The Grave Talks | Haunted, Paranormal & Supernatural
Get ready for a spine-tingling journey into the unknown with The Grave Talks - the weekly paranormal podcast and interview show hosted by the master of horror storytelling, Tony Brueski. Each week, Tony brings in new guests who bravely share their haunting experiences with ghosts and the spirit world, spanning every corner of the paranormal realm, from supernatural encounters to demonic possessions, shadow people, and beyond. You'll be on the edge of your seat with every episode, hanging onto…
This is Part Two of our conversation. Wisconsin is filled with ghost stories, strange legends, and places where the past doesn’t always seem willing to stay buried. 30 Haunted Nights in Wisconsin was created as a paranormal travel guide, giving readers a way to explore those stories for themselves rather than simply reading about them from home. Mitch Goth and Brandon Rugzie divided the state into…
This is a Grave Talks CLASSIC EPISODE! PART TWO The Berkshires may look serene—sunlit trails, grand homes, quiet historic towns—but those gentle hills hold stories that refuse to stay buried. In this episode, author Robert Oakes takes us through the haunted heart of the region, revealing the places where history lingers a little too long. From a literary icon’s estate where whispers still drift…
They had barely begun grieving the loss of their beloved dog and cat when strange reminders of both animals started appearing around their new apartment. At first, the experiences felt almost comforting—a familiar sensation in bed, a sound that shouldn’t have been there, little moments that made them wonder whether the pets they loved were somehow still nearby. Then one night, everything changed.…
This is a Grave Talks CLASSIC EPISODE! The Berkshires may look serene—sunlit trails, grand homes, quiet historic towns—but those gentle hills hold stories that refuse to stay buried. In this episode, author Robert Oakes takes us through the haunted heart of the region, revealing the places where history lingers a little too long. From a literary icon’s estate where whispers still drift across…
His sister had vanished somewhere on the drive home, and after two days of searching, her family was running out of places to look. Her brother had driven the same highway again and again, police had checked every obvious possibility, and still there was no sign of her or her car. Then their mother turned to a psychic. He expected vague impressions and false hope, but what the woman described was…
This is a Grave Talks CLASSIC EPISODE! PART TWO Before she could even spell the word “ghost,” Ashley Moreno was walking up to her father, wide-eyed and breathless, sharing stories no child should have known—stories of spirits, of loved ones long gone, of dreams that revealed things she couldn’t possibly learn on her own. And time after time… those stories checked out. What began as innocent…
Wisconsin is filled with ghost stories, strange legends, and places where the past doesn’t always seem willing to stay buried. 30 Haunted Nights in Wisconsin was created as a paranormal travel guide, giving readers a way to explore those stories for themselves rather than simply reading about them from home. Mitch Goth and Brandon Rugzie divided the state into regions, covering haunted locations,…
This is a Grave Talks CLASSIC EPISODE! Before she could even spell the word “ghost,” Ashley Moreno was walking up to her father, wide-eyed and breathless, sharing stories no child should have known—stories of spirits, of loved ones long gone, of dreams that revealed things she couldn’t possibly learn on her own. And time after time… those stories checked out. What began as innocent childhood…
After her family was forced to sell the farmhouse that had belonged to them for generations, she never really stopped dreaming about it. For years, those dreams were harmless. Then, during one particularly difficult period of her life, they suddenly became dark and relentless. An ancestor she had never met began appearing inside the house, demanding to know why it had been allowed to leave the…
This is a Grave Talks CLASSIC EPISODE! PART TWO It began with a moment no four-year-old could ever forget—opening her eyes in the stillness of night to see her father standing at the foot of her bed. The same father she adored… and the same father who had already passed away. That encounter didn’t just comfort her. It unlocked something. What followed was a lifetime of abilities April never asked…
She had dreamed about her father many times after he died, but those dreams always felt like dreams. Then one night, he appeared differently. He was standing in the kitchen of her childhood home, looking worried, and telling her not to make a trip she had planned for the next morning. She woke shaken, but by daylight she had convinced herself there was no reason to take a dream seriously. Years…
