Episode 174: From Scratch (ad-free)

Much like our instinct to set up a home in new places, humans are good at creating everything else we might need. And that includes folklore. But if even half of the stories that have been born in this one town are true, there’s a lot to be afraid of.

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Further Reading

1. Anderson, Hannah. “7 of the Most Haunted Spots in Milwaukee.” Milwaukee Magazine. 5/23/2011. https://www.milwaukeemag.com/ghosttown.
2. “Ashland, WI Lumber District Fire, Aug 1900.” GenDisasters. http://www.gendisasters.com/wisconsin/22605/ashland-wi-lumber-district-fire-aug-1900.
3. Devon Bell, Haunted Summerwind: A Ghostly History of a Wisconsin Mansion (Charleston: Haunted America, 2016).
4. Beutner, Jeff. “Newhall House, 1883, After the Fire.” Urban Milwaukee. 8/5/2014. https://urbanmilwaukee.com/2014/08/05/yesterdays-milwaukee-newhall-house-1883-after-the-fire.
5. Cunningham, Emma. “Witches of Whitewater: The Truth Behind the Legend”. Royal Purple News. 10/29/2013. https://royalpurplenews.com/11879/lifestyle/witches-of-whitewater-the-truth-behind-the-legend.
6. “Diableries in Milwaukee.” Wisconsin State Journal. 8/11/1874. P. 2.
7. Estep, Kim. “Tales of heroism, tragedy swirl around fire.” Green Bay Press-Gazette. 10/8/1996. Pg. 23.
8. “Execution of Caffee.” Southport Telegraph. 11/16/1842. P. 2.
9. “Fire Ruins ‘Haunted’ Mansion.” Green Bay Press-Gazette. 6/23/1988.
10. “Fires Everywhere.” Appleton Post. 10/5/1871. P. 3.
11. “Four Miners Meet Death by Explosion.” Platteville Witness. 12/29/1909. P. 1.
12. “The Ghosts of Hamilton House B&B.” Discover Whitewater. 10/3/2019. https://www.discoverwhitewater.org/blog/the-ghosts-of-hamilton-house-bb.
13. Linda S. Godfrey, Haunted Wisconsin: Ghosts and Strange Phenomena of the Badger State (Mechanicsburg: Stackpole Books, 2010).
14. “Granton Man Describes ‘Paranormal’ Events.” Leader-Telegram. 11/9/1979. p. 7. https://www.newspapers.com/image/360500656/?terms=summerwind&match=1.
15. Dennis William Hauck, Haunted Places, The National Director: Ghostly Abodes, Sacred Sites, UFO Landings, and Other Supernatural Locations. Second Updated and Revised Edition (New York: Penguin Books, 2002).
16. A Haunting. Season 1, Episode 2. “The Haunting of Summerwind.” Directed by Stuart Taylor. Aired 11/4/2005 on Discovery Channel. https://www.travelchannel.com/shows/a-haunting/episodes/ghosts-of-summerwind.
17. Hesselberg, George. “Necktie Party is Called Off Mineral Point’s Re-Enactment of an 1842 Hanging is Postponed, But there’s a Chance it could Happen in Spring.” Madison.com. 9/24/2006. https://madison.com/news/necktie-party-is-called-off-mineral-point-s-re-enactment/article_1a841052-dc6f-5c08-8ad6-e1a8836bcafe.html.
18. Hill, Jerald E. Problems of Fire in Nuclear Warfare. Santa Monica: Rand Corporation, Aug 21, 1961. https://web.archive.org/web/20130218040912/http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=AD673703&Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf.
19. Hillinger, Michael. “Gems of Whitewater, Episode 6: The Water Tower.” Whitewater Community Television. 2019. Accessed via Wisconsin Frights. https://www.wisconsinfrights.com/witches-tower-whitewater.
20. Hintz, Charlie. “Haunted Whitewater: Witches, Spirits, Lake Monsters and Morris Pratt’s School of Spiritualism. Cult of Weird. https://www.cultofweird.com/paranormal/morris-pratt-institute-of-spiritualism.
21. History.com Editors. “Wisconsin.”  History. 8/21/2018 (originally published 11/6/2009). https://www.history.com/topics/us-states/wisconsin.
22. History of Iowa County, Wisconsin. Chicago: Western Historical Society, 1881. https://archive.org/details/historyofiowacou00chic/page/n9/mode/2up?q=Caffee.
23. “The History of Morris Pratt Institute.” Morris Pratt Institute. http://www.morrispratt.org.
24. “History of Our Town.” Mineral Point Chamber of Commerce. https://www.mineralpoint.com/history-of-our-town.
25. Jansen, Robert. “What Makes Whitewater the ‘Second Salem.’” Royal Purple News. 10/29/2013. https://royalpurplenews.com/11881/lifestyle/what-makes-whitewater-the-second-salem.
