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Citegeist

De: Joshua Spellman
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Citegeist isn’t your typical paranormal podcast. Every episode, we dig into ghost stories, historic true crimes, folklore, and legends — all through a critical, archival lens.

Here, we put the “ahh!” in bibliography and look for the truth behind our favorite tall tales. Each episode begins with a story as it’s usually told and then we head to the archives and have a ghoulish gossip sesh where we examine historic and archival resources to learn what really happened and read first hand encounters of ghosts, goblins, and ghouls.

We cover everything from local legends, historic true crimes, cryptids, aliens, and anything out of the ordinary — if it’s weird and you want it? We’ve got it covered!

Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts… and let’s get spooky.

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  • The Princess & the Plantation: Anna Madgigine Jai and the Ghosts of Kingsley Plantation

    The Princess & the Plantation: Anna Madgigine Jai and the Ghosts of Kingsley Plantation
    Jan 21 2026
    Kingsley Plantation is often remembered for its hauntings, but the person most often reduced to legend is the woman who ran it. In this episode, we learn about Anna Kingsley (born Anta Madjiguène Ndiaye, also known as Anna Kingsley, Anta Majigeen Njaay or Anna Madgigine Jai,): a West African princess who was enslaved as a child and later became a plantation matriarch, landowner, and one of the most powerful free Black women in Florida before the Civil War.By tracing Anta’s life alongside the ghost stories tied to Kingsley Plantation in Jacksonville, Florida, this episode explores how history, race, and folklore become entangled...and how racial attitudes determine what stories are preserved and what shape they take.https://citegeistpod.com/Have a ghost story you want to share? Leave a voice note or send an en email at https://citegeistpod.com/contact Podcast Instagram: http://instagram.com/citegeistpod Personal Instagram: http://instagram.com/joshua.spellmanChannel illustration by GiAnna Ligammari: https://virtualgia.com/GiAnna's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/virtualgia.zipRoyalty Free Music: "Behind the Veil" by 8er41 Underwater sounds - loopable by carmsie -- https://freesound.org/s/329915/ -- License: Attribution 3.0SOURCES“1860 United States Federal Census - AncestryLibrary.Com.” n.d. Accessed January 3, 2026. https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/search/collections/7667/records/7331642.“AncestryLibrary.Com - Florida, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1810-1974.” n.d. Accessed January 12, 2021. https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/imageviewer/collections/8993/images/005886187_00016?usePUB=true&_phsrc=eBA241&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&pId=120668.“Anna and Zephaniah Kingsley.” 2018. Celebrating Our History, September 22. https://uncoveringjax.wordpress.com/anna-and-zephaniah-kingsley/.“Anna Kingsley: A Free Woman.” n.d. OAH Magazine of History, 3.“Anna Madgigine Jai Kingsley - Division of Historical Resources - Florida Department of State.” n.d. Accessed January 3, 2026. https://dos.fl.gov/historical/museums/historical-museums/united-connections/women-in-history/anna-madgigine-jai-kingsley/.“Anna Madgigine Jai Kingsley (1793-1870) - Find a...” n.d. Accessed January 3, 2026. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7698327/anna_madgigine_jai-kingsley.“Black History Month: The Ghosts of Kingsley Plantation.” 2011. Haunt Jaunts, February 25. https://www.hauntjaunts.net/black-history-month-the-ghosts-of-kingsley-plantation/.Card, Michael. n.d. “Guest Column: The Amazing Inter-Racial Story of Anna and Zephaniah Kingsley.” The Palm Beach Post. Accessed January 11, 2021. https://www.palmbeachpost.com/opinion/20191103/guest-column-amazing-inter-racial-story-of-anna-and-zephaniah-kingsley.Groove, Buddha. 2019. “The Spiritual Significance of Peacocks.” Balance, November 29. https://blog.buddhagroove.com/the-spiritual-significance-of-peacocks/.Jacksonville, Mailing Address: 12713 Fort Caroline Road, and FL 32225 Phone: 904-641-7155 Contact Us. n.d. “Anna Kingsley: A Free Woman - Timucuan Ecological & Historic Preserve (U.S. National Park Service).” Accessed January 11, 2021. https://www.nps.gov/timu/learn/historyculture/kp_anna_freewoman.htm.Jaxson, The. n.d. “Old Red Eyes And The Ghosts Of Kingsley Plantation.” Accessed January 9, 2021. https://www.thejaxsonmag.com/article/old-red-eyes-and-the-ghosts-of-kingsley-plantation/.leral, La rédaction de. n.d. “ANNA KINGSLEY... ou ANTA MADGIGIN NJAÏ - ANTA MADJIGUENE NDIAYE.” Leral.net - S’informer en temps réel. Accessed January 11, 2021. https://www.leral.net/ANNA-KINGSLEY-ou-ANTA-MADGIGIN-NJAI-ANTA-MADJIGUENE-NDIAYE_a263761.html.Schafer, Daniel L. 2018. Anna Madgigine Jai Kingsley: African Princess, Florida Slave, Plantation Slaveowner (Revised and Expanded Edition). University Press of Florida.Soergel, Matt. n.d. “For UNF’s Dan Schafer, Local History Is Life’s Work.” The Florida Times-Union. Accessed January 4, 2026. https://www.jacksonville.com/story/news/2018/05/16/for-unfs-dan-schafer-local-history-is-lifes-work/12218949007/.The History Guy: History Deserves to Be Remembered, dir. 2024. Anna Kingsley. 16:35. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTKmew88jSg.“Weird Florida.” n.d. Accessed January 10, 2021. http://www.weirdus.com/states/florida/road_less_traveled/old_red_eyes/index.php.Wikipedia. 2020. “Kingsley Plantation.” June 29. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kingsley_Plantation&oldid=965199923.Wikipedia. 2021. “Zephaniah Kingsley.” January 7. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Zephaniah_Kingsley&oldid=998872813.
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  • The Crescent Hotel: America’s Most Haunted Hotel — The “Castle in the Air”

