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

The Lone Ranger Family Restaurant (GT Mini)

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

Jason Horton & Rebecca Leib

True Crime, Unknown, Paranormal, Weird History, Social Sciences, History, Science

3.7928 Ratings

🗓️ 16 August 2025

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

One of the shortest-lived fast food chains came and went in the late 1960s.


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0:00.0

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0:12.9

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0:16.1

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0:19.9

Hi-ho, Silver. I'm Rebecca Leeb. I'm Jason Horton. And this slash Ghost Town Pod. Hi-ho Silver.

0:21.7

I'm Rebecca Leeb.

0:22.8

I'm Jason Horton.

0:23.9

And this is Ghost Town.

0:47.4

Thank you. In the 1960s, Southern California was home to one of the more unusually themed dining experiences,

0:55.0

and one of the most short-lived road into town in 1969, the Lone Ranger Family Fast Food Restaurant.

1:00.3

Writing the popularity of the beloved masked hero from the TV show, The Lone Ranger,

1:09.3

which aired on ABC from 1949 to 1957, which was actually a pretty long time from 1957 to 1969.

1:10.5

So they were really banking on.

1:12.3

They really went for it.

1:14.2

I mean, they were like, it's been 12 years since the show has been on, iconic as it is.

1:18.6

Yeah.

1:18.9

Listen, we know it's in the zeitgeist now.

1:21.3

We think, we hope.

1:22.9

How about this?

1:24.7

Fast food.

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