| Let's Get Haunted |
Let's Get Haunted (LGH) is an American paranormal and comedy podcast billed as "the only investigative journalism podcast about things that may or may not have even happened in the first place".[1] The show is independently produced by the creators and hosts Alyssa Terry and Natalia Strawn.[2]
LGH was started by best friends Alyssa Terry and Natalia Strawn in February 2019 as a side project for both. The two met while attending college in California.[3] They have stated that each episode takes anywhere from 24 hours to two weeks to produce from the research, recording, and editing processes. In its just over two-year run, the show has since grown from roughly 5,000 streams in its first month to more than 1,000,000 total and counting, supported by the paranormal-loving community known as "the Haunted Fam". As of July 2022, LGH has issued 113 full episodes, thirteen "Listener Stories" episodes, and three Q&A episodes through SoundCloud, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts.
Both Terry and Strawn are active in the LGH online community, frequently interacting with fans and members of the Haunted Fam through their Instagram, Twitter, Reddit, and Discord pages. Members are also often included in the show through submitted fan art and listener-contributed paranormal stories.
Each episode of the show features a theme or central story which Terry and Strawn alternate recanting for the other and the listeners. The episodes air on Wednesday and usually range from 1–2 hours including introductions, though some episodes have been more lengthy given the cases or to allow time for the hosts and/or guests to discuss their reactions and theories. In a 2020 profile with Shoutout LA, the creators stated that they "research and discuss only things that [they] find interesting, that way the content never feels forced". Topics hail from around the world and throughout history, including but not limited to: popular folklore like The Mothman of West Virginia, internet cases and phenomena such as the Happy Valley Dream Survey and the Lake City Quiet Pills, true crime cases like the Setagaya family murders and the disappearance of Lars Mittank, and historical events like the Dyatlov Pass Incident, Operation Wandering Soul, and the Andes Flight Disaster. The hosts do thorough research about each case, often first providing background of the time and location for each story.
Before diving into the topic, the hosts typically open with "personal hauntings" or stories about their personal lives and careers, bringing a lighter tone and often comedic introduction to the heavier cases.[4]
Given the paranormal focus and "haunted" title, LGH takes an open-minded perspective to each topic, and entertains a wide range of theories for each case without casting doubt or criticizing them. While the hosts have pointed out that this approach makes for a more entertaining show, it is also an example of the positive messages and inspiration they strive to provide through their work. In a 2020 interview with Charleston, West Virginia's Gazette-Mail, Strawn stated of the shows' perspective, "I invite all the people out there in the world who are seeing this article, instead of saying no, you don't have to say yes, just say maybe to possibilities...and I promise you...if you just apply that to your life, it will open up for you so much more".
While the hosts typically gather sources from the internet, books, and other media, there have been a few instances of the hosts conducting their own interviews or primary research for the episode. Perhaps the most notable occurred in the 17th episode of the show titled "The Jamison Family Disappearance", which follows the true story of the Jamison's 2009 disappearance and deaths as presented by Terry. For this episode, Terry was able to access court records for the family's prior lawsuits that many theorize could have been related to their disappearance, as well as interview a woman who was involved in a motor vehicle accident with the family several years before, providing new insight and information into their lives and the still-unsolved case.
In addition to their podcast, Terry and Strawn have attended AlienCon Los Angeles 2019 and the September 2019 Area 51 gathering, which they vlogged and posted to their YouTube channel.[3] [5]
Occasionally, episodes feature guests in place of or alongside the hosts. Those include:
In 2020, LGH was able to organize through its community of listeners and raise $1,897 for nonprofit organization The Loveland Foundation to help provide free therapy and mental health support and services to black women and girls in the United States.[6]
Host Aly Terry works full time as a human resources representative for farms and farmworkers in Ventura County, California, and was able to find support to advocate for small farms in local government cases and ultimately overturn nuisance laws that threatened their livelihood.
