Premium Episode 52: The Baleroy Mansion One Strange Thing: Paranormal & True-Weird Mysteries

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Chestnut Hill is a desirable neighborhood in the deliciously weird city of Philadelphia. But there’s very, very old American history there, too – so is it all that big a surprise that a mansion there is haunted? The real question is: between the death chair, the ghost boys, and the screaming parrot… who would film a music video there?

Hosted by Laurah Norton
Researched by Maura Currie and Anna Luria
Written, Produced and Engineered by Maura Currie

Bill Hayden, “Ghosts of Ney and Milton…” The News Journal, 1973.
Claire Huff, “The ghosts of Chestnut Hill,” Philadelphia Inquirer, 1976.
NA, “A high-spirited evening…” Philadelphia Inquirer, 1989.
Kevin Feeley, “My Neighbor’s Chestnut Hill…” BillyPenn/WHYY, 2015.
Beverly J. Smith, “A Magical Mystic Tour,” Philadelphia Inquirer, 1973.
Ron Avery. “Squire revels in domain…” Philadelphia Daily News, 1991.
Kaitlyn Foti, “Chestnut Hill’s Baleroy…” Chestnut Hill-Mt. Airy Patch, 2011.
Philly Ghosts
Chestnut Hill, PA
Ally Mullen, “Interview: Sean Pecknold,” Urban Outfitters Blog, 2012 (via Wayback Machine)

Chestnut Hill is a desirable neighborhood in the deliciously weird city of Philadelphia. But there’s very, very old American history there, too – so is it all that big a surprise that a mansion there is haunted? The real question is: between the death chair, the ghost boys, and the screaming parrot… who would film a music video there?

Hosted by Laurah Norton
Researched by Maura Currie and Anna Luria
Written, Produced and Engineered by Maura Currie

Bill Hayden, “Ghosts of Ney and Milton…” The News Journal, 1973.
Claire Huff, “The ghosts of Chestnut Hill,” Philadelphia Inquirer, 1976.
NA, “A high-spirited evening…” Philadelphia Inquirer, 1989.
Kevin Feeley, “My Neighbor’s Chestnut Hill…” BillyPenn/WHYY, 2015.
Beverly J. Smith, “A Magical Mystic Tour,” Philadelphia Inquirer, 1973.
Ron Avery. “Squire revels in domain…” Philadelphia Daily News, 1991.
Kaitlyn Foti, “Chestnut Hill’s Baleroy…” Chestnut Hill-Mt. Airy Patch, 2011.
Philly Ghosts
Chestnut Hill, PA
Ally Mullen, “Interview: Sean Pecknold,” Urban Outfitters Blog, 2012 (via Wayback Machine)

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