Death's a Drag
06/02/21 • 17 min
We're kicking off Pride Month by heading to the gayest town in the USA and investigating the flamboyant ghost of the Rose & Crown Guest House. However, this jolly ghost teaches us an important lesson about life and how to live it.
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Alice Foley Newspaper Clippings. (n.d.). Retrieved June 1, 2021, from http://www.provincetownhistoryproject.com/PDF/asg_000_027-alice-foley-founding-member-of-provincetown-aids-support-group.pdf Brathwaite 4/3/2019, L. F. (n.d.). A Home at the End of the World: Provincetown and the AIDS Crisis. LOGO News. Retrieved May 29, 2021, from http://www.newnownext.com/a-home-at-the-end-of-the-world-provincetown-and-the-aids-crisis/04/2019/ Lipari, L. (n.d.). Provincetown Activist Babbitt Dies At 48 After Long Illness. 1. Desroches, S. (2018, October 24). Ghost in a Gown. Provincetown Magazine. https://provincetownmagazine.com/index.php/2018/10/24/ghost-in-a-gown/ Miner, R. (n.d.). Homo Haunts: New England’s Gay Ghosts Come Out of the Closet | Boston Spirit Magazine. Retrieved May 29, 2021, from http://bostonspiritmagazine.com/2012/09/homo-haunts/ MYERS, K. C. (n.d.). Early Cape AIDS activist dies. Capecodtimes.Com. Retrieved May 29, 2021, from https://www.capecodtimes.com/article/20090426/NEWS/904260326 Provincetown, Massachusetts—Wikipedia. (n.d.). Retrieved May 31, 2021, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provincetown,_Massachusetts Rose & Crown Guest House – Provincetown Business Guild. (n.d.). Retrieved May 31, 2021, from https://ptown.org/business-directory/rose-crown-guest-house/ Rose and Crown Guest House. (n.d.). Rosecrown. Retrieved May 29, 2021, from https://www.roseandcrownptown.com Summers, K. (2009). Queer Hauntings. Lethe Press.
We're kicking off Pride Month by heading to the gayest town in the USA and investigating the flamboyant ghost of the Rose & Crown Guest House. However, this jolly ghost teaches us an important lesson about life and how to live it.
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Episode Transcript: Available below the sources in the show notes
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SOURCES:
Alice Foley Newspaper Clippings. (n.d.). Retrieved June 1, 2021, from http://www.provincetownhistoryproject.com/PDF/asg_000_027-alice-foley-founding-member-of-provincetown-aids-support-group.pdf Brathwaite 4/3/2019, L. F. (n.d.). A Home at the End of the World: Provincetown and the AIDS Crisis. LOGO News. Retrieved May 29, 2021, from http://www.newnownext.com/a-home-at-the-end-of-the-world-provincetown-and-the-aids-crisis/04/2019/ Lipari, L. (n.d.). Provincetown Activist Babbitt Dies At 48 After Long Illness. 1. Desroches, S. (2018, October 24). Ghost in a Gown. Provincetown Magazine. https://provincetownmagazine.com/index.php/2018/10/24/ghost-in-a-gown/ Miner, R. (n.d.). Homo Haunts: New England’s Gay Ghosts Come Out of the Closet | Boston Spirit Magazine. Retrieved May 29, 2021, from http://bostonspiritmagazine.com/2012/09/homo-haunts/ MYERS, K. C. (n.d.). Early Cape AIDS activist dies. Capecodtimes.Com. Retrieved May 29, 2021, from https://www.capecodtimes.com/article/20090426/NEWS/904260326 Provincetown, Massachusetts—Wikipedia. (n.d.). Retrieved May 31, 2021, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provincetown,_Massachusetts Rose & Crown Guest House – Provincetown Business Guild. (n.d.). Retrieved May 31, 2021, from https://ptown.org/business-directory/rose-crown-guest-house/ Rose and Crown Guest House. (n.d.). Rosecrown. Retrieved May 29, 2021, from https://www.roseandcrownptown.com Summers, K. (2009). Queer Hauntings. Lethe Press.
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3 O'Clock on a Thursday
Just north of Appleton, New York lies a winery with a dark past: murderous Free Masons and more than 5 deaths that occurred at 3:00pm on a Thursday. But what is the truth? Let's take a deep dive into the archival record to find out if Marjim Manor serves up more than just good spirits.
