The Witches of Whitewater - The Spooks Temple (Wisconsin)

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Whitewater, Wisconsin, has earned a peculiar nickname: the Second Salem. For decades, stories have circulated about witches gathering in its cemeteries, a mysterious stone water tower designed to imprison something evil, a cursed book locked away in a university library, and a child's coffin abandoned on a college lawn during Halloween week. But beneath the legends lies a stranger piece of history. In the 1880s, a farmer named Morris Pratt made a fortune after following financial advice supposedly delivered by a spirit. He used that money to construct a grand temple dedicated to communicating with the dead. The building became the center of a controversy that would outlive it by generations. Tonight, we explore the witches of Whitewater, the rise and fall of the Spook's Temple, and how a town's real history transformed into one of Wisconsin's most enduring supernatural legends. Personal YouTube - www.youtube.com/@ChrisOutsideTheBubble CONDEMNED links - https://linktr.ee/Condemned YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@HauntedAmericanHistory TikTok - @hah_podcast hauntedamericanhistory.com Patreon- ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/hauntedamericanhistory⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ HAH DISCORD -