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Behind the Scenes Minis: Lyon and the Family
Holly talks about the bias against Lyon in his bank robbing trial. Tracy talks about the way other podcasts that cover history are made, and the dyna…
1 year, 3 months ago
Interview - Toby Ball/Rip Current
Tracy speaks with Toby Ball, creator and host of the podcast Rip Current, which explores the story of the two assassination attempts against Presiden…
1 year, 4 months ago
1798 Robbery of the Bank of Pennsylvania
The first recorded bank robbery in the U.S. resulted in the wrong man sitting in jail, a very strange confession, and a serious lawsuit for the admin…
1 year, 4 months ago
SYMHC Classics: Bram Stoker
This 2020 episode covers the life of the man who created Dracula. But even Bram Stoker's own life story - at least as he told it - may have some fict…
1 year, 4 months ago
Behind the Scenes Minis: Farewell, Halloween
Holly shares some of the theories about the Brown Lady photographers that characterizes them as charlatans. Tracy and Holly also share their experien…
1 year, 4 months ago
Ghosts of the British Isles, Part 2
Part two of our week of ghosts is all about one spirit – this time, a poltergeist. People have been arguing over this one since the 1660s, including …
1 year, 4 months ago
Ghosts of the British Isles, Part 1
Part one of our Halloween finale on British Isles ghosts features two very classic ghost tales: the brown lady of Raynham Hall and the ghosts of of B…
1 year, 4 months ago
SYMHC Classics: Greenbrier Ghost
This 2019 episode covers the story of Zona Heaster Shue's death and subsequent appearances to her mother as an apparition. This story is often referr…
1 year, 4 months ago
Behind the Scenes Minis: Literature and Kooky Houses
Tracy talks about a college course on gothic literature and a DDoS attack on archive.org. She and Holly then talk about the incongruities of Horace W…
1 year, 4 months ago
Horace Walpole’s Gothic Castles, Part 2
Part two of our episode on Horace Walpole gets into the gothic literature and gothic castles his life is associated with, including his own eclectic …
1 year, 4 months ago