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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260: The Curse of Atuk
May 24, 2023 07:05 - 23 minutesA potentially star-studded 1980s film is plagued with personal and production issues leaving it movie limbo. 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/45lRzFd Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Pasta In the Woods Mystery (GT Mini)
May 19, 2023 07:00 - 10 minutesIn April 2023 hundreds of pounds of pasta were discovered the the New Jersey woods. 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/3MjTH7y Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
259: The Movie Mafia Murders
May 17, 2023 07:05 - 27 minutesA 2003 murder in the Las Vegas desert has a connection to and is inspired by classic mob movies. 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/3pAayvb Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Poison Tomato (GT Mini)
May 12, 2023 07:05 - 6 minutesThe tomato once had a reputation for being feared 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/3LQHEi1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
258: The Sylvia Browne Psychic Controversy
May 10, 2023 07:05 - 24 minutesA notorious psychic's predictions proved to be more opportunistic than accurate. 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/41ehKKB Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Sisters of Mercy and Public Enemy Tour Disaster (GT Mini)
May 05, 2023 07:05 - 14 minutesAn ill-fated tour couldn't go more wrong in 1991. 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/3NHTHka Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
257: The Bentley Twins Murder
May 03, 2023 07:05 - 26 minutesA scandalous double murder rocks the Hollywood scene in 2002. 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/3L5QUyp Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Alvictus Spy House (GT Mini)
April 28, 2023 07:05 - 9 minutesA luxury Virginia home has a covert history as a Cold War safe house. 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/40ziWYQ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
256: The Ada Blackjack Survival Story
April 26, 2023 07:05 - 27 minutesThe 1920s survival story of the "female Robinson Caruso". 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/40ziWYQ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Moon Museum (GT Mini)
April 21, 2023 07:05 - 7 minutesArtwork left on the moon in the late 60s includes subversive imagery. 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/3N251Yd Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
255: The Incubus Curse
April 19, 2023 07:05 - 21 minutesA 1960s lost film is linked to tragedy. 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/3ojTOrx Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Rosie Ruiz Marathon Scandal (GT Mini)
April 14, 2023 07:05 - 15 minutesA marathon scandal makes headlines in 1980. 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/3zUIFzR Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
254: The Andrews Family Haunting
April 12, 2023 07:05 - 19 minutesA real life horror movie takes hold on a family in 1986. 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: http://bit.ly/3KKAAUz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Blood Rain Mystery (GT Mini)
April 07, 2023 07:00 - 8 minutesA mysterious red rain in India causes concern in 2001. 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/3GnQqC7 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
253: The Gage Park Murders
April 05, 2023 07:05 - 27 minutesThe suspects in a murder of a Chicago family in 2016 turned out to be closer than anyone expected. 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: http://bit.ly/3Kb1L9T Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The MTV Dude This Sucks Disaster (GT Mini)
March 31, 2023 07:05 - 11 minutesIn 2001 MTV produced a pilot that never saw the light of day for good reason. 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: http://bit.ly/3TRXCfj Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
252: The Cult of Universal Medicine
March 29, 2023 07:05 - 31 minutesA controversial medical cult causes a stir in Australia. 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/40HRRmx Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Coke MagiCan Disaster (GT Mini)
March 24, 2023 07:05 - 9 minutesThe cola giant's 1990 promotion goes south, fast. 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/3JRSoNi Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
251: The Rise and Fall of Lisa Frank
March 22, 2023 07:05 - 26 minutesAn enigmatic designer helms a wildly popular and turbulent empire. 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/3TKPHk5 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Disappearance of Lawrence Joseph Bader (GT Mini)
March 17, 2023 07:05 - 14 minutesWhen an Ohio man mysteriously goes missing in 1957, another man appears in Nebraska. 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: http://bit.ly/3JLnqGl Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
250: The United California Bank Heist
March 15, 2023 07:05 - 23 minutesA southern California bank with a presidential connection and mob ties is the setting for a dangerous heist. History's Greatest Heist: https://play.history.com/shows/historys-greatest-heists-with-pierce-brosnan/season-1/episode-5 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/3l0DuLa Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adcho...