In 2021, the podcast created a fundraiser to support the Lupus Foundation of America, donating proceeds from the month of July to the cause.[7]
In 2021, Let's Get Haunted was chosen as a finalist for Best Podcast at the Shorty Awards. They were awarded the Audience Honor for the Best Podcast category with the most fan votes of any podcast in May 2021.[8]
LGH was one of ten nominees for Best Female-Hosted Podcast at the 2021 People's Choice Podcast Awards.[9]
In April 2021, the podcast made their first appearance on Paranormality Magazine's monthly Top 25 Podcast chart at #4.[10] They appeared at #1 for three consecutive months on the same list from June to August of the same year.[11] [12] [13] They were also a finalist for Paranormality Magazine's Best Ghost Stories Podcast and Best Female-Lead Podcast of 2021.[14]
Odd numbered episodes are hosted by Alyssa and even numbered episodes are hosted by Nat.
| Episode 1: The Dyatlov Pass Incident | February 5, 2019 | |
| Episode 2: Elisa Lam | February 18, 2019 | |
| Episode 3: The Abduction of Travis Walton | March 5, 2019 | |
| Episode 4: The Curse of the Lost Dutchman's Gold Mine | March 18, 2019 | |
| Episode 5: The Setagaya Family Murders | April 3, 2019 | |
| Episode 6: The Exorcism of Anneliese Michel | April 9, 2019 | |
| Episode 7: The Phantom Cosmonaut Conspiracy | April 22, 2019 | |
| Episode 8: Staircase in The Woods Phenomenon | May 1, 2019 | |
| Episode 8 1/2: Listener Stories #1 | May 13, 2019 | |
| Episode 9: Doppelgängers | May 27, 2019 | |
| Episode 10: The Salem Witch Trials | June 5, 2019 | |
| Episode 11: The Lost Lighthouse Keepers of Eilean Mòr | June 12, 2019 | |
| Episode 12: MK Ultra | June 19, 2019 | |
| Episode 13: Haunted Ohio University | July 17, 2019 | |
| Episode 14: Area 51 | July 31, 2019 | |
| Episode 15: The Haunted House of Black Forest | August 7, 2019 | |
| Episode 15 1/2: Listener Stories #2 | August 21, 2019 | |
| Episode 16: Necromancy and Willows Weep | August 28, 2019 | |
| Episode 17: The Jamison Family Disappearance | September 11, 2019 | |
| Episode 18: Nazis in Antarctica | September 18, 2019 | |
| Episode 19: The Men In Black | September 25, 2019 | |
| Episode 20: The Portal to Hell in Stull, Kansas feat. James DeAngelis | October 9, 2019 | |
| Episode 21: The Haunted History of Halloween | October 16, 2019 | |
| Episode 22: The Watcher feat. Jamie Kennedy | October 23, 2019 | |
| Episode 23: The Greenbrier Ghost | November 6, 2019 | |
| Episode 24: Angela Sanford, the MySpace Witch feat. James Allen McCune | November 13, 2019 | |
| Episode 25: The Bell Witch Entity | November 20, 2019 | |
| Episode 25 1/2: Listener Stories #3 | December 4, 2019 | |
| Episode 26: The Mothman | December 11, 2019 | |
| Episode 27: The Sodder Children feat. Mimi Torres & Lauren Holmes | December 18, 2019 | |
| BONUS! Q&A Season 1 Finale | December 25, 2019 | |
| Episode 28: Yetis, Ghosts, Trapped Souls, & Aliens - Haunted Mt. Everest | January 8, 2020 | |
| Episode 29: The Cursed Treasure of Oak Island | January 22, 2020 | |
| Episode 30: The Ritual Sacrifice of Mark Kilroy | January 30, 2020 | |
| Episode 30 1/2: Listener Stories #4 | February 12, 2020 | |
| Episode 31: Scratching Fanny, the Ghost of Cock Lane | February 19, 2020 | |
| Episode 32: Roasted Fetuses Dipped in Gold - The Lore behind Kuman Thong | February 26, 2020 | |
| Episode 33: The Mysterious Disappearance of Lars Mittank | March 14, 2020 | |