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Calud, D., & O’Connor, C. (2009). Beds, "Spooks and “Spirits”: Winery at Marjim Manor. In Haunted Buffalo: Ghosts in the Queen City (Haunted America) (e-book edition, pp. 42–46). The History Press. Daniel Klaes. (2016, August 11). Behind The Shadows—S4E41(Marjim Manor). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPVUiNhesRM&t=126s Dr. Chas. A. Ring Dies In His Chair. (1908, February 29). Buffalo Courier. http://newscomwc.newspapers.com/image/370258421/?terms=%22Charles%20A.%20Ring%22&pqsid=QV-w-sFoCwGcj6mQdP1cPw%3A1184000%3A401194203&match=1 Ghost Stories, Sightings and Experiences with our Spirits at The Winery at Marjim Manor. (n.d.). Retrieved May 21, 2021, from https://marjimmanor.com/legend_current_ghost_sightings.html Haunted Ghost Wineries Across The United States. (2016, October 28). Uncorked: The Blog. https://www.cawineclub.com/blog/haunted-ghost-wineries-across-united-states/ History of Newfane , New York. (n.d.). Retrieved May 21, 2021, from http://history.rays-place.com/ny/newfame-ny.htm History of the Winery at Marjim Manor in Appleton, NY. (n.d.). Retrieved May 20, 2021, from https://marjimmanor.com/legend_history.html Lewis E Merritt (1833-1865)—Find A Grave... (n.d.). Retrieved May 21, 2021, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/114506704/lewis-e-merritt Lewis W Merritt (1833-1863)—Find A Grave... (n.d.). Retrieved May 21, 2021, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/157239658/lewis-w-merritt Marjim Manor. (2018). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Marjim_Manor&oldid=833048263 MARJIM MANOR: House has history of hauntings | Local News | lockportjournal.com. (n.d.). Retrieved May 21, 2021, from https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/local_news/marjim-manor-house-has-history-of-hauntings/article_7e3938a5-6515-5654-97ff-8ec38b0a8999.html Neighbors, J. (2012, October 3). Joy’s JOY of Wine: Haunted Wineries of the Eastern U.S. Joy’s JOY of Wine. http://joysjoyofwine.blogspot.com/2012/10/haunted-wineries-of-eastern-us.html New York, U.S., Death Index, 1852-1956—AncestryLibrary.com. (n.d.). Retrieved May 21, 2021, from https://search.ancestrylibrary.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=61535&h=1914175&tid=&pid=&queryId=0878014bbcbcc4dd6f5ee56dc6197304&usePUB=true&_phsrc=eBA323&_phstart=successSource Obituary for Florella C. Morse RIPLEY. (1908, September 16). The Buffalo Enquirer, 9. Obituary of Shubal Merritt. (1881, March 7). Buffalo Morning Express, page 6. Our Resident Ghosts at the Winery at Marjim Manor in Appleton, NY. (n.d.). Retrieved May 20, 2021, from https://marjimmanor.com/legend_...Next Episode
Queer Ghosts: Remembering the Victims of the Upstairs Lounge Arson Attack
Before the Pulse Massacre in 2016, the UpStairs Lounge Arson Attack was deadliest known assault on a gay club in US history. Not only was this a horrific event, killing 32 individuals, the apathy and lack of response by the local community illustrates how far queer liberation has brought us and how much further we need to go.
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32 People Died In The UpStairs Lounge Fire In 1973. Why Was It Forgotten? (n.d.). Retrieved June 20, 2021, from https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2019/05/06/upstairs-lounge-fire
A Horrific Haunting in New Orleans’ LGBTQ Community: The Upstairs Lounge Arson Fire – Queer Paranormal. (n.d.). Retrieved June 22, 2021, from https://moonspenders.com/2018/11/26/a-horrific-haunting-in-new-orleans-lgbtq-community-the-upstairs-lounge-arson-fire/
Dier, C. (2015, June 24). The Upstairs Lounge Fire: The Largest Massacre of Gay People in U.S. History. Chris Dier. https://chrisdier.com/2015/06/24/the-upstairs-lounge-fire-the-largest-massacre-of-gays-in-u-s-history/
Downs, J. (2018, June 22). New Evidence Shows That During the 1973 UpStairs Lounge Arson, Gays Had to Take Rescue Efforts Into Their Own Hands. Slate Magazine. https://slate.com/human-interest/2018/06/upstairs-lounge-arson-evidence-shows-gay-rescue-efforts-amid-official-indifference.html
Duplechien. (2016, September 20). Haunted Nation: Jimani Lounge - New Orleans, LA (A Hate Crime for the Ages). Haunted Nation. https://hauntednation.blogspot.com/2016/09/jimani-lounge-new-orleans-la-hate-crime.html
Paper Monuments, Perez, F., Lerman, L., & Artist. (n.d.). Arson Attack on the UpStairs Lounge. New Orleans Historical. Retrieved June 20, 2021, from https://neworleanshistorical.org/items/show/1431?tour=91&index=37
Prejudice & Pride: Revisiting the tragic fire that killed 32 in a New Orleans gay bar—YouTube. (2018, June 28). ABC News. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPWrK9Pu7Gk
says, L. C. (2018, June 20). Fire at the Up Stairs Lounge—Episode #66. Beyond Bourbon Street. http://beyondbourbonst.com/fire-at-the-up-stairs-lounge-episode-66/
The Haunted Jimani Bar in the French Quarter | Ghosts of the Jimani. (n.d.). Ghost City Tours. Retrieved June 21, 2021, from https://ghostcitytours.com/new-orleans/haunted-places/haunted-restaurants-bars/jimani-bar/
The Upstairs Lounge Fire: The Largest Massacre of Gay People in U.S. History – Chris Dier. (n.d.). Retrieved June 22, 2021, from https://chrisdier.com/2015/06/24/the-upstairs-lounge-fire-the-largest-massacre-of-gays-in-u-s-history/
Times-Picayune, M. D., NOLA com |. The. (2018, June 22). ABC releases documentary on anniversary of deadly UpStairs Lounge fire. NOLA.Com. https://www.nola.com/entertainment_life/movies_tv/article_fc4ff24c-b373-5734-8eb4-ab6cda668771.html
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