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Is This a Ghost?

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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  • 196. Bowers Mansion
    Apr 15 2026

    There are way too many inappropriate jokes in this episode and we should go on record saying they are Patrick's fault.

    This is the story of Bowers Mansion. Come for the ghosts, stay for the only thing daddy needs, the coolest spaceship on the block, castle-debtor's prison-flat-gutter, convenience that God has bestowed upon us, ignore the sores, the Comstock load, having a baby on the moon, and she's in a business envelope.

    By the way, trust us that there has never been a more important time than RIGHT NOW to join Ghost+. You'll thank us next week.

    Sources:

    • https://nvtami.com/2021/10/29/haunted-bowers-mansion-seances-scryers-spirits/
    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowers_Mansion
    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eilley_Bowers
    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah_War

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    1 hr and 1 min
  • 195. The Goat Inn
    Apr 8 2026

    England never fails to disappoint, and by that we mean, oh boy, England is disappointing.

    This is the story of the Goat Inn. Come for the ghost, stay for I don't care about romance, look at the slopes on that broad, Mrs. Isaac Newton, goat loves baseball, Austin Powers time, an intense thing to think about, museums with anything from anyone, tyres can't possibly be right, and spread eagle.

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    54 mins
  • 194. The Great Train Wreck of 1856
    Apr 1 2026

    What began as a routine Sunday school excursion would become one of the deadliest railroad accidents in early American history. An overcrowded passenger train, running behind schedule, collided head-on with a locomotive traveling in the opposite direction on a single-track line. In the absence of modern signaling systems or centralized control, a series of small breakdowns in timing and communication led to catastrophic consequences. In this episode, we examine the events of that day, the operational failures behind the collision, and what this tragedy reveals about the risks of early rail systems.

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    49 mins
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