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Is This a Ghost?

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

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  • 162. Mary and the Mysterious Men of Rockwood Mansion

    162. Mary and the Mysterious Men of Rockwood Mansion
    Jul 16 2025

    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 musician.

    Sources:

    • https://dehistory.pastperfectonline.com/byperson?keyword=Shipley%2C%20Joseph
    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockwood_Museum_and_Park
    • https://delawaretoday.com/life-style/rockwood-mansion-wilmington/
    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ha-ha
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    35 m
  • 161. John Wilkes Booth and the Samuel Mudd House

    161. John Wilkes Booth and the Samuel Mudd House
    Jul 9 2025

    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
    • https://drmudd.org/2020/10/31/spooky-tales-from-the-mudd-house-part-iii-the-moving-spirit/
    • https://arynstary.wordpress.com/2009/08/27/ghost-hunters-dr-s-mudd-and-edgewood-plantation/
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    50 m
  • A Quick Note

    A Quick Note
    Jul 2 2025

    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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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.

makes me laugh out loud

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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.

Ghost stories for interest, not scares

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