Ghost Stories and Gummies

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Welcome to Ghost Stories and Gummies, where the gummies are strong, and the ghost stories are stronger. We’re your hosts Savanna and Hayley, two best friends with a love for the weird, the unexplainable, and anything that goes bump in the night. Each week, we’ll be diving into chilling encounters, haunted places, and the strange stories that keep you up at night all while maybe laughing a little too much and definitely eating too many gummies. Whether you’re a full-blown believer or just here for the vibes, we’re glad you found us. Now dim the lights, grab your snacks, and let’s get haunted. This… is Ghost Stories and Gummies.

  1. Sep 24

    Episode 39: Dial-Up, Chatrooms & Creepy F*****g Strangers

    The early internet was f*****g unhinged. 💀 We had dial-up, questionable screen names, absolutely zero internet safety skills, and way too much trust in complete strangers. This week, I’m taking it back to the creepy, chaotic internet of the ’90s and 2000s when being online felt a little lawless and you never really knew what the f**k you were about to find. Grab your gummies and sign on 💚👻     AOL / Rachel Velasco Baltazar WIRED — FBI Nails Chat Room Predator https://www.wired.com/1998/12/fbi-nails-chat-room-predator/ SFGATE — FBI Says Teen Was Lured for Sex https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/fbi-says-teen-was-lured-for-sex-3053171.php WIRED — AOL: A Cracker's Paradise https://www.wired.com/1998/01/aol-a-crackers-paradise/ Justia — Federal District Court Case https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp2/22/1333/2420214/ Midpage — United States v. John Fabiano https://app.midpage.ai/document/united-states-v-john-fabiano-762254 CaseMine — United States v. John Fabiano https://www.casemine.com/judgement/us/627e1f44714d585d57cb6ed2 MySpace Justia — Manuel v. State, Texas Court of Appeals https://law.justia.com/cases/texas/twelfth-court-of-appeals/2011/9880.html OpenJurist — Manuel v. State https://openjurist.org/357/sw3d/66/manuel-v-state-5281392 Los Angeles Times — MySpace Safety Reporting https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-mar-08-me-myspace8-story.html Willard Library Ghost Cams / Grey Lady Willard Public Library — Ghost Cams https://www.willardlib.org/ghost-cams Willard Public Library — The Grey Lady Ghost https://www.willardlib.org/the-grey-lady-ghost Willard Public Library — Ghost FAQs https://www.willardlib.org/ghost-faqs The Hands Resist Him Bill Stoneham — The Hands Resist Him / Haunted https://stonehamstudios.com/haunted The Green Head — Haunted eBay Painting Listing Material https://www.thegreenhead.com/2004/05/haunted-ebay-painting-hands-resist-him.php Center for Inquiry — The Hands Resist Him PDF https://centerforinquiry.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2012/11/22164241/p17.pdf The Dybbuk Box Inverse — The Truth Behind the Dybbuk Box https://www.inverse.com/input/features/dybbuk-box-dibbuk-kevin-mannis-zak-bagans-haunted-hoax-revealed Skeptical Inquirer — The Dibbuk Box https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/the-dibbuk-box/ Chain Emails / Internet Urban Legends USC Folklore — Death by Chain Mail https://folklore.usc.edu/death-by-chain-mail/ Electronic Frontier Foundation — Chain Letter Archive https://w2.eff.org/Net_culture/Folklore/Chain_letters/?f=lucky2.letter WIRED — Bogus Threat to Cut Hotmail Users https://www.wired.com/2000/07/bogus-threat-to-cut-hotmail-users/ Los Angeles Times — Chain-Letter / Urban Legend Reporting https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-07-31-vw-1000-story.html Kith — How to Defeat a Chain Letter https://www.kith.org/jed/hodgepodge/nonfiction/chain-letters-and-forwarding-mail/how-to-defeat-a-chain-letter/ Bonsai Kitten WIRED — FBI Goes After Bonsaikitten.com https://www.wired.com/2001/02/fbi-goes-after-bonsaikitten-com/ The Register — FBI Goes Bonsai Kitten Hunting https://www.theregister.com/2001/02/10/fbi_goes_bonsai_kitten_hunting/ Scary Maze Game / Internet Screamers Screamer Wiki — The Maze / Scary Maze Game https://www.screamer.wiki/The_Maze Web Design Museum — Scary Maze Game in 2004 https://www.webdesignmuseum.org/flash-games/scary-maze-game-in-2004 Ted the Caver Original Ted the Caver Angelfire Site https://www.angelfire.com/trek/caver/ Nick Botic — Interview with Ted the Caver https://nickbotic.com/2020/10/100-true-s01e01-an-interview-with-ted-the-caver-and-a-youtube-channel/ Creepy Podcast — Ted the Caver Part 1 Transcript https://podscripts.co/podcasts/creepy/ted-the-caver-part-1 Candle Cove Kindertrauma — Interview with Candle Cove Creator Kris Straub https://www.kindertrauma.com/kinterview-candle-cove-creator-kris-straub/ Kris Straub — Official Site https://krisstraub.com/about/ Know Your Meme — Candle Cove https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/candle-cove SCP Foundation / SCP-173 / SCP-087 SCP Foundation — History of the Universe: Part One https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/history-of-the-universe-part-one SCP Foundation — SCP-173 https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-173 SCP Foundation — SCP-087 https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-087 SCP Foundation — Document 087-I: Exploration I https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/document-087-i SCP Foundation — Highest Rated SCPs https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/highest-rated-scps Slender Man — Origin Cambridge University Press — Slender Man: Primary Sources on Monsters https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/primary-sources-on-monsters/slender-man/921039DB04E247197E360AF844F6EB54 WRAL — How Slender Man Became a Legend https://www.wral.com/archive/17774422/ Slender Man — Waukesha Stabbing Justia — State v. Morgan E. Geyser https://law.justia.com/cases/wisconsin/court-of-appeals/2020/2018ap001897-cr.html Wisconsin Courts — Geyser Appellate Opinion PDF https://www.wicourts.gov/ca/opinion/DisplayDocument.pdf?content=pdf&seqNo=276546 Wisconsin Courts — Case Filing / Geyser https://acefiling.wicourts.gov/document/eFiled/2018AP001897/239695 Associated Press — Weier Conditional Release https://apnews.com/article/42ca46212ab92ea1d4377554b413305d Chatroulette The Guardian — A Day on Chatroulette https://www.theguardian.com/technology/blog/2010/feb/14/chatroulette The Guardian — Online Voyeurs Flock to Chatroulette https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2010/feb/14/chatroulette-sex-voyeurs-website The Guardian — Chatroulette Webcam/Voyeur Site https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2010/mar/06/chatroulette-webcam-voyeur-site VentureBeat — ChatRouletteMap https://venturebeat.com/business/chatroulettemap WIRED — Chatroulette and Internet Chaos https://www.wired.com/story/chatroulette-internet-chaos-2010s/ WIRED — Chatroulette's Rise Again https://www.wired.com/story/chatroulette-rise-again-help-ai/

