Episode Source Material: VIDEO: It Rained Fish In Mexico, Officials Say. No, It's Not The End Times (We Think) Rain of Fish MAY 1900 WEATHER DATA - NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND MAY 1900 WEATHER DATA - NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND Weatherwatch: Raining fish | US weather Can it rain frogs, fish, and other objects? Fish fall from sky with rain in northern Mexico Every Year, the Sky ‘Rains Fish.’ Explanations Vary. (Published 2017) Lluvia de Peces (Rain of Fish) – Yoro, Honduras . Strange Rains Honduras: Reportan...
May 18, 2021•14 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Episode Source Material: Third Floor - Rhode Island - Nellie M. Gorbea The Man Atop the Statehouse The Independent Man, "Hope," Rhode Island State House Rhode Island State House My Turn: Patrick T. Conley: Taking down the Independent Man Head of the Independent Man – URI's Cabinet of Curiosities Rhode Island State House State Capitol Buildings, Statues of Men at the Top RI's Independent Woman In search of the Rhode Island independent woman New York Tribune | April 17, 1921 | Notables to Aid in U...
May 11, 2021•15 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Episode Source Material: (Research for this episode turned up a lot of inconsistent dates and references to elephants by different names, ages, heights, weights, etc.--there doesn’t seem to be a consensus on where the Crowninshield elephant ended up or if Old Bet was the first or second elephant in America. I did my best to reference only the most apparently legitimate sources in my storytelling, but recognize that opinions differ on some details.) The First Living Elephant in America Memorial t...
May 04, 2021•19 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Episode Source Material: The Ugliest Buildings in Every US State Images: Apex About Apex Apex Department Store My Turn: Catherine W. Zipf: Mass. gets Pawsox; R.I. keeps Apex The Apex Companies The Apex of Potential He Saw Start, Now End for Apex At Apex, history of inaction leads to next step ‘A false narrative’: Apex owners file new lawsuit in eminent domain fight $400M Pawtucket soccer project unveils new look without plans for Apex Pawtucket Moves to Enable Use of Eminent Domain for Apex Site...
Apr 27, 2021•20 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Episode Source Material: Rumors: The Biltmore Hotel Real Stories of the Paranormal | Biltmore Hotel Providence Haunted Historic Taverns of Rhode Island: From the Archive: Haunts around Rhode Island - providencejournal.com - Providence, RI A Haunted Murder Scene in Each New England State History: 1920's – The Providence-Biltmore Hotel had a Poultry Farm and Garden on the Roof — City Farmer News National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form - Biltmore Historic American Buildings -...
Apr 20, 2021•20 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Episode Source Material: Anthropodermic Books: The Anthropodermic Book Project – A research project to identify the world's books bound in human skin Dark Archives: A Librarian’s Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin The macabre world of books bound in human skin Anthropodermic Bibliopegy – A Flay on Words – Odd Things Considered Tanneries of human skin? Meudon Anthropodermic Bibliopegy: Books Bound in Human Skin 'Dark Archives' Explores The Use Of Human Skin In...
Apr 13, 2021•25 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Episode Source Material: History of the Providence Place Mall: Providence Architecture | Locations | Providence Place Mall What's in store for Providence Place's next 20 years? Assessing the Providence Place Mall The Death of the Providence Renaissance Nordstrom to close at Providence Place Providence Place - Wikipedia . Arcade Providence Micro Lofts - Living in America's Oldest Mall History of American Malls: The Death And Rebirth of the American Mall The Origins and Influence of the American S...
Apr 06, 2021•19 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Episode Source Material: The Root of the Matter – The Rhode Island Historical Society Roger Williams Park cemetery tour untangles route to founder's final resting place 1868 Book, “A Fourteen Weeks Course in Chemistry,” by J. Dorman Steele Read the eBook Memorial of Roger Williams by Zachariah] [Allen online for free (page 1 of 2) Apple Tree Root | EnCompass Williams Root - A Brief History of Roger Williams Roger Williams and the Founding of Rhode Island | EnCompass “A Key into the Language of A...
