The Crescent Hotel, 1886: Eureka Springs, AR

[asatiger1966]

Did some follow up today. Found some interesting stuff in the surrounding area, as well.

Seems I found the bit that was in the construction photo I posted above. It definitely looks much older than the rest of the building by a wide margin.

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A nearby chapel:

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What better example to bring this back around than this:

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https://theoldhouselife.com/2019/11...circa-1899-in-eureka-springs-arkansas-749900/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Link
So here we have it. Another architect who happens to have designed structures at the St Louis world’s fair just happened to build a home several blocks away from the Crescent Hotel, another building so happened to have been designed by a St Louis Fair architect.

What do we make of this?

Great fireplace, just looks out of place burning wood?

 

[trismegistus]

The hotel has some implications that could connect it to the other topic of research here on the forum - the history of humans traded for cannibalism

Human Specimens Buried at Crescent Hotel

So the "news" story is a kooky doctor discarded his medical waste in bottles and intentionally buried them out back of the hotel. But the real story is much darker.

I will preface this by saying that I got this information from a secondhand source - I decided to play tourist and take the tram tour of the city. On an aside if you do make your way up to this place I do recommend it if only for the lovely stroll through a freemasonic wonderland of "my dick is much bigger than yours" architecture. The man hosting the tour was from a family who had been living in Eureka Springs practically from its inception, and was the chief of police in the town for many decades.

Norman G. Baker - Wikipedia

Not only was this man a complete charlatan, swindling people out of hundreds of thousands of dollars - but his trade seemed to be the killing of cancer patients.

The tour guide went into some general details about Norman and how much of the town hated him, but left it at that. On a break I approached him and coyly asked him why he didn't bring up the body parts buried on the grounds of the hotel. After a bit of reluctance and pulling me slightly away from the gathered crowd he told me that not only was he killing patients for their money - but that the buried body parts (they only really mention "jars of specimens" in the news - but there was far more there that wasn't disclosed) were buried after he had been carted off to jail awaiting trial.

The implication he was making was that he was not working alone in this venture. Consider the people who were occupying this city during those times (and even now, likely). Consider what they may have had predilections for if IHASFEMR is a pervasive lifestyle of the people of the times. Consider what they stood to lose if anything outside of "doctor kills cancer patients for money" comes from discovering evidence for the trial against the man.

I could tell this former chief of police really truly hated this man and what he did to the community. His hatred did not seem to be directed at a charlatan, but perhaps directed at a more general evil that rests beneath the town he oversaw for so long. Of course, this is all my interpretation but I consider myself adept at reading non-verbal communication.

Edit: Bonus miscellaneous photos of the town from my last trip

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[myth]

@trismegistus

Some recent discussions on Eureka Springs I came across. Thought I'd pass along.

Innerverse Podcast S7 E39
Michelle Gibson | Piercing the Veil of Illusion: Mudfloods and Secret Resets — INNERVERSE PODCAST

@08:40 "There's a master crystal there -- Atlantean master crystal -- I can tell you exactly to how to get to the spot where you can feel it .... Do you know where the Passion Play is? You go down that road towards town ... past Magnetic Springs ... very special place.."


Question the Narrative | Wait… Can’t We Raise Cities Anymore??

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToWftBJ0YK0


@12:20 mentions Eureka Springs (shows a screenshot of Underground Eureka Springs -- undergroundeureka.com/)

 

[trismegistus]

@trismegistus

Some recent discussions on Eureka Springs I came across. Thought I'd pass along.

Innerverse Podcast S7 E39
Michelle Gibson | Piercing the Veil of Illusion: Mudfloods and Secret Resets — INNERVERSE PODCAST

@08:40 "There's a master crystal there -- Atlantean master crystal -- I can tell you exactly to how to get to the spot where you can feel it .... Do you know where the Passion Play is? You go down that road towards town ... past Magnetic Springs ... very special place.."


Question the Narrative | Wait… Can’t We Raise Cities Anymore??

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToWftBJ0YK0


@12:20 mentions Eureka Springs (shows a screenshot of Underground Eureka Springs -- undergroundeureka.com/)

Glad to hear Michelle is on the hunt here.

Ive heard of this Atlantan crystal in the town before (perhaps in the archived replies) - but I’ve only ever found various questionable blog posts mentioning it. I haven’t actually made my way up to Magnetic springs but I will definitely make a point to stop by next time I am there. Though GPS coordinates would be nice, of course.

There is certainly much to be discovered with this tiny little town…

 

[asatiger1966]

Those stairs look exhausting. If I am not the first to make this comment, let me know but, the architect who designed this building was an idiot.

Stairs, stairs, and more stairs. Stairs going up, stairs going underground. Were architects too stupid to put the main entrance at ground level, where normal humans could reach it easily?? I guess they didn't have people in wheelchairs back then, or elderly or infirm people, who needed to gain access to these churches and offices.

The stairs originally maybe had an alternate use, energy step transformer maybe? If the basement floor was ever repaired I wonder what was directly under the floor, iron rods, water running, mercury, quartz stones, mica?