Anniversary Special 9

On October 1, 2014, History Goes Bump dropped its first episode. It was a dream come true. I didn't think many people would listen, but I really wanted to inspire people to get more interested in history, particularly historic buildings. At this point, we have featured thousands of locations. More than any other podcast out there. And thanks to our listeners, we have produced episodes on some obscure places that many people have never heard of before. We have no intention of slowing down and look forward to bringing even more great stuff as we enter our tenth year of production. We want to thank our listeners for nine great years with over 8 million downloads! Several of you listeners have been here from nearly the beginning and you have stuck around through all the changes, whether it was the format, the divorce, Diane solo starting in April 2018, bringing on Kelly starting with Ep. 317 in December of 2019, commencing paranormal investigations, adding more content and implementing ad monetization.We want to thank each and every one of you for listening to the podcast!

We decided that for this anniversary episode, rather than running our flash fiction contest as we have done for the past 8 years, we would ask listeners to join us for a round table about various topics in regards to the paranormal and the podcast. We set up three different Zoom calls and have combined them all here. We want to thank the eight listeners who joined us: Karen, Nicole, Angela, Dan, Ruth, Chelsea, Monika and Ed. This is an interactive episode, so as you listen to the questions and answers, think about what your answer would be. 

What age do you choose to come back as in the afterlife?

If you have to come back in the outfit you die in, what would you choose to wear?

How would you haunt? Poltergeist? Friendly ghost? Scary ghost?

Favorite haunted location we have covered?

Do you take comfort from ghost stories because it means there is an afterlife?

Jannae had posted in the Crew about not wanting an elaborate burial or funeral or memorial. Not even a tombstone. How do you want to be memorialized upon your death?

- We love that Angela knows what cemetery she would like to be buried at. Reminds us of our listener Dannah Jones who joined us on Haunted Cemeteries 3 and then passed about a month later. Her family knew her wishes because they had listened to that episode. 

Is there a haunted location you haven't been to that you want to visit?

What is a ghost?

Have you had any experiences?

Then we opened it up for questions for us and here are the results of that.

Loved Ed's "Death goals" and "We'll give you something to scream about!" 

Here's to nine great years! Looking forward to a great spooky season and year!