Moving Through Georgia Podcast
1) Lulu Hurst- One of the Georgia Wonder Girls
One more episode. After this, take a look at the new podcast- Forgotten American Folklore. Folktales, murder ballads, ghost stories, iconic folk heroes like Daniel Boone and Jesse James- there's so ...Show More
2) Check out Forgotten American Folklore (My new podcast!)
I've started a new podcast called Forgotten American Folklore! I'll be looking at folklore, folk ballads, Americana, tall tales- everything that makes America uniquely American. It's short and has no...Show More
3) The (attempted) Murder of Narcissa Patterson
It was hard to be a woman in the 1800's.
4) Extra - The Ballad of Otto Wood
Otto Wood was an outlaw from North Carolina but his story- and the music that came from it- were too good not to share. Â The Moving Through Georgia book is available on Amazon. Â But they are dead - ...Show More
5) Murder Ballads
Songs about crime- particularly murder- have been popular since the 1600's. Today, we'll look at a few murder ballads that have ties to Georgia.  The Moving Through Georgia book is available on Amaz...Show More
6) Extra - Thomas Holley Chivers
Thomas Holley Chivers was a poet from Georgia who influenced, and was influenced by, Edgar Allen Poe. In time he would accuse Poe of stealing his work.
7) Extra - William Markham, a Unionist in Atlanta
A short story of a pro-Union industrialist trying to preserve his business in the Confederacy. Â The Moving Through Georgia book is available on Amazon. Â But they are dead - A look at mourning and no...Show More
8) The Madden Branch Massacre
In 1863 a group of Georgians from Fannin County traveled \North to Tennessee to join the Union Army. They were met by some bandits and shot. Today it's two stories of Union sympathisers in Northeast...Show More
9) The Free State of Dade
Did Dade County in Northwest Georgia really secede from Georgia before the Civil War? Some people who lived there believed it, and even Harry Truman sent a congratulatory telegram when the state fina...Show More
10) The Dark Side of the Cabbage Patch
a Black Friday Special! Did Ronald Reagan really think kids should own and love a Cabbage Patch Doll? Are there Cabbage Patch Kids laid to rest in a cemetery in Cleveland? This one gets a little dar...Show More