Is This a Ghost?

So there's this train in the Cascade Mountains, and it's just sitting there, minding its own business, not even moving or anything, then WHAM! Ghosted. There's a lesson to be learned there. We just have no idea what it is.

This is the story of the haunted Iron Goat Trail. Come for the ghosts, stay for the coolest cucumber on Earth, lightning is bad, 100% man, bring the yetis out, the train with all the males, Not-So-Wellington, and the biggest ghost we’ve ever seen.

Sources:

https://www.seattletimes.com/life/outdoors/walk-into-the-past-on-iron-goat-trail-a-century-after-deadly-stevens-pass-avalanche/ 

https://ghostsandmonsters.com/ghost-story-iron-goat-trail-stevens-pass-washington/

https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/washington/iron-goat-trail-haunted-hike-wa/ 

https://thatoregonlife.com/2016/11/iron-goat-trail/ 

We all like to go fast, don't we? YEAH! But do you like to go as fast as the terminal velocity of a human body? If yes, then this episode's for you.

This is the story of Desmond Arthur. Come for the ghost, stay for Taylor Sniffed and Dimebag Darrell, we all go home wet, the Irish weather report tattoo, least honorable mention, perfect straw mouth, I did wanna go fast, Tom Hanks tattoos, and saints a-preserve a-us, eh?

Sources:

• https://highnamheritage.co.uk/thats-the-spirit-the-ghost-of-desmond-arthur/ 
• https://rafmontrose.org.uk/ghost-2/ 
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmond_Arthur 
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_Grace

For our first official live Zoom event, where listeners could sit in on our weekly recording, we asked those listeners, "Do you want to hear a haunted doll story, or do you want to hear a haunted mine story?" They chose mine. And right or wrong, now you all get mine. YOU ALL GET MINE.

This is the story of the Vulture Mine. Come for the ghosts, stay for the Ricky Bobby rules of parenting, the fossils they find in Prussia, enough testosterone to shoot you to the moon, al dente quartz, kickin’ on the chicken boiler, the straightest and the f***ist down, the silly tree, a Monty Python sketch of a death, and Producer Ryan’s internet history/glory hole intervention.

Sources:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulture_Mine
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Wickenburg 
• https://phoenixghosts.com/the-ghosts-of-the-vulture-gold-mine/ 
• https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/surprise-contributor/2016/10/25/what-haunts-wickenburgs-vulture-mine/92707624/ 
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pauline_Weaver
• https://www.arcadianews.com/local_news_and_features/the-lost-dutchman-mine/article_b27dfba8-bcb0-11ee-bc29-ab74c7af5d62.html 

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