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The Cannon Beach and Seaside areas of Oregon’s coast are home to an unusual spirit - the Bandage Man. Part ghost, part mummy, part reanimated corpse, this creature is the central character of a local urban legend and serves as something of a local mascot. Join Matt for a discussion of this weirdly delightful story. Previous episodes, sources, show notes and more: kmmamedia.com/podcasts/ghosthropology-podcast Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/ghosthropology Find us on Facebook: facebook.com/ghosthropology This podcast is a part of the KMMA Media Network. To find out more visit kmmamedia.com/podcasts Instagram and Twitter @kmma_media

No, Matt is not going to turn this into a podcast on gnomes and other fairy folk…but there are more connections between fairies, gnomes, and ghosts than one might think. In this episode, Matt talks about a scary gnome that might be a demon, as well as a man who died and came back as a ghost that appears to resemble a gnome or brownie. Previous episodes, sources, show notes and more: kmmamedia.com/podcasts/ghosthropology-podcast Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/ghosthropology Find us on Facebook: facebook.com/ghosthropology This podcast is a part of the KMMA Media Network. To find out more visit kmmamedia.com/podcasts Instagram and Twitter @kmma_media

Mission La Purisima in California’s Santa Barbara County is one of the few remaining structures that attest to the Spanish colonization of California. While it is no surprise that these places are said to be haunted, the ghost stories about the Mission, both in what they include and what they surprisingly exclude, tell us quite a bit about how modern Californians think about their state’s past. Previous episodes, sources, show notes and more: kmmamedia.com/podcasts/ghosthropology-podcast Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/ghosthropology Find us on Facebook: facebook.com/ghosthropology This podcast is a part of the KMMA Media Network. To find out more visit kmmamedia.com/podcasts Instagram and Twitter @kmma_media

In this special episode, Matt talks with his Good Lady Wife / Producer and their Daughter about the spooky and not-so-spooky happenings in their home... and beyond! Previous episodes: kmmamedia.com/podcasts/ghosthropology-podcast Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/ghosthropology Find us on Facebook: facebook.com/ghosthropology This podcast is a part of the KMMA Media Network. To find out more visit kmmamedia.com/podcasts Follow on Instagram @kmma_media

If you have an interest in the history of Portland, Oregon, the odds are that you have heard of the Shanghai Tunnels. If you are interested in the paranormal, then odds are that you have heard they are haunted. In this episode, Matt talks about how commerce, tall tales, and xenophobia collide with notions of innocence and victimization in developing the folklore concerning these subterranean features. Full sources, show notes, and previous episodes: kmmamedia.com/podcasts/ghosthropology-podcast Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/ghosthropology Find us on Facebook: facebook.com/ghosthropology This podcast is a part of the KMMA Media Network. To find out more visit kmmamedia.com/podcasts Follow on Instagram @kmma_media

Perched on a tree-covered riverbank in the coastal town of Capitola, California there is a once-glorious mansion. Built by Henry Rispin, this “haunted house” has been abandoned for decades and now lurks in the shade just outside of easy view. In this episode, Matt discusses the history of the mansion, the ghosts who are said to haunt it, and its role in Santa Cruz County folklore. Full sources, show notes, and previous episodes: kmmamedia.com/podcasts/ghosthropology-podcast Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/ghosthropology Find us on Facebook: facebook.com/ghosthropology This podcast is a part of the KMMA Media Network. To find out more visit kmmamedia.com/podcasts Follow on Instagram @kmma_media

In this episode, the second in an occasional series on what has been learned writing this podcast, Matt pontificates on the relationship between ghost stories and history. He discusses how ghost stories both enhance and warp our understanding of the past. The relationship between historic understanding and the paranormal is complex and fascinating, and Matt tries to give a bit of insight. Full sources, show notes, and previous episodes: kmmamedia.com/podcasts/ghosthropology-podcast Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/ghosthropology Find us on Facebook: facebook.com/ghosthropology This podcast is a part of the KMMA Media Network. To find out more visit kmmamedia.com/podcasts Follow on Instagram @kmma_media

