F.O. & Flora Stanley — A Valentine’s Love Story at the Stanley Hotel

This Valentine’s Month, Harlots of Spooktalk presents a lovers story that refuses to fade with time.

In this episode, we travel to the iconic and notoriously haunted Stanley Hotel to explore the enduring love story of F.O. and Flora Stanley — a devoted couple whose bond may have followed them beyond the grave.

While many know the Stanley Hotel for its paranormal reputation, few understand the deeply romantic legacy behind it. Guests and staff alike have reported piano music echoing through empty halls, doors opening and closing on their own, and a strong sense of presence believed to belong to Flora Stanley. Others claim F.O. Stanley still walks the property, watching over the hotel he built with his wife.

We’ll share:

• The love story of F.O. and Flora Stanley
• Real accounts from hotel guests and staff
• Documented paranormal activity
• Actual footage captured inside the Stanley Hotel
• Why many believe the Stanleys don’t haunt the hotel — they protect it

This episode is part of our Valentine’s Month Lovers Series, where we explore love stories that continue long after death.

Content Advisory: This episode contains discussions of paranormal encounters, ghostly activity, and death-related themes. Listener discretion is advised.

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Amy Carlson (Mother God)

In this episode of Harlots of Spooktalk, we examine the rise and fall of Amy Carlson, the self-proclaimed “Mother God,” and the belief system that surrounded her.

Before diving into her story, we break down the psychology and social dynamics that often make cults possible. We define what constitutes a cult, explore why there are an estimated 70 active cults operating at any given time, and discuss how unresolved trauma can create vulnerability to coercive belief systems.

We explore:

• The emotional impact of being a child of divorce
• How childhood PTSD can shape identity, attachment, and belief
• Dissociation as a coping mechanism, including escaping trauma through fantasy
• The concept of religiosity versus healthy religious or spiritual belief
• The role of narcissism in cult leadership
• The idea of lightworkers and how spiritual language can be used for both healing and manipulation

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We then turn our focus to Amy Carlson herself, examining her personal relationships with her family and her romantic partner, and how belief, trauma, and control intersected to form one of the most unsettling modern spiritual movements.

Content Advisory: This episode contains discussions of psychological trauma, spiritual abuse, coercive control, and substance use. Listener discretion is advised.

This content is for entertainment and educational purposes only. Any true crime or factual information discussed is publicly available online.

Broken Heart Syndrome – When Love Physically Breaks the Heart Valentine’s Lovers Series – LIVE on TikTok

For week one of our February Valentine’s special, Harlots of Spooktalk explores a phenomenon that sounds like poetry but is rooted in real medical science: Broken Heart Syndrome, also known as Takotsubo cardiomyopathy.

This condition occurs when sudden, intense emotional stress floods the body with stress hormones, temporarily stunning the heart and causing symptoms that mimic a heart attack. Grief, shock, and overwhelming loss can physically weaken the heart muscle, sometimes with fatal consequences.

In this live episode we break down:

• The scientific explanation behind Broken Heart Syndrome
• How emotional trauma can impact the heart
• Why the body can react to grief as if it were physical injury
• Real stories of couples who passed away within hours or days of each other, including long-married partners believed to have died from the shock of losing their other half

Part of our four-week Valentine’s Lovers Series, this episode looks at the point where love, loss, and biology collide, asking whether a broken heart can truly be deadly.

Content Advisory: This episode includes discussions of death, grief, and medical trauma. Viewer discretion is advised.

This content is for entertainment and educational purposes only. Any real cases mentioned are based on publicly available information.