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Tonight, Sylvia Shultz joins me to discuss how a woman spent 44 years of her life locked away in a utica crib to the point of scratching her eyes out, pulling her teeth, loosing the ability to speak and resembling a skeletal figure...covered in rags. The mindset of care takers in those early days was truly bizarre! Lost in the shadows of Illinois asylums in the nineteenth century is the strange story of Rhoda Derry. Left at the Adams County Poor Farm when her family could no longer care for her, she spent the next 40 years confined in a wooden box. Abandoned, ignored, and traumatized, she had clawed out her own eyes, pulled her own teeth, and her legs were atrophied to the point that she could not stand on her own, or even sit in a wheelchair. She spent four decades locked away from the world. Her crime? Falling in love. Rhoda suffered a mental breakdown after being "cursed" by the mother of a boy to whom she was engaged to marry. Committed to the poor farm because of her violent insanity, she was eventually rescued by pioneering alienist Dr. George A. Zeller. She was taken to the Peoria State Hospital in Bartonville, Illinois, where she spent the remainder of her days in comfort. Rhoda died in 1906, but her spirit lives on at the former asylum where she found peace. The chilling story of Rhoda Derry is one of the great tragedies of mental health care in Illinois, but one of the great success stories of the Peoria State Hospital. Sylvia Shults, author of Fractured Spirits: Hauntings at the Peoria State Hospital, returns to the hilltop to tell the story of Rhoda's life -- and her mysterious afterlife.Follow Our Other ShowsFollow UFO WitnessesFollow Crime Watch WeeklyFollow Paranormal FearsFollow Seven: Disturbing Chronicle StoriesJoin our Patreon for ad-free listening and more bonus content.Follow us on Instagram @mysteriousradioFollow us on TikTok mysteriousradioTikTok Follow us on Twitter @mysteriousradio Follow us on Pinterest pinterest.com/mysteriousradio Like us on Facebook Facebook.com/mysteriousradio]
This morning on the Greg and Dan Show, Wade Dooley came to talk about a special production to honor the legacy of a Pekin legend. As part of the ongoing Pekin bicentennial celebration is hosting an event to highlight a specific moment in time between Senator Everrett Dirksen and a reporter during the 1960s. Written by Wade Dooley, a stage actor, singer, and playwright in New York City hailing from Bartonville, Illinois, The Honorable Mr. Marigold is debuting today at Pekin highschool. For tickets and more information visit the bicentennial's website. Tickets are available online and at the door, with the show beginning at 6:00 pm tonight. Break a leg everyone! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Welcome Back B-oo's Crew! This week we head to Bartonville, IL and visit Peoria State Hospital, This hospital, unlike other hospitals of its time, had a much different approach to how they helped patients then other hospitals of the time. Being a more gentle care facility, those who lived here did so without restraint and barbaric tactics. Dr. Zeller was the only man they felt that was right for the job and he went on to run a successful hospital until the day it closed due to lack of funding. However, the spirits of those who passed away here would never move on and it is now believed to be haunted by those who loved it. Get ready B-oo's Crew cause this one will hit all your emotions! Do you have a story you'd like read or played on the show? Are you part of an investigation team that would like to come on and tell your story and experiences? Maybe you have a show suggestion! Email us at https://gmail.com Follow us on Twitter @fortheboos And on Instagram @forthboos-podcast Follow us Tik Tok @fortheboos_podcast Help support the show on Patreon for early access ad free shows! You can also find us on Facebook at For The Boos And on YouTube at For The Boos Remember to Follow, Subscribe, and Rate the show...it really does help! For The B-oo's uses strong language and may not be suitable for all audiences, listener discretion is advised!https://linktr.ee/fortheboos Sources for this episode: peoria.illinoisgenweb.org, peoriastatehospital.com, atlasobscura.com, medium.com, hauntedillinois.com, spectralseekers.com, michaelkleen.com, tripadvisor.com, illinoishauntedhouses.com All music and sound effects courtesy of http://www.pixabay.com and freesound.org #paranormal #ghost #haunted #ghosts #paranormalactivity #horror #creepy #paranormalinvestigation #scary #spooky #ghosthunting #spiritual #supernatural #ufo #halloween #spirit #spirits #ghosthunters #podcast #paranormalinvestigator #terror #ghoststories #hauntedhouse #aliens #haunting #alien #supranatural #pengasihan #ghosthunter #ghostadventures
The episode where we share our recent investigation to Peoria State Hospital in Bartonville, Illinois. This psychiatric hospital opened in 1902 and was closed in 1972, and it was one of the top hospitals in the US during its prime. Their treatments of patients was incredibly progressive for its time, so this place was fascinating to visit! We encounter a mimic, Tree-no Mars, an eventful road trip, and our new nickname…the Muffin Crew. www.thetipsyghost.com Find us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok @thetipsyghost Email us your stories at thetipsyghost@gmail.com Show your support when you subscribe, leave a great review, & give us a 5 start rating— it really helps!
Plus, KRLD's John Liddle shares the terrifying experience of getting caught in a hail storm that shattered his windshield in Bartonville.
Jessica Starcevich has been the company entomologist for Spalding Labs for over 12 years. In Episode 71 I reviewed Spalding Labs' iconic product, Fly Predators, a pesticide-free solution to fly control. Head over to Episode 71 to hear more about that review! Jessica, who has worked for Spalding Labs since 2011, received her bachelor's degree with double majors in environmental science and biology, and a minor in history from Illinois College, then obtained her master's degree from the University of Minnesota in livestock entomology. She now resides in Bartonville, IL, just 20 minutes from her family's farm, and in her spare time she enjoys taking pictures of insects, insects are her work and hobby! In this episode we discuss all things insects and Spalding Labs, including:What Fly Predators areHow to use them in an IMP approachSpalding Labs' Custom Pest Management PlanAnd more!This episode is brought to you by Spalding Labs.
The Greg and Dan Show speaks with Rich Draeger and Grace Post of the South Side Mission ahead of the 52nd Annual Holiday Meal ministry as Thanksgiving approaches. Draeger and Post note the sign up list for meal delivery and the sit-down meal are now open, how to volunteer, and the sign up process. The sign-up process will close on Friday, November 17th, and the sit-down meal will take place from 11:30 - 1:00 pm at the South Side Mission Building. The meal delivery area is open to all of Peoria, Peoria Heights, Bartonville and limited surrounding areas, including senior housing complexes. Call 309-676-4604 to sign up for a meal delivery. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Fractured Spirits: Hauntings at the Peoria State Hospital - Sylvia Shults has been a paranormal investigator for several years. She began her career as a ghost hunter as a result of doing the research for her nonfiction book Ghosts of the Illinois River (Quixote Press, 2010). Her fascination with ghosts dates back to her childhood, as she is an avid reader who was raised on Grimm's Fairy Tales. A few years ago, Shults was inspired to write a collection of people's supernatural experiences at the Peo- ria State Hospital in Bartonville, Illinois. This project quickly swelled into Fractured Spirits: Hauntings at the Peoria State Hospital. The book incorporates the history of the asylum as well as the many ghost stories that have arisen out of the asylum's abandonment. In an effort to separate fact from fiction, Shults thoroughly explores the true history of the hospital. "It's fascinating," she says. "The Peoria State Hospital was a place of great advances in mental health care. Was there agony there? I don't doubt it. Mental illness is an agonizing thing. So is alcoholism. So is TB. But that's not nearly the whole story of this remarkable institution. There was also incredible tenderness and car- ing. Dr. George Zeller was responsible for unprecedented reforms in the field of mental health care. I feel incredi- bly fortunate to have been able to write a book that not only tells some really unnerving ghost tales, but also the true stories of Dr. Zeller and his dedicated staff." Fractured Spirits: Hauntings at the Peoria State Hospital is a result of years of research. Shults spoke to dozens of people who have had paranormal experiences at the abandoned asylum. She has also done many inves- tigations of her own. The book, and Shults' research, was featured on an episode of Ghost Hunters ("Prescription for Fear", which aired January 30, 2013).Shults lives in Illinois with her husband. She works at the Fondulac District Library, mostly in order to feed her book addiction. She also serves as the Publicity Director for Dark Continents Publishing. In addition to nonfiction, she also writes romance and horror. She is the first to admit that there is a fine line between the two.Our radio shows archives and programming include: A Different Perspective with Kevin Randle; Alien Cosmic Expo Lecture Series; Alien Worlds Radio Show; America's Soul Doctor with Ken Unger; Back in Control Radio Show with Dr. David Hanscom, MD; Connecting with Coincidence with Dr. Bernard Beitman, MD; Dick Tracy; Dimension X; Exploring Tomorrow Radio Show; Flash Gordon; Imagine More Success Radio Show with Syndee Hendricks and Thomas Hydes; Jet Jungle Radio Show; Journey Into Space; Know the Name with Sharon Lynn Wyeth; Lux Radio Theatre - Classic Old Time Radio; Mission Evolution with Gwilda Wiyaka; Paranormal StakeOut with Larry Lawson; Ray Bradbury - Tales Of The Bizarre; Sci Fi Radio Show; Seek Reality with Roberta Grimes; Space Patrol; Stairway to Heaven with Gwilda Wiyaka; The 'X' Zone Radio Show with Rob McConnell; Two Good To Be True with Justina Marsh and Peter Marsh; and many other!That's The ‘X' Zone Broadcast Network Shows and Archives - https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv
With the end of 2022, the E.D. Edwards coal-burning power plant in Bartonville is officially closed.
