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Jene' and Zach
Explore Atlanta's buried history with Jene' and Zach! Each episode we take a deep dive into a prominent dead person from Atlanta, and explore the impact they had on the city.
TRIGGER WARNING: Graphic descriptions of physical violence. You turn onto your back, the screams and flitting shadows from the edges of the dark nightmare so real your heartbeat feels as though it's punching your ribs. "Move!" it urges. Only when you hold the gaze of the person standing at your bedside and sweeping an axe above his head that you realize too late your eyes are open, and this isn't a nightmare, it's reality. Lights out.
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You wake up and go through your to-do list: bathe, dress, feed the kids, stop by the restaurant, visit your sick husband in the hospital, decide who to murder next. What, this isn't the typical to-do list of a southern fried southern bride?
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It's 1961 and you've just woken up, it's the first day of school! This first day of school is different than all the ones you've lived before. This first day is not just your first day, it's the first day of an integrated Atlanta Public School system and you, friend, are one of the nine chosen to do it.
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This episode contains descriptions of animal harm. Please be advised. The Ringling Bros. Circus has arrived in Atlanta and it's all anyone can talk about. You eagerly pick up the newspaper for the latest information, but your stomach drops as you read the headlines. The elephants are suddenly dying at an alarming rate and no one knows why. Will the show go on?
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You're looking out the window as rain pours from the clouds above. "Where is she?" you think. Little do you know, the very raindrops quieting the streets and creeping into the depths of the soil will soon reveal your beloved's whereabouts.
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You're sitting in front of the screen captured by Vivien Leigh's portrayal of the triumphant, desperate, beautiful, and terrible Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With the Wind. It's at that moment you decide "I want to be just like her...no matter what I have to do to get there." From that moment on, your life unfolds like a movie all its own.
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It's April 14, 1912, and the cloaked sky has merged with the inky waters surrounding the ship. You look out and the iceberg looms silent and still, unbothered by the blow as panicked passengers run past you. You're standing on the deck, heart racing, feet frozen. What's your next move on the boat that's supposed to be unsinkable? This is the Titanic after all.
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It's dark in this tiny box. The lamp has burned out and the only thing to keep you company is a sweater and the memory of the words written by your kidnappers.
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"Do you want your money, or your husband?"
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Approximately 70% of Metro Atlanta residents quench their thirst with drinking water from Lake Lanier. But, what's really under the surface?
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If you shop at a Kroger in Atlanta, it likely has a nickname. So, do you shop at Murder Kroger?
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What do Rabbi Rothschild, Ralph McGill, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the Supreme Court, and the fight for integration all have in common? The bombing of the Hebrew Benevolent Congregation Temple in 1958.
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One of Atlanta's defining characteristics today is its traffic. At the turn of the 20th century, the invention of the automobile set the world rumbling with excitement, adventure, and a new frontier to be explored. So why was it that Atlanta kept getting the cold shoulder from the automobile world?
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Today we bring you the stories of the three women who were sentenced to death in Georgia spanning nearly 300 years. The journey that got them there was personal, and their fate was grim.
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Present-day Atlanta's LGBTQ+ scene thrives with a Pride Parade, rainbow crosswalks, and a true celebration of owning one's identity with pride. But for the majority of Atlanta's history being anything other than straight was exceptionally dangerous, tumultuous, and painful. In this episode, we dive into three raids that targeted the gay men of Atlanta shaping the LGBTQ+ community today.
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It's 1829 and you're resting at home after a draining day when you hear the whisper that someone has found gold. Do you stay where you are certain a grueling future is ahead of you? Or do you pack up, and hope to strike it rich?
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Everyone is familiar with Martin Luther King Jr., but what about the rest of the family? Today we dive into their stories.
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It's 1996 and countries worldwide are glued to their televisions, newspapers, and radios. They're not looking for their country's latest athletic standing, they're desperate for an update on the whereabouts of the person who just blew up the Olympics.
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What do Al Capone, The Boulder Dam, Cuba, Tiger King, and a riot have in common? The United States Penitentiary located in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Jeanette is getting ready to open a motel and campsite with her husband in 1947 Bogart, Georgia. When she's found brutally murdered in Atlanta, suddenly all anyone can talk about is "Whodunnit."
