Jim Thorpe
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Sep 15, 2026
Brittany BoyerPANELIST
We're goi Blue Mountain, according to Pocono Tourism, they're expecting peak fall foliage here in the southern Poconos around the end of October.
Brittany BoyerPANELIST
So think places like Palmerton, Lehighton, also Jim Thorpe.
Brittany BoyerPANELIST
Fall, though, officially begins in exactly one week.
Brittany BoyerPANELIST
And if we go a little bit farther with our countdown here, 46 days until Halloween.
Walter SterlingHOST
That you, in Pennsylvania, what city are you in Pennsylvania?
speaker_15AUDIENCE
I'm in, uh, uh, my, my address says Jim Thorpe.
speaker_15AUDIENCE
I'm 12 miles out of town actually, on the top of the mountain.
Walter SterlingHOST
And you wear cowboy boots with spurs?
Ed CraneHOST
Might've been apropos when a bunch of my cousins rented an Airbnb, but Chock full of Nuts, coffee is made from beans, not nuts.
Ed CraneHOST
I'm glad a great athlete's widow convinced the good people of Machunk to give her a check and a body to change the name to Jim Thorpe.
Ed CraneHOST
Got a nicer ring.
Ed CraneHOST
Uh, The Slaughterers might not be a great nickname, but that's kind of what happens in a meat processing plant, right? But Packers seems to be a gentler name for the Green Bay football team.
Maxim FurekGUEST
There were, uh, five people who were responsible for that book.
Maxim FurekGUEST
So, uh, I met them in '88 in a place called Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, and, uh, interviewed them, took pictures, stayed friends with them over the years.
Maxim FurekGUEST
And I would ask Ed s- in particular about the Smurl haunting and how he did battle.
Maxim FurekGUEST
And one of the things that Ed told me that I didn't know was that Ed would do, uh, battle with these demonic energies by invoking the spirit of Jesus Christ-
Tim ButterlyGUEST
I learned how to be a fucking dirtball abroad.
Tim ButterlyGUEST
Actually, most of our summers, we went to one camping trip in Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, and one Wildwood, New Jersey weekend.
Tim ButterlyGUEST
Wildwood.
Tim ButterlyGUEST
No frills.
Eric OzenneGUEST
But we'll go off and sort of badmouth people because of their ethnicity, because of their race.
Eric OzenneGUEST
And this particular song is really about Jim Thorpe.
Eric OzenneGUEST
who is all American football player and like considered one of the best football players of all time.
Eric OzenneGUEST
And he's Native American and people loved him.
GregHOST
I had a feeling that was at least going to be one person's favorite.
GregHOST
So I'm glad I was correct.
GregHOST
And by the way, Jim Thorpe is a town now in Pennsylvania.
GregHOST
which is, I guess, where he was from.
Bill FisherHOST
There's a lot of pounds.
Bill FisherHOST
They just opened a train tour from Pittston to Jim Thorpe.
Eric RoodGUEST
Jim Thorpe.
Eric RoodGUEST
Is it like a scenic railroad situation? Yeah, scenic
Bill FisherHOST
railroad, drop off, you know, Jim Thorpe's kind of a, I don't know, Vicki, how do you describe Jim Thorpe? I mean, besides he's a great athlete, but that's a different story.
Vicki FisherHOST
It's
Bill FisherHOST
just,
Eric RoodGUEST
Yeah, that kind of, I mean, the biggest ball of yarn seems to be more popular with Lemons Rally people than, you know.
Jeremy JohnsonGUEST
And they realized what was happening and they turned around because they had to come back to their community and tell about how they were being cheated.
Jeremy JohnsonGUEST
And so by the end of that day and a half, The runners had ran close to 60 miles to what is now referred to as Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania.
Jeremy JohnsonGUEST
At that time, it was Mock Junk, which means the place of the bear.
Jeremy JohnsonGUEST
And they drew the line.
Mitch GigundoHOST
Not right on hookers, but when you have street... hookers it can be a bit of a situation that's not really yeah
Sally SexyHOST
yeah we didn't when we went there the first time it was just as a stopover to go to jim thorpe and it had It was not a place you wanted to stay.
Mitch GigundoHOST
We didn't go into the town, but we, just by going on the outskirts of the town, we just assumed that, and I had a friend who used to live in Easton and he told me about, he's like, Easton is like, it's rough.
Mitch GigundoHOST
And I was like, really? I was like, all right.
Sally SexyHOST
We had an incredible time, and we definitely will be going back.
Mitch GigundoHOST
Oh, yeah.
Mitch GigundoHOST
In fact, we were taking Sally to Jim Thorpe for her birthday.
Mitch GigundoHOST
And while we're out there, like, can we just cancel Jim Thorpe and come back here? A part, at least for me, is that I used to always enjoy going.
Verla VieraNARRATOR
One pair.
Verla VieraNARRATOR
Young Men's Christian Association, Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania.
Verla VieraNARRATOR
Two and a half pairs.
Verla VieraNARRATOR
Edward Hanscom, Worcester, Massachusetts.
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