On today's episode we join our special guest Sylvia Shults once again! Sylvia shares with us some new stories where history meets the paranormal. As many may recall, our guest is partial to the haunted Peoria State Hospital in Bartonville, IL. But this time... Sylvia shares some of her adventures that carries beyond the grounds of PSH.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-para-connection-podcast/donations
We return to Mutual Presents! This week we're back with another Aventures with Maisie double-feature with "Clothes Make a Woman and "Hitching to Bartonville from the Mutual Broadcasting System... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We return to Mutual Presents! This week we're back with another Aventures with Maisie double-feature with "Clothes Make a Woman and "Hitching to Bartonville from the Mutual Broadcasting System... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Fractured Spirits: Hauntings at the Peoria State Hospital - Sylvia Shults has been a paranormal investigator for several years. She began her career as a ghost hunter as a result of doing the research for her nonfiction book Ghosts of the Illinois River (Quixote Press, 2010). Her fascination with ghosts dates back to her childhood, as she is an avid reader who was raised on Grimm's Fairy Tales. A few years ago, Shults was inspired to write a collection of people's supernatural experiences at the Peo- ria State Hospital in Bartonville, Illinois. This project quickly swelled into Fractured Spirits: Hauntings at the Peoria State Hospital. The book incorporates the history of the asylum as well as the many ghost stories that have arisen out of the asylum's abandonment. In an effort to separate fact from fiction, Shults thoroughly explores the true history of the hospital. "It's fascinating," she says. "The Peoria State Hospital was a place of great advances in mental health care. Was there agony there? I don't doubt it. Mental illness is an agonizing thing. So is alcoholism. So is TB. But that's not nearly the whole story of this remarkable institution. There was also incredible tenderness and car- ing. Dr. George Zeller was responsible for unprecedented reforms in the field of mental health care. I feel incredi- bly fortunate to have been able to write a book that not only tells some really unnerving ghost tales, but also the true stories of Dr. Zeller and his dedicated staff." Fractured Spirits: Hauntings at the Peoria State Hospital is a result of years of research. Shults spoke to dozens of people who have had paranormal experiences at the abandoned asylum. She has also done many inves- tigations of her own. The book, and Shults' research, was featured on an episode of Ghost Hunters ("Prescription for Fear", which aired January 30, 2013).Shults lives in Illinois with her husband. She works at the Fondulac District Library, mostly in order to feed her book addiction. She also serves as the Publicity Director for Dark Continents Publishing. In addition to nonfiction, she also writes romance and horror. She is the first to admit that there is a fine line between the two.For Your Listening Pleasure for these Lockdown / Stay-At-Home COVID and Variants Times - For all the radio shows available on The 'X' Zone Broadcast Network visit - https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv.Our radio shows archives and programming include: A Different Perspective with Kevin Randle; Alien Cosmic Expo Lecture Series; Alien Worlds Radio Show; America's Soul Doctor with Ken Unger; Back in Control Radio Show with Dr. David Hanscom, MD; Connecting with Coincidence with Dr. Bernard Beitman, MD; Dick Tracy; Dimension X; Exploring Tomorrow Radio Show; Flash Gordon; Imagine More Success Radio Show with Syndee Hendricks and Thomas Hydes; Jet Jungle Radio Show; Journey Into Space; Know the Name with Sharon Lynn Wyeth; Lux Radio Theatre - Classic Old Time Radio; Mission Evolution with Gwilda Wiyaka; Paranormal StakeOut with Larry Lawson; Ray Bradbury - Tales Of The Bizarre; Sci Fi Radio Show; Seek Reality with Roberta Grimes; Space Patrol; Stairway to Heaven with Gwilda Wiyaka; The 'X' Zone Radio Show with Rob McConnell; Two Good To Be True with Justina Marsh and Peter Marsh; and many other!That's The ‘X' Zone Broadcast Network Shows and Archives - https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv
WCBU's On Deck has everything you need to know to start your day for Wednesday, September 14th. You'll hear how some Peoria organizations are using grants received from the R-3 program. Plus, see what future plans could be in store for the former Allied Mills building in Bartonville.
In today's episode, you'll hear about the future of the former Allied Mills building in Bartonville. And the Bradley University Theatre Arts department is bringing stories from Ukraine to the stage in Peoria. Plus, Congressman Darin LaHood talks about trade issues.
This Hour: The phone lines light up as we try to find the origins of Bartontucky? Craig's new favorite question! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
This Hour: The phone lines light up as we try to find the origins of Bartontucky? Craig's new favorite question! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Comedian Chris Kattan stops by The Greg and Dan Show to promote his upcoming show at the American Legion in Bartonville on Thursday, August 18th at 7 PM. Chris tells the guys about his time on Saturday Night Live, falling in love in Illinois, and his return to Peoria.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
www.themidnighttrainpodcast.com www.patreon.com/accidentaldads Belle Sorenson Gunness was initially born as Brynhild Paulsdatter Størseth; November 11, 1859, Selbu, Norway – April 28, 1908?, Lwas a Norwegian-Americ Standing six feet tall (183 cm) and weighing over 200 pounds (91 kg), she was a massive, physically strong woman. Early years Gunness' origins are a matter of some debate. Most of her biographers state that she was born on November 11, 1859, near the lake of Selbu, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway, and christened Brynhild Paulsdatter Størset. Her parents were Paul Pedersen Størset (a stonemason) and Berit Olsdatter. She was the youngest of their eight children. They lived at Størsetgjerdet, a very small cotter's farm in Innbygda, 60 km southeast of Trondheim, the largest city in central Norway (Trøndelag). An Irish TV documentary by Anne Berit Vestby aired on September 4, 2006, tells a common, but the unverified story about Gunness' early life. The story holds that, in 1877, Gunness attended a country dance while pregnant. There she was attacked by a man who kicked her in the abdomen, causing her to miscarry the child. The man, who came from a wealthy family, was never prosecuted by the Norwegian authorities. According to people who knew her, her personality changed substantially. The man who attacked her died shortly afterward. His cause of death was said to be stomach cancer. Growing up in poverty, Gunness took to milking and herding cattle the following year on a large, wealthy farm and served there for three years to pay for a trip across the Atlantic. Following the example of a sister, Nellie Larson, who had emigrated to America earlier, Gunness moved to the United States in 1881 and assumed a more American-style name. Initially, In Chicago, while living with her sister and brother-in-law, she worked as a domestic servant, then got a job at a butcher's shop cutting up animal carcasses until her first marriage in 1884. First Victim In 1884, Gunness married Mads Ditlev Anton Sorenson in Chicago, Illinois, where, two years later, they opened a candy store. The business was unsuccessful, and the shop mysteriously burned down within a year. They collected the insurance, which paid for another home. Some researchers tend to believe that the marriage to Sorenson produced no offspring. However, Neighbors gossiped about the babies since Belle never appeared to be pregnant. Other investigators report that the couple had four children: Caroline, Axel, Myrtle, and Lucy. Caroline and Axel died in infancy, allegedly of acute colitis. The symptoms of acute colitis — nausea, fever, diarrhea, and lower abdominal pain and cramping — are also symptoms of many forms of poisoning. Caroline's and Axel's lives were reportedly insured, and the insurance company paid. A May 7, 1908 article in The New York Times states that two children belonging to Gunness and her husband Mads Sorensen were interred in her plot in Forest Home cemetery. On June 13, 1900, Gunness and her family were counted on the United States Census in Chicago. The census recorded her as the mother of four children; only two were living: Myrtle A., 3, and Lucy B., 1. An adopted 10-year-old girl, possibly identified as Morgan Couch but later known as Jennie Olsen, was also counted in the household. Sorenson died on July 30, 1900, reportedly the only day on which two life insurance policies on him overlapped. Both policies were active simultaneously, as one would expire that day, and the other would begin. The first doctor to see him thought he was suffering from strychnine poisoning. However, the Sorensons' family doctor had been treating him for an enlarged heart, and he concluded that heart failure caused death. An autopsy was considered unnecessary because the death was not thought suspicious. Sorenson died of cerebral hemorrhage that day. Gunness explained he had come home with a headache, and she provided him with quinine powder for the pain; she later checked on him, and he was dead. She applied for the insurance money the day after her husband's funeral. Sorenson's relatives claimed Gunness had poisoned her husband to collect on the insurance. Surviving records suggest that an inquest was ordered. It is unclear, however, whether that investigation actually occurred or Sorenson's body was ever exhumed to check for arsenic, as his relatives demanded. The insurance companies awarded her $8,500 (about $299,838.51 in today's dollars), with which she bought a pig farm on the outskirts of La Porte, Indiana. Suspicion of murder In 1901, Gunness purchased a house on McClung Road. It's been reported that both the boat and carriage houses burned to the ground shortly after she acquired the property. As she was preparing to move from Chicago to LaPorte, she became re-acquainted with a recent widower, Peter Gunness, also Norwegian-born. They were married in LaPorte on April 1, 1902; just one week after the ceremony, Peter's infant daughter died (of uncertain causes) while alone in the house with Belle. In December 1902, Peter himself met with a "tragic accident.” According to Belle, he reached for his slippers next to the kitchen stove when he was scalded with brine. She later declared that part of a sausage-grinding machine fell from a high shelf, causing a fatal head injury. A year later, Peter's brother, Gust, took Peter's older daughter, Swanhilde, to Wisconsin. She is the only child to have survived living with Belle. Her husband's death netted Gunness another $3,000 (some sources say $4,000). Local people refused to believe that her husband could be so clumsy; he had run a hog farm on the property and was known to be an experienced butcher; the district coroner reviewed the case and unequivocally announced that he had been murdered. He convened a coroner's jury to look into the matter. Meanwhile, Jennie Olsen, then 14, was overheard confessing to a classmate: "My mama killed my papa. She hit him with a meat cleaver and he died. Don't tell a soul." Jennie was brought before the coroner's jury but denied having said anything. Gunness, meanwhile, convinced the coroner that she was innocent of any wrongdoing. She did not mention that she was pregnant, which would have inspired sympathy, but in May 1903, a baby boy, Phillip, joined the family. In late 1906 Belle told neighbors that her foster daughter, Jennie Olsen, had gone away to a Lutheran College in Los Angeles (some neighbors were informed that it was a finishing school for young ladies). Jennie's body would later be recovered, buried on her adoptive mother's property. Between 1903 and 1906, Belle continued to run her farm. In 1907 Gunness employed a single farm hand, Ray Lamphere, to help with chores. The Suitors Around the same time, Gunness inserted the following advertisement in the matrimonial columns of all the Chicago daily newspapers and those of other large midwestern cities: “Personal — comely widow who owns a large farm in one of the finest districts in La Porte County, Indiana, desires to make the acquaintance of a gentleman equally well provided, with view of joining fortunes. No replies by letter considered unless sender is willing to follow answer with personal visit. Triflers need not apply.” Several middle-aged men of means responded to Gunness' ads. One of her ads was answered by a Wisconsin farmhand, Henry Gurholt. After traveling to La Porte, Gurholt wrote his family, saying that he liked the farm, was in good health, and requested that they send him seed potatoes. When they failed to hear from him, the family contacted Gunness. She told them Gurholt had gone off with horse traders to Chicago. She kept his trunk and fur overcoat. Another one was John Moe, who arrived from Elbow Lake, Minnesota. He had brought more than $1,000 with him to pay off her mortgage, or so he told neighbors, whom Gunness introduced him to as her cousin. He disappeared from her farm within a week of his arrival. Although no one ever saw Moe again, a carpenter who did occasional work for Gunness observed that Moe's trunk remained in her house, along with more than a dozen others. Next came George Anderson from Tarkio, Missouri, who, like Peter Gunness and John Moe, was an immigrant from Norway. During dinner with Anderson, she raised the issue of her mortgage. Anderson agreed that he would pay the debt off if they decided to get hitched. Late that night, Anderson awoke to see her standing over