This is a Grave Talks CLASSIC EPISODE! It began with a moment no four-year-old could ever forget—opening her eyes in the stillness of night to see her father standing at the foot of her bed. The same father she adored… and the same father who had already passed away. That encounter didn’t just comfort her. It unlocked something. What followed was a lifetime of abilities April never asked for but…
This is a Grave Talks CLASSIC EPISODE! PART TWO For more than a century, people in southern Arkansas have reported seeing something strange moving through the thick bottomlands near Fouke. Described as tall, covered in hair, and almost human in shape, the creature became known as the Fouke Monster—and its legend has endured through generations of eyewitness accounts. Author and researcher Lyle…
This is a Grave Talks CLASSIC EPISODE! For more than a century, people in southern Arkansas have reported seeing something strange moving through the thick bottomlands near Fouke. Described as tall, covered in hair, and almost human in shape, the creature became known as the Fouke Monster—and its legend has endured through generations of eyewitness accounts. Author and researcher Lyle Blackburn…
She had lived alone for years without ever feeling uneasy in her own house. Then one night, shortly after two in the morning, three clear knocks woke her from a sound sleep. A few minutes later, the knocking came again. When she quietly went downstairs, she heard something even more unexpected: two children talking outside her front door. They asked to come inside, but despite having no obvious…
This is a Grave Talks CLASSIC EPISODE! PART TWO Some places don’t just embrace their haunted reputation… they awaken it. Detroit’s iconic Whitney Restaurant may serve elegant dishes and rich history, but behind its polished exterior lives something darker—something that watches, follows, and occasionally makes itself impossible to ignore. Guests have felt a black, shadowy mass blot out the light…
A séance sounded like a creepy but harmless idea for a girls’ night. None of the five women went in expecting much, and Nikki certainly didn’t expect anything there to know something deeply personal about her. Then a voice from the hallway called her by a childhood nickname she hadn’t used in years. After they left, the strange activity didn’t stay behind. Knocking began in their homes, whispers…
This is a Grave Talks CLASSIC EPISODE! Some places don’t just embrace their haunted reputation… they awaken it. Detroit’s iconic Whitney Restaurant may serve elegant dishes and rich history, but behind its polished exterior lives something darker—something that watches, follows, and occasionally makes itself impossible to ignore. Guests have felt a black, shadowy mass blot out the light in the old…
This is a Grave Talks CLASSIC EPISODE! PART TWO What happens when the spirit world starts speaking before you even understand the language? For celebrated medium Claire Broad, the line between this world and the next was never solid. As a child, whispers from beyond slipped into her awareness—confusing at first, impossible to ignore, and eventually life-changing. But Claire wasn’t left to navigate…
This is a Grave Talks CLASSIC EPISODE! Power doesn’t always fade—sometimes it lingers in the halls of the most iconic house in America. Today on The Grave Talks, we open the doors of the White House not to meet the current administration… but the ones who never left. From Abraham Lincoln offering ghostly encouragement to staff, to Andrew Jackson raging long after his presidency ended, 1600…
After her parents divorced, moving into her grandmother's old house was supposed to be a fresh start. For a while, life settled into a new routine. Then her mother remarried, and everything inside the house seemed to change. Shadows darted into empty bedrooms. An unfamiliar man dressed completely in white quietly walked past her doorway in the middle of the night. She woke to someone calling her…
This is a Grave Talks CLASSIC EPISODE! PART TWO The Fairbanks House in Sicily Island, Louisiana, was built in 1894, but some of what happened there never seems to have left. At one point, former owners closed off the entire upstairs, leaving behind clothing, furniture, and personal belongings as if those rooms had simply been abandoned in place. Then there is Henrietta, a woman whose life inside…
This is a Grave Talks CLASSIC EPISODE! PART TWO You expect sleepless nights with a newborn — but not because something else is awake in the room. For Frances and Doug Weber, early parenthood came with a new kind of fear. Their daughter was only two months old, tightly swaddled and unable to roll… yet somehow, she kept turning up in impossible places. Places she could never reach. Places no parent…
Working alone in an old church during the week was supposed to be peaceful. Then she began hearing footsteps in the empty sanctuary. After that came the humming. The creak of wooden pews. Quiet voices behind closed doors. Even what sounded like someone delivering a sermon when she knew she was the only person in the building. At first, she blamed the acoustics and the quirks of a century-old…
