{"podcast":{"title":"Hometown Ghost Stories","slug":"hometown-ghost-stories-4482113","podcast_index_feed_id":4482113,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/69f8d4199d4faa1506e6dadc","website_url":"https://www.hometownghoststories.com/","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/69f8d4199d4faa1506e6dadc/1781104320187-df13a82b-ef84-49f1-884f-0db68ecab985.jpeg","author":"Hometown Ghost Stories","episode_count":484,"summary":"Hometown Ghost Stories dives into the history of haunted locations and investigates why and how these places earned their terrifying reputation. Rob, Dave and Jesse go live every Tuesday night, after a 15-20 minute uninterrupted, documentary-style breakdown on the case. You can even join the show - as many do, during the live broadcasts on YouTube, Tuesday nights at 9pm EST, as we talk ghosts, demons, poltergeists, and the horrifying true tales that led to these hauntings. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-29T16:17:46.547635+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hometown-ghost-stories-4482113"},"episode":{"title":"History Of Ghosts: The Arguments For Their Existence (Part 2)","slug":"history-of-ghosts-the-arguments-for-their-existence-part-2","published_at":"2026-07-24T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hometown-ghost-stories-4482113/history-of-ghosts-the-arguments-for-their-existence-part-2","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hometown-ghost-stories-4482113","url":"https://shows.acast.com/home-town-ghost-stories/episodes/history-of-ghosts-the-arguments-for-their-existence-part-2","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/69f8d4199d4faa1506e6dadc/e/6a62f4effa6cc1e0303ca494/media.mp3","summary":"Dave is back to doing big brain things. Come listen to his big brain explain philosophy, and why ghosts are (probably) real. In this edition of History of Ghosts, we talk about Rene Descartes and his theory on mind body dualism and how it could be used as a solid framework of the existence of intelligent hauntings like in the case of the Watseka Wonder and The Greenbrier Ghost Become a supporter on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/hometownghoststories Music by Jesse Wilkins and Seth Wilkins NEW ALBUM OUT NOW! Hometown Ghost Stories: The Music (Volume 2) https://open.spotify.com/album/3aVN2YCP13j3NjZ1ViCZ7Q?si=1Cs9iLVwTlyrtSXmpKUtAQ MERCH: https://hometownghoststories.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Dave is back to doing big brain things. Come listen to his big brain explain philosophy, and why ghosts are (probably) real. In this edition of History of…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2836,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/hometown-ghost-stories-4482113/episodes/history-of-ghosts-the-arguments-for-their-existence-part-2/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hometown-ghost-stories-4482113/history-of-ghosts-the-arguments-for-their-existence-part-2.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}