Bodie California Ghost Town: True History, Ranger Encounters, Curses & America’s Most Haunted Boomtown

Bodie, California was once one of the most violent and lawless boomtowns of the American West—and today it’s widely considered one of the most haunted ghost towns in the United States. In this mega episode of The Strange History Podcast, host Amy dives deep into the true history of Bodie, from gold-rush greed, gunfights, fires, and brutal winters to its sudden abandonment and eerie preservation in arrested decay. Featuring documented ranger and caretaker encounters, firsthand reports of footsteps, phantom lights, piano music, apparitions, the infamous Bodie Curse, and real letters from visitors who returned stolen artifacts after experiencing years of bad luck, this episode explores why Bodie never feels empty. This is the unsettling story of a town that didn’t fade away—because it never truly let anyone leave.

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