<p>An old, dusty Ms. Pac-Man cabinet was the perfect addition to their family room. However, a Boston couple learned their retro video game came with an unexpected feature, a literal ghost in the machine.</p> <p>You may know Blinky, Pinky, Inky and Sue, but it’s time to gather around the Cabinet to meet Ms. Pac-Man’s Fifth Ghost in this chilling ghost story.</p>

An old, dusty Ms. Pac-Man cabinet was the perfect addition to their family room. However, a Boston couple learned their retro video game came with an unexpected feature, a literal ghost in the machine. You may know Blinky, Pinky, Inky and Sue, but it’s time to gather around the Cabinet to meet Ms. Pac-Man’s Fifth Ghost in this chilling ghost story.

Episode 7: The Fifth Ghost

Can a Ms. Pac-Man arcade cabinet from the 1980s be haunted? How did a virtual plague nearly wipeout the massive digital realm in the World of Warcraft? Did the music in Pokemon drive people insane? 

The Cabinet Podcast is a bi-weekly podcast that explores the creepypastas, urban legends, and ghost stories throughout the history of video games from the rise of the arcade to the modern console generation.  The stories feature familiar names like Xbox, Playstation, Nintendo, Atari, and Sega. 

Every episode, host Tim Gibson brings you a new weird or terrifying story based on actual events highlighted through a dramatic narrative. At the end, he'll analyze the truth around the tale using media reports and other sources. Check back every other Wednesday for new episodes of The Cabinet Podcast.

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Can a Ms. Pac-Man arcade cabinet from the 1980s be haunted? How did a virtual plague nearly wipeout the massive digital realm in the World of Warcraft? Did the music in Pokemon drive people insane? The Cabinet Podcast is a bi-weekly podcast that explores the creepypastas, urban legends, and ghost stories throughout the history of video games from the rise of the arcade to the modern console generation. The stories feature familiar names like Xbox, Playstation, Nintendo, Atari, and Sega. Every episode, host Tim Gibson brings you a new weird or terrifying story based on actual events highlighted through a dramatic narrative. At the end, he'll analyze the truth around the tale using media reports and other sources. Check back every other Wednesday for new episodes of The Cabinet Podcast.

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