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Light Hearted ep 147 – Carl Lindquist and Frederick Stonehouse, Stannard Rock, Michigan
Stannard Rock Lighthouse in Michigan was nicknamed by its keepers “the loneliest place in the world.” Coast Guard keepers called it “Stranded Rock.” …
4 years, 10 months ago
Light Hearted 146 – Nat Lyon, Marshall Point, Maine
Port Clyde, one of the villages that comprise the town of St. George in Midcoast Maine, became a busy port in the 1800s with granite quarries, tide m…
4 years, 10 months ago
Light Hearted ep 145 – Halloween special: Investigating lighthouses with paranormal researcher Ron Kolek
Ron Kolek
Ron Kolek is the founder and lead investigator of the New England Ghost Project. His exploits have been documented in many newspaper, tel…
4 years, 10 months ago
Light Hearted ep 144 – Gerald Butler, Irish lighthouse keeper part 3 of 3; artist Debbie Mueller
Debbie Mueller is an award-winning oil painter whose light-filled, bold, and contemporary paintings have rapidly gained prominence in the community o…
4 years, 10 months ago
Light Hearted ep 143 – Gerald Butler, Irish lighthouse keeper part 2 of 3
This is part two of a three-part interview with the Irish lighthouse keeper and author Gerald Butler. Gerald is the co-author of the classic book The…
4 years, 10 months ago
Light Hearted ep 142 – Gerald Butler, Irish lighthouse keeper part 1 of 3
Gerald Butler, a third-generation lighthouse keeper on both sides of his family, joined the Commissioners of Irish Lights in 1969. He spent most of h…
4 years, 11 months ago
Light Hearted ep 141 – Paul Elias, Tarpaulin Cove, Massachusetts
The Elizabeth Islands are a chain of small islands that extend about 16 miles to the southwest from the southern coast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Th…
4 years, 11 months ago
Light Hearted ep 140 – Alex Parry, Cape Otway, Australia
Cape Otway Lighthouse — in southern Victoria, Australia, about 50 miles southwest of Melbourne — is nicknamed the “Beacon of Hope.”
For thousand…
4 years, 11 months ago
Light Hearted ep 139 – Dennis Kennedy, Marblehead, Ohio
Funds were appropriated for a lighthouse at the entrance to Sandusky Bay on Lake Erie in 1819, and the limestone tower went into service in 1822. It …
4 years, 11 months ago
Light Hearted ep 138 – Bessida Cauthorne White, the Stingray Point (VA) “contraband,” and Donald S. Murray, “For the Safety of All”(Scottish lights)
Bessida Cauthorne White
Stingray Point Lighthouse in Virginia, built in 1858, marked a dangerous shoal at the mouth of the Rappahannock River. In 1…
4 years, 11 months ago