Victoria’s Black Swan Inn (San Antonio, TX)

Dark House

House Beautiful/Hearst

Religion & Spirituality, True Crime, Society & Culture

4.4 • 757 Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2023

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

Hadley and Alyssa venture to Victoria’s Black Swan Inn, a lush, 35-acre home and wedding venue cloaked by 100-year-old oak trees in San Antonio, Texas. Built in the mid to late 1800s on a plot of land where, 50 years earlier, 60 Mexican soldiers were killed in the Battle of Salado, the Greek Revival manor has had a plethora of owners—including many who died there. Operating today as a residence and special events venue, many guests have reported strange experiences while visiting the property. To get to the bottom of the hauntings, Hadley and Alyssa run through the history of the home, diving into the lives of all of its former occupants and their (alleged) lingering spirits. Working their way through the home’s history up to the present day, the hosts share some of current owner Jo Ann Rivera’s paranormal encounters, including one of the most sinister spectral presences they’ve ever heard of. CREDITS Alyssa Fiorentino - Co-host & Producer Hadley Mendelsohn - Co-host & Producer Jessy Caron - Producer & Audio Editor Jacob Stone - Sound Editor & Mixer To advertise on the show: https://www.advertisecast.com/DarkHouse or email us at [email protected]. RELATED LINKS Victoria’s Black Swan Inn (HOMEPAGE): https://bit.ly/46hu00n “Victoria's Black Swan Inn—Historical Dossier LSF/It Feels Evil” by Celina Sommers (BLOG POST): https://bit.ly/3tarZUT “Owner of San Antonio's Historic Black Swan Inn Unveils Her Paranormal Experiences” My San Antonio (ARTICLE): https://bit.ly/467NFjb “Ungesund: Yellow Fever, the Antebellum Gulf South, and German Immigration” Southern Spaces (ARTICLE): https://bit.ly/3PI5dvd ‘The Trail Drivers of Texas: Interesting Sketches of Early Cowboys’ by J. Marvin Hunter (excerpt from Christoph Wilhelm Ackermann): https://amzn.to/48CEgSp “Salado Creek, Battle Of” Texas State Historical Association: https://bit.ly/46eL07b Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:29.8	She woke up every night for over a week at exactly 3 a.m.
0:34.5	She said her bedroom door would unlock, the hall light would turn on, and a man,
0:38.4	dressed in a white shirt and dark slacks, would stand at the foot of the bed with his hands
0:42.2	on his hips just staring at her or gazing behind her.
1:14.4	Oh. Hi everyone. Welcome back to Dark House. I'm Hadley Mendelsohn. And I'm Melissa Fiorentino. We're your hosts. If you're new here, in each episode, we dig into the backstory of a house that's allegedly haunted or notorious for some reason or another.
1:19.5	We talk about who lived there, who died there, and all the events that led to its eventual infamy.
1:26.7	And today, I'm taking us all to San Antonio, Texas. If you've never been, let me paint you a quick picture.
1:28.7	The city has a river running through it,
1:33.5	which is bordered by walking paths, stone bridges, lush greenery, historic lore.
1:39.1	Historic lore. Uh-huh. And open-air theaters, Tex-Mex food, all the charming works.
1:44.6	It's a great backdrop for a ghost story, if I do say so myself. Can you tell I'm in a really good mood today because it's almost Halloween? I can. Tis the season to be jolly. Anyway, about a 10-minute drive
1:51.3	northeast of the Alamo is the neighborhood of the Salado Valley, where today's house is,
1:56.8	Victoria's Black Swan Inn. Property has gone through a ton of name changes over the years, and today's
2:01.9	iteration is Victoria's Black Swan Inn, which we'll call the Black Swan in, or just the N, for this
2:07.2	episode. But one thing I want to clarify at the jump is that despite its name, it's not actually an
2:12.1	in a traditional bed and breakfast way, because the current owner, Joanne Rivera, lives in the main
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