Haunted Vacations: Poltergeist House, Queen Mary & Buffalo Bill's 🕯️😂 | Sunburnt Podcast Ep. 37

Happy Halloween, Burnt Ones! Today we plan your haunted vacation: renting the Poltergeist house (Simi Valley), sleeping near 150 ghosts on the Queen Mary (Long Beach), grabbing BBQ at the Texas Chainsaw Massacre gas station (Bastrop), and even staying at Buffalo Bill's House from Silence of the Lambs. Plus: the highest-grossing horror movie world record (It beat out The Exorcist), the first horror film ever world record, and Vacation Rule #105 you'll want to steal before your next trip. 🎟️ Thanksgiving in Paradise: We're 27 days out from Wed, Nov 26, 2025—two Chip Chantry shows at Blue Note Hawaii (Waikiki). Get face-value tickets via Blue Note Hawaii or SunburntPodcast dot com (avoid reseller markups). Why hit play? 🧳 Haunted travel you can actually book: Simi Valley's Poltergeist house, Bastrop's Chainsaw gas-station cabins, Long Beach's Queen Mary lore, and more. 🎥 Records & film nerd candy: IT (2017) box-office crown, The Exorcist's long reign, and Méliès's 1896 Le Manoir du Diable. 🍫 Seasonal vibes: Reese's supremacy, Salt & Straw's Great Candy Copia, and Halloween in Hawaiʻi memories. 📜 Vacation Rule #105: "Eat on your grandpop schedule" for a vacation win. New episodes weekly. Subscribe, leave a spooky comment with your favorite haunted spot, and we might feature it next time. 🌴👻 Chapters 00:00 Cold open: Halloween, haunted apartments & "ghost loans" 03:26 AI-slop & K-Pop "Demon Hunter" + Saja Boys bit 06:49 Costumes reveal: "lumberjacks on vacation" 08:24 Front-desk pool sketch 09:59 Ep. 37 + 27-day Waikiki countdown; ticket PSA 11:32 Hawaii trip getting real (+ Halloween/Hawaii tie-in) 13:30 Bret "Hitman" Hart costume → first Hawaii trip story 21:02 Candy talk: Kit-Kat/Twizzlers; Reese's reigns 22:08 Salt & Straw's Great Candy Copia obsession 27:01 Today's rundown: haunted stays + records + rules 28:42 Salem, MA love letter (Hail Hubie Halloween) 30:29 Savannah, GA honeymoon & Spooky Steve hearse tour 32:14 Buffalo Bill's House (Silence of the Lambs) rental 36:21 Texas Chainsaw gas station (Bastrop): BBQ + cabins 39:28 Poltergeist house (Simi Valley) ~$600/night (group it!) 43:36 Queen Mary ghosts (Long Beach): pool footprints, lore 47:51 Cooperstown haunted-hotel wedding story 49:39 Chip's "haunted film locations" (Olsen Twinning) 56:09 The Good Book: Guinness segment kicks off 56:28 Highest-grossing horror movie world record 01:01:36 Thomas's childhood "It" horror story 01:05:40 First horror film ever World Record 01:12:39 Vacation Rule #105 — Eat on your grandpop schedule 01:14:06 Outro setup Hashtags #SunburntPodcast #ComedyPodcast #TravelComedy #HauntedTravel #Poltergeist #QueenMary #TexasChainsawMassacre #SilenceOfTheLambs #GuinnessWorldRecords #ITMovie #Halloween #Waikiki #ThanksgivingInParadise #VacationRules #Hawaii