him, holding a burning, almost spent candle in her hand and with a strange, sinister expression on her face. Without uttering a word, she ran from the room. Anderson fled from the house, soon taking a train to Missouri. The suitors kept coming, but none of them, except for Anderson, ever left the Gunness farm. By this time, she had begun ordering massive trunks to be delivered to her home. Hack driver Clyde Sturgis delivered many of these trunks to her from La Porte. He later remarked how the heavyset woman would lift these enormous trunks "like boxes of marshmallows,” tossing them onto her broad shoulders and carrying them into the house. She kept the shutters of her house closed day and night; farmers traveling past the dwelling at night saw her digging in the hog pen. Ole B. Budsberg, an elderly widower from Iola, Wisconsin, showed up next. He was last seen alive at the La Porte Savings Bank on April 6, 1907, when he mortgaged his Wisconsin land, signing a deed and obtaining several thousand dollars in cash. Ole B. Budsberg's sons, Oscar and Mathew Budsberg, had no idea that their father had gone off to visit Gunness. When they finally discovered his destination, they wrote to her; she promptly responded, saying she had never seen their father. Several other middle-aged men appeared and disappeared in brief visits to the Gunness farm throughout 1907. Then, in December 1907, Andrew Helgelien, a bachelor farmer from Aberdeen, South Dakota, wrote to her and Belle was all about it. The pair exchanged many letters until a letter came that overwhelmed Helgelien, written in Gunness' careful handwriting and dated January 13, 1908. This letter was later found at the Helgelien farm. It read: “To the Dearest Friend in the World: No woman in the world is happier than I am. I know that you are now to come to me and be my own. I can tell from your letters that you are the man I want. It does not take one long to tell when to like a person, and you I like better than anyone in the world, I know. Think how we will enjoy each other's company. You, the sweetest man in the whole world. We will be all alone with each other. Can you conceive of anything nicer? I think of you constantly. When I hear your name mentioned, and this is when one of the dear children speaks of you, or I hear myself humming it with the words of an old love song, it is beautiful music to my ears. My heart beats in wild rapture for you, My Andrew, I love you. Come prepared to stay forever.” Yikes…. In response to her letter, Helgelien flew to her side in January 1908. He arrived with a check for $2,900, the entire savings he had drawn from his local bank. A few days after Helgelien arrived, he and Gunness appeared at the Savings Bank in La Porte and deposited the check. Helgelien vanished a few days later, but Gunness appeared at the Savings Bank to make a $500 deposit and another deposit of $700 in the State Bank. At this time, she started to have problems with her farmhand, Ray Lamphere. In March 1908, Gunness sent several letters to a farmer and horse dealer in Topeka, Kansas named Lon Townsend, inviting him to visit her; he decided to put off the visit until spring and thus did not see her before a fire at her farm. Gunness was also in correspondence with a man from Arkansas and sent him a letter dated May 4, 1908. He would have visited her, but didn't because of the fire at her farm. Gunness allegedly promised marriage to a suitor Bert Albert, which did not go through because of his lack of wealth. Turning Point The hired hand Ray Lamphere was deeply in love with Gunness; he performed any chore for her, no matter how gruesome. He became jealous of the many men who arrived to court his employer and began making scenes. She fired him on February 3, 1908. Shortly after dispensing with Lamphere, she presented herself at the La Porte courthouse. She declared that her former employee was not in his right mind and was a menace to the public. She somehow convinced local authorities to hold a sanity hearing. Lamphere was pronounced sane and released. Gunness was back a few days later to complain to the sheriff that Lamphere had visited her farm and argued with her. She contended that he threatened her family and had Lamphere arrested for trespassing. Lamphere returned again and again to see her, but she told him to kick rocks each time. Lamphere made thinly disguised threats. Like on one occasion, he confided to farmer William Slater, "Helgelien won't bother me no more. We fixed him for keeps." Helgelien had long since disappeared from the area, or so it was believed. However, his brother, Asle Helgelien, was disturbed when Andrew failed to return home and he wrote to Belle in Indiana, asking her about his sibling's whereabouts. Gunness wrote back, telling Asle Helgelien that his brother was not at her farm and probably went to Norway to visit relatives. Asle Helgelien said he did not believe his brother would do that. He believed his brother was still in the La Porte area, the last place he was seen or heard from. Gunness, being the ballsy bitch she was, told him that if he wanted to come and look for his brother, she would help conduct a search, but she cautioned him that searching for missing persons was an expensive proposition. If she were to be involved in such a manhunt, she stated, Asle Helgelien should be prepared to pay her for her efforts. Asle Helgelien did come to La Porte, but not until May. Ray Lamphere represented an unresolved danger to Belle, and now Asle Helgelien was making inquiries that could very well send her to the gallows. She told a lawyer in La Porte, M.E. Leliter, that she feared for her life and her children's. Ray Lamphere, she said, had threatened to kill her and burn her house down. She wanted to make out a will just in case Lamphere followed through with his threats. Leliter, the attorney, complied and drew up her will. She left her entire estate to her children and left Leliter's office. She went to one of the La Porte banks holding the mortgage for her property and, not suspiciously at all, paid it off. However, she did not go to the police to tell them about Lamphere's allegedly life-threatening conduct. The reason for this, most historical, true crime nerds agree, was that there hadn't been any threats; she was merely setting the stage for her own arson. Joe Maxson, who had been hired to replace Ray Lamphere in February 1908, awoke in the early hours of April 28, 1908, smelling smoke in his room on the second floor of the Gunness house. He opened the hall door to a shit load of flames. Maxson screamed Gunness' name and those of her children but got no response. He slammed the door and then, in his tighty whiteys, leaped from the second-story window of his room, barely surviving the fire that was closing in around him. He raced to town to get help, but by the time the old-fashioned hook and ladder firetruck arrived at the farm at early dawn, the farmhouse was a big ol' pile of smoking ruins. Four bodies were found inside the house. One of the bodies was that of a woman who could not immediately be identified as Gunness, since she had been decapitated. The head was never found. The bodies of her children were found still in their beds. County Sheriff Smutzer had somehow heard about Lamphere's alleged threats, so he took one look at the carnage and quickly went after the former handyman. Attorney Leliter came forward to recount his tale about Gunness' will and how she feared Lamphere would kill her and her family and, coincidentally, burn her house down. Lamphere reeeeeally didn't help his own cause. The moment Sheriff Smutzer confronted him and before the lawman uttered a word, Lamphere exclaimed, "Did Widow Gunness and the kids get out all right?" He was then told about the fire, but he denied having anything to do with it, claiming that he was not near the farm when the blaze occurred. A young lil dude, John Solyem, was brought forward. He said he was watching the Gunness place and saw Lamphere running down the road from the Gunness house just before the structure erupted in flames. Lamphere snorted to the boy: "You wouldn't look me in the eye and say that!" "Yes, I will,” replied Solyem. "You found me hiding behind the bushes and you told me you'd kill me if I didn't get out of there." Lamphere was arrested and charged with murder and arson. Then scores of investigators, sheriff's deputies, coroner's men, and many volunteers began to search the ruins for evidence. The headless woman's body was a massive concern to La Porte residents. C. Christofferson, a neighboring farmer, looked at the charred remains of this body and said that it was not the remains of Belle Gunness. As did another farmer, L. Nicholson, and so did Mrs. Austin Cutler, an old friend of Gunness. More of Gunness' old friends, Mrs. May Olander and Mr. Sigward Olsen, arrived from Chicago. They examined the remains of the headless woman and said it was't Belle Gunness. Doctors then measured the remains and, making allowances for the body's missing neck and head, stated the corpse was that of a woman who stood five feet three inches tall and weighed no more than 150 pounds. Friends and neighbors, as well as the La Porte dressmakers who made her dresses and other garments, swore that Gunness was taller than 5'8" and weighed between 180 and 200 pounds. Remember, she was a large woman who could toss around clothing trunks like they were frisbees. Detailed measurements of the body were compared with those on file with several La Porte stores where she purchased her apparel. When the two sets of measurements were compared, the authorities concluded that the headless woman could not possibly have been Belle Gunness, even when the ravages of the fire on the body were considered. (The flesh was severely burned but intact). Moreover, Dr. J. Meyers examined the internal organs of the dead woman. He sent the stomach contents of the victims to a pathologist in Chicago, who reported months later that the organs contained lethal doses of (dun dun dunnnn)...strychnine. Gunness' dentist, Dr. Ira P. Norton, said that if the teeth/dental work of the headless corpse had been located, he could definitely ascertain if it was, for sure, Belle Gunness. Enter Louis "Klondike" Schultz, a former miner, who was hired to build a sluice and begin sifting the debris (as more bodies were unearthed, the sluice was used to isolate human remains on a larger scale). What the flying FUCK is a sluice you may be asking your obviously intelligent self. Well, it's a sliding gate or other devices for controlling the flow of water, especially one in a locked gate. On May 19, 1908, a piece of bridgework was found consisting of two human, canine teeth, their roots still attached, porcelain teeth and gold crown work in between. Norton, her dentists, identified them as work done for Gunness. As a result, Coroner Charles Mack officially concluded that the adult female body discovered in the burned debris was Belle Gunness. Even though NOTHING ELSE LINES UP. Asle Helgelien arrived in La Porte and told Sheriff Smutzer that he believed his brother had met with foul play at Gunness' hands. Then, the new farmhand, Joe Maxson came forward with information that could not be ignored: He told the Sheriff that Gunness had ordered him to bring loads of dirt by wheelbarrow to a large area surrounded by a high wire fence where the hogs were fed. Maxson said that there were many deep depressions in the ground that had been covered by dirt. These filled-in holes, Gunness had told Maxson, were nothing but garbage. She wanted the ground made level, so he filled in the depressions. Sheriff Smutzer took a dozen men back to the farm and began to dig. On May 3, 1908, the diggers unearthed the body of Belle's stepdaughter, Jennie Olson (who vanished in December 1906). Then they found the small bodies of two unidentified children. Subsequently, the body of Andrew Helgelien was unearthed (his overcoat was found to be worn by Ray Lamphere). As days progressed and the gruesome work continued, one body after another was discovered in Gunness' hog pen: So, let's run through these poor, unfortunate souls. Ole B. Budsberg of Iola, Wisconsin, (vanished May 1907); Thomas Lindboe, who had left Chicago and had gone to work as a hired man for Gunness three years earlier; Henry Gurholdt of Scandinavia, Wisconsin, who had gone to wed her a year earlier, taking $1,500 to her; a watch corresponding to one belonging to Gurholdt was found with a body; Olaf Svenherud, from Chicago; John Moe of Elbow Lake, Minnesota; his watch was found in Lamphere's possession; Olaf Lindbloom, age 35 from Wisconsin. Reports of other possible victims began to come in: William Mingay, a coachman of New York City, who had left that city on April 1, 1904; Herman Konitzer of Chicago who disappeared in January 1906; Charles Edman of New Carlisle, Indiana; George Berry of Tuscola, Illinois; Christie Hilkven of Dovre, Barron County, Wisconsin, who sold his farm and came to La Porte in 1906; Chares Neiburg, a 28-year-old Scandinavian immigrant who lived in Philadelphia, told friends that he was going to visit Gunness in June 1906 and never came back — he had been working for a saloon keeper and took $500 with him; John H. McJunkin of Coraopolis (near Pittsburgh) left his wife in December 1906 after corresponding with a La Porte woman; Olaf Jensen, a Norwegian immigrant of Carroll, Indiana, wrote his relatives in 1906 he was going to marry a wealthy widow at La Porte; Henry Bizge of La Porte who disappeared June 1906 and his hired man named Edward Canary of Pink Lake Ill who also vanished 1906; Bert Chase of Mishawaka, Indiana sold his butcher shop and told friends of a wealthy widow and that he was going to look her up; his brother received a telegram supposedly from Aberdeen, South Dakota claiming Bert had been killed in a train wreck; his brother investigated and found the telegram was fictitious; Tonnes Peterson Lien of Rushford, Minnesota, is alleged to