Ghost Town: Strange History, True Crime, & the Paranormal
604 episodes - English - Latest episode: 1 day ago - ★★★★ - 494 ratingsJason Horton & Rebecca Leib discuss and explore some of the most mysterious and interesting events in history. Take a trip to haunted hotels, abandoned malls, deserted amusement parks, paranormal experiences, infamous true crimes, and weird historical and cultural events. This is Ghost Town.
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Episodes
The Dark Episode of Studs (GT Mini)
April 26, 2024 07:05 - 8 minutesA 1992 episode of a dating show holds a chilling reminder of an infamous murder. More Ghost Town: https://www.ghosttownpod.com Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/ghosttownpod (7 Day Free Trial!) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ghosttownpod Sources: https://bit.ly/3JzhhfG Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
310: The Strange History of Madame Tussauds
April 24, 2024 07:05 - 24 minutesAn iconic museum has a long and strange history. More Ghost Town: https://www.ghosttownpod.com Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/ghosttownpod (7 Day Free Trial!) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ghosttownpod Sources: https://bit.ly/3W7uALT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Chevy Chase Show Disaster (GT Mini)
April 19, 2024 07:05 - 14 minutesA talk show goes down in flames in 1993. More Ghost Town: https://www.ghosttownpod.com Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/ghosttownpod (7 Day Free Trial!) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ghosttownpod Sources: https://bit.ly/3UifwcV Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
309: The Disappearance of Charles Withers
April 17, 2024 07:05 - 22 minutesThe April 2024 vanishing of a celebrity chef is not quite what it seems. More Ghost Town: https://www.ghosttownpod.com Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/ghosttownpod (7 Day Free Trial!) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ghosttownpod Sources: https://bit.ly/4cXNiLR Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Rise and Fall of Zapp (GT Mini)
April 12, 2024 07:05 - 7 minutesA highly influential band comes to a very dark end in 1999. More Ghost Town: https://www.ghosttownpod.com Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/ghosttownpod (7 Day Free Trial!) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ghosttownpod Sources: https://bit.ly/4aUngaJ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
308: The Cursed Grave of Carl Pruitt
April 10, 2024 07:05 - 26 minutesA deadly and otherworldly chain of events begins in late 1930s Kentucky. More Ghost Town: https://www.ghosttownpod.com Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/ghosttownpod (7 Day Free Trial!) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ghosttownpod Sources: https://bit.ly/3vATskp Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Lab (GT Mini)
April 05, 2024 07:05 - 10 minutesAn dangerous atomic age toy hits the market in 1950. More Ghost Town: https://www.ghosttownpod.com Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/ghosttownpod (7 Day Free Trial!) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ghosttownpod Sources: https://bit.ly/4anEFZj Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
307: The Man in the Iron Lung
April 03, 2024 07:05 - 20 minutesAn epic survival story and record-breaking tale begins in the early 1950s. More Ghost Town: https://www.ghosttownpod.com Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/ghosttownpod (7 Day Free Trial!) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ghosttownpod Sources: https://bit.ly/43Qs26D Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Exorcist Murders (GT Mini)
March 29, 2024 07:05 - 11 minutesA cast member of an iconic horror film is a terror in the real world. More Ghost Town: https://www.ghosttownpod.com Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/ghosttownpod (7 Day Free Trial!) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ghosttownpod Sources: https://bit.ly/3xcduSL Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
306: The Rise and Fall of McDonaldland
March 27, 2024 07:05 - 21 minutesAn iconic fast food playground that began in the 1960s has a dangerous history. More Ghost Town: https://www.ghosttownpod.com Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/ghosttownpod (7 Day Free Trial!) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ghosttownpod Sources: https://bit.ly/3TS03jB Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Fugitive Ghost (GT Mini)
March 22, 2024 07:05 - 8 minutesA mysterious element is discovered in a classic 90s film. More Ghost Town: https://www.ghosttownpod.com Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/ghosttownpod (7 Day Free Trial!) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ghosttownpod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
305: The David Glenn Lewis Mystery
March 20, 2024 07:05 - 24 minutesA vanishing spanning 11 years and thousands of miles begins in 1993 Texas. More Ghost Town: https://www.ghosttownpod.com Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/ghosttownpod (7 Day Free Trial!) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ghosttownpod Sources: https://bit.ly/3IIQ7m3 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Buzzard's Day (GT Mini)
