The In 1929 Gerald Holland wrote an American Mercury magazine, whatever Odium may be attached to

beer in other parts of the Republic, its status in St. Louis is as firmly

grounded as James E's span across the Mississippi. Beer made St. Louis. And he was right. Beer was indeed the lifeblood of St. Louis and

empires rose and fell because of the public's taste for a well-crafted brew. The Limp family came to

prominence in the middle 1800s as one of the

premier brewing families of St. Louis. For years they were the fiercest rival of

Anheuser-Bush and the first makers of Logger beer in the Midwest, but today they're largely forgotten as actual people.

They are more remembered from the mansion they built than for the beer they once brewed.

They've been reduced roles as spooky characters in a horror story rather than as living

breathing personalities that shape the history of the city. The history of the

Lent family is a true American tragedy, one of triumph over opposition, hard work, perseverance, genius and

madness, eccentricity and passion, horror, death, and suicide. It was played

out against the backdrop of America's changing landscape of the late 1800s and early 1900s.

It's also the story of the beer industry in St. Louis, the German immigrant experience,

and a riveting look at the lives and deaths of those for whom money truly was no object.

In 1926, author F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote,

Let me tell you about the very rich.

They're different from you and me. Fitzgerald may not have been

writing about the Limp family, but he could have been. The Lymphs were very different from you and

me. And then. Oh, Welcome to the latest episode of American Hauntings, the podcast dedicated to the history,

haunting's legends, lore of America's past. hosted by Cody Beck and Troy Taylor

our second season explores the history, mystery, and hauntings of St Louis, Missouri, the most haunted city along the Mississippi River.

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