Is This a Ghost?

This week's story is kind of sweet, actually, in that whole "lonely life, sad witch, botched hanging, way too many cats" kind of way. We expect to receive an offer from the Hallmark channel any second. This is the story of the Witch of Saratoga. Come for the ghost, stay for a sad sow, bewitching for pleasure and revenge, bench press more weight, England (booo), gig witch, the real estate value of...

Gobble gobble, it's a ghost! We all know that Thanksgiving started in Plymouth, but what you might not know is, that whole era of American pioneering was sort of a downer! Oh, you did know that? Well...great! This is the story of the Thanksgiving ghosts of Plymouth Rock. Come for the ghosts, stay for chicken tootsies, wet stuff, dragons down there, Human Body Hill (Living or Dead), rum is for mout...

Sometimes it's like, "Why is there a ghost in here?" Other times it's like, "Hey dumb-dumb, how about you don't store the ashes of an American literary treasure in your desk for 15 years if you don't want her to ghost so much?" This is the strange story of Dorothy Parker's post-death life. Come for the ghost, stay for tooth math, solving ghosts, all doctors are catholic, Jeeves Harvey Oswald, teas...

We've "conjured" up something special this week -- a real-life look at the real-life Annabelle doll, star of the real-life movies from the real-life Conjuring universe. But this ain't your grandmother's Hollywood flim-flam. This is a real Raggedy Ann doll that's really goshdarn haunted. This is the real story of Annabelle the Doll. Come for the ghost, stay for Nels Olson energy, how birthdays work...

Hoo-ray for Ghost-ywood! La la la something something, Ghost-ywood! The Academy Award for Best Podcast Episode About Ghosts This Week goes to...us! This is the story of Peg Entwistle, ghost of the Hollywood sign. Come for the ghost, stay for the sound effect stylings of Taco Cat, the most punchable county in Britain, four retirees named Hope, giardiniera for your wrists, and American folk hero Ali...

Happy Halloween, boils and ghouls! Welcome to another Halloween Spooktacular! It's that special time of year when Patrick pastes on a really cool beard and walks on stilts and pretends to be Clayton for one harrowing night. But this year, the Spooktacular comes with a twist -- Patrick brought three stories to the seance table, and Clayton must determine which one of them is a lie. This is the stor...

In what is already being called "the funniest episode of our generation," we examine a doppleganger ghost, which is like a twin, but opposite, and reverse-dead. Got it? This is the story of the Doppleganger Ghost of Beacon Hill Park. Come for the ghost, stay for the appeal of video, improv energy, captain's butt, MySpace Tom, doppelganger vs. parent trap, old person jokes, the most distressing thi...

You thought this was going to be about an actual doll, didn't you? Gotcha! It's about a real women who was OBJECTIFIED as an actual doll! Do you feel good about your choices? Hey, we're in this together. This is the story of the Bannister Doll. Come for the ghost, stay for pen pals, the Edward Scissorhands solution, return to Pound Town, the Love Actually question, nature vs nurture, don’t let Kev...

Saddler up, fellers, we're gonna go punch us a ghost! We're all very beefy, and we've got two shotguns each, so we'll catch this sad, frail ghost, or my name isn't E.L Jamerton McGillicuddy, knee-pinchin' frontier man. This is the story of the Weeping Woman of Fish Creek. Come for the ghosts, stay for most of a hermit crab, sailors and manatees, sea-stuff-dot-xxx, the return of naked Lincoln, mitt...

Climb aboard the LDS immigrant ship, it's time to sail to the Great Salt Lake! Come on down to the Utah town where the salt content in the water is higher than the alcohol content in the beer. This is the story of Jean Baptiste. Come for the ghost, stay for soundboard options, the porn finger, Mormon bullets, new new new new Zion, Jason Bourne but really nice, shaking the coffin like a Boggle cube...

Look. You read the title. And now you're here. We support that. In for a penny, in for a clown, we always say. And boy, we have just so many clowns. This is the story of the Clown Motel in Tonopah, Nevada. Come for the ghosts, stay for Old Sludgey Creek, the Burning Man of Silver Mines, 150 grease-painted maniacs, the devil’s Precious Moments, Count Chocula vibes, the Terre Haute Adnans, and clown...

Faith and begorrah, it's off to wee Ireland to crack on about a wizard earl, boyo! Pitch your legs to the Emerald Isle, 'ere you get collywoddled o'er its wet castles and weird meat, and we'll hand you no blarney, though ye may pass some stones. This is the story of Gerald FItzGerald, the Wizard Earl of Kildare. Come for the ghosts, stay for the spooky season calendar, soft, velvety Thomas, Master...

