Is This a Ghost?

By: Clayton Smith and Patrick Dean
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  • A real podcast about real ghosts that's real funny.
    Clayton Smith and Patrick Dean
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  • 130. Bobby Mackey's Music World

    130. Bobby Mackey's Music World
    Nov 20 2024

    You know Bobby Mackey, right? Country billboard chart-topper Bobby Mackey? No? Well, you like Pepsi, right? So maybe you know his whole deal. Anyway, he's not the ghost, so why are we even talking about this?

    This is the story of Bobby Mackey's Music World. Come for the ghosts, stay for: I just want a Cobb salad; ghost boosters; I don’t think this is legally binding; ambitious dental students; if we keep going we’re gonna hit teeth; I’m so thirsty after all of this slaughtering; viscera wells; and Elmer Fudpucker’s river mud records.

    Sources:

    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Mackey%27s_Music_World
    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Mackey
    • https://www.travelchannel.com/shows/ghost-adventures/articles/bobby-mackeys-haunted-history
    • https://bittersoutherner.com/honky-tonk-haints
    • https://www.latimes.com/travel/story/2019-08-02/newport-kentucky-las-vegas-gambling-big-name-stars-mob
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    56 mins
  • 129. Kreischer Mansion

    129. Kreischer Mansion
    Nov 13 2024

    It's Germany. Early 1800s. Blink. Now it's New York. Later 1800s. No overlap. Go to sleep. Wake up. The worlds have collided. There are bricks. There are ghosts. What is happening? No one knows. Was that a hitman? Spooky.

    This is the story of the Kreischer Mansion. Come for the ghosts, stay for: cat spikes; a big ol' glass of Four Roses; anything is possible at patrick-dot-com; the snow witch; what if the Beatles were just a different shade of blue?; a Wile E. Coyote trap in every room; feed the poor bricks; love a good pig man; and the McKelvey supercut.

    Sources:

    • https://www.realestatesiny.com/balthasar-kreischer.php
    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Fire_of_New_York
    • https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8183096/balthasar-kreischer
    • https://medium.com/@dannymule/the-murder-of-the-kreischer-mansion-staten-islands-darkest-tale-e87791d8935e
    • https://www.newspapers.com/article/new-york-tribune-edward-kreischer-death/8446113/?locale=en-US
    • https://theghostinmymachine.com/2022/12/12/haunted-road-trip-kreischer-mansion-cursed-halls-staten-island-new-york/
    • https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/kreischer-mansion
    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kreischer_House
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    52 mins
  • 128. Hoosac Tunnel

    128. Hoosac Tunnel
    Nov 6 2024

    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
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    1 hr and 20 mins

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makes me laugh out loud

This podcast makes me want to get drunk and have conversations with my friends 😂 I will listen with a headphone in while doing chores and my kids keep asking what I'm laughing at. A great podcast for anyone that enjoys paranormal/history stories but also has a dark humor.

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Ghost stories for interest, not scares

I enjoyed listening to this podcast over a long distance road trip I was doing alone. I'm not super into podcasts in general, because I often find podcaster people annoying and, mostly, I don't love having to listen to a conversation I can't take part in. But I loved Cartalk back in the day, so that's an example of a talk radio show I enjoyed. I'm guessing this is not really a show for super ghost obsessives, since they are very open about not doing tons of reasearch, but it is good enough to tell an absorbing story and they note the stuff that could stand more investigation, if you want to do it. They also tell a lot of stories I've never heard before, which is refreshing. They hit some of the big, famous ones, of course, but also go into a lot of smaller, more off the wall ones as well, which I really enjoy. I find ghost stories super interesting, but when I'm driving for hours alone, especially at night, I don't need to be freaked out. They go on so many tangents and get distracted by the randomest details, that it's very difficult to get genuinely scared. It is, however, entertaining and they have a friendly vibe. I subtracted a star on a less important rating because sometimes the meandering tangents are genuinely too long, especially the ones about their personal lives.

Other points of note: I appreciate Patrick's effort to "fix" some of the misguided phrasing of things, such as when a sexual relationship between a slave and her owner is termed an "affair" by a reputable news source and he insists on calling it assault. It is hopeful when people doing things in the public eye/media etc. learn to be better and call out mistakes like this (yes, it is generous to call them mistakes). Secondly, I very much enjoy Clayton's appreciation of the ridiculous. The more absurd and, frankly, dumb the situation gets, the more he savors it, which gives me vicarious chuckles. Third, they have serious geek cred, which they reveal incidentally, for the most part, like when Clayton makes a semi obscure He-Man reference or when he admits his celebrity crush is on Tatiana Maslany (She Hulk). I own a Bubbah Hotep dvd and saw it on the big screen in Chicago hosted by Bruce Campbell in person, so I feel like they're kinda my people (Patrick has a signed poster from the movie).

Overall, definitely five stars. My favourite story so far is the one about the ghost hole. I love that and think it needs to be a plot device in a mystery novel.

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