Is This a Ghost?

Hoo-ray for Ghost-ywood! La la la something something, Ghost-ywood! The Academy Award for Best Podcast Episode About Ghosts This Week goes to...us!

This is the story of Peg Entwistle, ghost of the Hollywood sign. Come for the ghost, stay for the sound effect stylings of Taco Cat, the most punchable county in Britain, four retirees named Hope, giardiniera for your wrists, and American folk hero Alice Cooper.

Sources:

• https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/film-tv/a32404793/who-is-peg-entwistle-hollywood-facts/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peg_Entwistle
• https://www.americanghostwalks.com/articles/is-the-hollywood-sign-haunted
• https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2014/10/hollywood-sign-haunted
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_Sign
• https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1928&dat=19320920&id=9oApAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gmYFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3051,5949013

Happy Halloween, boils and ghouls! Welcome to another Halloween Spooktacular! It's that special time of year when Patrick pastes on a really cool beard and walks on stilts and pretends to be Clayton for one harrowing night. But this year, the Spooktacular comes with a twist -- Patrick brought three stories to the seance table, and Clayton must determine which one of them is a lie.

This is the story of three different hauntings. (Well, two, technically.) Come for the ghosts, stay for no such thing as a pinsula, gold inside (shhh), "not a good start, Tom," the wild sheep of Alaska, Precious Moments mining, the Solomon plan, soldering stuff, Jeremy problems, key parties, and a pretty spot-on Benoit Blanc impression (Clayton paid us extra to say that).

Sources:

***Patrick to fill this in at some point, probably

In what is already being called "the funniest episode of our generation," we examine a doppleganger ghost, which is like a twin, but opposite, and reverse-dead. Got it?

This is the story of the Doppleganger Ghost of Beacon Hill Park. Come for the ghost, stay for the appeal of video, improv energy, captain's butt, MySpace Tom, doppelganger vs. parent trap, old person jokes, the most distressing thing to come home to, silently screaming horses, and the return of the return of the return of Naked Abraham Lincoln.

Sources:

• https://exemplore.com/paranormal/The-Doppleganger-of-Beacon-Hill-Park-The-story-behind-the-haunting-Part-1
• https://www.timescolonist.com/local-news/leads-in-slaying-went-cold-with-suspects-suicide-4560986
• https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article/how-the-foolish-rumour-that-hawaiians-ate-cook-began/xpl1a9z86
• https://vancouverisland.com/things-to-do-and-see/parks-and-trails/vancouver-island-bc-islands/beacon-hill-park/

You thought this was going to be about an actual doll, didn't you? Gotcha! It's about a real women who was OBJECTIFIED as an actual doll! Do you feel good about your choices? Hey, we're in this together.

This is the story of the Bannister Doll. Come for the ghost, stay for pen pals, the Edward Scissorhands solution, return to Pound Town, the Love Actually question, nature vs nurture, don’t let Kevin Bacon into your town, and elephant alibis.

Sources:

• https://beyondtheblackpool.wordpress.com/2021/05/03/the-retributory-haunting-of-bannister-doll/
• https://www.scaryforkids.com/bannister-doll/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preston,_Lancashire

Saddler up, fellers, we're gonna go punch us a ghost! We're all very beefy, and we've got two shotguns each, so we'll catch this sad, frail ghost, or my name isn't E.L Jamerton McGillicuddy, knee-pinchin' frontier man.

This is the story of the Weeping Woman of Fish Creek. Come for the ghosts, stay for most of a hermit crab, sailors and manatees, sea-stuff-dot-xxx, the return of naked Lincoln, mitts vs. ghosts, and super beefy men.

Stay tuned after the episode for a story about how Patrick fell out of a parking garage.

Sources:

• http://www.bizarrejournal.com/2018/04/after-more-than-century-photo-of-fish.html

• https://thedeadhistory.com/2021/10/01/the-weeping-woman-of-fish-creek/

Climb aboard the LDS immigrant ship, it's time to sail to the Great Salt Lake! Come on down to the Utah town where the salt content in the water is higher than the alcohol content in the beer.

