Murderess: Innocent Until Proven Guilty
In this episode, we’re traveling back to the late 19th century to meet two women whose stories left behind questions that still haven’t been answered. Florence Maybrick was convicted of poisoning her ...
5 Okt 51min
Season 4 Trailer
Season 4 is coming!. Starting back up again October 2026, we will dive even deeper into forgotten family histories. We’re uncovering forgotten stories of unsung heroes, industrial disasters, imposters...
20 Sep 2min
The Shadow Between Three Names
History remembers the names of men first. It carves them into buildings, headlines, and verdicts, while the women caught between them become footnotes. They were called muses, temptresses, excuses. In...
16 Feb 49min
Poison- If Walls Could Talk...
In this episode, we shine light on two stories involving arsenic poisoning. First is the true story of the Watkins family of Manchester, Michigan, whose children were slowly poisoned by arsenic-laced ...
2 Feb 46min
Buried Dead or Alive
In this episode of Shadows from the Tree, we discuss the 19th century fear of being buried alive, taphophobia. This wasn't an abstract of irrational fear for people of the era, but a response to genui...
19 Jan 38min
Unsung Heroes
In our next episode of Shadows from the Tree, we take a turn and uncover tales of heroic endeavors of men who thought nothing of risking their own lives to save a child in need. Ralph A Cook, a motorm...
5 Jan 33min
Lost at Sea
In this episode of Shadow from the Tree we uncovered two intriguing tales of women lost at sea. Marie Empress (Mary Taylor) a silent movie actress who never made it to port in NY off the RMS Orduña on...
8 Dec 20251h 2min
Mines & Molasses
Listen in to this episode of Shadows From the Tree, where we delve into the darker side of genealogy with the tales of the Monongah Mine Disaster in WV, and the Great Molasses Flood of 1919 in Boston...
24 Nov 202544min