March 15, 2024 07:05 - 7 minutesA strange 19th-century holiday is alive and well in the Ohio suburbs. More Ghost Town: https://www.ghosttownpod.com Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/ghosttownpod (7 Day Free Trial!) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ghosttownpod Sources: https://bit.ly/3TzfywB Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
304: The Carol Neulander Murder
March 13, 2024 07:05 - 27 minutesA 1994 murder in Cherry Hill, NJ gets the Broadway treatment. More Ghost Town: https://www.ghosttownpod.com Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/ghosttownpod (7 Day Free Trial!) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ghosttownpod Sources: https://bit.ly/48Pr4bQ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Jetpack Murders (GT Mini)
March 08, 2024 08:05 - 9 minutesA company on the verge of making a breakthrough in the world of flight in the 1990s ends in murder. More Ghost Town: https://www.ghosttownpod.com Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/ghosttownpod (7 Day Free Trial!) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ghosttownpod Sources: https://bit.ly/3T1EDim Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
303: The Willy Wonka Experience Disaster
March 06, 2024 08:05 - 26 minutesAn immersive event in Glasgow Scotland proves to be a dismal experience. More Ghost Town: https://www.ghosttownpod.com Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/ghosttownpod (7 Day Free Trial!) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ghosttownpod Sources: https://bit.ly/3Tkj5io Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Immortality Diet (GT Mini)
March 01, 2024 08:05 - 10 minutesA 15th century diet promises "immortality". More Ghost Town: https://www.ghosttownpod.com Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/ghosttownpod (7 Day Free Trial!) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ghosttownpod Sources: https://bit.ly/3wCmsbD Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
302: The Vampire Restaurant War
February 28, 2024 08:05 - 24 minutesRenowned vampire novelist Anne Rice waged a bizarre public war against Popeye's Chicken founder Al Copeland in 1997 New Orleans. More Ghost Town: https://www.ghosttownpod.com Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/ghosttownpod (7 Day Free Trial!) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ghosttownpod Source: https://bit.ly/48v4C7m Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Alien Abduction Insurance (GT Mini)
February 23, 2024 08:05 - 10 minutesOtherworldly insurance hits the market in the late 1980s. More Ghost Town: https://www.ghosttownpod.com Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/ghosttownpod (7 Day Free Trial!) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ghosttownpod Sources: Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
301: Secret Children of the Royal Family
February 21, 2024 08:05 - 19 minutesA royal conspiracy brings family secrets to the surface. More Ghost Town: https://www.ghosttownpod.com Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/ghosttownpod (7 Day Free Trial!) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ghosttownpod Sources: https://bit.ly/3wkBClJ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Solar Powered Clothes Dryer Scam (GT Mini)
February 16, 2024 08:05 - 15 minutesA serial grifter makes millions in the 1990s and asks Hollywood for redemption. More Ghost Town: https://www.ghosttownpod.com Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/ghosttownpod (7 Day Free Trial!) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ghosttownpod Sources: https://bit.ly/3wjw9vv Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
300: The Strange History of TGI Fridays
February 14, 2024 08:05 - 21 minutesThe iconic restaurant chain has a seedy history going back to the 1960s. More Ghost Town: https://www.ghosttownpod.com Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/ghosttownpod (7 Day Free Trial!) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ghosttownpod Sources: https://bit.ly/3UE46RA Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The “NFL Scripted” Conspiracy (GT Mini)
February 09, 2024 08:05 - 8 minutesThis football season Super Bowl LVII comes complete with a myriad of conspiracy theories. More Ghost Town: https://www.ghosttownpod.com Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/ghosttownpod (7 Day Free Trial!) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ghosttownpod Sources: https://bit.ly/3HUznI4 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
299: The Murder of Jack Irwin
February 07, 2024 08:05 - 20 minutesA grisly murder mystery unfolds in southern California's San Gabriel mountains in 1999. More Ghost Town: https://www.ghosttownpod.com Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/ghosttownpod (7 Day Free Trial!) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ghosttownpod Sources: https://bit.ly/3w5VgSk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Fight Club Starbucks Bombing (GT Mini)
