Misfit Apparitions, The Podcast

Don interviews Hill House Manor owner Linda Anthony Hill followed by a discussion with Ernest about the team’s two different overnight investigations inside the house.

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It opened in 1885 and for 120 years the walls inside this jail witnessed killings, suicides and historic floods.  Now having stood for nearly 140 years, it is now a location known for vibrant paranormal activity.  From disembodied voices to clanking cell doors to shadow figures, this tiny location packs a prodigious punch on the paranormal scale and definitely ranks as one of the most haunted locations in the state of Texas.

This episode was recorded live on location on Halloween night, our first ever Halloween investigation.  We live streamed the first hour of the investigation and, another first for us, we investigated while wearing our Halloween costumes.

The majority of this recording was done inside the jail cell where a man hung himself in 1990.  The building that this cell was in has no electricity.  The sounds you will hear of the jail cell door opening and closing were done manually by turning a wheel.  We received interaction through a K2 meter and some of what was captured on audio are found at these timecodes:

17:44 - The strong smell of coffee permeated in the main hall of the building

23:22 - Ernest asks, "Can you knock for us like this?" followed by 3 knocks

23:36 - 3 knocks fading response

29:45 - Banging on the bars

30:33 - Bang on bars

31:07 - Don asks, "Would you like the jail door open?"

31:10 - Response, "Yes."

42:44 - Unknown sound

44:31 - Unknown sound

45:54 - Unknown sound

52:55 - Single faint knock

53:32 - Ernest asks, "Can you knock for us, like this?" followed by 3 knocks

53:43 - 2 knocks response

55:50 - Quiet bang

58:10 - Don asks, "Did your parents make you feel as though it was your fault?"

58:14 - Light bang response

58:31 - Light bang

RESOURCES:

https://texashistory.unt.edu/

https://www.findagrave.com/

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In 1817 a Tennessee faith-based family became the victims of an unknown presence which after three years led to the suspicious death of the family patriarch.  Later known as The Bell Witch, the presence also focused its attacks on Elizabeth, the youngest daughter.

RESOURCES:

An Authenticated History of the famous Bell Witch by M.V. Ingram

https://www.findagrave.com

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Ernest interviews his eldest daughter Emily about the personal hauntings they both experienced.

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A structure in Seguin, TX that is nearly as old as the state itself nearly became lost to history but thanks to its current owners, The Magnolia Hotel is being restored.  From its beginnings as a two-room log cabin to its pre-restoration reputation as being a den for vagrants and drug abusers, the building has been a stagecoach stop, brothel, rental units, witnessed deaths and has even played a small part in the tragedy of a 12-year-old New Braunfels girl’s death in 1874.

RESOURCES:

Mysteries of the Magnolia Hotel by Erin O. Wallace

http://www.hauntedmagnoliahotel.com/

https://texashistory.unt.edu/

https://www.findagrave.com

https://www.familysearch.org/en/home/portal/

https://www.newspapers.com/article/san-marcos-free-press/23436675/

https://www.ranker.com/list/magnolia-hotel-haunting-facts/ada-hart

https://www.cowboysindians.com/2016/01/forgotten-texas-ranger-landmark-rescued/

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One of THE most haunted locations in the U.S., the home at 508 N. 2nd Street in Atchison, KS is a mix of history, lore and demonic rituals conducted in the basement of the home.  The most recognized residents of Sallie House are the Pickmans who moved into the home in 1993 and for nearly two years endured the wrath of a “man hating Sallie.”  When Misfit Apparitions stayed the night last November, what they experienced at 12:50 a.m. is still irreconcilable to the team despite every effort to debunk what transpired.

RESOURCES:

https://salliehouse.com/

https://kansashistoricalopencontent.newspapers.com/

https://www.ksgenweb.org/archives/1918ks/biof/finneycc.html

https://usghostadventures.com/haunted-stories/31-days-of-halloween/sallie-house/

https://hauntedus.com/kansas/sallie-house/

https://issuu.com/forrestburgess/docs/salliehousebinderinfo

https://www.bumpinthenight.net/sallie

https://oldhousesunder50k.com/the-sallie-house-the-most-haunted-house-in-kansas/

https://rare.us/rare-life/sallie-house-kansas-haunted/

https://ks825.cichosting.com/webportal/Login.aspx

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Irish immigrant John McInteer made his fortune manufacturing equestrian harnesses and saddles before having his beautiful mansion built in Atchison, Kansas.  The home would be the final resting place for a man committing suicide and a violinist peacefully passing away in a rocking chair.  Misfit Apparitions recorded this episode live while investigating this amazing historical home.

