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Hillbilly Horror Stories Paranormal Podcast

Hillbilly Deadtime Stories Ep 38 The Octagon

Hillbilly Horror Stories Paranormal Podcast

Jerry Paulley

Religion & Spirituality, Science, Natural Sciences, History

4.73.7K Ratings

🗓️ 1 September 2021

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Washington DC has more than a few haunted locations. The White House has long been rumored to be haunted by several former tenants including Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Jackson and Teddy Roosevelt The Capitol building is reportedly haunted by several former members of congress President's Park, better known as Lafayette Square, may have its own spectral resident. Philip Barton Key II, who was the son of Francis Scott Key, who wrote the Star Spangled Banner supposedly haunts the premises. And then you have the Octagon…which could be the most haunted of all locations in the District of Columbia… Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0

Washington DC has more than a few haunted locations.

0:27.5

The White House has long been rumored to be haunted by several former tenants, including

0:32.0

Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Jackson, and Teddy Roosevelt.

0:37.1

The White House is not only haunted by presidents though.

0:40.7

David Burns, who owned the land before the federal government, has also said to walk

0:45.0

the halls and has even been seen in the Oval Office.

0:49.6

There are other haunted locations in the nation's capital that don't get as much a claim

0:53.9

for their ghostly prowess.

0:56.6

The capital building is reportedly haunted by several former members of Congress.

1:01.9

President Park, better known as Lafayette Square, may have its own spectral resident.

1:07.2

Philip Parton, the second, who was the son of Francis Scott Key, who wrote the stars'

1:11.9

pangol banners supposedly haunts these premises.

1:16.0

And then you have the octagon, which could be the most haunted of all locations in the

1:21.4

District of Columbia.

1:51.4

The octagon, oddly enough, is not an octagon shape having only six sides.

2:21.4

It was built from 1798 to 1800 at the corner of New York Avenue in 18th Street, just two

2:28.7

blocks from the White House.

2:31.2

It is a four-story classic American federal-style structure built by Colonel John Taylor III.

2:38.4

It has been the headquarters for the American Institute of Architecture since 1899.

2:44.1

Today, it has a museum of architecture, but may be more known for its paranormal activity.

2:52.2

Ghosts or Revenants as the octagon chooses to refer to them have been a part of the

2:57.2

building's history since the early days.

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