Megasode: Where the Only Thing That Doesn't Get Derailed are the Trains

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My Rice Crispies are talking, but what are they saying?! Trains, trains, lots of trains! Happy holidays all and welcome to our first megasode! We were still doing a remote recording with Malcom, Chuck, and Chase for this one. Krysti opens us up with Union Station in downtown Indy. The first union station in the US, this paved the way for train stations to become easier to access for folks. This historic building has gone through several iterations to serve the foks in Indy in a variety of ways. As a hotel this is probably not going to be a destination for Malcom or Krysti due to the ghosts/manikins. Malcom bridges the middle with the Mumler photos and the story of the great spirit photography trend/con. Mumler paved the way for several other folks that capitalized on people’s grief for their own profit. Tori rounds out the megasode with the story of the London Necropolis Railway and Brookwood Cemetery. Another result of the lack of burial space in London proper at the time, this railway and train station were iconic in London from the 1850s and decades later.

Our Sources: atlasobscura.com, nationalgeographic.co.uk, brookwoodcemetery.com, vauxhallhistory.org, cabinetmagazine.org, tbcs.org.uk, derelictplaces.co.uk, ghosthaunted.proboards.com, wiki.com, smithsonianmag.com, history.com, Crowneplazadowntown.com, Wikipedia.org, Haunted Backroads: Central Indiana (and other stories- Nicole R. Kobrowski

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Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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