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The Ghosthropology Podcast examines ghost stories, folklore, and tales of the weird, It is hosted by

14/11/2025

You see the darndest things when visiting Santa Cruz.

11/11/2025

I visited the Del Rey Cemetery in southern Fresno County yesterday to take a look at a notoriously haunted locale and record some audio for a December episode.

The cemetery reportedly has a tombstone that glows at night, a common motif in haunted cemetery stories and typically a result of a tombstone reflecting light from car headlights. I think I found the tombstone in question, but other stories feature trees in the cemetery that...well, don't exist, and others indicate a degree of silence that doesn't actually happen on the busy road on which the small cemetery is located.

03/11/2025

Episode 105 is up!

As the inciting incident of World War I, it is no surprise that the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand would be the subject of folklore. However, the car he was in when he was killed has been the focus of increasingly strange and macabre stories of death and dismemberment since the 1920s. In this episode, Matt explores the story of the infamous car in which the Archduke took his final ride and how the tales deviate from the truth.

https://kmmamedia.com/2025/11/03/105-the-cursed-car-of-archduke-ferdinand/

30/10/2025

Not ghost-related, but funny. I was looking through some old photos today and found these, and they reminded me of a revelation that I had about myself when I bought my house ten years ago (that is my then-2-year old daughter and my sister in the photos).

So, weird side-effect of having spent most of my professional life doing archaeological field work - I can no longer dig without creating straight sidewalls. The sections of the ditch that my sister dug had rough sidewalls, as you would expect and was fine for the work we were doing, but mine were all perfectly straight up-and-down. When I dug the dry well for the french drain I was installing, it ended up being perfectly circular with straight walls as well. I actually started trying to not dig perfectly straight sidewalls and I failed at it. It was funny to see that I could no longer dig a normal trench or hole.

20/10/2025

What did the early Church leaders think the Bible said about ghosts? How have their beliefs changed over time? In this episode, Matt discusses a paper by Matthew McGuire on the history of ghost beliefs within the context of Christianity. He also provides some additional context for the points made in the paper and suggests some critiques of it.

https://kmmamedia.com/2025/10/20/104-more-on-christianity-and-ghosts/

13/10/2025

Last night the Matt the Ghosthropologist's band, No Shop Talk, played a Halloween-themed show as a fundraiser for a cat shelter. We were at Fulton 55 in Fresno, and while we have performed in a semi-formal local music festival this was the first time we played in a professional venue (we weren't getting paid, we volunteered our time). It was a fine night and a pretty cool experience.

06/10/2025

New Episode: Sidetracked - Ong’s Hat, Incunabula, and Online Legend Trips

This episode deviates slightly from the stories of ghosts and demons featured in most episodes to discuss one of the internet's earliest conspiracy theories. This story contains travel to alternate Earths, encounters with paranormal phenomena, mysticism and chaos magic, shadowy government agents bent on stripping humanity of freedom, and lots of drugs and s*x. It can also teach us a lot about how paranormal folklore develops and spreads online. Also, it explains how a pulp science fiction writer popular with the hippies is connected to Reaganomics and Q-Anon. So, listen and learn about Ong’s Hat and the Incunabula.

Link in comments.

30/09/2025

We are running a bit late on the current episode. That is because in my day job I am assigned to help with planning for wildfire recovery, and if you pay attention to the news, you'll know that California has been hit with some doozy wildfires lately. But I do have an episode recorded and in editing that features hippies, mystics, physicists, weird s*x in the New Jersey Pine Barrens, and the writings of Robert Heinlein.

15/09/2025

Episode 102 is out!

In this episode, Matt describes a visit that he made to a haunted hotel. He didn’t have time to prep, so this episode’s field audio is not as smooth as a normal episode, but you will hopefully enjoy hearing Matt talk about a haunted hotel while actively staying in the same hotel.

https://kmmamedia.com/2025/09/15/102-the-national-hotel-jackson-ca/

08/09/2025

Multi-time guest Michelle Hanks was kind enough to send me a copy of her new book. The topic is the role of doubt and skepticism among paranormal investigators and it should be interesting. I plan to start reading it today.

01/09/2025

Episode 101 is up!

The C**k Lane haunting is one of the best known British ghost stories and one of the best known British hoaxes. In this episode, Matt discusses the events that took place at 20 C**k Lane in the 1760s, how they related to the religious, political, and social currents of the time, and how we might think about them today.

https://kmmamedia.com/2025/09/01/101-the-cock-lane-ghost/

18/08/2025

Episode 100 is out!
In this very special 100th episode, your friendly neighborhood Ghosthropologist sits down with his Good Lady Wife for some listener-submitted stories and some Q&A. Hear about the creepy bathroom, a smelly ghost, and a shadowy figure on the highway… Enjoy!
https://kmmamedia.com/.../18/100-hearing-from-the-listeners/

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