Is This a Ghost?

Some people say the Easter story is the greatest story ever told. But they're wrong. Strap in for the REAL DEAL. This is the story of James Andrews and the Kennesaw House. Come for the ghosts, stay for naked Wednesday, please we have to find the monkeys, zero-plus, a whole-a$$ train, microwaved cheeseburgers for the whites, a boxcar with a pride flag, and purple monkey dishwasher. Get even more episodes by joining Ghost+! Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Locomotive_Chasehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_J._Andrewshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kennesaw_Househttps://www.ghostsandgravestones.com/savannah/haunted-places-in-georgia

Once upon an evening dreary, while we podded pleased but weary, over a single ne'er-forgotten piece of American lore, while I nodded, nearly boisterous at my co-host's use of "moisturous" suddenly there came a WHaM! For next came a fun fact. This is the story of Edgar Allan Poe. Come for the ghost, stay for dripping strength, rejected mortally speaking, I have spun such a tale, an auspicious day for both of us, bubble gum flavor, the Simon Cowell of the 19th century, this one is Simpsons good, and stunt double ghosts. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Allan_Poehttps://poemuseum.org/poe-as-americas-unabashed-critic/https://www.eapoe.org/works/info/chltales.htmhttps://usghostadventures.com/haunted-stories/the-ghost-of-edgar-allan-poe/https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/the-horse-you-came-in-on-saloon-named-most-haunted-restaurant-in-maryland/

If you want to talk Tombstone, then this episode is your huckleberry. This is the story of the Bird Cage Theatre in Tombstone, Arizona. Come for the ghosts, stay for a needs-based person, Benicio is hard to explain, Avengers: Doomsday in monochrome, an outboard motor on that ship, a family of orca, cabin murder math, and a time of great national health, Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Schieffelinhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tombstone,_Arizonahttps://www.truewestmagazine.com/article/the-beginnings-of-the-bird-cage/https://ghostcitytours.com/tombstone/haunted-tombstone/bird-cage-theatre/

The Aloha State? More like the Oh-No-Ah-Ghost State! The Hawaiian islands are chockablock with haunts, and we cover a couple of them in this very special episode. This is the story of two Ghosts of Hawaii. Come for the ghosts, stay for the only thing we got you, Patrick's scary basement, a literal archipelago, I've got a new type, a thousand-year plan, the bigger the moon, the nighter the marchers, and self-promotional stories. Join Ghost+ for more ghosties and other exciting bonus content from Is This a Ghost!

Zoos are fine if you don't think about them too much. And almost none of them have thousands of corpses beneath them! This is the story of the Lincoln Park Zoo. Come for the ghosts, stay for puma content, the New Yerk Yerkies, this podcast makes you horny, a little wander down the fairy path, more chained animals please, lessons from Jurassic Park, I miss the goop, will you look at me, and bone raffle. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Park,_Chicagohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Park_Zoohttps://www.oldest.org/animals/zoos-usahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Park_Zoohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cy_DeVryhttps://windycityghosts.com/the-haunted-lincoln-park-zoo-in-chicago/

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_Londonhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob%27s_Islandhttps://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-1833-1865https://dreamingcasuallypoetry.blogspot.com/2018/03/the-mysterious-misinformation-of-dyer.htmlhttps://www.timetoast.com/timelines/dyer-lane-344c7ab2-4574-438e-a94c-d4c728fbeed6https://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_Mainehttps://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-paulhttps://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,_Inchttps://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,_Inchttps://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: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannes_Tiedemannhttps://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_Barkerhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68081615/edward_george-bremerhttps://www.gatorjoesocala.com/about/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_cracker_architecturehttps://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_Yorkhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Bethany,_New_Yorkhttps://www.hauntedrooms.com/new-york/upstate-haunted-placeshttps://www.rollinghillsasylum.com/about-rha/historyhttps://nyghosts.com/rolling-hills-asylum/

Do you like boats? Of course you like boats. Do you like George Washington? Or course you like George Washington. Do you like West Virginia? Oh no we've lost you. This is the story of Harpers Ferry. Come for the ghosts, stay for the soupciest soupçon, I'm not an idiot, the Florida gooch, cursive is so in these days, make us sound so smart Jeremy, sluices of the 18th century, sacre bleu; screw you, the first casualty of cholera is always the parade, and the worst possible Disney World ride. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harpers_Ferry,_West_Virginiahttps://www.wvgazettemail.com/flipside/flipside_news/beware-of-phantom-army-at-harpers-ferry-flipside/article_a7da284d-3b2b-5ee0-bf18-6d0ba733ae83.htmlhttps://www.onlyinyourstate.com/experiences/west-virginia/harpers-ferry-ghosts-wvhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B_%26_O_Railroad_Potomac_River_Crossinghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Brown%27s_raid_on_Harpers_Ferry

If there's one thing Patrick loves, it's ship episodes. Looooooves ship episodes. Looooooooooooooooooves ship episodes! This is the story of Stede Bonnet and his Pirate Crew. Come for the ghosts, stay for oo much horse, margarita girlies, ocean doesn't have to be lonely, gotta stop licking the boat, this is basically how Moby Dick opens, I'm sticky, and just go to therapy. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stede_Bonnethttps://www.barbadoscarolinas.org/stede-bonnet-gentleman-piratehttps://majorstedebonnet.com/Revenge.htmlhttps://www.hauntedrooms.com/south-carolina/haunted-placeshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Point_Gardenhttps://www.sandlappertours.com/haunted-white-point-gardens/

This one's basically a ghost story. Okay? This is the story of Robert Schumann. Come for the ghost, stay for this is how brain worms happen, the Zapruder film of my phone, if Don Music can do it..., I was hoping there'd be electro therapy, oh my god the stamina, way behind on my tertiary syphilis, no Ouija boards in Germany, and why would Ernie give Bert dead frogs?

Heads up, Revolutionary War dorks! We're heading to the state that makes Patrick angriest to tell the tale of some nerd with a limp. LFG. This is the story of the Nathanel Greene Homestead. Come for the ghost, stay for we do not tell the Dobby story, I'm getting a tattoo of it, Voltaire Jr. and Lady Voltaire, gotta be chlamydia, we need an equipment manager, getting mail is so fun, they were discovering all the diseases, and the old gerbil routine. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathanael_Greenehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Nathanael_Greene_Homesteadhttps://www.onlyinyourstate.com/experiences/rhode-island/haunted-and-historic-place-ri

Listen, we're going to get to the ghost, but have you heard this story about cell phones? This is the story of Blackbird Hill. Come for the ghost, stay for we should cherish our elderly, a French accent that just gets better, he found such fortune, I fell in love with a volleyball, infidelity for dinner, and men be stabbin', Sources: https://lewis-clark.org/people/blackbird/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackbird_(Omaha_leader)https://www.legendsofamerica.com/ne-blackbirdhill/