I Can't Sleep Podcast Episode 8: Curtis Howe Springer
Fall Asleep Learning About Curtis Howe Springer
In this episode of the I Can’t Sleep Podcast, I read to you about a strange crackpot from the 1930s named Curtis Howe Springer. A coworker of mine recommended the topic to me and once I started reading the story of this character I knew I had to make an episode for you. Happy sleeping!
Curtis Howe Springer is an interesting person in history who is responsible for naming Zzyzx road in California. He fooled a lot of people for several years into thinking it was a natural hot spring when, in reality, it was man-made and a hoax. Check out the full article here.
“Springer’s wife Mary encouraged him to try to launch a health spa and in 1931, he launched a resort called Haven of Rest in Fort Hill, Pennsylvania. Only six years after it first opened, he lost Haven of Rest due to non-payment of taxes. He attempted to set up other resorts and gatherings in Wilkes-Barre, Johnstown, and Mount Davis in Pennsylvania; Cumberland, Maryland; and Davenport, Iowa.”