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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