409: HULL HOUSE ~vs~ JOSHUA WARD HOUSE (America’s Most Haunted)

Guide to the Unknown

Kristen Anderson and William Rogers

Tv & Film, Arts, Comedy

4.7 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2025

⏱️ 76 minutes

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We’re pitting haunted houses against each other! Which is the most haunted? HULL HOUSE with its DEMON BABY? Or JUSHUA WARD HOUSE with its SALEM WITCH TRIAL GHOSTS? There can on be one MOST HAUNTED! Oh, and get tickets for ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠the NJ Horror Con⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ in Edison, NJ on September 27th and 28th to see Willy (AND KRISSY). And then be at Smodcastle Cinemas on the 28th at 3:00pm for The Devil & Daisy Dirt! [⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube Version⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠] [⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Sources & links⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠] [⁠More AMERICA'S MOST HAUNTED⁠] Get this episode AD-FREE on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, along with our exclusive podcast The Netherworld Dispatch! Listen on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, or wherever you get your podcasts. Watch on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bluesky⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. For more, cruise through our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LINKS⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Sources: https://www.cotality.com/insights/articles/13-stop-tour-most-haunted-us-places https://www.hullhousemuseum.org/hullhouse-blog/2022/9/14/findingfolklore https://www.hullhousemuseum.org/about-jane-addams https://homicide.northwestern.edu/database/618/ https://www.americanghostwalks.com/articles/the-devil-baby-and-jane-addams-history-hauntings-a https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1034660323219787&id=273564502662710&set=a.550163578336133 https://www.singularfortean.com/singularjournal/2018/9/25/the-joshua-ward-house-by-kayla-schroeder-kessler https://www.larkhotels.com/hotels/the-merchant-salem/about https://www.hauntedplaces.org/item/joshua-ward-house/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I think you did say it.
0:01.2	I did?
0:01.6	I think so.
0:02.2	Oh, well, who knows?
0:03.1	Yeah.
0:03.4	Who knows what I said?
0:04.5	I don't.
0:10.2	Hello, welcome to Guide to the Unknown.
0:12.5	I'm Kristen.
0:13.4	And I'm her little brother William.
0:15.2	And it is another most haunted versus most haunted Smackdown.
0:18.9	Oh my God.
0:20.1	Yep.
0:20.7	Crusher.
0:21.4	We're going to take two places in America that say that they are the most haunted place in America, or other people say it about them.
0:27.8	Yes.
0:28.4	And pit them against each other to see which actually, for this episode, is the most haunted.
0:34.1	There can only be one.
0:35.3	That's right.
0:36.0	If something's the most haunted, it's the most haunted. By definition. And everyone else is looking their boots. Uh-huh. So yeah, we'll see what we got. I'm going to be talking about Hull House. William, what are you talking about? I'm on the wrong page of my notes. Perfect. I'm going to be talking about the Joshua Ward House. Okay, cool. Yours already has a cooler name, Hull House. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's pretty sweet. Not just because it sounds like Hill House. Yeah. Shirley Jackson, but Hull. Yes. Hull, like the hull of a ship. It makes me think about mysteries lurking inside, demons, walking around. Totally. Spooking people, scaring people.
1:11.2	I'm not so sure it's haunted.
1:14.0	Yeah, I know.
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