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  • CS01 - Benevolent Bus (ft. Southern Gothic Podcast)

    CS01 - Benevolent Bus (ft. Southern Gothic Podcast)
    Jun 18 2026
    Welcome back to Ghost Bites! It's officially summer, and we are kicking off our very first special series: Campfire Tales. Even though JT believes camping is just "voluntary homelessness with expensive gear," we are enjoying the spirit of the campfire from the comfort of our air-conditioned studio. For this series, we're outsourcing our fear to our favorite podcasting friends. In this episode, we are joined by Brandon, the host of The Southern Gothic Podcast and Fear Daily. He brings us a modern urban legend from the edges of the Bible Belt about a vehicle locals call "The Benevolent Bus". What seems like a harmless church bus with cheerful red lettering is actually something far more sinister. Targeting vulnerable populations under overpasses and in tent camps, the clean-cut drivers offer hot meals and warm beds with "no strings attached". But as one firefighter discovers while investigating the disappearances, those who board the bus vanish without a trace. His search leads him to an abandoned warehouse smelling of bleach and char, hiding a dark, black-edged drain. As JT points out, this predatory bus acts like an anglerfish, using trust and charity as a deadly lure. Episode Highlights: JT files a formal grievance against the concept of camping. Brandon from The Southern Gothic Podcast shares the chilling tale of the "Benevolent Bus". A deep dive into an insidious urban legend where the scariest monsters hide in plain sight. Why JT insists that a church bus is essentially a "prison transport van that learned to sing alto". Ghost Bites on Suno AI: ⁠https://suno.com/@ghostbitespod⁠ To listen to songs based on each episode, separated by season. Copyright & Licensing Notice: This podcast adheres to all applicable copyright laws. The music and sound effects featured in this production have been explicitly licensed for use. Permission for the broadcast, synchronization, and distribution of these audio elements has been secured through active licensing agreements with Epidemic Sound and Suno AI. All rights reserved by their respective copyright holders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    15 min
  • Ghost Bites Presents: Campfire Stories (Summer Miniseries Promo)

    Ghost Bites Presents: Campfire Stories (Summer Miniseries Promo)
    Jun 15 2026
    Pull up a log (we know what we said) and keep your safety whistle handy! This summer, Mike and JT are heading deep into the woods for a brand new collaboration miniseries: Campfire Stories. We’re gathering some of our absolute favorite true crime, paranormal, and storytelling podcasters around the fire to share original, terrifying tales. Is it a terrible tactical decision to invite a bunch of people who literally study how to get away with things into the dark woods at night? JT certainly thinks so! Get ready for a chilling lineup of stories, including The Stuffed Menagerie, Imposter in the Static, The Brick and the Bureaucrat (which might just be as scary as the DMV), and The Barn, the Brothel, and Aunt Rosie’s Couch. We are thrilled to be joined by an absolute ambush of premium audio talent. This summer's campfire collaborators include: Southern Gothic Our True Crime Podcast Dark Poutine Octoberpod Jayme McDonald (Chatterless) 2 and Out CFL Podcast Barn Owl Brewery Javier (The Pretend Podcast) CJ (Rainbow Crimes) Grab your bug spray, don't let the politely suspicious Canadians make the s'mores, and join us for Ghost Bites: Campfire Stories all summer long, wherever you get your podcasts! Ghost Bites on Suno AI: ⁠https://suno.com/@ghostbitespod⁠ To listen to songs based on each episode, separated by season. This episode was produced with permission and licenses from Epidemic Sound Pro. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 min
  • Season 3 Finale: The Warrens - Hauntings, Hoaxes, and Hollywood

