NightMerica

NightMerica

A podcast that takes you on a tour of the abnormal, paranormal, weirdly true, and truly weird in every corner across this nation. Because, whether it’s ghosts, aliens, monsters, or monstrous humans, there’s something strange in your neighborhood. Hosted by: Aaron Sagers, journalist, professional nerd, paranormal pop culture expert and host of Travel Channel's Paranormal Paparazzi, Paranormal Lockdown: Evidence Revealed, and seen on Portals to Hell, and currently a panelist on Paranormal Caught on Camera. Have a creepy story to share? Send us an email at NightMericaShow@gmail.com. Follow us on Instagram @NightMericaPodcast. Follow Aaron on Instagram @AaronSagers and on Twitter @AaronSagers Support this podcast: Patreon.com/AaronSagers

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September 24, 2021 63 mins

54: After the gold rush, there was a silver rush in the 19th Century that came to define Virginia City, Nevada. And at the heart of VC is the Washoe Club, Nevada's oldest saloon. A place where millionaires (and Mark Twain) gathered to flaunt their wealth, sex workers of the time worked, and outlaws came to fight, the Washoe — and Virginia City as a whole — is teeming with spectral stories.

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53: What are the Spook Lights of Oklahoma? In a region littered with such names as Devil’s Hollow, Devil’s Promenade and Lost Creek, it is not surprising to find that the far northeast corner of OK has something of a supernatural presence. Here, one can find the unexplained “Spook Lights” dancing along the back roads and in the dark woods of northeastern Oklahoma.


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52: Terry Carnation may look, and sound, almost exactly like Rainn Wilson who we know from The Office, but he's definitely not Rainn Wilson. Instead, Terry Carnation is the longtime host of the late-night AM radio show Dark Air, and a trailblazer in the paranormal arena (and his ongoing exploits are documented in the Dark Air podcast). Terry is a legend in this field, and in this very special NightMerica, he joins Aaron to blow...

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Ep. 51: Michelle Belanger, author of "The Dictionary of Demons" — along with 30 other books on the occult and paranormal — joins me to educate on the infamous entities. What is a demon? You think you know, but their origins are more complicated, and much older than you may think. Why do people not speak the name of a demon? (Especially when using something's name grants the user power over it — think not being afr...

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Ep. 49 (A NightMerica exclusive story): Before he worked as an engineer on movies such as Jurassic Park, John Catapano was a pre-med student at William Paterson University in NJ. In 1974, as a student reporter for the newspaper, The Beacon, he was assigned to interview famed paranormal investigators Ed & Lorraine Warren (after the events of The Conjuring began to unfold, and before The Amityville Horror). That meeting led to Ca...

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Ep. 50. Did Bigfoot tear three men limb from limb on a pot farm in 1993? In the new Hulu documentary series 'Sasquatch,' director Joshua Rofé tells the story of journalist David Holthouse who heard an eyewitness tell this tortured tale while laying low in California's Emerald Triangle. Now, 28 years later, he's gone back to investigate. Rofé joins NightMerica to break down this strange and dangerous case, equal part...

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48: How do Hawaiians differ in their views about the paranormal, and how is a paranormal investigation different than what mainlanders might be used to? And what are the mysterious entities known as The Nightmarchers (and how can you protect yourself from them)? Master Storyteller and ghost guide Lopaka Kapanui joins to share a tale of a young boy and a Nightmarcher encounter.


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March 9, 2021 14 mins

Ep. 47: In 1803, in the London neighborhood of Hammersmith, a ghost had been plaguing residents. The sightings of a tall, white-clad figure were numerous, and at least two people had been said to have died of fright after an encounter. So when Francis Smith loaded up his gun in January 1804, he had a mission to capture a ghost. He may have succeeded instead in committing murder, and creating a ghost. What follows is a strange but t...

