Nearly a hundred years before the modern spiritualism movement swept the globe and the infamous Fox sisters fooled a whole community with their toe-clicking séances, another ghostly phenomenon shook 18th century London. It’s a story filled with sex, lies, scandal, and murder, that almost ended with an innocent man swinging from a rope. Today we …
It is said that in 1776, at the Battle of the White Plains during the American Revolutionary War, a Hessian soldier on horseback, fighting for the British, had his head blown clear off by a cannonball. Imagine it, a bowling ball of iron crashing through your skull. You’ve seen watermelon get smashed with a sledgehammer …
You’ll find the almost 100 year old Hotel Monte Vista on San Francisco in Flagstaff, Arizona, where it’s been standing since New Years Day 1927. This little piece of desert history is home to at least nine different ghosts. It’s lived through prohibition, seen the limelight—and today we’re going to dick-tect some stories from its …
The history of Seattle is a rough one, but the history of Seattle’s Underground is even rougher. Washington was originally the home of the Coast Salish, specifically the Suquamish and Duwamish tribes—the name “Seattle” actually comes from the Duwamish Indigenous leader, Sealth. Like most of the land in America, the land was taken by white …
We are packing our bags and heading into the time machine so we can zip ourselves back to the 18th century. We’re headed to present-day Texas which was then Papaya territory—we don’t mean the tropical fruit that smells like vomit, but rather a tribe of indigenous hunter gathers. The Papayans lived around what is now …
The Lady Dicks are back and they’re tackling a collection of ghost stories that are close to home. Medicine Hat, Alberta, located 3 hours from Calgary (where your favourite podcasters live) has a few mysterious haunted stories and the ladies are ready to tell you all about them. Join the #DickSquad as Tae shares the …
On August 4 1882, in Fall River Massachusetts (which neither of the #DickSquad can actually pronounce) Abby and Andrew J Borden were murdered at home. Their youngest daughter Lizzie was accused of the murder and tried for it, but did she really do it? In the inaugural episode of The Lady Dicks Podcast, certified dicks …
The Fairmont Hotel Vancouver is a beautiful, historic, luxury hotel located in the heart of the city. With history dating back to the 1920s, this gem has seen a ton of action. From celebrities like Roy Rogers and his horse Trigger to royalty including King George VI and Elizabeth I, the Queen Mother. But this …
Located in Louisville, Kentucky, Waverly Hills Sanatorium was a former tuberculosis hospital in a state that seemingly had the highest cases during the early 1900s. As one would expect, with all of the death seen within its walls, it’s said that some spirits have remained. There are plenty of Waverly Hills Sanatorium ghosts to talk …
We’re headed WAY back in time to Ancient Egypt to discuss the life and death of the most famous Egyptian pharaoh, King Tutankhamen. Despite the fact that the “Boy King” was in power for a mere decade, the finding of his burial site influenced modern culture in ways you can only imagine. But this isn’t …
