Hot lake, hot springs, hot times, hot ghosts. Hot, hot, hot. Have you ever been to a hot springs? Patrick has. And his mouth paid the price.

This is the story of the many ghosts of Hot Lake Hotel. Come for the ghosts, stay for the double-fisting daddy, everyone’s got flub, going nuts for hot holes, the cheat code for syphilis, every party needs a Patrick, feet that work, Choose Your Own Horrific Adventure, and that was quite the fall.

Sources:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Lake_Hotel 
• https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-lodge-at-hot-lake-springs 
• https://inthedarkair.wordpress.com/2020/04/06/haunt-the-house-the-hot-lake-hotel/ 
• https://hauntedhotlake.wordpress.com/ 
• https://www.instagram.com/hotlakelodge/ 

Beer, caves, and prostitutes in caves with beer, this one has everything. It's a special love story episode for St. Louisans like us. For everyone else, well, here's your weekly episode. Do you like it?

This is the story of the Lemp Mansion. Come for the ghosts, stay for off-brand Cheez-It filter, Chris Pratt taking our Pringles money, podcast winnings, where they keep the caves, very cold lives, Eric von Coors Light, best friends with the Great Gatsby, and powder burns on the dog’s paw.

Sources:

• https://www.stlmag.com/history/profiles/unveiling-the-real-johann-adam-lemp/ 
• https://www.legendsofamerica.com/mo-lempmansion/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemp_Mansion
• https://www.lemphauntedhouse.com/lemp-brewery-haunted-house-st-louis-missouri-story

Additional Audio:

• "CENSOR BLEEP" xtrgamr via freesound.org
• "Cash register" MaoDin204 via freesound.org
• "Tada Fanfare F" plaster brain via freesound.org

Cults are like Mogwai. We do not understand them, and we do not ask questions about them, for fear that they might multiply overnight. Therefore, we humbly present this episode of Is This a Ghost? with no further comment.

This is the story of Cyrus Teed and the Ghosts of Koreshanity. Come for the ghosts, stay for Joe Buck money, mantlescrapers, yes ghost, we call that brain damage, beautiful sexy God, look at the sun it’s a helix, David Koresh’s subscription has ended, and energy that shows up under a black light.

Sources:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrus_Teed
• https://www.mpnod.org/2017/08/cyrus-teed-and-the-hollow-sphere-cult/
• https://www.messynessychic.com/2021/08/31/the-ghost-town-left-behind-by-an-american-sect-of-hollow-earth-believers/
• https://www.floridahauntedhouses.com/real-haunt/koreshan-state-historic-site.html 

Additional audio:

• "karate-chop-6357" via Pixabay

No, you read that right. This is not the story of James Dean's ghost. This is the story of James Dean's car's ghost. We will not be taking any questions. (But yeah, okay, we talk about James Dean's ghost, too.)

This is the story of the Ghost of James Dean's Car. Come for the ghost, stay for friends with Lego benefits, the Fightin’ Lady Fingers, one tiny mistake, live fast, live long, getaway ambulance, advice from people named after Muppets, big royal inbred car, and (James Dean’s) good bones.

Sources:

• https://www.carsales.com.au/editorial/details/the-haunted-history-of-james-deans-porsche-550-spyder-138771/
• https://www.hagerty.com/media/automotive-history/the-haunting-story-of-james-deans-little-bastard/
• https://historygoesbump.blogspot.com/2014/09/the-ghost-of-james-dean.html 
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Porsche
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_James_Dean 
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Dean
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porsche_550 
• https://www.quora.com/After-crashing-into-James-Deans-Porsche-what-happened-to-Donald-Turnupseed-he-drove-the-other-vehicle 
• https://jasoncolavito.substack.com/p/did-james-deans-ghost-turn-sal-mineo

Additional Audio:

• "Fluorescent Lightbulb Break" via Pixabay
• "Dun Dun Duuun v.01" and via Pixabay

Not all poltergeists suck your children in through a TV screen. Some of them just push your grandma down the stairs and set fires in your house! And some of them just really want to date Jeremy Spenser, whoever that is.

This is the story of the Battersea Poltergeist. Come for the ghost, stay for infringement of the face, gotta hitch that kitty, the fingering ghost, Liverpool: the Hollywood of London, classic woman stuff, he was French, after all, stop doing that in here, the cheeks of someone who’s had a lot of cake, and elbow sucking. Plus, a homework assignment for the listeners!

