137: The Olde Park Hotel

Olde Park Hotel in Ballinger Texas is a really haunted place! But the exact history is somewhat obscured for reasons we’ll discuss! Who wants to go visit?!   This week’s sponsor: Acorn TV – www.Acorn.TV (code “grave”) Magic Spoon - Magicspoon.com/grave (code: "grave")   Thank you, Jeff Wampler, for helping with the research!! Check out our sources below for more info and to continue learning! Please Rate & Review us wherever you get your Podcasts!  Mail us something:  GYT Podcast PO Box 542762 Grand Prairie, TX 75054 Leave us a Voicemail! 430-558-1304 Patreon https://www.patreon.com/GraveYardTales Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCc20nfy1wzhlb8jeJoYXa4w Do you want GraveYard Merch?!?! WWW.GraveYardPodcast.com to get you some!  Visit Podbelly.comto find more shows like us and to get information you might need if you’re starting your own podcast. Thank You Darron for our Logo!! You can get in touch with Darron for artwork by searching Darron DuBose on Facebook or Emailing him at [email protected] Thank you to Brandon Adams for our music tracks!! If you want to hear more from Brandon check him out at: Soundcloud.com/brandonadamsj Youtube.com/brandonadams93 Or to get in touch with him for compositions email him at [email protected]   WWW.GraveYardPodcast.com Email us at: [email protected] Find us on social media: Twitter: @GrveYrdPodcast Facebook: @GraveYardTalesPodcast Instagram: @GraveYardTalesPodcast Sources http://oldeparkhotel.com/index.html https://sanangelolive.com/news/entertainment/2015-10-17/old-ballinger-hotel-hub-history-and-paranormal-activity https://www.runnelscountyregister.com/news/20200124/ballingers-olde-park-hotel-featured-on-travel-channel https://frightfind.com/the-olde-park-hotel/ https://paranormalwarehouse.com/the-olde-park-hotel-vidi-space/ https://www.statesman.com/news/20181025/so-called-haunted-hotel-in-west-texas-draws-halloween-crowds https://strangechroniclesfromthegraveyardshift.wordpress.com/2016/02/08/true-haunting-in-ballinger-texas/ http://texasescapes.com/TOWNS/Ballinger/ballinger_tx.htm https://www.texashistoryarchives.com/runnels-county/ballinger-texas https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/ballinger-tx https://ldsgenealogy.com/TX/Ballinger.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olde_Park_Hotel https://sanangelolive.com/news/entertainment/2015-10-17/old-ballinger-hotel-hub-history-and-paranormal-activity https://ballinger-tx.com/about/historic-photographs/ https://www.gosanangelo.com/story/news/local/2018/10/09/ballinger-texas haunted-olde-park-hotel-ghosts-spirits-paranormal-activity/1442960002/  https://www.runnelscountyregister.com/news/20200124/ballingers-olde-par k-hotel-featured-on-travel-channel  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olde_Park_Hotel  https://sanangelolive.com/news/entertainment/2015-10-17/old-ballinger-hot el-hub-history-and-paranormal-activity