Paranormal Playback

Charlie is officially on maternity leave after welcoming a brand new baby Shadowling into the world! PlancheTina is ecstatic!

This week Mel and Lor recap Ghost Adventures Season 30 Episode 10: Doll of Fire.

What starts as a last-minute “emergency” investigation in Las Vegas quickly turns into one of the weirdest episodes of the season. Zak Bagans and the crew abandon their Arizona plans to investigate a family wh...

Charlie is officially on baby watch, so this week it’s just Mel and Lor holding down the haunted fort as they dive into Ghost Adventures Season 30, Episode 9: Buried Souls of Pendleton, Part 2.

Back in Pendleton, Oregon, Zak and the crew head deeper into the underground tunnels, where the history gets heavier, the tech gets weirder, and the evidence gets a whole lot more debatable. Mel and Lor pick apart the second half of the...

WE'RE BACK!!!! Ghost Adventures heads to Pendleton, Oregon for a chilling two-part investigation beneath the city’s historic streets. In Buried Souls of Pendleton: Part One, Zak Bagans and the crew explore the infamous Pendleton Underground, a hidden network of tunnels tied to racial violence, outlaw justice, brothels, and long-buried secrets of the Wild West.

Paranormal Playback breaks down the episode’s historical ...

This week's episode of Paranormal Playback, Mel & Lor are on hiatus while Charlie dives into Ghost Adventures Season 30 Episode 7: “Gold Town Terror,” an investigation set in Jamestown, California, a former Gold Rush hotspot layered with tragedy, folklore, and alleged demonic activity. Charlie breaks down the town’s history, fact-checks claims about the Moaning Caverns and Jamestown Hotel, and analyzes the epi...

Paranormal Playback covers Ghost Adventures Season 30 Episode 6, Rage on the River. Charlie and Mel break down Ghost Adventures’ investigation of the abandoned River Inn in Reno, NV, a once–luxury hot springs resort now known for its crumbling structure, questionable mob lore, and local ghost stories. The hosts dig into Aaron’s theatrical river entrance, the crew’s early claims of child apparitions and EMF s...

In this technologically challenged episode of Paranormal Playback, Charlie, Melanie, and Lore introduce the episode and then Char & Mel dive into Ghost Adventures Season 30 Episode 5: “Darkness at Belmont Park.” The crew recaps Zak Bagans’ investigation at San Diego’s historic amusement park and it's infamous roller coaster The Giant Dipper, exploring its tragic history, reported hauntings, and the quest...

In this Thanksgiving Shadow Update, the Paranormal Playback team shares that there’s no new episode this week and previews next week’s return with their Ghost Adventures Season 30 recap of “Darkness of Belmont Park.” Mel encourages listeners to catch up on recent episodes, including their crossover with I’m Already Scared host Dr. Adam.

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In this episode of Paranormal Playback, Charlie and Mel are joined by special guest Dr. Adam from I’m Already Scared (and The Sister Wives Professor) to break down Ghost Adventures Season 30, Episode 4: “Hospital of the Damned.” The team dives into the haunted history of St. Luke’s Medical Center in Pasadena, a once-thriving Catholic hospital now overrun with urban legends, shadow figures, satanic lore, and ...

In this chilling episode of Paranormal Playback, Charlie, Lor, and Mel dive into Ghost Adventures Season 30, Episode 3 – “Hollydale Asylum of Hell.” What starts as a typical investigation recap spirals into one of the darkest episodes yet, where satanic rituals, human danger, and real tragedy collide.

The Ghoulies unpack the haunted history of Rancho Los Amigos Medical Complex in Downey, California, the disturb...

It’s Halloween on Paranormal Playback, and Charlie and Lor are diving headfirst into Ghost Adventures Season 30, Episode 2, Mountain of Madness: Part II.

From alien heat signatures and cryptid theories to the eerie true history of Crimson Dawn’s seven witches, this episode is packed with chaos, laughs, and a few “WTF, Zak?” moments.

