Is This a Ghost?

The thing about early 19th century hangings is, sometimes they drew a crowd, and it's like, what, you think Jackhole Junction has the infrastructure for that sort of spectacle? Get serious! (Today's story is only a LITTLE about civic engineering, we promise.) This is the story of Getter's Island. Come for the ghost, stay for Summerwind 3, cat wet, post-pandemic Nell, classic rom-com stuff, you're...

It's time for our 2023 In Good Spirits tour! Which is a very special tour with only one stop, and that stop is Pinckney Bend Distillery, where there are lots of spirits, but no SPIRITS, as far as we know, you know? We recorded a live episode about a haunted Missouri winery, so it's like a spirits-based episode recorded about spirit spirits at a place full of spirits. Is this description going well...

We're diving back into Summerwind, because if there's one thing you should know about us, it's that we can't stop, won't stop. And boy, this place is wild, so just be grateful we didn't stretch it to three episodes, because we could have. This is the story of Summerwind mansion, continued. Come for the ghosts, stay for tattoos for four year olds, casual hypnosis lessons, the siren’s call of land s...

Much like the classic and much-beloved Fear Street Saga from R.L. Stine, Summerwind is about to take you on a real multi-generational journey of "OH NO, WHAT WAS THAT?!" This story has everything; a haunted house, organ music, trapdoor skeletons, and an honest-to-goodness ghoul. This is the first part of the story of the Summerwind Mansion. Come for the ghosts, stay for questionable child labor de...

Bloody hell, guvnor! We're back to merry ol' England, ain't we? In the halls of Raynham Hall is a ghost that raises a lot of questions about embroidery, and about the best alternative to You Pork City. This is the story of the Brown Lady of Raynham Hall. Come for the ghosts, stay for The Blair Witch Project of soccer, Darkwing Duck. Launchpad McQuack, a podcast with two Daubers, going to Poundtown...

Who wants to join us at an island resort? It's abandoned and overgrown, and there are some Bubonic plague ghosts are the bar. Come on, let's go and feel the sand under our toes! Oops, wait, that's not sand, it's the ashes of the dead. This is the story of Poveglia Island. Come for the ghosts, stay for a deconstructed hot toddy, the teats of our voices, plagues jokes, tennis court forts, and therap...

Sure, you've seen the movie. Or maybe you're Patrick, and you haven't. Which, if we're behind honest, really dampened the big reveal. Oh well. Anyway. What were we talking about? This is the true story of the Amityville Horror house. Come for the ghosts, stay for The legend of Cornelius David Pinckney, the Mickey Rourke of cats, the worst name for a child, free slime, and Amityvilleanonymity. Phot...

In our very first live show, we do all the things we set out to do, which was mainly to get one good, audible groan out of the audience. Mission accomplished! This is a story about a passenger boat disaster that was worse than the Titanic (no kidding), and it happened in 20 feet of water, with the boat still tied to the dock. Don't ever change, Chicago. We also opened up the floor to hear ghost st...

Boy. Dirigibles. Was there every so much promise that was met with such constant disaster? Those beautiful, transportational gasbags really led troubled lives, didn't they? And because they couldn't just keep it together for a few more decades, we now have Spirit Airlines. Thanks a lot, tragedy. This is the story of the USS Akron airship ghost. Come for the ghost, stay for the Roarin' Depression,...

Welcome to Nawlins, cher! Grab yourself some gumbo and chicory, 'cause I GA-RON-TEE this episode's fixin' to send you to the bayou, etc. <p>This is the story of the New Orleans ghost of Jean Lafitte. Come for the ghost, stay for glasses that see, sweet baby gators, Steve Jobs' time has come (and is over), showing that smile, and the medical dangers of being barefoot on Bourbon. <p>Sour...

Up in the high desert town of Prescott--which is not pronounced how it looks, and God help you if you get it wrong--there is a ghost. Well, actually, there are two ghosts. One of them is a biter. This is the story of Hotel Vendome. Come for the ghost, stay for the ice cream fort, Woodville and Egbert, where is Tombstone?, T.B. or not T.B., and living a life with no vowels. Sources: https://www.azc...

Yazoo City is more Yazoo than city, but that's what you get for not heeding witches. Also, this is the second episode where we reference death by quicksand, so Clayton's childhood fear wasn't so unfounded after all, WAS IT? This is the story of the witch of Yazoo City. Come for the ghost, stay for some Denny’s energy, cockle clams, two or three dozen gyrating cats, and S.M.A.R.T. goals for witches...

