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TRIGGER WARNING: This episode mentions suicides, death, and a mass shooting.

Tori leads off with some fun with Horror in the Heartland’s odd old newspaper blurbs. Kevin McQueen gives us an interesting obituaries to have fun with, people are weird and do stupid shit. Krysti takes us to Tasmania and Port Arthur. Used as a penal colony, since the US was out of reach for the Brits, this was the scene of harsh punishments for the prisoners. This was also the site of a horrible mass shooting. This was one of the reasons that Australia no longer has issues with guns, wonder why? This location also seems to host a plethora of ghosts that stuck around and remind the folks of the first use of the land. 

Our Sources: Horror in the Heartland, Portarthur.org.au, Greataustraliansecret.com, Australianconvictsites.org.au, Britannica.com, History.com, Abcnews.go.com, Disovertasmania.com, Thecreativeadventurer.com

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A bit of an extra so y'all don't have another dark week. Tori chimed in a whole lot with this one.

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The story of the Manresa Castle has all the great backstory a hotel should. Priests, old money family, a curse or two, add in some vacationing nuns and we have all the energy we need to make this a haunted hotel. This beautiful hotel is also attached to the small family graveyard. Krysti picked a good story! Tori went for two lighthouses on opposite shores in the US. Terrible Tilly right off the coast of Astoria, OR is Tori’s next story. This piece of rock on the coast was will and a tough way of making a living. There is spooky shit there as well. Jump to Execution Rocks Lighthouse on the Long Island Sound. This lighthouse has some horrendous circumstances that happened…stay tuned to hear the spooky, #youwantghosts

Our Sources: Manresacastle.com, Nationalparkreservations.com, Tripadvisor.com

Hauntedrooms.com, Hauntedhouses.com, Pennisuladailynews.com, Ptleader.com, Historygoesbump.com, Scenesfromthelilypad.blogspot.com, cownestack.org, atlasobscura.com, thetravel.com, longislandlighthouses.com, lighthousefriends.com, nypost.com, weekinweird.com, traveloregon.com, oregonencyclopedia.org, clatsopnews.com

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Tori leads off with Tennessee State Prison and it’s lovely history. Like most old prisons, this was a place of punishment, not rehabilitation, and brutal as hell. This jail has been partially blown up, held hostage, rioted, and to finish it out a class action lawsuit. The last inmate left in 1992 and the place has been in several movies including The Green Mile. In 2020 a tornado destroyed most of the complex but spooky shit abounded. Krys covers Hotel Jerome in Aspen, CO. The president of Macy’s Department Store, Jerome Wheeler, showed up in Aspen in the 1880s and poured money into several businesses including the Hotel Jerome. This hotel was supposed to rival the Ritz in Paris. This hotel changed hands many times and continued to house guests till this day, some of which will never leave. Tori comes back with Kirkwin, WY, a bona fide ghost town. Sounded like Tori was tired while telling this story. Also Schitzel? Schnitzel? One of those names…#orbsarebullshit Bring out the cemetery, El Campo Santo Cemetery in San Diego. Yet again #youwantghosts

Our Sources: onlyinyourstate.com, wyohistory.com, Kirkwin the impossible journey, ghostswandgravestones.com, weirdca.com, hiddensandiesgo.com, atlasobscura.com, correctionsi.com, tnstateprsionfil.com, ghostcitytours.com, nashvilleghosts.com, Coloradoencyclopedia.org, Aubergeresorts.com, Aspenwalkingtours.com, The-line-up.com, Hauntedrooms.com, Aspentimes.com, Gshsbrimstone.com

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Krys skips the spooky stuff this year but makes Tori squee with the Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death. These were teaching tools made by Frances Glessner Lee to teach forensics. This lady was the shit and the Patron Saint of Policemen or the Mother of Forensics. The Nutshells debuted in 1943 and were saved by a former student. These helped investigators get it right for once. Tori tells the story of the rope swing and how we have a weird tie to a serial killer. Fox Hollow Farm and the tale of Herb Baumeister, the suspected I-70 killer. This man picked up gay men in Indianapolis and brought them to our next of the woods in Carmel. This house confused the fuck out of me, but it had a pool in the basement. He was caught due to his becoming scared of his behavior and agreeing to a search of the property. 11 sets of remains were identified and found on the property. Unfortunately Herb escaped and killed himself in Ontario. FYI, you want ghosts…the house is haunted.  Krys continues with the Gruenwald Historic House in Anderson, IN. This living history museum is on a Delaware Tribal Burial Ground. Not shockingly enough, this place is haunted. #youwantsghosts

Our Sources: Alanehunter.com, Americanart.si.edu, Atlasobscura.com, Deathindiorama.com, indystar.com, murderpedia.com, the-line-up.com, zillow.com, Thisisindiana.angelfire.com, Encyclopedia of Haunted Central Indiana, Thegruenewaldhouse.com, Heraldbulletin.com, Onlyinyourstate.com, Bestonlinepsychics.net

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Tori gives us the story of the Winchester Mystery House. Sarah Winchester was a remarkable woman in her own right and she lived life the way she wanted and be damned to the naysayers. So many stories about the reason for her incessant building but the truth of the matter is unknown to this day. Sarah took that secret to her grave. Krysti takes up back to the Midwest from San Jose to Madison WI. Frank Lloyd Wright is one of the world’s most well known architects. What most folks don’t know is the sheer amount and tragedy that happened when he settled in Wisconsin. Murder, mayhem, fires, and a school, this story has it all! 

