Centralia, Pennsylvania Firey Ghost Town | Yore Town Podcast Episode 35

12/04/23 • 21 min

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This episode explores the story of Centralia, Pennsylvania, a ghost town that has been burning for decades. The town's decline began with the decline of the coal mining industry, and a fire that started in a landfill in 1962 has been burning underground ever since. The fire has caused sinkholes and released toxic gases, leading to the evacuation of the town. The government eventually used eminent domain to condemn all the buildings in the area. Centralia has become a subject of fascination and has been featured in books, documentaries, and films.

Centralia, Pennsylvania is a ghost town that has been burning for decades due to an underground coal mine fire.

The decline of the coal mining industry and a fire in a landfill in 1962 contributed to the town's decline.

The fire has caused sinkholes and released toxic gases, leading to the evacuation of the town.

The government used eminent domain to condemn all the buildings in the area, and Centralia has become a subject of fascination.

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Centralia, Pennsylvania is a ghost town that has been burning for decades due to an underground coal mine fire.

The decline of the coal mining industry and a fire in a landfill in 1962 contributed to the town's decline.

The fire has caused sinkholes and released toxic gases, leading to the evacuation of the town.

The government used eminent domain to condemn all the buildings in the area, and Centralia has become a subject of fascination.

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The Mysterious Disappearance Of Helen Brach | Yore Town Podcast Episode 34

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Hi, Meg. Hey, we're back. We indeed are. We had and for everybody just listening to this your town podcast, we got another episode. And welcome everybody. Hopefully you guys have a great Thanksgiving. And we're trying a little bit different of a format. So anybody that does continue to give feedback like all the amazing people on the deluxe edition network, shout out to them and the podcast of the month, the beard laws podcast and take on the world. Make sure you guys check them out deluxe edition network.com.

and let us know if you like this new format. And as always, if you have a story from a town that you've heard of, you live near, please just give us a topic. We're going to do some writing. Zach's still not back. Pretty busy. Keep going. I'm going to be back. I'm going to be back. So I wrote it. And that's cool because I'm having a little bit more fun with this. And again, new format. Meg, are you excited about the new format? And why she went, is because she's going to do a little bit more talking in this episode on a cool story. So

I like my dribbling. Well, it turns out you were a cheerleader, not a basketball player. So no more dribbling. Well, let's try this. And if you if you don't like it, we'll go back to sprinkling and dribbling. Fair. I like to just do a dusting here and there. OK. Well, fair enough. So either way, what we're going to do is we might as well, I guess. Why don't you tell them a little bit about the intro there? Well, today.

We are going to be talking about a story that involves mystery, wealth, and the disappearance of a predominant socialite. It's the intriguing tale of Helen Brock, Chicago's greatest unsolved murder mystery. I know. Dun dun dun. There it is. I love it. Like I said, I've done a little bit of some research on this. This randomly popped into my brain. We're going to do the introduction here. And I'm going to...

We're gonna do the intro real quick, and then I'm gonna get into it and why I found this story. So, ready for the intro? Should we run the intro? We're on it. All right, we're gonna do it right now. All right, so you're probably wondering who is Helen Brock? All right, she was born in 1911, so we're kicking it back. We're not doing the 2000s anymore. We're going back to 1911, and she was a Harris to the Brock's candy fortune. And for anybody, what are you looking at me like that for? Did I say it wrong? Say that one more time. Harris?

Beard Laws (02:20.278)

Harris? Yeah. It's an heiress. Heiress of the heiress. She's the hairiest heiress. So she's the heiress. OK, I've never heard anyone say it like that. Yeah, it's hard for me. I say funny words and on all the shows, people are like, oh, Matt, can't say those words, but they're sure funny. It was for comedic purposes. I apologize. No, it's good. It's OK. I saw I could feel guard could feel the look from you. And I was like, OK. But either way, she was the heiress to the Brock's candy fortune.

and Meg and anybody else. I love candy corn and the best candy corn is from the Brock's Candy Company. Even have some in studio if you don't believe me. Hear that crinkle? Brock's baby. I'm a big fan of it. I mean, you can leave it open. It just never goes bad. It's you buy a bag and say best buy the next four years. So the company itself was founded in 1904, seven years before she was even born.

And just another kind of fact is Helen was really known for her love of horses, philanthropy, and she was a very, very prominent kind of figure in Chicago's high society during the gangster phases of the mid-20th century. Soon we'll discover her life took a dark turn. In the mid-1970s, Helen vanished without a trace, leaving behind a web of unanswered questions. It was a very tangled...

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The Skelton Of Jeff Davis | Yore Town Podcast Episode 36

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In this episode, the hosts discuss the mysterious skeleton of Jeff Davis from Ragersville, Ohio. Jeff Davis was a criminal who committed various crimes and was eventually lynched by the townspeople. His body went through a series of owners and was even displayed in a doctor's office before finally being put on permanent exhibit in a local history museum. The small town of Ragersville kept the story a secret for many years, but the discovery of the skeleton brought it to light.Takeaways

The story of Jeff Davis and his skeleton is a fascinating and disturbing tale of crime and punishment.
The small town of Ragersville, Ohio, kept the story a secret for many years, refusing to talk about the lynching and the passing of the skeleton from owner to owner.
The discovery of the skeleton in the 1980s and its subsequent display in a local history museum brought the story to public attention.
The journey of Jeff Davis' skeleton highlights the strange and macabre ways in which human remains can be treated and passed down through generations.

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