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BackStory is a weekly public podcast hosted by U.S. historians Ed Ayers, Brian Balogh, Nathan Connolly and Joanne Freeman. We're based in Charlottesville, Va. at Virginia Humanities. There’s the history you had to learn, and the history you want to learn - that’s where BackStory comes in. Each week BackStory takes a topic that people are talking about and explores it through the lens of American history. Through stories, interviews, and conversations with our listeners, BackStory makes histo ...
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Hi all, Happy Holidays! This year I’ve got a ghost story for you all. Today we travel to Greenbrier County, West Virginia in 1897.
Sources Include:
Again this week I’ve gone from a handful of online articles, a few online genealogy pages - and a couple of podcast episodes.
Including…
‘How The ‘Greenbrier Ghost’ Helped Convict a West Virginia Murderer in 1897’ by Joey Rather.
This website on ghosts in West Virginia.
‘Can We ‘See’ Dead People?’ By Mark Shelvock.
‘The Greenbrier Ghost’ by Brian Dunning.
Zona Heaster Shoe’s ‘Family Search’ genealogy page.
Erasmus Stribbling Shoe’s listing on Find a Grave.
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