    The Crescent Hotel: America’s Most Haunted Hotel — The “Castle in the Air”
    Jan 7 2026
    Perched high above Eureka Springs, Arkansas, the Crescent Hotel is marketed as America’s "most haunted hotel". Ghost tours tell of restless spirits, wandering patients, and a mad doctor who tortured patients. But before the Crescent became a haunted hotel, it was a luxury resort, a women’s college, and later, the setting for one of the most disturbing medical frauds of the twentieth century.https://citegeistpod.com/Have a ghost story you want to share? Leave a voice note or send an en email at https://citegeistpod.com/contact Podcast Instagram: http://instagram.com/citegeistpod Personal Instagram: http://instagram.com/joshua.spellmanChannel illustration by GiAnna Ligammari: https://virtualgia.com/ https://www.instagram.com/virtualgia.zipRoyalty Free Music: "Behind the Veil" by 8er41 Underwater sounds - loopable by carmsie -- https://freesound.org/s/329915/ -- License: Attribution 3.0SOURCES:“1881 Scotland Census - AncestryLibrary.Com.” n.d. Accessed December 23, 2025. https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/search/collections/1119/records/3140305?tid=15263771&pid=252477880169&ssrc=pt&_gl=1*6566rs*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTU4MDMxOTUzNC4xNzY2NDk2MDgy*_ga_4QT8FMEX30*czk4NzQzODIxLWFhMzMtNDI4NC04MjFiLTNlZjI1YzRkNTY4YSRvMSRnMSR0MTc2NjQ5NjEwNiRqMzYkbDAkaDA.*_ga_LMK6K2LSJH*czk4NzQzODIxLWFhMzMtNDI4NC04MjFiLTNlZjI1YzRkNTY4YSRvMSRnMSR0MTc2NjQ5NjEwNiRqMzYkbDAkaDA.1886 Crescent Hotel, dir. 2017. Fountain Garden Wedding Crescent Hotel. 00:20. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCFNUpUU1MY.1886 Crescent Hotel, dir. 2018. Crescent Hotel Garden Wedding. 01:15. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=En9U-E4uUUw.“1910 United States Federal Census - AncestryLibrary.Com.” n.d. Accessed December 29, 2025. https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/search/collections/7884/records/409559?_gl=1*fn84i2*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTcwMzAyMTg5OC4xNzY3MDYzNDAy*_ga_LMK6K2LSJH*czc1MjY5MDlmLTRiNTItNDMzYy1iNGQ3LWUwMGZhOGM4NjQ3OCRvMSRnMCR0MTc2NzA2MzQwMiRqNjAkbDAkaDA.*_ga_4QT8FMEX30*czc1MjY5MDlmLTRiNTItNDMzYy1iNGQ3LWUwMGZhOGM4NjQ3OCRvMSRnMSR0MTc2NzA2MzQwMiRqNjAkbDAkaDA.“1920 United States Federal Census - AncestryLibrary.Com.” n.d. Accessed December 23, 2025. https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/search/collections/6061/records/1885872?_gl=1*1mu4pin*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTgzMTI4NzYyMC4xNzY2NTM5MDk4*_ga_4QT8FMEX30*czk4NzQzODIxLWFhMzMtNDI4NC04MjFiLTNlZjI1YzRkNTY4YSRvMSRnMSR0MTc2NjUzOTExMiRqNDUkbDAkaDA.*_ga_LMK6K2LSJH*czk4NzQzODIxLWFhMzMtNDI4NC04MjFiLTNlZjI1YzRkNTY4YSRvMSRnMCR0MTc2NjUzOTA5NyRqNjAkbDAkaDA.