Ep. 410 - Cerro Gordo Ghost Town

History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The Mind

Diane Student

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

4.6 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2021

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

This fairly prosperous mining town was established in the mid-1800s and had been mostly abandoned for decades. New life was breathed into it recently after being purchased in 2018 for almost $1.5 million. This mining camp had been a dangerous place to live. People died from gunfights, disease and mining accidents. And now it would seem that spirits still remain because of all those deaths. Join us as we explore the history and hauntings of the Cerro Gordo Ghost Town! The Moment in Oddity features the Steamboat Arabia and This Month in History features the opening of the Sistine Chapel to the Public. Our location was suggested by listener Julie Shjandemaar.

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Music used in this episode:

Main Theme: Lurking in the Dark by Muse Music with Groove Studios

(Moment in Oddity) Vanishing by Kevin MacLeod
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(This Month in History) In Your Arms by Kevin MacLeod
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Outro Music: Happy Fun Punk by Muse Music with Groove Studios

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Humble Texas by 5 Alarm Music

Cover photo by Brent Underwood

Transcript

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0:00.0	History tells the story of the world and of our lives.
0:21.8	Sometimes that history goes bump in the night broadcasting from the central
0:35.0	party and the supernatural in central Florida. It's the history goes bump podcast.
0:47.9	Hello you spooktacular people. Welcome to this 410th episode of the History
0:52.4	Ghost Bump Podcast. Ghost tours for the theater of the mind. I am your host
0:56.3	Diane and this is Kelly. Kelly put on your boots and grab a horse we're going to a
1:06.1	ghost town. This is the ghost town of Sarah Gordo and this was suggested by our
1:13.9	listener Julie Shandamara. I think is how you say her last name. Hopefully we
1:19.1	said that right. Before we get into that we want to welcome into this
1:24.6	spooktacular crew Katie with an i.e. at the end of her name Laura Samantha
1:29.4	Leland with two E's Allie with just a Y and Alyssa. Thank you so much for
1:35.8	joining us in this spooktacular crew. And now this moment Naudity.
1:43.9	The Arabia Steamboat Museum is found in Kansas and remembers the Steamboat
1:53.9	Arabia tragedy. The Steamboat Arabia was built in Pennsylvania in 1853. The ship
1:59.7	spent its time transporting passengers along the Missouri River as she also
2:03.6	carried cargo like merchandise for stores and the mail. The Arabia didn't
2:08.2	work very long as she sank on September 5th 1856. The Missouri River was a
2:13.6	treacherous river and one of the biggest dangers were fallen trees that were
2:17.5	hard to see because they would lie just under the surface of the water. On that
2:21.4	fateful day the Arabia hit one of those trees and sank in a matter of minutes.
2:25.6	The 150 passengers and crew on board managed to make it out to safety so no one
2:31.2	died. Over time the Missouri River shifted. That didn't reveal the Arabia though as
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