Dumas Brothel Redux
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The Mind
Diane Student
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🗓️ 27 January 2026
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
We covered this historic and famous brothel back on Ep. 120 in 2016. This is one of the few haunted locations we have found in Montana and it is located in Butte. The town has its roots in mining and was known as the "Richest Hill on Earth." Gold, silver and copper were all mined here. As was the case with so many mining towns, a successful red light district grew within the town. One of the most successful and high-class brothels in town was the Dumas Brothel. Rich clientele could have their fantasies met here, but there was also pleasure for the working class in the basement, which ran like a sex mill. The brothel passed through many hands and has the reputation of being the longest running brothel in the country. And it seems that clients and the girls are still hanging out here in the afterlife. Several entities are thought to haunt this building. Join us as we explore the history and hauntings of the Dumas Brothel!
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, you sputacular people. |
| 0:02.8 | Welcome to History Goes Bump Redux. |
| 0:06.2 | I am your host, Diane. |
| 0:07.9 | And this is Kelly. |
| 0:09.4 | Kelly, on this Redux, we're going back to an episode we did back in 2016. |
| 0:16.2 | This is the Dumas. |
| 0:18.2 | Is that how you? |
| 0:18.8 | Dumas. |
| 0:19.2 | Dumas. |
| 0:19.9 | The Dumas brothel in Montana. |
| 0:23.2 | Are you ready to go back? |
| 0:25.3 | I'm ready. |
| 0:28.1 | History tells the story of the world and of our lives. |
| 0:33.4 | Sometimes that history goes bump in the night. |
| 0:37.8 | Broadcasting from the center of oddity and the supernatural in central Florida. |
| 0:43.6 | It's the History Goes Bump podcast. |
| 0:49.2 | We covered this historic and famous brothel back on episode 120 in 2016. This is one of the few |
| 0:56.1 | haunted locations we have found in Montana, and it is located in Butte. The town has its roots |
| 1:02.0 | in mining and was known as the richest hill on earth. Gold, silver, and copper were all mined here. |
| 1:08.8 | As was the case with so many mining towels. Towers? Mining towels. |
| 1:13.6 | Mining towels. Is that like, I don't even know what mining towels would be. They'd probably be really sweaty and dirty. |
| 1:20.6 | Yeah, to wipe your sweat and get the soot off your face and stuff. As was the case with so many mining towns, a successful red light district grew within the town. |
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