  2. Aug 27

    Episode 38: Noyesburg Cemetery Where the F**k Are the Witches?

    Noyesburg Cemetery has been called the Witches Graveyard for decades but the deeper I dug into its history, the weirder the story got. Witches, underground knocking, creepy rituals, a possibly haunted log, and one pretty big problem... this might not even be the right f*****g cemetery. So grab your gummies because we're digging into the real history, decades of witchy folklore, paranormal stories, and one hell of a rabbit hole. Where the f**k did the Witches Graveyard legend actually come from? https://www.suttercountymuseum.org/resources/media/2018Spring.pdf    https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2396676/noyesburg-cemetery    https://yubasutterhaunted.blogspot.com/2013/02/noyesburg-cemetery.html    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_dM5FEbSs4    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5AaVLg7Reo    https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LDYJ-LM8/gladys-may-wilbur-1885-1891    https://anakerie.blogspot.com/2009/05/my-memorial-weekend-project.html    https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=MDA18990319.2.35&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------    https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SDU19220127.1.6&    https://sites.rootsweb.com/~casutter/cemetery/noyesbur.htm    https://www.facebook.com/pages/Noyesburg-Witch-Cemetery/421045407989081    https://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/16/travel/escapes/16adventurer.html    https://thedeviationdiaries.blogspot.com/2017/02/noyesburg-cemetery-sutter-buttes-is-not.html    https://www.suttercountymuseum.org/resources/media/2006Apr.pdf    https://www.suttercountymuseum.org/resources/media/1990Jan.pdf    https://www.suttercountymuseum.org/resources/media/2016Jan.pdf    https://www.suttercountymuseum.org/resources/media/2020Winter.pdf    https://www.suttercountymuseum.org/resources/cemeteries    https://www.suttercountymuseum.org/resources/cemeteries/cemetery/noyesburg-cemetery    https://billiongraves.com/cemetery/Sutter-Cemetery/121629    https://kncifm.com/we-tried-to-show-tyler-rich-a-photo-of-a-ghost-but-guess-what-happened    https://www.parks.ca.gov/pages/23452/files/SButtesClassificationNaming3-8-05.pdf    https://www.suttercountymuseum.org/resources/bulletins/    https://www.suttercountymuseum.org/resources/media/bulletin-index-updated-03-24-2023.pdf

