Ep. 142 - Sloss Furnaces

History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The Mind

Diane Student

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

4.6 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 12 August 2016

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Birmingham, Alabama is one of the more well known southern cities. Sloss Furnaces is a popular spot for music and art in Birmingham today. Many may not realize that this imposing historic landmark has a key role in the founding and growth of this famous southern city. For 90 years, Sloss Furnaces produced iron. It is the only blast furnace in America to have been preserved and restored. Something else has been preserved from the past. There are rumors of spirits here and not just the ones that come out every Halloween when Sloss hosts Sloss Fright Furnace. Ghosts seem to lurk in the old buildings. Join us as we explore the history and hauntings of Sloss Furnaces. The Moment in Oddity is by Bob Sherfield and features the Clay Castle and This Day in History is by Kristin Swintek and features the launch of Echo 1. Our location was suggested by listeners Lisa Atkinson and Megan Parks!

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Show notes can be found here: http://historygoesbump.blogspot.com/2016/08/hgb-ep-142-sloss-furnaces.html

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0:00.0	Society 13 Podcast
0:05.0	Podcast Podcast Network.
0:07.0	Redefining Podcasts.
0:10.0	Society-13.com. I like to listen. History tells the story of the story of the world and of our lives.
0:38.0	Sometimes that history goes bump in the night.
0:43.0	Broadcasting from the center of oddity and the supernatural in Central Florida, it's
0:57.0	the History Goes Bump Podcast. Hello you spook-tacular people welcome to this 142 episode of the
1:10.1	History Ghost Bump Podcast ghost tours for the Theater of the Mind.
1:13.7	I am your host Diane, and this is Denise.
1:16.2	And on this episode, we are bringing you a location
1:19.4	that is in Birmingham, Alabama.
1:21.4	I don't believe we've ever been to Birmingham.
1:23.4	We have not. I've been looking at it as I plan road trips and trying to figure out how to get through
1:28.0	it though. This is Sloss Furnaces and it was suggested by listeners Lisa Atkinson and Megan Parks.
1:34.8	Got a very fascinating history and of course if it's on this show it's got some
1:40.3	ghosts to go with it. Pretty creepy location. Can't imagine walking around this place at night.
1:46.0	Before we get into that we'd love to have you check out our website historygoes bump.com.
1:50.6	Denise, if people want to send us feedback? Where can they do that?
1:53.5	They can do that.
1:54.3	History goes Bump at gmail.com.
1:57.2	Denise, we have a couple of corrections to make
1:59.4	in regards to our last episode, which featured
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