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Is This a Ghost?

Clayton Smith and Patrick Dean

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

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142. The Crescent Hotel in Eureka Springs, Arkansas

Is This a Ghost? ·

2025/02/12

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?”,

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62:59

141. The Haunted Castle House of Brumley, MO

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2025/02/05

Get out your pencils, ghost lovers! We've got 100 people with 200 names, so you're going to want to keep a list. This is the story of the Castle House in Brumley, MO. Come for the ghosts, stay for $GHOST, nobody doesn’t like childless witches, rabbit DNA, in my merchant era, nobody has feet now, it’s either on the skin or it’s not, the Boaty McBoatface of children, and you've ruined my beautiful stairs.Join our

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44:59

140. The Worman House

Is This a Ghost? ·

2025/01/29

The Ozark suite continues with a visit to the Devil's Pool holler! That's where you'll find the leavings of Harry Worman, one of the more unfortunately named men in history.This is the story of the Worman House. Come for the ghost, stay for Mo-wanna get a lawyer, Jesus takes January off, poor Frisco, look who’s in the club tonight, what am I gonna do with this, it’s all wet, she lives in the floorboards, the Clayton Memorial Cocktail, and an RPG glass chapel

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59:31

139. Jake Fleagle

Is This a Ghost? ·

2025/01/22

Welcome to the Ozark suite! It's weird down here. Did you bring moonshine? You're going to need it. This one gets messy!This is the story of Jake Fleagle. Come for the ghost, stay for the surplus equine problem, cows bang, a cool story about brothers, f*ckin Houdini over here, he does not need to be inseminated, like snowflakes, ladies and gentlemen, and we’re more of a Shoji Tabuchi

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52:32

138. The Drake Hotel: Part 2

Is This a Ghost? ·

2025/01/15

This time we're going to take about the Drake Hotel, WE PROMISE. Welcome to the second half of our no-holds-barred live show with guest host Megan Phillips.This is the continued story of the Drake Hotel. Come for the ghosts, stay for: Their kids are super weird; find one bear that’ll eat a pig; the 1870s EpiPen; that screams to me "West Edmonton Mall"; Canadian seconds; and now the gun is useless.Join us for our next live show by joining Ghost+!Additional audio:"Zombie Hoodoo" Kevin MacLeod

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54:28

137. The Drake Hotel: Part 1

Is This a Ghost? ·

2025/01/08

Hold onto your plasma, it's the most off-the-rails live show we've done yet, featuring a special guest host, Megan Phillips! She brought her own game, and lots of questions, and yadda yadda yadda, now the episode is two parts long. (We never actually get to the point of mentioning the Drake Hotel in this episode, if that does anything for you.)This is the story of the Drake Hotel. Come for the ghosts, stay for: the deep gray milieu; Old Spaghostie Factory; a horrible harness accident; John didn’t

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67:09

136. The Mackenzie Poltergeist

Is This a Ghost? ·

2025/01/01

This one takes place in Scotland, so get ready for accents!This is the story of the Mackenzie Poltergeist. Come for the ghost, stay for: New Year's pumped and Christmas plumped; those fancy, fancy mole people; oh, crickey!; you’re thinking of Pangaea; Scrooge McDuck, throat goat; serf-cum-stances; and all the people Leonardo da Vinci killed.Links referenced in the

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135. Geoffrey de Mandeville, the Christmas Eve Ghost

Is This a Ghost? ·

2024/12/25

Ho ho ho! Merry Christmas! Here's a ghost who has a dog without a head.This is the story of Geoffrey de Mandeville, the Christmas Eve Ghost. Come for the ghost, stay for: Ice for taste; are those both legs?; 0 for 1; Herschel Walker, prison guard; gotta take that head; I will tear thee down to the grapes; a distemper of men; I am a bleeder; and this poor tree.Get even more ITAG content with Ghost+!Sources:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_de_Mandeville,_Earl_of_Essex