    Season 3 Finale: The Warrens - Hauntings, Hoaxes, and Hollywood
    Jun 11 2026
    To close out the season, Mike and JT take on the heavyweight champions of paranormal litigation: Ed and Lorraine Warren. Mike details the origin of these "original Ghostbusters," from Ed’s Navy days to the 2-billion-dollar Hollywood franchise built on a foundation of 1970s polyester and absolute skepticism. JT delivers a sharp critique of Lorraine being the "Diet Coke of mediums" and mocks Ed’s "Occult Museum," where a "dangerous dark tome" turned out to be a Dungeons & Dragons expansion book from a comic shop. Between the Amityville "wine-fueled hoax" and the realization that the real Annabelle was just a plush Raggedy Ann doll with red yarn hair, this finale proves that the Warrens’ greatest haunting was simply a very profitable story copyrighted for the masses. ________________________________________ Ghost Bites on Suno AI: https://suno.com/@ghostbitespod To listen to songs based on each episode, separated by season. This episode was produced with permission and licenses from Epidemic Sound Pro. Sources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_and_Lorraine_Warren https://tonyspera.com/ https://theness.com/index.php/hunting-the-ghost-hunters/ https://web.archive.org/web/20030726044418/http://www.thedemonologist.net/work4.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demonology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clairvoyance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediumship https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Amityville_Horror https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2019/10/conjuring-the-real-ed-and-lorraine-warren/ https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-news-connecticut-conjuring-ed-lorraine-warren-20210602-lfbiyfpsavfudp7yzid4x6tiua-story.html https://answersafrica.com/ed-and-lorraine-warren-cases-family.html https://thecinemaholic.com/ed-and-lorraine-warren-deaths-when-and-how-did-they-die/ https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/632800/ed-and-lorraine-warren-paranormal-investigator-facts https://elpaisanoonline.com/ae/2021/04/07/the-warren-cases/ https://alchetron.com/Ed-and-Lorraine-Warren https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/19/obituaries/lorraine-warren-dead.html https://www.idolnetworth.com/ed-warren-net-worth-141198 https://www.travelchannel.com/interests/history/articles/7-of-the-most-famous-cases-investigated-by-ed-and-lorraine-warre https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/war-conjuring-disturbing-claims-behind-a-billion-dollar-franchise-1064364/ https://screenrant.com/the-conjuring-real-life-facts-about-the-warrens/ https://www.al.com/entertainment/2013/07/5_things_to_know_about_the_war.html https://www.connecticutmag.com/the-connecticut-story/ed-and-lorraine-warren-of-the-conjuring-have-a-long/article_138e51f4-4e1d-5d65-9803-6bcd28c721dd.html https://www.thedailybeast.com/amityville-haunting-psychic-lorraine-warren-has-died https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridgeport,_Connecticut https://www.popsci.com/sensory-deprivation-effects-darkness/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    25 min
  • Dissecting Disney's Doppelgangers

