17 episodes

Thrill to the spine-tingling voice of award-winning ”America’s Ghost Storyteller”, Diane Ladley, telling haunted history’s eeriest, true ghost stories. Like an old radio thriller with spooky music and sound FX, Hist-eerie is history...with the lights out!

Hist-eerie Podcast Diane Ladley

    • History
    • 4.9 • 53 Ratings

Thrill to the spine-tingling voice of award-winning ”America’s Ghost Storyteller”, Diane Ladley, telling haunted history’s eeriest, true ghost stories. Like an old radio thriller with spooky music and sound FX, Hist-eerie is history...with the lights out!

    The Happiest Haunted House in America

    The Happiest Haunted House in America

    What makes a ghost? According to legend and lore, a ghost is created from sudden death, regrets, despair, and murder. There are no ghosts created from happiness. Or are there? In this long-awaited Christmas holiday episode of the Hist-eerie podcast, "America's Ghost Storyteller" Diane Ladley, introduces you to a most unusual haunted house in Savannah, Georgia; filled with a large family of ghosts who happily abide together forever in their own little piece of Heaven on earth. 
    Rated PG-13, not for younger or more sensitive listeners due to graphic descriptions of certain dark historical events and facts.


    Special Note to You From Diane: "Hi there! Just a note to say that while this episode features some (deliciously dark!) traditional Christmas music and mentions Christmas specifically, please be assured that its message is intended to warm the hearts of people of all faiths, or of no faith at all, during this most magical, supernatural time of year."
    
"THE HAPPIEST HAUNTED HOUSE IN AMERICA" Hist-eerie Podcast Episode #17,
    **HELP CREATE MORE HIST-EERIE!**Monthly sponsorships as low as $1 on Patreon.com: https://www.patreon.com/Hist_eerieOne-time donations as low as $2 via Paypal to diane@Hist-eerie.com. You can also visit Diane's donation webpage on the Hist-eerie website.And as always, please SUBSCRIBE, RATE and REVIEW us on your podcast provider!"Like" Hist-eerie On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HistEerie/Follow Diane On Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/Hist_eerie
References, Credits on the Hist-eerie Website: http://www.Hist-eerie.com
    SOUND EFFECTS:
    FreeSoundEffects.comZapsplat.comSoundBible.comFreeSound.orgFreeSoundEffect.netLooperman.com
    MUSIC:
    Alan Piljak - Flying Away. Silverlight by Alan Špiljak is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License. Based on a work at http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Alan_Spiljak/
    Scott Lawlor - scott_lawlor_horror_atmosphere_dark_lfe_droning_confused_039 at Zapsplat.com
    Kevin MacLeod - Classic Horror 3 (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons- By Attribution 3.0 License http- creativecommons.org licenses by 3.0
    Kai Engel - February.  February by Kai Engel is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial License.
    Nicolas Gasparini (Myuu) - Facing Darkness, Disintegrating (Music Box Vers), Carol of the Bells (Christmas Cover), Jingle Bells (Dark Piano Ver.), Silent Night (Dark Piano Ver.). http://thedarkpiano.com.
    Thank You For Listening, and Happy Holidays to You and Yours!Keywords: Christmas ghost stories, Dickens Christmas Carol, ghosts, Christmas spirit, true ghost stories for Christmas, spooky scary ghost stories, haunted houses, Savannah Georgia ghosts.

    • 19 min
    OLD NAN'S GHOST STORIES-A GAME OF THRONES AUDIO FAN FIC BY "AMERICA'S GHOST STORYTELLER" DIANE LADLEY

    OLD NAN'S GHOST STORIES-A GAME OF THRONES AUDIO FAN FIC BY "AMERICA'S GHOST STORYTELLER" DIANE LADLEY

    Award-winning "America's Ghost Storyteller", Diane Ladley, presents a thrilling work of audio fan fiction in honor of HBO®'s GAME OF THRONES television show and George R.R. Martin's novels. Remember Old Nan, the elderly woman who told the boy Bran such bone-chilling scary stories of the Night King, Corpse Queen, Mad Axe, and others? Diane re-tells Old Nan's stories (northern Scottish accent and all!), spinning those terrifying legends that sprang from George Martin's deliciously fearsome imagination. Listen, and you'll feel as if you're the boy Bran Stark himself, huddled in his bed as Old Nan does her best to scare the wits out of him...and succeeds. 


