Jim Harolds Podcasts

A hellacious haunting, more doppelgangers, a haunted toy, tales of mermaids, and much more on this Thanksgiving Day edition of Jim Harold’s Campfire! STAMPS.COM Stamps.com takes the pain out of shipping by giving you access to deeply discounted shipping options and integrating with the most popular online shopping platforms to make labeling a breez…

A haunted handbag, a Thanksgiving supernatural experience, a UFO in the NJ woods and much more! --- Please support our great sponsors as they make our free podcasts possible! BetterHelp Jim Harold’s Campfire is sponsored by BetterHelp. BetterHelp is professional therapy done online, available to people worldwide. They have a special offer for my li…

Weird doubles, supposed "imaginary" friends, ghosts at a military base, a rest stop apparition and much more strangeness on this very haunted episode of Jim Harold's Campfire. --- Please support our great sponsors as they make our free podcasts possible! CALM We’re so happy to partner with Calm. Calm is the app designed to help you ease stress and …

The ghost who baked scones, a young man encounters an entity in a friend's haunted house, a deceased relative saves a life and much more on this edition of Jim Harold's Campfire! --- Please support our great sponsors as they make our free podcasts possible! -GRAMMARLY- You’ll be amazed at what you can do with Grammarly! Go to https://grammarly.com/…

A visit from the Grim Reaper, another time slip/doppelganger story, a haunted story from Mexico and much more on this Halloween edition of Jim Harold's Campfire! — Halloween Livestream! Join us on October 28th at 7 – 11pm ET on YouTube for our Annual Halloween Livestream Party! Special guests, trivia, giveaways and more! Here’s the link: https://ww…

A chilling tale of a malevolent spirit who terrorized a young Scout year after year after year. A Beautiful Devil, multiple haunted houses, a bizarre time slip and much more on this edition of Campfire! Please share the show with your friends! --- Please support our great sponsors as they make our free podcasts possible! -BetterHelp- Jim Harold’s C…

Over two hours of our creepiest Campfire stories as chosen by you! Evil, hauntings, doppelgangers, narrow escapes and much more in this two-hour plus extravaganza. Enjoy! --- Please support our great sponsors as they make our free podcasts possible! -HELLOFRESH- HelloFresh is America’s #1 Meal Kit! Go to https://hellofresh.com/50campfire for 50% of…

A Rock n Roll ghost, MORE haunted hotels, a sighting of a very weird, 3-foot creature and much more strangeness on this edition of Jim Harold's Campfire! --- Please support our great sponsors as they make our free podcasts possible! -CALM- (Campfire Sponsorship) We’re so happy to partner with Calm. Calm is the app designed to help you ease stress a…

Haunted hotels headline this week's Campfire. Throw in an imaginary friend who is really dead and a host of other ghost stories you have a perfect episode for this spooky season! Enjoy and share with your friends. --- Please support our great sponsors as they make our free podcasts possible! -RITUAL- You deserve to know what’s in your multivitamin.…

An encounter with The Hag, more haunted houses and a couple has a terrifying night in the woods with a strange cryptid. This and much more on this edition of Campfire! --- Please support our great sponsors as they make our free podcasts possible! -Firstleaf- Wine exploration without guesswork. Give your palate what it really wants with Firstleaf. G…

Haunted hospitals, haunted houses, a haunted church...you get the picture! A whole lotta hauntings on this edition of Campfire! -CALM- (Campfire Sponsorship) We’re so happy to partner with Calm. Calm is the app designed to help you ease stress and get the best sleep of your life. Calm is offering Campfire listeners a special limited time promotion …

A ghost determined to get his point across, a very weird experience with an orb in the woods, an incredible childhood encounter with a UFO and much more on this edition of Campfire! VISIT JIM’S NEW MAUSOLEUM! CLICK HERE to visit my new mausoleum! My Mausoleum of Merch on Amazon, that is, where you can find: LIMITED EDITION Halloween 2023 Campfire m…

Multiple shadow people stories, another poltergeist and dopplegangers. Plus, some hauntings thrown in for good measure. This edition of Jim Harold's Campfire is NOT for the faint of heart! Enjoy! --- Please support our great sponsors as they make our free podcasts possible! -HELLOFRESH- HelloFresh is America’s #1 Meal Kit! Go to https://hellofresh.…

Long for the good ol' days when people were honest? Well, keep dreaming! Railey Jane Savage shares stories of the great scammers of history who would cheat you as soon as look at you! You can find her book, A Century of Swindles, at Amazon: https://amzn.to/42PjjQ7 Thanks Railey Jane for a great conversation! -- For more information on our podcast d…

https://jimharold.com/retail-gangster-the-story-of-crazy-eddie-crime-scene-205/New Yorkers remember the wild TV ads of Crazy Eddie, a very popular electronics chain in the 70s & 80s. Investigative journalist Gary Weiss joins us to talk about the real Eddie Antar and his machinations to separate customers from their dollars in a, not always, honest …

Finding mutilated bodies and chasing a mad butcher sounds like something out of a Jack The Ripper book. However, these headlines were found much closer to home for me! In the 1930s, my hometown of Cleveland, Ohio was terrorized by the Torso Killer who may have killed as many as 12-13 people. The criminal left the bodies in a dismembered and mutilat…

