In episode 98, we kick off 2025 by once again delving into the mailbag of questions sent in from listeners and I will answer questions including what I'm most proud of since launching the podcast, the scariest thing I've ever experienced on an investigation, where do I think is the most haunted place in Britain, and where would be my dream location to investigate.

Thanks so much to Jenny, Mel, MaryEllen, Emma, Laura, Louisa, Jay, Jessie, and Rachel for sending me questions.

If you want to check out the Facebook Fan Club group set up by Laura head over to https://www.facebook.com/people/How-Haunted-Podcast-Fans/61559911956890/

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Music in this episode includes:

Darren Curtis – Lurking Evil: https://youtu.be/3i0aVnpeppw

" HORROR PIANO MUSIC " composed and produced by "Vivek Abhishek"

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As we bid farewell to 2024 and begin an exciting new year, allow me to bring you one final dose of How Haunted? for the year as we pick up where we left off in our Nightmare Before Christmas special, and I bring you real life ghost stories from listeners just like you, as well as a few polterguests dropping by to tell us a spooky tale of their own.

So without further ado, let the New Year’s Evil begin.

Thanks so much to Cally Allen, Simon Blake, Hayley Rivers, Iain Culkin, Dawn, Emma Johnson, Tony, and Luke for taking the time in send in their stories. Check out Luke's website and podcast at www.southcoastparanormaluk.com

Also enormous thanks goes to the polterguests who were so generous with their time in speaking to me.

Check out Liah's ghost tours if you're in Scarborough, or perhaps plan to visit this lovely seaside town. Her website is found at www.blackwidowtours.co.uk

Also take a look at her YouTube channel which launched in the autumn for some brilliantly well narrated creepy dark stories. Head on over to https://www.youtube.com/@DeadlyNightTales and don't forget to subscribe.

You can find Icy Sedgwick's website at www.icysedgwick.com and find out all about her podcast, blogs, books, and talks that she will be presenting, both in person, and online.

Kayleigh's Paranormal Newcastle group can be found over on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/ParanormalNewcastle/

And thank you to YOU for listening to the show over 2024. I wish you the very, very best for 2025. Happy new year.

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Find out more about the pod at https://www.how-haunted.com and you can email Rob at Rob@how-haunted.com

You can become a Patreon for as little as £1 a month. You can choose from three tiers and get yourself early access to episodes, and exclusive monthly episodes where Rob will conduct ghost hunts and you'll hear the audio from the night. You can even get yourself some exclusive How Haunted? merch.

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Perhaps you'd rather buy me a coffee to make a one off donation to support the pod, you can do that at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/HowHauntedPod

Music in this episode includes:

Winter Trouble by Nicolas Gasparini (Myuu) Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

Uncertainty by Arthur Vyncke | / arthurvost Promoted by Music Fellows | http://bit.ly/MF_official CC BY 4.0 | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

In the 16th Patreon bonus podcast we head into the remote Northumberland countryside, and to former hunting lodge built in 1775 that stands in the largest man-made woodland in England at 250 square miles, famed for its dark skies.

But what would happen when my team and I stepped foot inside this 18th century castle? In this episode not only will I tell you all about the location and our investigation, but you’ll hear actual audio from the night itself.

Tonight, let us head to the darkest place in England, and ask the question, just how haunted is Kielder Castle?

To get episodes such as this sooner, you can become a Patreon for £3 a month, and get yourself early access to episodes, and more exclusive episodes where Rob will conduct ghost hunts and you'll hear the audio from the night. To find out more visit https://patreon.com/HowHauntedPod

Christmas is here once again, and in this – the third annual Nightmare Before Christmas special I will once again read real ghost stories from listeners, and there’ll also be a number of very special polterguests dropping by to tell you of their own scary experiences, in their own words.

So, let us get this year’s Nightmare Before Christmas underway.

Thanks so much to Beverley Oxford, Jenny Desira, Richard Knapper, Steve Lindon, Sarah Hions, Emma Johnson, and Kelly for taking the time in send in their stories, as without you taking the time to do this there would be no Christmas special. Thank you.

Also enormous thanks goes to the polterguests who were so generous with their time in speaking to me.

