Vault: The Best Of Atlanta Ghost Hunters

Summary

The Bert Show – Vault: The Best Of Atlanta Ghost Hunters

Date: March 4, 2026
Theme: The Bert Show takes listeners on a spine-chilling journey through Atlanta’s most haunted locations, revisiting their favorite Electronic Voice Phenomena (EVPs) and tales from partnering with local ghost hunters. This “best of” episode highlights the most memorable supernatural encounters and debates what these encounters might mean, all delivered in the show’s trademark blend of humor and curiosity.

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Main Theme & Purpose

This episode revisits standout moments with Atlanta ghost hunters, specifically focusing on their most compelling EVP evidence and real-life haunted tales from homes, restaurants, insane asylums, and historic sites across Atlanta (especially McDonough and Roswell). The team discusses ghost hunter methodology, beliefs, skepticism, and what it’s like searching for answers about the afterlife—all while keeping things light and engaging.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Ghost Hunting Philosophy & Approach

• No Charge Policy:
  • The ghost hunters emphasize that they never charge for investigations.

    "Not a dime. We never charge for an investigation. People who pay for investigation would expect results. And, you know, sometimes we just don't get any." – Ghost Hunter (C) [00:08]

• Credibility:
  • Their credibility comes from honesty about results (sometimes there are none).
  • Humor about making money:

    "I'm making a mint off of this." – (B) [00:20]
    "Not a penny." – Ghost Hunter (C) [00:27]

2. From Skepticism to Belief

• The main guest reveals a personal journey starting as a skeptic, eventually convinced by first-hand supernatural experiences.

  "There's no doubt in my mind there is something out there. I can't tell you what they are though...But these voices are not heard at the time and they are extremely real. I would not spend my time away from my family, sleepless nights, just for nothing there." – Ghost Hunter (C) [00:36]

• Personal Experiences Before Investigations:

  • Flickering lights, radios turning on/off, exploding coffee tables, scratches, beds moving—led to belief even before officially investigating.

  "I've literally had a coffee table that literally exploded in my family room. We have had the scratches on the walls, the bed pushed in the middle of the night." – Ghost Hunter (C) [01:09]

• Rules for Clients:

  • Cautions clients about what they might find out.

  "If I catch something, can you deal with it? Can you go to sleep at night in your house if we bring you, you know, a voice that says, you know, you bitch in your 16-month-old daughter's bedroom? You know, I don't think I could." – Ghost Hunter (C) [01:32]

3. Most Memorable EVPs (“Freakiest of the Freaky”)

• The ghost hunters share their top EVP recordings. Each comes with context and some comedic banter.

a. The White House – Moving Broom

• A broom moves after repeated requests, followed by an unexplained whisper:

  "And you hear a voice say, so who do you want. At the very end?" – Ghost Hunter (C) [02:24]

• Laughter and chills from the hosts.

  "Damn, it's creepy." – Ghost Hunter (C) [03:24] "Tell you what, I want to get the hell out of here." – (E) [03:27]

b. Seasons Bistro – Haunted Women's Bathroom

• The women’s bathroom is notorious for ghostly activity.

  "This voice just comes across and says, sassy." – Ghost Hunter (C) [04:17]

  • Amanda, alone in the bathroom, captured the voice.

c. Red’s French Restaurant – The Secret Hole

• Haunted historic restaurant; voice says:

  "Remember the secret hole?" – Ghost Hunter (C) [05:46]

• The owner recalls a bricked-up doorway possibly being the “secret hole”.

d. The ‘Others’ EVP – Ghosts Don’t Know They’re Ghosts?

• An EVP alludes to the possibility that spirits don’t realize they’re ghosts.

  "Oh gosh, they think we're ghosts." – Ghost Hunter (C) [06:39]

• Discussion leads to movie references:

  "If you have not rented The Others, that's a great Halloween movie." – (E) [06:54]

e. Downtown Roswell – Undeniable EVP

• A very clear recording:

  "Why are you in here?" – EVP [07:23] "And it's following them down the street." – (C) [07:34] "Undeniable." – (B) [07:38]

f. The Insane Asylum – “Help, I Need You”

• Captured in an abandoned asylum.

  "You'll hear there's two voices. One says, help, and then the other one says, I need you." – Ghost Hunter (C) [08:08]

• Strong reactions from hosts:

  "Oh, damn." – (E) [08:21] "I'm having a hard time not cussing right now." – (D) [08:26]

g. White House – “I Hate This Room”

• The most active room in the house, hated both by spirits and investigators.

