Is This a Ghost?

Some ghosts will scare you within an inch of your life. Others will unscrew peroxide lids. You really just never know what kind of ghost you're going to get. It's a real roll of the dice. And for the first time, even Clayton wonders, "Hey...is this actually a ghost?"

This is the story of Popper, the Herrmann House Ghost. Come for the ghost, stay for the Ozark version of a WASP, classic bone-having, straight into the flammenwerfer, some Bedknobs and Broomsticks sh*t, Detective Daddy, and feral water.

We've done cannibalism, but have we done incest AND cannibalism?! Not that we can recall. But to be honest, we cannot be trusted with things like this. So. What was the question?

This is the story of the ghost of Sawney Bean. Come for the ghost, stay for the summer of love, rated G for grotty, (witch understood), we got to cannibalism fast, one stone three score hands, how did this get worse from the cannibal part?, CHUD lures, all this peat to eat, live by the barbecue, die by the barbecue, and CHUD justice.

Sources:

• https://www.scotclans.com/pages/the-legend-of-sawney-bean
• https://hauntingnights.co.uk/ghost-of-sawney-beans/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sawney_Bean
• https://electricscotland.com/kids/stories/sawney_bean.htm
• https://freakinparanormal.com/2020/08/28/haunted-scotland/

In what is by far the most sex-positive episode of ITAG yet (sorry, Naked Abe), the guys explore the wonders of Butte, Montana's red light district. And eventually they talk about some ghosts.

This is the story of the Dumas Brothel. Come for the ghosts, stay for girding one’s loins, mining for electricity, hard work and hard men, Patrick’s insight into how sex works, brotheling?, we don’t supply the towels, and you’re also a dog.

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Sources:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Butte,_Montana
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumas_Brothel
• https://southwestmt.com/ghosts/ghost-stories/dumas-brothel-hotel/
• https://bozemanmagazine.com/articles/2013/09/30/100922-a-montana-ghost-story-from-the-dumas-brothel

If you're like Patrick, you don't know what The Conjuring is. For everyone else...this episode is for you.

This is the true story of The Conjuring. Come for the ghosts, stay for hogs in the front; hogs in the back, water company dynamite, hello we’re Puritans, the Pocahontas meat Muppet, Quasimodo Hot or Not, the Butterworths of Mrs. Fame, she knits for Satan, the Level 5 Aramaic badge, and closes at sundown (strict).

Sources:

• https://www.theconjuringhouse.com/
• https://www.britannica.com/biography/Roger-Williams-American-religious-leader
• https://stonewings.wordpress.com/2014/02/17/saving-bathsheba-part-1/
• https://medium.com/phenomenon-the-paranormal-publication/will-the-real-bathsheba-please-stand-up-separating-fact-from-fiction-in-the-paranormal-51c39b61bacb
• https://allthatsinteresting.com/true-story-of-the-conjuring-perron-family-enfield-haunting
• https://allthatsinteresting.com/bathsheba-sherman

Well this one's uncomfortable! Our Facebook fans chose this story over a nice, quaint, non-brutal story that didn't make us cringe. Thanks a lot, Facebook fans. It's not often we kick off the show with a content warning!

This is the story of the LaLaurie Mansion. Come for the ghosts, stay for the right amount of porn for LinkedIn, Dark Patrick, rated "B" for "butane," pre-dinging the dong, bones for tapas, the Full White, and the Taco Bell menu of kids' names.

Sources:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delphine_LaLaurie
• https://www.frenchquarterphantoms.com/blog/the-real-story-behind-the-lalaurie-mansion-new-orleans-most-haunted-home
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitian_Revolution
• https://www.outlookindia.com/art-entertainment/nicolas-cage-confirms-he-had-multi-million-dollar-debt-blames-it-on-real-estate-crash-news-281114
• https://www.reddit.com/r/Paranormal/comments/c4st4w/working_at_the_lalaurie_house/

It is somehow our 100th episode! *noisemaker sound* Who knew there were so many ghosts in the world? To celebrate our centennial, Clayton has a surprise for Patrick -- he's turning the tables with his own version of Two Haunts and a Flaunt! But this time, there's a twist. The three stories are all revisitations of stories we've already shared. That's right...new ghosts from old haunts!

Then, after the stories, unpaid intern Jen Swanson joins the guys for a bit of trivia, a dash of Would You Rather?, and a touch of personal reflection from the last 100 episodes.

