In this episode, Matt speaks with folklorist Trevor Blank about digital folklore, including creepypasta, and its role in shaping how creepy subjects are discussed. Matt and Trevor also discuss why folklorists were slow to accept that online folklore is, in fact, folklore. Along the way, there are detours into prison folklore, Slender Man, and Bloody Mary.

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69. Digital Folklore With Trevor Blank

In this episode, Matt talks with Rob Hawthorn, who creates and leads ghost tours in Mendocino County, California. They discuss the process of gathering stories, putting them together, and leading a ghost tour as well as how ghost stories represent the community from which they come.

Special Guest Rob Hawthorn: a writer, history buff, paranormal enthusiast, and bookseller on Califonia's Mendocino Coast. His volunteer work with the Kelley House Museum has allowed him to connect with many fascinating people and has allowed him to flourish in all those aspects. Rob is always interested in hearing the next local (or not local) ghost story.

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77 Interview With A Haunted Tour Guide

In this episode, Matt speaks with podcaster Jim Harold who has been the host of The Paranormal Podcast since 2005 and Jim Harold's Campfire since 2007. The Paranormal Podcast has allowed listeners to hear both believer and skeptic voices on paranormal subjects. At the same time, the Campfire Podcast has been a venue for listeners to share their own stories. This episode covers Jim Harold's history as a podcaster, his interest in the paranormal, and a few of his favorite stories. 

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Jim Harold is the host of Jim Harold's Campfire and The Paranormal Podcast, bestselling author of the Campfire series, and President of Jim Harold Media. His latest addition to the series, True Ghost Stories: Jim Harold's Campfire Volume Six, was released in May 2024.For more, visit https://jimharold.com/

78 Interview With Jim Harold

The White Lady is a common ghost story motif, and the city of Santa Cruz, California, is home to a classic example. She wanders in a place that is at the edge between urban and rural in a small canyon that gets dark before the sun has even set. If you aren’t careful, you might just find an axe flying towards your head…or not. In this episode, Matt talks about the White Lady of Santa Cruz.

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79 The White Lady of Santa Cruz

Mudhouse Mansion is one of the better known haunted houses in Ohio. From a historically dubious story about slavery to a deeply creepy story about a woman staring out of a window for ten days straight, Mudhouse Mansion provides a range of ways to think about ghost stories.

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83. Mudhouse Mansion

Soviet scientists drilled the deepest borehole ever dug by humans. They were looking for geological information, but instead, they encountered the very fires of Hell itself. In this episode, Matt discusses an urban legend with ties to both Evangelical Christianity and late 1980s right-wing politics. 

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90. Well To Hell

While we are on hiatus, we hope you enjoy this quick supplemental episode that gives you a peek behind the microphone at how the episodes are made. Look for more regular episodes in March.

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S005: How Ghosthropology is Made (Supplemental)

Ghostthropology Podcast examines ghost stories, folklore, and tales of the weird.  It is writen and preformed by Matthew Armstrong and produced by Kaylia Metcalfe

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