  3. Aug 5

    Episode 37: Death Row Last Meals & Last Statements

    What would your final meal be? It's one of those questions people joke about... until you realize there are real people who have actually had to answer it. This week we're diving into the strange, unsettling, and surprisingly emotional world of death row's last meals and final statements. We talk about where the tradition came from, the bizarre requests that actually made it onto the tray, the requests that were denied, and the final words that have haunted people long after the execution was over. Some inmates joked. Some prayed. Some apologized. Others showed absolutely no remorse. And a few left behind statements that still spark debates decades later. We'll also get into the psychology behind the ritual, why some states stopped honoring extravagant last meal requests, and the weird little facts that most people never hear about when it comes to executions. So grab your gummies, get comfy, and let's get weird   https://www.tdcj.texas.gov/death_row/dr_executed_offenders.html    https://corrections.az.gov/death-row/last-meals-request    https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-15040658    https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/a/gregory-babcock/the-craziest-last-meal-requests    https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/death-row-inmates-last-meals-what-to-know-about-the-history-behind-our-strange-fascination-of-these-requests    https://www.texastribune.org/2011/09/22/whitmire-tdcj-end-last-meal-feast-executions/    https://www.corrections1.com/capital-punishment/articles/the-last-meal-part-of-death-row-lore-Vr5jjUV89TBjzJ7Z/    https://www.yahoo.com/news/death-penalty-us-oklahomas-last-100420345.html    https://www.foxnews.com/us/missouri-inmate-executed-killing-2-jailers-has-last-meal-bacon-cheeseburgers-fries-chocolate-shake    https://www.prisonlegalnews.org/news/2012/oct/15/texas-abolishes-last-meals-for-death-row-prisoners-reduces-weekend-meals/    https://www.executedtoday.com/2008/01/17/1977-gary-gilmore/    https://www.corrections1.com/capital-punishment/articles/the-last-meal-part-of-death-row-lore-Vr5jjUV89TBjzJ7Z/    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayEKEWoBg8w    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BT9X6qAPjI    https://www.abajournal.com/web/article/aba-connects-death-row-inmate-to-pro-bono-attorneys-who-help-free-him    https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/bite-marks-jimmie-chris-duncan-death-row-louisiana-video-free-rcna588710    https://innocenceproject.org/news/jimmie-chris-duncan-is-released-after-27-years-on-louisianas-death-row/    https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/louisiana-supreme-court-affirms-lower-courts-vacatur-and-factual-innocence-finding-for-former-death-sentenced-man-jimmie-duncan  https://nypost.com/2026/07/02/us-news/inside-idahos-new-1-2m-execution-chamber-where-8-inmates-await-death-by-firing-squad/    CNN — Florida executions: State plans to put 2 men to death in one day   CBS News — Florida carries out first double execution in 60 years   Washington Times — Florida ramps up executions of longest-serving death-row prisoners   USA Today — Women on death row: Christa Pike, Tennessee   U.S. News — Is there such a thing as being too old to execute?   URP Behavioral Health — Is attraction to crime a mental disorder?     Innocence Project — Cameron Todd Willingham   EJI — Texas Executed Innocent Man (Willingham)   Marshall Project — Did Texas Execute an Innocent Man?   Guardian — The Wrong Carlos (DeLuna)   Columbia Law — DeLuna investigation   CBS News — Claude Jones DNA doubt   DPIC — Claude Jones DNA tests   Innocence Project — Troy Davis executed   NYT — Troy Davis executed   AP via Britannica — First nitrogen execution (Kenneth Smith, 2024)   NCR — Supreme Court stops Jeffery Lee nitrogen execution (2026)   Alabama Political Reporter — State seeks lethal injection for Lee   NitrogenExecutions.org — full record   Guardian — Romell Broom dies   DPIC — Romell Broom dies of COVID-19 Prison Legal News — Alabama botched lethal injections   NPR — A Prisoner Sentenced to Two Deaths (Willie Francis)   Justia — Louisiana ex rel. Francis v. Resweber (1947)   Executed Today — Wenseslao Moguel, "El Fusilado," survives the firing squad   SCOTUSblog — Hamm v. Smith   DPIC — Tony Carruthers review   https://www.nytimes.com/1997/03/26/us/condemned-man-s-mask-bursts-into-flame-during-exec ution.html    TDCJ — Executed Offenders + Last Statements   Britannica — How Did Aileen Wuornos Die   https://www.aetv.com/articles/rickey-ray-rector-killer-who-lobotomized-himself    A&E — Timothy McVeigh's Final Days   UPI — Bundy refused final breakfast (1989)   LADbible — Victor Feguer single olive   Grunge — Why Victor Feguer requested a single olive   NYT — Texas Death Row Kitchen Cooks Its Last 'Last Meal'   Sky News — Death Row: Texas Scraps Last Meal Requests   NPR — Texas Turns Down Cook's Offer Of Free 'Last Meals'

