Episodes
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...
Episode 166 - Sewn in Stardust: Irene Lentz's Impact on Hollywood Fas…
Send us a text! We love hearing from listeners. If you'd like a response, please include your email. Jennie and Dianne uncover the remark ble legacy of Irene Lentz – a trailblazing fashion designer turned Hollywood costume in...
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...
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. ...
Episode 163 - In the Face of Darkness: Hanukkah Celebrations and the …
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 a tale of light from darkness in Landsberg am Lech, Germany. From the city's historic...
Episode 162 - Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: A C…
Send us a text! We love hearing from listeners. If you'd like a response, please include your email. Uncover the rich history of the second oldest rural cemetery in America on "The Ordinary Extraordinary Cemetery" podcast! Jo...
Episode 161 - Beneath the Pines: Toledo Cemetery in Toledo, Oregon
Send us a text! We love hearing from listeners. If you'd like a response, please include your email. On this episode of "The Ordinary Extraordinary Cemetery" join Jennie as she journeys to the picturesque Toledo Cemetery in L...
Episode 160 - Wit and Wings: A Thanksgiving Tribute to Will Rogers & …
Send us a text! We love hearing from listeners. If you'd like a response, please include your email. Dive into a remarkable journey through time on the latest episode of "The Ordinary Extraordinary Cemetery" podcast with Jenn...
Episode 159 - Gravestones Reclaimed: Stories of Restored Headstones
Send us a text! We love hearing from listeners. If you'd like a response, please include your email. Jennie and Dianne share three captivating stories of headstones found in unusual places and how they were restored to the ce...
Episode 158 - Unbreakable Code, Unforgettable Heroes: Navajo Code Tal…
Send us a text! We love hearing from listeners. If you'd like a response, please include your email. In this episode Jennie and Dianne honor Veterans Day and celebrate National Native American Heritage Month along with guests...
Episode 157 - Celebrating 3 Years of the Ordinary Extraordinary Cemet…
Send us a text! We love hearing from listeners. If you'd like a response, please include your email. Happy belated 3rd anniversary to the Ordinary Extraordinary Cemetery podcast! In this episode Jennie and Dianne take a strol...
Episode 156 - Beyond the Grave: An Evening with Bram Stoker
Send us a text! We love hearing from listeners. If you'd like a response, please include your email. Join Jennie and Dianne for this very special Halloween edition of the Ordinary Extraordinary Cemetery podcast. Grab your fav...
Episode 155 - Bram Stoker's Dracula: A Conversation with Professor St…
Send us a text! We love hearing from listeners. If you'd like a response, please include your email. Just in time to help kick off the third annual Beyond the Grave: An Evening with Bram Stoker, Dianne and Jennie engage in a ...
Episode 154 - From the Grave: Omens, Taboos, and Beyond
Send us a text! We love hearing from listeners. If you'd like a response, please include your email. It's officially October which means many of us are feeling a bit spookier than usual! In this episode Jennie and Dianne unr...
Episode 153 - From History to Harmony Part 2: The Folk Songs of North…
Send us a text! We love hearing from listeners. If you'd like a response, please include your email. "Hang down your head, Tom Dooley Hang down your head and cry Hang down your head, Tom Dooley Poor boy, you're bound to die."...
Episode 152 - From History to Harmony Part 1: The Folk Songs of North…
Send us a text! We love hearing from listeners. If you'd like a response, please include your email. "Come all good people, I’d have you draw near, A sorrowful story you quickly shall hear; A story I’ll tell you about Omie Wi...
Episode 151 - Whispers of the Past: Tales from Galveston's Broadway D…
Send us a text! We love hearing from listeners. If you'd like a response, please include your email. In this episode Jennie and Dianne are joined by the delightful Kathleen Maca who shares the stories of the Broadway District...
Episode 150 - Providence Rhode Island's North Burial Ground's Remarka…
Send us a text! We love hearing from listeners. If you'd like a response, please include your email. In this episode, Jennie and Dianne are joined by Annalisa Heppner, Cemetery Director of North Burial Ground in Providence, R...
Episode 149 - Eternal Innovations: The Story of Fisk Cast Iron Coffins
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 delve into the intriguing world of Fisk metallic burial cases, also known as Fisk coffins. Un...
Episode 148 - Beyond Ghosts: Honoring Lives at Martha's Chapel Cemete…
Send us a text! We love hearing from listeners. If you'd like a response, please include your email. A Google search for Martha's Chapel Cemetery will lead you down a reportedly haunted road where any number of ghostly spirit...
Episode 147 - Ordinary Extraordinary Teachers of the Past
Send us a text! We love hearing from listeners. If you'd like a response, please include your email. Children in many parts of the U.S. gathered their supplies and donned their backpacks, as they headed back to school. Many m...
Episode 146 - A Gilded Age Tale: The Owl Mausoleum of James Gordon Be…
Send us a text! We love hearing from listeners. If you'd like a response, please include your email. On the western side of Paris, France, not far from the Eiffel Tower, is Cimetière de Passy, a small cemetery where a simple ...
Episode 145 - The Souls Close to Edgar Allan Poe: Graves of his Famil…
Send us a text! We love hearing from listeners. If you'd like a response, please include your email. Jennie and Dianne are joined this week by a favorite returning guest, Dr. Sharon Pajka, to discuss her new book being releas...
Episode 144 - Changing Perspectives in Cemetery Landscapes: Rural to …
Send us a text! We love hearing from listeners. If you'd like a response, please include your email. Jennie and Dianne are joined by first time guest Dr. Joy Giguere to learn how American burial grounds changed from merely Or...