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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  • 135. Geoffrey de Mandeville, the Christmas Eve Ghost

    135. Geoffrey de Mandeville, the Christmas Eve Ghost
    Dec 25 2024

    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.

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    Sources:

    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_de_Mandeville,_Earl_of_Essex
    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_de_Mandeville
    • https://usghostadventures.com/haunted-stories/25-days-of-christmas/sir-geoffrey-and-the-headless-hound/
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    1 hr and 15 mins
  • 134. The Cassadaga Devil's Chair

    134. The Cassadaga Devil's Chair
    Dec 18 2024

    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 wackadoo.

    Sources:

    • https://www.encyclopedia.com/science/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/colby-george-p-1848-1933
    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassadaga,_Florida
    • https://hotelcassadaga.com/
    • https://usghostadventures.com/haunted-stories/31-days-of-halloween/the-devils-chair-of-cassadaga-florida/
    • https://www.volusiacountyhistory.com/post/the-true-spirit-of-cassadaga

    Additional audio:

    • "Hall of the Mountain King" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
    • "vaudeville fanfare" via https://www.myinstants.com/en/instant/vaudeville-fanfare-84711/ by roy82
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    1 hr and 10 mins
  • 133. The Dead Children's Playground

    133. The Dead Children's Playground
    Dec 11 2024

    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 freaks.

    Sources:

    • https://www.paho.org/en/who-we-are/history-paho/purple-death-great-flu-1918
    • https://www.archives.gov/exhibits/influenza-epidemic/
    • https://www.al.com/life/2020/10/the-legend-of-alabamas-dead-childrens-playground.html
    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maple_Hill_Cemetery_(Huntsville,_Alabama)
    • https://factschology.com/mmm-podcast-articles/dead-childrens-playground
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    52 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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