The Ghost Story Guys

The Ghost Story Guys

Your favorite ghost story podcast's favorite ghost story podcast. Hosted by Brennan Storr (FEAR DAILY) and Paul Bestall (MYSTERIES & MONSTERS)

Episodes

October 18, 2025 43 mins
Welcome, welcome, welcome to TICKLED TO DEATH! The horror movie game show where the screams are fake, but the laughs are real. Roz Hernandez takes us deep into the chilling world of Stephen King. From the haunted halls of The Shining to Carrie’s bloody prom, IT’s sewer-dwelling Pennywise, and the cursed ground of Pet Sematary, our guests battle through trivia and ridiculous games to see who will survive as the Final Ghoul. Joini...
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⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows⁠ Spooky season is here and with it, a fresh batch of listener stories from around the world! Full shownotes @ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠GhostStoryGuys.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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October 7, 2025 57 mins
⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows⁠ We return to the mailbag for stories of a jellybean-leaving ghost, the beauty of Discworld fandom, lizard blasphemy, coping with mental health struggles, and a whole lot more!Past musical guests Stay the Course return with their latest single, "Pocket Sand", courtesy of Punkerton Records. Full shownotes @ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠GhostStoryGuys.com Learn more about your ad...
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September 30, 2025 119 mins
⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows⁠ Oh Canada, we have enjoyed our summer trek through your haunted history but it's time to bring it to a close with this exploration of high strangeness in the Maritime provinces: New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island. Along the way we find the curse of Oak Island, a poltergeist who seems to particularly dislike men, Nova Scotia's legendary Forer...
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September 23, 2025 62 mins
⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows⁠ On this week's dive into the mailbag we explore two recent synchronicities connected to stories from Episode 223, some of John Travolta's lesser work, a story of haunting connected to Frank Lloyd Wright and the Taliesin Massacre, and so much more!Our musical guest on this episode is The Abyss with "Coma", the first track off their most recent LP "Chrome Plated...
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September 16, 2025 103 mins
⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows⁠ Did Paul witness a ghost in Bren's apartment? Is Garth Brooks a serial killing vampire? Why won't people listen when we tell them to stay out of the woods? Find out the answers to at least 1 of these questions in this second-to-last instalment of our Haunted Canada series, where Paul battles Covid as we dive into tales of high strangeness from across Supernatu...
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⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows⁠ On this trip into the mailbag we come back with video game recommendations, haunted AirB&Bs, Paul freestyling facts about South African cryptids, a child with past life memories, and a whole lot more! Our musical guests on this episode are Cool Parents with their latest single, "Midsummer Scream", from their upcoming album "Ultraterrestrials", available Octobe...
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September 2, 2025 113 mins
⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows⁠ In an episode near and dear to Bren's heart, we finally explore high strangeness in the great city of Vancouver, BC: from a phantom little girl in a Capilano-area summer camp, to a psychic who was so good they surprised themselves, to the many hauntings of the Hotel Vancouver, and so much more Photos of the unsettling places we mentioned [Imgur] Photos from...
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August 26, 2025 49 mins
⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows⁠ Before our most recent trip into the mailbag we stop to salute the great escape ape Ken Allen, then get into stories of the Third Man Effect, haunted hotels, our enthusiasm for gin, and a whole lot more Our musical guest on this episode is Tracey Barnett, with her latest single "Raise Your Head" Full shownotes @ ⁠⁠GhostStoryGuys.com Learn more about your ad c...
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August 19, 2025 106 mins
⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows⁠ Can Montreal match the rest of Quebec's freak? Oh yes. Not only is my favorite city home to a couple of the strangest haunts we've ever found on this show - including one that's downright murderous - it's also got plenty of strange defects in reality we're still trying to understand, none of which have to do with being French Full shownotes @ ⁠GhostStoryGuy...
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⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows⁠ Into the mailbag we go to find tender goodbyes, Bren's back-waxing synchronicities, atomic bomb parties, and, of course, Paul waxing philosophical about 80s europopOur musical guest on this episode is The Abyss, with the title track from their latest album, "Chrome Plated Heartbeat"! If you're local to Asheboro, NC, Four Saints Brewing Company is hosting an...
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August 5, 2025 112 mins
⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows⁠ Ghosts that can move fridges AND play piano, Bigfoot in Quebec's Parc des Sept-Chutes, and a UFO cult? We went in search of weird and la belle province came through. Also on this episode: tipping fridges with Paul, our newest nemesis, and a Little Beaver Full shownotes @ GhostStoryGuys.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows⁠ It's time for more listener mail! This time around we have dream music, Paul Kenobi, some new horror fiction for you to check out, a listener recording of a mysterious whistling, and yes, Gaye Bykers on Acid (it's a band). Our musical guest on this episode is the Wichita, Kansas-based Stay the Course with their latest single, "Post Traumatic", provided courtesy ...
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July 22, 2025 102 mins
⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows⁠ Brennan's on vacation this week so, in keeping with our Wet Hot Canadian Summer, we throw back to our July 2023 look at the hauntings of Toronto, Ontario, but with a brand new intro, outro, outtakes, and a segment about the Cabbagetown Monster! Link:Cabbagetown Tunnel Monster Tale Continues to Intrigue Forty Years Later [Superstitious Times] Learn more about your a...
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⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows⁠ What do a ghost in a unitard, supersoldier programs, and and an IV of Mountain Dew have in common? They're just a small selection of the conspiracy-minded insanity we talk about on this episode with Dave & Sarge, hosts of the Cryptid Cocktail Party podcast. Dave and Sarge are stand-up guys and this is undoubtedly one of our favorite conversations we've ever had on...
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July 12, 2025 42 mins
In the New Jersey Pine Barrens, where the trees grow dense and the roads give way to tangled wilderness, something stirs. The locals say you can hear it on the coldest nights—a high-pitched shriek, something not quite human, not quite beast. The stories go back centuries. Some say it was a curse, an omen of misfortune that slithered into this world on a storm-wracked night. Others claim it was the child of a mother who, in her des...
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July 8, 2025 108 mins
⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows⁠ What manner of weirdness lurks in the homeland of Propagandhi and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers? In this episode, Manitoba makes us work to find out! Hint: it involves a few ghosts, aliens, lake monsters, and legendary-tier psychic scammersCover art once again by Toronto artist Dave Rheaume Full shownotes @ ⁠GhostStoryGuys.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit me...
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We're joined by Dave and Rob from the stellar YouTube live show and podcast, "Hometown Ghost Stories" to talk about their favorite ghost hunts, local Massachusetts legends, and finding a good cup of coffee in Iowa. Our musical guests on this episode are Goldstate with their latest single, "Nothing to Lose", available now from Punkerton Records. Links: Paul J Kearns Amazon author page Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megap...
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June 28, 2025 62 mins
Join Dave and Sarge on the Cryptid Cocktail Party podcast as they have a few drinks, share a few laughs, and take a dive into the world of cryptids, aliens, and conspiracies! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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June 24, 2025 103 mins
⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Get ad-free episodes, early release, and bonus shows⁠ The Turtle Lake Monster, Prince Albert Ghost Train, and a QAnon cult? That's right, the prairies are far stranger than you ever imagined. We've also got plenty of ghosts, including Brennan's trip to the very haunted Dundurn Castle in Hamilton, Ontario! Cover image by Dave Rheaume, who you can also follow on Instagram. The sketch was licensed via Adobe Stock Full s...
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