Into the Record | Investigation Series Part 1: The 1825 Outer Banks Mystery
Sixteen mutilated bodies wash ashore along the North Carolina Coast. An abandoned brig loaded with valuable cargo drifts into Beaufort. Local newspapers blame pirates. But nearly 200 years later, does...
4 Jun 11min
Between the Seasons: Why We Remember | The Stories History Keeps
Why do some stories survive while others disappear completely?In this Between the Seasons episode of Legacy Lore, host Sammy Jo reflects on memory, oral history, genealogy, folklore, and the emotional...
21 Mai 11min
Into the Record | Colonial Witchcraft or Something Else?
A 1671 court record accuses Eleanor Neale of witchcraft.But in the same testimony… something doesn’t make sense.The man making the accusation, Edward Coles, also claims he “hath layn with Mrs. Neale… ...
7 Mai 5min
Going Deeper into the Story | The Archive Key + The Inner Circle
There are always parts of a story that don’t make it into the episode.The details that shift perspective, the records that complicate what we think we understand, and the moments that stay with you lo...
23 Apr 1min
Erased, Not Absent: Witchcraft, Women, and the Silence of the Record
In this final episode of Season Two of Legacy Lore, host Sammy Jo steps back from the archives to reflect on what remains when women are erased from history but the systems that silenced them endure.T...
16 Apr 12min
Elizabeth Richardson, Maritime Justice, and Witchcraft at Sea | Who the Law Remembered
By the time the courts of colonial Maryland closed the case against Edward Prescott, two things were true: Elizabeth Richardson was dead and the men responsible for her execution were free.In this epi...
9 Apr 15min
Elizabeth Richardson and the Witch Trial That Never Was
Elizabeth Richardson was hanged aboard a ship bound for Maryland in 1658, accused of witchcraft during a dangerous Atlantic crossing. Like Katherine Grady, she never reached land alive.But unlike Kath...
2 Apr 14min
Storms That Accused: Witchcraft, Maritime Law, and Fear at Sea in the 17th Century
In the seventeenth century, storms at sea were rarely understood as random events. To sailors and passengers crossing the Atlantic, violent weather carried moral meaning. Wind and waves were believed ...
26 Mar 17min
