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In this episode of Let’s Talk Spooky, we explore some of the most haunted universities in North America and the UK — from abandoned asylum buildings and Gothic towers to medieval cathedral ruins and anatomy theatres linked to real historical crimes.

These aren’t urban legends pulled out of thin air. Many of these campuses are built on documented history involving:

• Former psychiatric institutions
• Grave robbing
• The Burke and Hare murders
• Public dissections
• Religious executions
• Phantom monks and ghostly figures

📚 Sources

Ohio University & The Ridges

• Ohio University. The Ridges History.⁠https://www.ohio.edu/ridges/history⁠
• Ohio History Connection. Athens Lunatic Asylum Overview.

University of Toronto

• Richardson, D., Careless, J.M.S., & Craig, G.M. (1990). A Not Unsightly Building: University College and Its History. Mosaic Press.

Queen’s University

• Queen’s University Archives. Grant Hall History.⁠https://www.queensu.ca/archives/⁠

University of St Andrews

• University of St Andrews. History of the University.⁠https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/about/history/⁠
• Historic Environment Scotland. St Andrews Cathedral.⁠https://www.historicenvironment.scot/⁠

University of Edinburgh

• University of Edinburgh. History of the University.⁠https://www.ed.ac.uk/about/history⁠
• Rosner, L. (2009). The Anatomy Murders: The True and Spectacular History of Edinburgh’s Notorious Burke and Hare.
• Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. Surgeons’ Hall Museums – Burke & Hare Collection.⁠https://museum.rcsed.ac.uk/⁠

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Valentine’s Day is often framed as a celebration of romance — roses, chocolate, candlelight.

But beneath the surface, February 14th carries a far older and darker history.

In this bonus episode of Let’s Talk Spooky, we explore the lesser-known folklore and urban legends connected to Valentine’s Day — from early martyrdom and ritual superstition to backroad ghost stories and industrial-era mining lore.

Sources & Further Reading

• Brunvand, J. H. The Vanishing Hitchhiker: American Urban Legends and Their Meanings.
• Dégh, L. Legend and Belief: Dialectics of a Folklore Genre.
• Kelly, H. A. Chaucer and the Cult of Saint Valentine.
• Springhill Miners’ Museum Archives (Nova Scotia mining history).
• Simpson, J., & Roud, S. A Dictionary of English Folklore.

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In this episode of Let’s Talk Spooky, we explore modern accounts of time slips, missing time, and parallel reality experiences shared by users on Reddit.

From waking up in impossible locations with no memory of how they got there… to stepping into what felt like another universe… these first-hand accounts blur the line between psychological phenomenon and paranormal mystery.

Are these glitches in perception? Dissociation? Dimensional shifts?
Or something far stranger?

Stay curious. Stay spooky.

Stories sourced from public Reddit threads on r/Glitch_in_the_Matrix and r/ParanormalEncounters.
Additional references include folklore accounts of time slips and psychological research on dissociation and missing time.

The stories discussed in this episode are shared from public Reddit forums and reflect personal experiences and interpretations of the original posters. These accounts are not independently verified.