Ghostly Activities: A Ghost Hunting Podcast
Ghostly Activities is a ghost hunting podcast that covers investigations, true ghost stories, haunted history, ghost hunting equipment reviews, and ghost hunter interviews. It's the companion to the Ghostly Activities blog.
Episodes
In March 2025, I went to Powell River, British Columbia, Canada for a haunted getaway. Nothing like going to a familiar haunted places to check in with the spirits. However, I wasn't expecting this surprising spirit to manifest how it did.
Get the real-life ghost story, plus some history about Powell River and its historic townsite.
On Monday, February 2nd, I had an encounter that left me scratching my head. Something had played with my pack of rescue mutts ... but it didn't want to play with me.
Get the scoop on this phantom black dog encounter. If you've encountered one of these animal spirits, let me know in the comments on the podcast or over on Ghostly Activities.
This episode's goal is to help ghost hunters understand the difference between clues and evidence, why it matters, and how thinking like a cozy ghost hunter improves your credibility and the accuracy of an investigation.
This episode will cover:
1. What's a clue
2. What's evidence
3. How clues become evidence
4. Why verifying (or debunking) clues matters
5. Key takeaways
Jake will also share examples from his ghostly case file on ...
The Case File Approach helps you and your ghost hunting team organize their research and investigation into a credible report. It follows eight steps:
- Define the case
- Conduct historical reconnaissance
- Identify patterns and personas
- Investigate the haunt
- Analyze evidence
- Cross-verify with witnesses and experts
- Solve the mystery
- Publish the report
You can read all the details at https://ghostlyactivities.com/the-case-file-...
In November, I had an encounter with the mysterious entity known as Black-Eyed Kids. The incident didn't happen in your usual place, like an isolated home or dark rural highway. Tune in to get the spooky story.
This is my second encounter with Black-Eyed Kids. Read more about the first encounter on the Ghostly Activities blog at https://ghostlyactivities.com/i-encountered-a-black-eyed-kid-heres-what-happened-next/.
On Mystic Moon Cafe, Jake from Ghostly Activities co-hosted an episode on Black-Eyed Kids (BEKs), mylings and other parasitic entities. Each host described their own encounter with one of the monsters.
We also discuss if BEKs could be aliens, psychic vampires or specters.
Resources for tonight's episode:
https://www.reddit.com/r/BlackeyedStories/ https://www.reddit.com/r/paranormal https://www.reddit.com/r/ghosts https://ww...On December 9th, 2022, Jacob Rice of Ghostly Activities sat down for an interview on Haunted Voices. Todd Bates, the host, and Jake discussed ghostly encounters, gadgets and more. It was a lot of fun. Tune in to get the scoop today!
Listen to Haunted Voices: https://www.wltkdb.com/shows/hauntedvoices/
This interview also appears on Mystic Moon Cafe, an online radio show, which I co-host. Today, Troy Taylor discusses his new book, One Bleak Midwinter Night. It tells gruesome true crime tales, spooky ghost stories, and quite a few disasters from the holiday season.
We chat about some creepy Christmas traditions, monsters, and Chicago haunts in depth.
You can find more books from Troy Taylor at his company site: americanhauntingsi...
There’s something creepy about an empty churchyard at night. The wind becomes still, barely rustling the fall leaves. The moon slips behind the clouds to dimly light the star-filled night. A shape moves between the headstones, low and steady, crouching. Most people would shrug it off as a stray dog. But old stories say it’s something else, a phantom black dog guardian called the Church Grim.
In this episode, get a spooky intro st...
In this episode, we explore why ghosts mess with electronics. You'll hear about scientific reasons electronics fail as well as those paranormal theories behind electrical failures.
Woven through out, you get ghost hunting tips, tricks and some personal ghost stories (looking at you Canadian haunted places) about gear failures. So, tune in for the ghostly scoop.
You can also get the article at https://ghostlyactivities.com/why-do-gh...
During a tarot card session, Clara The Haunted Doll, gets a custom reading ... and then another spirit shows up. And Clara isn't happy about it. Get the juicy haunted doll drama now.
Earlier in April, Ghostly Activities Club member, Amy, went to the most haunted place in San Diego, The Whaley House, to check out the hauntings. Now, she sits down with Jake for an interview about its dark historic past, the ghosts who remain behind, and to give some ghost hunting tips for ghost hunters.
You can read the full details on the Ghostly Activities blog: https://ghostlyactivities.com/amys-ghost-hunt-at-the-whaley-house/
...Mike from The Paranormal Roadtrippers and Shala & Shiann from Paranorthwest discuss the spookiest and creepiest parts of their paranormal investigation at the notoriously haunted St. Ignatius Hospital in Colfax, Washington.
Read more (and see pics) on the Ghostly blog.
I lost Rhea, my dog, in 2015. She was 12 years old. This is the story of her ghostly return to check in on me.
Lo and behold, Ghostly Activities Club member, Amy Beal, has not one, but TWO haunted dolls.
After her return from New Orleans, new information about Clara and the second doll comes to a head.
Tune in to get the details on haunted activity generated by these dolls.
Amy Beal, a Ghostly Activities Club member, went to New Orleans for the holidays. During that trip, she visited a haunted plantation, took some ghost tours, and had a cocktail or two. Now, Amy sits down to dish on the evidence she captured at each haunted location.
This podcast is best listened after visiting her adventure post on Ghostly. Check it out here: https://ghostlyactivities.com/a-spooky-trip-to-new-orleans/
Hi gang! In this less than formal episode, Jake gives the 5 spook resolutions for 2025 including:
- Visiting more spooky locations
- Creating a monster field guide
- Uncovering more forgotten haunted/spooky history
- Hosting a paranormal event
- Doing more collaborations with other spooky folks
Merle is back to talk about his ghost hunting adventures with haunted objects. Jake even chimes in with a tale about a shadow figure that scared the daylights out of him when he stayed at Merle's place. Get tips for selecting haunted objects, protection techniques and more.
You can find images of Merle's death photo collection on Ghostly Activities, the blog: https://ghostlyactivities.com/haunted-object-interview-with-merle/
Yesterday, some kind of strange critter took swipes at my dog, and then I found other evidence of a monstrous encounter. For now, I'm calling this unknown animal, or cryptid, the Yelm Brush Monster.
Read more about the encounter and watch a video at https://ghostlyactivities.com/there-may-be-a-beast-in-my-backyard/.
In this episode, Jake answers 10 ghost hunting questions submitted from readers and listeners about Ghostly Activities and his paranormal adventures.
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