Vault: You Won't Believe What Turned Up Inside These Haunted Houses

Summary

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The Bert Show: "Vault: You Won't Believe What Turned Up Inside These Haunted Houses"

Date: March 19, 2026
Episode Theme:
In this spirited episode, The Bert Show dives into haunted house investigations with ghost hunting expert Andy and guest Michelle—an art studio owner with a storied historic property. Listeners are taken on a journey through chilling incidents, mysterious audio phenomena, and the revealing of unexplained events inside Atlanta’s historic buildings.

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Main Theme & Purpose

The primary focus is sharing paranormal experiences from recent haunted house investigations, featuring chilling EVPs (Electronic Voice Phenomena), guest insights, and the history of locations known for supernatural occurrences. The show balances authentic spookiness with humor and skepticism, inviting listeners to weigh in with their interpretations of mysterious audio clips.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Recap of a Haunting Incident at the "White House" in McDonough

• [00:54–03:00]
  • Andy describes a particularly disturbing event during a paranormal investigation. A guest, while alone in the attic room (notorious for activity), discovered her hands and equipment mysteriously covered in blood. Despite only suffering a tiny paper cut, the quantity of blood was extreme and inexplicable.
  • Quote:

    "She’d been in here profusely bleeding for 30 minutes and had no idea that she was bleeding. No idea." — Andy (02:20)

2. Transition to Recent Investigation: The Defore Center (Historic Atlanta Art Studio)

• [03:02–04:24]
  • Michelle, the art gallery's owner, shares its background—a building dating to the 1800s, once a Civil War hospital and later a church. Michelle herself feels “oblivious” to the supernatural, but mentions that guests and staff frequently report eerie sensations and sightings.
  • Quote:

    "For me, it’s just—it always feels like when you’re alone that somebody is right with you." — Michelle (04:10)

3. Capturing and Explaining EVP Phenomena

• [04:49–06:04]

  • Andy details how EVPs are caught—often when no one is actively trying to record, just during setup.
  • Plays a notable EVP that sounds like "My ears are ringing," leading to speculation about spirits reacting to the presence of recording devices.
  • Quote:

    "It makes me wonder if the recording device really does, if they know that this thing is on, if it sends some sort of signal to them that we’ve got a recording device on." — Andy (05:13)

• Listener Participation Prompt:
  [06:09]
  Hosts encourage listeners to call in if they hear something different, noting that radio signal processing can make EVPs sound clearer.

4. Explanation of EVP for New Listeners

• [06:09–07:17]
  • Andy further explains that most EVPs are not audible at the moment of recording and are only discovered upon later, painstaking review.
  • He emphasizes his skepticism: photos and video can often be explained, but clear, unexplained audio makes EVPs especially compelling.
  • Quote:

    "There’s no reason why, if nobody said 'my ears are ringing or burning,' that I should be catching that that clearly on an audio device." — Andy (07:03)

5. The “Creepy Closet” EVP

• [07:17–08:10]
  • Andy shares another EVP from a pitch-black closet in the Defore Center, with a mysterious voice asking, "Where's the handle?" or possibly "Where's the candle?". He details the area’s history and odd physical discoveries like Civil War bullets embedded in the walls.
  • Quote:

    "There had been at least three or four minutes worth of really dead silence in the room when we caught this. And it just says 'where’s the handle?'" — Andy (07:49)

6. The Third EVP: "I'll Deal With It"

• [09:31–10:16]
  • The team left a recorder unattended in the foyer and, after about an hour of silence, picked up a faint but chilling EVP: "I'll deal with it."
  • Listeners are challenged to hear for themselves and share interpretations.

7. Interactive Listener Segment & Historical Speculation

• [10:25–11:10]
  • Caller Kevin speculates the "my ears are ringing" EVP could originate from a wounded Civil War soldier with hearing loss from battle.
  • The historical use as a field hospital for "just a brief period… a few days, perhaps a couple weeks" is confirmed.

