Chicago's Haunted Hull House: Deep Dive Discussion

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🗓️ 19 October 2024

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Deep Dive DISCUSSION!

In this episode, we explore the haunted history of Hull House in Chicago, one of the city’s most legendary haunted locations. Founded by social reformer Jane Addams, Hull House was originally a settlement house offering refuge to immigrants. However, its legacy took a darker turn with the enduring legend of the “Devil Baby.” This urban myth claimed that a child with demonic features was born to a local family and hidden away in the house, drawing hordes of curious onlookers.

Beyond the Devil Baby myth, Hull House is also known for its numerous reports of paranormal activity, with sightings of shadowy figures, cold spots, and unexplained sounds. Paranormal investigators and guests alike have experienced strange phenomena within its walls, leading many to believe that Hull House’s troubled past has left a supernatural mark on the building.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the paranormal deep dive from real ghost stories online and the grave talks.
0:07.0	You ever get that feeling like some places are just magnets for spooky stories?
0:11.0	Today's deep dive we're heading straight into one of those
0:14.3	hull houses right here in Chicago but and you know this isn't just about like
0:18.1	surface-level ghost stories we're going deeper. Oh for, way more to it than that.
0:23.2	What's so interesting about Hull House is that it was a place of incredible hope for people,
0:28.3	new to the city especially, which is such a contrast to all the creepy stories you hear about it.
0:33.9	Like a whole other layer on top of it.
0:35.8	Yeah.
0:36.8	So set the scene for us.
0:37.8	We're talking like turn of the century, Chicago's booming, but life for a lot of people,
0:42.2	especially immigrants, was really tough.
0:45.0	That's where Jane Adams and Ellen Gates start coming, right?
0:47.8	What made them start Hall House in the first place?
0:50.1	They were driven by this, honestly, this profound sense of, you could call it social responsibility.
0:54.9	Adams and Stars saw the poverty, people crammed into tiny spaces, no opportunities,
0:59.6	and they thought, we have to create a place that gives actual help and a sense of community.
1:03.7	So you've got this city changing so fast and whole house is like this bright spot in the
1:08.4	middle of it. Daycare, job training, even our classes talk about ambitious, but then mixed in with all that good stuff
1:15.5	is this legend of the devil baby. Now I've heard bits and pieces but you tell it.
1:19.6	Okay, so picture this. A baby is born but it's got horns, hooves, glowing eyes, the works.
1:26.2	The story goes that the parents were so scared they didn't know where else to turn, so
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