Austin's Weird

The Driskill Hotel is haunted AF and rich in Austin history. It’s Austin’s oldest operating hotel and it’s home to many a ghost. We're talking Turkish baths, sacred water lines, and lots of other spooky stuff! Join me and Bailee Perkins for an informal historical overview  (special thanks to her for reminding me what a dumbwaiter is!) 

Source Material

https://www.hospitalitynet.org/opinion/4104026.html

https://driskillhotel.com/

https://ghostcitytours.com/austin/haunted-austin/driskill-hotel/

https://www.kvue.com/article/life/the-driskell-hotel-most-haunted-spot-in-texas/269-48b14cd0-fe1c-4c85-92cd-fb46c9d2521f

https://www.austintexas.org/listings/the-driskill-hotel/1204/

Ever walked around UT? Nearly every Austinite has. The weird part? When you walk around the university - you are also standing over what some call... a subterranean city. Yes, there are over 7 miles of underground tunnels right underneath longhorn campus! They are just one of the many reasons our city is so freaking weird. Find out more today on Austin's Weird!

Sources

https://thedailytexan.com/2017/08/07/alumnus-reflects-on-illicit-ut-tunnel-adventures/

https://www.reddit.com/r/UTAustin/comments/3lp84l/ive_heard_rumors_of_tunnels_underneath_the/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzW_Fucb1vc

https://tynan.com/the-secret-tunnels-under-ut/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1539069/?ref_=ttfc_fc_tt

https://www.statesman.com/story/news/local/2016/08/28/neighborhood-rallies-around-green-pastures-peacocks/9955042007/

Today is Martin Luther King Day, so I decided to do a bonus episode in honor of Dr King. In Austin, we have MLK Blvd, a popular street named to commemorate Dr King's legacy.  But not everyone knows how it came to be: Find out how in this episode. Spoiler alert: Dr JJ Seabrook gave his life honoring Dr King and fighting for change - fighting to name all of 19th street... Martin Luther King Blvd. In honor and memory of both of these heroic men, I wanted to do a minisode on how this street name change came to be and the legacy of JJ Seabrook along with other members of Huston-Tillotson University.

Source Material

SUPPORT BLACK-OWNED ESTABLISHMENTS AND BLM! 

https://do512.com/p/black-owned-businesses-in-austin

• Black-owned businesses in ATX!

https://tribeza.com/black-lives-matter-austin-support/

• BLM support in Austin

https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/who-is-j-j-seabrook-the-man-who-made-sure-mlk-jr-boulevard-united-austin/

https://pecanstreetfestival.org/2018/10/07/emma-lou/

https://www.statesman.com/story/news/2016/09/04/the-fight-over-austins-mlk-jr-boulevard/10006702007/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zvs3mGVqpq4

https://www.sutori.com/en/story/huston-tillotson-university--zNk3n6X7X4TTaYwKp4pnyCuH

• Cool timeline

https://www.statesman.com/story/news/2022/01/09/colette-pierce-burnette-named-austinite-year/8971929002/

Charles Whitman affected a lot of lives on August 1, 1966 when he shot up UT campus from the 307-foot Bell Tower. His actions went unmatched until the Virginia Tech Shooting. Join me, Syd Capello, for Part 3 where I interview Dr. Emma Lou Linn who has there on campus that day and as I go over more of this case with my neighbor.

So I know on my audio I say source  materials for this episode will be listed in my shownotes but I actually cannot list them here due to character limitations.  For all my sources and some unedited commentary on them, visit

Charles Whitman affected a lot of lives on August 1, 1966 when he shot up UT campus from the 307-foot Bell Tower. His actions went unmatched until the Virginia Tech Shooting. Join me, Syd Capello, for Part 3 where I interview Dr. Emma Lou Linn who has there on campus that day and as I go over more of this case with my neighbor.

So I know on my audio I say source  materials for this episode will be listed in my shownotes but I actually cannot list them here due to character limitations.  For all my sources and some unedited commentary on them, visit https://www.austinsweird.com/ 

Charles Whitman affected a lot of lives the day he shot up campus. Join us for Part 2 where we go over more details of this infamous case.

So I know on my audio I say source  materials for this episode will be listed in my shownotes but I actually cannot list them here due to character limitations.  For all my sources and some commentary on them, visit https://www.austinsweird.com/

Charles Whitman affected a lot of lives on August 1, 1966 when he shot up UT campus from the 307-foot Bell Tower. Join me, Syd Capello, for Part 1 which is a minisode where I go over the beginning of this infamous case. Austin's own Dr Emma Lou Linn was on campus that day and will be joining me in Part 3 and 4.

So I know on my audio I say source  materials for this episode will be listed in my shownotes but I actually cannot list them here due to character limitations.  For all my sources and some commentary on them, visit https://www.austinsweird.com/