  4. Jun 11

    Episode 36: The Real Life Jeepers Creepers

    This week, we’re covering the 1990 murder of Marilynn DePue, the manhunt for Dennis DePue, and the eerie real-life case often linked to the opening of Jeepers Creepers. From Coldwater, Michigan to an abandoned schoolhouse, a bloody sheet, an Unsolved Mysteries broadcast, a fake identity in Texas, and a final police chase in Mississippi, this case is one of those stories where the truth is already disturbing enough without needing the movie version. Content warning: domestic violence, murder, gun violence, suicide, and children present during a violent incident. https://www.clickondetroit.com/features/2023/10/16/did-1990-michigan-murder-inspire-jeepers-creepers-film/    https://www.truecrimeedition.com/post/dennis-depue#google_vignette    https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1991/03/22/man-wanted-for-murder-dies-in-police-shootout/    https://www.10minutemurder.com/blog/from-unsolved-mysteries-to-hollywood-the-jeepers-creepers-murder-case/    https://www.cbr.com/jeepers-creepers-true-story/    https://ihorror.com/the-real-life-killer-that-inspired-jeepers-creepers/    https://wickedhorror.com/features/dennis-depue-the-real-life-killer-that-inspired-jeepers-creepers/    https://newspaperarchive.com/kalispell-daily-inter-lake-mar-21-1991-p-7https://www.newspapers.com/image/207001852/    https://www.newspapers.com/image/366386852/    https://www.newspapers.com/image/207017891/    https://www.newspapers.com/image/207063440/    https://www.newspapers.com/image/206446741/    https://www.newspapers.com/image/204120605/    https://www.newspapers.com/image/204930243/    https://www.newspapers.com/image/204935404/    https://www.newspapers.com/image/182054936/    https://www.newspapers.com/image/100223190/    https://www.newspapers.com/image/635576740/    https://www.newspapers.com/image/642557316/    https://newspaperarchive.com/mount-carmel-daily-republican-register-mar-22-1991-p-6/    https://newspaperarchive.com/grapevine-sun-mar-24-1991-p-1/  /   https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC5TAY8_unsolved-mysteriesdennis-depue-jeepers-creepers    https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1115481/    https://99wfmk.com/jeepers-creepers-revisited/    https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Dennis_DePue    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/119870618/marilynn-lee-depue    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/117374567/dennis_henry-depue    https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Depue-97    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUhEVrevy0o    https://www.reddit.com/r/oddlyterrifying/comments/yz1z4v/dennis_depue_the_real_jeepers_creepers/    https://www.reddit.com/r/oddlyterrifying/comments/yz1z4v/dennis_depue_the_real_jeepers_creepers/    https://www.reddit.com/r/horror/comments/4p9bfj/jeepers_creepers_inspired_by_a_true_story/    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1924047/    https://www.peacocktv.com/watch-online/tv/unsolved-mysteries-with-dennis-farina/6220811651348767112/seasons/2/episodes/episode-3-episode-3/1b3082fb-9e28-3ae4-97a1-9896d4a7cd2e

  5. May 22

    EPISODE 35: The Creepiest Craigslist & Facebook Marketplace Encounters

    Late-night Marketplace scrolling was a mistake. This week on Ghost Stories & Gummies, I’m diving into some of the creepiest, weirdest, and most uncomfortable real encounters tied to Craigslist and Facebook Marketplace. From terrifying meetups and bizarre sellers to “absolutely the f**k not” situations that sound like the beginning of a horror movie… So grab your gummies, lock your doors, and maybe stop responding to listings that say “pickup behind abandoned warehouse.” 🖤 Submit Your Stories to Dear Darkness Have a paranormal experience, glitch story, creepy encounter, stalker situation, mimic story, haunted object experience, or complete WTF moment? Send it to Dear Darkness: Email ghoststoriesandgummies@gmail.com DM me on Instagram/TikTok or submit anonymously through the form in my bio/link hub Your story could be featured in a future episode. 🎧 Listen to Ghost Stories & Gummies Available on: Spotify Apple Podcasts Amazon Music Podbean

