Spooky Southcoast

08/26/2025

Episode 137 of Tripping on Legends, Is the Ghost in the Details, is up.

Listen to it wherever you get your podcasts or click the link below.

https://sites.libsyn.com/446781/episode-137is-the-ghost-in-the-details

Episode 137 introduces Morticia to the show. We'll look at where she's from and where she wants to go.


And we may start with one of the original legend trips. With the publication of Haunted Southwest Florida, Christopher Balzano hit the road for a little promo work and found the Singing Manatee has dramatically changed its geography and dad has come to rest in Oak Ridge.

The Trippers will explore how changing the details changes the haunt...and the haunted legend.

Need to catch up? Here are some of the episodes we did to get all the details.

Episode 12...The Story of the Singing River

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/d243872e-1d21-4562-b35d-55b376605546/triplegend-20170529134246-1267.mp3

Episode 13...The Singing River Sings Back

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/d243872e-1d21-4562-b35d-55b376605546/triplegend-20170601121032-2498.mp3

Episode 14...Tripping with on Kids

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/d243872e-1d21-4562-b35d-55b376605546/triplegend-20170608000437-9605.mp3

Tripping on Legends Episode 60…Curses and Kids in Arcadia – Audio

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/d243872e-1d21-4562-b35d-55b376605546/triplegend-20190919230121-4363.mp3


Episode 103...The Haunted Hide and Seek

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/d243872e-1d21-4562-b35d-55b376605546/triplegend-20220117143352-3791.mp3

07/09/2025

TOMORROW! Details here: https://attleborolibrary.libcal.com/event/14485750

06/24/2025

Episode 136 of Tripping on Legends is now up…and slowly walking down a dark and lonely road.

https://sites.libsyn.com/446781/episode-136this-redhead-aint-hitchin

The Redheaded Hitchhiker of Route 44 has become one of the most well-known ghost stories in New England...or is he the Redheaded Phantom...or does it matter?

A strange thing happened on the way to Volco Road. The name of Big Red came up, as he always does when there's a lonesome road and a ghost walking. What began as a journey to find when his name changed became a whole new crossroads.

Join us as we look into the misnomer that created a phenom and how wandering ghosts started to look for rides and get in cars.

Look into the details of the stories we discussed in the books we got them from:
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/3MY94AFVTWUY?ref_=wl_share

Check out Christopher Balzano’s book on Amazon:

https://www.amazon.com/Christopher-Balzano/e/B001PH5BA6?ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vu00_i0

Feel free to call our new phone number during our live shows to get involved, share a legend you’ve heard, or to just ask a question at (813) 418-6822.

You can contact us with questions, comments, and your favorite legend or tidbit of folklore at
[email protected].

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05/10/2025

Knee deep in research for a multi-episode exploration of hitchhiker legends. I’m not saying much because I don’t want to muddy responses.

Other than Big Red over here, what are your local versions? The more local to you the better.

04/29/2025

Join me and for a spooky good time this Friday at in Fairhaven! Come hear some ghost stories, get a reading and try some spirits (the liquid kind).

04/14/2025

PHOTOS: Want to own a piece of both Massachusetts history and paranormal history? Here's your chance to purchase the Bay State's most haunted mansion (or at least take a peek inside).

The S.K. Pierce Mansion in Gardner, one of Massachusetts' most haunted homes, can now be yours – complete with all of its ghosts.

03/31/2025

For close to 20 years, his ghost stories have entertained the masses and made him an icon of the paranormal world.

03/22/2025

There' something haunted in a name...

Episode 135 of Tripping on Legends, The Curse of de Soto, is up:
https://traffic.libsyn.com/d243872e-1d21-4562-b35d-55b376605546/episode_135_curse_de_soto_show_audio.mp3

It started as a theme for Haunted Southwest Florida, but the more digging that happened, the more the rabbit hole became a labyrinth.

There’s something up with the name Hernando de Soto. It’s hidden just below the surface of so many of the haunted legends on the Gulf Coast of Florida, springing up like a w**d hinting at something rotten below the surface.

…and then there’s the story of his daughter and how the sleepy city of Sarasota got its name.

Join Christopher Balzano as he traces the ghostly legends in the area linked to a curse placed on the infamous Conquistador Hernando de Soto. From the spooky in towns like Arcadia and Bradenton to haunted plagues in places like Fort DeSoto, he’ll retrace the rumors and tell the tales of a bleak side of history which may explain the creepy of today.

…and maybe find out how the Curse of de Soto extends to his imaginary daughter.

02/09/2025

How have I never heard this story before>

Meanwhile, Massachusetts was no stranger to stories of exorcism, having a high concentration of Catholics living in the area. The College of the Holy Cross has a so-called exorcism room and the mos…

02/05/2025

Let's start looking into what is walking on Volco Road...

A dark figure appears in the middle of the road in Edgewater, Florida, on or near a bridge located on Volco Road. Said to be named for the county (VOLucia COunty), it has been described as a dirt r…

02/03/2025

Episode 134 of Tripping on Legends, Don’t Play That Game, is now up.

To listen directly:
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/d243872e-1d21-4562-b35d-55b376605546/episode_134_audio_full_episode.mp3
To go to the episode page:
https://sites.libsyn.com/446781/episode-134dont-play-that-game

Ghosts have a way of working their way into the things we become obsessed with. Focus your energy someplace long enough, haunted tales of fascination will trail along. And what are we more obsessed with than video games. From hours spent dropping coin after coin to days spent in front of the screen trying to complete the level, it is no wonder so many urban legends about curses and video games have made their way into our modern narrative.

Join Christopher Balzano as he powers up the new year looking at infamous cases of people believing video games to be haunted. There's old school standards like Berserker and modern ones like Bad Satan, and of course, the mother of them all...Polybius.

We may even spend a little time trying to summon the ghost people are warning us about using a middle school ritual.

Here’s the link to the Berserker article for a full recap of the story:
https://retro-bitch.com/2015/11/04/dying-to-play-the-berzerk-curse-fact-or-fiction/

Feel free to call our new phone number during our live shows to get involved, share a legend you’ve heard, or to just ask a question at (813) 418-6822.

You can contact us with questions, comments, and your favorite legend or tidbit of folklore at
[email protected].

Follow us at:
www.facebook.com/trippingonlegends
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02/02/2025

Perfect when you're working on a haunted road and another story of a one comes along...

Have you seen the ghost of Lemon Tree Passage Road? For decades, lovers of the supernatural have said the popular Port Stephens road is one of the state’s most haunted.