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Who was Julia Staub and why is she known as the “American Ghost”?
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I remember. When it came to our house. Агірм сайн фикс за септик систем. Something. And my mother tells him that he should maybe come back when my father's home. from the hallway I see him tall, wiry, red faced, red haired. He says, Sure, he can come back later, of course. Just wants to know. Under ahead. No problems with colors living here. No matter what the neighbors say, always thought. Colored women. We're the most beautiful women on earth. And you know, you know. I'd be willing to cut a deal. Gotta deal to get some of this work done. You need around here. Gotta deal with a fine colored woman like yourself, if you know what I mean. If you know what I mean. A step out there. From the hallway.
He draws back surprise. I walked past both him and my mother. Into the kitchen? I opened the silverware drawer. I pull out a knife. I will it to be sharper. And the butter knife it is, but it is steel. And I will stab this redheaded man with it. I am only nine, but I will stab this man. Or I will break glass, or will find fire. I know this. Like I know the sky is blue. Like I know the taste of a summer peach. I know I will kill this person. I just been drinking a glass of milk. Washing the flit stones. But I know. with utter certainty that I will kill him or perish in the process. Almost As if it has already happened, I know it. I walk back into the living room. Putchin' a knife tight in my fist. Maybe. He's already decided to take his leave.
Maybe. He sees the cold rage in a nine year old boy's eyes. He places his cat. Back on his hand. nods to my mother and backs out the front door. From the window. I see him get into his truck and pull off. I throw the knife into the sink. Walk past my mother, go back into my room. But The anger Doesn't subside. The rage doesn't leak away, instead it builds.
What clues did Jonathan and Hannah uncover about Julia’s life at La Posada?
My skin feels hot. Jaw. Clutch tight. I see myself ending the red faced man in different ways with knives and guns and scarves and sticks and shards And I wonder. If In another world. There waits another me. Sitting in his room. Not clenched. Not furious. But relax. Sitting in the same chair. After washing the blood, From a butter knife.
Spook starts.
Now then. Our first story takes us to New Mexico. Which because it was the land of many, many battles. It's now a land of many, many spirits. But there's one ghost in particular. She's not a ghost of a war battle. She's the ghost of a nineteenth century Jewish immigrant mother. And she's made. One hell of a name for herself. Speak.
So the ghost is named Julia Staub and she's my great great grandmother. We started hearing stories about a pale woman in a black Victorian gown who kept being seen by guests at the hotel that had once been her home. Um n the hotel is called La Posada. I wanted to know Just what she was like. So I went on a quest to find all the information I possibly could about my great great grandmother. I think the idea was just anything and everything and and trying to approach it from any angle I could which included Newspaper reading old newspapers, doing oral histories with family members. Um I I tried very hard t to interact with her. I started with a tarot card reader, then um a phone psychic. I went to a psychic colony in Florida.
I um met with a clairvoyant in the library of her house. I I even ate a marijuana cookie hoping hoping to open myself up to
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Who was Julia Staub and why is she known as the “American Ghost”?
0:01–4:04
2
What clues did Jonathan and Hannah uncover about Julia’s life at La Posada?
4:04–9:09
3
How did the hotel staff experience Julia’s presence and what rituals did they try?
9:09–13:55
4
What was the strange encounter Jonathan had in Julia’s old bedroom?
13:55–18:13
5
How did the “dancing lights” phenomenon affect Jonathan’s perception of the ghost?
18:13–22:26
6
What led Alex, Ryan, and AJ to explore the abandoned house in Modesto?
22:26–28:40
7
What terrifying events did the trio experience inside the abandoned home?
28:40–33:16
8
Why did the explorers decide to never return to the house after the knife incident?
33:16–37:28