A Spokane, Washington mansion known to many with a murderous past. The Hahn Mansion has a reputation for bad luck, starting with its original owners: Ralston Wilbur and Sarah Smith, who divorced three years after building the house in 1916. The second owner, a pharmacist, vacated the premises after only five years. In 1924, it was sold to Dr. Rudolph Hahn, or, as some publications call him, “The Mad Doctor of the South Hill.” The elderly Dr. Hahn had moved up from the Chicago area, divorced his first wife and remarried Sylvia, who was 32 years younger than him. A Sheriff said “I would say he was kind of an abrasive person that kind of upset people easily and he loved attention.” Hahn bought a giant radio antenna and played music so loud the neighborhood complained. He hosted lavish parties and once drunkenly drove his car into his own swimming pool. He was a licensed physician but also performed electroshock therapy and illegal abortions on the side. “Dr. Hahn was really abnormal in a lot of ways and I think he liked intimidating his wife.” The doctor also had an odd habit of firing weapons inside the house. Police were called to mansion in 1940 to find Sylvia deceased from a gunshot wound to the head. Though Hahn was initially arrested, ballistic evidence pointed to suicide. In 1945, Hahn sold the house after being convicted of manslaughter following the death of a patient he performed an abortion on. After a judge ordered him to give up medicine, he moved into the New Madison Hotel. A year later, he was visited by a French hearing aid salesman about a loan. During an argument, the 81-year-old was stabbed through the heart with a World War II bayonet from his own weapons collection.
Alias Dr. Rudolph Hahn, The Mad Doctor of the South Hill
Appearance List Podcast: Astonishing Legends: Episode 213 The Mad Doctor of Spokane
Sample Read Astonishing Legends: Episode 213 The Mad Doctor of Spokane [YT]
Description A Spokane, Washington mansion known to many with a murderous past. The Hahn Mansion has a reputation for bad luck, starting with its original owners: Ralston Wilbur and Sarah Smith, who divorced three years after building the house in 1916. The second owner, a pharmacist, vacated the premises after only five years. In 1924, it was sold to Dr. Rudolph Hahn, or, as some publications call him, “The Mad Doctor of the South Hill.” The elderly Dr. Hahn had moved up from the Chicago area, divorced his first wife and remarried Sylvia, who was 32 years younger than him. A Sheriff said “I would say he was kind of an abrasive person that kind of upset people easily and he loved attention.” Hahn bought a giant radio antenna and played music so loud the neighborhood complained. He hosted lavish parties and once drunkenly drove his car into his own swimming pool. He was a licensed physician but also performed electroshock therapy and illegal abortions on the side. “Dr. Hahn was really abnormal in a lot of ways and I think he liked intimidating his wife.” The doctor also had an odd habit of firing weapons inside the house. Police were called to mansion in 1940 to find Sylvia deceased from a gunshot wound to the head. Though Hahn was initially arrested, ballistic evidence pointed to suicide. In 1945, Hahn sold the house after being convicted of manslaughter following the death of a patient he performed an abortion on. After a judge ordered him to give up medicine, he moved into the New Madison Hotel. A year later, he was visited by a French hearing aid salesman about a loan. During an argument, the 81-year-old was stabbed through the heart with a World War II bayonet from his own weapons collection.