8. Michelle Discusses Employee and Customer Reactions

• [11:18–12:05]
  • Michelle identifies her event salesperson Morgan as the most affected by the hauntings—she frequently hears things and sees unexplained activity.
  • Lighthearted banter about possibly needing "the ghost" to help serve at events and how hauntings can boost bookings.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On inexplicable bleeding:
  • “She’d been in here profusely bleeding for 30 minutes and had no idea that she was bleeding. No idea.” — Andy (02:20)
• On feeling watched:
  • “It always feels like when you’re alone that somebody is right with you.” — Michelle (04:10)
• On the nature of EVPs:
  • “There’s no reason why, if nobody said 'my ears are ringing or burning,' that I should be catching that that clearly on an audio device.” — Andy (07:03)
• Listener speculation about Civil War origins:
  • “If it was a hospital from the Civil War, it could be a lot of soldiers had hearing damage from the cannons and stuff like that.” — Listener Kevin (10:53)

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Segment Timestamps

• 00:46–03:00: Haunted White House incident; unexplained blood event
• 03:02–04:24: Introduction of Michelle and the history of her art studio
• 04:49–06:04: First EVP (“My ears are ringing/burning”) & theories
• 06:09–07:17: EVP explanation for newcomers and skepticism discussion
• 07:17–08:10: The “Creepy Closet” EVP (“Where’s the handle?”)
• 09:31–10:16: Final EVP (“I’ll deal with it”) and listener engagement
• 10:25–12:05: Listener speculation and employee reactions to hauntings
• 12:13–12:26: Teasing future investigations and skepticism about evidence

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Tone & Atmosphere

The episode maintains The Bert Show’s signature mixture of genuine curiosity, warmth, and humor. Hosts, guests, and callers contribute to an engaging vibe—balancing the spooky and the skeptical while making room for laughs (“You can see if you have an extra person in your wedding pictures when you get them developed.”—Michelle, 12:00).

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Closing

This episode masterfully blends shocking ghost stories, authentic responses to supernatural events, a skeptical investigative approach, and interactive segments that invite audience participation. Whether you’re a believer or a skeptic, the mix of chilling events, mysterious audio, and The Bert Show’s camaraderie and wit make for a memorable listen.

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Transcript

[A]

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[B]

Time for ghosts.

[C]

Yay. Time for the spirit. How you guys doing this morning?

[B]

How are you?

[C]

I'm doing great, Doing great. Yeah, we got some great stuff. January was an exciting month. Sean came out and did an investigation with us at the White House, which Jen had been to earlier in the month. We did an investigation like we talked about last month. We were letting some investigators, some guests come with us on the investigations and had no idea that this would happen to one of our guests. But she was in the room. There's one particular room in this house.

[B]

Where is the White House?

[C]

It's down in McDonough. It's one of the very first investigations we ever did. And man, we hit the mother load on this house. It is just absolutely action packed. There's always something going on in this house. But what happened this time was really odd. Young lady was sitting in the room by herself. She was very brave. She was in there for about 30 minutes.

[D]

And that was. That's that attic room, right?

[C]

Attic room. Exactly where everything happens. She was in the room totally by herself. Brave as all get out. I was actually downstairs with another, with another couple and my brother was there with me. He's back from Iraq right now. And out of the blue I just heard, Andy, you got to get up here. You got to get up here. So I go to the top of the stairs and the first words out of his mouth is, she's covered in blood. Well, I'm picturing Carrie, you know, the dress, the hair, everything just covered in blood. So I'm not really sure what to expect. When I walked into the room, both of this woman's hands were completely doused in blood. I mean, just dripping with blood going down her Hands. It was all over my EMF detector, the recorders, all over the floor on things she didn't even touch. And I'm not gonna say it was paranormal. She did have a small, little paper cut, maybe not even a quarter of an inch long. I've had a paper cut, and they don't even bleed underneath the surface, and that's about it. But. And they hurt like the dickens. You know when you've got a paper cut. She'd been in here profusely bleeding for 30 minutes and had no idea that she was bleeding. No idea. So it's just really, really. That started off the month. Just really, really crazy. Like I said, I'm not gonna say it's paranormal, but the amount of blood that came from this paper cut was insane. I mean, it was just absolutely insane. So that started off. Then we did Savannah. I want to play. Just a couple. We did one investigation in Savannah. Which Great one.

[B]

You'll tell me when I have to get Michelle on, right?

[C]

Sure, absolutely. She's one of the homeowners. Yeah, absolutely. Actually, another business. We've gotten a lot of businesses over the past. I mean, I'm sure it's good for their business as well, but we've gotten a lot of really good stories out of some businesses. And this one was an art studio down off of Howell Mill Road. If you want to go and bring Michelle on, that's fine. I'll let her tell you exactly what's been happening there.