February 02, 2024 08:05 - 9 minutesA movie-inspired explosion shook The Big Apple in 2009. More Ghost Town: https://www.ghosttownpod.com Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/ghosttownpod (7 Day Free Trial!) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ghosttownpod Sources: https://bit.ly/3ukh7op Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
298: The Oscar Envelope Scandal
January 31, 2024 08:05 - 27 minutesThe 1939 Academy Awards made history for all the wrong reasons. Check out Vanderpodcalypse Now More Ghost Town: https://www.ghosttownpod.com Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/ghosttownpod (7 Day Free Trial!) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ghosttownpod Sources: https://bit.ly/3HDsHhv Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Deadly Jarts (GT Mini)
January 26, 2024 08:05 - 12 minutesA children's toy dating back to the 1950s proves to be both dangerous and deadly. More Ghost Town: https://www.ghosttownpod.com Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/ghosttownpod (7 Day Free Trial!) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ghosttownpod Sources: https://bit.ly/47Q5sLC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
297: Haunted Hellcatraz
January 24, 2024 08:05 - 21 minutesAlcatraz is notorious for housing the world's most infamous prisoners, and most sinister ghosts. More Ghost Town: https://www.ghosttownpod.com Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/ghosttownpod (7 Day Free Trial!) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ghosttownpod Sources: https://bit.ly/3u5NJSU Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The NBC "Be There" Disaster (GT Mini)
January 19, 2024 08:05 - 15 minutesThe 1983 NBC fall line-up was one failure after another. More Ghost Town: https://www.ghosttownpod.com Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/ghosttownpod (7 Day Free Trial!) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ghosttownpod Sources: https://bit.ly/3vNvSjQ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
296: The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
January 17, 2024 08:05 - 21 minutesA pharaoh's cursed final resting place is unearthed in 1922. More Ghost Town: https://www.ghosttownpod.com Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/ghosttownpod (7 Day Free Trial!) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ghosttownpod Sources: https://bit.ly/3tV39Ju Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Operation Atomic Kitty (GT Mini)
January 12, 2024 08:05 - 8 minutesA CIA operation fails miserably in the mid-1960s. More Ghost Town: https://www.ghosttownpod.com Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/ghosttownpod (7 Day Free Trial!) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ghosttownpod Sources: https://bit.ly/4aLOhhj Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
295: The Murder of Doctor Thomas Burchard
January 10, 2024 08:05 - 21 minutesA murder mystery comes to light in 2019 Las Vegas. More Ghost Town: https://www.ghosttownpod.com Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/ghosttownpod (7 Day Free Trial!) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ghosttownpod Sources: https://bit.ly/47vIRnN Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Carrier Pigeon Code Mystery (GT Mini)
January 05, 2024 08:05 - 12 minutesA wartime secret code was discovered quite accidentally in 1982. More Ghost Town: https://www.ghosttownpod.com Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/ghosttownpod (7 Day Free Trial!) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ghosttownpod Sources: https://bit.ly/3NNC5Th Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
294: The Aurora Alien Gravesite
January 03, 2024 08:05 - 18 minutesAn otherworldly burial puts a small Texas town on the map. More Ghost Town: https://www.ghosttownpod.com Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/ghosttownpod (7 Day Free Trial!) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ghosttownpod Sources: https://bit.ly/47kiUYg Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The First Night New Year's Eve Disaster (GT Mini)
December 29, 2023 08:05 - 11 minutesA televised New Year's Eve event unraveled in 2012. More Ghost Town: https://www.ghosttownpod.com Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/ghosttownpod (7 Day Free Trial!) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ghosttownpod Sources: https://bit.ly/47keaSa Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
293: The End of the Beatles
December 27, 2023 08:05 - 16 minutesThe biggest band in history goes down in flames on New Year's Eve, 1970. More Ghost Town: https://www.ghosttownpod.com Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/ghosttownpod (7 Day Free Trial!) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ghosttownpod Sources: https://bit.ly/47teUop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Christmas Movie Deaths (GT Mini)
December 22, 2023 08:05 - 9 minutesThese Christmas movies have a dark and deadly side. More Ghost Town: https://www.ghosttownpod.com Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/ghosttownpod (7 Day Free Trial!) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ghosttownpod Sources: https://bit.ly/47aCi9Q Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
292: The Christmas Cannibal