Using an Ouija board may put you in contact with all manner of spirits and other entities. You may gain occult knowledge, you may learn entertaining facts, or you may have your life destroyed and your soul endangered by an encounter with a demon known as Zozo. Assuming, of course, that Zozo is real. Full sources, show notes, and previous episodes: www.kmmamedia.com/podcasts/ghosthropology-podcast Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/ghosthropology Find us on Facebook: facebook.com/ghosthropology This podcast is a part of the KMMA Media Network. To find out more visit www.kmmamedia.com/podcasts/ Follow on Instagram @kmma_media

Dr. Michele Hanks, an anthropologist who does ethnographic work with paranormal investigation groups, joins Matt to discuss the role of doubt in paranormal investigation. Full sources, show notes, and previous episodes: kmmamedia.com/podcasts/ghosthropology-podcast Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/ghosthropology Find us on Facebook: facebook.com/ghosthropology This podcast is a part of the KMMA Media Network. To find out more visit https://kmmamedia.com/podcasts/ Follow on Instagram @kmma_media

In this episode, Matt wraps up the last Ghosthropology episode of 2022 by telling the audience how they can go to Hell, if they feel so inclined. We’re talking gateways to damnation, and they are in the unlikeliest of places. This episode is a bit light on analysis, but heavy on fun. However, remember, most of these locations are either unsafe or on private land, so feel free to talk about them, but don’t try to visit. Full sources, show notes, and previous episodes: kmmamedia.com/podcasts/ghosthropology-podcast Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/ghosthropology Find us on Facebook: facebook.com/ghosthropology This podcast is a part of the KMMA Media Network. To find out more visit https://kmmamedia.com/podcasts/ Follow on Instagram @kmma_media

Dudleytown is often described as one of the strangest and most haunted places in North America. In this episode, Matt tells the tale, then is a total killjoy and destroys the tale, and then discusses how the folklore surrounding Dudleytown came to be. Full sources, show notes, and previous episodes: kmmamedia.com/podcasts/ghosthropology-podcast Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/ghosthropology Find us on Facebook: facebook.com/ghosthropology KMMA_Media on Insta @kmma_media

In this episode, Matt talks with Dr. Alena Pirok about her recently published book The Spirit of Colonial Williamsburg, which covers the intersection of belief in ghosts, public perception of history, and ghost tourism. Full sources, show notes, and previous episodes: kmmamedia.com/podcasts/ghosthropology-podcast Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/ghosthropology Find us on Facebook: facebook.com/ghosthropology KMMA Media is on Instagram @kmma_media

In this special crossover episode, Kaylia (Pages and Popcorn) and Matt (Ghosthropology) talk about that 1970s classic: The Exorcist. We discuss the “true story” that inspired the novel, the novel that inspired the movie, and the movie that has inspired fear for almost 50 years. KMMA Media online: www.kmmamedia.com KMMA_Media on Instagram:@kmma_media KMMA_Media on Facebook: www.facebook.com/kmmamedia Ghosthropology Full sources, show notes, and previous episodes: kmmamedia.com/podcasts/ghosthropology-podcast Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/ghosthropology Find us on Facebook: facebook.com/ghosthropology Pages and Popcorn Show notes and back catalog of episodes: www.kmmamedia.com/pagesandpopcornpodcast/ Pages and Popcorn on Facebook: www.facebook.com/pagesandpopcornpodcast Support us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/pagesandpopcornpodcast or via “Buy Us a Coffee” at www.buymeacoffee.com/kmmamedia

In this episode, Matt begins what will be an intermittent and ongoing effort to summarize what he has learned from the time he has spent collecting stories and talking with others about them. He starts by defining the term “ghost story”, which is more slippery than you might think, and then talks about ghost stories as entertainment and as stories that serve a social function. Full sources and show notes at kmmamedia.com/podcasts/ghosthropology-podcast Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/ghosthropology Find us on Facebook: facebook.com/ghosthropology KMMA_Media on Facebook: facebook.com/kmmamedia KMMA_Media on Instagram: instagram.com/kmma_media Support us via Buy Us A Coffee: buymeacoffee.com/kmmamedia

