Hillbilly Deadtime Stories Ep 125 The Eldridge Hotel

Hillbilly Horror Stories Paranormal Podcast

Jerry Paulley

Religion & Spirituality, Natural Sciences, History, Science

4.7 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 14 June 2023

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Kansas is a state that may be best known for producing a tornado that swept Dorothy & Toto off to the land of Oz. Fans of the TV show Supernatural will also know Kansas as the home state of Sam & Dean Winchester. While Supernatural & The Wizard of Oz may have given us a few spooky scenes, they are just stories from the minds of authors and screen writers. Kansas has some real life stories that will send chills down your spine. Stories of the Sallie House in Atchison, KS will leave you shaken to the core Kansa even has its own haunted fort in Fort Riley. The Sunflower State also has its share of haunted hotels, In todays episode we will learn about one in the hometown of the Winchesters, Lawrence, KS

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0:00.0	Cancels is a state that may be best known for producing a tornado that's left door
0:28.8	with the end of the world.
0:30.8	Fans of the TV show Supernatural will also know Kansas as the home state of Sam and
0:38.2	Dean Winchester.
0:40.3	While Supernatural and the Wizard of Oz may have given us some spooky scenes, they
0:44.9	are just stories from the minds of authors and screenwriters.
0:49.2	Kansas has some real life stories that will send chills down your spine.
0:54.6	The Wizard of the Sally House and Atchison, Kansas will lead you shaken to the core.
0:59.9	Kansas even has its own haunted fork and Fort Riley.
1:04.3	The sunflower state also has its share of haunted hotels.
1:08.9	And in today's episode, we will learn about one in the hometown of the Winchester's Lawrence
1:14.2	Kansas.
1:40.2	Go to 701 Massachusetts Street in Lawrence, Kansas and you will find the Elgrich Hotel.
1:46.8	This was not always the case though.
1:49.8	The original hotel on this site was built in 1855 and was known as the Free State Hotel.
1:57.2	In the years prior to the Civil War, there was a great deal of racial tension in Kansas.
2:02.6	Some residents felt that the state should secede and become a Confederate state while others
2:07.0	felt that it should remain a Free State.
2:10.4	The Free State Hotel was named as such because the owners wished to let people know their
2:15.0	position in the slavery issue and their desire to see Kansas as a Free State.
2:20.6	In May of 1856, less than a year after opening, the Free State Hotel was attacked by a large
2:26.0	group of pro-slavery men who burned the hotel to the ground.
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