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Don't Try These at Home: Games You’ll Wish You Never Heard About

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Don't Try These at Home: Games You’ll Wish You Never Heard About

Ghost Gossip

2025/08/11
Ghost Gossip

Ghost Gossip

2025/08/11
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Ever played Bloody Mary at a sleepover? Or thought about trying the Elevator Game “just for fun”? In this episode of Ghost Gossip, we dive into the eerie history of paranormal games — from ancient rituals and Victorian séance parties to the viral internet ...

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This episode of Ghost Gossip pulls back the curtain on the unsettling allure of paranormal games — not as harmless fun, but as culturally layered rituals with deep roots in belief, fear, and human psychology.
03:00
Paranormal games like 'Bloody Mary' were forbidden in the host's childhood
05:31
Paranormal games started as serious spiritual practices for communicating with the dead and predicting the future
12:51
If a woman enters the elevator in another dimension, one must ignore her
22:35
A deceased Hollywood actress entered the elevator during the game
44:26
They sat in silence inside the salt circle for nearly three-quarter hour, experiencing chills and hearing a whisper.
53:59
One-Man Hide and Seek is a dangerous ritual requiring a stuffed doll, rice, a needle, and a crimson thread
1:12:51
The last girl who played the Closet Game took seven minutes, emerged acting strangely, and warned the speaker never to play again.
1:15:09
Paranormal games like the Closet Game are better left unplayed

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Why did sacred rituals become sleepover games?
00:00
From séances to smartphones: How ghost games went mainstream
05:31
What really happens when you press 4, 2, 6, 2 in an elevator?
10:31
When the elevator doors opened — and she stepped in
15:26
What do you do when the clock hits 2:45… and something falls from the ceiling?
25:11
Who *is* Bloody Mary — and why did we start chanting her name in bathrooms?
49:03
What does a doll, rice, and crimson thread have to do with your closet?
56:30
Should you ever light that match — or just walk away?
1:15:09

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Ghost Gossip Host: This podcast discusses paranormal activity and other topics some might find disturbing. Listener discretion is advised. Now you do your cold open. I put you on the spot. Speaker 2: You did. Ghost Gossip Host: You usually just spit some...