume and Social History. Routledge, 1983 Ruby, Jay. Secure the Shadow: Death and Photography in America. MIT Press, 1995 Curl, James Stevens. The Victorian Celebration of Death. Sutton Publishing, 2000 Woodyard, Chris. (2014) The Victorian Book of the Dead (The Ghosts of the Past 4). Dayton, Ohio. Kestrel Publications. Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A), curatorial material on Victorian mourning objects. Bronte, Emily Ann. (2018) Victorian Mourning Jewelry. Amazon Digital Service: Emily Bronte. Manners and Rules of Good Society, Or, Solecisms to be Avoided by a Member of the Aristocracy. London: Frederick Warne, 1888. https://www.ancestry.com/c/ancestry-blog/13-fascinating-victorian-funeral-customs/ https://thesolitaryhistorian.com/2020/11/06/mourning-the-dead-funeral-practices-in-1870-and-1900/ https://heritagemuseumoc.org/from-manicured-to-macabre-a-brief-history-of-dolls/#:~:text=Many%20Victorian%20children%20did%20not,know%20today%20as%20reborn%20dolls.
Transcribe →Episode 26 - Haunted Objects: The Chair of Death, Peggy the Doll and Letta the Doll
Jan 3100:43:47Tap to summarizeThis week, we’re unlocking the display case of the truly unsettling. From glassy-eyed dolls that seem to move when no one’s looking, to a seemingly ordinary chair with an unthinkable past, this episode dives into objects that have captivated people for decades and in some cases, centuries. Are these just creepy coincidences… or do some objects really absorb evil? Listener discretion is advised—because after this episode, you might never look at antiques the same way again. Thank you for being here, we appreciate you! Sources: http://thirskmuseum.org/displays.html https://www.news18.com/viral/the-creepy-history-of-17th-century-cursed-pub-chair-in-uk-that-still-haunts-many-9015516.html#:~:text=In%20the%20quiet%20village%20of,cameras%2C%20joined%20by%20his%20friends https://www.google.com/search?q=documentaries+on+thomas+busbys+chair&sca_esv=ca362862dff82633&sxsrf=ANbL-n5xDiQSqRrAyrLp4hXWO64_OdT0Wg%3A1769495390784&source=hp&ei=Xlt4aYzOLemj0PEP547sgAc&iflsig=AFdpzrgAAAAAaXhpbtjTCdhwjrBJsHnayl_5ggnbjEMx&ved=0ahUKEwiM9cmBjKuSAxXpETQIHWcHG3AQ4dUDCCE&uact=5&oq=documentaries+on+thomas+busbys+chair&gs_lp=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-AM6N5IHBzExLjM3LjOgB8jqArIHBjIuMzcuM7gH6CjCBwkwLjE3LjMzLjHIB7kBgAgA&sclient=gws-wiz#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:ee5f2d98,vid:IdVFN18yvB8,st:0 https://www.ndtv.com/offbeat/murderers-curse-haunts-british-pub-chair-for-over-300-years-report-6325689#:~:text=Read%20Time:%203%20mins,evidence%20of%20Thomas%20Busby's%20ghost. https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/history/15782452.tale-busby-stoop-thug-hanged-bludgeoning-goading-father-in-law-death/ https://metro.co.uk/2024/08/11/gory-tale-behind-a-pub-chair-cursed-a-murderer-300-years-ago-21373597/ https://www.spookyisles.com/busby-stoop/ https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/relatedvideo?q=thomas+busby+case&mid=32891141889BE6C2F70A32891141889BE6C2F70A&FORM=VIRE https://hypnogoria.com/folklore_deathchair.html#:~:text=Eventually%20in%201978%2C%20the%20current,trying%20to%20sit%20in%20it. https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2015/04/19/watch-shropshire-paranormal-investigators-spooky-doll-video-can-make-you-ill/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXFyaB7AoRQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKn_SoMpZSI https://www.wonderfulmuseums.com/museum/zak-bagans-haunted-museum-show https://www.paranormalpopculture.com/2020/03/annabelle-and-other-real-life-haunted.html https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/280533/haunted-doll-causes-nausea-and-chest-pains https://regionriverina.com.au/riverina-rewind-doll-found-under-wagga-floor-continues-to-haunt-the-internet/78845 https://thelibraryofghosts.wixsite.com/mysite/post/letta-me-out-australia-s-haunted-doll https://www.fabledcollective.com/haunted-dolls https://paranorms.com/haunted-dolls https://www.paranormalpopculture.com/2020/03/annabelle-and-other-real-life-haunted.html https://obscurban-legend.fandom.com/wiki/Letta_the_Doll https://thehawthornfiles.com/2022/08/17/3-haunted-dolls-who-arent-robert https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dv4LzUefdpA&
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