S3 E7 | Adventure Series Part #4: The Shelton Mcmurphey Johnson House 🏰

🏰 The Castle on theHill: Inside Eugene’s Shelton McMurphey Johnson House

Perched above downtown Eugene, Oregon, the Shelton McMurpheyJohnson House has watched the city change for nearly 140 years. But behind thedoors of Eugene’s iconic green Victorian mansion are stories of arson,family weddings, two devastating fires, eccentric residents, hidden history—andeven a few ghost stories. 👻

This week on The Cozy Hollow, we step inside thehistoric “Castle on the Hill” after visiting it ourselves and explore thefascinating lives of the Shelton, McMurphey, and Johnson families.

We’re talking about the disgruntled worker who reportedly burnedthe original house down, the family who once owned Skinner Butte,children sleeping on a porch during chilly Oregon winters with hot bricks attheir feet, a doctor who had to cut his way out of the turret, thesurprising connection to Ya-Po-Ah Terrace, and how this remarkable homesurvived to become one of Eugene’s most recognizable historic landmarks.

And, of course, we have to ask…

Is the Shelton McMurphey Johnson House haunted? 👀

Come wander through the rooms with us as we mix Oregonhistory, local legends, Victorian life, and our own experience exploring thehouse.

🌲 Grab something cozy andjoin us for another Oregon adventure inside The Cozy Hollow.

Listener question: Have you ever visited the SheltonMcMurphey Johnson House—or experienced something unexplained in a historichome?

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⁠Salty⁠by Kate Meyers

Kathryn Gau’s ⁠Originalsongs⁠ - including Come On Down to the Cozy Hollow

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