Vault: Ghost hunters share voices of spirits

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Bert Show — Vault: Ghost Hunters Share Voices of Spirits (Aired July 7, 2026)

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Episode Overview

This episode of The Bert Show features Andy from the Atlanta Ghost Hunters, sharing gripping stories and electronic voice phenomena (EVPs) from his personal investigations—including recent, chilling recordings captured in his own home. The conversation blends awe, skepticism, and humor as the cast delves into the mysterious world of paranormal activity, haunted objects, and the reality of living with a ghostly presence.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Introduction to Atlanta Ghost Hunters

• Who They Are: Andy explains that his group investigates reported paranormal activity for both homeowners and businesses across Metro Atlanta.
• How They Work: Using equipment like digital voice recorders, they attempt to discern if an incident is naturally explainable or truly supernatural.
• Main Evidence: Andy highlights electronic voice phenomena (EVPs) as the most compelling evidence—voices captured on audio, often undetectable at the time of recording.

  "These voices are actually embedded onto the tape recorder. And it really is fascinating because you don't hear these things most of the time until you actually wind up going back and listening to the audio." — Andy [01:42]

2. Andy’s Personal Haunting

• A Haunted Person: Andy reveals that he considers himself “a haunted person,” with an entity that has followed him since age 13.

  "There are haunted homes, haunted objects, and also haunted people. And you're a haunted person. I've had something that's attached itself to me and has followed me for the past 20 years." — Andy [03:06]

• Coping Advice: He compares handling a haunting to managing children or pets, emphasizing control and composure.

  "You really have to treat a haunting very much like a child or a dog. ... Otherwise, if you let fear run the house, then this thing's gonna run all over you just like a dog or a kid will." — Andy [03:33]

3. First Time Investigating His Own Home

• Taking the Leap: Despite decades in the field and investigating hundreds of locations, Andy admits he never attempted EVPs in his own home—until now, out of boredom.

  "We just moved into this brand new place. ... I wanted to see if these things really do follow me from one place to the next. ... I only recorded for a total of 8 minutes." — Andy [04:48]

• Immediate Results: Captured three distinct EVPs in the first 8-minute session; repeated the experiment with his daughters, catching even more.

4. Playing and Analyzing EVPs (with timestamps)

Below, each EVP is discussed and played live on air. Bert and Lady Luck react with a mix of excitement and chills.

• a. The Ghost’s Name Revealed — “Richard”
  [06:13–07:34]

  • Andy asks the entity for its name; a faint female voice whispers "Richard."
  • Bert has the audio enhanced and replayed for clarity.

  "It's really faint. Yeah, it's faint, but there's definitely a response and it sounds definitely like Richard." — Andy [07:31]

• b. The Polite Child Spirit — “Yes, sir”
  [07:35–08:14]

  • Andy invites any child spirits to play with his daughters (Madison and Mallory). An unmistakable child’s voice replies politely: “Yes, sir.”

  "That's just really cool to me there. That actually wound up saying, yes, sir." — Andy [08:03]

• c. The Urgent Warning — “It’s time to go”
  [08:15–08:55]

  • A faint EVP seems to say “It’s time to go,” with underlying urgency.

  "There's something there. And, you know, anytime you're hearing a voice on something that you don't hear at the time is pretty weird." — Andy [08:55]

• d. The Unclear Whisper — “Haunt” or “Hot”
  [09:00–09:19]

  • Another EVP, this one unclear, might say “haunt” or “hot,” but is still distinctive and eerie.

  "It's kind of drawn out." — Andy [09:18]
  "Yeah, that was like whispering." — Burt [09:23]

• e. The Request — “Let me see the little girls one more time”
  [09:42–10:29]

  • Possibly referencing Andy’s daughters, a spirit seems to request another look at “the little girls.” The crew debates the wording.

