Ep. 605 - The Life and Afterlife of Liberace

History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The Mind

Diane Student

Travel, History, Places & Travel, Paranormal, Haunted, Society & Culture, Ghosts

4.6 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 25 September 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Pianist and singer Liberace was one-of-a-kind with big dimples, pompadour hair, huge rings on his fingers and expensive and flamboyant suits and capes. No one had his flair or style and he had a great dynamic with his audience, proclaiming often that he agreed with Mae West when she said, "Too much of a good thing, is wonderful." He was once the highest paid entertainer in the world. When one thinks of Liberace, the first thing that comes to mind are the costumes. Oh, those costumes! He grew up at a time when being openly gay was frowned upon and even dangerous and thus he denied his homosexuality all the way to his death from AIDS. So much talent and style couldn't possibly just go away with death. His spirit still watches over his collections. Join us for the life and afterlife of Liberace! This Month in History features Bobbies hitting the streets.

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Music used in this episode:

(This Month in History) "In Your Arms" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Music: Silent Movie 30 by Sascha Ende
Link: https://ende.app/en/song/12447-silent-movie-30

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello, you sputacular people.
0:02.7	Welcome to this 605th episode of the History Ghostbump Podcast.
0:06.9	Ghost Tours for the Theater of the Mind.
0:08.6	I'm your host, Diane.
0:09.7	And this is Kelly.
0:10.7	Kelly, on this episode, this is going to be a fun one because this was a fun individual, very extravagant Liberace.
0:19.3	We're going to talk about his life and what he's been doing in
0:22.9	the afterlife. History tells the story of the world and of our lives. Sometimes that history
0:32.7	goes bump in the night. Broadcasting from the center of Oddity and the Supernatural in Central Florida.
0:41.5	It's the History Goes Bump podcast.
0:47.7	Before we bring you the life and afterlife of Liberace, we want to welcome into the
0:51.5	Sputacular Crew, Chris with the C.H. Becky and Amber.
0:57.1	Thank you so much for joining the Sputacular Crew. And now this month in history.
1:21.2	Thank you. In the month of September on the 29th and 1829,
1:26.9	uniformed officers of London's Metropolitan Police Force began their first street patrols.
1:31.7	The police were nicknamed Bobby's or Peelers for Sir Robert Peel.
1:36.6	Peel was England's home secretary and was responsible for internal affairs like overseeing law enforcement, shaping criminal and penal law, and managing prison reforms.
1:43.0	Sir Peel became known as the father of modern policing,
1:46.2	as this was the first time that officers were trained to prevent crime, rather than just respond
1:51.0	to it after it occurred. Peel wanted the officer's uniforms to be more distinctly differentiated
1:56.2	from that of a soldier's attire. This was achieved by having the Bobby's dress in jackets with blue
2:01.3	tailcoats and top hats to appear more like civilians. The look was designed to establish trust
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