Clayton got distracted this week, so it's Audio Editor Jeremy to the rescue! He brought us a story that's going to just absolutely thrill the engineer in your family. Also, there are ghosts.

This is the story of the haunted Hoosac Tunnel. Come for the ghosts, stay for: bacon defense contracting; Timothee unlookalike; does Jeremy have the Internet?; big ol’ peeper; an afront to God; that’s West Virginia’s problem now; and call Jerry Bruckheimer.

Sources:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoosac_Tunnel
• https://www.mininghistoryassociation.org/Journal/MHJ-v1-1994-Chaky.pdf
• https://storyland.coplacdigital.org/mcla/death/deaths-in-the-hoosac-tunnel/
• https://www.berkshireeagle.com/history/days-gone-by-images-of-the-hoosac-tunnel-from-the-eagle-archives/collection_a18ccc28-397a-11eb-9ff2-83b8883596d3.html#anchor_item_39
• https://obscurevermont.com/the-bloody-pit/
• https://museumhack.com/haunted-hoosac-tunnel/
• https://theberkshireedge.com/connections-the-hoosac-tunnel/
• https://www.american-rails.com/hoosac.html
• http://photos.modelrails.net/s/?p=197219
• https://www.constructionequipment.com/topical/historical-equipment/article/10755034/the-first-percussion-drill

It's that special time of year when Patrick digs out his Clayton Smith costume and takes over host duties for a very special episode of Is This a Ghost! This year, he's back with two haunts and a flaunt--or, in other words, two truths and a lie. Is this the year Clayton correctly guesses which story is made up? The suspense is killing us!

This is the 2024 Halloween Spooktacular. Come for the ghosts, stay for: The devil’s second base; the Yellow Pages are long dead; very spitty; I don’t need a drop of context; this is invoices; the sweet honeymoon of Reconstruction; famously disagreeable sisters; thank you, fire; I think it’s just chlamydia; toast Jesus; and maybe this is the door from Lost.

This is a ghost story of heartbreak, kinda, but not the kind of heartbreak you feel sad about. More like the kind of heartbreak that the guy deserved 'cause he was a real ninnymuggins about stuff.

This is the story of Louis de Buade de Frontenac. Come for the ghost, stay for: skeleton jammies; Sephiroth, what a scamp; constant laundry; the world's richest baby; jeans with hammer loops; the My Girl generation; and the gamey box.

Sources:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_de_Buade_de_Frontenac
• https://www.britannica.com/biography/Louis-de-Buade-comte-de-Frontenac-et-de-Palluau
• https://npicommercial.com/blog/posts/haunted-places-series-fairmont-le-chteau-frontenac
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%A2teau_Frontenac