What's up everybody? Cody here. I just want to say thank you all so much for all the

support and the downloads and the listens and the feedback. I promise you we do read

every single comment that we get and we even take some of them into consideration.

So please if you like the podcast, keep sharing.

We've had over 3,000 downloads or 100 of you on the email list and that just really means

the world to us. We have a couple live shows that are

going to come up in the future. We have a lot of really fun stuff in the work so

stay tuned and thank you again. Now let's get to the latest episode of American Hauntings, the podcast dedicated to the history, hauntings,

legends, and lore of America's past.

Hosted by Cody Beck and Troy Taylor,

our first season explores the hauntings of Alton, Illinois,

one of the most haunted small towns in America. The Mississippi River has always been the lifeblood of Alton.

The town exists because of a man named Colonel Rufus Easton, who decided to use what

would become Alton as a ferry crossing to Missouri. He named the town, planned its streets,

and sold the first land in what would become the busiest River town in Illinois.

Between 1840 and 1860, the Golden Age of Steam boating on the Mississippi brought wealth

and prosperity to the region.

But the river could be cruel. Those who believe they can

control the river found that that was an illusion. The truth was more fearsome and

the people of Alton often found their homes and streets swallowed by the

water and mud in the Mississippi River.

The river gave, but it also took away.

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