EP 147 - Ghosts of the Biggest Little City | Reno. NV

Hometown Ghost Stories

Places & Travel, True Crime, Society & Culture

4.6 • 658 Ratings

🗓️ 18 December 2024

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Set deep in the shadow of the Sierra Nevada mountain range is a city with a peculiar history. One of gambling, violence, saloon brawls and a unique set of laws that have attracted people from all over. An unusual history that has lead locals to believe, quite credibly that they may share their city of Reno, Nevada with the spirits of the dead. Become a supporter on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/hometownghoststories Music by Jesse Wilkins, Frank Wilkins and Seth Wilkins https://open.spotify.com/album/5yacgac20GQsymq2nsVmPr?si=5skhjOFyQMqGvE58rAre-Q MERCH: https://hometownghoststories.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:32.5	This week on hometown ghost stories.
0:36.2	Set deep in the shadow of the Sierra Nevada mountain range is a city
0:40.2	with a peculiar history, one of gambling, violence, saloon brawls, and a unique set of laws
0:47.0	that have attracted people from all over. An unusual history that has led locals to believe,
0:53.3	quite credibly, that they may share their city of Reno, Nevada, with the spirits of the dead.
1:00.7	This is hometown ghost stories, Reno, Nevada.
1:09.9	Hometown Ghost Stories contains series. hometown ghost stories contains serious and often distressing events and is not intended for all audiences viewer discretion is advised
1:21.6	september nineteen forty six reno nevada the phone was ringing September, 1946, Reno, Nevada.
1:30.1	The phone was ringing, but for whatever reason, the dispatcher wasn't at his desk.
1:36.2	Officer Mullaney was sick of listening to it ring, so he walked over to answer it.
1:41.5	After hanging up, he called over to his partner, Officer Brown, and told him to head to the
1:46.3	cruiser. Officer Brown asked about the nature of the call, and Mullini informed him that it was a
1:52.7	complaint about suspicious activity at the Virginia Street Bridge. Suspicious activity could be
1:59.0	almost anything. The department got calls like that to this bridge all the time,
2:03.7	and the activity ranged from reports as harmless as an armadillo crossing the bridge
2:08.0	to reports of the Bugsy Siegel gang dumping bodies in the river.
2:12.8	The latter was the reason Officer Mullaney was bringing back up.
2:18.3	The two cops got into the cruiser and headed out towards the Virginia Street Bridge.
2:23.3	It was a clear night.
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