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 don’t think it’s in Uranus.”

Sources:

• https://hauntheads.wordpress.com/2017/07/04/s-k-pierce-and-chair-city/
• https://www.thegardnernews.com/story/news/2021/07/29/then-and-now-s-k-pierce-standard-chair-manufacturers-gardner/8090340002/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvester_K._Pierce_House
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gardner,_Massachusetts
• https://www.jbsa.mil/News/News/Article/2322093/smoking-in-bed-is-the-leading-cause-of-fire-deaths/
• https://www.housebeautiful.com/lifestyle/a38046654/sk-pierce-haunted-victorian-mansion/
• https://www.skhauntedvictorianmansion.com/

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, and Encanto vs. Moana: FIGHT!

Sources:

• https://www.terror29.com/blog/haunting-connecticut-real-story

• https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/snedeker-house

• https://www.livescience.com/5346-real-story-haunting-connecticut.html

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 basically a hot dog, and the wrong way to premeditate a murder.

Sources:

• https://sauconsource.com/2020/10/18/haunted-lehigh-valley-ghost-getters-island/

• http://thishauntedplace.com/content/getters-island

• https://www.newspapers.com/image/75523009/?clipping_id=1441526&fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjc1NTIzMDA5LCJpYXQiOjE2ODM5MTcxMDIsImV4cCI6MTY4NDAwMzUwMn0.fhTv-dPEDnupjfK3UqMhXjsOdIePIs0iDAoyK4z35eo

• https://www.wfmz.com/archive/dni/historys-headlines-ghostly-getters-island/article_c5d18933-d387-50f6-8abd-adaa03e56505.html

• https://civilwarghosts.com/haunted-locations-in-easton/

• https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/N-Delaware-Dr-Easton-PA-18042/2088618926_zpid/

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, do you think?

This is the story of the Odd Fellows and Belvoir Winery. Come for the ghosts, stay for the life choices of non-drug users, the fickle nature of bearing cups, the wrong way to thaw frozen pipes, skeletons in the cupboard, dungeon children, "Is this it?", and a very special mid-episode ad.

Sources:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odd_Fellows

• https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-apr-01-mn-45210-story.html

• https://citylifestyle.com/kansas-city-mo/articles/travel/reintroducing-the-odd-fellows

• https://www.kmbc.com/article/unsettling-spirits-find-their-way-into-libertys-belvoir-winery/24481076#

• http://www.belvoirwinery.com/

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_B._Ittner

• https://www.hauntedrooms.com/missouri/haunted-places/belvoir-winery

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 surveying, pull vs. tug, getting horny for a house, horny Irish idiots, and ten swings for a buck.

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 decisions, Clayton’s childhood trauma, the tremendous value of a good B&B, Wisconsin from space, milking barrels, and the Phantom of the Opera is coming from inside the house.

Sources:

• Bell, Devon (2016). Haunted Summerwind: A Ghostly History of a Wisconsin Mansion. Arcadia Publishing.

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summerwind

• https://www.wxpr.org/arts-life/2018-10-31/vilas-co-s-haunted-summerwind-mansion

• https://military-history.fandom.com/wiki/Burke%27s_Rangers

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_P._Lamont

• https://www.hauntedrooms.com/wisconsin/haunted-places

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, 101 uses for peanuts, and yet another Disney connection.

Sources:

• https://www.countrylife.co.uk/nature/the-day-a-country-life-photographer-captured-an-image-of-a-ghost-234642

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raynham_Hall

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Townshend

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_Lady_of_Raynham_Hall

• https://hauntedmansion.fandom.com/wiki/Brown_Lady_of_Raynham_Hall

• https://the-line-up.com/raynham-hall-brown-lady

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Wharton,_1st_Marquess_of_Wharton

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 therapy sheep.

Sources:

• https://luxeadventuretraveler.com/poveglia-italy/

• https://www.findhouseitaly.com/immobile/isola-di-poveglio-e-ottagono-laguna-sud-venezia-veneto

• https://www.travelchannel.com/shows/ghost-adventures/articles/poveglia-islands-haunted-history

• https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/plague#:~:text=Plague%20can%20be%20a%20very,pneumonic%20kind%20when%20left%20untreated

• https://www.visitvenezia.eu/en/venetianity/discover-venice/the-defensive-system-of-the-venice-lagoon-the-octagons#:~:text=Poveglia%20Octagon&text=With%20a%20naturally%20octagonal%20plan,hands%20of%20the%20state%20property

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poveglia

• https://italicsmag.com/2020/03/28/italian-ghost-stories-poveglia-island/

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.Photo referenced in the episode: https://www.historyvshollywood.com/reelfaces/amityvillehorror2005/bghst.jpg

Sources:

• https://www.wdam.com/story/27373608/on-this-day-in-history-december-13th-1974/#:~:text=HATTIESBURG%2C%20MS%20(WDAM)%20%2D,were%20asleep%20in%20their%20beds

• https://ghosts.fandom.com/wiki/Amityville_Horror_House

• https://www.historyandheadlines.com/history-november-13-1974-the-real-amityville-horror/

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_DeFeo_Jr.#:~:text=Ronald%20Joseph%20DeFeo%20Jr.&text=Condemned%20to%20six%20sentences%20of,versions%20of%20The%20Amityville%20Horror

• https://allthatsinteresting.com/amityville-horror-house

• https://www.travelchannel.com/interests/haunted/articles/amityville-case-that-rattled-a-seasoned-paranormal-investigator

• https://collider.com/the-amityville-horror-true-story/

• https://nypost.com/article/amityville-horror-house-real-story/

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 stories from the audience, and we've included those for your listening pleasure, too!

This is the story of the USS Eastland. Come for the ghosts, stay for the Book It jokes, day drinking is fine, the Titanic Whoopsie, turning turtle, afterlife jackets, and Oprah gets it.

Sources:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Electric

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawthorne_Works

• https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/eastland-disaster-killed-more-passengers-titanic-and-lusitania-why-has-it-been-forgotten-180953146/

• https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-hauntings-ghosts-eastland-disaster/

• https://eastlanddisaster.org/

• https://www.americanghostwalks.com/tour/chicago-river-north

• http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/2900.html