Boos And Brews Podcast

Please fill out this form and take a seat, and the doctor will see you shortly for... haunted hospitals! This week the gals tell us about places that are scary BEFORE you add ghosts, a mental institution and a tuberculosis sanatorium. Melissa gets things rolling with Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum and the ghost of poor little Lily and her room of toys, paired with AleSmith's Nut Brown Ale. Then Vanessa gives us all whopping cough at Waverly Hills Sanatorium and it's own child ghost, little Timmy, paired with Arrogant Bastard's Southern Charred bourbon barrel aged ale. In this battle royale of sick little kids, who's ghost is better at rolling balls down decrepit hallways? Listen and find out!

Raise a pint of Guinness to your Blarney Stone kisser for this week's episode of Boos and Brews... Haunted Ireland!! Vanessa starts things off with Leap Castle and and the violent O'Carroll family, paired with George Killian's Irish Red. Then Melissa tells us about the dark history of Malahide Castle and it's sexy, sexy ghost Maud Plunkett-Hussey, paired with the drunken St. Patty's Day classic, Irish car bombs. Who will win the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow in the battle of the sheep-sized, no-faced, fart-man vs an unlucky in love midget jester? Listen and find out!!

Haunted mental asylum?! Tell us EVERYTHING!! In this Ghost Nugget our core crew is joined by our first Boo Buddy, Ryan Mogge! Ryan entertains us with her hometown haunt from Rockville, Maryland... the Chestnut Lodge. This historic estate was once home to Bing Crosby's crazy wife (we said it, so now it's true) and has ties to the CIA's Project MKUltra. So crack open a cold one and enjoy the tap-dancing, mind-controlling, haunted goodness that is the Chestnut Lodge.

Shining like a beacon in the cold, foggy night, this week the gals bring us haunted lighthouses, and are joined by our first ever Boo Buddy, Ryan Mogge! Melissa starts us off with St Augustine Light Station and it's trolley ride of death, paired with Golden Road's Point the Way IPA. Then Vanessa brings us the tale New London Lighthouse and it's forever keeper, Ernie, paired with Dogfish Head's Flesh & Blood IPA. Who will win in the battle of dead children vs a cuckolded husband? Either way, we'll leave the light on for you... listen and find out!

Bend over and spread 'em as we check for contraband from this week's episode, haunted prisons! Vanessa kicks things off with California's infamous island, Alcatraz, and the banjo playing ghost of Al Capone paired with Speakeasy's Payback Porter. Then Melissa takes us down under with Australia's oldest and creepiest prison, Adelaide Gaol, paired with the DELICIOUS Founder's Backwood's Bastard. It's America's worst mobsters against an entire continent of kangaroo punching derelicts! Who will win? Listen and find out!

Personal hauntings, from our homes to yours! In this, our first Ghost Nugget, the whole team shares some of their first hand experiences, including tidbits about how our podcasting location has some ghostie goodness baked right in! Also, Melissa and Vanessa finally let Engineer Bob tell a story. Turns out... he doesn't suck at it!

We'd like to thank the Academy for episode 7, Haunted Hollywood. This week, the ladies regale us with tales of Hollywood's golden age of ghosts in celebration of the Academy Awards. Melissa informs us about Universal Studios stage 28, The Phantom Stage, paired Clown Shoes' Undead Party Crasher. Vanessa brings us the tale of Paramount Studios, complete with ghost dog and a dead child star, paired with Smog City Brewing Co's California Love. Who will win the battle for Hollywood supremacy? Listen and find out!

Make room in your dungeon, because this week the ladies are bringing us haunted castles! Vanessa brings us the story of Chillingham Castle and its history of torture-y goodness, paired with Coniston Brewing Co's Bluebird Bitter. Melissa tells the tale of Houska Castle, a LITERAL portal to hell, paired with the French blonde Belzebuth. Who will win the battle of hell on Earth or literal hell? Listen and find out!

In our first Beer Nugget episode, we take a class field trip down to Torrance for Phantom Carriage Brewery, Smog City Brewing Company, and Monkish Brewing Co. Melissa, Vanessa and Engineer Bob give us their honest (and somewhat drunken) opinions on the vibe and offerings of these three beer houses. They also argue about how they got to the breweries. Spoiler alert... Melissa is right and Vanessa is drunk. Cheers!

Please make sure your lap bar is securely fastened as we get into haunted amusement parks this week! Melissa tells us about Shawnee Amusement Park, which is built on an Indian burial ground and has some light child murder (a standard of BnB), paired with Stone Brewing's IPA. Vanessa takes us over to jolly old England for the tale of Thorpe Park and their headless monk, paired with a Belg-ish brew, St. Bernardus Abt 12. Will dead children or a ghostly Christian win this week? Listen and find out!

Get out your angsty attitude and your flip flops, 'cause this week we're doing haunted colleges! It's a good week for ghosts, but not a good week for beers, as Vanessa tells the tale of Ohio University / The Athens Lunatic Asylum, paired with Angry Orchard's apple cider. Melissa takes it back to her mid-western roots with Marquette University (which has some personal Quinn family tie-ins), paired with the one and only... the champagne of beers... Miller High Life. Who's ghost story is better (because no one is winning from those beer options)? Listen and find out!

This week the GhostGals bring us ghostly campfire stories! Melissa kicks things off the with legend of La Llorona (the weeping woman for those non-Spanish speakers)complete with authentic wail, paired with High Water Brewing's Campfire Stout. Vanessa shares knowledge of the Aokigahara (or Japan's Haunted Suicide Forest of Death, if you prefer), paired with her own take on a Japanese beer suicide of Asahi, Sapporo, and Ichiban. Who will win this week's campfire ghost story? Listen and find out!

This week is all about haunted hotels, where you check in but you might never check out... Vanessa brings the hilarious tale of murdered children from the International Dunes Hotel paired with Uinta Brewing's Baba Black Lager. Melissa tells the group about the various "forever guests" (including the Black Dahlia) at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel paired with AleSmith Brewing Company's My Bloody Valentine Ale. Who will win this "Sleepover Edition" of the podcast? Listen and find out!

Our inaugural episode! Melissa tells the story of her (and Engineer Bob) personal ghost experience at Whaley House in San Diego, CA paired with Modern Times' Black House Stout. Vanessa shares a personal story from the Catoctin Furnace and peppers in some fun Gettysburg haunted facts, paired with Victory Brewing Company's Prima Pils. Who will win the podcast? Listen and find out!