“1930 United States Federal Census - AncestryLibrary.Com.” n.d. Accessed December 23, 2025. https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/search/collections/6224/records/113734436?_gl=1*1rv081i*_up*MQ..*_ga*NzA4OTM1Mjk5LjE3NjY1Mzg4MzQ.*_ga_4QT8FMEX30*czk4NzQzODIxLWFhMzMtNDI4NC04MjFiLTNlZjI1YzRkNTY4YSRvMSRnMSR0MTc2NjUzODg0MyRqNTAkbDAkaDA.*_ga_LMK6K2LSJH*czk4NzQzODIxLWFhMzMtNDI4NC04MjFiLTNlZjI1YzRkNTY4YSRvMSRnMSR0MTc2NjUzODg0MyRqNTAkbDAkaDA.“Another ‘Layer’ of the 1886 Crescent Hotel’s Days as a Hospital Surfaces | Arkansas.Com.” n.d. Accessed December 21, 2025. https://www.arkansas.com/another-layer-1886-crescent-hotels-days-hospital-surfaces.“Arkansas, Death Certificates, 1914-1969 - AncestryLibrary.Com.” n.d. Accessed December 23, 2025. https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/search/collections/61777/records/290106?_gl=1*1thzb0w*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTgzMTI4NzYyMC4xNzY2NTM5MDk4*_ga_4QT8FMEX30*czk4NzQzODIxLWFhMzMtNDI4NC04MjFiLTNlZjI1YzRkNTY4YSRvMSRnMCR0MTc2NjUzOTA5NyRqNjAkbDAkaDA.*_ga_LMK6K2LSJH*czk4NzQzODIxLWFhMzMtNDI4NC04MjFiLTNlZjI1YzRkNTY4YSRvMSRnMCR0MTc2NjUzOTA5NyRqNjAkbDAkaDA.Arkansas Democrat (Little Rock, Arkansas). 1885. “Notice to Builders and Contractors.” May 7.Arkansas Gazette (Little Rock, Arkansas). 1918. “Breckenridge Thompson’s Obituary.” Obituary. January 24.Arkansas Gazette (Little Rock, Arkansas). 1939. “Baker Denies Ownership of Hospital.” November 23.“Colonel John Fremont Ellis (1856–1931).” n.d. Accessed December 23, 2025. https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/G63H-LXK/colonel-john-fremont-ellis-1856-1931.“Crescent College History Project.” n.d. Accessed December 26, 2025. https://www.facebook.com/crescentcollegehistory/.Daily Arkansas Gazette (Little Rock, Arkansas). 1886. “The Crescent Hotel.” May 21.Dallas Morning News (Dallas, Texas). 1910. “Crescent College for Young Women.” July 13.Encyclopedia of Arkansas. n.d. “Crescent College and Conservatory.” Accessed December 26, 2025. https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/crescent-college-and-conservatory-5618/.Fayetteville Weekly Democrat (Fayetteville, Arkansas). 1885. “Obituary R P Pulliam.” June 17.Garbeaux17. 2024. “Chased by a Ghost at the Crescent Hotel.” Reddit Post. R/ParanormalEncounters, September 10. https://www.reddit.com/r/ParanormalEncounters/comments/1fd5g3t/chased_by_a_ghost_at_the_crescent_hotel/.“George Leggett Booker.” n.d. Accessed December 23, 2025. https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/family-tree/person/tree/119137242/person/282131381203/facts?_gl=1*692znh*_up*MQ...
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  • The Boy Beneath the Ice: Holiday Haunts at Ricketts Glen State Park

