Ghost Bites

Brew Crime

Ghost Bites is a weekly podcast from Mike and J.T. of Brew Crime, for quick, 5–10 minute dives into the haunted, spooky, and paranormal. Get your weekly dose of all things creepy, served with a side of laughs. It's the perfect podcast for anyone looking for a fun and frightening experience that won't take up their whole day.

  1. Trailer

    Campfire Stories

    Pull up a log (we know what we said) and keep your safety whistle handy! This summer, Mike and JT are heading deep into the woods for a brand new collaboration miniseries: Campfire Stories. We’re gathering some of our absolute favorite true crime, paranormal, and storytelling podcasters around the fire to share original, terrifying tales. Is it a terrible tactical decision to invite a bunch of people who literally study how to get away with things into the dark woods at night? JT certainly thinks so! Get ready for a chilling lineup of stories, including The Stuffed Menagerie, Imposter in the Static, The Brick and the Bureaucrat (which might just be as scary as the DMV), and The Barn, the Brothel, and Aunt Rosie’s Couch. We are thrilled to be joined by an absolute ambush of premium audio talent. This summer's campfire collaborators include: Southern Gothic Our True Crime Podcast Dark Poutine Octoberpod Jayme McDonald (Chatterless) 2 and Out CFL Podcast Barn Owl Brewery Javier (The Pretend Podcast) CJ (Rainbow Crimes) Grab your bug spray, don't let the politely suspicious Canadians make the s'mores, and join us for Ghost Bites: Campfire Stories all summer long, wherever you get your podcasts! Ghost Bites on Suno AI: ⁠https://suno.com/@ghostbitespod⁠ To listen to songs based on each episode, separated by season. This episode was produced with permission and licenses from Epidemic Sound Pro. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    3 min
  2. The Warrens

    4d ago

    The Warrens

    To close out the season, Mike and JT take on the heavyweight champions of paranormal litigation: Ed and Lorraine Warren. Mike details the origin of these "original Ghostbusters," from Ed’s Navy days to the 2-billion-dollar Hollywood franchise built on a foundation of 1970s polyester and absolute skepticism. JT delivers a sharp critique of Lorraine being the "Diet Coke of mediums" and mocks Ed’s "Occult Museum," where a "dangerous dark tome" turned out to be a Dungeons & Dragons expansion book from a comic shop. Between the Amityville "wine-fueled hoax" and the realization that the real Annabelle was just a plush Raggedy Ann doll with red yarn hair, this finale proves that the Warrens’ greatest haunting was simply a very profitable story copyrighted for the masses. ________________________________________ Ghost Bites on Suno AI: https://suno.com/@ghostbitespod To listen to songs based on each episode, separated by season. This episode was produced with permission and licenses from Epidemic Sound Pro. Sources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_and_Lorraine_Warren https://tonyspera.com/ https://theness.com/index.php/hunting-the-ghost-hunters/ https://web.archive.org/web/20030726044418/http://www.thedemonologist.net/work4.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demonology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clairvoyance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediumship https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Amityville_Horror https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2019/10/conjuring-the-real-ed-and-lorraine-warren/ https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-news-connecticut-conjuring-ed-lorraine-warren-20210602-lfbiyfpsavfudp7yzid4x6tiua-story.html https://answersafrica.com/ed-and-lorraine-warren-cases-family.html https://thecinemaholic.com/ed-and-lorraine-warren-deaths-when-and-how-did-they-die/ https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/632800/ed-and-lorraine-warren-paranormal-investigator-facts https://elpaisanoonline.com/ae/2021/04/07/the-warren-cases/ https://alchetron.com/Ed-and-Lorraine-Warren https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/19/obituaries/lorraine-warren-dead.html https://www.idolnetworth.com/ed-warren-net-worth-141198 https://www.travelchannel.com/interests/history/articles/7-of-the-most-famous-cases-investigated-by-ed-and-lorraine-warre https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/war-conjuring-disturbing-claims-behind-a-billion-dollar-franchise-1064364/ https://screenrant.com/the-conjuring-real-life-facts-about-the-warrens/ https://www.al.com/entertainment/2013/07/5_things_to_know_about_the_war.html https://www.connecticutmag.com/the-connecticut-story/ed-and-lorraine-warren-of-the-conjuring-have-a-long/article_138e51f4-4e1d-5d65-9803-6bcd28c721dd.html https://www.thedailybeast.com/amityville-haunting-psychic-lorraine-warren-has-died https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridgeport,_Connecticut https://www.popsci.com/sensory-deprivation-effects-darkness/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    25 min
  3. Dissecting Disney's Doppelgangers

