Paranormal Podcast Name Generator

Names for ghost, haunting and folklore podcasts and YouTube channels, from Footsteps on the Stair to Tea and Phantoms.

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Press Generate Names for 8 paranormal podcast names.

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By Rich · Updated

Example Paranormal Podcast Names

A few names this generator came up with. Tap one to copy it, or press "Generate Names" above for more.

Any · Show name

  • The Wyrm's Calendar
  • Field Recordings from the Attic
  • Tell It to the Bees
  • Ghouls' Night In

Any · With a tagline

  • Changelings and Bogles: folklore from the hedgerows and hills
  • Past the Churchyard: ghost stories told after dark
  • The Old Ways Home: where the old stories still live
  • The Haunted Bandstand: ghost stories for cosy nights in

Eerie · With a tagline

  • Footsteps Down the Lane: true hauntings from the British Isles
  • The Third Candle: every house has a story
  • The Ninth Guest: if you hear knocking don't answer
  • The Thirteenth Knock: best listened to with the lights on

Investigative · With a tagline

  • Darrow and Ridley Investigate: the evidence the sceptics can't explain
  • The Cotswold Papers: the paranormal investigated properly
  • The Yorkshire Report: two investigators and a lot of torches
  • Witness Statements from the Old Rectory: sceptical but curious

Cosy-spooky · Show name

  • The Politely Haunted Parlour
  • Cake and Wraiths
  • Cosy Hauntings
  • Mildly Spooky Sundays

Folklore · Show name

  • Under the Hawthorn
  • Boggarts and Hedge Witches
  • Tales from the Green Lane
  • The Hedge Witch's Road

How the Paranormal Podcast Name Generator Works

It works from 543 names and name parts, which combine into over 71,000 possible results.

The choices:

  • Show style: Any, Eerie, Investigative, Cosy-spooky, Folklore.
  • Name format:
    • Show name, e.g. The Hollinsford Logbook
    • With a tagline, e.g. The Galloway Case Notes: true hauntings examined

Each press gives you 8 names. "Show 8 more" adds 8 you haven't seen yet. Once you've seen them all, "Start again" shuffles the whole list again.

A good ghost show name tells listeners what kind of night they're in for: a candlelit chill, a sceptical case file, a cosy cup of tea with a poltergeist, or old tales from the hedgerow. This paranormal podcast name generator makes original names for ghost, true-haunting and folklore podcasts and YouTube channels, with a tagline if you want one.

Eight good paranormal podcast names

All eight came from the generator, across its four styles:

  • A Bell in the Next Room: eerie and specific, the start of a story in five words.
  • The Thirteenth Bell: a classic unlucky number.
  • The Darrow Papers: an investigative show that sounds like a case archive.
  • Every Creak Counts: for a sceptical show that checks the plumbing first.
  • Teapots and Apparitions: cosy-spooky, for listening under a blanket.
  • The Politely Haunted Window Seat: gentle humour for a light-hearted show.
  • Iron Over the Door: a folklore show named after an old protective custom.
  • Corn Dolly Tales: folklore from the fields.

Four kinds of ghost show

  • Eerie shows sell the atmosphere: a sound, a place, a time of night.
  • Investigative shows sound like evidence: Files, Papers, Inquiry, Investigates.
  • Cosy-spooky shows are the tea-and-a-ghost-story kind. Telling ghost stories at Christmas is an old British habit, which the BBC's A Ghost Story for Christmas took to television in the 1970s.
  • Folklore shows go back to the hedgerows: corn dollies, the Green Man and iron over the door to keep the fair folk out.

Choose With a tagline to add a line for your podcast cover and description, like Every Creak Counts: separating ghosts from draughts.

Launching your show

  • Search the podcast apps and YouTube before you commit, and check the social handles.
  • Make it readable on a small square: podcast artwork is often seen tiny, so short names work best.
  • Let the tagline do the explaining, so the name itself can stay short and strange.

For a general show, try the Podcast Name Generator. For stories to tell, the Local Legend Generator makes up British folk legends, and the Ghost Hunting Team Name Generator names the people who go looking.

For more spooky names, see all the Halloween name generators.

Frequently Asked Questions

What are good names for a paranormal podcast?
Names that tell listeners what kind of show it is: eerie like A Bell in the Next Room, investigative like The Darrow Papers, cosy like Teapots and Apparitions, or folklore like Iron Over the Door.
Should my podcast name have a tagline?
It helps. A short name with a tagline, like Every Creak Counts: separating ghosts from draughts, is easy to remember and still explains the show.
Do these names work for a YouTube channel?
Yes. Check the name is free on YouTube and the podcast apps before you start.

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