Mar 30, 2021•20 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Episode Source Material: Jonnycakes: Narragansett - HISTORY All About Johnnycakes - Herald Tribune Famous Rhode Island Foods - Your AAA Network The Big Flavors Of Little Rhode Island Slow Food Foundation for Biodiversity - White Cap Flint Corn About our Corn, Narragansett Indian Flint Corn JOHNNYCAKE IS TRADITIONAL, AND CONTROVERSAL, IN RHODE ISLAND (Published 1981) What is a Johnnycake? What Are Johnny Cakes and Are They Different Than Hoe Cakes? The Food of a Younger Land: A Portrait of Americ...
Mar 23, 2021•24 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Episode Source Material: Hot Wieners: Food & Drink A Brief History Of The Hot Dog The Hot Wiener: A Rhode Island Icon Olneyville New York System Restaurant - Rhode Island's Best Hot Wieners! Awards Watch: Meet the 2014 America's Classics Break Out the Buns: The History of the Hot Dog How Hot Dogs are Made | NHDSC Rhode Island's hot wiener: Don't call it a hot dog Historical Society - Rhode Island Food Tradition Coffee Milk: Rhode Island Coffee Milk - New England Today The History of Coffee A...
Mar 16, 2021•22 min•Season 1Ep. 5
To Visit: Whydah Pirate Museum: 674 MA-28, West Yarmouth, Massachusetts Palatine Graves: 18 Old Town Road, Block Island, RI Episode Source Material: A glimpse of RI's past: Captain Thomas Paine of Jamestown Black Sam Bellamy, the Pirate Who Fought Smart, Harmed Few, Scored Big Top Earning Pirates Robin Hood of the Sea Pirates of Rhode Island Newport and its Pirates: A Love/Hate Relationship The Dutch Founding of NY, Thomas A Janvier Rhode Island - Discovered by a pirate, named by a pirate and nu...
Mar 09, 2021•25 min•Season 1Ep. 4
To Visit a Similar Spot: Medfield State Hospital, 45 Hospital Road, Medfield, MA 02052 Episode Source Material: History of Psychiatric Hospitals • Nursing, History, and Health Care • Penn Nursing Dr. Joseph H. Ladd School Days of Darkness From the archives: FINAL DAY: Ladd Center shuts down quietly The Fall of an Icon, the End of an Era The Asylum Antiquarian – Medium https://www.rihs.org/mssinv/Mss231sg1.htm Something About Snow. “Well, I had thought of giving you… | by Jason Carpenter | The As...
Mar 02, 2021•20 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Small state, big on the weird! Weird Island brings you some of the strangest stories you probably haven’t heard before, all originating in little Rhode Island.
Mar 01, 2021•2 min
Episode Source Material: Have Mercy The Great New England Vampire Panic | History Food for the Dead: On the Trail of New England’s Vampires by Michael Bell Vampires, Bural, and Death: Folklore and Reality by Paul Barber Food For the Dead Website New England's Vampire History | Legends and Hysteria UNCOVERING A THERAPY FROM THE GRAVE...
Feb 24, 2021•16 min•Season 1Ep. 2
To Visit: Newport Tower: 5 Touro Park St W. Newport, Rhode Island, 02840 Hours: Always available for viewing Newport Tower Museum: 152 Mill St, Newport, RI 02840 Dighton Rock: 3rd Avenue, Berkley, MA. 02779 Museum Hours: By appointment only; open daily at 9:00 SOURCES: The Controversy Touching the Old Stone Mill in the Town of Newport: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015089568243&view=1up&seq=53 The Archaeology of the Old Stone Mill in Newport, Rhode Island, by William S. Go...
Feb 22, 2021•18 min•Season 1Ep. 1
