The Eerie Echoes of Preston Castle, Part Two | Grave Talks CLASSIC
The Grave Talks | Haunted, Paranormal & Supernatural
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🗓️ 20 October 2025
⏱️ 25 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. This is Part Two of our conversation.
For more information, visit their website at prestoncastle.org.
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| 0:00.0 | Today on the Grave Talks, we continue our conversation with Melissa Zellico about the eerie echoes of |
| 0:07.3 | Preston Castle. And they've been doing the paranormal investigations for quite a while, haven't they? |
| 0:13.9 | I believe in the past they used to do overnight. Now we end them at 2 a.m., but they used to allow people to stay overnight stuff. And since, you know, now we know, now, now we end them at 2 a.m., but they used to allow people to stay overnight and |
| 0:22.6 | since, you know, now we know better, you know, the safety and all the other stuff and the fire |
| 0:27.4 | codes and all that other stuff so people aren't allowed to stay overnight anymore, but, you know, |
| 0:31.9 | in the beginning they did, I believe. Now, I was reading that about, and who knows, and maybe through some of your investigations, |
| 0:41.0 | you've kind of gotten an idea who might be there. |
| 0:45.2 | But there was a housekeeper who died that I was reading about it. |
| 0:50.3 | Anna Corbyn's not there. |
| 0:52.3 | Anna Corbyn, she was very much loved. She was well loved by the boys.bin's not there. Anna Corbin, she was very much loved. |
| 0:55.1 | She was well loved by the boys. |
| 0:57.5 | She's not there. |
| 0:59.8 | Not at all. |
| 1:00.9 | She didn't live. |
| 1:01.9 | It's a common misconception that she lived in the castle. |
| 1:05.0 | She had her own room. |
| 1:05.8 | She had a family. |
| 1:07.2 | She had a husband. |
| 1:08.5 | She had children. |
| 1:09.9 | She's not there. |
| 1:15.0 | There were other housekeeper. |
| 1:22.0 | There was another one before her that was also, she was bludgeoned by the boys. And now, |
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