Hoia Baciu Haunted Forest (GT Mini)
March 10, 2023 08:05 - 7 minutesWelcome to what is known as "Romania's Bermuda Triangle". 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/3L7QEk3 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
249: The Lost Colony of Roanoke
March 08, 2023 08:05 - 30 minutesOne of history's most enduring mysteries dates back to the late 1500s in what is now North Carolina. 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: http://bit.ly/3yfVBPV Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Juden Raus! Board Game (GT Mini)
March 03, 2023 08:05 - 7 minutesA Nazi board game hits the shelves in 1936 Germany. 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/3kEoP8a Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
248: The Murder of Georgette Bauerdorf
March 01, 2023 08:05 - 24 minutesA real life Hollywood murder mystery rocks 1940s Los Angeles. 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/3IyyPaP Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Cutthroat Island Disaster (GT Mini)
February 24, 2023 08:05 - 16 minutesOne movie sinks to the bottom of the sea in 1995. 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/3Z7Cx20 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
247: The Chicago Tylenol Murders
February 22, 2023 08:05 - 24 minutesDeath and panic run rampant in 1982 Chicago. 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/3Z1L4mY Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Viagen Clone (GT Mini)
February 17, 2023 08:05 - 8 minutesPet cloning is real. 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/3YCPaC3 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
246: The Unfavorable Semicircle Mystery
February 15, 2023 08:05 - 30 minutesInside YouTube's strangest 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/3lA4uAJ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Paula Abdul Plane Crash Mystery (GT Mini)
February 10, 2023 08:05 - 26 minutesA mysterious 1992 plane crash leaves more questions than answers. 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/3YLCLvB Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
245: The Pollock Sisters Reincarnation
February 08, 2023 08:05 - 21 minutesA strange case of twin sisters and reincarnation cause a stir in 1950s 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/3XhxECc Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Murder of Melanie Howell (GT Mini)
February 03, 2023 08:05 - 13 minutesThe 1976 murder of a UCLA nurse still baffle law enforcement despite many clues in the case. 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/3H9KIDu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
244: The Dark History of Colonel Sanders
February 01, 2023 08:05 - 27 minutesA fast food pioneer has a dark, strange, and violent 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/3XOIKiQ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Vrillon Hack (GT MinI)
January 27, 2023 08:05 - 13 minutesA 1977 hack into a British TV broadcast sent a warning message to all mankind. More Ghost Town: https://www.ghosttownpod.com Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/ghosttownpod Instagram: https;//www.instagram.com/ghosttownpod Sources: https://bit.ly/3DgmLcG Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
243: The Psychic Crime Connection
January 25, 2023 08:05 - 35 minutesThe long history between psychics and the law has yielded some positive outcomes over the years. More Ghost Town: https://www.ghosttownpod.com Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/ghosttownpod Instagram: https;//www.instagram.com/ghosttownpod Sources: http://bit.ly/3D6PRem Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Wondery Presents: Frozen Head
January 23, 2023 12:30 - 4 minutesHosted by Ash Kelley and Alaina Urquhart from the hit show Morbid. When 90-year-old Laurence Pilgeram drops dead on the sidewalk outside his condo, you might think that’s the end of his story. But, really, it’s just the beginning. Because Laurence and others like him have signed up to be frozen and brought back to life in the future. And that belief will pull multiple generations of the Pilgeram family into a cryonics soap opera filled with dead pets, gold coins, grenades, fist fights, myster...
