Heinous Hotels

Jordan
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A weekly podcast about notorious and remarkable hotels for people who like some history, ghost stories, true crime, and urban legends with their travel. Pack your bags and don't forget your passport. Find more Heinous Hotels on Substack @Emeraldaydream.

  1. 6d ago

    Patreon Exclusive 26 - Girl Gang Dognapping Ring

    I couldn't resist. This article from the 20's asserts that a girl gang of dognappers is running around kidnapping dogs from pet stores because apartment buildings ban couples from having children and because men are seen as being incompetent. I was having audio trouble so I didn't record much of an intro or a goodbye message. Sorry! Heinous Hotels can be found on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Substack⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Heinous Hotels ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Merch⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Music in this episode by:    ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://filmmusic.io⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ "Comfortable Mystery 4" by Kevin MacLeod, "Comfortable Mystery" by Kevin MacLeod, "Comfortable Mystery 2" by Kevin MacLeod, "Comfortable Mystery 3" by Kevin MacLeod, "Odyssey High Quality" by Kevin MacLeod, "Silver Blue Light" by Kevin MacLeod , "Dreams Become Real" by Kevin MacLeod, "Leaving Home" by Kevin MacLeod, "Lightless Dawn" by Kevin MacLeod , "EDM Detection Mode" by Kevin MacLeod. (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://incompetech.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠) License: CC BY (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠)

    Patreon Exclusive 26 - Girl Gang Dognapping Ring

  2. 08/11/2025

    Patreon Exclusive 25 - Lee's Save The Baby Medicine

    I don't even know where to start with this episode. This episode is about a medication that no longer exists but is similar to Vick's topical analgesic. https://www.fadingad.com/fadingadblog/2015/03/12/lees-save-the-baby-more-misbranded-nostrums-from-our-not-so-distant-past/ https://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/features/look-back-old-time-medicines https://www.peoplespharmacy.com/articles/savethebaby-har Heinous Hotels can be found on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Substack⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Heinous Hotels ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Merch⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Music in this episode by:    ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://filmmusic.io⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ "Comfortable Mystery 4" by Kevin MacLeod, "Comfortable Mystery" by Kevin MacLeod, "Comfortable Mystery 2" by Kevin MacLeod, "Comfortable Mystery 3" by Kevin MacLeod, "Odyssey High Quality" by Kevin MacLeod, "Silver Blue Light" by Kevin MacLeod , "Dreams Become Real" by Kevin MacLeod, "Leaving Home" by Kevin MacLeod, "Lightless Dawn" by Kevin MacLeod , "EDM Detection Mode" by Kevin MacLeod. (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://incompetech.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠) License: CC BY (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠)

