Miraculous Spiral Staircase (St. Joseph, Loretto Chapel, Santa Fe) - Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World

A group of nuns in Santa Fe, New Mexico in the late 1800s needed a special staircase built for their chapel, prayed a novena, and a mysterious workman came and built it. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss what makes the spiral staircase special, who built it, and whether it could have been St. Joseph himself.

https://mysterious.fm/232

Further Resources:
• Mary Straw Cook’s book Loretto: The Sisters and Their Santa Fe Chapel (2002 ed.): https://amzn.to/3TrVd97
• Alice Bullock’s booklet Loretto and the Miraculous Staircase: https://amzn.to/3UEvDPt
• Joe Nickell’s book Real Life X-Files: Investigating the Paranormal: https://amzn.to/3NPDHKW
• Willa Cather’s book Death Comes for the Archbishop: https://amzn.to/3UnT1kw
• The Staircase (1998 TV movie): https://amzn.to/3WLRKVQ
• Sisters of Loretto: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sisters...
• Sisters of Loretto website: https://www.lorettocommunity.org/
• Loretto Chapel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loretto...
• Jean-Baptiste Lamy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Ba...
• Penitentes brotherhood: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peniten...)
• Unsolved Mysteries episode:    • Unsolved Mysteries with Robert Stack ...  
• Spruce in the Carson National Forest: https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_...
• September 10, 1995 New Mexican articles, part 1 (paywall): https://www.newspapers.com/image/lega...
• September 10, 1995 New Mexican articles, part 2 (paywall): https://www.newspapers.com/image/lega...
• July 9, 2002 New Mexican article (paywall): https://www.newspapers.com/image/lega...
• July 14, 2002 New Mexican article, part 1 (paywall): https://www.newspapers.com/image/lega...
• July 14, 2002 New Mexican article, part 2 (paywall): https://www.newspapers.com/image/lega...
• April 27, 2018 New Mexican article: https://www.santafenewmexican.com/new...