The Macabre Epstein Hotel_ Stomach-Churning Events of 1898 (Missouri_ Ozarks)
In this episode, we investigate a lesser-known piece of Missouri history: the 1898 fire at the Elms Hotel in Excelsior Springs and its connection to macabre events that left more than just ashes behind. The first Elms Hotel, which opened in 1888, was destroyed by fire on May 9, 1898, only to be rebuilt and burn again in 1910 [citation:14]. But the fire is just the surface of a darker story—one involving a woman still searching the halls for a child, a phantom maid watching over the third floor, and a basement that once hosted Al Capone's illegal gambling parties during Prohibition, where the…
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