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Joseph Skutt: podcast with your host. Joe the Ghost Guy. Last time on. Ghost stories and the unusual paranormal podcast. Joe the ghost guy told us about.
Joseph Skutt: the haunted Lebanon schoolhouse, and how some places are haunted because of residual hauntings of the past. The children that went there and that all places are not scary haunted because out of fear or terror. but for the pure good reasons like pure joy and friendship and love. What is he going to tell us about next? Tune in on this episode of Ghost stories and the unusual paranormal podcast. with your favorite neighborhood ghost investigator. Joe the Ghost Guy.
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Joseph Skutt: I am your favorite neighborhood investigator. Joe the Ghost Guy. Hey. Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend. I know it's...
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Joseph Skutt: as we start today's episode episode.
Joseph Skutt: There are hotels. where you sleep. And then... their hotels. Where you wonder? as something else. sleeping with you.
Joseph Skutt: Tonight. We're traveling deep. It is southwestern Colorado. into the store. down. of Durango.
Joseph Skutt: Colorado. 18. town built. around the railroad. town. that remembers the footsteps.
Joseph Skutt: a miner's Gamblers. Businessmen. Travelers. Outlaws. and people. We never quite.
Joseph Skutt: seem to leave. standing in the heart of of downtown Durango. is a building. that has watched more. than a century past.
Joseph Skutt: through its doors. the Stratner. Hotel.
Joseph Skutt: Built in 1887 Distractor. become one of Durango's most recognized recognizable landmarks.
Joseph Skutt: It's Victorian. architecture. It's very beautiful. it's Wood. what It's woodwork. is elaborate.
Joseph Skutt: Its rooms carry the atmosphere. of another century. but according to stories past. down through the years.
Joseph Skutt: some of the hotel's former occupants may still. be checked in.
Joseph Skutt: tonight. We're going. inside. and after the doors closed. We mean that. too. be alone.
Joseph Skutt: Imagine. Durango. Not late. 19th century the railroad. has arrived. steam engines Fill the air. with smoke.
Joseph Skutt: Horses. Pull wagons through the dusty streets. Miners. merchants. Travelers. Gamblers.
Joseph Skutt: And... adventurers. A riot looking for opportunity. and in the middle of at all. Stance. A brand new hotel.
Joseph Skutt: to stratter when I was often when it has opened its doors in eighteen eighty seven it represented.
Joseph Skutt: Luxury. and sophistication. for a growing. frontier community. guests walk through.
Joseph Skutt: beneath its irate ceilings. They climbed wooden staircases. They entered rooms. Illuminate.
Joseph Skutt: by the technology of the age. Shh. but Hotels are strange places. They are temporary homes.
Joseph Skutt: people. arrived carrying their secrets. They celebrate. They argue. They fall in love. They've become sick They die.
Joseph Skutt: And then... they leave. or At least. That's what they supposed. to be believe.
Joseph Skutt: because according to local legend The Stradler Strader Hotel. has accumulated. something over the decades that doesn't appear on any Reservation list.
Joseph Skutt: Stories. Whispers. Footsteps. And... Of course. Ghost.
Joseph Skutt: Picture yourself. standing in one of the tells. hallways. right after midnight. The lights are low.
Joseph Skutt: The building was quiet. There are no voices. Coming from the lobby. No luggage. rolling across the floor.
Joseph Skutt: the doors opening. Nothing. Just silence. then. Don't. His sound comes somewhere in the hallway.
Joseph Skutt: you wait nothing you take another step. Don't. Closer. You stop.
Joseph Skutt: And then... You hear it. footsteps. slow. measured. approach you.
Joseph Skutt: They can roll louder.
Joseph Skutt: three and four Good luck. towards the end of the hallway. stay let the foot footsteps continue.
Joseph Skutt: And so me. They stop. Right. outside your door. You stare. at the door knob. It doesn't move.
Joseph Skutt: wait
Joseph Skutt: Ten seconds. Goodbye.
Joseph Skutt: 20. 30. the end
Joseph Skutt: You freeze. Another.
Joseph Skutt: another
Joseph Skutt: you reach for the handle. You op - the door. The hallway is empty. completely empty.
Joseph Skutt: but on the wooden floor. You hear one final sound. a final step behind you.
Joseph Skutt: the stator. hotel. is developed. Reputation. for strange occurrences over the years.
Joseph Skutt: guests and visitors. have reported. hearing unexplained footsteps. Doors. have reportedly opened.
Joseph Skutt: Work. closed. Homero. Some people claim to have heard voices. them. Nobody else. was nearby.
Joseph Skutt: others describe. the unsettling c sensation. Thank you. that someone was watching them. And then... there are the stories. of reparations.
