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True Crime, History

4.4 • 697 Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2022

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

A grand tropical resort took the burgeoning vacation destination of Florida by storm in the late 1920s. But it’s not all sunshine and beaches: the hotel’s founder built it as a monument to love… and, apparently, it’s a great place to haunt.

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0:00.0	I'm Lauren Norton, and this is one strange thing, the show where we search the Nishans News Archives for stories that can't quite be explained. Well, strangers, it's the season of love.
0:31.8	Or the season of discount candy and avoiding social media because if you see another picture of a disgustingly happy couple, you will lose it.
0:41.0	Sorry about that.
0:44.1	Of course, we don't begrudge anyone meeting and celebrating the love of their life.
0:49.4	Give them a teddy bear or jewelry or flowers or a heartfelt card.
0:53.6	But if you compose poetry, please, write responsibly.
0:58.7	Many rhyming crimes are committed at this time of year. All that aside, there are definitely
1:05.7	some love stories that are more interesting than others. Every meet-cute is special to the couple who stumbled into it,
1:13.6	but we think you'll agree that there are a few tales out there that, well, feel bigger than others.
1:20.6	Love sagas that withstand the test of time and transcend it even.
1:25.6	It's just such a romance that we bring you today.
1:29.4	It's got Star Cross lovers, grand gestures,
1:32.9	bittersweet tragedy, a happy-ish ending,
1:37.0	oh, and ghosts,
1:39.0	lest you forget what kind of show you're listening to.
1:42.7	We begin, as so many weird stories do, in Florida.
1:48.0	In 1919, a real estate developer named Thomas Rowe left the hustle and bustle of urban
1:54.0	Virginia and moved to St. Petersburg.
1:56.8	He was a middle-aged man looking for a success story.
2:00.1	He was a deeply talented builder, and he chose to build something exceptional in Florida.
2:06.4	Per the Tampa Bay Times, he'd visited before and been taken with the landscape.
2:11.4	The Times reporter wrote that,
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