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Is This a Ghost?

Is This a Ghost?

De: Clayton Smith and Patrick Dean
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A real podcast about real ghosts that's real funny.

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  • 177. Forepaugh's Restaurant

    177. Forepaugh's Restaurant
    Nov 19 2025

    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 Adventures.

    Sources:

    • https://forepaughs.com/about-forepaughs/
    • https://saintpaulhistorical.com/
    • https://www.hauntedrooms.com/minnesota/haunted-places/forepaughs-restaurant-st-paul
    • https://www.americanghostwalks.com/forepaughs-restuarant-st-paul-minnesota
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    42 m
  • 176. Bugsy Siegel and the Flamingo Hotel: Part 2

    176. Bugsy Siegel and the Flamingo Hotel: Part 2
    Nov 12 2025

    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 journey.

    Sources:

    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder,_Inc
    • https://vegasghosts.com/flamingo-las-vegas/
    • https://ghostcitytours.com/las-vegas/haunted-vegas/ghost-benjamin-siegel/
    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugsy_Siegel
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    53 m
  • 175. Bugsy Siegel and the Flamingo Hotel: Part 1

    175. Bugsy Siegel and the Flamingo Hotel: Part 1
    Nov 5 2025

    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 TikTok

    Sources:

    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder,_Inc
    • https://vegasghosts.com/flamingo-las-vegas/
    • https://ghostcitytours.com/las-vegas/haunted-vegas/ghost-benjamin-siegel/
    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugsy_Siegel
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    56 m
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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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