They can't all be winners.

This is the story of the ghost of Jacob's Island. Come for the ghost, stay for pudding out the fire, a little bit quieter every day, the worst color for water, the Hindu Exorcist, Is This a Train?, and a subset of American congresspeople.

Sources:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Fire_of_London
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob%27s_Island
• https://london-overlooked.com/poltergeist/

Patrick gets pretty excited about the sexy witches in this one, you're going to really like it!

This is the story of Dyer Lane. Come for the ghosts, stay for a national conversation about parades, the half plus seven rule, classic America stuff, a disappearance of women, don’t let my pigs see me like this, tractor violence, and the coven-tractor-demon tarot.

Sources:

• https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LZ5P-XGZ/john-richard-dyer-1833-1865
• https://dreamingcasuallypoetry.blogspot.com/2018/03/the-mysterious-misinformation-of-dyer.html
• https://www.timetoast.com/timelines/dyer-lane-344c7ab2-4574-438e-a94c-d4c728fbeed6
• https://statehornet.com/2010/10/real-halloween-spooks-and-scary-attractions/
• https://www.costaricantimes.com/the-legends-of-haunted-dyer-lane/55982

Men will build so many forts in the same exact location rather than go to therapy.

This is the story of Fort William Henry. Come for the ghosts, stay for the biggest turkeys, no grazi, we hate this stuff, chip-on-the-shoulder piracy, permanent squid, a bastion you could eat off of, little French feet, and a girthy chub.

Sources:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Maine
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_William_Henry_(Maine)
• https://wjbq.com/the-tale-of-maines-beautiful-and-haunted-fort-william-henry/
• https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/experiences/maine/fort-haunted-ghost-me

Land O' Lakes? More like Land O' Hot Takes, amiright? (Please forget everything you hear in this episode.)

This is the story of Forepaugh's Restaurant. Come for the ghosts, stay for bad bears, chicken pox party soccer team, foreplay of the animal kingdom, every dry good vendor's dream, the few privileges left to white males, a different John Hammond, acceptable syphilis levels, Molly’s rope, and the men of US Ghost Adventures.

Sources:

• https://forepaughs.com/about-forepaughs/
• https://saintpaulhistorical.com/
• https://www.hauntedrooms.com/minnesota/haunted-places/forepaughs-restaurant-st-paul
• https://www.americanghostwalks.com/forepaughs-restuarant-st-paul-minnesota

I'll tell ya, this is a LOT of Bugsy content, I sure hope the payoff is worth it!

This is part two of Bugsy Siegel and the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas. Come for the ghost, stay for bowling math, the newest Executive Member at Costco, a little tugboat action, the full all-star team, let’s see him get out of this one, get it out of your mouth, the worst color for a toilet, and we had quite a journey.

Sources:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder,_Inc
• https://vegasghosts.com/flamingo-las-vegas/
• https://ghostcitytours.com/las-vegas/haunted-vegas/ghost-benjamin-siegel/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugsy_Siegel

We're pretty sure there are no slurs in this episode, but in case we're wrong, we want to issue a blanket apology from Patrick, who is solely at fault.

This is the first part of the story of Bugsy Siegel and the Flamingo Hotel. Come for the ghost, stay for a volume problem, big sad men, commuting for gangs, Michael Shannon's sweaty suit, the plot to kill Superman, a big-bomb bomb, and Pizzo Fabrizzo,

Clayton's chair video on TikTok

Sources:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder,_Inc
• https://vegasghosts.com/flamingo-las-vegas/
• https://ghostcitytours.com/las-vegas/haunted-vegas/ghost-benjamin-siegel/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugsy_Siegel

Ding dong. Who's there? It's Patrick, dressed as Clayton, owner and proprietor of Is This a Ghost? the Podcast the Movie. And you know what that means.

This is the 2025 Halloween Spooktacular: Two Haunts and a Flaunt. Come for the ghosts, stay for semen of male cow, nope nope nope nope nope, your skin is so pale, re-Mary, let's poll some babies, i'm assuming it's mostly cocaine, and financial viscera.

To be clear, this is not the story of the Punisher.

This is the story of Franklin Castle. Come for the ghosts, stay for a blue line freak out, a tough time for Hanses. Germans love a purebred, everyone's in the consumption business, the good diabetes, spiraling into the stairwell, balance your witches, and evil Dairy Queen.

Sources:

• Haunted Franklin Castle by William G. Krejci and John W. Myers
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannes_Tiedemann
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Castle

Anytime you can use a gator as a landmark, you know you've made some poor life decisions. And that those decisions involve Florida.

This is the story of the Ma Barker House. Come for the ghosts, stay for horse magic, Trope-a-Dope 2, tentacles like to make themselves known, C. Roy die in the street, the Ohio of the western side of Chicago, the most Florida thing ever, and Howdy Doody porn.

Sources:

• https://mabarkerhouse.org/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma_Barker
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68081615/edward_george-bremer
• https://www.gatorjoesocala.com/about/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_cracker_architecture
• https://www.ocala.com/story/news/local/2019/02/24/ocala-paranormal-group-investigates-ma-barker-house/5849048007/

It's time for a brand new segment: Trope-a-Dope! It's a fun way to see if Patrick's been paying attention to the many tropes we've uncovered over the last 170 episodes. The answer...may surprise you. (But it probably won't.)

This is the story of the Rolling Hills Asylum. Come for the ghosts, stay for the secret about peyote, Boy Meets Afterworld, the poors love animals too, a Wile E. Coyote fence, that's where veal comes from, tuberculosis is on the ballot, and I'm here for the grotesque.

Sources:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genesee_County,_New_York
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Bethany,_New_York
• https://www.hauntedrooms.com/new-york/upstate-haunted-places
• https://www.rollinghillsasylum.com/about-rha/history
• https://nyghosts.com/rolling-hills-asylum/