Forgotten American Folklore

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.

Two hoaxes from New York State- a giant man from pre-Biblical times is uncovered in Cardiff New York and a family is chased from their Long Island home by.... ghosts?
 
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One day I casually googled 'American End of the World Prophets' and discovered the Millerites and the several religious movements that came of them.  Today a dive down the end of the world rabbit hole.
 
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The Lakota chief who would lead his people through Little Big Horn and the end of their freedom on the plains.

The story of a boy drawn into a family of witches- and how simple pranks can go wrong fast.
 
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The story of an early American criminal gang- the gang that wrote the book on how to rob a train.
 
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Jefferson Randolph 'Soapy' Smith was a colorful character, a grifter. a confidence man, and the king of the town of Skagway, Alaska during the gold rush.  This guy lived an intersting life.
 
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The story behind a folk ballad sung every year in Pennsylvania, commemorating the executiuon of twenty four year old Susanna Cox.