Ep. 102 - The Skirvin Hotel

History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The Mind

Diane Student

Travel, History, Places & Travel, Paranormal, Haunted, Society & Culture, Ghosts

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🗓️ 3 February 2016

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Westward expansion was pulling people from the east into the wild west. Oklahoma City was a boom town from 1898 to 1909 and many people flocked there. William Skirvin was one of those people who came to Oklahoma City and he built a hotel that has survived into today. The Skirvin Hotel was meant to be the most grandiose and fancy hotel in the area. And it was, hosting some of the luminaries of the day. For a time it was abandoned, but today, it is a property of Hilton and still hosting guests from around the world. But the Skirvin Hotel seems to be hosting more than just the living. This hotel is considered by some as the most haunted location in Oklahoma. Join us as we explore the history and hauntings of the Skirvin Hotel. Moment in Oddity features the Phantom Time hypothesis and This Day in History features Prince Mutsuhito becoming Emperor Meiji of Japan. Research Assistants April Rogers-Krick and Jessica Bell helped on this one.

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0:00.0	The History tells the story of the story of the world and of our lives. Sometimes that history goes bump in the night.
0:26.0	Broadcasting from the center of Oddity and the supernatural in Central Florida,
0:39.0	it's The History Goes Bump Podcast.
0:54.2	Ghost Tours for the Theater of the Mind.
0:56.2	I am your host Diane.
0:57.4	And this is Denise.
0:58.6	And on today's episode, we're in Oklahoma again.
1:01.8	We're traveling to Oklahoma City to check out the
1:03.9	Skirven Hotel. This was suggested to us by our listener Samantha Wilson and we
1:09.3	got research assistance from April Rogers Creek once again. And Denise it was really interesting I had pointed out to April without intending to
1:17.9	We did the 101 Ranch on the last episode one
1:23.2	101 yeah it just happened that way we didn't even plan it that way and then I was like you know I
1:28.2	didn't look back in the calendar on January when I was setting up February and I was
1:32.4	like oh no I put Oklahoma
1:34.0	locations back to back with each other which we try to you know spread it out a little bit
1:38.2	more but April pointed out well you made a perfect road trip here. You started in Dodge City, you came over to the
1:45.0	101 Ranch and now we're going to the Scurvin Hotel. So there you guys go, you got a road trip.
1:49.3	Road trip compliments of history goes bump. And we didn't even mean it.
1:53.5	Before you head out on that road trip or join us for the rest of this show,
1:57.4	please check out our website at historygoastBump.
1:59.5	Come.
2:00.1	Denise, if people want to send us any feedback, where can they do that?
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