Ep. 218 - Old Fort Niagara

History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The Mind

Diane Student

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

4.6 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 24 August 2017

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

When one hears the city of Niagara mentioned, one immediately thinks of the stunning natural wonder Niagara Falls. There is much more to this western New York area and it is truly a haunted spot. One location that is rich in history and haunts is Old Fort Niagara. The Fort's history stretches back over three centuries and it initially was a key point of defense, especially during the colonial wars in North America. Several countries have held control of Fort Niagara. Fort Conti, Fort Devonville, the French Castle and finally Fort Niagara have all had homes here. The strategic importance of the Fort diminished when the Erie Canal was built, but it remained active into the 20th century. Today, it has been restored and is operated by the Old Fort Niagara Association, Inc., a not-for-profit organization, in cooperation with the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Tours are offered and it is a living museum. Former docent from the fort and author, podcaster and investigator Tim Shaw joins us to discuss the history and hauntings of Old Fort Niagara! The Moment in Oddity features the Delphi Purple Sapphire and This Month in History features the death of President Warren G. Harding.

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Show notes can be found here: https://historygoesbump.blogspot.com/2017/08/hgb-ep-218-old-fort-niagara.html

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Tim Shaw's website: http://seanthomasproductions.com

Music:

Vanishing from http://purple-planet.com (Moment in Oddity)
In Your Arms by Kevin MacLeod http://incompetech.com (This Month in History)

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0:00.0	Society 13 Podcast Network, Redifying Podcasts. Do you like to listen?
0:10.0	Hi, this is Tawny Plattice of the Dirty Bits Podcast, where I very casually retell all of the
0:16.8	scandalous and salacious stories from history, your teacher probably left out.
0:21.6	And you're listening to History goes bump. History tells the story of the world and of our lives.
0:46.0	Sometimes that history goes bump in the night. Broadcasting from the center of Oddity and the supernatural in Central Florida.
1:04.0	It's the History Goes Bump Podcast.
1:08.0	Hello, you spookacular people welcome to this 2018th episode of the
1:17.2	History Ghost Bomb Podcast ghost tours for the theater of the mind I am your host
1:21.8	Diane and this is Denise. On today's
1:24.4	episode we have a special guest joining us, Tim Shaw. He is a writer, a
1:28.9	medium, a paranormal investigator, and we did not know but he was a
1:33.7	docent at the location that we are bringing you today and that is old Fort
1:37.5	Niagara up in New York. You're really going to enjoy this interview with
1:41.3	Tim. He is so much fun. One little drawback though enjoy this
1:45.0	new little interview with him. He is so much fun. One little drawback though is I had tried a new setup
1:47.0	because I got this new little splitter that I thought would work better than what we were already using
1:52.0	and as they say if it isn't broke don't fix it well I broke it so if it wasn't broke it is now so I listened
2:00.8	back to the playback and Tim sounds great and Denise and I sounded like we were on the side of a street with a bunch of traffic behind us.
2:08.0	The noise and hiss and popping was so loud behind us and in order to get rid of that it ended up making us sound
2:14.0	really muddied so we went from sounding like we were on a street corner to
2:17.4	sounding like we were down underneath the street trying to yell up through
2:20.4	the sewer system so we were the sewer rats. We were down there with Pennywise.
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