Alex is back this week with a reportedly haunted American hot spot. Taking things back to West Virginia, Sweet Springs Resort seemed to be an ideal location for the countries most notable to visit. However, "Old Sweet" would encounter the civil war, tuberculosis, financial hardship and change of hands throughout its longstanding history. Which begs the question - who, or what, remains from the buildings over 200 years of existence? Tune in to learn more about Sweet Springs, and all the spookiness associated with this historical building. Need a distraction? I got you.
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Resources:
Haunted Journeys website - “Sweet Springs Sanatorium” - author not listed - https://www.hauntedjourneys.com/haunted-sites/4578-sweet-springs-sanitarium
American Indian COC website - “Native American Tribes & Indian History in Gap Mills, West Virginia” - https://americanindiancoc.org/native-american-tribes-the-indian-history-in-gap-mills-west-virginia/
Only in Your State website - “The Haunted Ghost Resort in West Virginia That’s a Paranormal Investigators Paradise” - by Cristy - December 21st, 2021 - https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/west-virginia/paranormal-resort-wv/
Sweet Springs Sanatorium Wordpress website - https://sweetspringssanitarium.wordpress.com/
Abandoned Online website - “Sweet Springs Resort” - https://abandonedonline.net/location/sweet-springs-resort/
Higgypop website - “Paranormal Lockdown US: old Sweet Springs, West Virginia Review” - no author listed - March 18th, 2021 - https://www.higgypop.com/news/paranormal-lockdown-us-old-sweet-springs/
Wikipedia - Sweet Springs Resort - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_Springs_Resort
Wikipedia - Gilbert du Mother, Marquis de Lafayette - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_du_Motier,_Marquis_de_Lafayette
Facebook reviews - https://www.facebook.com/hauntedsweetsprings/reviews/?ref=page_internal
Google reviews - https://www.google.com/search?q=Sweet+Springs+Resort+%26+Sanatorium&oq=sweet+springs+resort+&aqs=chrome.0.69i59j69i57j69i59j46i20i175i199i263i512j0i512j69i60l3.9948j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#lrd=0x884c524fa515da09:0x8df3d6237a833ea6,1
Sweet Springs Park website - https://www.sweetspringsresortpark.org/
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