If you have spent much time on the web looking into paranormal lore, you likely have heard of the Curse of the Crying Boy Painting. In this episode, Matt discusses how the story developed and what we can learn about both folklore and our own beliefs from studying the tale. Full sources and show notes at kmmamedia.com/podcasts/ghosthropology-podcast Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/ghosthropology Find us on Facebook: facebook.com/ghosthropology KMMA_Media on Facebook: facebook.com/kmmamedia KMMA_Media on Instagram: instagram.com/kmma_media Support us via Buy Us A Coffee: buymeacoffee.com/kmmamedia

In this episode, James Tyner returns to speak with Matt about his time as a monk and, more specifically, about an exorcism that he witnessed, group sleep paralysis at the monastery, and a few other strange things worth talking about. Full sources and show notes at kmmamedia.com/podcasts/ghosthropology-podcast Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/ghosthropology Find us on Facebook: facebook.com/ghosthropology KMMA_Media on Facebook: facebook.com/kmmamedia KMMA_Media on Instagram: instagram.com/kmma_media Support us via Buy Us A Coffee: buymeacoffee.com/kmmamedia

Women driving on the back roads of Madera County, near the foothills of the Sierra Nevada in California, have reported seeing a strange specter - a man who appears on the roads and who requires that drivers take care to avoid hitting him, but then he vanishes. In this episode, Matt discusses the uncertain origin and possible meaning of this particular ghost story. Full sources and show notes at kmmamedia.com/podcasts/ghosthropology-podcast Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/ghosthropology Find us on Facebook: facebook.com/ghosthropology KMMA_Media on Facebook: facebook.com/kmmamedia KMMA_Media on Instagram: instagram.com/kmma_media Support us via Buy Us A Coffee: buymeacoffee.com/kmmamedia

One of the most frightening modern ghost stories, the Slender Man is a known work of fiction…except to those who believe in him… which may be nobody…or not. In this episode, Matt discusses the line between fiction vs folklore and the difficulty in telling people’s real beliefs from stories told for fun. Full sources and show notes at kmmamedia.com/podcasts/ghosthropology-podcast/ Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/ghosthropology Find us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/ghosthropology KMMA_Media on Facebook: www.facebook.com/kmmamedia KMMA_Media on Instagram: www.instagram.com/kmma_media/ Support us via Buy Us A Coffee: www.buymeacoffee.com/kmmamedia

In another special supplemental episode, recorded near the beginning of the year, Matt returns to Monterey in search of the ghost of the Chinese Fisherman featured in Episode 15. Along the way, he talks about how our views of history can be both reflected and distorted by the landscape as we walk through it. Full sources and show notes at kmmamedia.com/podcasts/ghosthropology-podcast/ Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/ghosthropology Find us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/ghosthropology KMMA_Media on Facebook: www.facebook.com/kmmamedia KMMA_Media on Instagram: www.instagram.com/kmma_media/ Support us via Buy Us A Coffee: www.buymeacoffee.com/kmmamedia

In this episode, Matt has the opportunity to speak with Dr. Irving Finkel, curator in the Department of the Middle East at the British Museum, and author of The First Ghosts. Dr. Finkel was kind enough to discuss ghost/demon beliefs in ancient Mesopotamia and how those beliefs reflect a lineage of such beliefs that continues through to the present day. Full sources and show notes at kmmamedia.com/podcasts/ghosthropology-podcast/ Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/ghosthropology Find us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/ghosthropology KMMA_Media on Facebook: www.facebook.com/kmmamedia KMMA_Media on Instagram: www.instagram.com/kmma_media/ Support us via Buy Us A Coffee: www.buymeacoffee.com/kmmamedia