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The episode discusses the Peabody-Whitehead Mansion and the ethics of paranormal investigations.

⚠️ Content AdvisoryThis episode includes an extended discussion of a televised paranormal investigation in which a crew treated an alleged spirit-box recording about a sexual assault as cause for celebration. The hosts address the claim and the ethics of its presentation directly. Please consider another episode if this topic would be traumatic for you.⚠️ Blake and Karen are joined by paranormal investigator Matt Baxter for a live MonsterTalk recording about Denver's Peabody-Whitehead Mansion - the red sandstone pile on Capitol Hill's old Millionaire Row that ghost tour operators like to call the most haunted building in Colorado, if not the country. The three of them had walked the place the night before at the invitation of author and paranormal researcher Richard Estep, who is writing a book about the mansion and wanted skeptical voices in it alongside the believer accounts he had already collected. What they found was a genuinely beautiful 1889 Frank Edbrooke house with a well-documented history - a Crimean War surgeon, a strikebreaking governor, a second life as restaurants, nightclubs, and recently as apartments. But what does it mean if the haunting reputation does not…

People in this episode

Hosts: Blake Smith, Karen

Guest: Matt Baxter

Topics covered

• paranormal investigation
• haunted locations
• ethics in media
• ghost tours
• historical buildings

Keywords

• Peabody-Whitehead Mansion
• paranormal investigation
• ghost tours
• Denver
• Ghost Adventures

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Ghost Adventures

Places: Denver, Peabody-Whitehead Mansion

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