Ep. 640 - The Life and Afterlife of Johnny Horton
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The Mind
Diane Student
4.6 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 4 June 2026
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Many of our listeners have probably never heard of Johnny Horton, but he was one of the best and most popular honky tonk singers during the late 1950s. His specialty were historically inspired songs. Johnny tragically died young in an accident and there is a chilling legend connected to that death. He had a premonition that came true. That wasn't the only paranormal thing. Horton may have come back. Join us for the life and afterlife of Johnny Horton. The Moment in Oddity features Snake Oil.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, you sputacular people. Welcome to this 640th episode of the History Ghostbump podcast. |
| 0:06.1 | Ghost Tours for The Theater of the Mind. I am your host, I am. And this is Kelly. |
| 0:10.0 | Kelly on this episode, we're doing one of those life and afterlifes that everybody loves. |
| 0:14.7 | Yay! |
| 0:15.7 | It's on Johnny Horton. |
| 0:17.5 | Oh, very cool. |
| 0:18.6 | So if you guys like Rockabilly, that's kind of what this guy goes back to. He got into like when Rockabilly was transferring into pop. He did country, that kind of stuff. But very influential guy out there, another one of them that died way too young. And I absolutely love Rockabilly. Me too. I was listening to an interview with the drummer |
| 0:41.2 | from the stray cats the other day and they were like right in my wing house because it was like I was |
| 0:47.0 | Gen X. You mean wheelhouse. Yeah. They were right at my wheelhouse. But I have wings too, you know. |
| 0:53.2 | I like to fly. |
| 0:55.0 | Anyway, I loved it because they were like 80s, but also going back to like the 50s. |
| 1:02.9 | And that's the aesthetic that I was like living. |
| 1:05.3 | I'm an 80s kid living like I wish I was in the 50s. |
| 1:09.3 | Indeed. |
| 1:11.5 | History tells the story of the world and of our lives. |
| 1:16.9 | Sometimes that history goes bump in the night. |
| 1:21.3 | Broadcasting from the center of oddity and the supernatural in central Florida. |
| 1:27.1 | It's the History Goes Bump podcast. |
| 1:33.0 | And now this moment in oddity. |
| 1:51.0 | Most people recognize the American English idiomatic term of snake oil as being synonymous with fraudulent products, services, or deceptive rhetoric. |
| 1:55.0 | The origination dates back to the late 19th and early 20th century in reference to fake miracle cures that traveling salesmen |
| 2:02.9 | would offer to the public. The term really took off due to the 19th century Chinese immigrants |
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