  "In this clip, it says, I hate this room. Now there's a pause that says, I hate this room." – Ghost Hunter (C) [09:01] "That's clear as day." – (D) [09:24]

h. Roswell Townhome – “Mommy”

• Captured a child’s voice despite no children present:

  "It says mommy." – (C) [09:47]

i. EMF Detector – “Get the Toy”

• During use of electromagnetic sensor, EVP references the device:

  "This... comes across and says, get the toy. It sounds like it’s referring to the EMF detector." – Ghost Hunter (C) [10:10]

j. Historic Roswell – “That’s the Reason It’s Burned Down”

• Ghostly voice responds during a walk past a building that's repeatedly burned:

  "That's the reason it's burned down." – EVP [11:17] "God, it's like she leaned into the recorder." – (B) [11:23]

4. What are EVPs?

• A listener calls in to ask about EVPs.

  "EVP is known as electronic voice phenomenon...we have very sensitive recording devices that will actually record whatever frequency or vibration that these voices are actually on." – Ghost Hunter (C) [11:44]

• Investigation can mean painstaking hours reviewing audio for fleeting, unexplained voices.

  "Most of the time go through an investigation thinking absolutely nothing happened...then you go back and listen to all the audio." – Ghost Hunter (C) [12:10] "If we're there for four hours, we have to go back and listen to 40 hours worth of the audio." – Ghost Hunter (C) [12:17]

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Why investigate if you’re scared?

  "I've never done an investigation in my own home. I don't want to know, you know. And that's what I tell people..." – Ghost Hunter (C) [01:22]

• Humorous banter about haunted bathrooms & real estate agents:

  "You're really a real estate agent?" – (B) [02:00] "I am licensed, yes." – Ghost Hunter (C) [02:05]

• On why ghosts might whisper:

  "Why do they got a whisper like, hey, I know you hate this room, but you're really trying to freak me out, man." – (E) [09:26]

• Host’s relatable fears:

  "I wouldn't go into the bathroom by myself. I didn't brush my teeth and do my hair. Didn't get in the shower. After feeling all that night, I would not go into that bathroom." – (B) [04:48]

• On the difficulty of reviewing results:

  "It's very painstaking, but with the trained ear, you can definitely catch these voices in the background." – Ghost Hunter (C) [12:28]

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Key Timestamps

• [00:08] – Ghost hunters clarify investigation is always free, and credibility is paramount.
• [01:09] – Guest recounts personal supernatural experiences.
• [02:24] – The “freakiest of the freaky” EVPs: White House moving broom & whisper.
• [03:36] – Seasons Bistro bathroom EVP: "sassy."
• [05:46] – Red’s French Restaurant EVP: "remember the secret hole."
• [06:39] – EVP: "oh gosh, they think we're ghosts" – philosophical discussion.
• [07:23] – Downtown Roswell EVP: "Why are you in here?"
• [08:08] – Insane asylum EVP: "Help, I need you."
• [09:01] – Haunted room EVP: "I hate this room."
• [09:47] – Child’s voice EVP: "Mommy."
• [10:10] – EMF detector EVP: "Get the toy."
• [11:17] – Burned down building in Roswell: ghostly explanation.
• [11:44] – Listener call: Explanation of what an EVP is.

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Conclusion

This special episode of The Bert Show encapsulates the allure and fear of paranormal investigation, blending extraordinary ghostly evidence with comic group chemistry. Listeners are invited to weigh in themselves—are these voices from another realm, or is it all in your head? Either way, the Bert Show rolls out the laughs, jumps, and “nope!” moments in equal measure, making for compelling and relatable radio you don’t want to miss.

Transcript

[A]

The Burch show.

[B]

Andy, we're getting a lot of calls from people saying, okay, they think that they have ghosts in their home. How much does it cost to bring you guys out?

[C]

Not a dime.

[A]

Zero?

[C]

Not a dime. We never charge for an investigation. People who pay for investigation would expect results. And, you know, sometimes we just don't get any. Not very often, but sometimes you just don't get, you know, don't get any evidence.

[B]

Right now I think there's. That's sort of like why there's credibility with these guys also. And that's why we've loved working with them. I'm making a mint off of this.

[C]

Not a penny.

[D]

I mean, you guys started as skeptics, but there's been so many different EVPs or different occurrences or different experiences for you with the paranormal that it's just

[C]

spread you on to do more. There's no doubt in my mind there is something out there. I mean, not even a 0.1% chance that there's not something out there. I can't tell you what they are though, you know, ghost hunters. Yeah, that's good marketing. Whatever. I don't know if they're spirits, demons, ghosts. I don't know what they are. But these voices are not heard at the time and they are extremely real. I would not spend my time away from my family, sleepless nights, just for nothing there.

[A]

When did you believe, when did you go from maybe this isn't real to no doubt in your mind?