    The Boy Beneath the Ice: Holiday Haunts at Ricketts Glen State Park
    Dec 23 2025
    Welcome to the Holiday Special! On today's episode we learn about the Christmas ghost story of Lake Jean at Ricketts Glen State Park. According to legend, a young boy testing out new skates fell through the ice, followed by his parents, all three perishing in the freezing water. Visitors still report seeing figures beneath the ice, strange lights on the lake, and whispers of strange voices in the wind. Who was this family? Did they exist? This episode seeks to find out, and along the way we learn about the Susquehannock people and the legend of the Ghost Tree.https://citegeistpod.com/ Have a ghost story you want to share? Leave a voice note or send an en email at https://citegeistpod.com/contact Podcast Instagram: http://instagram.com/citegeistpod Personal Instagram: http://instagram.com/joshua.spellman Channel illustration by GiAnna Ligammari: https://virtualgia.com/ https://www.instagram.com/virtualgia.zip Royalty Free Music: "Behind the Veil" by 8er41 Underwater sounds - loopable by carmsie -- https://freesound.org/s/329915/ -- License: Attribution 3.0Sources:“1870 United States Federal Census - AncestryLibrary.Com.” n.d. Accessed December 11, 2025. https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/search/collections/7163/records/10181324?tid=&pid=&queryId=3c73f99f-67b4-4fda-a69f-043fc6282ef3&_phsrc=YQL294&_phstart=successSource&_gl=1*610ph1*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTc0MDQ4MzkzNi4xNzY1NTAzMTY2*_ga_4QT8FMEX30*czYyMzU5OTRjLTkxZjktNDY0Ny1hMmZmLTVmZmFjMmJiMDg0MCRvMSRnMSR0MTc2NTUwMzE2NSRqNjAkbDAkaDA.*_ga_LMK6K2LSJH*czYyMzU5OTRjLTkxZjktNDY0Ny1hMmZmLTVmZmFjMmJiMDg0MCRvMSRnMCR0MTc2NTUwMzE2NSRqNjAkbDAkaDA.Bucior, Christine. 2019. “Ghosts and the Imagined Past.” Dissertation, Pennsylvania State University.Frazier, Jeffrey R. 2011. Ghosts of Penn’s Woods. Egg Hill Publications.Frazier, Jeffrey R. 2016. Pennsylvania Fireside Ghost Tales: Ghost Tales and Haunted Places Found in the Pennsylvania Mountains. Egg Hill Publications.“History Buffs Visit ‘Ghost Town’ of Ricketts, Where Lumbermen Used to Toil | Times Leader.” n.d. Accessed December 4, 2025. https://www.timesleader.com/features/656707/history-buffs-visit-ghost-town-of-ricketts-where-lumbermen-used-to-toil.“History of Ricketts Glen State Park.” n.d. Accessed December 5, 2025. https://www.pa.gov/agencies/dcnr/recreation/where-to-go/state-parks/find-a-park/ricketts-glen-state-park/history.Ieraci, Ron. 2011. “Ricketts Glen State Park.” Pennsylvania Haunts & History, January 30. https://hauntsandhistory.blogspot.com/2011/01/ricketts-glen-state-park.html.Lancaster Examiner and Herald (Lancaster, PA). 1849. “Fatal Occurence.” August 22.Petrillo, F. Charles. 1991. Ghost Towns of North Mountain: Ricketts, Mountain Springs, and Stull. Wyoming Historical and Geological Society. https://harveyslake.org/gtnm/gtnm_complete.pdf.Public Ledger and Daily Transcript (Philadelphia, PA). 