39: Hauntings, Conspiracies, and Writing True Crime with Richard Estep

Ghost Bunny

Bridget Marquardt & Audioboom Studios

True Crime, Society & Culture

4.8 • 609 Ratings

🗓️ 15 July 2025

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

On this weeks episode Bridget is joined by author Richard Estep. Richard has written over 30 books on topics ranging from ghosts/hauntings, to cryptids/UFOs, to military history, and of course true crime. Along with being an author, Richard has worked on several TV shows over the years, including "Paranormal 911" and "Haunted Hospitals". He and Bridget discuss his career, the locations he has written about, and so much more. From the Denver Airport, to the Tower of London, and even Richard's childhood home, the weird and paranormal are always lurking.

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0:00.0	Welcome back to the Ghost Bunny podcast. I'm your host, Bridget Markort, with a brand new episode for you guys.
0:23.5	My guest today is Richard Esteb.
0:25.6	Richard Estep is the author of more than 30 books in genres ranging from ghosts and hauntings to cryptids and UFOs to military history and true crime.
0:34.3	He is a series regular on the TV show's paranormal 9--1-1, Haunted Hospitals, Paranormal Night Shift,
0:40.5	and Haunted Case Files.
0:42.1	Richard has guested on the show's Destination Fear and A-Hawainting.
0:46.0	The Hulu Ducasaries, The Fox Hollow Murders, is partially based on his book,
0:50.4	The Horrors of Fox Hollow Farm.
0:52.1	He is a regular columnist for Haunted Magazine and regular presents at conferences and
0:56.8	public events across the United States and in the UK.
0:59.7	English by birth, Richard lives in the adopted Colorado where he serves as a 911 paramedic.
1:04.7	In his free time, he can usually be found reading, writing, or fussing with his dog.
1:09.0	Visit him at richardesstep.net.
1:11.9	And I'm so excited to have him on the podcast today.
1:14.4	Richard, thank you so much for doing the show today.
1:16.9	Hi, Bridget. It's a pleasure to be back.
1:19.0	Yes. So you are actually the first one I'm recording in this new little setup I have here.
1:24.7	I like it. Very ghosty from what I can see and lots of books in the background.
1:29.1	There are lots of books and those are all real books, but I always have to bring a ghost with me everywhere I go because it wouldn't be a paranormal podcast if we didn't have a ghost on it, right? Absolutely not. And he looks quite happy too, or she, can't tell which, but yeah, happy-looking ghost. It's a happy ghost.
1:24.5	I only surround myself with happy ghosts.
1:27.7	Oh, and I wanted to show you too.
1:29.1	Did you see the... can't tell which but yeah happy looking ghost it's a happy ghost i only surround myself with happy ghosts
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