    ** HIST-EERIE IS FREE...BUT HERE'S HOW YOU CAN HELP CREATE MORE NEW EPISODES!**Monthly sponsorships as low as $1 on Patreon.com: https://www.patreon.com/Hist_eerieOne-time donations as low as $2 via Paypal to diane@Hist-eerie.com. You can also visit Diane's donation webpage at: https://histeerie.podbean.com/p/slip-diane-a-tip/And as always, please SUBSCRIBE, RATE and REVIEW us on your podcast provider!"Like" Hist-eerie On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HistEerie/Follow Diane On Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/Hist_eerie
Visit the Hist-eerie Website: http://www.Hist-eerie.com
    CREDITS: Martin, George R.R., A GAME OF THRONES, Bantam Books, New York, New York, Copyright 1996.Martin, George R.R., A STORM OF SWORDS, Bantam Books, New York, New York, Copyright 2000.Old Nan Image copyright: HBO • SKY ATLANTIC
    IDEA: International Dialects of English Archive, Scotland 22. 
Subject: Age 80, Scottish/Caucasian, from Glasgow and Isle of Tiree. RECORDED BY: Flloyd Kennedy. DATE OF RECORDING: 21/08/2014https://www.dialectsarchive.com/scotland-22
    SOUND EFFECTS:freesoundeffects.comzapsplat.comSOUNDBIBLE.COMfreesound.org
    ScottLawlor.com Felix BlumeReitannaLittle Robot Sound FactoryMike KoenigBlastwave
    MUSIC:"The Dread" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons- By Attribution 3.0 License http- creativecommons.org licenses by 3.0
    "Reign Supreme" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons- By Attribution 3.0 License http- creativecommons.org licenses by 3.0
    "Slough of Despair" No Artist Listed, TheHolidaySpot.com Licensed under Creative Commons- By Attribution 3.0 License http- creativecommons.org licenses by 3.0
     
    Thank You For Listening..And For Sharing With Your Friends & Family!

    • 11 min
    Tiny Footsteps

    Tiny Footsteps

    Ghost children. No other paranormal entity is more desperately tragic and heart-rending to our emotions—or more capable of freezing the blood in our veins—than that of a child haunting the site of their death. Saddest of all are the ghosts of children who had been abandoned by their parents and society, left into the cold, indifferent care of orphanages and foundling hospitals from ages past. At their best, such places throughout history were comfortable and clean, where the children were given simple education, trained for future work, and properly fed. At their worst, orphanages were their own circle of Hell. This episode of Hist-eerie—the second in a three-part series—explores the innocent children who were condemned in life by society's most callous doctrines...and whose ghosts condemn us after their deaths.
    **HOW YOU CAN HELP CREATE MORE HIST-EERIE!**Monthly sponsorships as low as $1 on Patreon.com: https://www.patreon.com/Hist_eerieOne-time donations as low as $2 via Paypal to diane@Hist-eerie.com
    You can also visit Diane's donation webpage at: https://histeerie.podbean.com/p/slip-diane-a-tip/
    And as always, please SUBSCRIBE, RATE and REVIEW us on your favorite podcast provider!"Like" Hist-eerie On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HistEerie/
    Follow Diane On Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/Hist_eerie
    References on the Hist-eerie Website: http://www.Hist-eerie.com
    SFX CREDITS: SOUNDBIBLE.COM just_born_baby-daniel_simon.mp3grsites.com
    MUSIC:"Nursery" http://www.orangefreesounds.com/creepy-doll-music-box/
    "The Dread" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons- By Attribution 3.0 License http- creativecommons.org licenses by 3.0
    "Air Prelude" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons- By Attribution 3.0 License http- creativecommons.org licenses by 3.0
    scott_lawlor_horror_atmosphere_dark_sinister_heavy_depressing_047
    "Phantasm" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons- By Attribution 3.0 License http- creativecommons.org licenses by 3.0
    "Unnatural Situation" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons- By Attribution 3.0 License http- creativecommons.org licenses by 3.0
    "Crowd Hammer" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons- By Attribution 3.0 License http- creativecommons.org licenses by 3.0
    "Road to Hell" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons- By Attribution 3.0 License http- creativecommons.org licenses by 3.0
    "Classic Horror 2" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons- By Attribution 3.0 License http- creativecommons.org licenses by 3.0
    Thank You For Listening!
    Keywords: Ghosts, haunted orphanages, Halloween, true ghost stories, paranormal encounters, spooky scary ghost stories, supernatural, haunt

    • 23 min
    Cauld, Cauld, Forever Cauld

    Cauld, Cauld, Forever Cauld

    THIS EPISODE IS RATED R. NOT FOR YOUNGER OR MORE SENSITIVE LISTENERS. Of all the various specters that fill history's supernatural lore, none terrify us more than the ghosts of dead children. From the twin girls standing in the hotel's hallway in Stephen King's The Shining, to the alien children with all-black eyes begging to be let inside your car, to the Douens of folklore in the jungles of Trinidad with their backward feet and faces as smooth and blank as eggs, we are obsessed in our terror of creepy dead children. Why is that? In this cold January episode of Hist-eerie, we'll explore one reason why the world history of ghost children never fails to freeze our blood...the haunting sense of parental guilt.
    **HOW YOU CAN HELP CREATE MORE HIST-EERIE!**Monthly sponsorships as low as $1 on Patreon.com: https://www.patreon.com/Hist_eerieOne-time donations as low as $2 via Paypal to diane@Hist-eerie.com. You can also visit Diane's donation webpage at: https://histeerie.podbean.com/p/slip-diane-a-tip/And as always, please SUBSCRIBE, RATE and REVIEW us on your podcast provider!"Like" Hist-eerie On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HistEerie/Follow Diane On Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/Hist_eerie
References on the Hist-eerie Website: http://www.Hist-eerie.com
    CREDITS: https://www.freesfx.co.ukfreesoundeffects.comZapsplat.comSOUNDBIBLE.COMFoley_YouTube_AudioLibrary
    MUSIC:"Echoes of Time" v2 Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons- By Attribution 3.0 License http- creativecommons.org licenses by 3.0
    "Sunset at Glengorm" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons- By Attribution 3.0 License http- creativecommons.org licenses by 3.0
    Nicolas Gasparini (Myuu) - "Cold Shivers" (selection) http://thedarkpiano.com
    "Phantasm" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons- By Attribution 3.0 License http- creativecommons.org licenses by 3.0
    "Digital Bark" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons- By Attribution 3.0 License http- creativecommons.org licenses by 3.0
    "Road to Hell" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons- By Attribution 3.0 License http- creativecommons.org licenses by 3.0
    "Crowd Hammer" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons- By Attribution 3.0 License http- creativecommons.org licenses by 3.0
    Thank You For Listening!
     