have disappeared April 2, 1907; A gold ring marked "S.B. May 28, 1907" was found in the ruins; A hired man named George Bradley of Tuscola, Illinois is alleged to have gone to La Porte to meet a widow and three children in October 1907; T.J. Tiefland of Minneapolis is alleged to have come to see Gunness in 1907; Frank Riedinger a farmer of Waukesha, Wisconsin, came to Indiana in 1907 to marry and never returned; Emil Tell, a Swede from Kansas City, Missouri, is alleged to have gone in 1907 to La Porte; Lee Porter of Bartonville, Oklahoma separated from his wife and told his brother he was going to marry a wealthy widow at La Porte; John E. Hunter left Duquesne, Pennsylvania, on November 25, 1907 after telling his daughters he was going to marry a wealthy widow in Northern Indiana. Two other Pennsylvanians — George Williams of Wapawallopen and Ludwig Stoll of Mount Yeager — also left their homes to marry in the West. Abraham Phillips, a railway man of Burlington, West Virginia, left in the winter of 1907 to go to Northern Indiana and marry a rich widow — a railway watch was found in the debris of the house. Benjamin Carling of Chicago, Illinois, was last seen by his wife in 1907 after telling her that he was going to La Porte to secure an investment with a wealthy widow; he brought $1,000 from an insurance company and borrowed money from several investors as well; in June 1908 his widow was able to identify his remains from La Porte's Pauper's cemetery by the contour of his skull and three missing teeth; $1000 at that time is approximately $31,522.45 today. Aug. Gunderson of Green Lake, Wisconsin; Ole Oleson of Battle Creek, Michigan; Lindner Nikkelsen of Huron, South Dakota; Andrew Anderson of Lawrence, Kansas; Johann Sorensen of St. Joseph, Missouri; A possible victim was a man named Hinkley; Reported unnamed victims were: a daughter of Mrs. H. Whitzer of Toledo, Ohio, who had attended Indiana University near La Porte in 1902; an unknown man and woman are alleged to have disappeared in September 1906, the same night Jennie Olson went missing. Gunness claimed they were a Los Angeles "professor" and his wife who had taken Jennie to California; a brother of Miss Jennie Graham of Waukesha, Wisconsin, who had left her to marry a rich widow in La Porte but vanished; a hired man from Ohio age 50 name unknown is alleged to have disappeared and Gunness became the "heir" to his horse and buggy; an unnamed man from Montana told people at a resort he was going to sell Gunness his horse and buggy, which were found with several other horses and buggies at the farm. Most of the remains found on the property could not be identified. Because of the crude recovery methods, the number of individuals unearthed on the Gunness farm is unknown but is believed to be approximately twelve. On May 19, 1908, the remains of approximately seven unknown victims were buried in two coffins in unmarked graves in the pauper's section of LaPorte's Pine Lake Cemetery. Andrew Helgelien and Jennie Olson are buried in La Porte's Patton Cemetery, near Peter Gunness. So, here's the even MORE fucked up part… if it's possible. Ray Lamphere was arrested on May 22, 1908, and tried for murder and arson. He denied the charges of arson and murder that were filed against him. His defense hinged on the assertion that the body was not that of that big ol' girl, Belle Gunness. Lamphere's lawyer, Wirt Worden, developed evidence that contradicted Norton's identification of the teeth and bridgework. A local jeweler testified that though the gold in the bridgework had emerged from the fire almost undamaged, the fierce heat of the fire had melted the gold plating on several watches and items of gold jewelry. Local doctors replicated the fire conditions by attaching a similar dental bridgework to a human jawbone and placing it in a blacksmith's forge. The natural teeth crumbled and disintegrated; the porcelain teeth came out pocked and pitted, and the gold parts melted (both the artificial elements were damaged to a greater degree than those in the bridgework offered as evidence of Gunness' identity). The hired hand Joe Maxson and another man also testified that they'd seen "Klondike" Schultz take the bridgework out of his pocket and plant it just before it was "discovered.” Lamphere was found guilty of arson but acquitted of murder. On November 26, 1908, he was sentenced to 20 years in State Prison (in Michigan City). He died of tuberculosis the next year on December 30, 1909. On January 14, 1910, the Rev. E. A. Schell came forward with a confession that Lamphere was said to have made to him while the clergyman was comforting the dying man. In it, Lamphere revealed Gunness' crimes and swore that she was still alive. Lamphere had stated to the Reverend Schell and a fellow convict, Harry Meyers, shortly before his death that he had not murdered anyone but had helped Gunness bury many of her victims. When a victim arrived, she made him comfortable, charming him and cooking a large meal. She then drugged his coffee, and when the man was all fucked up, she split his head with a meat chopper. Sometimes she would simply wait for the suitor to go to bed and then enter the bedroom by candlelight and chloroform the hapless sap. A powerful woman, Gunness would then carry the body to the basement, place it on a table, and dissect it. She then bundled the remains and buried these in the hog pen and on the grounds around the house. Thanks to her second husband's instruction, Peter Gunness, the butcher, Belle had become an expert at dissection. To save time, she sometimes poisoned her victims' coffee with strychnine. (Um… the first husband) She also varied her disposal methods, sometimes dumping the corpse into the hog-scalding vat and covering the remains with quicklime. Lamphere even stated that if Belle was overly tired after murdering one of her victims, she merely chopped up the remains and, in the middle of the night, stepped into her hog pen and fed the remains to the hogs. Lamphere also cleared up the mysterious question of the headless female corpse found in Gunness's home's smoking remains. Gunness had lured this woman from Chicago on the pretense of hiring her as a housekeeper only days before she decided to make her permanent escape from La Porte. Gunness, according to Lamphere, had drugged the woman, then bashed in her head and decapitated the body, taking the head, which had weights tied to it, to a swamp where she threw it into deep water. Then, she chloroformed her children, smothered them to death, and dragged their small bodies, along with the headless corpse, to the basement. She dressed the female corpse in her old clothing, and removed her false teeth, placing these beside the headless corpse to assure it being identified as Belle Gunness. She then torched the house and fled. Lamphere had helped her, he admitted, but she didn't take off by the road where he waited for her after the fire had been set. She had betrayed her one-time partner in crime in the end by cutting across open fields and then disappearing into the woods. Some accounts suggest that Lamphere admitted that he took her to Stillwell (a town about nine miles from La Porte) and saw her off on a train to Chicago. Lamphere said that Gunness was a rich woman, that she had murdered 42 men by his count, and maybe more, and had taken amounts from them ranging from $1,000 to $32,000. She had allegedly accumulated more than $250,000 through her murder schemes over the years—a considerable fortune for those days (about 10 million dollars, today). She had a small amount remaining in one of her savings accounts, but local banks later admitted that she had withdrawn most of her money shortly before the fire. Gunness withdrawing most of her money suggested that she was planning to evade the law. Gunness was, for several decades, allegedly seen or sighted in cities and towns throughout the United States. Friends, acquaintances, and amateur detectives apparently spotted her on the streets of Chicago, San Francisco, New York, and Los Angeles. As late as 1931, Gunness was reported alive and living in a Mississippi town, where she supposedly owned a great deal of property and lived the life of a respected woman. Sheriff Smutzer, for more than 20 years, received an average of two reports a month. She became part of American criminal folklore, a female Sasquatch, if you will. Gunness's three children's bodies were found in the home's wreckage, but the headless adult female corpse found with them was never positively identified. Gunness' true fate is unknown; La Porte residents were divided between believing that Lamphere killed her and that she had faked her own death. In 1931, a woman known as "Esther Carlson" was arrested in Los Angeles for poisoning August Lindstrom for money. Two people who had known Gunness claimed to recognize her from photographs, but the identification was never proved. Carlson died while awaiting trial. So, what the fuck happened to “Hell's Belle”?? The body believed to be that of Belle Gunness was buried next to her first husband at Forest Home Cemetery in Forest Park, Illinois. On November 5, 2007, with the permission of descendants of Belle's sister, the headless body was exhumed from Gunness' grave in Forest Home Cemetery by a team of forensic anthropologists and graduate students from the University of Indianapolis to learn her true identity. It was initially hoped that a sealed envelope flap on a letter found at the victim's farm would contain enough DNA to be compared to that of the body. Unfortunately, there was not enough DNA, so efforts continue to find a reliable source for comparison purposes, including the disinterment of other bodies and contact with known living relatives. As far as we know… Belle Gunness, the wicked Norwegian bitch… got away with So. Many. Murders… including her own. Movies https://deluxevideoonline.org/our-tens-list-faked-deaths-in-movies/
Shawn Potts and Steve Mourisse join The Greg and Dan Show to promote the 75th annual Peoria TT Races at the Peoria Motorcycle Club Dirt Track in Bartonville, IL on Saturday, July 30th. Shawn and Steve talk about how to purchase tickets, the event festivities, and what to expect from the races.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On this episode we cover a lot of ground and discuss Shadow People and The Hatman. I share some listener submitted stories, Tom the Nightmare makes a return appearance and I have a great interview with my good friend Mike Morgan and he shares some great stories of his personal encounters with the other side. Come with me on an audio road trip as I take you to the bucolic plains, in the heart of the Midwest state of Illinois, to visit an old building and its purported spiritual inhabitants. This is Bartonville. Music credits: Poor Man's Poison for the Monster's Lair theme "Devil's Price," Pauly Manners, of the Beardedbreed and Metal Messsiah, Mike Morgan a.k.a. @madthink3r on IG, Zachary Mueller owner of Void Productions and solo man behind Void, The Cult of Zachary Mueller, Erscheinung and Acid Sludge. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/themonsterslair/message
Come with me on an audio road trip as I take you to the bucolic plains, in the heart of the Midwest state of Illinois, to visit an old building and its purported spiritual inhabitants. This is Bartonville. Music credits: Poor Man's Poison for the Monster's Lair theme "Devil's Price," Pauly Manners, of the Beardedbreed and Metal Messsiah, Mike Morgan a.k.a. @madthink3r on IG, Zachary Mueller owner of Void Productions and solo man behind Void, The Cult of Zachary Mueller, Erscheinung and Acid Sludge. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/themonsterslair/message
Research begins at 22:41 Please check out our friend, Natalie O'Sullivan, at https://natalieosullivan.com/ Bunk funkers this week Art and Natalie bring you a haunted whole enchilada on a Illinois paranormal favorite - the Bartonville Asylum! Thanks to Jake Lofthouse for the topic! In the first segment, Natalie regales us with her mom's ghost story! In the second segment, Art and Natalie give you, the listeners, an uninterrupted presentation of their research into the Bartonville Asylum. Finally, Art and Natalie discuss tarot cards, their haunted areas, big haunted energy, and so much more! Send us your thoughts to @MrBunkerPod and mrbunkerpod@gmail.com using the hashtag #Bartonville Music by Michael Martello Artwork by Hannah Ross Audio Editing by Arthur Stone Script by Natalie O'Sullivan Follow Us: Patreon Twitter Instagram Website Youtube Merch Links Mentioned: For a list of research links used please see our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Have you ever visited a mental institution? Do you know someone that is or was housed within one? There's not many left & fortunately a lot has changed. But imagine for a brief moment what it must have been like to reside within one of these establishments during the 19th & 20th centuries... barbaric is saying it kindly. Many people that are connected to the paranormal field know of asylums very well... for being haunted. Join us & our guest speaker, Sylvia Shults, as we discuss how these places have become commonly haunted. Sylvia is a paranormal journalist & author that has been investigating the supernatural profoundly for quite some time. Sylvia shares some of her ghost stories from such a place in her local town of Bartonville, IL known as "The Peoria State Hospital."Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-para-connection-podcast/donations
WCBU's On Deck has everything you need to know to start your day for Friday, September 17, 2021. Our top story is about the ED Edwards coal plant in Bartonville is slated to become a battery energy storage site after its closure next year. You'll also hear from Peoria's alt-folk quintet, The Way Down Wanderers. Band members Collin Krause and Austin Thompson talk about their latest album “More Like Tomorrow.”