RESOURCES:

https://kansashistoricalopencontent.newspapers.com/

https://www.paranormalpapers.com/haunted/mcinteer-villa/

https://www.just-say-boo.com/blog/mcinteer-villa

https://www.travelks.com/listing/the-haunted-1889-mcinteer-villa/47925/

https://www.kcur.org/arts-life/2022-10-29/ghosts-atchison-haunted-house-tourism

https://theclio.com/entry/109762

https://www.findagrave.com/

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Historic Bowers Mansion

A unique mansion.  A prominent family.  A murder-suicide.  Step back in time to the east Texas town of Palestine and learn about the mansion, the family and the crime forever associated with both.

RESOURCES:

https://atlas.thc.state.tx.us/Details/5001008739https://www.hauntedrooms.com/texas/gh

ost-hunts/historic-bowers-mansion-palestine-txhttps://www.oldhousedreams.com/2019/10/01/1878-italianate-palestine-tx/

https://texashistoricalmarkers.weebly.com/the-bowers-mansion.htmlhttps://www.oldhousedreams.com/2019/10/01/1878-italianate-palestine-tx/

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49472148/andrew-lawrence-bowers

https://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/wm11TQ3_Ash_Bowers_House_South_Side_Historic_District_Palestine_TX

https://www.hauntedrooms.com/texas/ghost-hunts/historic-bowers-mansion-palestine-tx

https://texashistory.unt.edu/

A home built by a self-made man who became a well respected, wealthy businessman and very prominent in the early city affairs of St. Joseph, Missouri. Armstrong and Eliza called Beattie Mansion their home for just 26 years but for over 100 years after, it was a home to unwed mothers, orphans, pregnant prostitutes, drug addicts in rehabilitation and the elderly.

RESOURCES:

https://medium.com/oldsaintjo/the-haunted-history-of-beattie-mansion-e479f571a4bd

https://www.bumpinthenight.net/night-at-the-beattie-mansion

https://www.thebeattiemansion.com/about-1

https://shsmo.newspapers.com

https://stjosephmuseums.fandom.com/wiki/Armstrong_Beattie

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An outdoor living history museum on 23 acres complete with 54 buildings from the early old west days of Wichita, Kansas.  27 of them are original and historic structures from the city and other areas throughout Kansas, brought to the northern bank of the Arkansas River.  And of course, if a structure had paranormal activity prior to its relocation to Old Cowtown Museum, then it just came along.

RESOURCES:

https://www.oldcowtown.org/Pages/default.aspx

https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/5347159

https://prairierosepublications.blogspot.com/2020/05/old-cowtown-museum-insiders-perspective.html

https://web.archive.org/web/20170717191741/http://soar.wichita.edu/bitstream/handle/10057/11129/t14059_Wondra.pdf

https://www.visitwichita.com/blog/post/wichita-haunted-places/#:~:text=Old%20Cowtown%20Museum&text=People%20say%20they%20have%20seen,rumors%20of%20objects%20being%20moved.

https://www.hauntedrooms.com/kansas/ghost-hunts/old-cowtown-museum-wichita

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Situated approximately 75 miles southwest of San Antonio, Yorktown Memorial Hospital in Yorktown, TX  is described as being one of the most haunted locations in the state.  The 30,000 square foot, two-story building with a chapel, a full size basement and third floor living quarters served the town of Yorktown for 35 years.  Since its closing in 1986 however, stories of accidental deaths, an overaged, unsteady doctor and a double-murder began circulating.

RESOURCES:

https://www.yorktowntx.com/history/

http://www.texasescapes.com/CentralTexasTownsSouth/Yorktown-Texas.htm

https://www.hauntedrooms.com/texas/san-antonio/haunted-places/yorktown-hospital

https://texashistory.unt.edu/

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