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The Ghost Writer House

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The Ghost Writer House

Ghost Gossip

2025/08/04
Ghost Gossip

Ghost Gossip

2025/08/04
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* * * LISTENER DESCRETION IS STRONGLY ADVISED * * * Today we take a chilling trip into the haunted halls of the Ghost Writer House—the very home that inspired the novel Ghost Writer. Joining us is a very special guest: the caretaker of this infamous Te...

Highlights

This episode takes listeners inside a Texas home steeped in layered history—where writers, soldiers, and spirits converge across generations. What begins as a personal exploration of an old house quickly unfolds into a web of uncanny parallels, verified tragedies, and creative awakenings sparked by the unseen.
11:05
Five documented deaths occurred in the house, including Walt Julian who died in the family room.
27:43
An elemental in the family room caused a water bottle to invert on Christmas Day
44:17
A medium accurately described Doreen’s open-heart surgeries before the family recalled them
54:08
Ray Roberts accidentally shot himself on a boxcar in 1914 and died 30 minutes later; his friends ran to the speaker's home.
56:34
A TikTok live tour with a Ouija board hit twice when mentioning 'Martha'
1:04:17
Jen’s novel sold more in two weeks than all her previous children’s books combined
1:13:26
Harold Monroe, a local columnist, wants to make things right—a feeling that's hard to put into words

Chapters

What secrets do five deaths—and two warring Civil War families—hold in this Texas bedroom?
00:00
Who are Viola, Martha, and the elemental that turned a water bottle upside-down on Christmas?
15:59
Why did TVs flicker, whispers echo, and children’s apps name Elijah and Helen Smith?
30:00
How did satanic rumors, a boxcar death, and a street explosion shape this neighborhood’s shadow?
49:06
What happened when a comedy writer tried—and failed—to film a horror franchise here?
56:34
How did a 30-year silence break open a bestselling novel full of real-life echoes?
1:01:57
Why does a chandelier, a German Shepherd’s ghost, and a family room keep calling for remembrance?
1:13:26

Transcript

Speaker 2: Today's episode contains conversations of murder, suicide, violence against women and children, and other topics that some might find disturbing. Listener discretion is strongly advised. Hello, hello everybody and welcome back to another episode...