December 20, 2023 08:05 - 15 minutesA dark and shadowy figure brings fear and terror during Christmastime in 16th-century France. More Ghost Town: https://www.ghosttownpod.com Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/ghosttownpod (7 Day Free Trial!) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ghosttownpod Sources: https://bit.ly/41qnqD7 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Star Wars Holiday Special (GT Mini)
December 15, 2023 08:05 - 12 minutesA holiday special spins out of orbit in 1978. More Ghost Town: https://www.ghosttownpod.com Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/ghosttownpod (7 Day Free Trial!) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ghosttownpod Sources: https://bit.ly/470HY6r Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
291: The Strange History of the Hollywood Sign
December 13, 2023 08:05 - 27 minutesThe 100th anniversary of the iconic Hollywood sign comes with its own dark and strange history. More Ghost Town: https://www.ghosttownpod.com Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/ghosttownpod (7 Day Free Trial!) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ghosttownpod Sources: https://bit.ly/46M9Cnu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Pottersville Christmas Disaster (GT Mini)
December 08, 2023 08:05 - 6 minutesA bizarre Christmas movie flies under the radar for good reason in 2017. More Ghost Town: https://www.ghosttownpod.com Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/ghosttownpod (7 Day Free Trial!) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ghosttownpod Sources: https://bit.ly/46QxpCy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
290: The Dorabella Cipher
December 06, 2023 08:05 - 22 minutesA late 19th century encrypted love letter remains a mystery. More Ghost Town: https://www.ghosttownpod.com Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/ghosttownpod (7 Day Free Trial!) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ghosttownpod Sources: https://bit.ly/46QwlP4 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Restaurant of Mistaken Orders (GT Mini)
December 01, 2023 08:05 - 8 minutesA restaurant in Japan raises awareness by getting your orders intentionally wrong. More Ghost Town: https://www.ghosttownpod.com Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/ghosttownpod (7 Day Free Trial!) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ghosttownpod Sources: https://bit.ly/47yqfnH Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
289: The Starvation Doctor
November 29, 2023 08:05 - 26 minutesA doctor kills her patients with very dangerous treatments in the early 1900s. More Ghost Town: https://www.ghosttownpod.com Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/ghosttownpod (7 Day Free Trial!) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ghosttownpod Sources: https://bit.ly/3Gi8YDg Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Kid Nation Controversy (GT Mini)
November 24, 2023 08:05 - 11 minutesA reality tv show crosses the line in 2007. More Ghost Town: https://www.ghosttownpod.com Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/ghosttownpod (7 Day Free Trial!) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ghosttownpod Sources: https://bit.ly/3QPwegL Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
288: The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Disaster
November 22, 2023 08:05 - 18 minutesA holiday tradition takes a dangerous turn in 1997. More Ghost Town: https://www.ghosttownpod.com Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/ghosttownpod (7 Day Free Trial!) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ghosttownpod Sources: https://bit.ly/3sFYWZs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Great Lego Spill (GT Mini)
November 17, 2023 08:05 - 8 minutesA 1997 ecological disaster still looms off the coast of England. More Ghost Town: https://www.ghosttownpod.com Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/ghosttownpod (7 Day Free Trial!) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ghosttownpod Sources: https://bit.ly/47B2zP9 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
287: The Chameleon
November 15, 2023 08:05 - 19 minutesA professional con man impersonated his way through the 1990s and 2000s. More Ghost Town: https://www.ghosttownpod.com Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/ghosttownpod (7 Day Free Trial!) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ghosttownpod Sources: https://bit.ly/49x1YQo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Supertrain Disaster (GT Mini)
November 10, 2023 08:05 - 9 minutesA television show goes off the rails in 1979. More Ghost Town: https://www.ghosttownpod.com Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/ghosttownpod (7 Day Free Trial!) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ghosttownpod Sources: https://bit.ly/3SwDj8r Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
286: The Rolex Killer
November 08, 2023 08:05 - 31 minutesA murderous con man runs out of time in the 1990s. More Ghost Town: https://www.ghosttownpod.com Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/ghosttownpod (7 Day Free Trial!) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ghosttownpod Sources: https://bit.ly/3MvYwf9 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices