A Dress Possessed: The Wedding Gown of Anna Baker

EPISODE NOTES: Everyone loves a good ghost story, so settle in and snuggle up as today's episode examines the story of a heartbroken bride to be, an iron-willed business man, and a haunted wedding dress! Support us at :https://www.patreon.com/historyunhemmedhttps://anchor.fm/historyunhemmed/support Follow us on: Instagram: @history_unhemmed Facebook: History Unhemmed Thank you! <3 Resources: Anna Woods Baker letters and diary, 1850-1905, The Penn State University <https://digital.libraries.psu.edu/digital/collection/pccolls/id/7618/> Dobrowolsky, Cory. “Madness at the Mansion: Mirror Reporter Spends Night in ‘Haunted’ Altoona Landmark.” The Altoona Mirror, October 31, 2015. <https://www.altoonamirror.com/life/area-life/2015/10/madness-at-the-mansion-mirror-reporter-spends-night-in-haunted-altoona-landmark/> Exhibits and Collections. Stockyards Museum. Accessed October 1, 2022. <http://www.stockyardsmuseum.org/exhibits-and-collections.html> Nesbitt, Mark and Patty A. Wilson. Haunted Pennsylvania: Ghosts and Strange Phenomena of the Keystone State. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2006. Peterson, Megan Cooley. Haunted Objects from Around the World. Mankato, MN: Capstone Press, 2017. Stollznow, Karen. Language Myths, Mysteries, and Magic. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.