Chambers of the Occult

About Chambers of the Occult

Chambers of the Occult is a paranormal and true crime podcast hosted by J, a real-life tour guide at the Winchester Mystery House. Each episode explores chilling hauntings, unsolved crimes, strange legends, and eerie historical oddities, featuring a rotating cast of guests including current and former haunted-house tour guides, creatives, and paranormal enthusiasts. Blending firsthand experience, dark humor, and curiosity, the show offers a fresh perspective from people who live and work around the uncanny. If you’re into ghost stories, true crime, and a little chaotic fun, step into the dark. In Chambers of the Occult, nothing is ever as it seems… and the ghosts? They’re very real.

Publisher

J

Category

comedy · history · true crime

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

26 Jan 2024

Latest episode

29 Jun 2026

Latest episodes

70 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   29 Jun 2026

   EP #44 Knocks, Lies, and the Birth of Modern Spiritualism: The Fox Sisters

   Send us Fan Mail J and Ysa explore the strange and complicated story of the Fox Sisters, whose mysterious farmhouse knocks helped launch Modern Spiritualism in 1848. What began as a frightening nighttime disturbance soon grew into an alleged murder mystery, crowded séances, public investigations, accusations of fraud, and a movement that offered comfort to grieving families across the country. But behind the fame were invasive examinations, childhood exploitation, addiction, fractured relatio...

2. 

   31 Mar 2026

   EP# 43 Karen Silkwood: The Plutonium Whistleblower Cover-Up

   Send us Fan Mail What really happened to Karen Silkwood and was her death truly an accident? In this episode of Chambers of the Occult, J is joined by special guest River to investigate the mysterious and controversial case of Karen Silkwood, a nuclear plant worker and whistleblower whose story shocked the nation. Set in 1974 Oklahoma, this true crime case dives deep into allegations of nuclear safety violations, corporate negligence, and a potential cover-up involving one of the most dangero...

3. 

   13 Mar 2026

   EP# 42 Friday the 13th: Tour Guide Insider Stories from the Winchester Mystery House

   Send a text What is it actually like to work inside the Winchester Mystery House? For this Friday the 13th episode of Chambers of the Occult, I'm joined by two former tour guides, Isabel and Katy. We set up around a fire pit and started talking about some of the weird and unexplained things we have experienced while working inside the Winchester Mystery House. When you work in the house long enough, things happen that you can't really put into the normal tour script. Sometimes it is hearing...

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

10,408

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.4 / 5

7 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

16 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 66 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

75

Social presence

0

YouTube

72

Engagement

71

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