The Classics: Deadly Ghosts: An Interactive Adventure!
August 19, 2026
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5 min readIn episode 226 of Dead Rabbit Radio, host Jason Carpenter takes listeners on an interactive adventure through two paranormal stories: the "Hairy Hands of Dartmoor" in England and a scathing takedown of a website called Backpack Reverse that published a list of "Ten Most Haunted Places in California" with completely fabricated ghost attacks. The episode works as a choose-your-own-adventure where listeners pick a number between one and five, and Carpenter narrates their fictional death based on that choice. In the director's commentary that follows, Carpenter reflects on why this episode—recorded in 2019—still holds up, what worked, and what didn't.
The Hairy Hands of Dartmoor: Guardian Angels or Road Hazards?
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What you'll learn
- 1 (00:52) **Episode 226 Introduction** - Jason Carpenter introduces a "Classics" episode with director's commentary on Deadly Ghosts: An Interactive Adventure.
- 2 (01:34) **Story 1: The Hairy Hands of Dartmoor** - A listener-requested story about a paranormal phenomenon on a British road.
- 3 (09:06) **The Rational Explanation and a New Hypothesis** - Jason explores why the road was dangerous and offers a twist on the ghost's intentions.
- 4 (11:52) **Story 2: The Backpackerverse Article** - Jason critiques a website's article on the "Ten Most Haunted Places in California" as a work of bad journalism.
- 5 (14:00) **Death #2: The Aquamanza Cemetery** - A fictional death involving celebrity ghosts and a scratchy rope.
- 6 (17:32) **Death #4: DeForest Park** - A fictional death by a serial killer who skins his victims.
- 7 (19:27) **Death #1: The Ortega Highway** - A fictional death by a ghost on a bicycle.
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Show Notes
Today we go somewhere in England to fight a pair a hairy hands, and then we visit the top 5 most haunted places in California!*
Original Air Date: 8/19/2026
Full Links And Show Notes:
https://deadrabbitradio.blogspot.com/2026/08/ep-226-deadly-ghosts-interactive.html
Back Up Links And Show Notes:
https://archive.ph/oZc4G
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