Cape Fear Unearthed Podcast
1) Christmas shopping in the downtown Wilmington of yesteryear
We talk with longtime Wilmington resident Elaine Henson about what shopping downtown in the 1950s and '60s was like.
2) Film documentary 'McKinley's Guns' digs into 1898 coup
Wilmington filmmaker Kent Chatfield talks about his 1898 documentary "McKinley's Guns," which will be available for streaming online Nov. 10.
3) 'Race, Place and Memory': Wilmington's troubled racial history
For this week's episode, we talk with Margaret M. Mulrooney, author of "Race, Place and Memory: Deep Currents in Wilmington, North Carolina," a comprehensive deep dive into Wilmington's long and troub...Show More
4) When Shell Island was an island, and a Black beach resort
The tourists who stay there might not know, but the Holiday Inn at Wrightsville Beach sits on the former site of Moore's Inlet. We take a look back at the days when Wrightsville's north end, Shell Isl...Show More
5) Revisiting The Barn: a legendary Wilmington jazz club and dance hall
We talk to Wilmington native and North Carolina jazz historian Larry Reni Thomas about The Barn, a club that shone brightly during the days of segregation in the 1940s and early '50s.
6) A brief history of Eagles Island and Wilmington's 'west bank'
As Wilmington decides whether to bring development back to the west bank, we take a look at the history of the area, including its dark associations with slavery.
7) Wilmington corner stores, gone but not forgotten
Before the rise of chain grocery and convenience stores, dozens of mom-and-pop stores run by independent merchants could be found in nearly every Wilmington neighborhood, most of them downtown.
8) Roots of the GOAT: Michael Jordan's history in Wilmington
We talk with retired StarNews sports reporter Chuck Carree about Jordan's days in the '70s and '80s playing high school basketball in Wilmington.
9) Train tracking: The lost Wilmington, Brunswick & Southern Railroad
We talk with Mark W. Koenig, the former director of the Wilmington Railroad Museum and author of "The Wilmington, Brunswick and Southern Railroad," Â which uncovers the history of the long-forgotten ra...Show More
10) Losing, and preserving, Black historic sites in Wilmington
A 1983 study commissioned by the city of Wilmington documented more than 100 historic sites and structures of significance to the Black community. The study was shelved, and more than two dozen struc...Show More