    Jun 8

    Dissecting Disney's Doppelgangers

    In this installment, Mike and JT venture into the "Happiest Place on Earth," a pressure cooker of forced joy built directly on top of an ancient, cursed Florida swamp. Mike explains the architectural deceit of the "Utilidors," detailing the subterranean labyrinth where cast members take off their mascot heads to eat sad sandwiches under your feet. JT finds it hilariously corporate that Disney has "canon ghosts" on the payroll, like Redd the Pirate, and suggests that Walt Disney’s specter is actually the park's biggest rule-breaker for violating his own non-smoking policy on Main Street. From HVAC systems being mistaken for 19th-century poltergeists to corporate lawyers threatening to sue any unauthorized phantoms, this episode proves that at Disney, the only thing scarier than a ghost is the price of a twelve-dollar churro. ________________________________________ Ghost Bites on Suno AI: https://suno.com/@ghostbitespod To listen to songs based on each episode, separated by season. This episode was produced with permission and licenses from Epidemic Sound Pro. Sources Anonymous. (n.d.). Cinderella Castle: The princess' guardian (Haunting tales, construction worker's daughter story). Disney Fan Lore. Retrieved from https://disneyworldhauntings.com/cinderellacastle-stories Anonymous. (n.d.). Cold spots: Sudden drops in temperature in the Haunted Mansion. Disney Visitor Reports. Retrieved from https://disneyworldhauntings.com/cold-spots-mansion Anonymous. (n.d.). Epcot's Spaceship Earth: Cosmic spirits (Disembodied voices, strange lights, and shadows). Disney Theorist Network. Retrieved from https://disneyworldhauntings.com/epcot-spaceship-earth Anonymous. (n.d.). Ghostly apparitions, strange sounds, and unexplained occurrences at iconic attractions. Disney World Haunting Reports. Retrieved from https://disneyworldhauntings.com/general-attraction-hauntings Anonymous. (n.d.). Ghostly boy: Photograph taken on the Haunted Mansion ride (Story widely regarded as a hoax). Disney Urban Legends. Retrieved from https://disneyworldhauntings.com/ghostly-boy-hoax Anonymous. (n.d.). Redd the pirate: Rumors of her being a ghost or supernatural entity (Pirates of the Caribbean). Disney Insider Rumors. Retrieved from https://disneyworldhauntings.com/redd-the-pirate-ghost Anonymous. (n.d.). Reports of items moving on their own in Haunted Mansion ride vehicles or within the attraction's scenes. Disney Employee Anecdotes. Retrieved from https://disneyworldhauntings.com/haunted-mansion-moving-items Anonymous. (n.d.). The Ghost of Dolly (Rumored character who died in the Hollywood Tower Hotel). Tower of Terror Lore. Retrieved from https://disneyworldhauntings.com/tower-of-terror-dolly Anonymous. (n.d.). The ghostly figure believed to be the spirit of a young girl roaming the upper floors of Cinderella Castle (Construction worker's daughter story). Disney Construction Myths. Retrieved from https://disneyworldhauntings.com/cinderellacastle-girl Anonymous. (n.d.). Walt Disney's presence (Shadowy figure, distinctive voice, pipe tobacco scent near the firehouse apartment). Main Street U.S.A. Legends. Retrieved from https://disneyworldhauntings.com/walt-disney-firehouse Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    15 min