Joseph Skutt: figures. appearing briefly. only to disappear at moments later. Now. Are these stories? proof of ghosts.
Joseph Skutt: there are no scientific evidence. establishing that the spirits inhabited the hotel.
Joseph Skutt: Old buildings. make strange noises what expands and contracts. Pipes. Rattle.
Joseph Skutt: wind moves through the walls. people can Misinterpreted shadows. and the human brain.
Joseph Skutt: It's especially good. at turning unexplained sounds There's something meaningful. but That doesn't stop the stories.
Joseph Skutt: And some of these stories. are wicked. remarkably. remarkably present.
Joseph Skutt: further remarkably persistent. persistent
Joseph Skutt: Imagine. checking into a room at the strata.
Joseph Skutt: You unpack your bags.
Joseph Skutt: you admire the historic surroundings. Thank you. You take photographs. Everything seems perfectly normal. Until bedtime.
Joseph Skutt: You turn off the light. Thanks for watching! You lie down. And then... You notice it. the room. feels different.
Joseph Skutt: No. cold. Not necessarily frightening. chest. occupied We hear something move.
Joseph Skutt: A gentle rustle. You sit up. Nothing.
Joseph Skutt: You lie back down. Thinking nothing of it. then. Bye.
Joseph Skutt: the floorboards. Looked towards the door Nothing. another. Bye.
Joseph Skutt: then... This time. from another side of the room. We turn on the lamp. Silence. Turn it off.
Joseph Skutt: Then you hear something. that makes your heart stop. a voice. Not loud. No. Clear. Almost someone is whispering from the hallway.
Joseph Skutt: you sit up. You listen. Nothing. you convince yourself it was just a plumbing. Then a whisper comes again this time.
Joseph Skutt: Closer.
Joseph Skutt: You reach for the light. And the lamp turns on. by itself.
Joseph Skutt: among the types of the stories commonly associated. with the old hotels are sightings mysterious women. dressed in clothing from another era.
Joseph Skutt: The stratter. There's no exception to that. atmosphere. Imagine. Walk him through the hotel. late at night.
Joseph Skutt: at the far end of the hallway. He noticed a woman. She's standing completely still. her clothing. clothing appears old -fashioned.
Joseph Skutt: She looks as though she belongs in another century We assume she's just another guest. You call out. No response. Thank you. You walk closer.
Joseph Skutt: she doesn't know Take another step And then... She turns. Her face. Peace. Hail. her eyes.
Joseph Skutt: scene picks directly on you. You blink. She's gone. No footsteps. nor door closing. Nothing.
Joseph Skutt: Just an empty hallway. And perhaps... the strangest part. you later discover. and nobody mentioned her description.
Joseph Skutt: has ever stayed on your floor.
Joseph Skutt: one of the most fascinating things about the Hana historic hotels is that the supernatural stories often seen connected to the building's past.
Joseph Skutt: You don't just hear random noise. is... According to legend, you hear things. That seemed to belong. in another time. Music.
Joseph Skutt: Laughter. Voices. footsteps. A distant train. door opening. At last breaking.
Joseph Skutt: For a moment It's as the hotel. isn't simply a building. Yes. every hoarding. a place where the past has somehow left.
Joseph Skutt: and an impression. and occasionally someone claims to hear. that the impressions Imagine Stanin. alone. inside the hotel.
Joseph Skutt: The clock reads. to 17. in the morning Then faintly... Here. Piano music.
Joseph Skutt: you walked. towards it. the music. gets louder. Turn the Horror.
Joseph Skutt: and The music stops.
Joseph Skutt: You. look into the empty room. There's nothing there but the piano. is still moving. one key than another.
Joseph Skutt: then silence.
Joseph Skutt: every haunted hotel. seemed to have a story. about someone. Who? never truly left. The strata is no different.
Joseph Skutt: The legends. grow from a simple An unsetting idea. What if there is some? of the hotel's former guests.
Joseph Skutt: are still wandering its halls. today. Think about it. The number of people. who have passed through those doors.
Joseph Skutt: since eighteen 87. Thousands. upon thousands. upon thousands of people. who come to Durango for business.
Joseph Skutt: people traveling west. people worked it in the mind. Thank you. People celebrating. people returning from something.
Joseph Skutt: people searching for something. Some arrive with families. others. just arrived down on their own. alone. And so...
Joseph Skutt: Never make it home.
Joseph Skutt: over more than a century. countless lives. interested with its building. and it's It is here.
Joseph Skutt: We're the legends. Begin.
Joseph Skutt: now Imagine. You're standing in beside an old elevator. It's late. Very late.
Joseph Skutt: The lobby is... nearly empty. You press the button. Bingo!
Joseph Skutt: Doors open. He stepped inside. Press your floor. The doors closed. a winner begins to rise. First floor.