    Dissecting Disney's Doppelgangers
    Jun 8 2026
    In this installment, Mike and JT venture into the "Happiest Place on Earth," a pressure cooker of forced joy built directly on top of an ancient, cursed Florida swamp. Mike explains the architectural deceit of the "Utilidors," detailing the subterranean labyrinth where cast members take off their mascot heads to eat sad sandwiches under your feet. JT finds it hilariously corporate that Disney has "canon ghosts" on the payroll, like Redd the Pirate, and suggests that Walt Disney’s specter is actually the park's biggest rule-breaker for violating his own non-smoking policy on Main Street. From HVAC systems being mistaken for 19th-century poltergeists to corporate lawyers threatening to sue any unauthorized phantoms, this episode proves that at Disney, the only thing scarier than a ghost is the price of a twelve-dollar churro. ________________________________________ Ghost Bites on Suno AI: https://suno.com/@ghostbitespod To listen to songs based on each episode, separated by season. This episode was produced with permission and licenses from Epidemic Sound Pro. Sources Anonymous. (n.d.). Cinderella Castle: The princess' guardian (Haunting tales, construction worker's daughter story). Disney Fan Lore. Retrieved from https://disneyworldhauntings.com/cinderellacastle-stories Anonymous. (n.d.). Cold spots: Sudden drops in temperature in the Haunted Mansion. Disney Visitor Reports. Retrieved from https://disneyworldhauntings.com/cold-spots-mansion Anonymous. (n.d.). Epcot's Spaceship Earth: Cosmic spirits (Disembodied voices, strange lights, and shadows). Disney Theorist Network. Retrieved from https://disneyworldhauntings.com/epcot-spaceship-earth Anonymous. (n.d.). Ghostly apparitions, strange sounds, and unexplained occurrences at iconic attractions. Disney World Haunting Reports. Retrieved from https://disneyworldhauntings.com/general-attraction-hauntings Anonymous. (n.d.). Ghostly boy: Photograph taken on the Haunted Mansion ride (Story widely regarded as a hoax). Disney Urban Legends. Retrieved from https://disneyworldhauntings.com/ghostly-boy-hoax Anonymous. (n.d.). Redd the pirate: Rumors of her being a ghost or supernatural entity (Pirates of the Caribbean). Disney Insider Rumors. Retrieved from https://disneyworldhauntings.com/redd-the-pirate-ghost Anonymous. (n.d.). Reports of items moving on their own in Haunted Mansion ride vehicles or within the attraction's scenes. Disney Employee Anecdotes. Retrieved from https://disneyworldhauntings.com/haunted-mansion-moving-items Anonymous. (n.d.). The Ghost of Dolly (Rumored character who died in the Hollywood Tower Hotel). Tower of Terror Lore. Retrieved from https://disneyworldhauntings.com/tower-of-terror-dolly Anonymous. (n.d.). The ghostly figure believed to be the spirit of a young girl roaming the upper floors of Cinderella Castle (Construction worker's daughter story). Disney Construction Myths. Retrieved from https://disneyworldhauntings.com/cinderellacastle-girl Anonymous. (n.d.). Walt Disney's presence (Shadowy figure, distinctive voice, pipe tobacco scent near the firehouse apartment). Main Street U.S.A. Legends. Retrieved from https://disneyworldhauntings.com/walt-disney-firehouse Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    15 min
  • Rogue Transmissions 4: DungeonPunk - Part 2

    Rogue Transmissions 4: DungeonPunk - Part 2
    Jun 5 2026
    Rogue Transmissions--the edgy, semi-annual anthology of indie podcasts--is invading your podcast feed with DUNGEONPUNK PART 2 ... a symphony of 80s nostalgia, dystopian cyberpunk, and savage swords drawn against both super sorcery & super science. Featuring an adventuring party of your indie podcast favorites! FIRST UP, Octoberpod presents "Byzantium Slab: The Shell Remember" a wraparound tale of adventure on the savage streets of the dystopian Witch Kingdom (featuring the voice talents of Ari Shey, MJ McAddams, and Family Plot podcast's Arthur Williams). THEN: The Final Trace investigates the satanic panic epidemic of the 1980s & the case of Bink Pulling. LATER: Ghost Bites presents to dire warning about mysterious arcade games in "Insert Coin to Die." FINALLY: Horrifying History plumbs the depths of 1980s paranormal activity with the Smurl Family Haunting. Rogue Transmission 4: DungeonPunk. Total Power. Total Mystery. Total Savagery ... Totally AWESOME! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 h et 7 min
  • Bunnyman Bridge: Suburban Myth and Hatchet Rabbit

