Ep. 593 - Haunted Foggy Bottom
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The Mind
Diane Student
4.6 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 3 July 2025
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Washington, D.C. is the home of the American government and every square inch of it oozes history. Shockingly, we haven't covered many haunted locations in the Capitol City, despite its extensive history. So it was definitely time to investigate what else is haunted in this city and we found a neighborhood with multiple ghost stories. Foggy Bottom dates back to the mid-1700s, but it would take nearly 100 years before people would settle here and these were mostly laborers. There were two grand homes here, one of which still stands and both reputedly were haunted. And there are a couple of legends connected to the area as well. Join us for the history and hauntings of Foggy Bottom. The Moment in Oddity features Tasmanian Devil births and This Month in History features the birth of P.T. Barnum.
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Music used in this episode:
Main Theme: Lurking in the Dark by Muse Music with Groove Studios
(Moment in Oddity) "Vanishing" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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(This Month in History) "In Your Arms" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Outro Music: Happy Fun Punk by Muse Music with Groove Studios
Other music used in this episode:
Title: "A Spare a Gus"
Artist: Tim Kulig (timkulig.com)
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | History tells the story of the world and of our lives. |
| 0:25.7 | Sometimes that history goes bump in the night. |
| 0:38.4 | Broadcasting from the center of oddity and the supernatural in central Florida. |
| 0:42.3 | It's the History Goes Bump podcast. |
| 0:49.6 | Hello, you sputacular people. |
| 0:53.9 | Welcome to this 593 third episode of the History Ghostbump podcast. |
| 0:56.1 | Ghost Tours for the Theater of the Mind. |
| 0:57.1 | I am your host, Diane. |
| 0:58.1 | And this is Kelly. |
| 1:05.7 | Kelly, on this episode, we're going to be going to Washington, D.C., to a specific neighborhood there called Foggy Bottom. |
| 1:09.1 | Sounds like a fancy way to say fart. |
| 1:10.7 | Oh, Mort! |
| 1:14.8 | It's got some interesting legends and a couple of haunted locations, |
| 1:17.1 | so we're looking forward to sharing that with everyone. |
| 1:20.5 | Before we get into that, we want to welcome into the Sputacular Crew, Karen. |
| 1:23.0 | Thank you so much for joining our Facebook group. |
| 1:25.4 | And now, this moment, noddedie. |
| 1:40.0 | Many of our listeners are familiar with Taz, the Tasmanian devil from the Looney Tunes cartoons. |
| 1:44.9 | I'm not sure if I'm familiar. Can you give me an example, Kelly? Oh, boy. |
| 1:52.2 | Oh, yeah, I do know him. Or something like that, I don't know. |
| 1:57.6 | The real-life carnivorous marsupials live exclusively on the island of Tasmania. |
| 2:01.6 | There are over 330 species of marsupials in the world. But there is one not so fun, fun fact about Tasmanian devils that makes them quite unique. |
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