Second Hand Haunting
Callum Patrick and Olly Holmes read old ghost stories and try to make sense/fun of them.
Episodes
Due to unforeseen circumstances, we're breaking out the emergency Pilot Episode of Second Hand Haunting!
Travel back in time as Callum and Olly discover The White Phantom at the Acton Arms, The Witch-Finder and The Wellington, and the format of this very show.
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Haunted Inns (C)1973 by Marc Alexander (ISBN 0 584 110115 5)
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As promised last week, Callum sat down with Jess to have his Tarot read to help him figure out what to do with his life. Well, his job and his podcast, anyhow.
And then he got a second opinion...
WARNING: Listen at your own peril if you worked with Callum in the first half 2026...
Contact Jess to book your own Tarot Reading via Instagram.
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Callum lets Jess pick a story this time, and she somehow manages to find another story of a troubled teen afflicted with something supernatural on top of all the usual hormones.
This time help arrives in the form of a Catholic Exorcist though...
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Holy & Unholy Ghosts: A Priest's Experiences of the Supernatural (C)1995 by Peter Mullen (ISBN 978...
Callum & Amber have some new microphones to test out, and what better way of doing so than reading about feuding farmers in Depression-era Wisconsin, and how the whole town rallied when a ghost entered the fray.
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Haunted Wisconsin (C)1980 by Michael Norman & Beth Scott (2011 eBook ISBN 978-0-299-28593-7)
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Callum takes Olly through the twisting tale of Ester Cox: a Canadian girl haunted by a bedroom disturbances, flying housewares, and a pyromaniac poltergeist called Bob.
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The Book of Dreams and Ghosts (C)1897 by Andrew Lang (Reprint ISBN 978-1-4065-2606-6)
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Amber & Callum went on holiday to Tasmania, and took in as many haunted sites there as they could (while still having a holiday).
Prepare to hear about visits to Port Arthur, the Isle of the Dead, Willow Court Asylum, the Hobart Penitentiary, and even some of their own investigations!
There's also a standalone story at 43:20 if you just want to hear that: Winston of Ward 5
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Callum presents Bella & Justin with a selection of weird short stories from his collection of ghost-related literature.
The tales of Astral Projection, a hungry Japanese ghost, and the Wild Hunt chasing a Buckfastleigh squire across Dartmoor have almost as much in common as the segments of their new show: Pod Luck: The Podcast Game Show
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Callum grants Olly his wish of reading three tales about Japanese Haunted Houses, and the ways in which they have historically exorcised them. Olly is surprised by how... pragmatic their methods were.
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Japanese Tales selected, edited, and translated by Royall Tyler (C)1987 (ISBN 0-375-71451-0)
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Callum hopes Amber hasn't figured out that this one is an early April Fool's prank, but who cares when it's poem about a drunkard husband being haunted by his murdered wife's ghost in clock form.
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Amber reads Callum a story about a Tennessean Baptist Revival night invaded by a hellish apparition, and the multiple ghosts it leaves in its wake.
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Tennessee Folklore Society Bulletin - Volume 37, No. 3 (C)1971 Tennessee Folklore Society
Thirteen Tennessee Ghosts and Jeffrey (C)1977 by Kathryn Tucker Windham (ISBN 9780817360351)
Callum & Olly celebrate Chinese New Year with an old tale of conflict between the Son of Heaven, a rebellious Warlord, and the extremely brave man caught in between.
Link to the episode with the headless chicken.
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Some Chinese Ghosts (C)1887 by Lafcadio Hearn (2008 ISBN 978-0-486-46306-3)
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Justin & Amber join Callum for a Valentine's day special (not like that). The trio examine marital politics of 1600s Scotland while rooting for young lovers to become spouses, and not ghosts.
Have we found the most wholesome ghost story ever? Who's going to be the ghost? And what's with the Flapjacks?
Find Justin on Instagram.
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LEGENDS of Northeast Scotland...
Amber got Callum a birthday gift of a brand new bookazine about ghosts, so they take turns reading stories about troubled young women in the 20th century who were ghosts.
Or were trying to be ghosts?
Or were just trying to find love in this crazy mixed-up world?
If you've ever acted like a supernatural entity woo someone, email: 2ndhandhaunt@gmail.com
History of Ghosts 9th Edition Bookazine (C)2025 by Future Publishing ...
Callum & Olly hunt through Haunted Houses looking for a decent ghost. Along the way they find some impressive houses, and some inhumane acts, and an inappropriate Nun.
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Haunted Houses (C)1907 by Charles G Harper (1994 ISBN 1 85958 068 8)
Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):
https://uppbeat.io/t/danijel-zambo/centuries-ago
License code: RTOJRJP10E2YDEGT
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Callum & Amber see out the old year with something more annoying than fireworks: a spooky something that won't leave the poor wealthy Shchapoff family, and their numerous servants, alone.
Escalating from a ruckus on the roof to a sure-fire murder attempt, this Russian devil is not to be trifled with.
Can you hear the drums? If so, email: 2ndhandhaunt@gmail.com
The Book of Dreams and Ghosts (C)1897 Andrew Lang (Reprint ...
Just in time for Christmas, Callum & Amber sit down to read what Andrew Lang calls "The best story in the world": the old Icelandic tale of Glam.
As an excerpt from Iceland's Saga of Grettir the Strong: Yeomen, shepherds, monsters, thralls, and big strong boys abound.
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The Book of Dreams and Ghosts (C)1897 Andrew Lang (Reprint ISBN 978-1-4065-2606-6)
Jess, Justin, and Callum provide very different, yet equally esteemed interpretations of the poltergeist and spectral events surrounding poor Amy, a thirteen year old girl in the USA in 2002.
After they give their own advice they hear what Echo Bodine: self proclaimed ghostbuster, psychic, clairvoyant, and spiritual healer, said to Amy back in '02.
To shake off that horror, they play a little game to test if Jess REALLY IS in...
Olly's back from his holiday just in time to celebrate our 2 year anniversary!
Callum updates him on his own recent spooky experience, catches up on Olly's circumstances during the Halloween Seance, and reads a haunting tale of the one place in London that Olly didn't go: the Tower of London.
If you or someone you know has been seized by a vial of alien goo, contact us here: 2ndhandhaunt@gmail.com
Haunted Houses (C)1907 by...
Callum & Amber indulge in their bed-time routine: cozy pajamas, potent nightcaps, and stories from Japanese folklore.
If you've ever buried a corpse beneath a house, admit your sins here: 2ndhandhaunt@gmail.com
Japanese Tales selected, edited, and translated by Royall Tyler (C)1987 (ISBN 0-375-71451-0)
Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):
https://uppbeat.io/t/danijel-zambo/centuries-ago
License code: RTOJRJP10E...
It's Halloween 2025, and that means it's time to try and contact the dead again!
This time we're using the Estes Method to tap into the Spirit Realm via a Spirit Box.
Or at the very least Callum, Steph, Justin, an Amber try to contact Olly who is in an undisclosed location halfway around the world...
Find Justin and Steph on Instagram
Tell us your interpretation of our seance here: 2ndhandhaunt@gmail.com
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