Ep. 115 - North Brother Island

History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The Mind

Diane Student

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

4.6 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 30 March 2016

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

North Brother Island has a rich history that is still reflected in its abandoned landscape and buildings. This is an island off of New York and now owned by New York. New York City saw the worst tragedy in American history on September 11, 2001. Before that day, the worst tragedy was the sinking of the General Slocum, which has connections to North Brother Island. The island also was home to Riverside Hospital, a quarantine hospital for those suffering from horrible and contagious diseases like small pox. Many died there. And for twenty-three years, Typhoid Mary called this island home. There are rumors that the island is not completely abandoned. Spirits seem to have remained. Join us as we explore the history and hauntings of North Brother Island. Moment in Oddity features the noise of planets and This Day in History is by Steven Pappas and features the assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan. Research Assistant on this episode was April Rogers-Krick.

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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.
0:45.0	Hello, you spookac people,
0:50.0	welcome to this 115th episode of the History Ghost Bump Podcast.
0:54.8	Ghost Tours for The Theater of the Mind.
0:56.9	I am your host Diane.
0:58.1	And this is Denise.
0:59.5	And on this episode, we're going to be up near New York City at North Brother Island.
1:05.0	This was suggested to us by our listener Amy Consolation,
1:08.0	and it was researched by April Rogers Crick.
1:11.0	And Denise, this is one of those locations where it's harder to find out
1:14.7	about the hauntings associated with it simply because it's a creepy creepy
1:20.4	abandoned island. Ooh, but we like creepy, creepy abandoned islands.
1:26.0	Exactly.
1:27.0	Any time a place is abandoned, it already gives you that spooky feeling
1:31.0	and you just know that there's got to be some stories associated with
1:34.6	it but unfortunately when places are abandoned and trespassing is illegal it's
1:40.4	harder for us to find out what's going on there.
1:42.8	So we don't have a whole lot when it comes to the hauntings,
1:46.2	but this has a very, very rich history,
1:49.0	which includes one of the worst tragedies in American history,
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