The “Boo Curious” Guide to the Bay Area’s Creepiest Places

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🗓️ 27 October 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

A black Victorian that once housed a Satanic church in San Francisco. The legend of star-crossed young lovers, murdered long ago in what is now Hayward. And of course, San Jose’s enigmatic Winchester Mystery House. The Bay Area is steeped in eerie legends and locations, and KQED’s Bay Curious podcast is exploring them in a special new series entitled “Boo Curious”. We’ll talk to host Olivia Allen-Price and reporter Carly Severn about the creepy local history and spooky stories their team has uncovered. What’s a location that makes your hair stand on end? Guests: Olivia Allen-Price, host, KQED's Bay Curious - a podcast that investigates questions asked by local residents about things both profound and peculiar that make the Bay Area unique. Carly Severn, senior editor of audience news, KQED Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:50.2	It's spooky season out there, as the mummies and skeletons dotting front yards can attest.
0:55.9	So with some help from our friends at the amazing KQED podcast, Bay Curious,
1:00.7	we're going to take a tour of some of the Bay Area's most infamous locations.
1:05.1	From San Jose's Winchester House, up to the old Victorian house that was literally painted black by the founder of the Church
1:11.9	of Satan. We'll hear from Bay Curious host Olivia Allen Price and KQED All-Star Carly Severn
1:17.7	about the creepiest local history they could find. And of course, it wouldn't be form
1:22.4	if we didn't dig a little deeper into the why, the spooky and the ghostly retain our fascination. That's all coming up next
1:29.3	after this news. Welcome to Forum. I'm Alexis Madrigal. You know, sometimes a team here at KQED
1:41.2	just does something so fun and interesting and delightful that we
1:45.0	have to share it with you. And that's what we have here this morning in the form of the Bay Curious
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