Is This a Ghost?

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.

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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/

Welcome to Clayton's own personal hellscape, where we talk about nothing but fish for an entire episode.

This is the story of the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Come for the ghosts, stay for appeasing the elder gods, parka wrestling, the kung pao steamer, sea lion boom town, Ozark marinade, surprisingly Russian Norwegians, "Barney Fife lived," no one neckin', and corn: the fish of Kansas.

Sources:

• https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/stories/tales-from-the-a-scary-um
• https://www.sfgate.com/travel/article/Walk-with-the-ghosts-of-Cannery-Row-3130167.php
• https://www.seemonterey.com/regions/monterey/cannery-row/
• https://canneryrow.com/our-story/
• https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=55215
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monterey_Bay_Aquarium

Additional music this episode: "SCP-x5x (Outer Thoughts)" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

A whole lot of ghost problems would be solved with a Magic Eraser. What are those things, anyway? Makes you wonder.

This is the story of the ghosts of Grumblethorpe. Come for the ghosts, stay for fake fake names, count the rings and put it back, ze German style, 9000 husbands, ghost stew, the Blarney Stone of Germantown, Justinia Hotdog, and the birth of psychology.

Sources:

• https://www.philalandmarks.org/grumblethorpe
• https://abc13.com/haunted-history-germantown-ghosts/12328945/
• https://www.ushistory.org/oddities/grumblethorpe.htm
• https://www.visitphilly.com/things-to-do/attractions/grumblethorpe/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumblethorpe
• https://the-line-up.com/grumblethorpe-haunted
• https://abc13.com/haunted-history-germantown-ghosts/12328945/b
• https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/pennsylvania/philadelphia/grumblethorpe-philadelphia-pa/

Additional audio for this episode:

• "Divertimento K131" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• "Happy Birthday with Kazoo and Ukulele" blimp66 (freesound.org)
• Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• "Fluorescent Lightbulb Break" via Pixabay

Hear ye, hear ye, the king is dead; long live the king, primarily beneath a parking lot. "A pasture! A pasture! My kingdom for a pasture!" But lo--t'was not a pasture to be.

This is the story of King Richard III, the parking lot ghost of Bosworth Battlefield. Come for the ghost, stay for faux-thers and foe-thers, lawnmower sigils, Taki fingers, penguins vs zombies, foot strings, the Newarke bus to York, Blockbuster vodka, and Edwards and Richards for days and days.

Sources:

• https://www.worldhistory.org/Richard_III_of_England/
• https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-lost-king-dramatizes-the-search-for-richard-iiis-remains-the-monarchs-life-was-even-more-sensational-180981856/
• https://www.britannica.com/biography/Richard-III-king-of-England/Usurpation
• https://britishheritage.com/history/richard-iii-bosworths-battlefield
• https://www.bosworthbattlefield.org.uk/events/paranormal-ghost-walk-bosworth-battlefield-6/
• http://www.greatbritishghosttour.co.uk/Pages/England/Leicestershire/Sutton%20Cheney.html
• https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/king-richard-iiis-ghost-caught-6489816
• https://historycollection.com/haunted-history-12-creepiest-places-britain/5/
• https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2607033/amp/Listen-voice-Richard-IIIs-ghost-Amateur-ghoul-hunters-record-spooky-sounds-bed-legend-says-spent-night-alive.html
• https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/haunted-venues-including-bradgate-park-7527129
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wars_of_the_Roses
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_IV_of_England

This week's story is kind of sweet, actually, in that whole "lonely life, sad witch, botched hanging, way too many cats" kind of way. We expect to receive an offer from the Hallmark channel any second.

This is the story of the Witch of Saratoga. Come for the ghost, stay for a sad sow, bewitching for pleasure and revenge, bench press more weight, England (booo), gig witch, the real estate value of witchcraft, and tasteful 8-bit music.

Sources:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Witch_of_Saratoga
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northamptonshire_witch_trials
• https://wellcomecollection.org/works/gwqwf8df
• https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-50186758

Gobble gobble, it's a ghost! We all know that Thanksgiving started in Plymouth, but what you might not know is, that whole era of American pioneering was sort of a downer! Oh, you did know that? Well...great!

This is the story of the Thanksgiving ghosts of Plymouth Rock. Come for the ghosts, stay for chicken tootsies, wet stuff, dragons down there, Human Body Hill (Living or Dead), rum is for mouths, and the enormous real estate investment potential of the Black Death.

Sources:

• Ghosts of Plymouth, Massachusetts by Darcy H. Lee (2017)
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plymouth_Colony
• https://plimoth.org/for-students/homework-help/mayflower-and-mayflower-compact#:~:text=That's%20what%20the%20Pilgrims%20did,underway%20on%20September%206%2C%201620
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cole%27s_Hill
• https://www.patriotledger.com/story/entertainment/local/2019/10/12/spooky-south-shore-make-no/2524772007/
• https://wbsm.com/the-ghosts-of-pilgrims-lurk-on-plymouths-burial-hill/
• https://www.gothichorrorstories.com/gothic-travel/by-location/new-england/plymouth/haunted-plymouth/#:~:text=Burial%20Hill%20in%20haunted%20Plymouth,native%20American%20spirits%20and%20others
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leptospirosis
• https://bostonghosts.com/plymouth-americas-haunted-hometown/
• https://historicaldigression.com/2013/09/30/coles-hill-sarcophagus-and-pilgrim-remains/

Sometimes it's like, "Why is there a ghost in here?" Other times it's like, "Hey dumb-dumb, how about you don't store the ashes of an American literary treasure in your desk for 15 years if you don't want her to ghost so much?"

This is the strange story of Dorothy Parker's post-death life. Come for the ghost, stay for tooth math, solving ghosts, all doctors are catholic, Jeeves Harvey Oswald, teaspoon of ashes (DO NOT DRINK), the Marvel flapperverse, human cadaver prank opportunities.

Sources:

• https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-improbable-journey-of-dorothy-parkers-ashes
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Parker
• https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/52358/25-dorothy-parkers-best-quotes
• https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/literary-legend-haunted-hotel-53-years-until-neglected-remains-buried-family-nyc-historians

We've "conjured" up something special this week -- a real-life look at the real-life Annabelle doll, star of the real-life movies from the real-life Conjuring universe. But this ain't your grandmother's Hollywood flim-flam. This is a real Raggedy Ann doll that's really goshdarn haunted.

This is the real story of Annabelle the Doll. Come for the ghost, stay for Nels Olson energy, how birthdays work, it’s the bugs, roommate stuff, normal doll behavior, and the wusses of Christianity.

Sources:

• https://fionadodwell.medium.com/annabelle-and-beyond-the-dark-history-of-raggedy-ann-dolls-a3d746fd2bbb
• https://www.nhregister.com/living/article/Real-Annabelle-story-shared-by-Lorraine-11382545.php
• https://www.buzzfeed.com/crystalro/creepy-facts-about-real-annabelle-doll