Ep. 441 - Weems-Botts House

History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The Mind

Diane Student

History, Places & Travel, Society & Culture

4.6 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 30 June 2022

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

The Weems-Botts House is located in Dumfries, Virginia. This town used to have a big reputation, rivaling towns like Philadephia and Boston, but today it's just a little knockabout place. The house is a museum that is considered one of the most haunted locations in the state. The Merchant Family were the last private owners of the house and they still seem to be here. Join us as we explore the history and hauntings of the Weems-Botts House! Moment in Oddity features the Laos Plain of Jars and This Month in History features the Penny Postcard approved by Congress. Our location was suggested by Katelyn Curry.

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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
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4578-vanishing
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

(This Month in History) In Your Arms by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3906-in-your-arms
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Outro Music: Happy Fun Punk by Muse Music with Groove Studios

All other music licensing: PODCASTMUSIC.COM License Synchronization, Mechanical, Master Use and Performance Direct License for a Single Podcast Series under current monthly subscription.

And https://www.purple-planet.com/

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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	Reparity and the Supernatural in Central Florida. It's the History Goes Bump Podcast.
0:48.2	Hello you spooktacular people. Welcome to this 441st episode of the History Goes Bump Podcast.
0:54.2	Ghost tours for the theater of the mind. I am your host Diane. And this is Kelly.
0:58.2	Kelly, on this episode, we have a location that was suggested by our listener, Caitlin Curry.
1:03.2	And that is the Weam Spots House, which is today a museum.
1:07.2	Before we get into talking about the history and the haunts of this house, we want to welcome into the spooktacular crew.
1:12.2	Kelly, with an eye, she spells it wrong, Kelly.
1:15.2	That's how I always wanted my name spelled when I was younger though.
1:18.2	Okay, Alex, Angie, Sarah with an H, Patricia, and Alessandra.
1:24.2	Thank you for joining us in this spooktacular crew.
1:26.2	And now this moment, Naughtity.
1:37.2	As spooky weird kids, some of us may have already heard of the Laos playing of jars.
1:42.2	This site, located in Northern Laos, is comprised of more than 2,100 Megalithic stone jars.
1:49.2	British anthropologist Ursula Graham Bauer had lived with the Zemanaga people in the 1930s.
1:55.2	According to her reports, this tribe believed the jars to have been made by the lost CME people.
2:01.2	French researcher, Madeline Kalani, concluded that the jars were part funerary practices
2:06.2	with remains, burial goods, and ceramics being found around these jars.
2:11.2	Some of the 1 to 3 meter tall carved containers weigh up to 14 tons.
2:16.2	They are sometimes found alone or in groupings of up to several hundred.
2:20.2	The stone structures are mainly made of sedimentary rock and are interspersed throughout the Sheng, Cowang, Plain, in the Laos Highlands.
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