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In honor of Halloween weekend and Dead Atlanta's one-year anniversary, we take a departure from our highly researched tales of Atlanta's dead and dig into maybe true, maybe not-so-true historical ghost stories passed ear-to-ear. Light a candle, turn off the lights, and bundle up, you could be the next witness of an unexpected entity.
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It's 1962 and tragedy rocks the city of Atlanta all the way from France. What happens to a city when some of its most prominent people vanish into thin air?
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It's the early hours of December 7, 1946 and you have a decision to make: jump, or burn?
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It's the late 1940's and the Metropolitan Opera has come to the "jinx town" of Atlanta. The cast lets out a sigh of relief after the final splendid night comes to a close with no mishaps. Unfortunately for one cast member though, the curtain will never rise again.
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James lets the ink dry before sealing his letter. He hears everything in the hot June woods. His parents, far away in Massachusetts, have no idea what it's like to be on the front lines of battle during a merciless and clingy Southern June. But this is not just any campaign or any war, this is the Atlanta Campaign of the American Civil War. From the pens of the people who lived it 162 years ago to your ears, we're resurrecting these letters for you once again.
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Sam Hose, Lige Strickland, Sidney Johnson, Mary Turner, Hayes Turner, Eli Cooper, George Dorsey, Mae Dorsey, Roger Malcolm, and Dorothy Malcolm all met their end by lynching. There's no easy way to discuss the gruesome, important, and uncomfortable reality of Georgia's relationship with lynching so we choose to shine a light on these ten victims' stories. Let us never forget.
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What do you get when you throw together a dictator, a racist, and a man who only looks out for himself? The 67th governor of Georgia.
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It's 1911 and there's a bone-chilling presence walking the streets of Atlanta. Just as stealthily as he emerges from the night's shadowy curtains, he slips back behind them without a trace. From Bolton to Mechanicsville to Kirkwood, victims dot the city and there's no telling where the Atlanta Ripper will make his next debut—or with who.
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It all started with the search for a little thrill between two wealthy and rebellious college friends. Pull this fire alarm, jump into that river. But when one of them brings a gun into the mix, it's no longer a game, it's murder.
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What do children, baseball, and 'The Bug' have in common? The Numbers King of course.
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Three people are in the library, three others are on the grounds where a chase is ensuing, screams are heard in the distance, and everything is dark. In this real-life game of Clue, only five survive. So, whodunnit?
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It's October 1965. The Beatles are dominating the charts, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 just passed in August, and you and your friend have your whole lives in front of you. Unfortunately, that's really only true for one of you.
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Not too long after the 1863 emancipation was enacted in Georgia--it would take years to reach the rest of the United States--our Dead Atlantan set off from Social Circle, GA turning eleven dollars into over a million with the help of a booming barbershop in Jonesboro.
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Beautiful, world-traveled, vibrant Peggy was the focus of countless society page articles and the "It Girl" of 1940's Atlanta with a handsome husband and young son. So you can imagine Atlanta's surprise when the It Girl was found washed up in Peachtree Creek. Poor Peggy.
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It's the 1970's and "the King of Pornography, the Sultan of Smut's" business is booming. The thing is, there's only room on the throne for one.
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What do you get when you cross a Union Army with a Confederate Army and a mad-as-hell sister on General Sherman's burn line in Atlanta? A 5,000 word letter, that's what.
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Every grave has a start date and end date, but perhaps the most important thing is that little dash in between--the actual life a person led. Today, we go on strike with the Washing Society, a little movement that swelled with activists and laid the foundation for every movement that followed.
Referenced in this episode: "Joy My Freedom: Southern Black Women's Lives and Labors After the Civil War" by Tera W. Hunter.
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You're seven years old, playing in your yard in Georgia when you suddenly realize that your imaginary dog is being stalked by a very real tiger. Now what?
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Mere months before the Spanish Flu strikes Atlanta it's just another day, but that all changes at noon May 21, 1917 when the city erupts in flames. The certainty is your house won't survive. But the question is, who will get it first--the fire or the mayor?
It's 1918 in Atlanta, GA and if you're alive, you're wondering if you'll be the next resident of The Receiving Vault courtesy of a terrifying pandemic called the Spanish Flu. Get your wine, your blanket, and cozy up, this one strikes close to home.
Explore an intriguing chapter of Atlanta's past through the story of the city's first mayor. We'll explore the sordid history of Atlanta's brothels, bars, and saloons in the 19th century.