Welcome to another edition of Time Suck Short Sucks.

I'm Dan Cummins, and today I will be sharing the story of the Crescent Hotel horrors, from Healing Springs to hauntings.

Being that it's October, I've decided to do some horror-related short sucks this month,

topics that you might find on the Scared to Death podcast instead of here on Time Suck.

And if you listen to Scare to Death, you may recall that we did tell the story of the Crescent Hotel way back in early 2020, episode 35, Crescent Hotel Hors.

I remember thinking then that there was enough real world, documented horror, that took place this hotel, and enough strange shit that occurred in the hotel's

town of Eureka Springs that we could also do an episode of time suck about it, at least a short one.

So here we are. If you're a connoisseur of haunted places, it's likely even if you don't listen to

scare to death that you've already heard of the Crescent Hotel. The stories of supposed sightings are many.

And the backstory to the alleged ghosts is intense.

Opened in the little town of Eureka Springs, Arkansas in 1886,

when the Berg had almost 4,000 people living in it,

almost twice as many as today,

the once fabulous Crescent Hotel didn't initially look like it would

ever become known primarily for darkness, decay, and spectral figures lurking in its halls.

Quite the opposite.

The magnificent structure, with its high ceiling, chandeliers and modern for the time,

miracles like electricity and hot and cold running water

was intended to be a place where people could relax in splendor, where they might dine in the

hotel's restaurant after a long day of horseback riding, walking on carefully manicured paths, or playing

croquette in the gardens. Maybe if these people were travelers seeking some kind of medical miracle, as they

often were, they might often spend some of their time taking a dip or a refreshing bath in Eureka's

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