Patience Worth and Pearl Curran
Patience Worth was a popular writer in the early 20th century. But she was a 17th-century ghost, using Pearl Curran as her conduit from spirit realm to printed page. Research: Braude, Stephen E. “Dis...
25 Okt 202339min
Jack-o'-lanterns
Jack-o’-lanterns have become one of the most iconic symbols of Halloween. Their origin story isn’t exactly well documented, so tracing their roots involves some folklore, some agriculture, and literar...
23 Okt 202331min
SYMHC Classics: Poveglia
This 2018 episode covers an uninhabited Italian island that has come to be called all manner of scary things, including, "plague island," "island of ghosts," and "the Venetian island of no return."See...
21 Okt 202326min
Behind the Scenes Minis: Fall Fun
Tracy and Holly talk about the bummer story that didn't make it into Unearthed!, kids who discover things, and Indiana Jones.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
20 Okt 20237min
Unearthed! in Autumn 2023, Part 2
Part two of our autumn 2023 edition of Unearthed! includes potpourri, repatriations, shipwrecks, art, and a few perfect October entries. Research: “Early humans deliberately made mysterious stone 's...
18 Okt 202337min
Unearthed! in Autumn 2023, Part 1
In part one of our Autumn 2023 edition of Unearthed!, we have some oldest things, books and letters, projects specifically related to gender, edibles and potables, and animals. Research: “Early hum...
16 Okt 202340min
SYMHC Classics: Crescent Hotel
This 2016 episode covers the Crescent Hotel of Eureka Springs, Arkansas. A colorful part of the hotel's history involves a man who claimed that doctors couldn't be trusted, and that he had the cure fo...
14 Okt 202324min
Behind the Scenes Minis: Criminals and the Maco Light
Tracy and Holly talk about the sloppy nature of the William Weare murder. They also discuss ghost stories that may have inspired other media, and Tracy's childhood memories of the Maco light story. Se...
13 Okt 202313min