Join the hosts as they unpack Neil Forsling’s witchy legacy, debate ...

The Paranormal Playback crew, Charlie, Mel, and Lor, return for the highly-anticipated Season 30 premiere of Ghost Adventures, Mountain of Madness Part I. Broadcasting from Casper Mountain, Wyoming, this episode dives deep into UFO sightings, alien abductions, haunted airbase hospitals, and Zak Bagans’ latest over-the-top investigation.

Mel’s This Old Haunt segment unpacks the real-world lore behind Casper Mountain. ...

Playback Possessed returns to Bobby Mackey’s Music World for Part Two. Lor, Charlie, and Mel dig into the preliminary setup and the all-night investigation: the tape “X” hotspots, the so-called Room of Faces, the glowing circles, and the portal to hell versus stairway to heaven debate. We break down night vision basics, boombox and EMF interference, the “bathroom bang,” attic EVPs around Joanna, the ba...

Charlie from Paranormal Playback thanks listeners for six months of spooky chaos and announces the podcast’s Signal Awards Silver win and Listener’s Choice for Best Show Artwork. She shares that the hosts have been juggling full-time jobs, kids, pregnancy, and Mel’s cancer recovery, so they’re working toward a more sustainable, seasonal format. Charlie also teases the return of Ghost Adventures Season 29, pr...

Bobby Mackey’s Music World, but make it Possessed. Lor raids the vault, resurrects lost tape, and talks back to the first-ever Ghost Adventures episode, suspicious interviews, Mel’s history pull, buried clips, and hot takes. We also unpack the “haunted property” liability question (you can’t sue a ghost, but you can sue their landlord), plus a Winchester Mystery House plug and a quick time-jump update ...

Shadow People, pull up a chair, this month’s Bonus Banter goes full campfire in Georgia’s Blue Ridge Mountains deep in Appalachia country. We hit cemeteries, tiny jails, a haunted church, and a maybe-protective moment at the Winchester Mystery House, on Sarah Winchester’s death day.

In Reading the Tea, Lor breaks down the Conjuring House’s Halloween mortgage-foreclosure auction, the Warrens estate shuffle...

Grab your glass, Shadow People, this month’s bonus banter comes straight from the Blue Ridge Mountains. Char, Mel, and Lor sip La Vieille Ferme Rosé while diving into Appalachian lore and local hauntings. From the Cherokee legend of Spearfinger to the infamous Tennessee Bell Witch to the chilling Tilley Bend Baptist Church cemetery, it’s a night of ghost stories, laughter, and a few jump scares courtesy of crickets and ...

Hey Shadow People, Charlie here with our final Host Favorite Replay! For my pick, I had to go with Uninvited Guests, where the Ghost Adventures crew takes on the Winchester Mystery House and drags Houdini into Zak’s chaos.

In this episode, we recap Ghost Adventures Season 29, Episode 2: The Houdini Séance. We explore Houdini’s history as a debunker, the mansion’s bizarre construction, and call out the episode&r...

Hey Shadow People, we’re back with another Host Favorite Replay! This week, it’s Lor’s pick, Part II of Ghost Adventures Season 29, Episode 5 at the infamous Rispin Mansion.

Ritual circles, EMF spikes, and the pettiest paranormal feud in cable TV history collide as Zak Bagans spirals into a Truman Show-level meltdown. From stick-figure “evidence” to demon burps and haunted convent energy, the crew c...

Hey Shadowlings, we’re pausing new uploads this week, Mel’s out of town and we’re gearing up for new Ghost Adventures (and maybe The Dead Files 👀). To keep things consistent, we’re re-releasing some of our favorite early episodes. First up in the rotation? Mel’s pick: The Riddle House.

In this episode, the ghouls dive into Ghost Adventures Season 1, Episode 4: The Riddle House. A chaotic investigat...