203: The Unbreakable Betty Lou Oliver

Ghost Town: Strange History, True Crime, & the Paranormal

Jason Horton & Rebecca Leib

True Crime, Unknown, Paranormal, Weird History, Social Sciences, History, Science

3.7 • 928 Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2022

⏱️ 15 minutes

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In 1945 New York City, one woman cheated death. Twice. Calm History: https://www.silkpodcasts.com/ More Ghost Town: https://www.ghosttownpod.com Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/ghosttownpod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ghosttownpod Sources: https://bit.ly/3vBitsP Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.1	Welcome friends, welcome to Frootellers Halloween Hotel.
0:34.0	As we begin an eerie countdown with our spooky clear and tell, join us each day for tales
0:39.2	that will make you shiver jokes that are eerie and quizzes to bewilder.
0:43.8	To find this hidden world, Whisper Alexa's grand spell by saying Alexa opened Halloween
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0:50.8	So come and check in, we'll give you welcome and shelter at the Halloween Hotel.
0:55.7	The woman who died twice, I'm Jason Horton, I'm Rebecca Leeb, and this is Ghost Town.
1:21.9	July 28, 1945, started like any other for Betty Lou Oliver, almost any other day.
1:28.5	The 20 year old arrived at her place of work, the Empire State Building in New York, and
1:32.9	stepped into the elevator where she had been a full time attendant.
1:36.2	It was her last day on the job she thought, and it would be special.
1:39.6	And she was not wrong, it was a special day for her, and one that would be unlike any
1:45.6	other in most people's lives.
1:48.7	The day would be tragic, it would break records, it would change Betty Lou Oliver forever,
1:54.5	and she would go down in history as the woman who cheated death twice.
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