Anytime you can use a gator as a landmark, you know you've made some poor life decisions. And that those decisions involve Florida.

This is the story of the Ma Barker House. Come for the ghosts, stay for horse magic, Trope-a-Dope 2, tentacles like to make themselves known, C. Roy die in the street, the Ohio of the western side of Chicago, the most Florida thing ever, and Howdy Doody porn.

Sources:

• https://mabarkerhouse.org/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma_Barker
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68081615/edward_george-bremer
• https://www.gatorjoesocala.com/about/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_cracker_architecture
• https://www.ocala.com/story/news/local/2019/02/24/ocala-paranormal-group-investigates-ma-barker-house/5849048007/

It's time for a brand new segment: Trope-a-Dope! It's a fun way to see if Patrick's been paying attention to the many tropes we've uncovered over the last 170 episodes. The answer...may surprise you. (But it probably won't.)

This is the story of the Rolling Hills Asylum. Come for the ghosts, stay for the secret about peyote, Boy Meets Afterworld, the poors love animals too, a Wile E. Coyote fence, that's where veal comes from, tuberculosis is on the ballot, and I'm here for the grotesque.

Sources:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genesee_County,_New_York
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Bethany,_New_York
• https://www.hauntedrooms.com/new-york/upstate-haunted-places
• https://www.rollinghillsasylum.com/about-rha/history
• https://nyghosts.com/rolling-hills-asylum/

Do you like boats? Of course you like boats. Do you like George Washington? Or course you like George Washington. Do you like West Virginia? Oh no we've lost you.

This is the story of Harpers Ferry. Come for the ghosts, stay for the soupciest soupçon, I'm not an idiot, the Florida gooch, cursive is so in these days, make us sound so smart Jeremy, sluices of the 18th century, sacre bleu; screw you, the first casualty of cholera is always the parade, and the worst possible Disney World ride.

Sources:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harpers_Ferry,_West_Virginia
• https://www.wvgazettemail.com/flipside/flipside_news/beware-of-phantom-army-at-harpers-ferry-flipside/article_a7da284d-3b2b-5ee0-bf18-6d0ba733ae83.html
• https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/experiences/west-virginia/harpers-ferry-ghosts-wv
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B_%26_O_Railroad_Potomac_River_Crossing
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Brown%27s_raid_on_Harpers_Ferry