#55: The Ghosts of Mammoth Cave National Park

Dear Bob and Sue: A National Parks Podcast

Matt and Karen Smith

Society & Culture, Nature, Personal Journals, Places & Travel, Science

5.0 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 28 October 2021

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Did you know that Mammoth Cave National Park preserves the longest known cave system in the world? Here’s another fact you might not know: many people think the cave is haunted. Join us for this episode as we give an overview of Mammoth Cave National Park, and Karen regales Matt with frightening and sometimes ghoulish stories from the past about the caverns below south-central Kentucky. Link to the National Park Service webpage: Top Ten Tips for Visiting Mammoth Cave National Park Please subscribe to The Dear Bob and Sue Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you like to listen, and if you’ve enjoyed our show, please leave us a review or rating on Apple Podcasts. Five-star ratings help other listeners find our show. Follow us on Instagram at @mattandkarensmith, on Twitter at @mattandkaren, on Facebook at dearbobands, or check out our blog at www.mattandkaren.com. To advertise on The Dear Bob and Sue Podcast, email us at mattandkarensmith@gmail.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:54.6	But his brother Homer wasn't happy about leaving Floyd in the cave forever,
1:04.5	and two months later he and a friend reopened the shaft and dug a new tunnel.
1:09.7	They recovered Floyd's body and buried him in the ground on the Collins family farm.
1:15.8	Still doesn't end there for Floyd. I was hoping I'm starting to feel like Floyd.
1:23.9	At this nightmare, I'm stuck in a podcast episode. My legs are trapped.
1:32.0	Dory isn't over yet.
1:47.0	This is the Dear Bob and Sue podcast. Stories from our journey to all the US
1:51.4	national parks and other public lands. I'm Karen Smith.
1:55.0	And I'm Matt Smith. We're the authors of the Dear Bob and Sue series of books.
1:59.5	Today we're talking about mammoth cave national park in Kentucky.
2:03.3	It's famous for being the longest cave system in the world,
2:06.9	but it's also rumored to be the most haunted national park in the nation.
2:13.5	For over 50 years, people who work in mammoth cave have seen ghostly apparitions.
2:20.4	They've heard footsteps and voices and empty areas of the cave,
2:24.7	and they felt the cold touch of a hand brushing against them in the dark.
2:30.2	We'll discuss some of those documented ghostly encounters.
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