Haunted Heartland Podcast

The Light on the Tracks: Moonville's Silent Warning

Moonville Tunnel holds a heavy, watchful silence where visitors report a steady, person-like light moving along the tracks, strange time distortion, and an instinctive urge to leave.This episode traces Moonville’s railroad history, the tragic accidents that shaped it, and the repeated eyewitness accounts that make the tunnel feel like a place that observes and lets you go when it decides you are finished.

House of Whispers: Inside the Villisca Axe Murder House

In 1912, eight people — a family and two overnight guests — were brutally murdered in a quiet Iowa farmhouse in a crime that was never solved. The Villisca house became a symbol of lingering violence in the heartland.
Decades later, visitors report footsteps, children's voices, sudden illness, and objects moving as if the house still remembers. This episode tells the murders, the investigation, and why the Villisca Axe Murder House continues to haunt and draw the curious.

The Bell Witch: Tennessee's Haunting That Refused to Rest

In this episode of Haunted Heartland we travel to early 19th-century northern Tennessee to tell the legend of the Bell Witch: a series of unexplained noises, physical attacks, and voices that focused on Betsy Bell and culminated in the mysterious illness and death of John Bell.
We explore eyewitness accounts from the Bell farm, the role of the nearby Bell Witch Cave, reported encounters by neighbors and even soldiers, and how the story moved from a local haunting into one of America's most enduring hauntings.

Haunted Honky-Tonk: Inside Bobby Mackey's Music World

This episode of Haunted Heartland explores Bobby Mackey's Music World in Wilder, Kentucky — a country nightclub built over an old slaughterhouse basement and famed for stories of a missing head, a grieving dancer named Joanna, and a supposed gateway in the well beneath the floor.Listeners hear local legends, staff and visitor accounts, and the uneasy mix of music and mourning as the bar's haunted reputation persists even after the original building was torn down and a temporary location opened.

Ep. 1: The Haunting of Octagon Hall

Octagon hall is full of US history, antiques, unique architectural features and if you believe the whispers… ghosts. Come with me for our premier episode as we explore the history and spirits of Franklin, Kentucky's Octagon Hall. 
sources:
http://www.kentuckymonthly.com/explore/places/a-spirited-site/
https://octagonhallmuseum.com/
WKRN NEWS 2 ABC
Billy Byrd - Executive Director Octagon Hall
Barry Gaunt - Assistant Director Octagon Hall
Maria Duff - Paranormal investigator

Ep. 0 Haunted Heartland Trailer

Farmhouse poltergeists, backwoods monsters, an entire town haunted by the occult. The new Haunted Heartland podcast is a weekly deep dive into the folklore of one of Americas longest traditions. Ghost stories. Tune in as we go behind the legends to unravel the darkest truths and shed light on the real-life implications of the tales we pass from generation to generation. From the origins of each terrifying case to interviews with those personally involved, stick around as we investigate the Haunted Heartland.
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