Sales are a great point of entry for new graduates looking to get into the sports business. In this episode, we spoke to Nick Holmes. Nick was a collegiate runner who helped pay his way through school working at running stores. He now heads up run specialty sales at Under Armour.Guest Bio: Nick Holmes grew up in Bartonville, IL, and started his journey in the sports world in Cross Country and Track in high school. At that same time, he worked at the local running store(Running Central) and fell in love with Run Specialty and knew “I wanted to stay in the industry somehow.”He continued his education and athletic career at the University of Iowa graduating in 2013 with a major in Psychology and a minor in Human Relations. While attending and competing for the University, he worked at their local running shop, Running Wild until 2015. From there he moved to Naperville, IL to join Naperville Running Company, regarded as one of the best-run specialty stores in the country.He worked my way up to become a manager and was there for 3 years and also competed at the Olympic Trials in the marathon in 2016. In 2018 he joined In-Gear an independent sales rep firm and handled Under Armour, CEP, Clif Bar, Camelbak, Thule, and others managing four different states. At the end of that year, the position of Sales Manager for Run Specialty opened up at Under Armour and Nick joined the team at UA. He has been there since January of 2019 with the official title of Manager, Run Specialty Sales. Along the way, he married Stephanie Holmes, who also works in the run space at Hoka and had an awesome background in Cross Country/Track and Field. They lived in Baltimore for 2 years and are currently in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin with our two pups Hank and Hershey.
Fractured Spirits: Hauntings at the Peoria State Hospital - Sylvia Shults has been a paranormal investigator for several years. She began her career as a ghost hunter as a result of doing the research for her nonfiction book Ghosts of the Illinois River (Quixote Press, 2010). Her fascination with ghosts dates back to her childhood, as she is an avid reader who was raised on Grimm's Fairy Tales. A few years ago, Shults was inspired to write a collection of people's supernatural experiences at the Peo- ria State Hospital in Bartonville, Illinois. This project quickly swelled into Fractured Spirits: Hauntings at the Peoria State Hospital. The book incorporates the history of the asylum as well as the many ghost stories that have arisen out of the asylum's abandonment. In an effort to separate fact from fiction, Shults thoroughly explores the true history of the hospital. "It's fascinating," she says. "The Peoria State Hospital was a place of great advances in mental health care. Was there agony there? I don't doubt it. Mental illness is an agonizing thing. So is alcoholism. So is TB. But that's not nearly the whole story of this remarkable institution. There was also incredible tenderness and car- ing. Dr. George Zeller was responsible for unprecedented reforms in the field of mental health care. I feel incredi- bly fortunate to have been able to write a book that not only tells some really unnerving ghost tales, but also the true stories of Dr. Zeller and his dedicated staff." Fractured Spirits: Hauntings at the Peoria State Hospital is a result of years of research. Shults spoke to dozens of people who have had paranormal experiences at the abandoned asylum. She has also done many inves- tigations of her own. The book, and Shults' research, was featured on an episode of Ghost Hunters ("Prescription for Fear", which aired January 30, 2013).Shults lives in Illinois with her husband. She works at the Fondulac District Library, mostly in order to feed her book addiction. She also serves as the Publicity Director for Dark Continents Publishing. In addition to nonfiction, she also writes romance and horror. She is the first to admit that there is a fine line between the two.For Your Listening Pleasure for these Lockdown / Stay-At-Home COVID and Variants Times - For all the radio shows available on The 'X' Zone Broadcast Network visit - https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv.Our radio shows archives and programming include: A Different Perspective with Kevin Randle; Alien Cosmic Expo Lecture Series; Alien Worlds Radio Show; America's Soul Doctor with Ken Unger; Back in Control Radio Show with Dr. David Hanscom, MD; Connecting with Coincidence with Dr. Bernard Beitman, MD; Dick Tracy; Dimension X; Exploring Tomorrow Radio Show; Flash Gordon; Imagine More Success Radio Show with Syndee Hendricks and Thomas Hydes; Jet Jungle Radio Show; Journey Into Space; Know the Name with Sharon Lynn Wyeth; Lux Radio Theatre - Classic Old Time Radio; Mission Evolution with Gwilda Wiyaka; Paranormal StakeOut with Larry Lawson; Ray Bradbury - Tales Of The Bizarre; Sci Fi Radio Show; Seek Reality with Roberta Grimes; Space Patrol; Stairway to Heaven with Gwilda Wiyaka; The 'X' Zone Radio Show with Rob McConnell; Two Good To Be True with Justina Marsh and Peter Marsh; and many other!That's The ‘X' Zone Broadcast Network Shows and Archives - https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv
Tonight, Sylvia Shultz joins me to discuss how a woman spent 44 years of her life locked away in a utica crib to the point of scratching her eyes out, pulling her teeth, loosing the ability to speak and resembling a skeletal figure...covered in rags. The mindset of care takers in those early days was truly bizarre! Lost in the shadows of Illinois asylums in the nineteenth century is the strange story of Rhoda Derry. Left at the Adams County Poor Farm when her family could no longer care for her, she spent the next 40 years confined in a wooden box. Abandoned, ignored, and traumatized, she had clawed out her own eyes, pulled her own teeth, and her legs were atrophied to the point that she could not stand on her own, or even sit in a wheelchair. She spent four decades locked away from the world. Her crime? Falling in love. Rhoda suffered a mental breakdown after being "cursed" by the mother of a boy to whom she was engaged to marry. Committed to the poor farm because of her violent insanity, she was eventually rescued by pioneering alienist Dr. George A. Zeller. She was taken to the Peoria State Hospital in Bartonville, Illinois, where she spent the remainder of her days in comfort. Rhoda died in 1906, but her spirit lives on at the former asylum where she found peace. The chilling story of Rhoda Derry is one of the great tragedies of mental health care in Illinois, but one of the great success stories of the Peoria State Hospital. Sylvia Shults, author of Fractured Spirits: Hauntings at the Peoria State Hospital, returns to the hilltop to tell the story of Rhoda's life -- and her mysterious afterlife. Want more paranormal episodes? Follow our new podcast 'Paranormal Fears' on any podcast app or Apple Podcasts. Enjoy the AD-FREE versions of our latest episodes and our archives right now from anywhere in the world. Get her book Visit our website Like our Facebook Page for a chance to win a signed copy of Sylvia's book 44 Years in Darkness Seven - Our podcast for the jaded ones that need wicked stories in their lives! Check Out Mysterious Radio! (copy the link to share with your friends and family via text) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Up on a hilltop in Peoria, Illinois lies a series of buildings that once housed the incurably insane. Some have been torn down since it's closing, but the residents that once resided there never left. Join us on this episode of Blood Moon Paranormal Podcast as we talk about the history of Bartonville Insane Asylum and our investigations here. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Threshold Radio We Have Dr. J.J. Hurtak, Ph.D., Ph.D., & Dr. Desiree E. Hurtak Ph.D. From The Academy For Future Science, International. Show58 On tonights show we have Dr. J.J. Hurtak, Ph.D., Ph.D., & Dr. Desiree E. Hurtak Ph.D. from The Academy for Future Science, International. We spoke about NASA’s interesting confirmation of “nucleobases” that make up our DNA now acknowledged in meteorites that have landed in Antarctica and Australia. We also discussed Ancient Aliens, Pyramids, Crop Circles and more. Suzanne Taylor talks with us about crop circles and the story of a truly amazing Psychic man from the Netherlands. Suzanne’s amazing movie on The Crop Circle Phenomenon Michael Kleen and his special guest Richard Weiss, owner of The Haunted Bowen building, one of the last standing buildings on the grounds of the old Peoria State Hospital, located in Bartonville, Illinois
On tonights show we have Dr. J.J. Hurtak, Ph.D., Ph.D., & Dr. Desiree E. Hurtak Ph.D. from The Academy for Future Science, International. We spoke about NASA’s interesting confirmation of “nucleobases” that make up our DNA now acknowledged in meteorites that have landed in Antarctica and Australia. We also discussed Ancient Aliens, Pyramids, Crop Circles and more. Suzanne Taylor talks with us about crop circles and the story of a truly amazing Psychic man from the Netherlands. Suzanne’s amazing movie on The Crop Circle Phenomenon Michael Kleen and his special guest Richard Weiss, owner of The Haunted Bowen building, one of the last standing buildings on the grounds of the old Peoria State Hospital, located in Bartonville, Illinois
Each week John Piper and Rik Thrailkill sit down with head coach Rodney Webb to break down all things Guyer football and the run to another state championship.To support our broadcast team patreon.com/gfnThanks to our sponsors: Marty B's Place - A great Texas venue located in Bartonville. From fantastic BBQ, Steaks or burgers a full menu to make everyone happy. Stop by Marty B's or go online and book your reservation https://www.martybsplace.com/BudBartleyhomes.com - Locally owned and operated for over 30 years building in 3 new communities and can build on your lot. Building on Lake Grapevine, Highland Village, and 2 acre lots in Copper Canyon. For more information go to budbartleyhomes.comCloud Realty - With over 15 years of experience serving residential, investor, and commercial clients in North TX let Leeza and Shannon help find your dream home. Check out their 5-star reviews https://txcloudrealty.com/The Law Offices of Kimberly N. Shanklin - Winner of Best in Denton 6 years in a row. They are focused on family law and taking great care of clients affordably. For any in the Guyer community that need a legal consultation Kimberly Shanklin will provide the initial consultation free of charge. For more information and to schedule https://shanklinlawfirm.com/about/kimberlyGo Wildcats
