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OldColonyCast

Dec 23, 2021

Hanna, Andy, and Fish celebrate the holidays by discussing the Puritan ban on Christmas.

Bah Humbug Everyone!

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Intro music is from "Across the Line" by the Wellington Sea Shanty Society.


Dec 9, 2021

We planned on doing an episode on the Blizzard of '78, but Hanna went rogue (got distracted) and unilaterally decided to cover a different weather disaster. Andy and Fish hear the tale of Cold Friday, a deep freeze that struck New England in 1810.

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Intro music is from "Across the Line"...


Nov 25, 2021

Hanna, Andy, and Fish talk about the history of the National Day of Mourning, the 51-year old demonstration held in Plymouth to protest the mythmaking around Thanksgiving.

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Intro music is from "Across the Line" by the Wellington Sea Shanty Society.


Nov 11, 2021

Despite being neither a meteorologist nor a tap dancer, Hanna spins the tale of the 1953 Worcester Tornado, the most destructive, deadliest twister in Massachusetts history.

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Intro music is from "Across the Line" by the Wellington Sea Shanty Society.


Oct 28, 2021

What's the difference between a grave robber and a resurrectionist? How should you sneak a body out of a grave? Where is the best place to hide a body? Hanna, Andy, and Fish dig into the sordid history of the Spunker Club, Harvard's secret club of medical students turned grave robbers.

Intro music is from "Across the...