[C]

Probably even before I began investigating. In the personal experiences that I've had, not only have the lights turned on and off, the radios turned on and off, but I've literally had a coffee table that literally exploded in my family room. We have had the scratches on the walls, the bed pushed in the middle of the night. I believe even before I started investigating, I just wanted to find out. I wanted to play with other people's ghosts. I don't know if I've ever mentioned on here. I've never done an investigation in my own home. I don't want to know, you know, and that's what I tell people is, you know, when they call in, there's a few questions that we ask. One of the main ones is if I catch something, can you deal with it? Can you go to sleep at night in your house if we bring you, you know, a voice that says, you know, you bitch in your 16 month old daughter's bedroom? You know, I don't think I could. I don't think I could sleep with that. I think I know who it is in my house. I'm good just imagining who it is.

[B]

I think I just figured this out. You're really a real estate agent?

[C]

I am licensed, yes.

[B]

And what you're doing is you're going around, you're telling these people their. Their houses are haunted, so they put them on the market and you buy them for cheap.

[C]

I really think that'd be a great idea for somebody who, like, could try and make money in this real estate market to actually, like, advertise all they list as haunted houses. I think that would actually be a pretty cool marketing idea.

[B]

Well, let's go through these because we asked you to bring in the freakiest

[C]

of the freaky, and that's so hard to pick. I mean, every one of them just freaks me out, you know. First one was from the White House. This one is very clear. We had. You're going to hear a broom. Actually, there was a broom laying on the floor that I tried on several different occasions. Please move the broom. Never happened. Went back again, asked it to move the broom. Sure enough, the broom. The broom moves. And then all of us are frozen silent. And you hear a voice say, so who do you want. At the very end?

[B]

At the very end, that whisper at the very end? I like listening back one more time.

[C]

That was the broom.

[B]

That whisper. Hoodie lines.

[C]

Damn, it's creepy.

[B]

Tell you what, I want to get

[E]

the hell out of here.

[C]

The next one that we've got actually came from a restaurant called the Seasons Bistro.

[B]

And this is in what part of town?

[C]

This is down in my hometown of McDonough. Horribly, the whole town is just haunted. And this one's a haunted woman's bathroom. Everyone who goes into this woman's bathroom goes in there with a partner because they are not going into this bathroom by themselves.

[A]

I've seen apparitions in our men's room. Usually a chapter, that one weird guy from sales goes in there. He's there for a long time.

[B]

Orbs, strange sounds that might have been you just losing oxygen,

[C]

holding your breath.

[A]

Have you ever gotten really, really dizzy and have a need for fresh air?

[B]

Go on.

[D]

What is wrong with you?

[C]

All right, so in the bathroom. This was with Amanda in the bathroom. She was in there by herself. This voice just comes across and says, sassy.

[B]

She's half naked in the bathroom and someone says, sassy.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Wow. What was that at the very end?

[C]

That was Amanda talking.

[B]

Oh, okay.

[C]

Yeah. She wasn't really using the bathroom. We were actually investigating. We're bathroom inspectors too, so Next one,

[B]

I would not remember last year when I was at the Beverly Hills Inn. I was supposed to leave there and you know, take a shower there and then come to the radio station. I wouldn't go into the bathroom by myself. I didn't brush my teeth and do my hair. Didn't get in the shower. After feeling all that night, I would not go into that bathroom.

[C]

So the squealing tires at about 4 o' clock in the morning, that was me getting home.

[E]

That was not a ghost.

[C]

Alright, the next one's real cool. This one is actually again down to McDonough. Some of the best ones that I've ever captured have been down in the historic city of McDonough. It really is just an awesome little place restaurant called Red's. Red's French Restaurant. And I don't know what this means. I've asked him about it because he did the total renovation on this building. But this voice, there's a lot of talking, like background noise in the background. But you'll hear a voice that says, remember the secret hole?

[A]

I kind of, kind of heard that.

[C]

Yeah. And there's somebody talking in the background. But it's remember the secret.

[A]

I would have really freaked you out if it happened in the bathroom.

[B]

And again, they could probably hear it in their cars.

[C]

And the only thing he could think of is there was a doorway that was just bricked up from, you know, used to connect to the building right next door to it. But that was the only secret hole he could possibly think of. But it used to be a bank. So maybe there's some gold hidden in there. Quinn's probably going to have people trying to cut brick out of the building now. So next one, all time favorite. No doubt about it. We've had more emails on this, on this particular clip than any other EVP we've ever posted. This, this one makes me think maybe what we're dealing with are not ghosts because they say, oh gosh, they think we're ghosts.

[B]

Okay, this one is my favorite. I hear the gosh part like loud and clear. So you think in this case they don't know that they're ghosts.

[D]

Right?

[E]

They may not be. You know what I'm saying? Like I always wonder if like they hear us and they're like, what is going on in like the Others. If you have not rented the Others, that's a great Halloween movie.

[C]

That's it. It's a wonderful movie.

[E]

But that's the concep to the others is like who's the ghost and who's real. How do we know? How do we know?

