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Is This a Ghost?

Clayton Smith and Patrick Dean

A real podcast about real ghosts that"s real funny.

comedy

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A Quick Note

Is This a Ghost? ·

2025/07/02

This week's new episode on the McRaven House is for Ghost+ members only, and if you want to give it a listen, start your 7-day free trial at isthisaghost.supercast.com! We'll see you back here next week with a brand new episode for all!

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160. Waverly Hills Sanatorium

Is This a Ghost? ·

2025/06/25

If we had a nickel for every ghost that was made from tuberculosis, gosh, we wouldn't have to podcast ever again. Anyway, here are a few more dollars for the kitty!This is the story of the Waverly Hills Sanatorium. Come for the ghosts, stay for zero IT interns, basement brothers, are you gonna do more sedition?, I was guessing pope, a tuberculosis hospital for the sick and curious, and one star, did not like, family drove away with

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159. The Ghost of Hank Williams

Is This a Ghost? ·

2025/06/18

All my rowdy poltergeists are coming over tonight! And that's where Hank Jr. got his famous line. Wow, the family tree just unspools and unspools, and suddenly there's nothing left but an old guitar on a sad barroom floor. What were we talking about?This is the story of Hank Williams. Come for the ghost, stay for flip him like a piggy bank, coquina theory, broad-boned frost giant, punching down quite literally, Wes Anderson music label, bolos and YOLOs, that's a pH joke, and our lawyers are

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158. Six Flags Over Texas

Is This a Ghost? ·

2025/06/11

Hey, folks! Clayton here. Listen, I completely forgot I had a weekly podcast that I've been doing for the last 3+ years and didn't prepare any notes for this one. That is what we call in the podcast industry a whoopsie. What I can tell you is that this episode is born from my and Patrick's recently lived experience. What I can also tell you is the ITAG interns are so mad at me for not remembering we had to drop a podcast episode this week. This is the story of Six Flags Over Texas! Come for the

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157. The Fighting Sullivans

Is This a Ghost? ·

2025/06/04

This isn't about a group of Irishmen, it's another nautical adventure! Get ready.This is the story of the SS The Sullivans. Come for the ghosts, stay for Annebelle on the lam, a whole lotta aliteration, blessedly unencumbered brothers, cornfield kisses, jacked hotdogs, no more siblings on ships, and paying Matt Damon by the

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156. SS Great Britain

Is This a Ghost? ·

2025/05/28

You like big boats and you cannot lie. So here's another one. You're welcome.This is the story of the SS Great Britain. Come for the ghosts, stay for Patrick mouth kisses cat, an interview with John Wilkes Booth, it's just a necrodrumicon, even for English food this is the grossest, big broad gauge guy, a cow not just for sex and stuff, and Cletus with a shovel would love to meet you Sources:Isambard Kingdom Brunel - WikipediaSS Great Britain - WikipediaCaptain Gray's Disapperance | ss Great

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155. SS Ourang Medan

Is This a Ghost? ·

2025/05/21

What is The Netherlands? Why is it a singular plural? Why don't they speak Netherlandish? Should the country be called Dut? It makes you think. It really makes you think.This is the story of the SS Ourang Medan. Come for the ghosts, stay for Schrödinger's box of pope, their whole deal is no wires, it's booty time, does it explain why the chains are missing?, there's a song about this guy, this is an event horizon, and rollerghoster.Join the Discord! It's very fun

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154. The Black Dahlia

Is This a Ghost? ·

2025/05/14

We don't always set a new record for length of banter before getting to the ghost story....but when we do, it's 73% worth it, minimum. (But if you skip ahead to the 19:17:00 mark, it'd be hard to blame you.)This is the story of The Black Dahlia. Come for the ghost, stay for Jeremy is retiring off audio filters, the wrong name statute of limitations, they don't end up in a bucket but they could, Pebble Beach at 1/2000th scale, please brain-dead me, I didn't say what kind of Californian, at least you

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153. The Drummer of Tedworth

Is This a Ghost? ·

2025/05/07

Do you hear that? That’s the beat of the Necrodrumicon. The smell? Sulfur. The whiners? Children. Always, always children. This is the story of the Drummer of Tedworth. Come for the ghost, stay for the Berenstain Bears take on racism, woolly rhinos are not unicorns, peasants gone wild, little-known composer Lin-Manuel Miranda, and the Flying Molina

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152. The Pfister Hotel

Is This a Ghost? ·

2025/04/30

Pfister? I hardly Gasser! Thanks, everybody, ITAG will be right back.This is the story of the Pfister Hotel. Come for the ghosts, stay for yeah it is a ghost, there's a Far Side about this, that's how you make whipped cream, not a fire ghost probably, it's definitely gooshy, Kung Fu Panda is spooked, the ghost got to my credit card.Get more ghosts! Join Ghost+ for just

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151. The Gibbs' Haunted Farmhouse

Is This a Ghost? ·

2025/04/23

Welcome to Little House on the Podcast, our brand new LHOTP reaction show. We're going deep on all the nuance of America's favorite field-based family, and make sure stick around at the end for a quick visit to Nels' Corner!This is the story of the Gibbs' haunted farmhouse. Come for the ghost, stay for cave in the ghost coin mine, an elderly cupboard, try to get $1.50/pound, Patrick's time to shine, if Final Fantasy is to be believed, my new internet mystery, Little House on the Podcast, which one

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150. The St. Augustine Lighthouse

Is This a Ghost? ·

2025/04/16

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.Life is Too Short to Have Sex with a Florida Ghost T-ShirtWant more ITAG? Try Ghost+

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16:47

The Red Onion Saloon - Ghost+ Preview

Is This a Ghost? ·

2025/04/09

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!

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150. The Lady of Crescent Lake

Is This a Ghost? ·

2025/04/02

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

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148. The Grouse Lake Ghost of Yosemite National Park

Is This a Ghost? ·

2025/03/26

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

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147. Gram Parsons in Joshua Tree

Is This a Ghost? ·

2025/03/19

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

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146. Sir Francis Bacon's Chicken

Is This a Ghost? ·

2025/03/12

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.Enjoying ITAG? Listen to

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145. Charles Melville Hays, Railroad King

Is This a Ghost? ·

2025/03/05

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

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144. The Great Saltair

Is This a Ghost? ·

2025/02/26

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,

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143. Mercy Brown, Vampire Ghost

Is This a Ghost? ·

2025/02/19

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

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