The Ghost Collector

Three strange encounters. Three moments that refuse to fade. A child wakes to find a silent woman standing at the foot of his bed on old Gold Rush property near Columbia, California. A solo backpacker, days into the...

Ghosts of the Arizona Desert This week, The Ghost Collector heads into the strange, lonely landscape around Quartzsite, Arizona. In The House in Quartzsite , I revisit an old home my grandparents owned in the desert—a...

Three unsettling encounters with presences that could be heard, sensed, and even smelled—but never fully explained. In “The Crying Beyond the Mine,” two friends travel into a remote mountain mining camp to test a...

Sometimes the safest place to hide is the last place you want to be found. In “The Hiding Place,” a childhood game of hide-and-seek takes a terrifying turn when a young boy crawls beneath a stranger’s bed, falls asleep...

In this episode of The Ghost Collector , two unsettling encounters leave behind questions that are difficult to explain. First, in The Mortuary Coin , a young boy is left waiting alone after dark in a quiet 1970s...

Three strange stories. Three different kinds of haunting. In Episode 1.11 of The Ghost Collector , I return to a house where the unexplained seemed determined to make itself heard in The House That Kept Calling . Then...

A father and son bring home a pristine coyote skull they find beneath an old oak tree in California’s foothills. Soon after, disturbing dreams begin—dreams of the skull floating through darkness, moving closer, and...

In this episode of The Ghost Collector, strange things are left behind — a red nail and a feather outside an apartment door, a voice in an empty thrift store, an old robot in a child’s toy box, and a witch poem that...

In this episode of The Ghost Collector, three unsettling stories begin with something appearing where it should not be.First, Sherman shares the memory of a clear mountain swimming hole, a deep pool beneath a waterfall...

In this episode of The Ghost Collector , a haunted music store may have sent something home with a guitar player, leaving behind strange lights, unexplained movement, and a lingering presence tied to an old downtown...

A strange figure at Eagle Lake. Gray shapes watching from the corners of a childhood friend’s house. An abandoned houseboat that felt anything but empty. In this episode of The Ghost Collector , three true stories...

In this episode of The Ghost Collector , four strange stories move through haunted houses, lonely highways, childhood warnings, and one final impossible smile. First, a Seattle Victorian becomes the setting for a night...

In this episode of The Ghost Collector , three strange stories blur the line between haunting, coincidence, and folklore. First, a young woman buys her first home in the early 1990s, only to discover that the previous...

In The Truck on the Shoulder , Damien shares the story of an old Chevy parked along a country road — and a man inside who may not have belonged there at all. Then, in Screams in the Hallway , John recalls a terrifying...

Three strange stories from the edges of ordinary life. First, a fishing trip along the Klamath River turns unsettling when something impossible appears on the far bank — something that seems to bend distance, direction...