Andy, Barney and Gomer go into the old abandoned Rimshaw House to retrieve Opie's baseball, and discover the truth behind the house's ghostly reputation.
Tropes associated with this episode:
- Haunted House: The Rimshaw house is Mayberry's own, complete with a legend of a grisly axe murder.
- Portrait Painting Peephole: The moonshiner pretending the be a ghost uses one.
- "Scooby-Doo" Hoax: The haunting turns out to be faked by a moonshiner who set up shop in the house's basement.
