Podcast Episodes

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, 7 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, 7 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, 8 months ago

Horace Walpole’s Gothic Castles, Part 1

Horace Walpole is best known for his gothic novel "The Castle of Otranto," but he lived a lot of life before that. The first part of this two-parter …

1 year, 8 months ago

SYMHC Classics: Vardø Witch Trials

This 2016 episode cover the disproportionate number of executions for sorcery that happened in Vardø during Europe's witch trials, This small fishing…

1 year, 8 months ago

Behind the Scenes Minis: Tennis Balls on Sticks

Tracy shares her efforts to make sure the information included in our Unearthed! episodes is up to date. Talk also turns to the many works of art tha…

1 year, 8 months ago

Unearthed! in Autumn 2024, Part 2

The second part of this installment of Unearthed! gets into the listener-favorite subject of shipwrecks, plus animals, art, edibles and potables, and…

1 year, 8 months ago

Unearthed! in Autumn 2024, Part 1

Part one of this edition of Unearthed! is mostly updates - about two-thirds of the episode. The rest is weapons, medicine, and books and letters. 

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1 year, 8 months ago

SYMHC Classics: Desmond T. Doss

This 2016 episode covers Desmond T. Doss, the first conscientious objector to be awarded the Medal of Honor. 

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1 year, 8 months ago

Behind the Scenes Minis: Alger and Carlo

Holly talks about the details of the typewriter evidence that was used in the Alger Hiss case. She and Tracy also talk the relationships among source…

1 year, 8 months ago