    • 17 min
    These Ghosts Want Your Vote!

    These Ghosts Want Your Vote!

    Would you live in the most paranormally active house in the U.S.? Where more people have died and more ghosts haunt it than any other single family home in the nation? You'd have to be nuts. Yet some people would do anything to live there. Because it means they'd be the world's most powerful person. The address is 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington D.C. The White House. On this episode of Hist-eerie, Diane Ladley, "America's Ghost Storyteller", will slip you past the Secret Service on a private ghost tour inside the mansion that has terrified presidents for centuries.
    **HOW YOU CAN HELP CREATE MORE HIST-EERIE!**Monthly sponsorships as low as $1 on Patreon.com: https://www.patreon.com/Hist_eerieOne-time donations as low as $2 via Paypal to diane@Hist-eerie.com. You can also visit Diane's donation webpage at: https://histeerie.podbean.com/p/slip-diane-a-tip/And as always, please SUBSCRIBE, RATE and REVIEW us on your podcast provider!"Like" Hist-eerie On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HistEerie/Follow Diane On Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/Hist_eerie
References, Credits on the Hist-eerie Website: http://www.Hist-eerie.com
    CREDITS: Sound Effects: https://www.freesfx.co.uk/sfx/knock
    MUSIC:Nicolas Gasparini (Myuu) - Haunted House, Outsider, On the Chain, The Forsaken, What Could Have Been, Wind's Wreck, Rising WallsI love Myuu's haunting music! Check out his other works at http://thedarkpiano.com
    slough-of-despond No Artist Listed. TheHolidaySpot.com
    Thank You For Listening!

    • 26 min
    The Cursed German U-Boat

    The Cursed German U-Boat

    Something evil lurked within the steel and iron body of the World War I German U-boat, the UB-65. Frightened sailors named it both haunted AND cursed—but how? In this one-year anniversary episode of Hist-eerie, Diane Ladley, "America's Ghost Storyteller", separates fact from fiction behind one of maritime history's most terrifying legends with, "The Cursed WWI German U-boat, UB-65". The ill-fated submarine was forged in the hellish fires of war to wreck devastation upon Germany's enemies. Did some supernatural entity turn Hell back on its creators and crew? Now at rest in its eternal grave at the bottom of the sea, the doomed submarine's tally of bizarre deaths stands at 56 men...and counting. Because its deadly curse lives on! 
This episode is rated PG, Parental guidance suggested.
    **HOW YOU CAN HELP CREATE MORE HIST-EERIE!**Monthly sponsorships as low as $1 on Patreon.com: https://www.patreon.com/Hist_eerieOne-time donations as low as $2 via Paypal to diane@Hist-eerie.com. You can also visit Visit Diane's donation webpage at: https://histeerie.podbean.com/p/slip-diane-a-tip/And as always, please SUBSCRIBE, RATE and REVIEW us on your podcast provider!"Like" Hist-eerie On "Like" Hist-eerie on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HistEerie/Follow Diane On Follow Diane & Hist-eerie on Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/Hist_eerie
References, Credits on the Hist-eerie Website: http://www.Hist-eerie.com
    SPECIAL THANKS TO:
    freesoundeffects.comZapsplat.comSOUNDBIBLE.COM
    MUSIC:Scott Lawlor - scott_lawlor_horror_atmosphere_dark_sinister_heavy_depressing at Zapsplat.com
    Nicolas Gasparini (Myuu) - Into the Depths, MSP#3ABYSS, Fatal Shrine, MSP#3ECHO, Facing Darkness, Lights Out, Ghost Town, Haunted By Screams. http://thedarkpiano.com
    CriadCrias - Chairs. Label Ekleipsi. Available at http://freemusicarchive.org/music/CriadCrias/Halloween_Compilation/CriadCrias_Chairs_64kb
    Thank You For Listening!

    • 31 min

Customer Reviews

4.9 out of 5
53 Ratings

53 Ratings

DebKint ,

Love it!

I just found this podcast and wish there was more!! I love the way she crafts the stories! So spooky!

MSHMoore ,

I Love this podcast

This is a new favorite podcast, always interesting and fun!

JulieD3 ,

My new favorite!

What a wonderful and interesting podcast! So well done and spooky!! Glad I found this one!

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