On April 4, 1841, President William Henry Harrison became the first U.S. president to die in office—just thirty-one days after his inauguration. For generations, the story was told the same way: an a…
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Episode 184
Just upriver from Jamestown, Berkeley Plantation stands as one of Virginia’s most historic estates. Its story begins in 1619 with the Berkeley Hundred, an early settlement that saw both hope and hear…
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On Merritt Island, Florida, most visitors come for the Kennedy Space Center, where rockets have carried astronauts beyond the Earth. But tucked away on the south side of the island, down a crooked mi…
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On a cold February morning in 1896, a farmhand near Fort Thomas, Kentucky, stumbled upon a body at the edge of a ravine. The victim was a young woman in a blue checkered dress, her gloves sliced, her…
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BlueLife is a new post-apocalyptic sci-fi audio story which has its world premiere on September 1st. I'd love you to listen, and if you like what you hear please subscribe to the email list on the w…
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Spooky season is finally here! Join us for another edition of our listener-submitted stories... from haunted cemeteries, a creepy old mirror, to the possible sighting of a spirit on a Civil War battl…
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Just south of Savannah, Georgia, where the low country stretches into swampland, lies a quiet tributary shaded by thousand-year-old cypress trees. Today, paddlers drift across its dark waters, taking…
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Just off the old Natchez Trace, in the quiet woods of Tennessee, stands a broken marble column marking the grave of Meriwether Lewis. The monument was meant to honor one of America’s greatest explore…
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Just a stone’s throw from the quaint downtown square of Harrodsburg, Kentucky—the oldest town in the state—sits a small city park. Families gather there for picnics, children play on the swings, and …
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Just a stone’s throw from the quaint downtown square of Monticello, Arkansas, stands a sprawling Queen Anne mansion framed by towering trees and ornate stained glass. Known for its turrets, grand col…
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