Texas Estate Planning and Elder Law Attorney, the one and only Leigh Hilton of the Leigh Hilton PLLC, in the latest episode of the Business Innovators Radio Network. In this up and close episode, Kurt interviews the estate Planning attorney Leigh Hilton about protecting the two most important things in your life: Everything You Own and Everyone You Love. Leigh explained how her firm helps families with both these concerns. As you know, estate planning is ‘who’ gets your stuff when you die, trying to think through how to have your family protected. Elder law is Medicaid and veterans benefits. And she and her firm help them have the peace of mind that their family is protected when the circle of life has occurred.About Leigh Hilton PLLCLeigh Hilton PLLC is an Estate Planning and Elder Law Firm based in Denton, Texas with additional offices in Aubrey and Bartonville, serving the DFW Metroplex and Texas State as a whole. Areas of practice include: Estate Planning | Elder Law | Probate Law | Guardianships | Wills, Trusts & EstatesLearn more visit her company website at http://leighhilton.net/ or see her welcome video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0atnIfK8bwSource: https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/leigh-hilton-texas-estate-planning-and-elder-law-attorney-on-helping-families-protect-the-two-most-important-things-in-their-life
Each week John Piper and Rik Thrailkill sit down with head coach Rodney Webb to break down all things Guyer football and the run to another state championship.To support our broadcast team patreon.com/gfnThanks to our sponsors: Marty B's Place - A great Texas venue located in Bartonville. From fantastic BBQ, Steaks or burgers a full menu to make everyone happy. Stop by Marty B's or go online and book your reservation https://www.martybsplace.com/BudBartleyhomes.com - Locally owned and operated for over 30 years building in 3 new communities and can build on your lot. Building on Lake Grapevine, Highland Village, and 2 acre lots in Copper Canyon. For more information go to budbartleyhomes.comCloud Realty - With over 15 years of experience serving residential, investor, and commercial clients in North TX let Leeza and Shannon help find your dream home. Check out their 5-star reviews https://txcloudrealty.com/The Law Offices of Kimberly N. Shanklin - Winner of Best in Denton 6 years in a row. They are focused on family law and taking great care of clients affordably. For any in the Guyer community that need a legal consultation Kimberly Shanklin will provide the initial consultation free of charge. For more information and to schedule https://shanklinlawfirm.com/about/kimberlyGo Wildcats
Coach Webb talks how special the TXHSFB postseason is and what it will take to get his first playoff win with the Wildcats vs Coppell Cowboys Saturday 1pm at CH Collins. You can catch the broadcast on our radio network and we have the call on the NFHS network this week as home radio. To support our broadcast team patreon.com/gfnThanks to our sponsors: Marty B's Place - A great Texas venue located in Bartonville. From fantastic BBQ, Steaks or burgers a full menu to make everyone happy. Stop by Marty B's or go online and book your reservation https://www.martybsplace.com/BudBartleyhomes.com - Locally owned and operated for over 30 years building in 3 new communities and can build on your lot. Building on Lake Grapevine, Highland Village, and 2 acre lots in Copper Canyon. For more information go to budbartleyhomes.comCloud Realty - With over 15 years of experience serving residential, investor, and commercial clients in North TX let Leeza and Shannon help find your dream home. Check out their 5-star reviews https://txcloudrealty.com/The Law Offices of Kimberly N. Shanklin - Winner of Best in Denton 6 years in a row. They are focused on family law and taking great care of clients affordably. For any in the Guyer community that need a legal consultation Kimberly Shanklin will provide the initial consultation free of charge. For more information and to schedule https://shanklinlawfirm.com/about/kimberlyGo Wildcats
Happy Thanksgiving from our family to yours! This week the Wildcats travel to Little Elm for the final regular-season game vs the Lobos. To support our broadcast team patreon.com/gfnThanks to our sponsors: Marty B's Place - A great Texas venue located in Bartonville. From fantastic BBQ, Steaks or burgers a full menu to make everyone happy. Stop by Marty B's or go online and book your reservation https://www.martybsplace.com/BudBartleyhomes.com - Locally owned and operated for over 30 years building in 3 new communities and can build on your lot. Building on Lake Grapevine, Highland Village, and 2 acre lots in Copper Canyon. For more information go to budbartleyhomes.comCloud Realty - With over 15 years of experience serving residential, investor, and commercial clients in North TX let Leeza and Shannon help find your dream home. Check out their 5-star reviews https://txcloudrealty.com/The Law Offices of Kimberly N. Shanklin - Winner of Best in Denton 6 years in a row. They are focused on family law and taking great care of clients affordably. For any in the Guyer community that need a legal consultation Kimberly Shanklin will provide the initial consultation free of charge. For more information and to schedule https://shanklinlawfirm.com/about/kimberlyGo Wildcats
Big district matchup at C.H. Collins as Guyer takes on McKinney Boyd. To support our broadcast team patreon.com/gfnThanks to our sponsors: Marty B's Place - A great Texas venue located in Bartonville. From fantastic BBQ, Steaks or burgers a full menu to make everyone happy. Stop by Marty B's or go online and book your reservation https://www.martybsplace.com/BudBartleyhomes.com - Locally owned and operated for over 30 years building in 3 new communities and can build on your lot. Building on Lake Grapevine, Highland Village, and 2 acre lots in Copper Canyon. For more information go to budbartleyhomes.comCloud Realty - With over 15 years of experience serving residential, investor, and commercial clients in North TX let Leeza and Shannon help find your dream home. Check out their 5-star reviews https://txcloudrealty.com/The Law Offices of Kimberly N. Shanklin - Winner of Best in Denton 6 years in a row. They are focused on family law and taking great care of clients affordably. For any in the Guyer community that need a legal consultation Kimberly Shanklin will provide the initial consultation free of charge. For more information and to schedule https://shanklinlawfirm.com/about/kimberlyGo Wildcats
Big district matchup at C.H. Collins as Denton Braswell and Guyer match up for the first time in district play. To support our broadcast team patreon.com/gfnThanks to our sponsors: Marty B's Place - A great Texas venue located in Bartonville. From fantastic BBQ, Steaks or burgers a full menu to make everyone happy. Stop by Marty B's or go online and book your reservation https://www.martybsplace.com/BudBartleyhomes.com - Locally owned and operated for over 30 years building in 3 new communities and can build on your lot. Building on Lake Grapevine, Highland Village, and 2 acre lots in Copper Canyon. For more information go to budbartleyhomes.comCloud Realty - With over 15 years of experience serving residential, investor, and commercial clients in North TX let Leeza and Shannon help find your dream home. Check out their 5-star reviews https://txcloudrealty.com/The Law Offices of Kimberly N. Shanklin - Winner of Best in Denton 6 years in a row. They are focused on family law and taking great care of clients affordably. For any in the Guyer community that need a legal consultation Kimberly Shanklin will provide the initial consultation free of charge. For more information and to schedule https://shanklinlawfirm.com/about/kimberlyGo Wildcats
Two top 15 teams square off at Childrens Health Hospital Stadium in Prosper, TX Friday October 30, 2020 To support our broadcast team patreon.com/gfnThanks to our sponsors: Marty B's Place - A great Texas venue located in Bartonville. From fantastic BBQ, Steaks or burgers a full menu to make everyone happy. Stop by Marty B's or go online and book your reservation https://www.martybsplace.com/BudBartleyhomes.com - Locally owned and operated for over 30 years building in 3 new communities and can build on your lot. Building on Lake Grapevine, Highland Village, and 2 acre lots in Copper Canyon. For more information go to budbartleyhomes.comCloud Realty - With over 15 years of experience serving residential, investor, and commercial clients in North TX let Leeza and Shannon help find your dream home. Check out their 5-star reviews https://txcloudrealty.com/The Law Offices of Kimberly N. Shanklin - Winner of Best in Denton 6 years in a row. They are focused on family law and taking great care of clients affordably. For any in the Guyer community that need a legal consultation Kimberly Shanklin will provide the initial consultation free of charge. For more information and to schedule https://shanklinlawfirm.com/about/kimberlyGo Wildcats
Each week all season long Coach Webb discusses the Guyer Wildcat football program. The Coach Webb show is brought to you by the following sponsors:Marty B's Place - A great Texas venue located in Bartonville. From fantastic BBQ, Steaks or burgers a full menu to make everyone happy. Stop by Marty B's or go online and book your reservation https://www.martybsplace.com/BudBartleyhomes.com - Locally owned and operated for over 30 years building in 3 new communities and can build on your lot. Building on Lake Grapevine, Highland Village, and 2 acre lots in Copper Canyon. For more information go to budbartleyhomes.comCloud Realty - With over 15 years of experience serving residential, investor, and commercial clients in North TX let Leeza and Shannon help find your dream home. Check out their 5-star reviews https://txcloudrealty.com/The Law Offices of Kimberly N. Shanklin - Winner of Best in Denton 6 years in a row. They are focused on family law and taking great care of clients affordably. For any in the Guyer community that need a legal consultation Kimberly Shanklin will provide the initial consultation free of charge. For more information and to schedule https://shanklinlawfirm.com/about/kimberlyGo Wildcats
Each week all season long Coach Webb discusses the Guyer Wildcat football program. The Coach Webb show is brought to you by the following sponsors:Marty B's Place - A great Texas venue located in Bartonville. From fantastic BBQ, Steaks or burgers a full menu to make everyone happy. Stop by Marty B's or go online and book your reservation https://www.martybsplace.com/BudBartleyhomes.com - Locally owned and operated for over 30 years building in 3 new communities and can build on your lot. Building on Lake Grapevine, Highland Village, and 2 acre lots in Copper Canyon. For more information go to budbartleyhomes.comCloud Realty - With over 15 years of experience serving residential, investor, and commercial clients in North TX let Leeza and Shannon help find your dream home. Check out their 5-star reviews https://txcloudrealty.com/The Law Offices of Kimberly N. Shanklin - Winner of Best in Denton 6 years in a row. They are focused on family law and taking great care of clients affordably. For any in the Guyer community that need a legal consultation Kimberly Shanklin will provide the initial consultation free of charge. For more information and to schedule https://shanklinlawfirm.com/about/kimberlyGo Wildcats
