The Haunted Tourist

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Javier Leiva

True Crime, Society & Culture, Technology

4.7 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

It’s Day 2 of my Halloween Marathon, and today we’re diving into The Haunted Tourist. I’m joined by Brandon Schexnayder, host of Southern Gothic and Fear Daily—two shows that live and breathe ghost stories. Together, we pull back the curtain on haunted tourism: the ghost tours, the myths, and the money that fuels them. From fake cemeteries built for tourists to real tragedies twisted into folklore, Brandon and I explore what’s real, what’s exaggerated, and why we want to believe. If you love a good ghost story—but also like to know what’s behind it—this one’s for you. Southern Gothic: https://open.spotify.com/show/6s2eCUQgs76SLGEwiBwYOn?si=b9edd693f49b4e41 Fear Daily: https://open.spotify.com/show/5RrG0f6Yd7WNqSmuebfRMJ?si=d99660cd2e8c4a42 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	True Story Media
0:07.0	Sean has had some good ideas over the years,
0:12.0	but using Canva was a really good one.
0:16.0	Sean designed some social posts to promote his friend's car boot sale. They looked good. Really, really good.
0:25.5	Next thing he knows, someone came and bought the loft, including the car. Now Sean doesn't know how he's
0:33.4	going to get home. Thanks, Canva.
0:38.9	Hey guys.
0:44.0	If you're listening on Spotify and you're looking for my cracks in the fandom series,
0:45.2	it's gone.
0:50.6	Megan Walsh reported my podcast for copyright infringement amongst other things,
0:57.7	saying that she revoked her consent to being on the podcast after she signed a consent form that gave me the rights to air the interview just because she didn't like the way it turned
1:03.4	out well because of that we're missing four episodes from my feet on Spotify but rest assured
1:09.1	those episodes exist on Apple Podcasts, on YouTube,
1:13.5	basically on every podcast app except for Spotify and Patreon.
1:19.0	So we're going to continue day two of my Halloween marathon.
1:22.6	And today we're going to replay one of my favorite Halloween pretend episodes called The Haunted
1:28.8	Tourist.
1:29.8	It's with my friend Brandon Sheck Schneider.
1:32.2	He's the host of Southern Gothic and the Fear Daily podcast.
1:35.4	Two shows that live and breathe ghost stories.
1:38.0	So if you love ghost stories, this is going to be a great episode because we are going to
1:42.0	pull back the curtain on some of these famous ghost
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