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Ghost Town: Strange History, True Crime, & the Paranormal

GT MINI FAILS: Jimmy Soul

Ghost Town: Strange History, True Crime, & the Paranormal

Ghost Town

Social Sciences, History, True Crime, Science

3.7938 Ratings

🗓️ 9 August 2019

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

In 1963 Jimmy Soul had a hit with the controversial song "If You Wanna Be Happy". What became of him after that is bit of a mystery.

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0:00.0

The Death of Soul. Ready for the freaking weekend?

0:25.0

Did I make the joke earlier?

0:27.0

I mean, there's not many you can make that are Friday related.

0:31.0

So, yeah.

0:32.0

Pretty much done them all all but it's Friday. How about a little fail to start

0:37.3

you feel like failing so you'll feel better about your own weekend? Yeah. I do even doing these I feel better. Yeah, just stronger. I feel smarter it's a little little pick me up

0:47.6

It's like a five hour energy, but but five minutes. Yeah, or less. Yeah. And it tastes worse. Yeah, it tastes worse.

0:56.0

Unless you want to donate to us on our Patreon. Yeah. Yeah.

1:00.0

And you want to listen to some bonus episodes, go for it. Yeah, you just go for it. Yeah. But I want to talk about a singer that you've never heard of

1:12.8

name Jimmy Soul.

1:14.4

You see where this is going, right?

1:17.4

I mean, you already can tell where this is going.

1:20.2

I can't wait.

1:21.8

I can't wait. am I love these where I don't know what's happening but I do kind of know what's happening you've been like kind of ambushed exactly I'm getting a little crumbs and I'm following the crumbs to the candy house.

1:34.0

You're not going to know what?

1:35.4

My head's going to get in the oven.

1:37.8

Just climb.

1:38.8

Just climb on.

1:40.7

Eat some cookies.

1:41.7

You're the cookie. No one has ever, and nor will anyone ever talk to you about Jimmy Soul as much as I will.

1:52.0

I have sat on many a futon and air mattress with some guy that I was hoping to

1:58.4

get intimate with I've listened to many samples of music, many many samples, all

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