Forgotten American Folklore
Folktales, Folk Music, Americana- the things that make America uniquely American. We’ll explore the people, tall tales, songs, stories and events that make up the culture of North America. Paul Bunyan, werewolves in Louisiana, John Henry, Daniel Boone, Bigfoot... Everyone will be here. From songs describing murders in Boston to George Washington’s wooden teeth.
Episodes
The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde
Suicide Sal
Two Outlaws: Billy the Kid and Clyde Barrow
Some see them as a poor, doomed couple trying to scrape by during the Great Depression, some as a pair of vicious bank robbers only out for themselves. Today we ride with Bonnie and Clyde as they tear through the Midwest on a crime spree that only lasted about two year, but left an indelible mark on America.
In the Cibola episode I spoke about another island near Antilla called The Island of Satan's Hand. This is the story involving the island. It starts in Ireland and moves to Spain, but the best parts happen near America.
Cibola was one of the lost cities of silver and gold, like Aztlan or El Dorado. Coronado would set off to find the city, led by the stories of a lost explorer and a delusional monk. On the way they'll see buffalo, the Great Plains, and the Grand Canyon.
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Black God creates the constellations for the people- each one has a separate and important meaning, then along comes Coyote to throw a little chaos into everything.
Another unknown creature stalking the woods of West Virginia- this is the Flatwoods Monster from 1952.
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Edgar Allen Poe was one of the originators of the true crime genre, as well as the detective story. Today, two stories that launched his career in true crime; Mary Rogers and Polly Bodine.
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I used to do a Georgia history podcast called Moving through Georgia- I found some stories in my old notes about the practice of cunjure- kinda like hoodoo or folk magic- from Georgia.
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A quick history of bank robbery, and a few tips. Butch Cassidy, the Lamm Technique, safe crackers, and a bank robbery gone wrong in 1972. Did you know practically nobody robs banks on Tuesday or Wednesday?
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The rise and fall of John Dillinger and the rise of the FBI.
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This is an Americanized version of the Bluebeard story, it could take place pretty much anywhere in the Midwest.
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In 1925 the city of Nome faced an outbreak of a deadly disease. The only way to have medicine brought in was by dogsled, and a relay of mushers and dogs would eventually bring hope back to Nome.
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Charles Boles, known as Black Bart, committed 28 stagecoach robberies and built a reputation as a bandit... and a poet.
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A story told in constellations from the northern Micmac people.
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So many Western folk heroes were involved in stagecoach robberies, let's take a few minutes and plan one of our own!
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Sadly, the display of human oddities was part of entertainment in the nineteenth century. This week we meet some of the few who made successuful lives in the sideshow tent.
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One last highlight in Barnum's career before he starts his famous circus.
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Barnum continues exhibiting in his American Museum and brings Grizzly Adams from the West.
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Barnum brings the worlds most popular singer to a record breaking tour of America.
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This week we start a series of episodes on one of the most iconic figures in Americana- P.T. Barnum.
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