Episodes

June 6, 2024

Episode 187 - The Ordinary Extraordinary Breen Family

Send us a text! We love hearing from listeners. If you'd like a response, please include your email. Ask and ye shall receive! This episode was made possible because several listeners reached out to this week's guest letting ...

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May 30, 2024

Episode 186 - A Mother's Legacy and the Evolution of Life Forest Ceme…

Send us a text! We love hearing from listeners. If you'd like a response, please include your email. Join Jennie and Dianne on the Ordinary Extraordinary Cemetery podcast as they welcome Mel Bennett, founder of Life Forest ce...

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May 23, 2024

Episode 185 - Bravery Unseen: WWII's Extraordinary Women with Major G…

Send us a text! We love hearing from listeners. If you'd like a response, please include your email. Just in time for Memorial Day, Jennie and Dianne are honored to be joined in this episode by Major General Mari K. Eder (U.S...

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May 16, 2024

Episode 184 - The Fort Smith Twister: A Tornado of Scandal and Drama

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 and Dianne are joined by returning guest Hugh Yemen a...

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May 9, 2024

Episode 183 - Cousin Jennies Part 2: Cornish Women of Mining Country …

Send us a text! We love hearing from listeners. If you'd like a response, please include your email. Join Jennie and Dianne as they continue their conversation with Lynette Webber, Cousin Jennies: Cornish Women of Mining Coun...

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May 2, 2024

Episode 182 - Cousin Jennies Part 1: Cornish Women of Mining Country …

Send us a text! We love hearing from listeners. If you'd like a response, please include your email. This week, buckle up for part one of a riveting tale as Jennie and Dianne team up with Lynette Webber, an expert who has ded...

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April 25, 2024

Episode 181 - Death's Garden Revisited with Author Loren Rhoads

Send us a text! We love hearing from listeners. If you'd like a response, please include your email. "I hope the adventures in this book inspire you to explore a cemetery. It’s good for the cemetery—and I promise it will be g...

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April 18, 2024

Episode 180 - Whispers From The Tomb: A Tale of True Love

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April 11, 2024

Episode 179 - Guardians of History Part 2: A Journey with Epoch Prese…

Send us a text! We love hearing from listeners. If you'd like a response, please include your email. Dianne and Jennie are thrilled to continue their conversation with Rachel Meyer from Epoch Preservation. Join them for part ...

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April 4, 2024

Episode 178 - Guardians of History Part 1: A Journey with Epoch Prese…

Send us a text! We love hearing from listeners. If you'd like a response, please include your email. Dianne and Jennie are thrilled to welcome Rachel Meyer from Epoch Preservation as this week's special guest. Join them for p...

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March 28, 2024

Episode 177 - Unveiling the True Legacy of Louise Sneed Hill

Send us a text! We love hearing from listeners. If you'd like a response, please include your email. Join Jennie and Dianne on an enlightening journey through history with the author of "The Queen of Denver: Louise Sneed Hill...

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March 21, 2024

Episode 176 Part 2: Cemeteries of the Honorable, Forgotten and Unknow…

Send us a text! We love hearing from listeners. If you'd like a response, please include your email. Join Jennie and Dianne, along with returning guest Avrohom Krauss, as they continue their exploration into the world of Ordi...

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March 14, 2024

Episode 175 - Part 1: Cemeteries of the Honorable, Forgotten and Unkn…

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, Jennie and Dianne, along with special guest Avrohom Krauss, an educa...

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March 6, 2024

Episode 174 - Echoes of History: Gettysburg Unveiled with Tim Smith

Send us a text! We love hearing from listeners. If you'd like a response, please include your email. Jennie and Dianne dive into history with special guest Tim Smith, the Director of Education for the Adams County Historical ...

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Feb. 29, 2024

Episode 173 - Crowning Glory Part 2: Maurice Breen in Dayton Ohio's C…

Send us a text! We love hearing from listeners. If you'd like a response, please include your email. Jennie and Dianne return to Dayton Ohio's Calvary Cemetery, this time to visit the grave of Maurice Breen, an Irish immigran...

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Feb. 22, 2024

Episode 172 - Crowning Glory Part 1: Dayton Ohio's Calvary Cemetery

Send us a text! We love hearing from listeners. If you'd like a response, please include your email. This episode is part one of at least two episodes covering one of Dayton, Ohio's largest green spaces, Calvary Cemetery. Fou...

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Feb. 15, 2024

Episode 171 - Madam with a Heart: Durango, Colorado's Bessie Rivers

Send us a text! We love hearing from listeners. If you'd like a response, please include your email. Love is in the air this week as Jennie and Dianne share the story of a woman who led, shall we say, an alternative life as m...

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Feb. 8, 2024

Episode 170 - Love Amidst the Wreckage: The Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus …

Send us a text! We love hearing from listeners. If you'd like a response, please include your email. Jennie and Dianne relate a gripping yet heart-wrenching chapter of circus history that led to the first burials at Showmen's...

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Feb. 1, 2024

Episode 169 - Love Triumphs: James and Olivia Tate's Extraordinary Lo…

Send us a text! We love hearing from listeners. If you'd like a response, please include your email. Jennie and Dianne delve into the remarkable tale of James and Olivia Tate, enslaved in Georgia prior to the American civil w...

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Jan. 25, 2024

Episode 168 - Witness to Time: Margaret Ann Harvey Neve's Three-Centu…

Send us a text! We love hearing from listeners. If you'd like a response, please include your email. Join Jennie and Dianne as they unravel the remarkable life of Margaret Ann Harvey Neve in this episode of the Ordinary Extra...

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Jan. 18, 2024

Episode 167 - "Rebel Girls of the Frontier: Cattle Annie and Little B…

Send us a text! We love hearing from listeners. If you'd like a response, please include your email. Jennie and Dianne ride into the Wild West in this latest podcast episode! 🤠 Together they cover the unique story of Cattle A...

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Jan. 4, 2024

Episode 166 - Sewn in Stardust: Irene Lentz's Impact on Hollywood Fas…

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Dec. 28, 2023

Episode 165 - A New Year's Ode to Friendship: Mark Twain and Helen Ke…

Send us a text! We love hearing from listeners. If you'd like a response, please include your email. As we bid farewell to 2023, the Ordinary Extraordinary Cemetery Podcast team wishes you a Happy New Year! Don't miss this fi...

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Dec. 20, 2023

Episode 164 - From Newsboy to Santa's Helper: The Extraordinary Life …

Send us a text! We love hearing from listeners. If you'd like a response, please include your email. Embark on a heartfelt yuletide journey with Jennie and Dianne as they uncover the remarkable story of James J. Brady at Mt. ...

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