Epitaph

A podcast dedicated to telling the true stories of the real people who, in death, have become American ghost lore. (“On Hiatus” while producing Season Two.)

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@DustyLikins That’s the one thing I didn’t get to do when I was there.

Recommended: Hit Cafe du Monde for the beignets and see one of the jazz shows at Preservation Hall (or catch a street band over on Jackson Square). Can recommend a good “ghost tour,” too, if you’re into that.

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@kellying1022 There are also two times in the New Testament — when He walked on water, and Thomas after the resurrection— where the disciples thought Jesus was a ghost.

Neither time did He rebuke them or say there was no such thing. In the last instance, He said “Ghosts don’t have flesh …”

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@kellying1022 The Bible is pretty clear that ghosts DO exist.

Saul summoned up Samuel’s ghost when God wouldn’t speak to him through any other prophets. If you believe scripture, that’s a ghost not a demon.

But, it says we shouldn’t consult mediums or try to conjure the dead like Saul did.

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@Imlaurencompton Was halfway certain this was Brie Larson when I first scrolled past.

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@Kevman1997 When the podcast (eventually) relaunches with re-recorded episodes, some new episodes for Season One, and the way-too-long-in-development Season Two, I’m hoping to bring it to YouTube, too.

As a one-man production, though, the addition of graphics development is a heavy lift.

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On rainy nights, near an old, overgrown underpass between High Point, North Carolina and the suburban community of Jamestown, drivers often report seeing the ghost of a young woman.

On this episode, find out the tragic story of the Girl at the Underpass.

https://t.co/H98l6bMiLy

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So, tracked down a half dozen more stories where Vanishing Hitchhiker legends have ties to local tragedies where details match up with things the witness had no way of knowing.

They’re going to be chapters in the book.

What are the rest of you up to?

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@dustinpari I live near there. Curious what your “professional opinion” of the places are.

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Ghostbusters: Afterlife.

Man.

It may be because it hit all of the nostalgic notes perfectly for me, but I just can’t stop smiling.

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Shout out to everyone who apparently discovered the podcast this week, and thank you to whomever it was who pointed people to it.

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“Yeah there’s a lady over in the meadow in a black shirt. She needs our help but she’s dead and she’s laying face down with her legs up and she can’t talk to me but she’s over there, we need to go help her.'”

https://t.co/agzuNgC2GK

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This is the way.

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@RealGhostPod Hopefully you had garlic with dinner and sprinkled mustard seeds on your roof.

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I’ve heard two different stories on two subsequent days this week about the many attempts (and eventual success) to murder Michael Malloy.

One was on @CriminalShow, the other on @Grimandmild’s #AmericanShadows.

Weird synergy or something else going on with this guy recently?

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Another 14 pages and 4300+ words about a place and a legend I hadn’t intended to cover this season because, you know, ghosts and stagecoaches and ...

Okay, I talked me into it.

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So, sorting all of the research notes I’ve compiled into individual chapters for this season, I’ve got 30 slated. So far.

(Three of those are written.)

And I haven’t got anything on subjects like Dodge City or Billy the Kid or Jesse James, yet.

I feel like George R. R. Martin.

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Just wrapped 30 pages and 12,000+ words of material on a subject that was supposed to be a little side jaunt into a legend about a uniquely named river that ties into stories of fights between Native Americans and white settlers and, then, disproportionate responses by Custer.

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@KnockOnceForYes @Sue911186 I’ve got a whole episode on the variety of hauntings at Blue Bell Hill and their potential origins.

What I don’t have is a personal experience to share on your episode.

That said, I definitely look forward to hearing it! Can’t wait!

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While I’m writing that up, I’m also going to be gathering ideas for our next season so that, hopefully, there isn’t as much lag time between our next seasons.

Also, putting a book together.

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Alright, so ... where are we?

I’ve got a ton of research done for a season on Ghosts of the Old West.

To be honest, I don’t like the way it’s shaping up.

By that, I mean it feels like we’re just re-telling stories people already know.

It doesn’t feel like what we try to do.

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There aren’t many places where I can point to someone’s life story and say, “Hey, this person may be the one whose spirit people are encountering” EXCEPT in places where the people are already known.

I’ll tell their stories. Hopefully in new ways or with detail you didn’t know.