This is a Grave Talks CLASSIC EPISODE! The Fairbanks House in Sicily Island, Louisiana, was built in 1894, but some of what happened there never seems to have left. At one point, former owners closed off the entire upstairs, leaving behind clothing, furniture, and personal belongings as if those rooms had simply been abandoned in place. Then there is Henrietta, a woman whose life inside the house…
This is a Grave Talks CLASSIC EPISODE! You expect sleepless nights with a newborn — but not because something else is awake in the room. For Frances and Doug Weber, early parenthood came with a new kind of fear. Their daughter was only two months old, tightly swaddled and unable to roll… yet somehow, she kept turning up in impossible places. Places she could never reach. Places no parent would…
Some houses are easy to forget. Others stay with you long after you've moved away. When one family rented an older home in western North Carolina, nothing seemed out of the ordinary at first. There were no terrifying encounters or constant paranormal activity—just an uneasy feeling that seemed to follow them from room to room. Over time, different members of the family began noticing little things…
This is a Grave Talks CLASSIC EPISODE! PART TWO Some pairs investigate hauntings. This duo changes the entire energy of the room. When psychic medium Rob Gutro and drag performer–turned–ghost hunter Monique TooSoon met during a pet reading, neither of them expected it to spark a partnership built on intuition, compassion, and unapologetic glamour. But something about Monique’s bold presence — and…
As a ghost-tour guide, she learned very quickly how powerful suggestion could be. Tell people a hallway is haunted, and suddenly every sound matters. Mention that visitors sometimes feel something touch them, and before long someone probably will. So at one particular stop, she decided not to tell anyone what had supposedly happened there. She gave the history first. She watched. She waited. And…
This is a Grave Talks CLASSIC EPISODE! Some pairs investigate hauntings. This duo changes the entire energy of the room. When psychic medium Rob Gutro and drag performer–turned–ghost hunter Monique TooSoon met during a pet reading, neither of them expected it to spark a partnership built on intuition, compassion, and unapologetic glamour. But something about Monique’s bold presence — and Rob’s…
This is a Grave Talks CLASSIC EPISODE! PART TWO For Ernie Pack, the paranormal was never something strange or forbidden. He grew up in a family where ghost stories were openly shared, and his own experiences began early—when he saw his great-grandfather standing before him long after the man had died. Rather than frightening him, that encounter opened the door to a lifelong fascination with…
This is a Grave Talks CLASSIC EPISODE! For Ernie Pack, the paranormal was never something strange or forbidden. He grew up in a family where ghost stories were openly shared, and his own experiences began early—when he saw his great-grandfather standing before him long after the man had died. Rather than frightening him, that encounter opened the door to a lifelong fascination with spirits and the…
After years of investigating private homes, he decided it was time to visit one of the country's most notorious haunted hospitals. Armed with cameras, recorders, and a healthy dose of skepticism, he booked two nights inside the Old South Pittsburg Hospital, hoping to experience the kind of activity people had talked about for years. He got far more than he expected. As the investigation unfolded,…
This is a Grave Talks CLASSIC EPISODE! After losing someone close to him at just eight years old, Tim Maile’s faith in life, death, and everything in between was shaken. The tragedy left him questioning whether there was any meaning or order to the universe. Years later, when Tim finally moved into a home of his own, he discovered that the other side wasn’t as distant as he once believed. Strange…
She had worried about plenty of things that never happened, which was exactly why she never considered herself psychic. But every once in a great while, something entirely different happened. There was no voice. No vision. No dream telling her what was coming. Just an overwhelming certainty that something was wrong—and an equally powerful feeling that she needed to act. The first time, she was…
This is a Grave Talks CLASSIC EPISODE! Maella Ginn is a gifted medium and spiritual artist who has found a remarkable way to keep the memory of loved ones alive. She creates stunning, one-of-a-kind portraits using a small amount of cremation ashes, layering each painting with intention, love, and the story of the soul it represents. Her work offers comfort, healing, and a tangible connection for…
This is Part Two of our conversation. Patti Negri has been aware of spirits for almost as long as she can remember. She communicated with them as a toddler and held her first séance around the age of eight. Rather than being frightened by those early experiences, the spirit world simply felt like a natural part of life. Today, she’s known as the “Good Witch of Hollywood,” and is a psychic medium,…