  4. Jun 5

    Rogue Transmissions 4: DungeonPunk - Part 2

    Rogue Transmissions--the edgy, semi-annual anthology of indie podcasts--is invading your podcast feed with DUNGEONPUNK PART 2 ... a symphony of 80s nostalgia, dystopian cyberpunk, and savage swords drawn against both super sorcery & super science. Featuring an adventuring party of your indie podcast favorites! FIRST UP, Octoberpod presents "Byzantium Slab: The Shell Remember" a wraparound tale of adventure on the savage streets of the dystopian Witch Kingdom (featuring the voice talents of Ari Shey, MJ McAddams, and Family Plot podcast's Arthur Williams). THEN: The Final Trace investigates the satanic panic epidemic of the 1980s & the case of Bink Pulling. LATER: Ghost Bites presents to dire warning about mysterious arcade games in "Insert Coin to Die." FINALLY: Horrifying History plumbs the depths of 1980s paranormal activity with the Smurl Family Haunting. Rogue Transmission 4: DungeonPunk. Total Power. Total Mystery. Total Savagery ... Totally AWESOME! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    1h 7m
  5. Bunnyman Bridge

    Jun 4

    Bunnyman Bridge

    Mike and JT head to Fairfax County, Virginia, to investigate the "Bunnyman Bridge," a stone archway that looks like the exact spot a bridge troll would ask you a riddle about your property taxes. Mike clears the air on the fake 1904 asylum lore, only to reveal a much weirder reality involving a man in a white rabbit suit who threw hatchets through car windows in the 1970s. JT critiques the Bunnyman’s tactical choice of weapon, noting that it is impressively difficult to maintain peripheral vision in a mascot head while attempting primitive woodworking assault. Ultimately, the Bunnyman was just an anti-development activist funnelling his suburban rage through a Spirit Store costume, proving that there is no bridge creepy enough to make us believe in a six-foot-tall, hatchet-wielding Easter icon. ________________________________________ Ghost Bites on Suno AI: https://suno.com/@ghostbitespod To listen to songs based on each episode, separated by season. This episode was produced with permission and licenses from Epidemic Sound Pro. Sources https://phobia.fandom.com/wiki/Leporiphobia https://research.fairfaxcounty.gov/local-history/bunnyman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunny_Man https://www.washingtonian.com/2015/10/23/the-scary-weird-somewhat-true-story-of-the-fairfax-bunny-man/ https://www.insidenova.com/headlines/bunny-man-bridge-the-scary-truth-behind-an-infamous-urban-legend/article_a27c7000-dca4-11e8-ad84-af51d935cbcb.html https://dcghosts.com/the-bunny-man-bridge-of-clifton-va/ https://www.roadunraveled.com/blog/bunny-man-bridge-virginia/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    13 min

  6. Jun 2

    Rogue Transmissions 4: DungeonPunk - Part 1

    Rogue Transmissions--the edgy, semi-annual anthology of indie podcasts--is invading your podcast feed with DUNGEONPUNK PART 1 ... a symphony of 80s nostalgia, dystopian cyberpunk, and savage swords drawn against both super sorcery & super science. Featuring an adventuring party of your indie podcast favorites! FIRST UP, Octoberpod presents "Byzantium Slab: Life Without A Soul" a wraparound tale of savagery & adventure in the dystopian Kingdom of the Witch King (featuring the voice talents of Ari Shey, MJ McAddams, and Family Plot podcast's Arthur Williams). THEN: Our True Crime Podcast presents "The Acid King of the 80s" a true crime case of drugs, delusion, DnD, and murder. LATER: The Morbid Forest Takes "A Roll of the Dice" on a journey into a role playing game that is much more than it appears. FINALLY: The Serial Napper herself, Nikki Young, lulls you to sleep (or into the arms of a nightmare) with the true tale of "Monsters Made of Dice" Rogue Transmission 4: DungeonPunk. Total Power. Total Mystery. Total Savagery ... Totally AWESOME! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    1h 41m
  7. The Stargate Conspiracy

