A house fire is supposed to leave answers behind. However, for the McDonald family, fires left only questions.

What was first labeled a tragic accident quickly unraveled into something far stranger... multiple fires, conflicting timelines, and a story that never fully made sense. As investigators dug deeper, the evidence pointed away from chance and toward something far more deliberate..... and potentially paranormal.

In this episode, we walk through the nights of the fires, the aftermath, and the unsettling details that continue to haunt the case. Was it a horrible accident… or something much worse?

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Fort Adams towers over Newport Harbor like a relic of war frozen in time. Built to defend against enemies that never came, it instead became home to something else entirely.

In this episode, we explore the dark history and enduring hauntings of Fort Adams, one of the largest coastal fortifications in the United States and Rhode Island’s most haunted location. From its massive stone walls and underground tunnels to decades of soldiers stationed in isolation, the fort has no shortage of tragedy, death, and lingering stories that refuse to stay buried.

Join us as we dig into the real history, the recorded paranormal encounters, and the unsettling presence that still seems to haunt Fort Adams.

For decades in Cumberland, RI, there have been legends of a hermit man with a disfigured, burned body and sharpened fingernails who roams the woods. It's said that you hear him coming before you see him.... but when he does come, he slashes your body with his razor-sharp nails. In these parts he goes by the name Fingernail Freddy but others know him as Hot-Shot Charlie. In this episode, we dig deep in the lore that some say inspto the legend inired Wes Craven's Nightmare on Elm Street.