  "It sounds like to me, it says, let me see the little girls one more time." — Andy [10:10]
  "It almost sounds like, talk to the girls or something." — Burt [10:15]

5. Living with the Paranormal — Parenting & Perspective

• Normalization: Andy notes that his children aren’t frightened because he isn’t, illustrating how parental attitude shapes kids’ reaction to the supernatural.

6. A Paranormal Event: The Mysterious Return of the Passport

• Lost & Found: After the EVP recordings, Andy’s missing passport reappeared in a hallway he had just cleaned—seemingly placed by unseen hands.

  "Right in the middle of the hallway that I had just walked by three minutes before...was the passport that was absolutely nowhere to be found. It was absolutely crazy." — Andy [11:42]

• Bert and Andy Joke:

  "So Justin actually likes you." — Burt [12:02]
  "And somewhere in the house they're whispering, you're welcome." — Andy [12:06]

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Memorable Quotes & Moments

• On haunted house protocol:

  "If you're going to have a ghost, you may as well have a polite one." — Andy [10:29]

• On EVPs with children:

  "Kid voices are freaky 100% of the time." — Andy [09:25]

• On investigating his own home:

  "I really didn't want to know. You know, I was fine assuming it was my grandfather. I just never turned a recorder on. Well, I got bored." — Andy [04:34]

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Important Segments & Timestamps

• Intro to Atlanta Ghost Hunters: [01:30–02:41]
• Andy’s haunting origin story: [03:06–03:33]
• First EVP session at Andy’s home: [04:48–05:48]
• EVP: Name “Richard”: [06:13–07:34]
• EVP: Child “Yes, sir”: [07:35–08:14]
• EVP: “It’s time to go”: [08:15–08:55]
• EVP: “Haunt” or “Hot”: [09:00–09:19]
• EVP: “Let me see the little girls one more time”: [09:42–10:29]
• The passport incident: [10:29–12:06]

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Podcast Tone & Style

The episode is conversational, authentic, and lightly humorous, balancing genuine curiosity with banter among hosts. Andy’s stories combine eerie moments with down-to-earth advice, and the cast’s reactions help disarm the chills with relatable humor. If you appreciate real paranormal accounts with a friendly radio vibe, this is a must-listen.

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For more from The Bert Show and Atlanta Ghost Hunters, visit thebertshow.com.

Transcript

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[Burt]

The Burt Show Andy is here from the Atlanta Ghost Hunters. Welcome back.

[Andy]

Hey, thanks guys. Thank you. Appreciate it.

[Burt]

So if somebody has not heard the Atlanta Ghost Hunters on the air with a Burt show before, give us a quick explanation of your group and what you guys do.

[Andy]

Sure. Absolutely. We get contacted from homeowners and business owners all over the metro Atlanta area and they tell us the claims that they have a paranormal activity and we'll go in with certain equipment to determine if that activity can be explained naturally or if there are possibly supernatural causes to what they're experiencing. Really the most fascinating aspect and what I really call evidence, things that we can go back and review is what's known as an electronic voice phenomenon, and it's known as an evp. And we'll actually go back. One of the devices we use is a digital voice recorder. And we'll record the entire investigation and we'll go back and actually listen to the audio that we recorded. And these voices are actually embedded onto the tape recorder. Onto the recorder. And it really is fascinating because you don't hear these things most of the time until you actually wind up going back and listening to the audio. And it's just mind boggling to know that there's something around you that you can't see and hear, but yet it still exists.

[Burt]

And you guys are into this because you're into this. Absolutely. You don't get paid to go and do these investigations.

[Andy]

When somebody contacts us and says these are the things we're experiencing and we go to their location, we absolutely don't charge a penny for it. We go there to really try and help, consult them how to deal with it and to determine if the things they're experiencing are paranormal.

[Burt]

Really, really cool. You found some really awesome stuff this time around.

[Andy]

Yeah. This one. You know what got me started in this is I'm a haunted person. There are haunted homes, haunted objects, and also haunted people. And you're a haunted person. I've had something that's attached itself to me and has followed me for the past 20 years. It started when I was 13 years old.

