American Hauntings Podcast

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Something Strange In Your Neighborhood (The McPike Mansion and More) (Revisiting Alton, Illinois) Aug 29, 2023

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In this episode, Troy introduces three haunted houses in town. Although this hardly scratches the surface of the number of local haunts he has uncovered over more than two decades of research into Alton’s history and hauntings, these happened to be his favorites – two of which are still standing.

Join us in this special 10-episode "on the side" season as we revisit new and updated stories from our very first season of the podcast on Alton, Illinois, based on the new edition of HAUNTED ALTON by Troy Taylor, available below.

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The Newlywed Who Vanished (The Mistletoe Bride) Aug 22, 2023

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A young woman will always remember her wedding day. Unfortunately for newlywed Mary Shotwell Little, after having dinner with her friend at the Lenox Square Shopping Center in Atlanta, Georgia, Mary vanished without a trace.

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Sinister: The True Story of H. H. Holmes (Patreon Preview) Aug 18, 2023

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This is a sneak peak of our Patreon-only series "Sinister: The True Story of H. H. Holmes." If you like what you hear, subscribe for more episodes at https://www.patreon.com/americanhauntings

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Minnie Nichols And Alton’s Other Ladies In Black (Revisiting Alton, Illinois) Aug 15, 2023

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In this episode, we introduce you to Alton’s OTHER ladies in black, whose reason for remaining behind may not be quite as charitable as the Olin Lady in Black, who warned factory workers of possible death in the early part of the twentieth century.

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Missing From El Paso (The Disappearance of William and Margaret Patterson) Aug 08, 2023

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On the evening of March 5, 1957, William and Margaret Patterson left their home at 3000 Piedmont Drive in El Paso, Texas, and vanished without a trace, leaving everything they owned behind. But the more the police learned, the stranger the story became.

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Dinner and Spirits of Another Kind (Revisiting Alton, IL) Aug 01, 2023

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It is safe to say there are two things that Alton loves – booze and ghosts. And in this special episode, we’ll introduce you to a couple of places that have both. Head downtown with us as we explore some stories you might know- and many that you probably don't.

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The Babysitter Who Vanished (The Disappearance of Evelyn Hartley) Jul 25, 2023

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“The call is coming from inside the house.”

That’s the line that always gets us – it’s a line from one of the most popular urban legends of all time. But what if I told you that’s not just an urban legend? And what if I told you that it’s based on a real story about a murdered babysitter in 1950? A murder that’s never been solved?

This is the story of Evelyn Hartley.

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Spirits of Industry (Revisiting Alton, Illinois) Jul 18, 2023

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During the first half of the nineteenth century, Alton was actually the largest town in the state of Illinois. The town was billed as the “most desirable place to live on the east side of the Mississippi River,” St. Louis began to be referred to – much to the dismay of its political and business leaders – as “the little town downriver from Alton.” There are three industries in the area linked to ghostly tales from Alton’s past. We’re going to explore two of them today.

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Home Before Dark (The Disappearance of Beverly Potts) Jul 11, 2023

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In the summer of 1951, Beverly Potts was just 10 years old. When the Showagon came through Cleveland, Ohio in August 1951, she was ecstatic to go there alone and her mother reluctantly agreed- as long as she was home before dark. Beverly assured her that she’d be careful. That became the last promise that she ever made to her mother.

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Doing Time In Alton (Revisiting Alton, Illinois) Jul 04, 2023

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In 1833, construction was completed on the first penitentiary in Illinois. Located in the riverfront town of Alton, there was no other building like it in the state – and only two others anywhere in the United States. The Alton Penitentiary was – and still is – a very haunted place, and it’s one from which there is really no escape – not even in death.

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This episode was written by Troy Taylor

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