26. “Lead Mining in Southern Wisconsin: The Birth of the Badgers.” Wisconsin Historical Society. https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Article/CS408.
27. Morton, W.E., Annabel Doulas McArthur, and Paul F. Neverman. The Wisconsin Centennial Story of Disasters and Other Unfortunate Events. Wisconsin State Centennial Committee, 1948, https://content.wisconsinhistory.org/digital/collection/tp/id/30030.
28. “Most Haunted Places in Milwaukee, WI.” Haunted Rooms America. https://www.hauntedrooms.com/wisconsin/milwaukee/haunted-places.
29. “New Richmond Tornado (1899).” Wisconsin Historical Society. https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Article/CS1919.
30. “Newhall House Hotel Fire Remembered at Halloween Tour.” Milwaukee Independent. 11/1/2016. http://www.milwaukeeindependent.com/articles/newhall-house-hotel-fire-remembered-at-halloween-tour.
31. “Newhall House Hotel Fire: The Tragedy of January 10, 1883.” Wisconsin Historical Society. https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Article/CS268.
32. Michael Norman, Haunted Wisconsin. Third Edition (Madison: Terrace Books, 2011).
33. “The Only Spiritualist School.” The Topeka Daily Capital. 1/30/1903. P. 2.
34. “Only Spiritualists School in World Reopens at Whitewater.” The Capital Times. 9/1/1935. P. 4.
35. “Pioneer Spiritualism Institute Closes Doors.” The Boston Globe. 12/6/1932. P. 16.
36. Purpero, Alena. “Paranormal Team Plagues Whitewater Triangle.” Royal Purple News. 10/27/2016. https://royalpurplenews.com/20090/lifestyle/paranormal-team-plagues-whitewater-triangle.
37. “Sarah Ellen Van Giesen Posey.” Find a Grave. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/135732206/sarah-ellen-posey.
38. S.E. Schlosser, Spooky Wisconsin: Tales of Hauntings, Strange Happenings, and Other Local Lore (Helena, MT: GPP, 2008).
39. “A Second Look at Summerwind Mansion.” Paranormal Investigators of Milwaukee. 12/2/2019. https://paranormalmilwaukee.com/news/a-second-look-summerwind-mansion.
40. “Short Specials.” Green Bay Press-Gazette. 1/31/1893. Pg. 3.
41. “Should Expose False Mediums.” Portage Daily Democrat. 4/21/1905. P. 3.
42. “Site of Old Whitewater Institute bought for New Telephone Exchange.” Janesville Daily Gazette. 9/18/1958. P. 4.
43. “Spiritualists Meet.” The Springfield Leader and Democrat. 10/22/1902. P. 1.
44. “A Spiritualist School: The Morris Pratt Institute.” Abilene Weekly Chronicle. 2/26/1903. P. 8.
45. Brad Steiger, Real Ghosts, Restless Spirits, and Haunted Placed. 2nd Edition (Canton, MI: Visible Ink Press, 2013).
46. Story, Olivia. “Spiritualism and the ‘Spook’s Temple.” Royal Purple News. 10/28/2019. https://royalpurplenews.com/25692/campus/spiritualism-and-the-spooks-temple.
47. Swancer, Brent. “Hauntings and Bizarre Phenomena at Summerwind Mansion.” Mysterious Universe. 10/16/2020. https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2020/10/hauntings-and-bizarre-phenomena-at-summerwind-mansion.
48. “Terrible Work of the Wind.” The Oshkosh Northwestern. 6/13/1899., p.1.
49. Herbert Thurston, Ghosts and Poltergeists (Chicago: Henry Regnery Co, 1954).
50. “Top 5 Haunted Places in Whitewater, WI (aka The Second Salem).” Discover Whitewater. 10/21/2020. https://www.discoverwhitewater.org/blog/top-5-haunted-places-in-whitewater-wi-aka-the-second-salem.
51. “Trial for Murder.” Wiskonsan Enquirer. 9/29/1842. P. 2.
52. Viele, Kelli. “Famous People of Whitewater.” Royal Purple News. 2/25/2015. https://royalpurplenews.com/16112/lifestyle/famous-people-of-whitewater.
53. “Walker House.” HauntedHouses.com. http://hauntedhouses.com/wisconsin/walker-house.
54. “Where is Oliver William Posey Buried?”. People Legacy. https://peoplelegacy.com/oliver_william_posey-5X5N501.
55. “Where is Sara E Van Giesen Posey Buried?”. People Legacy. https://peoplelegacy.com/sarah_e_van_giesen_posey-6Z5N501.
56. “Will Fight Association.” The Minneapolis Journal. 10/19/1905.
57. Wilson, Dennis A. “Mining Disasters in Southwest Wisconsin.” https://www.academia.edu/3765168/Mine_Disasters_in_Southwest_Wisconsin_by_Dennis_A_Wilson.
58. Wundram, Bill. “Summerwind: More Ghostly than Ever.” Quad-City Times. 10/29/1995.
59. Mark Wyman, The Wisconsin Frontier (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1998).