The sexual tension of this episode is off the charts. But don't blame us. Blame Willem Dafoe.

This is the story of the St. Augustine Lighthouse. Come for the ghost, stay for you're so manly, I make-a da map, we have never discussed coquina, a cartographer who is not rushed, the Snipe Hunt of surveying, Hezekiah versus Jeff, checking the timestamp, and don't become a lighthouse keeper no matter how horny you are.

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Sources:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Augustine_Light
• https://www.staugustinelighthouse.org/2020/03/02/ghost-stories-the-pittee-girls/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Lighthouse_Board
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/78877799/hezekiah_h-pittee

In this special episode of Is This a Ghost?, Clayton takes you into the magical world of Ghost+ by way of extended preview! You'll hear some highlights and lowlights of our live episode on The Red Onion Saloon...and if you want to hear the full episode, you can listen on Ghost+ at isthisaghost.supercast.com!

The "cabin in the woods" trope that used to seem so terrifying when we were young just seems so calm and peaceful now. I'd like to go to a murder cabin by a lake. Can I? It sounds nice.

Anyway, this is the story of the Lady of Crescent Lake. Come for the ghost, stay for the special kink rate, Falcor zoomies, first one shunned; second one witch, the body's in great shape, Joe Rogan cold dip, could still be a cougar, and staunchly anti-fish.

Sources:

• https://www.historylink.org/File/8599
• https://www.myolympicpark.com/park/history/the-lady-of-crescent-lake/
• https://cowboyandvampire.com/frontpage/the-lady-of-the-lake-a-ghost-story/
• https://www.reddit.com/r/Thetruthishere/comments/97jxbe/olympic_national_park_is_very_haunted/

There was a time in this country when trees were big, lakes were haunted, and tuberculosis could only be cured by staying underground or being out in fresh air or some sort of northwestern wall situation. Those times are now, and they were also in the time of Galen Clark.

This is the story of the Grouse Lake Ghost of Yosemite National Park. Come for the ghost, stay for baby had a big one, eeep--better get gas, Irish triplets, forty Galens and just one musket, Guardian of the Pod, and weird reason to go to Yosemite,

Sources:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galen_Clark
• https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2008/10/nation-s-first-park-ranger-hears-crying-ghost
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yosemite_National_Park

This week, we kick off our national parks suite, and Patrick asks a very important question: Why is it that on this show, 20% of the time someone ends up in a bucket?

This is the story of Gram Parsons in Joshua Tree. Come for the ghost, stay for the fevers and the visions, semi-Fat Elvis stripper, feeling F+, dump me on Alison's head, my special place, an enormous fireball, and the creed of the undertaker.

Sources:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gram_Parsons
• https://www.nme.com/news/music/gram-parsons-4-1375090
• https://jtrvcamp.com/little-known-facts-about-joshua-tree-national-park/
• https://usghostadventures.com/haunted-places/hauntings-of-the-joshua-tree-inn/

Yeah, you read that right. Makes you wonder, doesn't it? Who's Francis Bacon? What's a chicken? Why am I suddenly so hungry? I'm sure you have lots of questions. Good news--we have lots of answers.

This is the story of Sir Francis Bacon's Chicken. Come for the ghost, stay for the highest number is 100, there will be a Roku, the mushing thing, my father's foot stamps, Uncle Bong, foot rubs and magic, totally verboten to me, tursnowken, and the Holy Spirit looks like this.

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Sources:

• Bacon Bacon - Wikipedia
• https://www.fbrt.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Bacon_Bacon_born_in_the_purple.pdf
• https://burialsandbeyond.com/2018/12/27/Bacon-bacons-ghost-chicken/
• https://hauntedpalaceblog.com/2013/04/25/the-strange-case-of-sir-Bacon-bacon-and-the-frozen-chicken/
• https://www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk/hauntings/pond-square-chicken-highgate/
• http://www.real-british-ghosts.com/highgate-chicken-ghost.html
• https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/560789/scientific-spirit-sir-Bacon-bacon-and-ghost-chicken-highgate

Get ready for a good, solid dose of American industrialism! In Canada. That's right, on the advice of J.P. Morgan, Charles Melville Hays is going to bring American grit to the Canadian railway, and how do you think that'll work out for the 51st state?

This is the story of Charles Melville Hays, Railroad King. Come for the ghost, stay for teeny tiny knuckle workout, the most Midwestern person, the last days of Blockbuster, moose harvest, pool skimmers, the whole deal with the Titanic, and ghosts have no friction.

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Sources:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Melville_Hays
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%A2teau_Laurier
• https://www.chateaulaurier.com/accommodations/hays-suite/
• https://michaelkleen.com/2018/10/24/fairmont-chateau-lauriers-invisible-guests/

The Great Salt Lake does not have any whales. We want to be clear about that. We DO take a departure here and talk about whales for a surprisingly long time, but please understand that we realize that there are no whales in the Great Salt Lake. Allegedly.

This is the story of the Great Saltair. Come for the ghosts, stay for a race to the spike, D-coin, I’ll keep adding wives until I love myself, I’m eating nine ice creams, normies love salt, they’re a minor whale, Coney Island with half the condoms, and EDM with Mormons.

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Sources:

• https://greatsaltlakenews.org/latest-news/salt-lake-tribune/heres-how-the-great-saltair-became-a-relic
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saltair_(Utah)
• https://www.deseret.com/entertainment/2024/10/29/great-saltair-haunted-history/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Nikole_Bakoles

It's time to talk about Mercy Brown, not to be confused with Murphy Brown. One is a fesity single mother who endeared herself to us by shaking up the workplace in the '80s, and the other is a vampire. So try to keep them straight.

This is the story of Mercy Brown. Come for the ghost, stay for Prince would hate that, they called it a curse and in some ways it is, snort it, you fool!, thicken up them walls, two is fine; four is greedy, we have a pool going, oh no did he catch it again?, and just let them take off your head.

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Sources:

• https://www.ripleys.com/stories/the-curious-case-of-mercy-brown-and-the-new-england-vampire-panic
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_tuberculosis
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuberculosis
• https://quahog.org/Attractions/Brown_Mercy_Grave_of

We're wrapping up our Ozarks suite with the crown jewel of holler haunts, the most haunted hotel in America! And as the most haunted hotel in America, you won't be surprised to learn that its roots are in shystery and chicanery. It's a story that feels WAY too familiar in these, our modern times.

This is the story of the Crescent Hotel in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Come for the ghosts, stay for the big building trifecta, the worst tone poem, aluminum and medical bigotry, “Does that feel like cancer?”, the donkey is drowning under the weight of the bottles, it smells like the kitchen, and best friend pontoons.

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Sources:

• https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/the-haunting-history-of-a-hucksters-cancer-cure
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crescent_Hotel_(Eureka_Springs,_Arkansas)
• https://www.historichotels.org/us/hotels-resorts/1886-crescent-hotel-and-spa/ghost-stories.php
• https://crescent-hotel.com/blog/ghostly-legend-at-americas-most-haunted-hotel-enhanced-in-2019/