Ep. 585 - S.K. Pierce Mansion

History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The Mind

Diane Student

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

4.6 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

One can't miss the S.K. Pierce Mansion in Gardner, Massachusetts. This magnificent mansion is a huge Victorian that takes up the whole corner of West Broadway and Union Street. The grand exterior makes it very inviting, but the ghost stories connected to this place might just make you think twice before entering. There are those that claim this home is the second most haunted house in Massachusetts. Some owners have been chased out by spirits. There could be more than a dozen spirits here and one of them may be the furniture magnate for whom the house was built and named: S.K. Pierce. Join us for the history and hauntings of the S.K. Pierce Mansion. The Moment in Oddity features the Bone Collector Caterpillar and This Month in History features Brahms born.

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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" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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(This Month in History) "In Your Arms" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Outro Music: Happy Fun Punk by Muse Music with Groove Studios

Other music used in this episode:

Title: "The End" and "Mortician's Hat Trick"
Artist: Tim Kulig (timkulig.com)
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Transcript

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0:00.0	History tells the story of the world and of our lives.
0:25.8	Sometimes that history goes bump in the night.
0:38.6	Broadcasting from the center of oddity and the supernatural in central Florida.
0:42.4	It's the History Goes Bump podcast.
0:49.6	Hello, you sputacular people.
0:53.8	Welcome to this 585th episode of the History Ghostbump podcast. Ghost Tours for the Theater of the Mind.
0:55.9	I am your host, Diane. And this is Kelly. Kelly, on this episode, we're doing a location that was
1:00.5	suggested to us by two of our listeners. Brittany Cox suggested it several years ago. And then
1:05.7	Missy Crawford just recently suggested it. So I'm like, we should get on this one. It's the S.K. Pierce
1:11.0	Victorian Mansion in Massachusetts. Not only is this house glorious, we have to buy it. It is
1:18.6	literally for sale right now. We could get this as an HGB Clubhouse, Kelly. Sounds good to me.
1:23.1	It's only a little over a million. Oh, is that all? Yeah, we could do a fundraiser.
1:27.1	That's pennies. But it's got some
1:29.7	amazing spiritual stuff going on here. I mean, this place sounds like it's off the chain when it comes
1:36.5	to activity. Even better. Yes. We'll get into that in just a moment. Before we do that,
1:41.5	we want to welcome into the Sputacular Crew, Jana. I hope that's how
1:45.0	you say it. J-A-N-A. Thank you so much for joining our Facebook group. And now this moment in Audity.
2:00.2	The moment in Oddity was suggested by Michael Rogers.
2:03.8	The vast majority of caterpillars are herbivores.
2:06.9	They can quickly consume all the leaves and blossoms of your favorite garden plant.
2:11.2	There are some caterpillars, however, that fall into the category of carnivorous, believe it or not.
2:16.3	One of these carnivorous caterpillars is known as
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