[C]

I don't want to think about it. Next one we played earlier in the week, but I have to put it on there. It is very, very clear. This was at. This was in downtown Roswell. Definitely says, without a doubt. Cuz I wanna now.

[F]

Wait till you see. Wait till you hear what happened. She's sitting there talking. Why are you in here?

[C]

No doubt about it. And it's following them down the street.

[E]

They're walk the street when they picked it up.

[B]

That one's undeniable.

[C]

Absolutely no doubt about it. This next one was actually captured in. If you'll see on the website, it's called the insane asylum. We didn't really have permission to be there, so I can't really say exactly where it is, but it was definitely an insane asylum. There was quite a bit that we actually captured out of this one, but this one definitely says, help, I need you.

[B]

That keep.

[C]

There's two different voices there. You'll hear there's two voices. One says, help, and then the other one says, I need you.

[B]

Oh.

[E]

Oh, damn.

[C]

Damn.

[D]

I'm having a hard time not cussing right now.

[C]

We're on delay, I think, so you

[E]

should be with Andy at an investigation.

[B]

We heard a little bit of that the other day.

[C]

I definitely grew up military. There's no doubt about that. So that one was definitely creepy Coming from an insane asylum. Definitely. That was just a disturbed soul that wanted to get some help. The next room also came from the white House. Again, there's one particular room in this house that is the most active room in the house.

[D]

Is that the attic room I was in?

[C]

It sure is. And for whatever reason, we've always wondered, what is it with this room? And in this clip, it says, I hate this room. Now there's a pause that says, I hate this room. Wow. Wow.

[D]

That's clear as day.

[C]

Melissa.

[E]

Why do they got a whisper like, hey, I know you hate this room, but you're really trying to freak me out, man.

[C]

Next one. I. I honestly I don't remember where this one's caught.

[F]

Trying to figure. Figure out kind of.

[B]

I didn't hear the chuckle, but I heard the mommy.

[C]

All right. It says mommy.

[E]

And then it's like Wendy just threw a pin down.

[C]

Kind of like sounds like a smurf at the end.

[D]

And there was no child there.

[C]

Oh, no, not at all. We don't let children on investigations.

[F]

We were trying to figure. Figure out kind of what we were doing. What were we doing?

[A]

True.

[C]

Okay.

[A]

We don't allow children on our investigations. Well, that's a problem. Just so you know, you shouldn't be there either.

[C]

I think that one is actually captured at one of the townhomes that we did in Roswell. The next one shows that they really do watch and understand what you're doing at the time. And one of the detectors that we have is known as an EMF detector, and it's electromagnetic frequency detector just kind of picks up disturbances in the magnetic frequency of the earth. And you'll hear this thing going off in the background, and it starts beeping. And this. Whatever this is, comes across and says, get the toy. It sounds like it's referring to the EMF detector.

[B]

All right, one more here. One more to totally freak you guys out.

[C]

One more. Again, this shows you that you are never alone. Walking down the street, they can be following you, listening to you, and even talking about you. This is one of the scariest. Yeah, this one's just weird. Again, Roswell. Crazy haunted. Love the city. Go check out the ghost tours. It is just a great, great little city there in historic Roswell. Walking down the street, headed towards Founder cemetery, talking about a condo that had been burnt down three times. And this thing just responds right back to him.

[F]

There's one that has burned down, like, three times now, I think back. And that's the reason it's burned down.

[B]

God, it's like she leaned into the recorder.

[C]

Yeah. You know, just to make sure we heard her nice and clear. Wow.

[B]

Good morning, Q100. Hello.

[C]

Hello.

[B]

Hi.

[C]

Hi. Hi.

[B]

Hi.

[C]

Burnt show.

[E]

Happy Halloween.

[C]

I'm just calling to find out what EVPs are. EVP is known as electronic voice phenomenon, and the EVPs actually 99% of the times occur, and you don't even know it at the time that it's happened. We have very sensitive recording devices that will actually record whatever frequency or vibration that these voices are actually on. So we'll most of the time go through an investigation thinking absolutely nothing happened. Go home, no knocks on the walls, no doors opening, none of that kind of stuff. And then you go back and listen to all the audio. And the frustrating part is, you know, we'll typically bring six to 10 recorders. If we're there for four hours, we have to go back and listen to 40 hours worth of the audio that we were just at. So it's very painstaking, but with the trained ear, you can definitely catch these voices in the background. And so it's just some sort of phenomenon that occurs.

[B]

So think about all the time. It's taken him the last week to put all this audio together. He's been a candle.

[E]

I just want to know where you. I mean, do you now, when you're listening back, do you do it in the daytime?

[C]

You know, I do it any chance that I possibly can. I like to do it after. I mean, I've got kids. After the kids go to bed and it's just totally silent.

[E]

When it's dark.

[C]

When it's dark, yeah.

[B]

You're out of your mind.

[C]

That's what I do. I'm sorry.