Not all ghosts are ghosts. Some ghosts are curses that make new ghosts. But you already knew that. You've seen the movie Poltergeist. This is the story of the T.B. Scott Mansion. Come for the ghost, stay for the Tom Sawyer-level white washing, no more hospitals, God’s latrine, Flintheart Glomgold, and holy water power washers. Sources: https://merrillfotonews.com/2021/02/18/t-b-scott-mansion-a-lon...

Ireland isn't all just shamrocks and marshmallows. It's also about sheep wool and ghosts! And one of those ghosts lives in Loftus Hall, an old mansiony castle thing with a long history and a heck of a lot of holes. This is the story of Loftus Hall. Come for the ghost, stay for our best James Spader impressions, little toy cannons, the devil Mr. Tumnus, confusing Patrick for a peanut, mud hut work,...

Caves are horrifying. Have you been inside a cave? They're horrifying. So yeah, they make great hospitals. Thanks, Kentucky. This is the story of Dr. John Croghan's "consumptive cabins" inside of Mammoth Cave. Come for the ghosts, stay for the Pre-Americans, low C.H.U.D. awareness, anti-gypsy drywall, and the pro-consumption nanny state, and absolutely horrifying "remedies" for tuberculosis. Sourc...

I know what you're thinking. "I really like this podcast, but where are all the stories about treating bodies like soups?" Don't worry. We got you. This is the story of Revolutionary War hero Mad Anthony Wayne. Come for the ghost, stay for the Playskool-brand guard towers, Joe Rogan sewage, 18th century internships, a savory Dad reduction, the cost of AirTagging bones, and tree...tree...BEAR! Sour...

G'DAY, MATES! This week, we're pandering to our Aussie friends, but we're doing a very bad job of it, because everything we know about Australia comes from Bluey. And Bluey has not, to our knowledge, "gone ghost," as they say. This is the story of The Monte Cristo Homestead. Come for the ghosts, stay for the bike ride to the gyro place, criminal gentrification, white cholera, an alarming number of...

You've heard of France, right? Well get over yourself, we've all heard of France, and today's story takes place in NEW France. You might know it as Quebec, but in the time of La Corriveau, it was a half-British Frankophilic no man's land, and you can tell people we said that. This is the story of Marie Corriveau. Come for the ghost, stay for horse law, ghost drippings, father-in-law stuff, spewing...

We're back in Florida, against our better judgment, and this time, we brought urns in jars. So yeah, we fit right in. This is the story of The Riddle House. Come for the ghosts, stay for the Murder Engine, no summer breaks, the perks of grave robbing, ghost law, gator vengeance, and Patrick's extraordinary powers of ESP.

In the picturesque woods of Vermont, there is a very tall tower with a very low wall, and the only potential problem with it is that it lives on the grounds of a 200-year-old mental institution, which, we have to say, was an extremely bold choice. This is the story of The Brattleboro Retreat. Come for the ghosts, stay for the body paint apologies, genteel terms of art for electroshock therapy, man...

Most super-old buildings are still standing because they're made of strong stuff, like stone and the spit of a scorned witch. But the Ancient Ram Inn is an absolute wonder, because it's still standing after almost 900 years, and it's basically made of stucco and ghosts. Oh also, it's English, so it has horrible teeth. This is the story of The Ancient Ram Inn. Come for the ghosts, stay for Double W...

Not all ghosts were just regular yo-yo's in their former lives. Some ghosts used to be honest-to-goodness witches. You can tell by whether or not they owned a pot. If there's one thing witches do, it's have pots. Especially in Iceland. This is the story of Gunna the Icelandic Witch-Ghost. Come for the ghost, stay for an absolute butchering of Icelandic pronunciation, the famous Pinckney bend, bury...

One if by land, two if by sea, three if by haunted ocean. DING, DING, DING! Three bells, friends, because today we're heading out onto the open sea for a wonderful tale of a destination honeymoon for old-timey sailors gone wrong. This is the story of the Lady Lovibond. Come for the ghosts, stay for stripper poles but made of wood, the complicated Uber drivers of the internet, the multiple masts in...

Welcome to Florida, where men swallow grenades, babies fight gators, and a mouse makes more money than anyone. And every Florida Man must eventually becomes a Florida Ghost, and a whole heck of a lot of them live at this one bar in Key West. This is the story of Captain Tony's Saloon. Come for the ghosts, stay for the evil child geniuses, all-clown brothels, holy water Quikrete, dead-box box cover...

This episode is about a ghost, we promise. You're going to have to wade through a surprising amount of conversation about Thomas Kinkade and fish screws, but it's all worth it in the end. If you're into vengeful witch-ghosts. This is the story of Molly Crenshaw, the Missouri Witch. Come for the ghost, stay for more lies than usual, an undead guy, but not in the way that you think, gorgeous Beast p...