Is This a Ghost?

Don't get too excited. South Manitou is an island, yeah, but only in the literal sense. There's not a single palm tree, and honestly? It's no wonder everyone there is a ghost.

This is the story of the many ghosts of South Manitou Island. Come for the ghosts, stay for Patrick’s cat’s fat, fat body, the disappearing nuisance of glaciers, the Han Solos of 19th century shipping routes, Death Race 2000 but on steamships, and boy, cholera, huh?

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https://solitudesports.com/ghosts-and-hauntings-of-south-manitou-island/

https://glenarborsun.com/mysterious-madness-and-intrigue-of-the-manitou-passage/

https://www.nps.gov/slbe/learn/historyculture/shipwreckmorazan.htm

https://mynorth.com/2009/04/manitous-magic/

http://gildartphoto.com/weblog/2006/08/06/kayaking-to-the-wreck-of-the-francisco-morazan

Did you know Maine is more than just a hotbed of fictional horrors? We’re coming for you, Stephen King. The Pine Tree State is also home to at least one maybe-dead maybe-ghost, and we honor her today on Is This a Ghost? (The answer is…maybe?)

This is the story of Mary Howe. Come for the ghost, stay for the Hippocratic Oath for gravediggers, the transcendentalism of Batman, the right temperature for not-dead hot stones, horse-drawn busses of 1882, the perfect month for pizza, and Glidden: The “Nick” of the 19th century.

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Pen Bay Pilot

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The best thing about Oklahoma is that ghosts don’t like it anymore than you do. Clayton had to plumb the depths of human experience to find a worthwhile ghost story from the The Sooner-Die-Than-Live-Here State, but with the hard work and grit that’s always been a hallmark of this podcast, he managed. Oh, also, you’ll learn this toward the end, but we’re an ESPN podcast now.

This is the story of the haunted Skirvin Hotel. Come for the ghost, stay for the absolute disappointment of Oklahoma, America, the big, cool graveyard of Rip Rowser Bill, the respectful behavior of oilmen throughout history, and Ron Artest, professional ghost lawyer.

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Legends of America

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The Players Tribune

Washington Post

It’s Halloweentime, and we wanted to give you a treat. Or I guess it’s really more of a trick. Well it’s a trick that’s sort of a treat, and it’s this: Patrick is dressing up as Clayton for this Halloween episode, and he’s the one telling the ghost story this time. That’s right, he’s gunning for the big chair, and all Clayton can say is, IF YOU COME AT THE KING, YOU BEST NOT MISS.

This is the story of The Whaley House, one of the most haunted houses in America. Come for the ghosts, stay for the hotel-by-the-hour memories, the most disappointing way to spell “pie,” a cross-examination of Tom Greene’s existence, dowsing for ghost water, Plato’s EMF reader, and high school Clayton’s struggle to find women’s clothing for tall boys.

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Patrick will probably fill this in at some point, I bet.

Sure, sex is great, but have you ever had the ghost of an airline pilot jump out at you from the overhead bin when you check on your luggage at 30,000 feet, midway to your uber-normie family vacation? It is transcendent. We will not be taking questions.

This is the story of Flight 401. Come for the ghosts, stay for two double-dog-dare first-class priests, the Spanish-teacher sweatshirt monster, the one tiny issue with early autopilot, hamster-tube airplane pipes, Quantum Leap in a failing cockpit, and Patrick’s unfirm grasp on holiday dates.

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Admiral Cloudberg (Medium)

Simple Flying

Florida Today

With great wealth comes great responsibility, and we’re the first people in history to ever mean that. But like, what would you do if your family’s handiwork caused the misery of millions, and led Americans to win the American West, and made you so rich you could drive a brand new Hyundai into the river every single day for the rest of your life? You’d probably become a philanthropist, right? HAHAHAHA us neither. Let’s build a tomb.

This is the story of the Winchester Mystery House. Come for the ghosts, stay for the billionaire ley lines, Ouija board bikini bottoms, Sarahs junior, the Is This a Ghost? Fortnite multiverse, and thirteen haunted Sophia Cupolas.

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American Hauntings Winchester Mystery House Wikipedia

There’s a beautiful house in quasi-upstate Nyack, New York, where the views are stunning, the men are terrified, and the ghosts are legally protected, thanks to one haunted-heart judge who just loved Ivan Reitman. The Ackley house was the first legally haunted house in the United States, and you can literally hit Sleepy Hollow with a rock thrown from the house’s back porch, so you just know that’s a ruling that tears New York in twain.

This is the story of the Ackley House. Come for the ghosts, stay for the historical impact of the Marshmallow Man, what not to do when selling a house, the finer points of Reader’s Digest, using ghosts as alarm clocks, and Patrick’s crusade against God-given ghost rights.

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Reader’s Digest

Gizmodo

Pack your bags, we’re going to Taiwan! The Liu mansion is a classic haunted house. And if it’s too scary for you, you can just chill in the ghost-themed diner next door while your big, brave friends get shot by Japense soldier-ghosts in the mansion.

This is the story of the Haunted Liu Mansion. Come for the ghost, stay for the the spectral cock-blocks, the proper orientation for jumping down a well, Clayton’s three and only three friends, and the loud desperation of Patrick’s cat.

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Kathmandu and Beyond

Moon Mausoleum

Kansas has pretty solid corn, and oh man, such good cows. But did you know it also has…GHOSTS?! dramatic piano notes It’s true! One of those ghosts resides in the Sallie House, and honestly, that ghost does not like you if you have a Y chromosome. Which, like, we get. You know?

This is the story of the Sallie House. Come for the ghost, stay for the Forest of Friendship, the ol’ Kansas re-fresh, the perks of potty training in a surgery-ghost world, the perils of Dr. Horrible cosplay, and the wonder of power-lifting, super-jacked ghosts.

Yeah, you read that right. It’s time to talk about Bunghole Liquors, home to a handful of ghosts and, we assume, a pretty lucrative t-shirt racket. Some podcasts take you to Salem for the witches; we take you to Salem for the shadowy underside.

This is the story of Bunghole Liquors. Come for the ghosts, stay for ghost cats, the absolute cartoonization of tragedy, and Patrick’s foolproof plan to test whether or not someone is dead.

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Ghost City Tours

Salem Ghost Tours

New England Folklore

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