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Podcast: Haunted American History
Episode: Edinburgh Manor
Description: A failed courthouse dream on the Iowa prairie slowly transformed into an institution built to house society’s forgotten. Over decades, it became a symbol of shifting attitudes toward poverty, mental illness, and care, until its sudden abandonment left behind more than empty rooms. This episode explores how memory, folklore, and architecture merged into a place where history doesn’t just linger… it watches.YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@HauntedAmericanHistory hauntedamericanhistory.com Patreon- https://www.patreon.com/hauntedamericanhistory LINKS FOR MY DEBUT NOVEL, THE FORGOTTEN BOROUGH Barnes and N...