This is a Grave Talks CLASSIC EPISODE! Savannah has never been shy about its ghosts — but the Savannah Paranormal Museum takes that legacy further, giving the city’s haunted history a home of its own. Owners Chris Soucy and Megan Jones have curated more than 150 objects with unsettling stories attached to them. Some came from private collections, some from investigators, and many from people who…
High school theater productions meant long rehearsals, late nights, and plenty of time spent in the basement beneath the auditorium. Most students never gave it a second thought. One evening, however, two friends stayed behind while everyone else left for dinner. With the building nearly empty, a strange series of events began to unfold. It started with something that shouldn't have been able to…
This is a Grave Talks CLASSIC EPISODE! Savannah has never been shy about its ghosts — but the Savannah Paranormal Museum takes that legacy further, giving the city’s haunted history a home of its own. Owners Chris Soucy and Megan Jones have curated more than 150 objects with unsettling stories attached to them. Some came from private collections, some from investigators, and many from people who…
Whenever his family heard something strange in their new home, he had an explanation. The furnace. The pipes. A neighbor working nearby. Sounds traveling strangely through an older house. That included the hammering. For months, his wife and children insisted they could hear someone working in the old basement workshop—hammering, stopping, then starting again. He listened to their stories and…
This is a Grave Talks CLASSIC! PART TWO When William moved into his Sheffield home, he expected creaky floors, outdated wiring, maybe even a draft or two—but he never expected her . The woman in the bay window. The figure who stared out long after the family went to sleep. The presence that made a firm skeptic question everything he thought he knew. For 18 years, William lived side by side with…
Patti Negri has been aware of spirits for almost as long as she can remember. She communicated with them as a toddler and held her first séance around the age of eight. Rather than being frightened by those early experiences, the spirit world simply felt like a natural part of life. Today, she’s known as the “Good Witch of Hollywood,” and is a psychic medium, teacher, best-selling author, and has…
This is a Grave Talks CLASSIC! When William moved into his Sheffield home, he expected creaky floors, outdated wiring, maybe even a draft or two—but he never expected her . The woman in the bay window. The figure who stared out long after the family went to sleep. The presence that made a firm skeptic question everything he thought he knew. For 18 years, William lived side by side with shadows…
It seemed like the perfect graduate-school find: a free television sitting on the side of the road. It had a few cosmetic issues, but it worked—and for four broke roommates, that was more than enough reason to bring it home. At first, the TV only changed channels on its own. Then it began turning itself on in the middle of the night. That was unsettling enough. But before long, strange things…
This is a Grave Talks CLASSIC EPISODE! PART TWO The paranormal world knows the names Ed and Lorraine Warren —but few know what it was like to grow up inside their shadow, inside their legacy, and sometimes, inside their battles with real darkness. Christopher McKinnell does. As the grandson of the most famous demonologists in modern history, Christopher didn’t just hear the stories… he lived…
Her father had been the one who taught her how to drive, and even years later, she could still remember every warning he used to give her. Slow down. Leave more room. Pay attention to the road ahead. Nine months after his death, she was driving home alone late one night when she suddenly heard his voice from the empty passenger seat. It was unmistakable. He said her name...and told her to slow…
This is a Grave Talks CLASSIC EPISODE The paranormal world knows the names Ed and Lorraine Warren —but few know what it was like to grow up inside their shadow, inside their legacy, and sometimes, inside their battles with real darkness. Christopher McKinnell does. As the grandson of the most famous demonologists in modern history, Christopher didn’t just hear the stories… he lived beside them. He…
This is a Grave Talks CLASSIC EPISODE! PART TWO Some people grow into the paranormal slowly. Tory Smith Westhoff never had that luxury. Her first brush with the unexplained struck when she was barely old enough to tie her shoes—an age when most children fear the dark, but Tory learned the dark could fear her back. In a house where everyone else slept soundly, she saw the things that moved when the…
This is a Grave Talks CLASSIC EPISODE Some people grow into the paranormal slowly. Tory Smith Westhoff never had that luxury. Her first brush with the unexplained struck when she was barely old enough to tie her shoes—an age when most children fear the dark, but Tory learned the dark could fear her back. In a house where everyone else slept soundly, she saw the things that moved when the lights…