The next time you think about attending a show at The Music Hall in downtown Portsmouth...you may want to think twice.

Because you may just come into contact with something that will haunt you forever.

In today's conversation from a sketchy cellar in Deadwick's Ethereal Emporeum, Portsmouth's top ghost historian Juniper Pickwick and I discuss:

• Juniper Pickwick's affinity for ghosts (00:00)
• What makes Deadwick's special (06:26)
• Interacting with the ghosts of Portsmouth (08:22)
• The first stop along the Spectral Stroll (17:10)
• John Paul Jones' complicated love life (23:25)
• The Music Hall's haunted history (27:53)
• The conviction of Ruth Blay (30:35)
• Smuttynose Murders (33:52)
• Is Portsmouth spookier than Salem? (38:23)
• What's your mission? (44:18)

Juniper Pickwick is the Director of Visual Artistry and the Keeper of Hearth and Banke at Pickwick's in the Strawberry Banke region of Portsmouth. Adopted into the magical Pickwick family in 2019, Juniper is the leader of the annual Spectral Strolls, and she's a critical part of the machine behind beloved spooky spots Pickwick's, Deadwick's, and Fezziwig's.

To book a private Spectral Stroll with Juniper, visit this link here. For more information on the Halloween party mentioned in the episode, send @seacoaststoriespodcast a DM on Instagram.

This podcast is hosted, written, researched, and produced by Spotify's ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Troy Farkas⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. To support this show, please leave a review of "Seacoast Stories" on ⁠our Apple Podcasts page.⁠