Try to Survive a Haunted House: Our Overnight Ghost Hunt at Franklin Castle | Book Lounge by Libby Season 4

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. 👻 

Check out our video with Christine over on the ParaPods Network: https://www.youtube.com/@ATWWDPodcast

Who’s in this episode: 

• Joe – Instagram
• Christine Schiefer – Instagram
• And That’s Why We Drink – Instagram
• ParaPods Network – Instagram 

Book recommendations:

Name: 

• 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
• 1408

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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