Joseph Skutt: Second. floor. Third floor. And... It stops. Ding! The doors open.
Joseph Skutt: Nobody's standing outside. You wait. The door is... to close. then. A hand appears. between them.
Joseph Skutt: The Doors. reopen again. but There's no person. Nothing. You stare into a hallway.
Joseph Skutt: empty. The doors. Close again. The elevator begins moving. Then you feel something or someone.
Joseph Skutt: standing behind you. you can sense them. You don't want to turn around.
Joseph Skutt: But eventually... You do. Nothing. the elevator reaches your floor. Ding! The door opens.
Joseph Skutt: You step out. and just before the doors close. You hear a voice behind you.
Joseph Skutt: Maybe the ghosts aren't we Maybe they are. But there is another explanation for white places. It's a straddler.
Joseph Skutt: feel so different. His story. has weight. Walk through a modern hotel you may see a the polished floors.
Joseph Skutt: televisions. Phones. And bright lights. Walked through a historic hotel and you're surrounded by evidence. that people live differently.
Joseph Skutt: The wood has been touched by thousands of hands. the stairs have been carried generations of footsteps The doors.
Joseph Skutt: have opened. It closed. Countless. a countless times. Every room. has a story. and when the building becomes quiet.
Joseph Skutt: your imagination. begins filling in. The blinks. It's creaky for board. becomes a footstep. a shadow figure becomes real.
Joseph Skutt: a distant voice. comes a whisper. But sometimes... even on the explanation. doesn't completely remove the filling.
Joseph Skutt: because there are stories. that people remember. Stories. Thank you. Repeated. stories. that become part of the identity.
Joseph Skutt: of a place. and eventually the hotel itself becomes a legend.
Joseph Skutt: Imagine yourself standing at the strata. Your final night. Yeah. heard all the stories.
Joseph Skutt: the footsteps. the voices. voices mysterious mysterious figures. You rap about it. You don't believe in ghosts. At least.
Joseph Skutt: You don't move. Think you do. You go to bed. May the night pass. Thank you. One o 'clock. Two o 'clock.
Joseph Skutt: 3 o 'clock. And then...
Joseph Skutt: footsteps
Joseph Skutt: You open your eyes. than another.
Joseph Skutt: than other footsteps. You're coming from They're coming from the hallway. You sit up. The footsteps stop.
Joseph Skutt: You wait. nothing
Joseph Skutt: He lay back down, thinking nothing of it. then You hear your... door handle No.
Joseph Skutt: slowly very slowly. You're handled. turns.
Joseph Skutt: you stare. The door doesn't open. The handle. Returns to its formal position You breathe again.
Joseph Skutt: And then... You hear the footsteps again. But this time... They're inside the room.
Joseph Skutt: one footstep. Two footsteps. Three footsteps. They're moving. towards the bed. You pulled the blankets over yourself.
Joseph Skutt: the footsteps. Stop. Silence. then. Fill the mattress. Thank you. sync Right beside you.
Joseph Skutt: Something. has just sat down.
Joseph Skutt: Stradler Hotel. has stood. in Durango. for more than one simple more than a century. generations have walked through its doors The world outside has changed.
Joseph Skutt: Technology. has changed. transportation. has changed. Even people. have changed. but The hotel.
Joseph Skutt: remain. So, still standing. Still watching. still carrying the echoes from the past.
Joseph Skutt: Are the stories true? Are they really spirits? wandering the hallways. are the unexplained footsteps evidence of the dead Or...
Joseph Skutt: are these simply this Sounds. of an ancient building setting beneath its weight of its own history. Perhaps we never will know.
Joseph Skutt: but there is something strangely beautiful about the possibility. Because if ghosts exist... then maybe...
Joseph Skutt: a place like the strata There isn't Haunted because the people died there. Maybe. It's haunted because people lived there.
Joseph Skutt: They laughed there. They loved there. They argued. In there. They dreamed in there. And they waited. in there And maybe. be some part of those lives.
Joseph Skutt: Never. completely have disappeared. appeared. so the next time. You're in Durango, Colorado.
Joseph Skutt: And you see the lights on at the Strider Hotel. glowing against the darkness. Remember this. The doors. Me. Close.
Joseph Skutt: I guess. may go to sleep. The streets may become silent. But a according to legends...
Joseph Skutt: The Strater Hotel. never truly Sleeps.
Joseph Skutt: and if you're walking through one of these old hallways after midnight any sheer footsteps behind you. Don't turn around too quickly.
Joseph Skutt: This has been. Your. story. of the Stradler Hotel. Until next time. Keep your lights on Lock your doors.
Joseph Skutt: And whatever you do. Don't answer. The knock.