    Patreon Exclusive 25 - Lee's Save The Baby Medicine

  3. 08/04/2025

    Patreon Exclusive 24 - The Mystery of the Wizard Clip

    I was so unsatisfied by other re-tellings and explanations of this legend that I did an intense deep dive into it. I ended up obsessing over Father Gallitzin and did a cradle to grave biography about him and his episode is on this feed as well. The Mystery of the Wizard Clip is a supernatural event that took place in the 1790’s in Middleway, West Virginia which was investigated by the Catholic church. Was the Wizard Clip a ghost or a demon? Could it have simply been a human prankster? Listen to this Patreon exclusive and decide for yourself!  Apologies for my breathing being so prominent in this episode. I was still struggling with some asthma issues during this recording, it was also very late at night when I found time to record so I was sighing and yawning also. I try to hold myself to a higher standard and will try to do better in the future, but unfortunately at the moment I have to steal recording time when I can. Thank you so much for understanding!  SOURCES Hillbilly Horror Stories episode titled Midweek 4 Demon of Wizard Clip & Serial Spirits  Monsteropolis episode 77 titled to the woods where someone who writes in to the show believes that the wizard clip is related to the bell witch haunting.  Wizard Clip by Granny Sue https://www.miraclesofthechurch.com/2011/11/wizard-clip-adam-livingstons-miraculous.html https://www.mysticsofthechurch.com/2014/02/the-wizard-clip-mystic-voice-newspaper.html blog post that transcribed a newspaper article from 1926  THE KINGSTON DAILY FREEMAN NEWSPAPER Monday November 1, 1926 https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/wizard-clip-west-virginia-priest-field The Ghost Story Behind a Bucolic Catholic Retreat Center A brief, true history of West Virginia’s Priest Field and “The Legend of the Wizard Clip.” BY ERIC GRUNDHAUSER NOVEMBER 7, 2017 The Big Book of West Virginia Ghost Stories By Visionary Living, Inc. Wikipedia The mystery of the wizard clip a monograph by joseph m finotti in 1879 https://www.loc.gov/resource/dcmsiabooks.mysteryofwizardc00fino/?sp=13&r=-0.547,0.277,2.093,1.329,0 https://archive.org/details/mysteryofwizardc00fino https://www.loc.gov/collections/selected-digitized-books/?fa=segmentof:dcmsiabooks.mysteryofwizardc00fino/%7Csubject:west+virginia&sb=shelf-id&st=gallery http://middlewayconservancy.org/Wizard_Clip_Legend.html wizzard clip by w s laidley from west virginia magazine quarterly in 1904  I also watched some videos by Jim Surkamp who apparently was the Jefferson County Commissoner at one point. I couldn’t find out much about him but I guess he’s a historian and writer.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvnikVyxhzY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOPCk2O9c5Y Heinous Hotels can be found on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Substack⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Heinous Hotels ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Merch⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Music in this episode by:    ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://filmmusic.io⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ "Comfortable Mystery 4" by Kevin MacLeod, "Comfortable Mystery" by Kevin MacLeod, "Comfortable Mystery 2" by Kevin MacLeod, "Comfortable Mystery 3" by Kevin MacLeod, "Odyssey High Quality" by Kevin MacLeod, "Silver Blue Light" by Kevin MacLeod , "Dreams Become Real" by Kevin MacLeod, "Leaving Home" by Kevin MacLeod, "Lightless Dawn" by Kevin MacLeod , "EDM Detection Mode" by Kevin MacLeod. (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://incompetech.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠) License: CC BY (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠)

    Patreon Exclusive 24 - The Mystery of the Wizard Clip

  4. 07/28/2025

    Patreon Exclusive 23 - Hotel Horror Stories from Reddit

    People who've worked in hotels tell all about their worst experiences on the job. Heinous Hotels can be found on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Substack⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Heinous Hotels ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Merch⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Music in this episode by:    ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://filmmusic.io⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ "Comfortable Mystery 4" by Kevin MacLeod, "Comfortable Mystery" by Kevin MacLeod, "Comfortable Mystery 2" by Kevin MacLeod, "Comfortable Mystery 3" by Kevin MacLeod, "Odyssey High Quality" by Kevin MacLeod, "Silver Blue Light" by Kevin MacLeod , "Dreams Become Real" by Kevin MacLeod, "Leaving Home" by Kevin MacLeod, "Lightless Dawn" by Kevin MacLeod , "EDM Detection Mode" by Kevin MacLeod. (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://incompetech.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠) License: CC BY (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠)  Music from https://filmmusic.io"Fretless" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

    Patreon Exclusive 23 - Hotel Horror Stories from Reddit

  5. 07/22/2025

    Patreon Exclusive 22 - Here Lies Ned the Alien

    Today's Patreon exclusive episode is about the alien gravesite in Aurora, TX that reportedly contains the remains of "Ned", an alien who crash-landed and died. Is it a hoax? What do you think? Heinous Hotels can be found on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Substack⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Heinous Hotels ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Merch⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Music in this episode by:    ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://filmmusic.io⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ "Comfortable Mystery 4" by Kevin MacLeod, "Comfortable Mystery" by Kevin MacLeod, "Comfortable Mystery 2" by Kevin MacLeod, "Comfortable Mystery 3" by Kevin MacLeod, "Odyssey High Quality" by Kevin MacLeod, "Silver Blue Light" by Kevin MacLeod , "Dreams Become Real" by Kevin MacLeod, "Leaving Home" by Kevin MacLeod, "Lightless Dawn" by Kevin MacLeod , "EDM Detection Mode" by Kevin MacLeod. (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://incompetech.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠) License: CC BY (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠)

