Try to Survive a Haunted House: Our Overnight Ghost Hunt at Franklin Castle

What happens when a book podcast host, a paranormal expert and a cameraman walk into one of America's most haunted destinations? Hopefully, they make it out.

For the first time in Book Lounge by Libby history, Joe Skelley is leaving the comforts of the lounge behind for an overnight ghost hunt at Franklin Castle, one of the most notoriously haunted places in the United States! Joined by Christine Schiefer, former co-host of And That's Why We Drink, and Joe's partner Matt behind the camera, this spooky sleepover involves a historic castle, paranormal investigations and the question nobody wants to ask in the middle of the night: WHAT WAS THAT?!

We're getting into the history, the hauntings and what it's actually like to spend the night investigating a place with a seriously creepy reputation. Will we encounter something supernatural? Will Joe ever recover emotionally? Will Matt capture anything terrifying on camera?

Grab your flashlight, check the locks and join us for an overnight ghost hunt that takes Book Lounge by Libby somewhere we've never gone before. It's a little paranormal investigation, a little haunted-house horror and a whole lot of spooky-season chaos.

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Happy reading... and maybe leave a light on. 👻

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Who’s in this episode:

Joe – Instagram

Christine Schiefer – Instagram

And That’s Why We Drink – Instagram

ParaPods Network – Instagram

Book recommendations:

The Haunting of Hill House – Shirley Jackson

We Have Always Lived in the Castle – Shirley Jackson

Hell House – Richard Matheson

The Shining – Stephen King

The Turn of the Screw – Henry James

Burnt Offerings – Robert Marasco

The House Next Door – Anne Rivers Siddons

A Haunting on the Hill – Elizabeth Hand

Play Nice – Rachel Harrison

Diavola – Jennifer Throne

The Handyman Method – Nick Cutter and Andrew F. Sullivan

Something in the Walls – Daisy Pearce

The September House – Carissa Orlando

A House With Good Bones – T. Kingfisher

We Used to Live Here – Marcus Kliewer

The Haunting of Ashburn House – Darcy Coates

Wylding Hall – Elizabeth Hand

Episode Thirteen – Craig DiLouie

The House in the Pines – Ana Reyes

Incidents Around the House – Josh Malerman

Mazywood – Tananarive Due

Newbourne Park – Jennifer Thorne

The House Built on Alligator Bones – Sophia Honeycutt

The House That Eats the Dead – Max Doty

The Cracks – TH Huddleston

Film recommendations:

Sinister

House on Haunted Hill

Good Boy

The Messengers

The Inkeepers

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Time stamps: 00:00:00 Title 00:00:27 Introduction 00:02:29 The History of Franklin Castle 00:07:08 The Ghosts of Franklin Castle 00:09:28 Tour of Franklin Castle 00:11:08 Haunted House Reading & Film Recs 00:14:15 Welcome to Christine Schiefer 00:16:37 Setting up our equipment & starting the hunt! 01:11:33 Static footage and EVP review 01:32:32 Outro

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