Episodes

  • Listen if you Dare!
    Jan 13 2025

    Listen in to this episode of Shadows From the Tree, where we delve into the darker side of genealogy by exploring stories pulled from newspaper archives and using historical records to find the truth behind them. This week we focus on stories of the ghost towns of Wild West Bodie, CA and forbidden forest of Dudleytown, CT.

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    48 mins
  • Disasters & Devastation
    Dec 30 2024

    Listen in to this episode of Shadows From the Tree, where we delve into the darker side of genealogy by exploring stories pulled from newspaper archives and using historical records to find the truth behind them. This week we focus on stories of The Schoolhouse Blizzard of 1888, and Melva tornado on March 11, 1920.

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    45 mins
  • Abducted & Abandoned
    Dec 2 2024

    Listen in to this episode of Shadows From the Tree, where we delve into the darker side of genealogy by exploring stories pulled from newspaper archives and using historical records to find the truth behind them. This week we focus on stories of Deathbed Confessions featuring Minnie Tjaden, abducted by her father and Levi Wilson, the Count of Monte Cristo, of RI.

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    53 mins
  • Love on the Battlefield
    Nov 18 2024

    Listen in to this episode of Shadows From the Tree, where we delve into the darker side of genealogy by exploring stories pulled from newspaper archives and using historical records to find the truth behind them. This week we focus on stories of love on the Civil War battlefield, featuring the love letter written by Sullivan Ballou to his wife. As well as a fearless woman soldier, Kady Brownell.

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    37 mins
  • Broken Lives, Broken System
    Nov 4 2024

    Listen in to this episode of Shadows From the Tree, where we delve into the darker side of genealogy by exploring stories pulled from newspaper archives and using historical records to find the truth behind them. This week we focus on stories of overturned convictions featuring George aka "John" Benway accused of polygamy and George Washington Davis found guilty by gossip of the Rock Island Railway wreck.

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    33 mins
  • Children Crusaders & Coal Coup
    Oct 21 2024

    Listen in to this episode of Shadows From the Tree, where we delve into the darker side of genealogy by exploring stories pulled from newspaper archives and using historical records to find the truth behind them. This week we focus on stories of rebellion, featuring Walter Reeder and his daughter Elbertine of the Children Crusaders, as well as "Smilin" Sid Hatfield who was infamous in West Virginia during the Coal Wars.

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    42 mins
  • Marriages & Mayhem
    Oct 7 2024

    Listen in to this episode of Shadows From the Tree, where we delve into the darker side of genealogy by exploring stories pulled from newspaper archives and using historical records to find the truth behind them. This week we focus on stories of bigamy featuring young Kate Mott and swindler Dr. Charles H. Roemer, a couple colorful characters to say the least!

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    55 mins
  • Poisoning & Paternity
    Sep 23 2024

    This episode focuses on the theme of Love Triangles and the impact it had on the lives of those involved. Join us as we shed light on these often overlooked stories and gain a deeper understanding of the challenges those involved faced- specifically a party thrown by Rose Zoldoske leading to the poisoning of Ella Maly and separately the paternity case of William J. Tiernan.

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    1 hr and 4 mins