This is the 100th episode of Is This a Ghost? Come for the ghosts, stay for the scream of a child (as it were), tobaccopreneurship, a little leg bed, the coriander did it, 10 cc’s of soy sauce please, infants can stack, why is my brain flapping?, Kool-Aid and Takis and all the thwocking and the copping.

Sources:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_H._Seward
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Abraham_Lincoln
• https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mary-Surratt
• https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/titanic-survivor/ruth-dodge.html
• https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/ghost-of-titanic-survivor-haunts-cellar-on-nob-3326890.php
• https://sfmuseum.org/hist5/dodge6.html
• https://www.geographicus.com/P/ctgy&Category_Code=dodgewashington

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Do you love good music, chill vibes, natural beauty, and an axe-wielding elderly ghost? Then Red Rocks might be the venue for you.

This is the story of The Hatchet Lady of Red Rocks. Come for the ghost, stay for a nice little preview of the heat death of the universe, never forget (your birthday), this Tom Cruise-ass life, the Phish residency, behavior plus axe, and my hatchet kink.

Sources:

• https://coloradostories.online/colorado-connie-blog/f/the-hatchet-lady-of-morrison?blogcategory=Morrison+Colorado+Legend
• https://www.longmontleader.com/regional-news/bones-in-our-backyard-3-true-horrific-happenings-in-colorados-history-5922661
• https://puzzleboxhorror.com/the-hatchet-lady-of-red-rocks-urban-legend/
• https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/colorado/denver/creepy-legend-red-rocks-denver/
• https://www.denverpost.com/2016/06/02/seventy-five-facts-about-red-rocks/
• http://americashauntedroadtrip.com/tag/hatchet-lady-of-red-rocks/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Brisben_Walker
• https://morrisonhistory.org/people/john-brisben-walker/

Toot-toot! It's another haunted train story, and you're going to love it! Unless you're like, "No more trains." Then we may have lost you with this one, and in that case, that's on us.

This is the story of the haunted train station in Staunton, VA. Come for the ghost, stay for the severed mannequin head aesthetic, a heart-shaped jacuzzi tub of a state, "Why you strap flashlight to fork with Mungo?", old fashioned knob whackin', the Malort of soda, Lady Thirst Trap, ships of the land, get mounted in Virginia, and a Jason Statham movie of an experience.

Sources:

• https://colonialghosts.com/staunton-train-depot/
• https://www.newsleader.com/story/news/history/2014/05/14/1890-staunton-va-train-crash/9107601/
• https://colonialghosts.com/staunton-train-depot/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lewis_(Virginia_colonist)
• https://www.virginia.org/places-to-visit/regions/shenandoah-valley/
• David J. Brown, ed., Staunton Virginia: a pictorial history, Staunton, Virginia: Historic Staunton Foundation, 1985. “A Brief History of Staunton, Virginia.” Web. 26 September 2015. Para. 31.

Double pairs of double episodes makes for one heck of a podcasting experience, doesn't it? In the most tired second episode of the night we've done yet, things get weird! And we have a feeling you'll love that, you absolute gems.

This is the story of the Lost Dutchman Mine. Come for the ghosts, stay for lessons from the villain of Toy Story 2, my name is Clay Jug, lot about livin’ and a little ‘bout jug, so many Jacobs, your math is better than my math, I should just die, and no thank you, snake surprise. God bless you all for listening.

Sources:

• https://phoenixghosts.com/superstition-mountains-ghost-lost-mines-murder-and-mayhem/
• https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/arizona/most-haunted-park-az/
• https://study.com/academy/lesson/apache-tribe-facts-lesson-for-kids.html#:~:text=The%20Apache%20are%20a%20Native%20American%20tribe%20that%20have%20been,for%20English%20speakers%20to%20pronounce

It's not what you think, and there's WAY less Uncle Phil than you'd like.

This is the story of the Bellaire House. Come for the ghosts, stay for the dreggin’s breath, half cocaine/half bear, please let this be research, seven-year-old work, Captain Metaphor, let’s ask ChatGPT, The Fresh Prince of a Sub-Region of Kentucky, and a flat ghost fee (75 bucks).

Sources:

• https://www.bellairehousetours.com/history
• https://www.wtrf.com/belmont-county/the-tale-behind-the-unexplained-happenings-at-the-bellaire-haunted-house/
• https://unsolved.com/podcasts/haunting-of-bellaire-house/
• https://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/jacob-heatherington-24-hx07p
• https://sites.rootsweb.com/~ohmfahs/bio-jheather.txt