Greene County
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Oct 17, 2026
Carol HughesHOST
Today on The Grave Talks, the history and hauntings of the James J. Eldridge House, a conversation with Seth McGee and Chad Gaub.
Carol HughesHOST
[mysterious music] Deep in the heart of Greene County, Illinois, stands a haunting relic of the past, the James J. Eldridge House.
Carol HughesHOST
A grand Greek revival, it echoes with the whispers of its tragic past.
Carol HughesHOST
Today, the house is a place of eerie reports, phantom footsteps, mysterious knocking, and the giggles of a young girl in the nursery.
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Seth McGeeGUEST
Ward then walks back out in 1820-
Carol HughesHOST
[laughs]
Seth McGeeGUEST
... and brings a, um, brings a herd of goats with him and leaves it in what was then northern Madison County, Illinois, what would soon to become Greene County.
Seth McGeeGUEST
So January 1st, 1821, Greene County becomes, the, the state legislature separates Greene County from Madison County, and there's a land sale held.
Chad GaubGUEST
Yeah.
Seth McGeeGUEST
We were on, we were at an event at another, another property in Greene County that someone was trying to save, and a ghost hunter showed up there and, and was talking about how he could possibly, um, do some fundraisers for this, for this end- for this property by doing these ghost hunts.
Seth McGeeGUEST
And the, the property owner wasn't interested.
Seth McGeeGUEST
They, they didn't want anything to do with it.
Chris HartsookHOST
These are just questions, right? Go to the west.
Chris HartsookHOST
You've got to go all the way to Boyd, you know, in the middle of Greene County.
Chris HartsookHOST
And then you've got to go north to Springfield, right? And then you've got to go northwest to Jacksonville.
Chris HartsookHOST
It's not Passman anymore.
Brian BurnsideGUEST
But we feel that we're going to offer a great service and expand that access to patient care here in Crownville.
Brian BurnsideGUEST
And those patients who will value that access will consider our organization.
Chris HartsookHOST
So do you expand your marketing into Greene County to Boyd territory? Do you expand? I mean, this is the business in me coming out, right? You guys are there to take care of people and to run a business, though.
Chris HartsookHOST
I mean, Carmelita Hospital is still a business.
speaker_0HOST
Now we have talked about the Samuel Hannaford and Sons in episode 24, I believe.
speaker_0HOST
And I thought I would let you all know that they also decided to knock this building out, the Greene County Courthouse in Ohio.
speaker_0HOST
And don't forget that they were just incredible.
speaker_0HOST
Their chisels just moved a little faster than the rest of ours.
speaker_0HOST
where a lot of these buildings are being destroyed or restored.
speaker_0HOST
And we have a lot of episodes where we have gone to these places and documented that.
speaker_0HOST
The Greene County Courthouse will be getting a facelift.
speaker_0HOST
Oh, incredible.