Ghost Town: Strange History, True Crime, & the Paranormal

Ghost Town: Strange History, True Crime, & the Paranormal

Jason 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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episodes

July 18, 2025 5 mins

An iconic recovery is made in 1998.


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A 2016 murder inside a Texas church remains unsolved.


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July 11, 2025 5 mins

An employee lived for and at his job in 2012.


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July 9, 2025 18 mins

The disappearance of an heiress in the bay area of California in the early 20th century remains a mystery.


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July 4, 2025 5 mins

In the late 1800's, cats delivered the mail.


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July 2, 2025 14 mins

A southern blood-thirsty cult makes itself known in the 1990s.


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June 27, 2025 7 mins

A failed food makes it way in the 1960s...or does it?


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June 26, 2025 18 mins

The devil goes on trial in 1981.


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June 20, 2025 5 mins

A classic film gets reintroduced in 1982.


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A presidential conspiracy unfolds in 2016.


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June 13, 2025 4 mins

A classical superstition goes back centuries.


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June 11, 2025 30 mins

A Prime Minister goes missing in 1967.


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A supermodel casts a spell on the Internet.


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June 4, 2025 23 mins

A strange prize is offered in 1997.


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May 30, 2025 4 mins

A Russian-based candy has a morose history going back decades.


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May 28, 2025 17 mins

The strange disappearance and death of an iconic musician in 1995 leaves more questions than answers.


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A short-lived video rental service helps sink a national retail chain in 1999.


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May 21, 2025 22 mins

A controversial life-sized doll takes shape in 1919.


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May 16, 2025 6 mins

A fast food utensil gets banned in 1979.


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A Baltimore book festival proves disasterous in 2025.


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