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February 17, 2021 58 mins

Ep. 46: Before there was the famous Patterson-Gimlin sasquatch photo in 1967, there was Ape Canyon. In 1924, a group of miners claim they saw a "Mountain Devil," and shot at it. They would regret that decision that night when they said they were attacked by a group of these Bigfoot creatures. This is one of the most famous, violent, and scary sasquatch stories -- so much so that the attack warrants a "true crime" la...

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February 10, 2021 17 mins

Ep. 45: If you visit Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, NY, you might happen upon a tall headstone for "The Martyr." It belongs to one Washington Irving Bishop, a mentalist with abilities so incredible (and some say supernatural) that doctors and scientists wanted to cut him open — and they did. This strange tale from the 19th Century is one of alleged murder and magic.


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Ep. 44: Perhaps the most infamous story of Key West is of Carl Tanzler aka Count Carl Von Cosel. Joining us is author David L. Sloan, who wrote "The Lost Diary of Carl Von Cosel: A True Twisted Tale of Love After Death," to tell of a mad scientist, and eccentric, who fell in love with Elena Hoyos, and quite literally could not let her go after her death. This is both a true crime and paranormal tale because of the biz...

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Sapphire Sandalo of the 'Stories with Sapphire,' 'ALTER Weekly' and 'Something Scary' podcasts — as well as Aaron's colleague on Paranormal Caught on Camera — joins as a guest co-host where she shares a tale of the mysterious Engkanto entity of the Philippines. Then Aaron heads to Ireland to tell of Bridget Cleary, and the Fairy Wife Murder (aka "The last witch burned in Ireland"). PLUS: We talk ...

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January 20, 2021 63 mins

Kris Williams of Ghost Hunters & Ghost Hunters International joins as a guest co-host to talk about Bad Butchers! First we head abroad with the GHI co-lead to look at the case of Butcher Patrick Mayne and the rumors connecting him to a murder. Then we are in New Orleans for the 1927 Trunk Murders (which may be the basis for NOLA’s Sausage Ghost).Support this podcast at: Patreon.com/AaronSagers


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Host Aaron Sagers is joined this week by special guest co-host Nowal "Zee" Massari as they head to the creepy suburbs. She tells of a violent haunt tormenting a Wisconsin family (which appeared on a missing Unsolved Mysteries episode) before Aaron heads to Wylie Texas for a strange ax murder amongst friends with twists and turns and straight out of a movie.


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Slippery Ski Slopes...of Death! Aaron Sagers is joined by Kitsie Duncan, author or "I'd Rather Talk to Ghosts," and talk about the Ghost Bride and "Lost Room" of the haunted Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel in Alberta, Canada. Then we talk the strange tale of a ski cabin murder that left a killer semi-naked. Plus: We share our love for Chris Evans and sweaters.


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December 16, 2020 63 mins

In this ep, Britt talks about some very Bad Santas who take more than they give with a bank robbery. Then Aaron explores accounts of real Santa sightings with paranormal theories as to Kris Kringle's existence.


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Christmas Cities & Monoliths

The episode begins with the true crime horrors of the holiday town Santa Claus, GA murders. Then, on a much lighter note, we explore the ghosts of Sun Inn in Bethlehem, PA. BONUS: It’s Monolith update time! Where is the latest sighting? And who is behind the mystery?

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Ep 37: Wineries

This week we head into the vineyards, and the vintage is murder and ghosts. Aaron talks about the Grapes of Wraiths at the Belvoir Winery in Missouri, while Britt checks in on a bad variety con man and killer in Napa.


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Hotels: Checking into Terror

This episode we visit the famously haunted, and very gorgeous, Driskill Hotel in Austin, Texas, to explore its ghost lore. And we share the tragic, and weird true crime story of a man's mysterious death alone in a hotel room.


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Ep 35: Into The Woods

Aaron travels back to one of the most famous Sasquatch forest sightings ever, as recorded in his journal by President Teddy Roosevelt then head to 2018 where Britt recounts the disturbing tale of a TV producer, Terrence Woods Jr., who went missing while filming a show.


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