Interview With The Owner of Sleeper Mortuary

The Sleeper Mortuary was established in 1886 by Lyman Sleeper. Allan Sleeper became his father's business partner in 1902. Sleeper mortuary had two devastating fires. One in 1902 and one in 1915. The fire in January of 1915 devastated the business and the loss was listed at $20,000. Unfortunately, Lyman Sleeper passed away on August 7, 1915. At the time, Sleeper Mortuary was located at 106 N. Washington (just a few doors down). There are newspaper articles that also indicate that it was also located at 108 N. Washington. It is unclear if the address was changed on the building itself or if they moved the mortuary next door. ​The owners that I bought the property from had purchased it in 2016. In early June of 2024, I toured the property and I fell in love with it. There were so many treasures that were left behind from the days that it served as a funeral home. The previous owner graciously left those items with the property. The entire first floor of the property was left as it was. I purchased this property in 2025 and I am also choosing to keep the property as I found it. As a paranormal author, paranormal investigator, and as a human, preserving the stories of the dead is very meaningful to me. The part that I love the most about the books that I write is sharing the legacy of those that passed so that it doesn't get lost in decades of old newspapers. I had been looking for a location to call my own for years. A wise man once said "you don't choose the building, the building chooses you". I never really understood that until that day. I knew that I had to have it and I felt it needed to have me. I chose to name the building Sleeper Mortuary because that is where this story begins. I am going to continue the story of this building and I hope that someone continues the story after me. I look forward to sharing the history and stories of the building that have been created so far. Thank you for taking the time to look at this webpage and I hope that I get the pleasure of meeting all you very soon! https://sleepermortuary.weebly.com/history.html Join us as we sit down with Tory from Sleeper Mortuary to learn all about its haunting persona. Chumming With The Spirits is now on Patreon! You can find all of our old archived season as well as all of our new and behind the scenes videos there. Go check it out! https://patreon.com/ChummingwiththeSpirits Also don't forget to go check out our affiliate podcasts and give them a watch/listen, you won't regret it. ‪ @discordnevermore ‪ @DrunkenCryptids ‪ @MythsMonstersandMullets ‪ @GhostGossip247 ‪ @TheCryptidPodcast-h6y ‪ @spector-beast-AI @cryptidsofthecorn4749 @krakencanscast ​ ⁨@SplinteredSpirits⁩