Ghost Towns and Forgotten Places
A podcast dedicated to the towns and settlements that no longer exist, Each episode i will choose a new town and discuss when it was founded why it existed and what happened to it.
Additionally I will be telling stories of Myths, Legends and Lore surrounding the towns that we discuss.
I will be doing bonus episodes directed towards telling stories based on obscure inventions/discoveries (pre 1900s) from the state in which the town is located.
Socials
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Episodes
15 episodes
6.5 Hickory Ridge Legend and Lore
Heading back to hickory ridge Virginia to tell a story about the legends and lore surrounding the town.
Bonus. One Invention That could do Everything, But Didn't.
On this episode we look at an invention that cold have been ahead of its time, A man who saw a problem came up with a great invention, but has no other record of what became of it.
6. From Miners to Spies, When Washington Came for the Town
This is a story that takes place in Virginia about a farming town that became a mining town, until Washington decided it wasn't good at either.
5.5 Falling Creek Legends and Lore
Come with me back to Falling Creek for a story about the legends and lore surrounding the town.
Bonus. The Invention That Almost Disappeared
This is a story of a man who solved a problem in an amazing way but didn't know how to convince us that we needed it, you wont believe how much he sold it for, it became arguably, one of the most well known personal products known today.
5. A Town, A Furnace, and Two Wars.
Come with me on a journey to Virginia to discover the history of America's first attempt at industrialization.
4.5. You Bet & Red Dog Legends
Going back to our two towns with the strange names in the sierra foothills to explore some legends and lore surrounding them.
4. Two Towns,Strange Names and The Sierra Foothills
Two Towns in the sierra foothills that had strange names and famous visitors,
3. The Little Town That Could
Wrights California, The town that disasters couldn't erase from the mountains but Progress finally did, learn how this tough little railroad town survived several disastrous fires and one of California's worse Earthquakes.
2.5. New Almaden Legends and Lore
We take a close look at the legends and lore of one of the most important mining towns of the California gold rush.
2. The Town that Fueled the Gold Rush
This weeks episode is about a little know ghost town that was one of the most important towns in the mid 1800s, and made the gold rush possible, New Almaden California in the Santa Cruz Mountains
Bonus. What Mineral Really Shaped the Gold Rush?
This is a bonus episode that will tie into our next regular episode. There were so many interesting facts about the mercury mining industry, and how it fueled the goldrush, that i felt it would overtake the actual town that our episode wi...