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134. The Cassadaga Devil's Chair

Is This a Ghost? ·

2024/12/18

Some would say that if you're living in Florida, you've already been dragged down to hell. But you be the judge.This is the story of the Devil's Chair. Come for the ghosts, stay for: Muppet sex; Looney Tunes style; the Steve Gutenberg Project; liberal horses; it's the Tifa, not the mana; Jacksonville is still the end of the line; It’s an Infinite World; and a bounty crop of

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52:22

133. The Dead Children's Playground

Is This a Ghost? ·

2024/12/11

Dead children? Yick! Who runs this show? (It's Ryan Smith, please send him all complaints.)THis is the story of the Dead Children's Playground. Come for the wee ghosts, stay for: setting the curve; we are working right now; it is cold down here; the woke mind virus; make my tongue warm; feet are black, send them back; I will uncork grandma; ghost economy; and real sexy

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60:28

132. Vivia Thomas

Is This a Ghost? ·

2024/12/04

Welcome to the Kill Bill of the Reconstruction era. Or, as Patrick likes to call it, "Get your Pocohontas out of my Mulan." Good luck to us all. Oh, and we're a Belatro fancast now.This is the story of Vivia Thomas. Come for the ghosts, stay for: Balatro Boys; pig spout; rubber stamp David; the Trail of Tears game; let’s not make a t-shirt of that; sweaty from all that arbitration; dozens of Daryls; and that’s what taxidermy

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131. Nelly Butler, America's First Ghost

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2024/11/27

America wasn't always the haunted nation we know and fear today. No, there was a time when this land's soul was pure as driven snow, Then the Europeans people came, and now we have ghosts. Thanks a lot, Europe.This is the story of Nelly Butler, the first ghost ever seen in America. Come for the ghost, stay for: 101 best cow jokes; the Stineverse; who remembers how to subtract?; probably conjunctivitis; January field stuff; Bell witch vibes; and some incredible metamorphosis that I should know

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56:29

130. Bobby Mackey's Music World

Is This a Ghost? ·

2024/11/20

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

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52:23

129. Kreischer Mansion

Is This a Ghost? ·

2024/11/13

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

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128. Hoosac Tunnel

Is This a Ghost? ·

2024/11/06

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.

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60:55

127. 2024 Halloween Spooktacular: Two Haunts and a...

Is This a Ghost? ·

2024/10/30

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

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52:47

126. Louis de Buade de Frontenac

Is This a Ghost? ·

2024/10/23

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.

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55:37

125. The Lizzie Borden House

Is This a Ghost? ·

2024/10/16

We have a bit of an axe to grind about this hack job of an episode, but we're cut pretty short on time, so chop chop.This is the story of the Lizzie Borden House. Come for the ghosts, stay for: All dial-up on the inside; killer coffins; penurious and injurious; I do want you to take the blood out; mutton in the cabinet; if the hatchet don’t fit; wood blood

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124. The Caribou Hotel

Is This a Ghost? ·

2024/10/09

If you're one of those listeners who love our tangets, then you're going to absolutely wet yourself over this episode. If you're one of the folks on Spotify who complains VERY vocally about how we don't stay on track, well...maybe sit this one out?This is the story of the Caribou Hotel. Come for the ghosts, stay for: America's hat; San Francisco, ghost town; they use mice; the Klondike Gold Ease; ITAG at the toe; the Anderson hotel, sponsored by Coca-Cola; and a too-helpful ghost.If you want to give

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53:16

123. The Honky Chateau

Is This a Ghost? ·

2024/10/02

Don't worry, y'all. We can use the "H" word. It's our culture. This is the story of the Honky Chateau. Come for the ghosts, stay for: Pulled a real Lenny on that goat; Madame Guillotiine; I would like to buy 30 tiny beds; a weak, sad boy; into the smushery with you; Booty Duty 2 through 4; I'm in incognito mode.If you think this one's fun, you should see what we've got over at

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