In this special Podcasthon episode, Haunted Lineage highlights the National Orphan Train Complex in Concordia, Kansas—a non-profit dedicated to the 250,000 children relocated across America between 1854 and 1929. While not a supernatural haunting, the "placing out" system left a legacy of severed roots and erased identities that continues to haunt the family trees of descendants today.

I will connect this historical weight to my own family’s search for my orphaned mother’s past, framing the museum’s mission as a vital sanctuary for stories nearly lost to time. From heartbreaking stops at rural depots to the bronze statues now honoring riders in Kansas, discover how this unique institution ensures that even if a rider "later forgot" their origins, we never will.

Learn more about the National Orphan Train Complex and how you can donate at their website: https://orphantraindepot.org/

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At fourteen, I was sent to a Missouri residential facility meant to “fix” me. But on a trip to Maramec Spring Park’s nearly forgotten 19th‑century cemetery, something far stranger happened—an irresistible pull from nameless graves that refused to let me go.

Was it the spark of empathic abilities, a hidden tie to an ancestor at the old ironworks, or something else reaching across time?

From there, we'll shift to a website listing about Warrensburg’s Yeater Hall at the University of Central Missouri, where the loyal spirit of Laura J. Yeater is said to still guard her beloved women’s dormitory. Cold spots, shadow figures, knocks from a padlocked third floor, and men feeling distinctly unwelcome all mark this haunting legacy—one now shadowed by the looming threat of demolition in 2026–2027.

Amusement parks are a place of magic, of pure joy and reckless abandon. But what happens when the thrill rides hold a darker secret? From a childhood encounter that I managed to survive to a chilling premonition about a famous roller coaster, this episode delves into my family's history of uncanny experiences at fairgrounds and theme parks. 

Join me as we explore how these seemingly random mishaps began to reveal a startling connection to a sixth sense, and why a tragic accident that made national news wasn't a random event, but something I knew was coming all along.

Journey to Lexington, Missouri, where the echoes of Civil War battles and the tragic Saluda steamboat explosion still linger in the town’s memory. Explore the mysterious grounds of the former Masonic College, then the Wentworth Military Academy, where chilling tales of apparitions and unexplained phenomena abound. Are these historic sites merely steeped in legend, or do restless spirits still walk among the living? Tune in as Haunted Lineage uncovers the stories that refuse to stay buried.

In this episode of Haunted Lineage, I share a personal story about a photograph from the Palmyra Massacre site with an eerie shadow that appears and disappears. Discover the tragic Civil War history of the Palmyra Massacre and a possible spectral link to my ancestor's involvement. I also explore Lexington, Missouri’s haunted Civil War legacy, featuring the famously haunted Anderson House and Lexington Battlefield.

In this inaugural episode of the Haunted Lineage podcast, I talk about what got me interested in the paranormal, my first paranormal encounter, two types of hauntings, and a user submitted story about Blockbuster Murders in Anniston, Alabama. I'll pick apart the user submitted story and verify the source of the alleged paranormal activity at the site, starting with if a Blockbuster even existed there.