Welcome back to Bourbon Legends — where we pour something bold and then go somewhere genuinely unsettling.

This week, Justin, Jeff, and Kevin — Kevin’s behind the camera again, confirming his own existence one episode at a time — open 1792 Full Proof Kentucky Straight Bourbon, bottled at its original 125 barrel entry proof, and dig into the folklore behind one of the most genuinely frightening video games ever made: Phasmophobia.

Phasmophobia’s 27 ghost types aren’t invented. Almost every single one is drawn from real-world paranormal tradition, folklore, and mythology stretching back thousands of years. The Poltergeist? There are real police affidavits and scientific instruments involved. The Banshee? Irish and Scottish families still report hearing the keening today. The Yurei? One of the most iconic ghost traditions in human history. The Jinn? Mentioned in the Quran. Justin and Jeff work through the ghosts one by one, match each to its real-world origin, and debate whether any of the documented cases hold up.

(Kevin is behind the camera. As always. We’re choosing to believe he is not himself a ghost.)

BOURBON OF THE EPISODE
1792 Full Proof | Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey | Limited Edition | Barton 1792 Distillery, Bardstown, KY
Named for the year Kentucky was admitted to the Union. The Full Proof expression is a limited edition that forgoes the typical chill filtration process — passing only through a plate and frame filter — and is bottled at its original 125 barrel entry proof. The result is a bourbon with maximum character, exactly as it came off the barrel.
Proof: 125 (62.5% ABV) | Non-chill filtered | Limited Edition
Tasting notes: Deep and smoky with a bold, full-bodied character. Sweet vanilla and caramel balance the smoke, building to a rich, warming finish. Bourbon insiders have long considered full proof expressions to offer the most authentic and distinguished flavour profile a distillery produces.
Learn more: 1792bourbon.com

WHAT WE COVER
• What Phasmophobia is and why it scares people who know it’s a game
• The Poltergeist — the Enfield case (police affidavit, the Warren investigation) and the Rosenheim case (calibrated instruments, physicists, no explanation)
• The Banshee — Irish and Scottish death omen folklore still reported today
• The Yurei — Japanese ghost tradition, the onryo, and the 1825 Yotsuya Kaidan
• The Jinn — pre-Islamic and Islamic supernatural tradition, mentioned in the Quran
• The Mare — the origin of the word ‘nightmare’ and the Old Hag sleep paralysis phenomenon
• The Goryo — how Japan’s government literally deified a ghost to stop natural disasters
• Every culture on Earth has these — what does that mean?
• 1792 Full Proof: barrel entry proof, non-chill filtered, and full tasting notes

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