    Jun 1

    The Stargate Conspiracy

    Mike and JT trade their EMF meters for tin-foil hats to tackle the "Stargate Conspiracy," a theory suggesting the 2003 invasion of Iraq was actually an interstellar repo mission. Mike lays out the "Exopolitics" claim that Saddam Hussein possessed an ancient Sumerian Einstein-Rosen bridge hidden in the basement of a ziggurat. JT hilariously points out the fatal flaw in this cosmic drama: if Saddam actually had an instantaneous portal to the Orion Nebula, why was he eventually found in a one-man hole in the dirt with a pistol and a box of chocolates?. The duo concludes that the idea of George W. Bush fighting space lords is just a comforting lie humans tell themselves because the reality—that nobody is in control and the world is rudderless—is far more terrifying. ________________________________________ Ghost Bites on Suno AI: https://suno.com/@ghostbitespod To listen to songs based on each episode, separated by season. This episode was produced with permission and licenses from Epidemic Sound Pro. Sources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stargate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stargate_SG-1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stargate_(device https://english.alaraby.co.uk/news/us-invaded-iraq-over-saddams-alien-portal-conspiracy-theorist https://www.vice.com/en/article/533gxx/there-are-people-who-think-the-west-invaded-iraq-over-a-stargate https://exopolitics.org/space-force-our-star-trek-future-book-6-in-ssp-series/ https://exopolitics.org/about/founder/ http://exopoliticsinstitute.org/ http://exopoliticsjournal.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    14 min
  8. The Maine Hermit

    May 28

    The Maine Hermit

    This episode of Ghost Bites explores the ultimate social apocalypse: Christopher Knight, a man who walked into the Maine woods in 1986 and decided that 27 years of hypothermia was better than one more mandatory staff meeting. Mike details how Knight survived nearly three decades without fire by executing over 1,000 burglaries, effectively becoming a "North Pond Ghost" with a very specific, administrative addiction to brown sugar cinnamon Pop-Tarts. JT respects the absolute hell out of a man who would brave an "air hurts your face" winter just to avoid a group text, noting that Knight wasn't a monster, just an "aggressive borrower" of propane and frozen pizza. It is a study in extreme introversion that proves you can successfully ghost society for a quarter-century, provided you fly close to the sun on wings made of stolen toaster pastries. ________________________________________ Ghost Bites on Suno AI: https://suno.com/@ghostbitespod To listen to songs based on each episode, separated by season. This episode was produced with permission and licenses from Epidemic Sound Pro. Sources Finkel, Michael. The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit. (Comprehensive biography and psychological insight based on interviews with Christopher Knight) . Hughes, Sergeant Terry (Maine Game Warden). Interviews and official reports detailing his multi-year investigation, the specific patterns of the burglaries, and Knight's capture in 2013. Kennebec Journal / Central Maine Media. Contemporary news reports from 2013 detailing the relief of the local Belgrade Lakes residents and the initial inventory of stolen items. Legal and Correctional Records. Court documentation regarding Knight's sentencing, psychological evaluation, and time served for the burglaries. Local Folklore and Testimonials. Accounts from local residents and camp owners who attributed missing goods to the "North Pond Hermit" over two decades. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    15 min
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Ghost Bites is a weekly podcast from Mike and J.T. of Brew Crime, for quick, 5–10 minute dives into the haunted, spooky, and paranormal. Get your weekly dose of all things creepy, served with a side of laughs. It's the perfect podcast for anyone looking for a fun and frightening experience that won't take up their whole day.

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  • Creator
    Brew Crime
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    60
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Brew Crime
  • Show Website
    Ghost Bites

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