[Burt]

I don't think I realized that.

[Andy]

Yeah, that's what got me.

[Burt]

You alluded to something like that, but you never talked about how it's something that's followed you consistently. The song who called yourself haunted person?

[Andy]

Yeah. So I've. I've just learned to deal with it. And that's what I tell people who live with these things is I can't get rid of them. I'm not a ghostbuster. I don't come in and make them go away. I just help you learn to deal with it. You really have to treat a haunting very much like a child or a dog. And the fact that you have to take control of the situation. Otherwise, if you let fear run the house, Then this thing's gonna run all over you just like a dog or a kid will. Absolutely. If you watch, you know, the dog whisperer or the nanny, it's all the control of the situation. And these things, you really have to make them submissive to you. And so that's what I tell homeowners, and that's what I've dealt with for the past 20 years now. Since I've been investigating. We started back in 2004 is when we formed the group. I have never turned a recorder onto my own home. I've investigated well over 100 locations. Not one time have I ever actually turned a recorder into my own home. I really didn't want to know. You know, I was fine assuming it was my grandfather. I just never turned a recorder on. Well, I got bored.

[Burt]

Oh no, you did it.

[Andy]

I got bored.

[Burt]

Finally did it.

[Andy]

I did it. Yes. And it was just. It was back on March 7th. It was the first time that I actually did it. I only recorded for a total of 8 minutes.

[Burt]

What changed your mind?

[Andy]

Truly boredom. It was just a Tuesday or Wednesday night really nothing going on. And my girlfriend was there and I just looked at it. I was like, dude, do you want to turn the recorder on? Let's just, let's see, you know. And I. We just moved into this brand new place. So I was curious. Nothing really had happened up to that point in the house and I wanted to see if they really do follow me from one place to the next. This house is five years old. There's no reason for it to be haunted. Nobody's ever died there. I just wanted to see if these things really are there and if they do follow me. Well, I was definitely right. We tried it that night. We caught three EVPs in a total of eight minutes. I didn't record long. I didn't want to go very, very long into this. So we caught three in the first eight min minutes. I actually just got back in town yesterday. My girls live down in Florida. Pick my girls up. And when I told them what I caught because they're not afraid of it, kids will react the way the parents react. If the parents are freaking out, the kids are gonna freak out. My kids have listened to every EVP I've ever caught. It doesn't bother them because it doesn't bother me. They said, well, can we do it? Can we turn the recorder on? So what we're gonna hear right now we actually caught last night with my kids in our family. They're very telling. Definitely sounds like one of them. Woman sounds like one of them is child.

[Burt]

The child ones always freaked me out, you know.

[Andy]

Yeah. The one we brought in last time of the child was. Was pretty wild as well.

[Burt]

I don't know if you heard this when you were down the hall. This is at Andy's house.

[Andy]

Yeah, I picked that. Wow. So it doesn't bother me. Everybody went to sleep fine last night. It's just. It's it's nice to know that there's. That they're definitely there. Not there was nothing said at all that was. That was threatening. So I'm perfectly fine with it. So I know. And Atlanta's about to know too. And I know one of their names. It's good stuff. Okay, so I'll go ahead and play the clips for you then. I want to tell you something that happened pretty much immediately after we did the first investigation in the house. A paranormal event did occur. So this first one, you know, obviously at any investigation, one of the first questions that we ask is what's your name? And that's. This one definitely responded. My. Apparently my ghost name is Richard. Can you tell me what your name is? You sounded like a woman. Alright, now right there in the very end, there's a little bit of a whisper. I zoomed in on it. So if you can go ahead and play the next clip. I think I even amplified it a little bit. But it definitely sounds like it's saying Richard. It's really faint. Yeah, it's faint, but there's definitely a response and it sounds definitely like Richard.

[Burt]

One more time. Okay, now I can hear it barely.

[Andy]

It sounds like Richard.

[Burt]

Now you know his name.

