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Show Me The State

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History
Society & Culture
Documentary
Missouri has had a curious history, with many iterations and incarnations powered by changes in its political, cultural and religious climate. Show Me The State explores Missouri’s strange and misunderstood past as it relates to the present. Each episode focuses on one particular piece of folklore and investigates what really happened, why did it happen and how has that shaped the state today? The Show Me The State team looks at ghost stories, legendary political maneuvers and hometown heroes across the state. Host Kristofor Husted sits down with the people who know the story best to get as close to a first-hand account as we can.
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Episodes

Show Me The State: Which State Saved The Wine Industry?

About 150 years ago in the vineyards of southern France, winemakers start to notice their vineyards aren’t looking healthy. They rack their brains but can’t figure out what is devouring the crops. Samples are taken, scientific investigations mounted and letters for help are sent out across the globe.

Feb 09, 2021•25 min

Show Me The State: Barbara Papish

In 1969, graduate student Barbara Papish hands out an underground newspaper on the University of Missouri Columbia campus. The Free Press Underground issue features a cartoon on the cover depicting police officers raping the Statue of Liberty and Lady Justice. The words “With Liberty and Justice For All” encircle the image.

Jan 25, 2021•24 min

Show Me The State: The Fulton Flash

Helen Stephens starts high school in Fulton in 1931. She’s a gangly, gravelly-voiced farm girl dressed in homemade clothes. Her classmates tease her with the unfortunate moniker “Popeye.” Helen takes it in stride with humor, attempting to own her identity - a feat for any teenager.

Dec 27, 2020•30 min

Show Me The State: Percy Green

When the St. Louis Arch was being built in 1964, no Black workers had been hired for the construction crew.

Dec 15, 2020•24 min

Show Me The State: Lake Of The Ozarks

Today, on a map, Lake of the Ozarks looks like a sprouting, twisting tree root that covers 86 square miles. The over 1000 miles of shoreline are dotted with resorts and cabins.

Oct 21, 2019•27 min

Show Me The State: Sunken Steamboats Of The Missouri River

In the steamboat’s glory days right before the Civil War, there would be on average, 60 boats traveling through different ports along the Missouri River each day. Cargo of agricultural products, furs and settlers would move up and down the river. From St. Louis to Montana.

Oct 09, 2019•28 min

Show Me The State: The Gay Purge

In the 1940s and ‘50s, designated police officers and university administrators were on the lookout for gay students and faculty.

Oct 01, 2019•29 min

Show Me The State: The Lost Disney Park

Walt Disney famously spent a good chunk of his youth growing up in Missouri. Just ask the residents of Marceline, Walt’s boyhood town.

Sep 22, 2019•28 min

Show Me The State: The Honey War

Did you know Missouri and Iowa almost went to war in the 1800s? Each claimed ownership over a strip of land along the border and believed it had the right to tax the people living there.

Mar 11, 2019•25 min

Show Me The State: The Legend Of Doc Annie

If you grew up in 1970s Poplar Bluff, you likely heard of the story of Doc Annie. Legend has it, Doc Annie was a witch-like woman who operated a haunted hospital in the woods. She kept fetuses in jars of formaldehyde there. She also would throw babies into an old well called “the pit.”

Jan 28, 2019•23 min
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