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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, 11 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, 11 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 …
2 years 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…
2 years 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…
2 years 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…
2 years 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 …
2 years 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 …
2 years 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…
2 years 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…
2 years ago