Our Sources: atlasobscura.com, legendsofamerica.com, allthatisinteresting.com, biography.com, americanhauntingsink.com, sfgate.com, winchestermysteryhouse.com, nps.gov, thetruthaboutsarahwinchester.com, Graveyard Tales E.205, Taliesinpreservation.org, Franklloydwright.org, Architecturaldigest.com, Wisconsinfrights.com

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Krys leads off with King’s Tavern in NAtchez, MS. Outlaws galore frequented this tavern in it’s heyday and gave it a shady reputation. Main takeaway? You want ghosts?! Because that’s how you get ghosts…Add in a spooky crossroads, some dumb criminals, and infanticide, you get King’s tavern. Tori takes us to Missouri and to the Zombie Road. Enter into a land of tropes, shitloads of paranormal phenomenon, maybe, just maybe…Bigfoot? Dare the shadow squirrels and flying tombstones. Krys comes back with Mt. Nebo Cemetery in Alabama. This cemetery is home to some unusual headstones and other interesting stories from the past. Tori rounds us out with a good ole monster, the Wendigo. Uncanny mimic and people eater, this monster used to be a human itself.

Our sources: dangerousroads.org, Weird Ghosts, onlyinyourstate.com, ksdk.com, stlmag.com, legendsofamerica.com, allthatisinteresting.com, Theactivettimes.com, Savingplaces.org, Hauntedhouses.com Reallyhaunted.com, Libguides.hindscc.edu, Onlyinyourstate.com, Weird U.S., Al.com, Ruralswalabama.com, Theclio.com, encyclopediaofalabama.org

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—-------------------NO CHICKENS WERE HARMED IN THIS EPISODE—----------------------------

Our thanks to Julie Gearing for her rendition of The Raven for our spooky episode! Tori leads off with the tale of Frankenstein Castle and some of the many myths that have been attached to the spot. This castle may have been some of Mary Shelley’s inspiration for the tale of the monster but it looks like some of this may have been pure speculation. Add in some magnetic weirdness and a dragon, you got ghost stories! Krys covers one of the most beloved and puzzling of classic horror writers, Edgar Allen Poe! Krys tells us of his interesting upbringing and even more interesting ways of making money to try to stay at school. Good old Edgar did some interesting things to get discharged from the army as well. His love life was more of a train wreck as well. The man was a bit more complicated than at first glance as well. Krys goes into the mystery of his death as well. Malcom is with us and regales us with the tale of Goodie Hanna Hovey AKA Hanna Cranna. This is where the chicken is involved as well. He coins the phrase “Karen Curse” with the tale of this witch. All is all, don’t forget, HAPPY SPOOKY SEASON!

Our Sources: Poetryfoundation.org, Britannica.com, Poemuseum.org, Smithsonianmag.com, Americanliterature.com, Nps.gov, eapoe.org, YouTube.com - Weird History - Bizarre Facts You Didn’t Know About Edgar Allan Poe, the-line-up.com/frankenstein-castle, atlasobscura.com, thetravel.com, hauntedconneticut.com, thefearchannel.com, themissinglink.com

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Okay, so the sound gremlins were back this episode, our bad. This week was rough for both of us. Krys covers Thomas Edison’s Spirit Phone. Krysti explains why inventors are weird and that the brilliant ones are even weirder. Thomas Edison brings spiritualism into the fray but it sounds more like aliens/Midichlorians to us. Tori covers Starved Rock State Park in Utica, Illinois. This state park has a long and bloody history even up into present day. Yet another example of “you want ghosts…”

Our Sources: Forbes.com, Atlasobscura.com, Weirdnj.com, Mentalfloss.com, Reliableplant.com, Phys.org, Archive.nerdist.com, starvedrocklodge.com, illinois.gov, starvedrock.org, museum.state.IL.us, americanhauntingsink.com, ultimateunexplained.com, hauntedplaces.org

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Tori leads off with the story of an absolutely horrible human being and her house in New Orleans. Delphine LaLaurie’s story is absolutely disgusting and her mansion that sits at 1140 Royal Street seems to keep reliving the horror show that was her life in that house. Yeah, you guessed it folks…#youwantghosts? Krys comes back with the Hotel Alex Johnson in Rapid City South Dakota. This hotel apparently doesn’t charge late check out to the ghosts. This historic hotel capitalizes on the haunting as well. Happy spooky Season y’all!

Our Sources: Weird Ghosts, ghostcitytours.com, allthatisinteresting.com, legendsofamerica.com, 64parishs.org, nolaghosts.com, Alexjohnson.com, Hauntedrooms.com, Blackhillsvisitor.com, 605magazine.com, Sah.archipedia.org

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