So... I've been tossing the idea around for quite sometime to start a blog, a collection of complete randomness that I can share with the world. Or maybe it will just be my own little world... I guess we'll find out. So, here it is-the beginning! Welcome friend; come along for the ride or just peek in occasionally if you like!
Friday, April 9, 2010
Sooo Creepy
Recently My Mr. had to make a trip down to Gooding, Idaho for a job. The hotel they stayed at (The Get Inn) looked rather nice in the brochures (and on their website, too.) When they got to the place it looked a little different a few broken windows, a broken down VW van in the parking lot, and they didn't use the front entrance. (The building is being renovated and is a work in progress.)
On the inside the rooms were nice, the front lobby was cozy and it has a cute little deck with a fire pit (which the guys enjoyed nightly) and a BBQ. The bedrooms didn't have bathrooms; there were two community bathrooms down the hall. (There are only eight rooms.) Also, there was a full community kitchen.
My Mr. and his crew; after checking in went to find supper. At a local restaraunt, while filling up on good food, got their fill on some local lore.
After a little bit of research here's what I found (and confirmed). The building was originally built in 1917 as a college. The college was established by the Methodist Episcopal Church and due to finances failed in 1938. The state of Idaho took over the property in the early 1940's for use as a tuberculosis hospital. The building that the hotel is in was used as living quarters for nurses and doctors. The hospital was supposed to accomodate up to 150 patients, but because World War II was taking place at that time, there was personnel and material shortages, the hospital didn't open until 1947. When it did open there were only 50 beds. Someone working there gave My Mr. a little tour and told him some of the history. One thing the "young guy" (hey, at least he took some pictures for me, right?) told him was that there was an incinerator in the basement of the hospital where they would dispose of the deceased to stop the spread of TB. I don't know if that is the same building they were staying in or one that had been demolished. Sounds like a recipe for a haunting to me!
Another little "SoooCreepy" fact in this story: In 1945 the Minidoka Relocation Center, located between the towns of Twin Falls and Jerome closed. For those of you who don't know (I was one), this was an internment camp for Japanese and Japanese decendants during World War II. Some of the camp's buildings and equipment were moved to the hospital grounds in 1948, making the bed count 90. I read somewhere (I wish I could remember so I could state my source. And so you wouldn't think that I made this up!) that just because a person had never been somewhere when they were alive doesn't mean that can't go there after they're dead. If their essence was on something and taken someplace that they had never been, their spirit could visit there.
The hospital closed for good in 1976, leaving behind a rundown 19,000-square- foot building with more than 45 rooms.
The building is on the National Paranormal Registry. There have been reports of footsteps heard in vacant halls, unexplained whispers and apparitions of a woman and a young girl together, and an older man in a white coat alone. I found a website that claims to have a video clip that was taken in the basement in the dark and then there's a flash of light and you can see the image of a little girl. I can't confirm or deny the video. I did not watch it. I am a chicken.
My Mr. and his crew enjoyed their stay at the hotel enough so that three days later they went back and stayed some more. Between both stays they were there a total of eight days. There were four guys and they all reported seeing and hearing nothing, but concurred that it definately felt like it could be haunted.
On the inside the rooms were nice, the front lobby was cozy and it has a cute little deck with a fire pit (which the guys enjoyed nightly) and a BBQ. The bedrooms didn't have bathrooms; there were two community bathrooms down the hall. (There are only eight rooms.) Also, there was a full community kitchen.
My Mr. and his crew; after checking in went to find supper. At a local restaraunt, while filling up on good food, got their fill on some local lore.
After a little bit of research here's what I found (and confirmed). The building was originally built in 1917 as a college. The college was established by the Methodist Episcopal Church and due to finances failed in 1938. The state of Idaho took over the property in the early 1940's for use as a tuberculosis hospital. The building that the hotel is in was used as living quarters for nurses and doctors. The hospital was supposed to accomodate up to 150 patients, but because World War II was taking place at that time, there was personnel and material shortages, the hospital didn't open until 1947. When it did open there were only 50 beds. Someone working there gave My Mr. a little tour and told him some of the history. One thing the "young guy" (hey, at least he took some pictures for me, right?) told him was that there was an incinerator in the basement of the hospital where they would dispose of the deceased to stop the spread of TB. I don't know if that is the same building they were staying in or one that had been demolished. Sounds like a recipe for a haunting to me!
Another little "SoooCreepy" fact in this story: In 1945 the Minidoka Relocation Center, located between the towns of Twin Falls and Jerome closed. For those of you who don't know (I was one), this was an internment camp for Japanese and Japanese decendants during World War II. Some of the camp's buildings and equipment were moved to the hospital grounds in 1948, making the bed count 90. I read somewhere (I wish I could remember so I could state my source. And so you wouldn't think that I made this up!) that just because a person had never been somewhere when they were alive doesn't mean that can't go there after they're dead. If their essence was on something and taken someplace that they had never been, their spirit could visit there.
The hospital closed for good in 1976, leaving behind a rundown 19,000-square- foot building with more than 45 rooms.
The building is on the National Paranormal Registry. There have been reports of footsteps heard in vacant halls, unexplained whispers and apparitions of a woman and a young girl together, and an older man in a white coat alone. I found a website that claims to have a video clip that was taken in the basement in the dark and then there's a flash of light and you can see the image of a little girl. I can't confirm or deny the video. I did not watch it. I am a chicken.
My Mr. and his crew enjoyed their stay at the hotel enough so that three days later they went back and stayed some more. Between both stays they were there a total of eight days. There were four guys and they all reported seeing and hearing nothing, but concurred that it definately felt like it could be haunted.
This is the original entrance. It is not currently being used. I wish I had been there so I could tell you more!
I think (My Mr. said so anyway) the middle window with the light on is an apartment that somebody lives in.
The four windows in the middle on the left are the hotel rooms.This picture was taken by my husband, but is quite similar to one posted on their website. http://www.getinnidaho.com/ They're not paying me to advertise for them, I just think this is pretty interesting. Enjoy! If you ever go looking for an adventure and wind up at the Get Inn in Gooding, Idaho write me a note and let me know how it was!
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