  6. May 8

    Episode 34: The Doomsday Cat Cult

    This week on Ghost Stories and Gummies, we’re getting into one of the wildest cult stories I’ve covered yet: the so‑called Doomsday Cat Cult. We’ll talk about pastor Sheryl Ruthven, her cat rescue Eva’s Eden, and how, according to former members and reporting, a small Washington church turned into a high‑control doomsday group where cats were believed to be divine beings carrying 144,000 souls through the apocalypse.  From blood‑tinged rituals and “Divine Magdalene” claims to a cross‑country “Exodus,” family estrangements, and the Investigation Discovery episode that blew the story up, this one is part true crime, part “what the hell did I just hear.”  Content warning: cult dynamics, spiritual and psychological abuse, possible animal neglect, and mentions of violence https://www.nashvillescene.com/news/coverstory/apocalypse-meow-how-a-cult-that-believes-cats-are-divine-beings-ended-up-in-tennessee/article_78fc2367-5596-5a7a-ad8e-edae8c83a594.html    https://www.cultnews101.com/2016/09/apocalypse-meow-how-cult-that-believes.html    https://www.realclearreligion.org/2016/09/09/apocalypse_meow_a_cat_cult_in_tennessee_273944.html    https://www.getreligion.org/getreligion/2016/9/8/why-bob-smietanas-apocalypse-meow-story-on-an-end-times-cat-cult-really-is-the-cats-meow    https://catsofcapetown.com/2025/03/04/the-curious-case-of-the-doomsday-cat-cult-a-shocking-saga-of-family-faith-and-felines/    https://whatcom-news.com/evas-eden-cat-rescue-makes-news-in-tennessee_50126/    https://www.facebook.com/IsThereACultInColumbiaTN/    https://www.sportskeeda.com/us/shows/who-sheryl-ruthven-do-details-the-curious-case-of-subject-explored

  7. Apr 28

    Episode 33: Why Do Some Places Feel So Off… For No Reason

    Some hauntings don’t react to you. They don’t acknowledge you, they don’t change, and they don’t seem aware that you’re even there. They just… keep happening. Same place. Same movement. Same sequence over and over again. In this episode, we’re breaking down the Stone Tape Theory the idea that environments themselves can somehow “record” emotional or traumatic events and replay them later as what people describe as residual hauntings. We get into where this theory comes from, why materials like quartz are always brought into the conversation, and the scientific reasons it doesn’t actually hold up. But even with that, people are still reporting the same kinds of experiences in the same types of places. So if it’s not a ghost… what are people actually experiencing? Because some places don’t feel neutral and that’s the part that sticks. Have you experienced something like this?  Send it in:  ghoststoriesandgummies@gmail.com

  8. Apr 1

    Episode 32 Dear Darkness Society: I Shouldn’t Have Gone Back on Reddit

    We’re back with Dear Darkness Society Part 2. After going down a Reddit rabbit hole during Episode 30, I found way more stories than I was expecting… and there was no way I was leaving some of these out. So this episode is a continuation, more real experiences, more “that’s not right” moments, and more stories from people who were kind enough to share what they’ve gone through and let me bring it here. Some of these are unsettling. Some are just straight-up weird. And some will have you sitting there like… that's a no for me dawg. A huge thank you to everyone who shared their stories and trusted me with them, I really do appreciate it. If you’ve ever experienced something you can’t explain, something that didn’t sit right, or something you still think about… you’re not alone. The diary is always open. 🖤

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Welcome to Ghost Stories and Gummies, where the gummies are strong, and the ghost stories are stronger. We’re your hosts Savanna and Hayley, two best friends with a love for the weird, the unexplainable, and anything that goes bump in the night. Each week, we’ll be diving into chilling encounters, haunted places, and the strange stories that keep you up at night all while maybe laughing a little too much and definitely eating too many gummies. Whether you’re a full-blown believer or just here for the vibes, we’re glad you found us. Now dim the lights, grab your snacks, and let’s get haunted. This… is Ghost Stories and Gummies.

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