[B]

Hey, good morning, Michelle.

[E]

Good morning. How are you?

[B]

Thank you for joining us.

[E]

Thank you.

[B]

The good news is Andy has completed his investigation. The bad news is you on the radio with us means he found good stuff. So tell us about. Tell us about your business and most importantly, why you decided to bring Andy on board.

[E]

We are a special events facility and art gallery, as Andy said, off of how Mill Road. It's a very neat facility. The original structure was built in the 1800s, and we found at the history center where it was used as a hospital for a short period of time during the battle of Peachtree Creek.

[B]

Okay.

[E]

And gospel church was built on after that, and then an art studio. And personally, I have never really felt anything, but apparently I'm oblivious because everybody else that comes in and out of the facility sees things, hears things, etc. For me, it's just. It always feels like when you're alone that somebody is right with you.

[C]

They are.

[E]

That's what I'm waiting to see.

[B]

So, Michelle, you weren't there with Andy when he did his investigation.

[E]

I was there with Andy when he did his investigation.

[B]

And did you hear or see anything when you guys were together?

[E]

I did not actually join him in the room. I was in the building. I just tried to stay out of his way.

[B]

Okay, well, Andy, let's put our mind at ease, I'm sure.

[C]

Let's do it. Absolutely. Well, this particular one, and we always. When we going to a location, we always get our recorders going right away because you never know when you're going to get one. It doesn't have to be while you're actually investigating. Most of the time, we actually catch something while we're just setting the equipment up. So this is one. We just had the recorder just sitting on the countertop there in the foyer area. And it is just a strange evp. And it makes me wonder about what this one says, if maybe our recorders do send some sort of beacon to the spirits or whatever these things are, that they know that we have a recording device on of some sort. If you want to go ahead and play that first one, Sean. Appears to say to me, my ears are ringing, or my ears are burning. If you want to play one more time. Yeah, my ears are burning or my ears are ringing. Something like that. And it makes me wonder if the recording device really does, if they know that this thing is on, if it sends some sort of signal to them that we've got a recording device on. So that one is kind of creepy,

[B]

and this is kind of creepy if you don't know it. Our Telephone number is 404-741-Q100. What always happens when we play these is people in their car hear them differently because the way our signal is

[C]

processed, you can hear it better than we can. Yeah.

[B]

So if you hear something different, please feel free to call us up and say, you know what? I think it says this.

[D]

And, Andy, if this is the first time somebody's hearing about the Atlanta Ghost Hunters, can you explain what an EVP is?

[C]

Sure. Basically, all these voices that we catch, or at least 99.9% of them, we don't hear these at the time. We're walking around with sensitive recording devices that pick up any noise at all. But that's what I don't understand is normally they pick up audible noises, things that you can hear, but sound is nothing more than vibrations and frequencies. And we go back and we listen to the hours after hour after hour of all the time that we were there during an investigation, specifically listening for things that did not occur while we were there. So EVP Is known as electronic voice phenomenon. And it is really to me the most telling portion of paranormal activity. Because I have no logical explanation how these things are embedding themselves onto the recorders. I can explain away most pictures, most video. There's a lot of. If there's a logical reason why that's the reason why is because of the logic. But there's no reason why if nobody said my ears are ringing or burning that I should be catching that. That clearly on an audio device. So ready for the next one?

[B]

Absolutely.

[C]

Alright. This one was actually caught in the creepy closet as Michelle called it. This one, there's a closet where they've heating and air systems. Pitch black, can't see your hand in front of your face.

[B]

It's the adult equivalent of the boiler

[C]

room in these schools. Absolutely. That's where Freddy Krueger hides and all that stuff. So yeah, it's definitely a creepy closet. And there's something going on in there. Just real quick, I don't understand what it means, but it's. Where's the handle?

[B]

Oh yeah.

[C]

Where's the handle? And that was not one of us. There had been at least three or four minutes worth of really dead silence room when we caught this. And it just says where's the handle? Yeah.

[D]

Wow.

[B]

Freaky.

[C]

Yes indeed.

[D]

It could be candle too, right?

[B]

Where's the candle?

[C]

Could be. Could be.

[D]

You said it's really dark in there.

