Inherited Hauntings
Inherited Hauntings is a spooky and funny podcast where a daughter/mother duo dive into haunted history, ghost stories, and paranormal oddities while making each other laugh along the way. Think chilling encounters, creepy legends, and a little comic relief to keep the nightmares manageable. If you love haunted history, ghost stories, hanging out with the girls and laughing out loud, you just inherited your new favorite show.
Inherited Hauntings
Encore: The OG Poltergeist, 1958's Fizzy Haunting That Launched a Horror Classic
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This is an encore presentation of one of our most popular and funniest early episodes. While we work on a brand-new episode dropping January 15, 2026, we’re revisiting the real-life poltergeist case that helped inspire a horror classic.
In this wildly entertaining episode of Inherited Hauntings, Lindsey and Nancy tackle one of the most chaotic paranormal forces out there: poltergeists. We dive into the real-life poltergeist activity that rocked a New York family and inspired the 1982 movie Poltergeist (spoiler alert: it was not just about a haunted TV).
From flying objects to popping screw cap bottle tops, this story is as hilarious as it is bone-chilling. We break it down, crack each other up, and even throw in a review of the movie (tangents and popcorn included).
Plus, we share some of our own unexplained poltergeist-y moments that may or may not involve household items going rogue.
True stories. Creepy chaos. Mom-daughter laughs. Paranormal sass.
If your house ever felt "off," this episode's for you.
THE SCARIEST STORIES ARE THE ONES THAT ARE TRUE.
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