Pete, Chris, and Joey deal the brutality once again with the first episode of their creepy October features. They discuss the ominous Illinois Asylum For the Incurable Insane in Bartonville. It's a story filled with misery, sickness, and paranormal happenings.CK calls in to discuss the UK band, Orange Goblin, plus other heavy metal news. Joey has a mayhem story to share, the final round of Hellcoming goes down, karaoke madness, and much more.Music by Orange Goblin, Slayer, and Bear Mace.66fuckin6 music by Onslaught.Brought to you by Spellbound FX and Art - a dark and disturbing artwork. Visit their website for an amazing online catalog and support underground indie artists.Hellcoming is brought to you by Fokken Nuts - eat the whole jar. Order their AMAZING peanut butter!Follow Joey's Goremonger page for updates on his music and his distro, FTA Records.Go to Murder Metal Mayhem to listen to our show!Like us on Facebook, Follow us on Twitter, and Subscribe to our YouTube channel.Join the 666 Club and become a Patreon supporter of the show. Only $3 a month for bonus content, VIP access, discounts on merch and more!Go to PeteAltieri.com to buy Pete's books and get the latest on what he's doing writing horror stories and novels!Karaoke by I Kill Karaoke
Denton Guyer Junior WR Grayson O'Bara football dreams almost ended on July 1, 2018, this is a story of courage, faith, and inspiration.To support our broadcast team patreon.com/gfnThanks to our sponsors: Marty B's Place - A great Texas venue located in Bartonville. From fantastic BBQ, Steaks or burgers a full menu to make everyone happy. Stop by Marty B's or go online and book your reservation https://www.martybsplace.com/BudBartleyhomes.com - Locally owned and operated for over 30 years building in 3 new communities and can build on your lot. Building on Lake Grapevine, Highland Village, and 2 acre lots in Copper Canyon. For more information go to budbartleyhomes.comCloud Realty - With over 15 years of experience serving residential, investor, and commercial clients in North TX let Leeza and Shannon help find your dream home. Check out their 5-star reviews https://txcloudrealty.com/The Law Offices of Kimberly N. Shanklin - Winner of Best in Denton 6 years in a row. They are focused on family law and taking great care of clients affordably. For any in the Guyer community that need a legal consultation Kimberly Shanklin will provide the initial consultation free of charge. For more information and to schedule https://shanklinlawfirm.com/about/kimberlyGo Wildcats
Fractured Spirits: Hauntings at the Peoria State Hospital - Sylvia Shults has been a paranormal investigator for several years. She began her career as a ghost hunter as a result of doing the research for her nonfiction book Ghosts of the Illinois River (Quixote Press, 2010). Her fascination with ghosts dates back to her childhood, as she is an avid reader who was raised on Grimm's Fairy Tales. A few years ago, Shults was inspired to write a collection of people's supernatural experiences at the Peo- ria State Hospital in Bartonville, Illinois. This project quickly swelled into Fractured Spirits: Hauntings at the Peoria State Hospital. The book incorporates the history of the asylum as well as the many ghost stories that have arisen out of the asylum's abandonment. In an effort to separate fact from fiction, Shults thoroughly explores the true history of the hospital. "It's fascinating," she says. "The Peoria State Hospital was a place of great advances in mental health care. Was there agony there? I don't doubt it. Mental illness is an agonizing thing. So is alcoholism. So is TB. But that's not nearly the whole story of this remarkable institution. There was also incredible tenderness and car- ing. Dr. George Zeller was responsible for unprecedented reforms in the field of mental health care. I feel incredi- bly fortunate to have been able to write a book that not only tells some really unnerving ghost tales, but also the true stories of Dr. Zeller and his dedicated staff." Fractured Spirits: Hauntings at the Peoria State Hospital is a result of years of research. Shults spoke to dozens of people who have had paranormal experiences at the abandoned asylum. She has also done many inves- tigations of her own. The book, and Shults' research, was featured on an episode of Ghost Hunters ("Prescription for Fear", which aired January 30, 2013).Shults lives in Illinois with her husband. She works at the Fondulac District Library, mostly in order to feed her book addiction. She also serves as the Publicity Director for Dark Continents Publishing. In addition to nonfiction, she also writes romance and horror. She is the first to admit that there is a fine line between the two.
Each week all season long Coach Webb discusses the Guyer Wildcat football program. The Coach Webb show is brought to you by the following sponsors:Marty B's Place - A great Texas venue located in Bartonville. From fantastic BBQ, Steaks or burgers a full menu to make everyone happy. Stop by Marty B's or go online and book your reservation https://www.martybsplace.com/BudBartleyhomes.com - Locally owned and operated for over 30 years building in 3 new communities and can build on your lot. Building on Lake Grapevine, Highland Village, and 2 acre lots in Copper Canyon. For more information go to budbartleyhomes.comCloud Realty - With over 15 years of experience serving residential, investor, and commercial clients in North TX let Leeza and Shannon help find your dream home. Check out their 5-star reviews https://txcloudrealty.com/The Law Offices of Kimberly N. Shanklin - Winner of Best in Denton 6 years in a row. They are focused on family law and taking great care of clients affordably. For any in the Guyer community that need a legal consultation Kimberly Shanklin will provide the initial consultation free of charge. For more information and to schedule https://shanklinlawfirm.com/about/kimberlyGo Wildcats
Wednesday, July 8 9:30a.m.: ACB Welcome Show 10:00a.m.: Invocation: Mary Haupt, Baton Rouge, LA Pledge of Allegiance: DKM First Timers', Merisa Musemic, Sterling Heights, MI; and Sara Freeman Smith, Houston, TX 10:10a.m.: ACB Business: ACB Sponsor Recognitions: Margarine Beaman, Advertising and Sponsorship Coordinator, Austin, TX Diamond Sponsor Presentation: Vanda Pharmaceuticals: Leslie McNeil, Nurse Educator, Vanda Pharmaceuticals, Scottsdale AZ ACB Angel Presentations: Dick Seifert (1948 – 2020) Arkansas Presiding Officer: Denise Colley, Secretary, Lacey, WA 10:45a.m.: Convention Report: Janet Dickelman, Convention Coordinator, St. Paul, MN 11:00a.m.: CCLVI Scholarship Presentations: David Trott, Chair, Talladega, AL 11:15a.m.: ACB Scholarship Presentations: Meghan Downing, Santa Barbara, CA, Berklee College of Music, Boston, MA (Floyd Qualls Scholarship) Veronica Hyatt, Fruitland Park, FL, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (Floyd Qualls Scholarship) Amanda Lannan, Maitland, FL, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL (Floyd Qualls Scholarship) Maria Sanders, Bartonville, IL, Bradley University, Peoria, IL (Floyd Qualls Scholarship) Edward Shaham, Hartford, CT, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA (Floyd Qualls Scholarship) 11:30a.m.: Break 11:45a.m.: "You Say Puh-Tay-Toe…I Say Whatever NLS Tells Me to Say." Erin Jones, Talking Book Narrator, American Printing House for the Blind, Louisville, KY 12:15p.m.: Julie Tye, President, Hadley Institute for the Blind and Visually Impaired, Winnetka, IL 12:30p.m.: 30th Anniversary of the ADA: Paul Edwards, Miami, FL; and Christopher Bell, Pittsboro, NC 12:45p.m.: 20th Anniversary Presentation: Gabriel Lopez Kafati, President, Blind Pride International, Miami, FL 12:50p.m.: Door Prizes and Announcements
Come join us down at Marty B's2664 FM 407 E, Bartonville, TX 76226Having a conversation with Coach Walsh, and members of some of the Denton Guyer Wildcats! Come join us! we'll be hanging out!
Come join us down at Marty B's2664 FM 407 E, Bartonville, TX 76226Having a conversation with Coach Walsh, and members of some of the Denton Guyer Wildcats! Come join us! we'll be hanging out!
Hi, this is Gina Mullen with Gina Mullen Realty and I'm here to answer all your questions regarding real estate and give you some tips and tricks as well. We get asked a lot of times “Where can I build new and be in the Argyle School District?” So there's a lot of options right now for building new in the Argyle School District. So starting on the Southern end, we have the new development Trail Wood and that is on the south side of 1171 where it intersects with 377 and those homes start in the three hundreds. Right across the street is Canyon Falls and a large portion of that neighborhood on the east side of the neighborhood is zoned to the Argyle School District as well. And those homes in there start in the high three hundreds. Making our way a little further North and a little bit over to the West, we have Harvest by Hillwood and there are homes in there starting in the mid two hundreds, over at Harvest Town Side, that are zoned to the Argyle School District and then starting in the high two hundreds low threes is Harvest Meadows and some of the other neighborhoods that are also zoned to the Argyle School District. Coming a little bit further East and over to the 377 corridor, over there, we have the Lakes of Argyle, which is a new development on the west side of 377 North of 407 and those homes start in the high five hundreds and both Southgate and Our Country Homes are building in there. A little bit further South, and South of 407 where it intersects with 377 is the new Waterbrook community that will have Lenar in there as the builder, and those prices have not been released yet. They have batted around a certain price range, but they've not given us any definites yet. The Oaks of Argyle still have a few homes left in there and those homes are in the high fives and $600,000 mark. 5T up there off of Country Club North of 407 on off of 377 has homes that start in the high five hundreds as well. There's also lots back there where you can build a home and Southgate and Our Country Homes are building there as well. Then we have the community of Hat Creek, which is technically a Bartonville address but zoned to argyle and that is a bring your own builder and buy your lot back there. So those lots back there are some of the most reasonable priced lots right now. They're all over two acres and you can bring a custom builder in and design, any home that you would like to build. There are also lots scattered all throughout Argyle. Some of the developers are developing, you know, four or five, six lots at a time. We also have homeowners who are willing to parcel off some of the land that they own for you know, high end custom builds. Those homes would more than likely start in the $900 range and go all the way up into a couple of million dollars or even higher depending on the amount of land you have. So right now those are the opportunities that we have for new construction that is zoned to the argyle school district. If you would like help finding a home in the Argyle school district for your family, please call Gina Mullen with Gina Mullen Realty. Thank you.