    Patreon Exclusive 22 - Here Lies Ned the Alien

  6. 07/15/2025

    Patreon Exclusive 21 Part 2 - The History of Noccalula Falls

    If you grew up in Alabama, you have probably been told the legend of Noccalula Falls. Many people do not know that this is a made-up story that is harmful to indigenous people of the United States rather than being a romantic story. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noccalula_Falls_Park https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Turkey Heinous Hotels can be found on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Substack⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Heinous Hotels ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Merch⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Music in this episode by:    ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://filmmusic.io⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ "Comfortable Mystery 4" by Kevin MacLeod, "Comfortable Mystery" by Kevin MacLeod, "Comfortable Mystery 2" by Kevin MacLeod, "Comfortable Mystery 3" by Kevin MacLeod, "Odyssey High Quality" by Kevin MacLeod, "Silver Blue Light" by Kevin MacLeod , "Dreams Become Real" by Kevin MacLeod, "Leaving Home" by Kevin MacLeod, "Lightless Dawn" by Kevin MacLeod , "EDM Detection Mode" by Kevin MacLeod. (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://incompetech.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠) License: CC BY (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠)

    Patreon Exclusive 21 Part 2 - The History of Noccalula Falls

  7. 07/15/2025

    Patreon Exclusive 21 Part 1 - The History of Noccalula Falls

    If you grew up in Alabama, you have probably been told the legend of Noccalula Falls. Many people do not know that this is a made-up story that is harmful to indigenous people of the United States rather than being a romantic story. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noccalula_Falls_Park https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Turkey Heinous Hotels can be found on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Substack⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Heinous Hotels ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Merch⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Music in this episode by:    ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://filmmusic.io⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ "Comfortable Mystery 4" by Kevin MacLeod, "Comfortable Mystery" by Kevin MacLeod, "Comfortable Mystery 2" by Kevin MacLeod, "Comfortable Mystery 3" by Kevin MacLeod, "Odyssey High Quality" by Kevin MacLeod, "Silver Blue Light" by Kevin MacLeod , "Dreams Become Real" by Kevin MacLeod, "Leaving Home" by Kevin MacLeod, "Lightless Dawn" by Kevin MacLeod , "EDM Detection Mode" by Kevin MacLeod. (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://incompetech.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠) License: CC BY (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠)

    Patreon Exclusive 21 Part 1 - The History of Noccalula Falls

  8. 07/08/2025

    Patreon Exclusive 20 - The Life, Death, and Grave of Miss Baker

    Miss Baker was a squirrel monkey who is buried just outside the Huntsville Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, AL. Miss Baker was the first mammal to survive being launched into space.  **Trigger warning for animal lovers. This episode, unfortunately, contains sad details regarding the mistreatment of animals.** Heinous Hotels can be found on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Substack⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Heinous Hotels ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Merch⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Music in this episode by:    ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://filmmusic.io⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ "Comfortable Mystery 4" by Kevin MacLeod, "Comfortable Mystery" by Kevin MacLeod, "Comfortable Mystery 2" by Kevin MacLeod, "Comfortable Mystery 3" by Kevin MacLeod, "Odyssey High Quality" by Kevin MacLeod, "Silver Blue Light" by Kevin MacLeod , "Dreams Become Real" by Kevin MacLeod, "Leaving Home" by Kevin MacLeod, "Lightless Dawn" by Kevin MacLeod , "EDM Detection Mode" by Kevin MacLeod. (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://incompetech.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠) License: CC BY (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠)

    Patreon Exclusive 20 - The Life, Death, and Grave of Miss Baker
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A weekly podcast about notorious and remarkable hotels for people who like some history, ghost stories, true crime, and urban legends with their travel. Pack your bags and don't forget your passport. Find more Heinous Hotels on Substack @Emeraldaydream.

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  • Creator
    Jordan
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2026
  • Episodes
    83
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Jordan
  • Show Website
    Heinous Hotels