Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World The Ghost of the Banta Inn
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Feb 13, 2026 
Lloyd Auerbach, parapsychologist who led field investigations at the Banta Inn, shares firsthand accounts of mysterious physical phenomena. He recounts flying ashtrays, stacking and rearranging coins, an unplugged jukebox that played, and video-captured placemat flips. Multiple witnesses, media shoots, and scientific observers weigh in on one of America’s most studied haunting cases.
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Tony's Life Behind The Bar
- Lloyd Auerbach recounts Tony Gookin as an omnipresent bartender who stacked coins and played two-handed poker.
- Tony died of a heart attack behind the bar in 1968 and soon after patrons reported seeing him as before.
Posthumous Sightings And Object Movement
- Regulars reported seeing Tony sitting at the corner table and patrons who'd never visited recognized him.
- Within months after his death objects like beer bottles slid or fell without breaking, and coins appeared neatly stacked.
Ashtray Flies During TV Shoot
- During a Hard Copy shoot an ashtray visibly flew up and slammed onto the bar without breaking while the camera crew had their backs turned.
- The show captured only the sound, but Lloyd and witnesses saw the ashtray's flight.
A historic California inn. A dead owner who never left. Are flying ashtrays, stacking coins, and an unplugged jukebox proof of survival after death? Jimmy Akin interviews investigator Lloyd Auerbach as they examine one of America’s strongest ghost cases.