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History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The Mind

Ep. 11 - The 1886 Crescent Hotel

History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The Mind

Diane Student

Society & Culture, History, Places & Travel

4.61.5K Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2014

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

The 1886 Crescent Hotel and Spa was and is a luxurious hotel that holds more than just elegant furnishings and hospitality within its walls.  It also is considered one of the most haunted hotels in America.  From deaths during construction to the evil practices of the fraudulant Dr. Norman Baker, the hotel has many reasons for being haunted.  Listen in as the history and haunting experiences are shared and then you decide.  Also grab a pen and paper for the Spooktacular Quiz!  The Moment in Oddity features Gef the Talking Mongoose and This Day in History features a bit of the history behind Hanukkah.

Check out the website for Spooktacular Gear, archives, events, the blog and places to find History Goes Bump:  http://historygoesbump.com

Show notes can be found here:  http://historygoesbump.blogspot.com/2014/11/hgb-podcast-11-1886-crescent-hotel-and.html

Transcript

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0:00.0

History tells the story of the story of the world and of our lives.

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Sometimes that history goes bump in the night.

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Broadcasting from the center of oddity and the Supernatural in Central Florida.

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It's the History Goes Bump podcast.

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Hello, you sputacular people welcome to this 11th episode of the

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history goes Bump podcast ghost tours for the theater of the. I am your host Diane and this is Denise and we are

0:56.7

featuring the 1886 Crescent Hotel and Spa on today's show but before we get into that we want to make sure you check

1:03.9

out our website at historygoisbumpe dot com everything you'd ever want to know

1:07.8

about the show is up there from the different places where you can find the

1:11.4

show as a matter of fact, Denise, I was overlooking at

1:14.3

Tune in today. I haven't checked that out because I don't know, it's just an app that I don't use.

1:19.9

And I found out we have 35 followers over there.

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Oh, wow, that's amazing.

1:24.1

That's fantastic.

1:25.7

Also, you can check out our Emporium

1:28.1

at the website as well.

1:29.8

We've got lots of great logo stuff up there,

1:32.3

spectacular crew logo wear, and also there are mugs and

1:36.6

not everything is logo wear. We do have some other material up there as well. For example,

1:42.4

keep calm and kill zombies. That's one of the items we have up there on mugs and shirts and that kind of thing.

1:49.0

Anything you buy at the Emporium, we do get a kickback so it helps to support the show. It's not a lot, but we do get a little bit.

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And right now, today, it ends on the 21st of November, 2014. If you buy $50 worth of stuff there you get 10 bucks off and hey hey

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