SYMHC Classics: The Case of the Colorado Cannibal, Alferd Packer
It's an unsettling 2012 episode! In the winter of 1873, Alferd Packer led gold prospectors into the Rockies, but harsh conditions soon set them off course. Packer was the only survivor, and he looked ...
12 Loka 201921min
Commercial Aviation in the U.S., Part 2
In this episode, we’ll go from the international agreement that prepared for a global airline industry up to the deregulation of U.S. commercial aviation in the late 1970s. And then we have a special ...
9 Loka 201952min
Commercial Aviation in the U.S., Part 1
Since the possibility of air travel became a reality, many entrepreneurs were trying to figure out a way to make flight into a business. This first of two parts covers those early efforts, and the gro...
7 Loka 201929min
SYMHC Classics: Beast of Gevaudan
This 2014 episode covers attacks on women and children of Gevaudan in the 1760s, which sparked a huge push to hunt and kill the mystery beast behind them. While efforts to track the animal struggled, ...
5 Loka 201928min
The Black Sox Scandal
Some of the Chicago White Sox players confessed to taking a bribe to lose the 1919 World Series on purpose, but they never admitted to actually underplaying. And the collective memory about this whole...
2 Loka 201938min
Unearthed! In Autumn 2019
As promised in July, we have some Unearthed this fall! We've got past episode updates, cannonballs, things that are oldests and firsts, textiles, edibles and potables, and a little bit of creepy and ...
30 Syys 201942min
SYMHC Classics: The Doctors' Riot of 1788
We're revising a 2014 episode today. In the late 1700s, medical colleges needed cadavers for educational dissection, but there were no legal means for obtaining them. This led to some unorthodox deali...
28 Syys 201921min
Interview: Sarah Roberts of the Atlanta History Center
Holly sat down with Sarah Roberts, the Vice President of Goizueta Gardens and Living Collections at the Atlanta History Center, to talk about making history a living part of Atlanta's community cultur...
25 Syys 201954min
