Episode 2.31 // The Lemp Mansion Legacy

For all intents and purposes, German brewer Johann Adam Lemp achieved the so-called American Dream for generations of his descendants when he arrived in St. Louis, Missouri in 1838. His humble lager recipe ballooned into a huge brewery with a family mansion to match. However, as the business got passed down the line, dark history unfurled –haunting the business and house where it all happened.

SOURCES:

• https://www.legendsofamerica.com/mo-lempmansion/

• https://www.stlmag.com/history/profiles/unveiling-the-real-johann-adam-lemp/

• https://www.ozy.com/true-and-stories/the-story-behind-this-haunted-mansion

• https://the-line-up.com/lemp-mansion

• https://web.archive.org/web/20090122131331/http://www.mhmvoices.org/2008FallFeature1.php

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8223495/julia-lemp

• St. Louis Post-Dispatch.17 Dec 1901

• https://www.in2013dollars.com/us/inflation/2005?amount=1600000

• https://www.riverfronttimes.com/news/five-st-louis-ghost-stories-that-just-wont-die-2501495

• https://www.lempmansion.com/lemp-anniversary.htm

• https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/spookiest-buildings-lp/index.html

TRANSCRIPT:

The Lemp Mansion.pdf

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