Research Psychologist Alexander Parker is confident he has cracked the Jack The Ripper case. We talk about it on this week's edition of Crime Scene! You can find Alexander's recent book, Jack The Ripper: A Cold Case Investigation, at Amazon here: https://amzn.to/3LudGjM Thanks Alexander! -- For more information on our podcast data policy CLICK HERE…

Forensic psychologist Joni Johnston joins us to answer questions about serial killers. You can find her book on the subject, Serial Killers: 101 Questions True Crime Fans Ask, on Amazon: https://amzn.to/40iKKR3 Thanks Dr. Johnston! -- For more information on our podcast data policy CLICK HERE

Carol Costello has interviewed multiple presidents and covered some of the biggest stories of our time during her decades of work with CNN. Yet, the one case that has stuck with her for decades was one of her very first. It's the terrible story of a woman who was raped and blinded in the 1980s. Carol tells her story on her podcast, Carol Costello P…

Could a serial killer live next door to any of us? Richard Estep shares tales of serial killers who slipped under the radar while doing their evil deeds. You can find Richard's book, The Serial Killer Next Door: The Double Lives of Notorious Murderers at Amazon: https://amzn.to/3YLQhi2 Thanks Richard! -- For more information on our podcast data pol…

John Wayne Gacy murdered AT LEAST 33 young men. Most he buried in his basement. This "killer clown" is one of history's most infamous serial killers. We have a truly disturbing conversation with journalist Brad Hunter about this monster. You can find Brad's recent book Inside the Mind of John Wayne Gacy: The Real-Life Killer Clown at Amazon here: h…

Unsuspecting travelers are murdered by a family that rents them a place to stay...sounds like something from today's headlines BUT this actually happened in the 1870's! Camilla Bruce has written a novel on The Bloody Benders, a family of serial killers, and we discuss these cold-blooded killers on this edition of Crime Scene! You can find it, All t…

Murder, hijacking, and a global conspiracy involving a huge oil tanker. Journalist Kit Chellel joins us to discuss the subject and his recent book, Dead in the Water: A True Story of Hijacking, Murder, and a Global Maritime Conspiracy, at Amazon: https://amzn.to/3XI0Hix Thanks Kit!Door Jim Harold

D.B. Cooper is one of the most famous criminals of the 20th Century. What was his deal anyway? Who was he? Why did he do what he did? Was it an inside job? We discuss this with Chris Williamson. You can find his book on the subject, Take the Money & Run: The Vanishing of D.B. Cooper, at Amazon here: https://amzn.to/3I1b1gE Thanks Chris!…

A serial killer who was "too intelligent to get caught" is the subject of today's podcast. Kate Winkler Dawson joins us to talk about 19th century murderer Edward Rulloff. You can find her book on Rulloff, All That Is Wicked: A Gilded-Age Story of Murder and the Race to Decode the Criminal Mind, at Amazon: https://amzn.to/3JurICn Thanks Kate!…

A young woman is found hanged to death in her millionaire boyfriend's mansion. What happened? We discuss this very strange case with New York Times Best Selling author Caitlin Rother. You can find Death on Ocean Boulevard: Inside the Coronado Mansion Case at Amazon: https://amzn.to/3HoVNSk Thanks Caitlin! - This content is for adults. Thank you for…

A 30-year-old cold case solved within two hours by a citizen scientist using a laptop and DNA data is the subject of this all-new edition of Jim Harold's Crime Scene. Our guest is Pulitzer Prize winner Edward Humes. We discuss this fascinating case and his recent book on it. You can find The Forever Witness: How DNA and Genealogy Solved a Cold Case…

We talk about the true story of British murderer Dennis Nilsen on this edition of Crime Scene. Our guest is author Alan Warren. You can find his book on Nilsen at Amazon: Drinks, Dinner & Death: The True Story of Dennis Nilsen (British Criminals Book 4) Thanks Alan!Door Jim Harold

Dr. Rebecca Hayes joins us to talk about the interaction between social media and crime on this edition of Crime Scene. You can find her book at Amazon: #Crime: Social Media, Crime, and the Criminal Legal System (Palgrave Studies in Crime, Media and Culture) Thanks Dr. Hayes!Door Jim Harold

Rachel Monroe examines the appeal of true crime to women in her recent book, Savage Appetites. We talk about it on this edition of Crime Scene. You can find her book at Amazon: Savage Appetites Thanks Rachel!Door Jim Harold

Famed trial lawyer Mike Papantonio joins us to talk about his fight against the pharmaceutical industry over the opioid crisis. You can find his novel based on the crisis at Amazon.com: Law and Addiction Thanks Mike!Door Jim Harold

Former FBI Special Agent Jerri Williams talks to us about FBI Myths and Misconceptions. You can check out her book at Amazon: FBI Myths and Misconceptions: A Manual for Armchair Detectives Also, find her podcast FBI Retired Case File Review wherever you get your podcasts! Thanks Jerri! What a great guest you were!…

Lorenzo Carcaterra has been a #1 New York Times Best Seller, a longtime writer for TV's Law and Order among his other successes. He has a new book out, Tin Badges, that has already been optioned for a potential TV series. We talk about his career, crime writing and more on this edition of Crime Scene. You can find his new book at Amazon: Tin Badges…