    Bunnyman Bridge: Suburban Myth and Hatchet Rabbit
    Jun 4 2026
    Mike and JT head to Fairfax County, Virginia, to investigate the "Bunnyman Bridge," a stone archway that looks like the exact spot a bridge troll would ask you a riddle about your property taxes. Mike clears the air on the fake 1904 asylum lore, only to reveal a much weirder reality involving a man in a white rabbit suit who threw hatchets through car windows in the 1970s. JT critiques the Bunnyman’s tactical choice of weapon, noting that it is impressively difficult to maintain peripheral vision in a mascot head while attempting primitive woodworking assault. Ultimately, the Bunnyman was just an anti-development activist funnelling his suburban rage through a Spirit Store costume, proving that there is no bridge creepy enough to make us believe in a six-foot-tall, hatchet-wielding Easter icon. ________________________________________ Ghost Bites on Suno AI: https://suno.com/@ghostbitespod To listen to songs based on each episode, separated by season. This episode was produced with permission and licenses from Epidemic Sound Pro. Sources https://phobia.fandom.com/wiki/Leporiphobia https://research.fairfaxcounty.gov/local-history/bunnyman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunny_Man https://www.washingtonian.com/2015/10/23/the-scary-weird-somewhat-true-story-of-the-fairfax-bunny-man/ https://www.insidenova.com/headlines/bunny-man-bridge-the-scary-truth-behind-an-infamous-urban-legend/article_a27c7000-dca4-11e8-ad84-af51d935cbcb.html https://dcghosts.com/the-bunny-man-bridge-of-clifton-va/ https://www.roadunraveled.com/blog/bunny-man-bridge-virginia/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    13 min
  • Rogue Transmissions 4: DungeonPunk - Part 1

    Rogue Transmissions 4: DungeonPunk - Part 1
    Jun 2 2026
    Rogue Transmissions--the edgy, semi-annual anthology of indie podcasts--is invading your podcast feed with DUNGEONPUNK PART 1 ... a symphony of 80s nostalgia, dystopian cyberpunk, and savage swords drawn against both super sorcery & super science. Featuring an adventuring party of your indie podcast favorites! FIRST UP, Octoberpod presents "Byzantium Slab: Life Without A Soul" a wraparound tale of savagery & adventure in the dystopian Kingdom of the Witch King (featuring the voice talents of Ari Shey, MJ McAddams, and Family Plot podcast's Arthur Williams). THEN: Our True Crime Podcast presents "The Acid King of the 80s" a true crime case of drugs, delusion, DnD, and murder. LATER: The Morbid Forest Takes "A Roll of the Dice" on a journey into a role playing game that is much more than it appears. FINALLY: The Serial Napper herself, Nikki Young, lulls you to sleep (or into the arms of a nightmare) with the true tale of "Monsters Made of Dice" Rogue Transmission 4: DungeonPunk. Total Power. Total Mystery. Total Savagery ... Totally AWESOME! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 h et 41 min
  • The Stargate Conspiracy: Saddam's Interstellar Portal

    The Stargate Conspiracy: Saddam's Interstellar Portal
    Jun 1 2026
    Mike and JT trade their EMF meters for tin-foil hats to tackle the "Stargate Conspiracy," a theory suggesting the 2003 invasion of Iraq was actually an interstellar repo mission. Mike lays out the "Exopolitics" claim that Saddam Hussein possessed an ancient Sumerian Einstein-Rosen bridge hidden in the basement of a ziggurat. JT hilariously points out the fatal flaw in this cosmic drama: if Saddam actually had an instantaneous portal to the Orion Nebula, why was he eventually found in a one-man hole in the dirt with a pistol and a box of chocolates?. The duo concludes that the idea of George W. Bush fighting space lords is just a comforting lie humans tell themselves because the reality—that nobody is in control and the world is rudderless—is far more terrifying. ________________________________________ Ghost Bites on Suno AI: https://suno.com/@ghostbitespod To listen to songs based on each episode, separated by season. This episode was produced with permission and licenses from Epidemic Sound Pro. Sources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stargate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stargate_SG-1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stargate_(device https://english.alaraby.co.uk/news/us-invaded-iraq-over-saddams-alien-portal-conspiracy-theorist https://www.vice.com/en/article/533gxx/there-are-people-who-think-the-west-invaded-iraq-over-a-stargate https://exopolitics.org/space-force-our-star-trek-future-book-6-in-ssp-series/ https://exopolitics.org/about/founder/ http://exopoliticsinstitute.org/ http://exopoliticsjournal.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    14 min