Sylvia Shults has been a paranormal investigator for several years. She began her career as a ghost hunter as a result of doing the research for her nonfiction book, Ghosts of the Illinois River (Quixote Press, 2010). Her fascination with ghosts dates back to her childhood. She is an avid reader who was raised on Grimm’s Fairy Tales. A few years ago, Shults was inspired to write a collection of people’s supernatural experiences at the Peoria State Hospital in Bartonville, Illinois. This project quickly swelled into Fractured Spirits: Hauntings at the Peoria State Hospital. The book incorporates the history of the asylum as well as the many ghost stories that have arisen out of the asylum’s abandonment. The book, and Shults’ research, was featured on an episode of Ghost Hunters (“Prescription for Fear”, which aired January 30, 2013). Join the Thorne & Cross newsletter for updates, book deals, specials, exclusives, and upcoming guests on Thorne & Cross: Haunted Nights LIVE! by visiting Tamara and Alistair at their websites: alistaircross.com and tamarathorne.com This is a copyrighted, trademarked podcast owned solely by the Authors on the Air Global Radio, LLC.
Sylvia Shults has been a paranormal investigator for several years. She began her career as a ghost hunter as a result of doing the research for her nonfiction book, Ghosts of the Illinois River (Quixote Press, 2010). Her fascination with ghosts dates back to her childhood. She is an avid reader who was raised on Grimm’s Fairy Tales. A few years ago, Shults was inspired to write a collection of people’s supernatural experiences at the Peoria State Hospital in Bartonville, Illinois. This project quickly swelled into Fractured Spirits: Hauntings at the Peoria State Hospital. The book incorporates the history of the asylum as well as the many ghost stories that have arisen out of the asylum’s abandonment. The book, and Shults’ research, was featured on an episode of Ghost Hunters (“Prescription for Fear”, which aired January 30, 2013). Join the Thorne & Cross newsletter for updates, book deals, specials, exclusives, and upcoming guests on Thorne & Cross: Haunted Nights LIVE! by visiting Tamara and Alistair at their websites: alistaircross.com and tamarathorne.com This is a copyrighted, trademarked podcast owned solely by the Authors on the Air Global Radio, LLC.
Well, it's episode 60 and you know what that means, it's time to do the news! It's January so we are pretty much out of the post-season news and getting news that is looking forward to this year's season. What that means for us is a lot of stories about haunts that are planning on opening or planning on closing if certain things do not change. Beyond that, we also have a lot of news about escape rooms as well as special haunted attraction event to promote Resident Evil 7. And that is just the half of it! This week's episode includes: Conference Reminders Disney Closes Tower of Terror in California Bartonville, IL Passes Tough Ordinances on Haunts Historic VA Mill Gets Renovations, Will Open as Haunt IN Man Accused of Impersonating Police Offers to Get Haunt Job Capcom Opens London Haunted Attrction to Promote Resident Evil 7 Owners of China's "Most Haunted" House Say It's No Longer Haunted Ghostbusters Escape Room Opens in D.C. Chris Evans Produces Viral Escape Room Video Discussion About Escape Rooms in General All in all, this is a busy news episode that you do not want to miss!
Visit us at www.paranormalunderground.net to read Paranormal Underground magazine! In this episode of Paranormal Underground Radio: In The Dark, we talk with Sylvia Shults, author of 44 Years in Darkness: A True Story of Madness, Tragedy and Shattered Love. This new book focuses on one of the patients at Peoria State Hospital in Bartonville, Illinois -- a woman whose spirit still roams the rounds of the abandoned asylum. Sylvia has been a paranormal investigator for several years. She began her career as a ghost hunter as a result of doing the research for her nonfiction book Ghosts of the Illinois River (Quixote Press, 2010). Her fascination with ghosts dates back to her childhood, as she is an avid reader who was raised on Grimm’s Fairy Tales. A few years ago, Sylvia was inspired to write a collection of people’s supernatural experiences at the Peoria State Hospital in Bartonville, Illinois. This project quickly swelled into Fractured Spirits: Hauntings at the Peoria State Hospital. The book incorporates the history of the asylum, as well as the many ghost stories that have arisen out of the asylum’s abandonment. In an effort to separate fact from fiction, Sylvia thoroughly explores the true history of the hospital. Air Date: October 6, 2016 Topic: Paranormal Phenomena, Paranormal Research, Haunted Asylum, Peoria State Hospital Guest: Sylvia Shults Correspondent Segment: Krystle Vermes and Manny Veiga Hosts: Karen Frazier and Chuck Gotski Producer: Cheryl Knight-Wilson
Sylvia Shults has been a paranormal investigator for several years. She began her career as a ghost hunter as a result of doing the research for her nonfiction book Ghosts of the Illinois River (Quixote Press, 2010). Her fascination with ghosts dates back to her childhood, as she is an avid reader who was raised on Grimm’s Fairy Tales. A few years ago, Shults was inspired to write a collection of people’s supernatural experiences at the Peo-ria State Hospital in Bartonville, Illinois. This project quickly swelled into Fractured Spirits: Hauntings at the Peoria State Hospital. The book incorporates the history of the asylum as well as the many ghost stories that have arisen out of the asylum’s abandonment. In an effort to separate fact from fiction, Shults thoroughly explores the true history of the hospital. “It’s fascinating,” she says. “The Peoria State Hospital was a place of great advances in mental health care. Was there agony there? I don’t doubt it. Mental illness is an agonizing thing. So is alcoholism. So is TB. But that’s not nearly the whole story of this remarkable institution. There was also incredible tenderness and car-ing. Dr. George Zeller was responsible for unprecedented reforms in the field of mental health care. I feel incredi-bly fortunate to have been able to write a book that not only tells some really unnerving ghost tales, but also the true stories of Dr. Zeller and his dedicated staff.” Fractured Spirits: Hauntings at the Peoria State Hospital is a result of years of research. Shults spoke to dozens of people who have had paranormal experiences at the abandoned asylum. She has also done many investigations of her own. The book, and Shults’ research, was featured on an episode of Ghost Hunters (“Prescription for Fear”, which aired January 30, 2013).
On today's episode we are joined by author and paranormal investigator Sylvia Shults. The Peoria State Hospital opened in 1901 in the village of Bartonville in Illinois. The asylum was home for the mentally ill for seventy-two years and it provided some of the state of the art care at the time, but it was also the scene of some very tragic circumstances. Many people died here, both patients and staff. These tragedies combined with the fact that Bartonville was once Native American land and it is an area surrounded by water and limestone have quite possibly led to the Peoria State Hospital being rumored to be haunted. There seems to be many fractured spirits here at the Peoria State Hospital. Join us as we explore the history and hauntings of Peoria State Hospital with Sylvia Shults. Moment in Oddity features Nosferatu's Director's Skull Stolen and This Day in History features the discovery of Messier 80. Check out the website: http://historygoesbump.com Show notes and links can be found here: http://historygoesbump.blogspot.com/2016/01/hgb-podcast-ep-94-peoria-state-hospital.html Become an Executive Producer: http://patreon.com/historygoesbump
This week Eric, Lon and Amy welcome Sylvia Shults to the program. Sylvia Shults has been a paranormal investigator for several years. She began her career as a ghost hunter as a result of doing the research for her nonfiction book Ghosts of the Illinois River (Quixote Press, 2010). Her fascination with ghosts dates back to her childhood, as she is an avid reader who was raised on Grimm's Fairy Tales. A few years ago, Shults was inspired to write a collection of people's supernatural experiences at the Peoria State Hospital in Bartonville, Illinois. This project quickly swelled into Fractured Spirits: Hauntings at the Peoria State Hospital. The book incorporates the history of the asylum as well as the many ghost stories that have arisen out of the asylum's abandonment. In an effort to separate fact from fiction, Shults thoroughly explores the true history of the hospital. “It's fascinating,” she says. “The Peoria State Hospital was a place of great advances in mental health care. Was there agony there? I don't doubt it. Mental illness is an agonizing thing. So is alcoholism. So is TB. But that's not nearly the whole story of this remarkable institution. There was also incredible tenderness and caring. Dr. George Zeller was responsible for unprecedented reforms in the field of mental health care. I feel incredibly fortunate to have been able to write a book that not only tells some really unnerving ghost tales, but also the true stories of Dr. Zeller and his dedicated staff.” Fractured Spirits: Hauntings at the Peoria State Hospital is a result of years of research. Shults spoke to dozens of people who have had paranormal experiences at the abandoned asylum. She has also done many investigations of her own. The book, and Shults' research, was featured on an episode of Ghost Hunters (“Prescription for Fear”, which aired January 30, 2013). Shults lives in Illinois with her husband. She works at the Fondulac District Library, mostly in order to feed her book addiction. She also serves as the Publicity Director for Dark Continents Publishing. In addition to nonfiction, she also writes romance and horror. She is the first to admit that there is a fine line between the two. "Sylvia Shults's FRACTURED SPIRITS is a fascinating, touching, creepy, riveting read -- a sort of Central Illinois Ghost Adventures -- set in the defunct chambers of the Peoria State Hospital. Shults is a natural story-teller, and she gets at something deeper and more poignant here than mere phantoms..." - Jay Bonansinga, New York Times bestselling co-author of THE WALKING DEAD: THE ROAD TO WOODBURY www.sylviashults.com and www.darkcontinents.com Visit www.facebook.com/FracturedSpirits for an interactive experience. Listen to EVPs, watch videos, and share your own ghost stories about the Peoria State Hospital!
Visiting pastor from Living Hope in Bartonville, Art Georges, teaches from John 6.
In this episode of Paranormal Underground Radio, we talk with Sylvia Shults, author of Fractured Spirits: Hauntings at the Peoria State Hospital! Sylvia Shults has been a paranormal investigator for several years. She began her career as a ghost hunter as a result of doing the research for her nonfiction book Ghosts of the Illinois River (Quixote Press, 2010). Her fascination with ghosts dates back to her childhood, as she is an avid reader who was raised on Grimm’s Fairy Tales. A few years ago, Shults was inspired to write a collection of people’s supernatural experiences at the Peoria State Hospital in Bartonville, Illinois. This project quickly swelled into Fractured Spirits: Hauntings at the Peoria State Hospital. The book incorporates the history of the asylum ,as well as the many ghost stories that have arisen out of the asylum’s abandonment. In an effort to separate fact from fiction, Shults thoroughly explores the true history of the hospital. Air Date: July 25, 2013Topic: Peoria State Hospital, Haunted Sites, Paranormal InvestigationGuest: Sylvia ShultsHosts: Karen Frazier and Rick HaleProducer: Cheryl Knight
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