The Psychedelic Spider Study (GT Mini)
January 20, 2023 08:05 - 8 minutesIn the mid 1990's, NASA got psychedelic with spiders. More Ghost Town: https://www.ghosttownpod.com Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/ghosttownpod Instagram: https;//www.instagram.com/ghosttownpod Sources: https://bit.ly/3IYWmnb Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
242: The Manacled Mormon Case
January 18, 2023 08:05 - 23 minutesA bizarre 1977 kidnapping case takes the UK tabloids by storm. More Ghost Town: https://www.ghosttownpod.com Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/ghosttownpod Instagram: https;//www.instagram.com/ghosttownpod Sources: https://bit.ly/3H9lkyK Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Titanic PCP Mystery (GT Mini)
January 13, 2023 08:00 - 9 minutesA major motion picture is unknowingly under the influence in 1996. More Ghost Town: https://www.ghosttownpod.com Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/ghosttownpod Instagram: https;//www.instagram.com/ghosttownpod Sources: https://bit.ly/3IG3On2 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
241: The Cult of Guru Jagat
January 11, 2023 08:05 - 26 minutesA celebrity yoga teacher creates a spiritual empire that takes on a cult-like, far right quality. More Ghost Town: https://www.ghosttownpod.com Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/ghosttownpod Instagram: https;//www.instagram.com/ghosttownpod Sources: https://bit.ly/3GSwHLF Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Introducing SUSPECT: Vanished in the Snow
January 09, 2023 20:30 - 6 minutesFor more than three and a half decades, the disappearance of 12-year-old Jonelle Matthews was a mystery – a riddle neither authorities nor her family members could solve. The residents of her cloistered Colorado hometown had scoured every inch of prairie. Jonelle’s face had been on milk cartons nationwide. Even the President of the United States had appealed to the public for help. Still, every lead had fizzled. Every person of interest had turned out to be a dead end. Then, in 2019, Jonelle’...
The Haunted Greyfriars Kirkyard (GT Mini)
January 06, 2023 08:05 - 8 minutesEdinburgh Scotland hosts of the most haunted graveyards in the world. More Ghost Town: https://www.ghosttownpod.com Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/ghosttownpod Instagram: https;//www.instagram.com/ghosttownpod Sources: https://bit.ly/3ItNJki Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
240: The Brian McKinnon High School Hoax
January 04, 2023 08:05 - 34 minutesA mysterious high school student is not what he seems in early 1990s Scotland. More Ghost Town: https://www.ghosttownpod.com Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/ghosttownpod Instagram: https;//www.instagram.com/ghosttownpod Sources: https://bit.ly/3Z8tajp Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The New Years Eve Times Square Ball Drop (GT Mini)
December 30, 2022 08:05 - 9 minutesThe time honored tradition of New Years Eve in Time Square isn't always fun and games. More Ghost Town: https://www.ghosttownpod.com Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/ghosttownpod Instagram: https;//www.instagram.com/ghosttownpod Sources: https://bit.ly/3FUmv3q Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
239: The Tammi Oldham Survival Story
December 28, 2022 08:05 - 23 minutesAgainst all odds one person's tale of survival in 1983 is nothing short of harrowing and awe inspiring. More Ghost Town: https://www.ghosttownpod.com Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/ghosttownpod Instagram: https;//www.instagram.com/ghosttownpod Sources: https://bit.ly/3YOdZvw Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Santa With Muscles (GT Mini)
December 23, 2022 08:05 - 16 minutesThis muscle bound 1996 Christmas film was not well received. More Ghost Town: https://www.ghosttownpod.com Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/ghosttownpod Instagram: https;//www.instagram.com/ghosttownpod Sources: https://bit.ly/3jkl8Dt Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
238: The World Famous P-22
December 21, 2022 08:05 - 27 minutesOne mountain lion defied all odds and lived side by side with the people of Los Angeles. More Ghost Town: https://www.ghosttownpod.com Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/ghosttownpod Instagram: https;//www.instagram.com/ghosttownpod Sources: https://bit.ly/3v4pIbE Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Robert The Haunted Doll (GT Mini)
December 16, 2022 08:05 - 10 minutesA haunted doll nestled in Key West Florida has a strange endorsement. More Ghost Town: https://www.ghosttownpod.com Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/ghosttownpod Instagram: https;//www.instagram.com/ghosttownpod Sources: https://bit.ly/3uRRCHN Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
237: The Happy Science Cult
December 14, 2022 08:05 - 26 minutesA fringe Japanese religious movement comes complete with bizarre claims and cult-like ideologies. More Ghost Town: https://www.ghosttownpod.com Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/ghosttownpod Instagram: https;//www.instagram.com/ghosttownpod Sources: bit.ly/3iRBt2d Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
KFC In Space (GT Mini)
December 09, 2022 08:10 - 11 minutesFast food advertisement takes things to another level in 2006. More Ghost Town: https://www.ghosttownpod.com Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/ghosttownpod Instagram: https;//www.instagram.com/ghosttownpod Sources: bit.ly/3Vxly7O Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices