Episodes

Dec. 12, 2024

Episode 212 - Crimes, Clues and Christmas Cheer!

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Dec. 5, 2024

Episode 211 - A Prophet of His Own Demise

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Nov. 21, 2024

Episode 210 - A Homecoming at Life Forest Whistle Ridge Cemetery

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Nov. 14, 2024

Episode 209 - Italy's Cemeteries with Tui Snider

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Nov. 7, 2024

Episode 208 - The Forgotten Crash: Uncovering the Story of St. Martin…

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Oct. 24, 2024

Episode 206 - Beyond the Grave: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

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Oct. 17, 2024

Episode 205 - The Art of Victorian Mourning

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Oct. 10, 2024

Episode 204 - From Stage to Spy the Story of Major Pauline Cushman

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Oct. 3, 2024

Episode 203 - Mary Shelley the Woman Behind the Monster Part 2

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Sept. 26, 2024

Episode 202 - Mary Shelley the Woman Behind the Monster Part 1

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Sept. 19, 2024

Episode 201 - Hillside Cemetery, Middletown, New York

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Sept. 12, 2024

Episode 200 - Celebrating 200 Episodes with Kristen Allen of Bloombri…

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Sept. 5, 2024

Episode 199 - "Pleasure Grounds of Death" Part 2 with Joy Giguere

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Aug. 29, 2024

Episode 198 - "Pleasure Grounds of Death" Part 1 with Joy Giguere

Send us a text! We love hearing from listeners. If you'd like a response, please include your email. This week on The Ordinary Extraordinary Cemetery, Jennie and Dianne welcome Joy Giguere back to discuss her new book "Pleasu...

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Aug. 22, 2024

Episode 197 - The Life & Legacy of Billy the Kid

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Aug. 8, 2024

Episode 196 - The Great Eiffel Tower Swindle! Part 2

Send us a text! We love hearing from listeners. If you'd like a response, please include your email. In part 1 of "The Great Eiffel Tower Swindle" Jennie and Dianne share the humble beginnings of a man who became known as one...

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Aug. 8, 2024

Episode 195 - The Great Eiffel Tower Swindle! Part 1

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July 25, 2024

Episode 194 - Making a Splash: The John Michael Kohler Story

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July 18, 2024

Episode 193 - Preserving the Past: Lessons from the Annual 48 State T…

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July 11, 2024

Episode 192 - East Coast Escapades

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July 4, 2024

Episode 191 - An Independence Day Chat with Presidential Grave Hunter…

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June 27, 2024

Episode 190 - Life At The Cemetery: It's Not As Dead As You Think wit…

Send us a text! We love hearing from listeners. If you'd like a response, please include your email. In this episode of the "Ordinary Extraordinary Cemetery" podcast, Jennie chats with Sandra K. Doyle, a former deathcare indu...

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June 20, 2024

Episode 189 "Cemeteries are for the Living": A Conversation with Auth…

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June 13, 2024

Episode 188 - Charleston, South Carolina's Historic Churchyards with …

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