Sources:

• https://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/you/article-10120493/I-terrorised-Battersea-Poltergeist.html
• https://www.historyhit.com/the-terrifying-case-of-the-battersea-poltergeist/
• https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/4b8PlyxgjRft0T7b0Sjjj3B/the-story-of-the-battersea-poltergeist

Additional Audio:

• "Fluorescent Lightbulb Break" via Pixabay
• "Dun Dun Duuun v.01" and via Pixabay

Dignified people die dignified deaths. Unless you're George Washington, in which case your last 26 hours are absolute insanity. It's the American history that THEY won't tell you -- the true story of how George Washington died! And believe us when we tell you, you are not prepared. Unless you already know how he died. Then you are very adequately prepared.

This is the story of George Washington and the ghosts of Mount Vernon. Come for the ghosts, stay for the tea babies, pee tape tooth, new not wet stuff, inside you are four gross wolves, the mysterious fifth humour (umami), and woof woof turn around.

Sources:

• https://discover.hubpages.com/politics/George-Washington-The-strange-circumstances-surrounding-his-death
• https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/dec-14-1799-excruciating-final-hours-president-george-washington
• https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/the-death-of-george-washington/
• https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/06-04-02-0406-0002
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington
• https://www.bostonteapartyship.com/george-washington-facts
• https://www.mountvernon.org/preservation/mount-vernon-ladies-association/mount-vernon-through-time/ghost-stories/

Additional Audio:

• "Fluorescent Lightbulb Break" via Pixabay

If there's one thing you want out of a hotel, it's for the whole building not to catch on fire while you're there. But don't worry, that won't happen at the Winecoff! This hotel is absolutely fireproof. It says so right on the stationery. *wink*

This is the story of the Winecoff Hotel. Come for the ghosts, stay for Li'l Abner Skunkworks, two-dimensional thinking, stairs that go both ways, we didn’t know about racism back then, the Expedia fireproof filter, ’m either 52 or 108, I come a-rowin', and I don’t think you can make that pottery sensually.

Sources:

• https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,934702-1,00.html
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellis_Hotel
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winecoff_Hotel_fire
• https://www.southernspiritguide.org/phantoms-from-the-fire-atlanta-georgia/

Additional audio:

• "Fluorescent Lightbulb Break" via Pixabay

The Rockies are a terror. The fact that the Colorado night sky isn't lit up every night with a churning air-ocean of the spirits of people who have been lost to the mountains is testament to the fact that ghosts don't glow. 'Cause they're up there. Oh, yes. They're up there.

This is the story of Cheesman Park. Come for the ghosts, stay for the worst day of the year, kids are like starfish, the sexiest cherries, stick fort castle doctrine, the blue organ, landscaping and vivisection, My First Reinterment, and mountain viking funerals.

You can find Apocalypticon here!

Sources:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arapaho
• https://www.cherrycreekeast.org/cherry-creek/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Larimer_Jr
• https://history.denverlibrary.org/news/it-had-happen-sometime-denvers-first-major-crime
• https://www.hauntedrooms.com/colorado/denver/haunted-places/cheesman-park
• https://www.legendsofamerica.com/co-cheesemanpark/

Additional audio tracks:

• "Mickey Mouse - Steamboat Willie - Whistle - Theme Song" via https://www.televisiontunes.com
• "Fluorescent Lightbulb Break" via Pixabay

Sure, you've heard of ghosts, but have you heard of RED ghosts? We didn't think so. Not feeling so high and mighty now, are you?

This is the story of the Red Ghost of Arizona. Come for the ghost, stay for being-on-being action, medically nude, another little Icarus, the Hyperloop of 1836, a disappointing number of camels, the worst thing about Jefferson Davis, Bob Hope Camel Tour, camel KPIs, and cork steaks.

Sources:

• https://armyhistory.org/the-u-s-armys-camel-corps-experiment/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Ghost_(folklore)

Additional Audio:

• Mana Two - Part 2" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• "Fluorescent Lightbulb Break" via Pixabay
• "12320 labrador single bark" Robinhood76 (freesound.org) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Merry Christmas, friends! This year, we got you the dubious gift of an unedited episode recorded very late at night after way too much whiskey. Whoops!

This is the story of the Mistletoe Bride. Come for the ghost, stay for creepy quotes sad, manor moles, movin’ some muscles and removin’ some bustles, let’s go to Waffle House, and bone love is different.

Sources:

• https://burialsandbeyond.com/2019/12/21/the-bramshill-house-bride-or-the-legend-of-the-mistletoe-bough/
• https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/516454/7-spine-tingling-tales-christmas-ghosts
• https://specialcollectionsuniversityofsouthampton.wordpress.com/2018/10/31/the-bridal-chest-of-bramshill-or-a-ghost-tale-from-the-cope-collection/