Hello, and welcome to the Season 3, Episode 10 of the Bones & Bobbins Podcast!
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The Bones & Bobbins Podcast, Season 3, Episode 10: The Tower in the Woods: The Brattleboro Retreat Tower
S03E10: The Brattleboro Retreat Tower, a Victorian structure tucked away amongst the trees and boulders on a hiking trail in Vermont.
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Haley goes solo this week with a tour of one of her new hometown’s most notorious haunts, the Brattleboro Retreat tower. Note: The Brattleboro Retreat was formerly known as the Vermont Asylum for the Insane, and some historical references use that name.
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Here are links to the sources and resources we used while researching this episode:
Links to research materials:
The Retreat Tower:
- Tour of the Retreat Tower from the Friends of the Brattleboro Retreat Tower: https://www.facebook.com/Friends-of-the-Brattleboro-Retreat-Tower-183362945783161/videos/2259841374303729
- Brattleboro Retreat Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brattleboro_Retreat
- Brattleboro Retreat Tower: Historic Masonry: https://www.masonrymagazine.com/blog/2021/04/21/brattleboro-retreat-tower-historic-masonry/
- Atlas Obscura: Retreat Tower: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/retreat-tower?gclid=Cj0KCQjw54iXBhCXARIsADWpsG_-sPA6ZnXAbFsG-TFXVvl8T8EMKi649M9hEZzpnwwV4Cj7xkYS3soaAnSREALw_wcB
- Stone workers chip in to maintain historic tower: https://www.reformer.com/local-news/stone-workers-chip-in-to-maintain-historic-tower/article_22805bad-8dc6-53b5-a497-8ec7cf8f0208.html
- National Register of Historic Places: https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/84003478_text
- Tower Built by Patients of Vermont Asylum in 1887: https://brandyellen.com/tower-built-by-patients-of-vermont-asylum-in-1887/
- Brattleboro Revormer, Feb 20, 1981 (requires subscription): https://www.newspapers.com/image/548105760/
- A Haunted Tower in the Woods: https://ournewenglandlegends.com/podcast-150-a-haunted-tower-in-the-woods/
- The Story Behind This Haunted Asylum In Vermont Is Truly Creepy: https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/vermont/haunted-asylum-vt/
Further Reading:
- Nothing to see this time!