Strap on in to your peach holes, it's time for a trip down south to genteel Savannah, Georgia! My stars and garters, I do declare, this is one of the finest episodes we've had yet, or my name isn't Colonel Nathanius Budgerbuddy of the Macon Budgerbuddies. This is the story of the Pirates' House. Come for the ghosts, stay for sliding into Hugh Jackman’s DMs, the most boring hurricane ever, the heig...

You guys, we did it. They said it was impossible, but I'm here to tell you, we recorded an entire episode about Jamaica and didn't mention Cool Runnings once. This is the story of the White Witch of Rose Hall. Come for the ghost, stay for Hulk wars, Coming for the Hulks, Jim Caviezel energy, the Ruffalo gap, classic Risk strategy, the Genghis Khan of Jamaica, and Anne Hathaway, but small. Sources:...

It's hard to even say the name of this episode with a straight face. We're so sorry about that. But listen, here's what we will say--this episode kicks it up to 11 about halfway through. When the seances start, the world falls apart. Is what they say. This is the story of the ghosts of Cock Lane. Come for the ghosts, stay for my live-in Patrick, Olyde Eynglysh, the approximate ages of children, de...

Have you ever seen the ghost of a monkey? How can you be so sure? HOW WOULD YOU KNOW IF A MONKEY IS A REAL MONKEY AND NOT A GHOST MONKEY? What if monkeys actually went extinct a thousand years ago, and everything that we think is a monkey is actually the ghost of a monkey? Makes you think, doesn't it? Makes you think. This is the story of the aptly named Monkey Bridge. Come for the ghosts, stay fo...

Some holes need filling. And some of those holes can never feel truly filled, even when they're as full as a person can make them. Boy this is uncomfortable, isn't it? This is the story of Bill Sketoe's Ghost Hole. Come for the ghost, stay for this media environment, the last few strips of Marmaduke, the finer points of smiting, the importanace of getting his boots off, and, of course, the evidenc...

Who among us hasn't been in a college dining hall and thought, "I wonder if this burger's cow came from a diseased lab eighty feet away?" If you want to throw that stone, go ahead, but we won't, because we wear our shame on our sleeves, and if that's not freedom, we don't know what is. This is the story of Roy Simms, Texas A&M's Meat Lab Ghost. Come for the ghost, stay for the three worst stat...

Bridges are weird, right? It's like, "Hey, if you stop existing right now, I'll die," and there aren't a whole lot of non-organ things you can say that about. And that sure is exciting. This is the story of Stuckey's Bridge. Come for the ghost, stay for bootlegger Mike, "Whatever happened to au gratin?", ITAG vs. The Bear, a ductet of crime, the problem with hubris, a requisite discussion about Ba...

When I dream / On my own / I'm alone but I ain't lonely / For a dreamer night's the only time of day / When the city's finally sleeping / And my thoughts begin to stray / And I'm on the train that's bound for Santa Fe / And I'm free / Like the wind / Like I'm gonna live forever / It's a feeling time can never take away / All I needs a few more dollars / And I'm outta here to stay / Dreams come tru...

In our first and almost certainly only installment of Child Actors of the California Gold Rush, we dig into the early life of Broadway legend David Belasco. Then we talk about his mid-life, then his end-life, and then it gets really good in the afterlife. If you've been waiting dramatically for the ghosts of Broadway to mystically appear, then my friend, this is the episode for you. This is the st...

In an episode recorded purely for the SEO of the moment, the guys explore the story of the original Titanic ghost! Other words that we should include to really maximize organic search are submersible, billionaire, vacuum implosion, and, what the hell, orcas. Is it working? This is the story of Edward J. Smith, captain of the Titanic. Come for the ghost, stay for the death march of birthdays, land...

Ah, Wisconsin. Home of cheese curds, water slides, and a whole lot of people who were left confused by Aaron Rodgers' whole deal. We've done Wisconsin stories before, but we haven't done them like this--we have a special guest host for this episode, Jennifer Swanson, lifelong Wisconsinite and, more importantly, big fan of all things Clayton and Disney. This is the story of the Durkee Mansion. Come...

Chairs. You love them, we love them, our butts can't get enough of them. But what happens when a chair castle becomes a haunted mansion? This is the sort of question we know you rely on ITAG to answer. And answer it, we will. This is the story of the S. K. Pierce House. Come for the ghosts, stay for Papa Shaq, traveling with vegans, American butts, sitting wars, the neighbor of the Beast, and “I d...

Welcome to Connecticut, where the oysters are clammy, the doctors are plenty, and not all Alans are Blades. And before you ask, yeah, there's a lot of Disney talk in the run-up today. In for a penny, in for a pound. This is the story of The Snedeker House. Come for the ghosts, stay for the normal basement toe tags, supernatural power couples, mortician hobbies, the ghosts of Connecticut of Georgia...