1850a. “An Afflictive Event - Three Young Ladies Drowned.” January 23.Public Ledger and Daily Transcript (Philadelphia, PA). 1850b. “The Drowned Boys.” July 9.“Ricketts Glen State Park - Wikipedia.” n.d. Accessed December 4, 2025. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricketts_Glen_State_Park.Stevens, Ryan. n.d. “The First Annual Skate Guard Hallowe’en Spooktacular.” Skate Guard Blog. Accessed December 4, 2025. https://www.skateguardblog.com/2013/08/paranormal-skatetivity-from-haunted.html.Susquehanna National Heritage Area, dir. 2023. Native Peoples’ Stories: The Conestoga-Susquehannock. 04:01. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNrogNnyruI.“Susquehannock | Culture, History, & Facts | Britannica.” n.d. Accessed December 11, 2025. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Susquehannock.The Ghost Tree. n.d.The Scranton Truth (Scranton, PA). 1904. “Drowned in Sight of Her Brother: Sad Accident at Mud Pond.” August 1.The Tribune-Republican. 1914. “Mud Pond Death Due to Exposure.” December 31.The Village Record (West Chester, PA). 1891. “A Boy Drowned.” January 4.Village Record and Register & Examiner. 1856. “Tongue Frozen Fast.” February 5.Walker, T. n.d. “Ricketts Glen State Park.” State Parks. Accessed December 5, 2025. https://stateparks.com/ricketts_glen_state_park_in_pennsylvania.html.Wikipedia. 2025. “Lake Jean.” November 10. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lake_Jean&oldid=1321359934.Wilkes-Barre Daily News. 1902a. “His Last Turkey Dinner.” December 28.Wilkes-Barre Daily News. 1902b. December 28.Wilkes-Barre Semi-Weekly Record (Wilkes-Barre, PA). 1905a. “A Mysterious Drowning.” August 29.Wilkes-Barre Semi-Weekly Record (Wilkes-Barre, PA). 1905b. “In Male Attire: Police Arrest a Woman Who Was Dressed in Men’s Clothing.” November 3.Wilkes-Barre Semi-Weekly Record (Wilkes-Barre, PA). 1905c. “Mud Pond Case: Georgi and Kensey Have Been Committed to Jail.” November 3.Wilkes-Barre Times Leader, the Evening News (Wilkes-Barre, PA). 1911. “Body on Mountain Not Identified: Grass and Bushes Grew on Decapitated Man’s Body.” July 17.N.d.
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I found this a few days ago. I leave reviews on all the podcasts I like, but I truly love this one!! Josh really delves deep into the actual history of these stories and its great to hear the the horror stories then the truth behind it. listening to Josh talk about thr story "queer ghosts" with such emotion made me tear up. my favorite episode is thr lady in the glass!! thank you Josh, keep up the good work!

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This podcast is so good! Just like listening to a friend talk, which I thoroughly enjoy. I'm following!

I really enjoyed the Kate Morgan episode!

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