Unearthed: Memphis Podcast
1) Season 2: Halloween Mini Episode: The Memphis U.S. Marine Hospital
Submitted for the approval of the Midnight Society, I call this story, the Tale of the Memphis U.S. Marine Hospital. The year was 1798 and President Adams decreed there needed to be a hospital for...Show More
2) Season 2: Episode Ten: The Sultana Disaster: Part 2
It’s April, 1865… The Sultana has been docked in Vicksburg, MS, preparing to load far more passengers than the steamer is equipped to hold. The passengers are almost entirely Union soldiers who are be...Show More
3) Season 2: Episode Nine: The Sultana Disaster: Part 1
If you were to mention the word “Titanic” to a random stranger today, and asked them to tell you what that word means to them, there’s a very high chance that you would get one of the following respon...Show More
4) Season 2: Episode Eight and 1/2: Halloween Shorts
Hey everyone and welcome back to Unearthed Memphis! I’m Alan and I’m Tara We hope you enjoyed our last episode about Memphis Hoodoo and the St. Paul Spiritual Holy Temple. I did! I’m still googl...Show More
5) Season 2: Episode Eight: Memphis Hoodoo & St. Paul’s Spiritual Holy Temple
Since it’s spooky season, I thought we could talk a little about a Memphis urban legend… What do you think is one of the most well known urban legends? I’d probably say, Voodoo Village. That...Show More
Season 2: Episode Eight: Memphis Hoodoo & St. Paul’s Spiritual Holy Temple
40:53 | Oct 16th, 2021
6) Season 2: Episode Seven: Lorenzo Pacini & Pee Wee’s Saloon
This episode came from an idea in a book I saw at Novel, our wonderful locally owned and operated bookstore. While browsing in the Local Memphis section, I saw this book, “Memphis Castles - Former Hom...Show More
7) Season 2: Episode Six: 1969 Miss Memphis Review
We have to thank a supporter/friend that we’ve yet to meet, Jerry, who sent us kind of a suggestion for this topic. On one of his daily walks, he took a picture of a plaque on the side of the Evergree...Show More
8) Season 2: Episode Five: Amro Music turns 100 years old!
So today we’re going to cover a topic that hits really close to home for us… and by that, we mean that it helps to literally pay for us to live in our home. We are, of course, talking about a place o...Show More
9) Season 2: Episode Four: History of Memphis Breweries
Most Memphians will agree on one fact about their home city. Memphis has great tasting water. The water supply in Memphis comes from natural reservoirs hundreds of feet below the ground, and most of t...Show More
10) Season Two: Episode Three: Memphis’s Oldest Eateries
Opening in the 1890s, the Bon Ton Cafe has been operating in some form or fashion in downtown Memphis. Apparently the cafe was originally a saloon in the late 1800s, but was then turned into a restaur...Show More