The Ghost Files

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Are you ready to open The Ghost Files? Karina Machado – author of Spirit Sisters and Love Never Dies – has spent a lifetime listening to real people’s real stories of spooky encounters. Now, tune in to The Ghost Files podcast every week as Karina brings you a spine-tingling conversation with an everyday person who’s had a brush with something out of this world – from chilling apparitions, to mysterious signs from beyond, visits from late loved ones, and much more, these moments are inexplicable and compelling. The people opening up about their experiences could be your neighbour, hairdresser or the mum at the school gate … because, after all, everyone’s got a story. Subscribe to The Ghost Files for your weekly fix of all new stories of the unexplained.

Do you have a story to share? Email Karina at karinamachado@optusnet.com.au

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All Episodes

Part 1: The spirit in my house tried to kill me

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Sophie Tate was 24 when she moved into a house on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula. But what she didn’t realise at the time, is that she was living with something evil. Whatever it was plagued Sophie with footsteps, laughter, electrical malfun…

Season 2 is coming…

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Season 2 will be back on the 20th of January, here’s a sneak peak of the stories you’ll hear.

Strangers in the house

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Paranormal investigator Christine Ferris grew up seeing full-bodied apparitions wandering the hallways of her western-Sydney home. The frightening experiences ignited a lifelong quest for answers about the afterlife.Do you have a story to …

The Message In The Cuckoo Clock

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When Kerrie’s brother-in-law decided to bulldoze an old house she had no idea that it would mean conversations with a woman named Esther…Do you have a story to share? Email Karina atkarinamachado@optusnet.com.au

The Man With The Rifle

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Sixty years ago, June Johnstone woke to a sight she’ll never forget. Tune in as June takes us back to a haunting moment from the past that has tragic echoes in the present.

The Message

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Kelli-Jo Hoffman tellsKarinaMachado an astounding story about a medium, a message and a mother-child bond that not even death could break.Do you have a story to share? Email Karina atkarinamachado@optusnet.com.au

Rebs is a real life Ghostbuster

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The work of a real-lifeghostbusteris nothing like the image Hollywood portrays. Tune in as Rebs reveals the ups and downs – and dangers – of a life dedicated to turning haunted houses back into comfortable homes.Do you have a sto…

Darkness and Light

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Two paranormal encounters define Mark’s life: a terrifying experience in a share house, and a much more welcome communication many years later that reassured him that a friend is still a friend, even in death.Do you have a story to share? …

Understanding past lives

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BarryEaton, who’s also a psychic-medium and host of the long-running online radio show, RadioOutThere.com joins Karina for this special episode of The Ghost Files. His books includeAfterlife: Uncovering the Secrets of Life After Dea…

Trapped in Como House

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Mary will never forget being scolded by a bossy little ghost during a visit to one of Melbourne’s most famous historic mansions, but that was just the first of her encounters with a tragic spirit haunting the rooms where they died.Do you have a stor…

“I commanded it to leave.”

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Chris has seen ghosts since he was 5 years old, but nothing prepared him for the terrifying entity he confronted just weeks ago after moving his young family to Queensland. Chris comes from a family of people who have seen spirits and he joins Karina t…

Elizabeth knows there is no death

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When Elizabeth’s mum and dad died, they showered her with abundant signs of their presence and enduring love. In fact, her bond with her father is tighter now than when he was alive.Do you have a story to share? Email Karina at karinamachado@optusnet…

An angel on the path

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For years,Virginiawondered about a mysterious elderly gentleman with a radiant smile who’d crossed her path one day, then vanished. Afterwards, the policewoman endured horrific suffering. Now, she believes he was an angel sent to re…

The Haunting of Hannah

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Who, or what, tormentedHannahfor five years in an old apartment in Melbourne when she was a kid? More than two decades later, “It,” as she called the presence, still haunts her dreams.

My brother’s love lived on

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After his death in 2010, Bronwen’s beloved brother, Justin, proved he was still by her side. Listen in to Bronwen’s moving and inspiring story about guidance from beyond.

Terror in the night

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It began withBella’s three-year-old daughter being pushed by an unseen force and culminated in an experience so terrifying, even 20 years later,Bellacan’t talk about it after dark.

“The fear in his eyes was awful”

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Sheridan’s son was only 9 when he began seeing ghosts in his bedroom. Listen in to find out what part her policeman husband played in the haunting, and how Sheridan’s quest to understand their boy’s gifts led to a surprise flourishing of her own.

The Grinning Ghost

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Fayehas seen ghosts all her life, but even she was terrified by the grinning boy who materialised by the side of her bed. And that was just his first visit.

Haunted by love

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Maggie’s old home in Broome came complete with a resident from the past. When Maggie uncovered the sad history of her friendly ghost, she understood why the spirit was reaching out to her.

Ouija board brought forth terrifying spirit

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At first, playing with the Ouija board was a bit of fun for 12-year-old Julie, but it led to a terrifying encounter that would haunt her for the rest of her life.