Episode 3 // Elevator Stories

Elevators: they’re a modern convenience that we take for granted. But maybe we shouldn’t. This week we bring you two stories about the terror and death in a 6 by 6 foot elevator car.

SOURCES:

• https://www.thoughtco.com/history-of-the-elevator-1991600

• https://time.com/4700084/elevator-patent-history-otis-safety/

• https://www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/elisha-otis-gets-sales-lesson-p-t-barnum/

• https://elevatorworld.com/elevator-accidents-1870-1920/

• https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2008/04/21/up-and-then-down

• https://www.nytimes.com/1999/10/28/nyregion/the-big-city-aftermath-of-40-hours-in-an-elevator.html

• https://www.hauntedrooms.com/texas/dfw/haunted-places/haunted-hotels/the-adolphus

• https://theghostinmymachine.com/2020/04/27/on-the-elevator-game-the-history-of-an-urban-legend-and-its-real-life-connections-consequences-japan-korea-2ch-minato-ward-elevator-accident-elisa-lam-stay-on-main-cecil-hotel/

EPISODE TRANSCRIPT:

SAU Elevator Stories Transcript

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