We explore narratives of a child ghost haunting The Sallie House in Atchison, Kansas. We dive into the Finney family history and discuss Debra Pickman’s ghost memoir, The Sallie House: True Story, which outlines her year-long accounts of living with “Sallie” and the alleged ghost’s temperamental attitude and violent attacks on her husband, Tony Pickman. We conclude with the business of ghost tourism.
CW | TW: This episode discusses the alleged death and afterlife of a child ghost or other entity and suicide. Listener discretion is advised.
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Hosts: Harry Chambers + Drew Hudson
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Theme Song Composer | Podcast Editor: Harry Chambers
Show Concept | Researcher | Lead Writer: Drew Hudson
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Sources
Website: Our History - City of Atchison
Website: Sallie House - Visit Atchison
Website: Sallie House Investigation - GhostResearch.org
FB Page: Haunted Atchison, Kansas
E-Book: The Project Gutenberg eBook of History of Atchison County, Kansas
Book: The Sallie House Haunting: True Story by Debra Pickman
Transcribed Archive: “Dr. Charles C. Finney” via A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans” (William E. Connelley 1918)
Blog: “The Curious Case of Dr. Charles C. Finney” (SkateGuardBlog.com)
Obituary: Michael Crommen Finney (FindAGrave.com)
Obituary: Sallie Isabel Hall (FindAGrave.com)
Journal Article: “Medical Records: A Historical Narrative” by Jacek Lorkowski and Mieczyslaw Pokorski (NIH)
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