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🗓️ 3 January 2024
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Often referred to as "The Jewel of Placeville" - the Cary House hotel has been in operation since the gold rush days. Today, along with the living guests, there seems to be a colorful cast of very active ghosts.
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0:00.0 | Welcome to Haunted Road, a production of I Heart Radio and Grim and Mild from Aaron Manky. |
0:07.0 | Listener discretion is advised. This episode of Haunted Road is extra special to me. |
0:20.0 | It takes place in a town where many of you know I lived for a time and many of my family still call at home so I'm there at least a few times a year. |
0:28.6 | It's quaint yet eclectic and the whole main street is very, very haunted. |
0:34.3 | Today's location is a bit elusive to me though. |
0:37.4 | I've been inside it many times and I've glided my hands |
0:40.7 | across the rich wooden railings in the lobby wondering what stories they could |
0:45.1 | tell. But I've never investigated it, never even had a paranormal experience there, and let me tell you after the stories in history we will discuss today I am |
0:57.6 | determined to change this ASAP come with me to Plas California, otherwise known as Old Hangtown, and let's visit |
1:06.4 | the Cary House Hotel. I'm Amy Bruni and this is Haunted Road. |
1:20.0 | Nestled in the Eldorado National Forest just east of Sacramento, there's a small city called Plaserville. |
1:27.0 | It's a colorful community, literally. |
1:29.5 | Pink and blue buildings line the streets with old-fashioned facades that feel like something out of a |
1:34.4 | Technicolor Old West. |
1:36.8 | One brick structure on Main Street sticks out. |
1:39.4 | It's four stories tall, so it towers over its shorter neighbors brightly lit and welcoming. A second story |
1:45.7 | balcony is encircled by a wrought iron railing strung with lights all under a |
1:50.5 | green awning. More lights dot the roof, illuminating a sign that identifies the property as |
1:56.3 | Cary House. On the side of the building, another sign specifies hotel. Inside the lobby boasts green carpet with a swirling circular pattern |
2:06.4 | reminiscent of leaves. The stained glass windows depict the four seasons |
2:11.0 | according to Jerry Beard's article was style magazine titled |
2:14.8 | in history Cary House Hotel in Plaserville. The 40 or so guest rooms are all upstairs |
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