[Andy]

I've got a dick living with me. Sweet. Okay, so the next one is I was saying that if there was any child or any children there that my daughter Madison and Mallory were there and if they wanted to play. And it sounds like a little kid that responds back, yes, sir. So at least it's polite. You want to play with Madison and Mallory?

[Burt]

Oh, yeah.

[Andy]

Play one more time.

[Lady Luck]

One more time.

[Andy]

Do you want to play with Madison and Mallory? Whoa, that does sound like a little again, sir. That's just really cool to me there. That actually wound up saying, yes, sir.

[Burt]

It's awesome.

[Andy]

All right, the next one. Now this one I actually caught. This is the second time I caught this. I caught this on the first investigation that I did just for the eight minutes. These clips right here that I caught, just the portion that we're playing for you was caught in 13 minutes last night. And there's going to be several more that just weren't quite clear but that I'll have up on the website. But this is the second one that I got and it sounds like it says it's time to go. This one's a little faint, but there's something going on in the background. Yeah, there's something in. You can hear go at the end.

[Burt]

Yeah, I can hear that.

[Andy]

The interesting thing is, regardless of what I think I hear is right. There's something there. And, you know, anytime you're hearing a voice on something that you don't hear at the time is pretty weird. Excuse me. Now, this next one either says hot or haunt. I can't tell exactly what it's saying, but it sounds more like, to me, a haunt.

[Burt]

You can hear that.

[Lady Luck]

Wow.

[Andy]

And it's kind of drawn out.

[Burt]

Yeah, that was like whispering.

[Andy]

Kid voices are freaky 100% of the time. That or it sounds like somebody talking to Lou. You're, like, about to spit on you. It's not everybody in Atlanta. Six are the ghosts. So now, this one was really cool. Like I said, I've got my daughters in town right now. And you say cool.

[Burt]

Some people say creeping True.

[Andy]

Yes, I'm disturbed. I fully admit it. So this one says, it sounds like to me. And again, when we play these things over the radio, a lot of times in your car, you can hear them a lot better. So if they sound something different in the radio, you know, give us a buzz, let us know what you think. But it sounds like to me, it says, let me see the little girls one more time.

[Burt]

Yeah, they talk about your children or I assume.

[Andy]

I don't know.

[Burt]

It almost sounds like, talk to the girls or something.

[Andy]

Play one more time. Maybe a talk and maybe a T at the beginning. It's really tough.

[Burt]

It's tough to hear, but, man, that's cool.

[Andy]

Do it one more time. It sounds like girls at the end. It sounds like to me that there's girls at the very end of this. But the yes, sir to me was really one of my favorites. Just because it's polite and I teach my. If you're going to have a ghost, you may as well have a play. Absolutely. All right, so let me. Let me tell you what wound up happening now. We just moved into this house, and, you know, when you. When you move from one place to the next, something always gets lost. Well, a passport went missing, and it was just not good at all. It's, you know, it's got personal stuff on there. And for the past couple weeks, it's just been, all right, we know where everything is, but we got to find that passport. And I pretty much work from home. Everything I do is via email. So I'm the one that cleans the house. I cleaned the house that day. I swept the floors, everything. Actually, it was right around dinner time. I was leaving. I walked down the hallway to go into the kitchen. I was just going to throw in a frozen pizza for that night. So I walked down the hall, turned the oven on, walked back to the bedroom, waited for about seven or eight minutes for the oven to preheat. I came back through the hallway, put the pieces in the oven, turned back around to go back into the, into the bedroom, and right in the middle of the hallway that I had just walked by three minutes before, several times before I cleaned that day. This thing was nowhere to be found. Right in the middle of the floor was the passport that was absolutely nowhere to be found. It was absolutely crazy. It was absolutely crazy. So thank you. Appreciate you.

[Burt]

So Justin actually likes you.

[Andy]

And somewhere in the house they're whispering, you're welcome. The bird show.

[Lady Luck]

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