This is the story of Jean Baptiste. Come for the ghost, stay for soundboard options, the porn finger, Mormon bullets, new new new new Zion, Jason Bourne but really nice, shaking the coffin like a Boggle cube, and dismantling cows.

We apologize that the first ten minutes are a pretty big downer. But Axl always loved messing up the show.

Sources:

• https://thedeadhistory.com/2012/11/12/jean-baptiste-salt-lake-city/

• https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/history/topics/emigration?lang=eng

• https://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/mormon.asp

• https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/joseph-smith-abandons-ohio

• https://historytogo.utah.gov/john-w-dawson/

• https://historytogo.utah.gov/jean-baptiste/

Look. You read the title. And now you're here. We support that. In for a penny, in for a clown, we always say. And boy, we have just so many clowns.

This is the story of the Clown Motel in Tonopah, Nevada. Come for the ghosts, stay for Old Sludgey Creek, the Burning Man of Silver Mines, 150 grease-painted maniacs, the devil’s Precious Moments, Count Chocula vibes, the Terre Haute Adnans, and clown time.

Sources:

• https://www.uniqhotels.com/clown-motel
• https://usghostadventures.com/haunted-stories/the-clown-motel/
• https://www.tonopahminingpark.com/history/
• https://travelnevada.com/hotels/unique-stays/the-clown-motel/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pueblo_clown
• https://www.housebeautiful.com/lifestyle/a33408401/haunted-clown-motel-nevada/

Faith and begorrah, it's off to wee Ireland to crack on about a wizard earl, boyo! Pitch your legs to the Emerald Isle, 'ere you get collywoddled o'er its wet castles and weird meat, and we'll hand you no blarney, though ye may pass some stones.

This is the story of Gerald FItzGerald, the Wizard Earl of Kildare. Come for the ghosts, stay for the spooky season calendar, soft, velvety Thomas, Master of Horse, men-magic, and smoke that goes "poof."

Sources:

• https://www.historichotels.org/hotels-resorts/kilkea-castle/ghoststories.php
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_FitzGerald,_11th_Earl_of_Kildare
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_FitzGerald,_9th_Earl_of_Kildare
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallowglass
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_FitzGerald,_10th_Earl_of_Kildare
• https://www.spookyisles.com/the-wizard-earl-of-kildare/
• https://www.askaboutireland.ie/reading-room/history-heritage/folklore-of-ireland/folklore-folk-tales-and-c/the-wizard-earl/

Strap on in to your peach holes, it's time for a trip down south to genteel Savannah, Georgia! My stars and garters, I do declare, this is one of the finest episodes we've had yet, or my name isn't Colonel Nathanius Budgerbuddy of the Macon Budgerbuddies.

This is the story of the Pirates' House. Come for the ghosts, stay for sliding into Hugh Jackman’s DMs, the most boring hurricane ever, the height and weight of Jesus, manatees hate this one weird place, pirate daycare, dressing people up as little tiny boats, and, obviously, peach holes.

Sources:

• https://thepirateshouse.com/history/
• https://nightlyspirits.com/savannah-georgia-haunted-pirate-house-restaurant/
• https://www.wsav.com/news/local-news/savannah/the-tale-behind-the-haunted-pirates-house/
• https://savannahterrors.com/the-pirates-house-savannah/
• https://trusteesgarden.com/our-history/
• https://ghostcitytours.com/savannah/haunted-places/haunted-restaurants/pirates-house/

You guys, we did it. They said it was impossible, but I'm here to tell you, we recorded an entire episode about Jamaica and didn't mention Cool Runnings once.

This is the story of the White Witch of Rose Hall. Come for the ghost, stay for Hulk wars, Coming for the Hulks, Jim Caviezel energy, the Ruffalo gap, classic Risk strategy, the Genghis Khan of Jamaica, and Anne Hathaway, but small.

Sources:

• https://www.gonomad.com/1103-annie-palmer-the-white-witch-of-jamaica
• https://www.thepalmsjamaica.com/annie-palmer-white-witch-rose-hall/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_Hall,_Montego_Bay
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Witch_of_Rose_Hall
• https://www.thetravelcurrent.com/jamaica/ocho-rios/activities-and-events/tours/rose-hall-and-white-witch-await-adventurous-jamaica