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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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178. Fort William Henry

Is This a Ghost? ·

2025/12/03

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

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41:33

177. Forepaugh's Restaurant

Is This a Ghost? ·

2025/11/19

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

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52:36

176. Bugsy Siegel and the Flamingo Hotel: Part 2

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2025/11/12

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

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56:18

175. Bugsy Siegel and the Flamingo Hotel: Part 1

Is This a Ghost? ·

2025/11/05

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

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46:17

174. 2025 Halloween Spooktacular: Two Haunts and a...

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2025/10/29

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.

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61:05

173. Franklin Castle

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2025/10/22

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:Haunted Franklin Castle by William G. Krejci and John W. Myershttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannes_Tiedemannhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Castle

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64:58

172. The Ma Barker House

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2025/10/15

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_Barker

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47:34

171. Rolling Hills Asylum

Is This a Ghost? ·

2025/10/08

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

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60:42

170. The Ghosts of Harpers Ferry

Is This a Ghost? ·

2025/10/01

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

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42:03

169. Stede Bonnet and his Pirate Crew

Is This a Ghost? ·

2025/09/24

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_Bonnet https://www.barbadoscarolinas.org/stede-bonnet-gentleman-pirate

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53:52

168. Robert Schumann, Music Ghost

Is This a Ghost? ·

2025/09/17

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?

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47:52

167. The Nathanael Greene Homestead

Is This a Ghost? ·

2025/09/10

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

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49:40

166. Blackbird Hill

Is This a Ghost? ·

2025/09/03

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/

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45:17

165. Nell Cropsey

Is This a Ghost? ·

2025/08/27

Listen, friends. Sometimes life finds a way. And sometimes life gets away. And when life gets away, that's when ChatGPT has your back to pick up the slack.Buckle up, this one's different.This is the story of Nell Cropsey. Come for the ghost, stay for everyone's into something, a podcast about innovation, the Savannah of the North, the John Henry cautionary tale, the first Jedi mind trick, and you were always swimming in that dress.Sources: ChatGPT

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67:00

164. The Hellfire Caves

Is This a Ghost? ·

2025/08/20

Welcome to Season 2! This season is going to be stranger, sexier, and way more innovative. Don't be surprised if Patrick starts showing up to the tapings nude. It's just the kind of thing we need to juice the ratings and avoid a sophomore slump.This is the story of the Hellfire Caves. Come for the ghosts, stay for Old Yeller 2: Lost in the Jungle, the monkey-damaged child, dual audience surrogates, St. Francis and the hoes, they'd have spit their biscuits, ADD THE WHATSAPP LINK, the biggest goblet

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13:31

ITAG OOO - Infernal Canyons Prologue

Is This a Ghost? ·

2025/07/30

Hello, you've reached the offices of Is This a Ghost? The guys are on vacation right now and will return with brand new episodes soon. In the meantime, please enjoy this sneak peek of a brand new upcoming horror podcast from Smithshow Media called Infernal Canyons, written by Clayton Smith and Dave Bloom.Subscribe to Infernal Canyons on Spotify or on Apple Podcasts.

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41:04

163. Empire Mine

Is This a Ghost? ·

2025/07/23

The British are so strange, aren't they? But they do make good mining eqipment. But this isn't a story about a British mine, even though a British Empire Mine would be a pretty fun name, 'cause of history. No, this is about an American mine. Is this the worst episode description intro yet?This is the story of the Empire Mine. Come for the ghosts, stay for eco-friendly to a point, (I'm a manager), the Platonic form of gold mine, it's not a fun nursery rhyme, some early Mario Bros. sh*t, and the

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34:47

162. Mary and the Mysterious Men of Rockwood Mansion

Is This a Ghost? ·

2025/07/16

Must be nice to go on vacation, PATRICK. (But seriously, thanks for bringing your mic. Clayton did not have a backup plan.)This is the story of Mary and the Mysterious Men of Rockwood Mansion. Come for the ghosts, stay for Hot Doug moves on Patrick's wife, one, two, three, etc., but you have to deal with the Amish, the appearance does not scream lilac, rich white people names, the Robert Stack School for Paranormal Nonsense, most powerful dog ghost, could just be a blues

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50:02

161. John Wilkes Booth and the Samuel Mudd House

Is This a Ghost? ·

2025/07/09

Johnny B. Bad is back as a guest star at the Mudd House in Maryland, and as usual, he's up to his old shenanigans -- goin' all HAM on presidents and order. Anyway. How's your day going?This is the story of the Samuel Mudd House. Come for the ghosts, stay for gas station bananas, give Megan a call, positive connotations of mud, fully clothed Abraham Lincoln, John Wilkes Boot, assassination vaycay, and not a lot of good guys in this one. Sources:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Mudd

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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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