Urban Legends of NYC w/ Greg Young of The Bowery Boys
Spirits
Multitude
4.8 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 30 April 2025
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
NYC has a long history, filled with (unsurprisingly) MANY ghosts. So we called in an expert to tell us about them: Greg from The Bowery Boys discusses his favorite ghost stories and urban legends from over 18 (!!!) years of podcasting about the history of NYC!
Content Warning: This episode contains conversations about or mentions of death, murder, organized crime, child endangerment, kidnapping, ableism, and animal death.
Guest
Greg Young is the co-host and producer of The Bowery Boys, a podcast exploring the rich and sophisticated history of NYC, everything from the arrival of Henry Hudson to the shores of Mannahatta to the arrival of hipsters to the shores of Williamsburg.
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Spirits is a boozy podcast about mythology, legends, and folklore. Every episode, co-hosts Julia and Amanda mix a drink and discuss a new story or character from a wide range of places, eras, and cultures. Learn brand-new stories and enjoy retellings of your favorite myths, served over ice every week, on Spirits.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm a |
| 0:07.0 | The Welcome to Spirits podcast to boosy dive into mythology, legends, and folklore. |
| 0:32.9 | Every week we pour a drink and learn about a new story from around the world. |
| 0:36.5 | I'm Amanda. |
| 0:37.2 | And I'm Julia. And I'm |
| 0:37.7 | Julia. And I am delighted to be joined by Greg Young of the Bowery Boys podcast for special |
| 0:43.4 | New York City Ghost Stories and Urban Legends extravaganza. Greg, welcome to the show. |
| 0:48.9 | I'm honored to be on this show. I was just saying early that I only seasonally get to talk about ghosts and |
| 0:56.9 | ghost stories. So to break the season and return to this is a pleasure. So thank you for having me. |
| 1:03.1 | It's our pleasure. Anytime we get to talk more about ghosts, I'm always delighted. And I get to do |
| 1:08.0 | that pretty much every week. Yeah, good. It's kind of fun. Tell us a little bit about, for people who might not be familiar, |
| 1:14.4 | tell us about the Bowery Boys a little. So the Bowery Boys podcast started, believe it or not, |
| 1:19.9 | back in 2007 during the George W. Bush era. I mean, I always like to say that because it's like, |
| 1:25.7 | wow, that's a long time. You know, that was effective, Greg. I like, wow, that's a long time. You know, that was |
| 1:27.6 | effective, Greg. I thought, wow, that was a long time ago. That seems unbelievably long ago. |
| 1:32.6 | So, me and one of my best friends at the time named Tom Myers, we just started this podcast. |
| 1:37.7 | It was very formative. It's about New York City history, and every episode is about some element |
| 1:43.5 | of the city, as you would imagine, like Times Square or Union Square or Robert Moses or whatever. |
| 1:51.3 | And so we're up to 451 episodes. |
| 1:56.2 | Exciting. |
| 1:56.5 | So that one, 451 will be on The New Yorker magazine. |
| 2:00.1 | Whoa. |
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