| Episode 34: Real Japanese Curses & Urban Legends | March 18, 2020 | |
| Episode 35: Operation Wandering Soul & the Paranormal Side of the Vietnam War | April 17, 2020 | |
| Episode 36: Late Stage Cannibalism Aboard the Doomed Ghost Ship H.M.S. Terror | April 24, 2020 | |
| Episode 37: Indonesian Ghosts During Coronavirus | May 6, 2020 | |
| Episode 38: Charles "The Bewitched" Hapsburg & Inbreeding in The Royal Family | May 13, 2020 | |
| Episode 39: The Kennedy Curse | May 21, 2020 | |
| Episode 40: John Wayne Gacy and his haunted artwork | June 10, 2020 | |
| Episode 40 1/2: Listener Stories #5 | August 5, 2020 | |
| Episode 41: Randonautica and Mind Matter Interaction feat. Joshua Lengfelder & Dean Radin | August 19, 2020 | |
| Episode 42: QAnon, Adrenochrome, & the 5th Dimension | August 26, 2020 | |
| Episode 43: The Happy Valley Dream Survey & The Willamette Valley Dream Survey | September 2, 2020 | |
| Episode 44: The Whaley House | September 10, 2020 | |
| Episode 45: The Pope Lick Monster of Louisville feat. Steven Suptic | September 16, 2020 | |
| Episode 46: The Black Death and the Haunting of Poveglia Island | September 23, 2020 | |
| Episode 47: The Murder of the Hammersmith Ghost feat. Elyse Willems & James Willems | October 8, 2020 | |
| Episode 48: Anatoly Moskvin's Black Magic Dolls feat. Cib & Sami Jo | October 14, 2020 | |
| Episode 49: Who put Bella in the Wych Elm? feat. Steve Zaragoza | October 22, 2020 | |
| Episode 50: Filipino Folklore feat. Sapphire Sandalo | October 28, 2020 | |
| Episode 50 1/2: Listener Stories #6 | November 11, 2020 | |
| Episode 51: Lake City Quiet Pills | November 18, 2020 | |
| Episode 52: The Dibbuk Box | November 25, 2020 | |
| Episode 53: The Curse of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 | December 10, 2020 | |
| Episode 54: The Andes Flight Disaster | December 16, 2020 | |
| Episode 55: The Ritual Murder of Pastor Carol Daniels | December 23, 2020 | |
| BONUS! Q&A Season 2 Finale | December 30, 2020 | |
| Episode 56: The Paranormal Side of Sleep Paralysis: Night Hags & Sleep Demons | January 13, 2021 | |
| Episode 57: The Cryptids, Ghosts, and Mysterious Deaths of Lake Lanier | January 20, 2021 | |
| Episode 58: Time Travel & Paranormal Time Slips | January 27, 2021 | |
| Episode 59: Body Farms, Cremation, & Spontaneous Human Combustion | February 3, 2021 | |
| Episode 60: Madame LaLaurie's Haunted Mansion of Horrors & New Orleans Black Magic Voodoo | February 10, 2021 | |
| Episode 60 1/2: Listener Stories #7 | February 17, 2021 | |
| February 24, 2021 | ||
| Episode 62: Colobraro: Italy's Most Cursed Village | March 10, 2021 | |
| Episode 63: The Bélmez Faces And Other Andalusian Ghost Stories | March 17, 2021 | |
| Episode 64: The Curse of the Romanov Dynasty’s Missing Fabergé Eggs | March 24, 2021 | |
| Episode 65: Human Cannibalism and The Scottish Legend of Sawney Bean | March 31, 2021 | |
| Episode 66: UB-65, the Damned German Submarine of WWI | April 7, 2021 | |
| Episode 67: The Black Knight Satellite Conspiracy | April 14, 2021 | |
| Episode 69: The Mysterious Copper Cauldrons of Russia's Siberian Valley of Death* | April 20, 2021 | |
| Episode 68: Cannibals in National Parks (Viral Tiktok Story) feat. Bruce & Autumn Greene | April 28, 2021 | |
| Episode 70: The Dancing Plague of 1518 | May 5, 2021 | |
| Episode 70 1/2: Listener Stories #8 | May 12, 2021 | |
| Episode 71: The Beast of Bray Road and the Ghosts of Lake Geneva, Wisconsin | May 19, 2021 | |
