Happy Halloween, Burnt Ones! Today we plan your haunted vacation: renting the Poltergeist house (Simi Valley), sleeping near 150 ghosts on the Queen Mary (Long Beach), grabbing BBQ at the Texas Chainsaw Massacre gas station (Bastrop), and even staying at Buffalo Bill's House from Silence of the Lambs. Plus: the highest-grossing horror movie world record (It beat out The Exorcist), the first horror film ever world record, and Vacation Rule #105 you'll want to steal before your next trip.

🎟️ Thanksgiving in Paradise: We're 27 days out from Wed, Nov 26, 2025—two Chip Chantry shows at Blue Note Hawaii (Waikiki). Get face-value tickets via Blue Note Hawaii or SunburntPodcast dot com (avoid reseller markups).

Why hit play?

🧳 Haunted travel you can actually book: Simi Valley's Poltergeist house, Bastrop's Chainsaw gas-station cabins, Long Beach's Queen Mary lore, and more.

🎥 Records & film nerd candy: IT (2017) box-office crown, The Exorcist's long reign, and Méliès's 1896 Le Manoir du Diable.

🍫 Seasonal vibes: Reese's supremacy, Salt & Straw's Great Candy Copia, and Halloween in Hawaiʻi memories.

📜 Vacation Rule #105: "Eat on your grandpop schedule" for a vacation win.

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Chapters

00:00 Cold open: Halloween, haunted apartments & "ghost loans"
03:26 AI-slop & K-Pop "Demon Hunter" + Saja Boys bit
06:49 Costumes reveal: "lumberjacks on vacation"
08:24 Front-desk pool sketch
09:59 Ep. 37 + 27-day Waikiki countdown; ticket PSA
11:32 Hawaii trip getting real (+ Halloween/Hawaii tie-in)
13:30 Bret "Hitman" Hart costume → first Hawaii trip story
21:02 Candy talk: Kit-Kat/Twizzlers; Reese's reigns
22:08 Salt & Straw's Great Candy Copia obsession
27:01 Today's rundown: haunted stays + records + rules
28:42 Salem, MA love letter (Hail Hubie Halloween)
30:29 Savannah, GA honeymoon & Spooky Steve hearse tour
32:14 Buffalo Bill's House (Silence of the Lambs) rental
36:21 Texas Chainsaw gas station (Bastrop): BBQ + cabins
39:28 Poltergeist house (Simi Valley) ~$600/night (group it!)
43:36 Queen Mary ghosts (Long Beach): pool footprints, lore
47:51 Cooperstown haunted-hotel wedding story
49:39 Chip's "haunted film locations" (Olsen Twinning)
56:09 The Good Book: Guinness segment kicks off
56:28 Highest-grossing horror movie world record
01:01:36 Thomas's childhood "It" horror story
01:05:40 First horror film ever World Record
01:12:39 Vacation Rule #105 — Eat on your grandpop schedule
01:14:06 Outro setup

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