[C]

Very, very dark. And this was part of the original structure of the house that dates back into the some sometime in the 1800s. The the only known date that they have is they have a battle, a war map of Peachtree Battle. And they have this house notated as the old stone home on the crooked road. And for those I don't think we told the name. It's called the Defore Center. It's right off of Defore Avenue off of Howell Mill Road. And right now it looks like new construction. But the walls themselves are actually 27 inches thick. A pure stone wall. And when they were doing rehab, they actually found muskets, you know, Civil war bullets still lodged in the stone itself. So definitely a lot of activity going on here. Plus there was a murder that took place right around there that the murderer was never found. Of the defores, the people that the road was named after. And they've seen spirits of what everybody's called a Susan defore. So. Interesting place. We've got one more. You still there, Michelle?

[E]

I'm still here.

[C]

What are you thinking so far?

[D]

You're sitting in your car now Rather than at the defore Center.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

What time do you have to go into work today?

[E]

Well, that's debatable. We'll see what the last clip is.

[B]

What time is sunrise?

[C]

All right, now, this is the last one that we caught. And this one, we actually left a recorder in the foyer area of the original structure, and we just left a recorder there. It had been about an hour, Nothing had gone on. And just out of the blue, we just caught a very weird EVP that it sounds like, to me says, I'll deal with it, but I think this is going to definitely be one that the listeners over the radio will be able to hear a little bit better than we can. Again, very electronic. It's. I'll deal with it.

[B]

How far into it is it happening?

[C]

This is. This is about 40. Oh, I'm sorry. Into this. Into this clip. Yeah, right after maybe two seconds.

[B]

Okay, go ahead again, Sean.

[C]

Yeah, that one's real electronic. It's pretty faint. And hopefully over the. Over the radio, you guys will be able to hear a little bit better. But to me, it sounded like, I'll deal with it.

[B]

Hey, Sean, play that first clip again because we have a couple people calling.

[C]

Did my ears are.

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

That's creepy, though. If he was saying he hears something because you guys were there.

[C]

Yeah. Again, it's the movie. The others, you know, they're like, is there a ghost in this house? What's going on? Hey, it was a great movie.

[B]

Hey, Kevin.

[C]

Yes.

[B]

What's going on?

[C]

Hey, how's it going? I'm good on the first clip where my ears are ringing.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

If it was a hospital from the Civil War, it could be a lot of soldiers had hearing damage from the cannons and stuff like that.

[D]

Sure, right.

[C]

Absolutely.

[D]

Good point.

[B]

How long was it a hospital for? Do you know any?

[C]

I don't know. I think it was Michelle, do you know? A couple of weeks, months.

[E]

I'm sorry, I didn't hear the question.

[B]

How long was it a hospital for?

[E]

From what I understand, just a brief period of time. A few days, perhaps a couple weeks.

[B]

So who is the. Which employee of yours is the most freaked out of all this?

[E]

That would probably be Morgan. Yeah, she hears a lot of other things. She hears banging. She sees things. But.

[B]

And what does she do for you guys?

[E]

Event sales book, weddings and things of that nature.

[B]

So you might be in the market for a new event salesperson then, right?

[E]

Yeah, we have brunch every Sunday, too. We have a brunch buffet. And I'm wondering if it's Going to be me and the ghost serving.

[C]

They don't know what minimum wage is now.

[B]

Some people will totally book your space,

[C]

though, just because it's not always a bad thing.

[E]

Well, yeah. You can see if you have an extra person in your wedding pictures when you get them developed.

[C]

If so, contact me, please.

[B]

Hey, well, Michelle, thank you so much for coming on with us.

[E]

Goodness, thank you so much for having me. Y' all have a great day.

[C]

No problem. You, too.

[B]

Have fun at work today.

[E]

Thank you.

[B]

This is the second month in a row you've got a business, right?

[C]

It is, yeah. And we actually got an email yesterday, a killer email that we're definitely going to go check out from a homeowner here.

[B]

Okay.

[C]

They actually caught some audio and video on their own, so we're gonna go in and see if we can try and reproduce it or possibly bust them saying that it's fake. I don't know. We're gonna see what's happening. Yeah, we're skeptics. I mean, we are definitely skeptics. We try and disprove activity we have had people contact us and send us video of. This is what we caught in our house. I'm like, yeah, whatever. But this actually looks pretty. Pretty reasonable. Well, thanks, guys.

[B]

No problem. Thank you, Andy. We'll talk to you again in a few weeks.

[C]

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[A]

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