44: Wildwood Sanitarium with Brooke Pryzstal

Ghost Bunny

Bridget Marquardt & Audioboom Studios

True Crime, Society & Culture

4.8 • 609 Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2025

⏱️ 72 minutes

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On this weeks' episode, Bridget is joined by Brooke Pryzstal, the owner of Wildwood Sanitarium in Salamanca, New York. Brooke talks to Bridget about her family's journey to buying the historic building and building a business of ghost hunts and experiences for visitors. Brooke tells Bridget all about the history of the sanitarium and it's hauntings in preparation for Bridget's visit to the haunted building.

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0:00.0	Welcome back to the Ghost Bunny podcast. I'm your host, Bridget Markart with a brand new episode for you guys. This week I have Brooke Bristol. Brook Bristol is the current owner of Wildwood Sanitarium. She purchased Wildwood Sanitarium in 2017 with her mother, Lori. The sanitarium was first built in 1900 and has gone through many renovations in its life,
0:38.9	but none are more important than Brooke's goals to restore it to its former glory.
0:42.9	Brooke is a very busy girl.
0:44.3	On top of Running Wildwood, Brooke also managed to receive an associate's degree in business,
0:48.2	became a certified Riki master, and psychic medium.
0:51.1	She is certified in domestic violence prevention, a licensed cosmetologist,
0:54.7	and active mental health advocate, all while only being 23 years old.
0:59.2	Brooke has been featured on paranormal lockdown and multiple episode of Nick Cross Deathwalker.
1:04.4	And I'm so excited to talk to her today because I'm going to Wildwood Sanitarium,
1:08.7	and I can't wait to hear about the history,
1:11.3	the hauntings, what I can expect, and also how you can book your tour.
1:15.7	Let's get started.
1:17.1	Brooke, thank you so much for doing the show today.
1:20.0	Yeah, of course.
1:20.7	Thank you so much for having me.
1:22.4	So first, I just want to give a shout out to Daniel Clay's for he's the owner of the Hinsdale House for
1:28.3	connecting us and and recommending that I stopped by Wildwood when I'm in New York. Yeah,
1:33.9	no, Dan's always such a huge supporter of us and, you know, we, we work very well together. So,
1:39.7	yeah, that was super awesome and for connecting us. Yeah. So let me, let's tell everybody.
1:46.7	Well, first of all, let me just say what's happening for me.
1:49.6	Some of you may already know this and some of you may not, but I am going to New York and I'm going to on a trip to Lilydale.
1:56.2	And when I'm done with Lilydale, we are going to stop at Wildwood Sanitarium and check it out, do a tour there.
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