Check out the Paratalk Podcast at www.paratalkpodcast.com or search Paratalk wherever you get your podcasts, to hear more from the wonderful Reeves Cooke.

You can hear more of Nat on her award-winning Weird in the Wade podcast, find out more at weirdinthewade.blog

Thank you to Karin for chatting with me once again. Join her on an investigation at the Jamaica Inn by checking out www.jamaicainn.co.uk

It's always a joy to talk to fan-favourite, and friend of the show, Emma Heard. Be sure to check out her blog at weird-wiltshire.co.uk

Enormous thanks goes to Wayne from Eerie Edinburgh for telling us a fantastic story. Head over to eerieedinburgh.com to find out all about his podcast, spooky stories, and his new books.

Support How Haunted? by subscribing and leaving a review.

Find out more about the pod at https://www.how-haunted.com and you can email Rob at Rob@how-haunted.com

You can become a Patreon for as little as £1 a month. You can choose from three tiers and get yourself early access to episodes, and exclusive monthly episodes where Rob will conduct ghost hunts and you'll hear the audio from the night. You can even get yourself some exclusive How Haunted? merch.

To sign up, and take advantage of a free seven day trial, visit https://patreon.com/HowHauntedPod

Perhaps you'd rather buy me a coffee to make a one off donation to support the pod, you can do that at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/HowHauntedPod

Music in this episode includes:

Carol of the Bells (Creepy Horror Version) by the Dead Currents https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqBwuVIQ1TU

In the 28th Patreon bonus podcast you join me in the remote Northumbrian countryside at a pele tower dating from the 14th century. I join Spiritus Paranormal for a paranormal investigation, and I’m taking you along with me. This is a bumper version of the two-part special which formed episodes 87 and 88 of the podcast back in September. You’re going to hear so, so much more of what happened that night in the longest episode of How Haunted? I’ve created to date.

Tonight lets ask together, just how haunted is Cresswell Pele Tower?

Get access to the full episode, which is OVER SIX HOURS long, right now at https://www.patreon.com/howhauntedpod.

As we enter December and get ever closer to Christmas, which, for many, is a very, very special time of year. This is the perfect time of year, on this cold, dark, winter’s evening to explore twenty different locations the world over which are said to be the haunt of spooks that only make an appearance at Christmas.

As the snow falls gently outside, and twinkling fairy lights illuminate our homes, let’s gather together around the warmth of the fire to delve into the spectral side of Christmas, and ask just how haunted does it get around Christmastime?

Support How Haunted? by subscribing and leaving a review.

Find out more about the pod at https://www.how-haunted.com and you can email Rob at Rob@how-haunted.com

You can become a Patreon for as little as £1 a month. You can choose from three tiers and get yourself early access to episodes, and exclusive monthly episodes where Rob will conduct ghost hunts and you'll hear the audio from the night. You can even get yourself some exclusive How Haunted? merch.

To sign up, and take advantage of a free seven day trial, visit https://patreon.com/HowHauntedPod

Perhaps you'd rather buy me a coffee to make a one off donation to support the pod, you can do that at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/HowHauntedPod

Music in this episode includes:

Darren Curtis – Lurking Evil: https://youtu.be/3i0aVnpeppw

" HORROR PIANO MUSIC " composed and produced by "Vivek Abhishek"

Music link :https://youtu.be/xbjuAGgk5lU || SUBSCRIBE us on YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/DQQmmCl8crQ || Follow on Facebook: https://bit.ly/33RWRtP || Follow on Instagram: https://bit.ly/2ImU2JV

To get episodes such as this sooner, you can become a Patreon for £3 a month, and get yourself early access to episodes, and more exclusive episodes where Rob will conduct ghost hunts and you'll hear the audio from the night. To find out more visit https://patreon.com/HowHauntedPod

In the 27th Patreon bonus podcast you join me on location in October of this year, 2024, in the Scottish borders at a jail built in 1823 that would house the very worst of the prisoners in the area.

What would happen when fellow Geordie podcaster, Icy Sedgwick, and I joined a public ghost hunt at this jail built atop the site of a castle that stood here 400 years earlier?

Tonight lets ask together, just how haunted is Jedburgh Castle Jail?

Get access to the full episode, which is OVER FOUR HOURS long, right now at https://www.patreon.com/howhauntedpod.