The Eerie Echoes of Preston Castle, Part One | Grave Talks CLASSIC
The Grave Talks | Haunted, Paranormal & Supernatural
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🗓️ 20 October 2025
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
In the quiet town of Ione, California, a fortress of red stone looms over the landscape — a place where hope once turned into horror. Preston Castle, opened in 1894 as a reformatory for troubled youth, quickly gained a darker reputation. Behind its towering walls, countless young men endured harsh punishment, despair, and untimely deaths. Today, it stands as one of the most haunted locations on the West Coast.
From slamming doors and ghostly voices to sightings of shadowy figures pacing the cellblock halls, Preston Castle’s tragic history has left a permanent spiritual scar. With Melissa Zelico, team leader of Preston Castle Paranormal, we uncover the chilling stories that echo through its corridors — stories of former wards, caretakers, and spirits who refuse to move on.
Step inside the castle that was meant to reform lives… but may have trapped souls instead.
For more information, visit their website at prestoncastle.org.
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| 0:00.0 | Today on The Grave Talks, the eerie echoes of Preston Castle, a conversation with Melissa |
| 0:06.8 | Zellico. |
| 0:16.4 | In the heart of California, sits a towering relic of the past. |
| 0:21.0 | Preston Castle, once a place meant to reform troubled youth, but now is known for something |
| 0:26.2 | much darker. |
| 0:27.9 | Since its opening in 1894, the halls of Preston Castle have witnessed discipline, death, |
| 0:33.3 | and despair. |
| 0:34.9 | Haunted by the restless spirits of former wards and staff, this eerie structure |
| 0:39.8 | has become a hotspot for ghostly activity. From slamming doors to disembodied voices, Preston |
| 0:46.5 | Castle has more than its fair share of chilling stories. On this episode of The Grave Talks, |
| 0:53.2 | we dive into the haunted history of Preston Castle with Melissa Zellicoe, team leader with Preston Castle paranormal, and we'll uncover eerie echoes that still resonate through its haunted halls. |
| 1:07.2 | Thank you so much for talking with me today about the Preston Castle. And when I first saw |
| 1:13.9 | the picture of the castle, it kind of took my breath away. Now, I just saw it with a picture. |
| 1:20.9 | I've never actually seen it. But you live, you know, out in that area since you were a child. |
| 1:26.5 | What was it like the first time you saw it? |
| 1:29.3 | I remember driving by and my mom, she didn't tell me anything other than that's where the bad |
| 1:33.4 | children were sent. So, and we should drive by to every day on the way to school, on a school |
| 1:38.9 | bus, excuse the bird. And, you know, and I always wondered who lived in the castle, what it looked like inside, you know, was it really bad kids? She didn't tell me it was boys, but she just said bad kids. Maybe to keep me in line or something, she didn't get me there. |
| 1:54.7 | What kind of does feel a little threatening? Because it's like, then if I'm bad mom, are you going to put me in that creepy looking castle? |
| 2:01.6 | Yeah, she sits right on top of a hill. |
| 2:03.7 | You know, you can see her as you're pulling into town. |
| 2:06.2 | And she sits right above the town. |
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