| Episode 72: The Grim Reaper | May 26, 2021 | |
| Episode 73: Le Loyon aka The Ghost of Maules | June 2, 2021 | |
| Episode 74: The Mystery of the Witch's Seed - Changelings, Demonic Children, and Alien Hybrids | June 9, 2021 | |
| Episode 75: Hawaiian Folklore Feat. Kamuela Kaneshiro | June 16, 2021 | |
| Episode 76: The Anunnaki Conspiracy | June 24, 2021 | |
| Episode 77: Edward Brian McCleary's Escape From A Sea Monster | July 7, 2021 | |
| Episode 78: The Boogeyman | July 14, 2021 | |
| Episode 79: The Boy In The Box | July 21, 2021 | |
| Episode 80: Paranormal Games To Play In The Dark, Part I feat. James DeAngelis | August 4, 2021 | |
| Episode 80.5: Listener Stories #9 | August 11, 2021 | |
| Episode 81: The Ningen | August 18, 2021 | |
| Episode 82: The Curse of The Scottish Play | August 2021 | |
| Episode 83: Indrid Cold, "The Grinning Man" (featuring witness testimony) | September 2021 | |
| Episode 84: Voergaard Slot - Denmark's Most Haunted Castle | September 2021 | |
| Episode 85: Haunted Crossroads Around the World | September 2021 | |
| Episode 86: Hans Christian Andersen's Dark Fairytales | September 2021 | |
| Episode 87: The Witches, Ghosts, and Werewolves of Moosham Castle | October 2021 | |
| Episode 88: The Mummy's Curse - Pharaoh Tutankhamun's Gold | October 2021 | |
| Episode 89: Japanese Folklore Feat. Reina Scully | October 2021 | |
| Episode 90: Haunted Alcatraz Prison Island | October 2021 | |
| Episode 90.5: Listener Stories #10 | November 2021 | |
| Episode 91: Paranormal Games to Play in the Dark, Part II | November 2021 | |
| Episode 92: The Falcon Lake Incident Feat. Elliott Morgan | November 2021 | |
| Episode 93: The Christmas Tree Ghost Ship of Chicago | November 2021 | |
| Episode 94: Christmas Tree Jane Doe | December 2021 | |
| Episode 95: The Los Feliz Christmas Murder Mansion | December 2021 | |
| Episode 96: A Serial Killer Confesses Live On Howard Stern | December 2021 | |
| BONUS! Q&A Season 3 Finale | December 2021 | |
| Episode 97: The Khamar Daban Incident | February 2022 | |
| Episode 98: Summoning a Demon Feat. Chaweon Koo | February 2022 | |
| Episode 99: The Abduction of Frederick Valentich | February 2022 | |
| Episode 100: Joyce Mckinney & The Case of The Manacled Mormon | February 2022 | |
| Episode 100.5: Listener Stories #11 | March 2022 | |
| Episode 101: The Enfield Horror | March 2022 | |
| Episode 102: Psychic Children Who Speak to The Dead | March 2022 | |
| Episode 103: Ariel School Aliens aka The Ruwa UFO Incident | March 2022 | |
| Episode 104: H.H. Holmes & The Murder Castle, Part I | April 2022 | |
| Episode 105: H.H. Holmes & The Murder Castle, Part II | April 2022 | |
| Episode 105.5: Listener Stories #12 | April 2022 | |
| Episode 106: The M Cave and the Mysterious Disappearance of Kenny Veach | April 2022 | |
| Episode 107: The Black Carpet and The Black Diver | May 2022 | |
| Episode 108: Aimo Koivunen's Nazi Meth-Fueled Survival Saga | May 2022 | |
| Episode 109: Lake Vostok & Organism 46-B | May 2022 | |
| Episode 110: Subject X Theory (Viral TikTok Story) | May 2022 | |
| Episode 110.5: Listener Stories #13 | June 2022 | |
| Episode 111: The Manson Family Murders, Part I | June 2022 | |
| Episode 112: The Manson Family Murders, Part II | June 2022 | |
| Episode 113: The Oakville Blobs Incident | June 2022 |
*Episode 69 appeared before Episode 68 on Tuesday, April 20, 2021