Latest Rihistory Podcast Episodes

10. HAUNTED HOTEL: The Biltmore

Weird Island - April 20, 2021 10:11 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 151 ratings
Episode Source Material:  Rumors: The Biltmore Hotel Real Stories of the Paranormal | Biltmore Hotel Providence Haunted Historic Taverns of Rhode Island:  From the Archive: Haunts around Rhode Island - providencejournal.com - Providence, RI A Haunted Murder Scene in Each New England State ...

9. BOOKS IN HUMAN SKIN: Anthropodermic Bibliopegy

Weird Island - April 13, 2021 10:46 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 151 ratings
Episode Source Material: Anthropodermic Books:  The Anthropodermic Book Project – A research project to identify the world's books bound in human skin Dark Archives: A Librarian’s Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin The macabre world of books bound in huma...

8. ONE PROVIDENCE PLACE: The Secret Apartment in the Mall

Weird Island - April 06, 2021 11:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 151 ratings
Episode Source Material:  History of the Providence Place Mall: Providence Architecture | Locations | Providence Place Mall What's in store for Providence Place's next 20 years? Assessing the Providence Place Mall The Death of the Providence Renaissance Nordstrom to close at Providence Pla...

7. ROGER WILLIAMS: and the Man-Eating Tree

Weird Island - March 30, 2021 10:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 151 ratings
Episode Source Material:  The Root of the Matter – The Rhode Island Historical Society Roger Williams Park cemetery tour untangles route to founder's final resting place 1868 Book, “A Fourteen Weeks Course in Chemistry,” by J. Dorman Steele Read the eBook Memorial of Roger Williams by Zachar...

6. WEIRD FOOD: Jonnycakes, Quahogs and Pizza Strips

Weird Island - March 23, 2021 10:15 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 151 ratings
Episode Source Material: Jonnycakes:  Narragansett - HISTORY All About Johnnycakes - Herald Tribune  Famous Rhode Island Foods - Your AAA Network The Big Flavors Of Little Rhode Island Slow Food Foundation for Biodiversity - White Cap Flint Corn  About our Corn, Narragansett Indian Flint ...

5. WEIRD FOOD: Hot Wieners, Coffee Milk and Del’s

Weird Island - March 16, 2021 14:34 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 151 ratings
Episode Source Material:  Hot Wieners: Food & Drink A Brief History Of The Hot Dog The Hot Wiener: A Rhode Island Icon Olneyville New York System Restaurant - Rhode Island's Best Hot Wieners! Awards Watch: Meet the 2014 America's Classics Break Out the Buns: The History of the Hot Dog How...

4. PIRATES: Buried Treasure on Block Island

Weird Island - March 09, 2021 11:15 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 151 ratings
To Visit:  Whydah Pirate Museum: 674 MA-28, West Yarmouth, Massachusetts Palatine Graves: 18 Old Town Road, Block Island, RI Episode Source Material:  A glimpse of RI's past: Captain Thomas Paine of Jamestown Black Sam Bellamy, the Pirate Who Fought Smart, Harmed Few, Scored Big Top Earnin...

3. ABANDONED: The Ladd School

Weird Island - March 02, 2021 13:30 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 151 ratings
To Visit a Similar Spot: Medfield State Hospital, 45 Hospital Road, Medfield, MA 02052 Episode Source Material:  History of Psychiatric Hospitals • Nursing, History, and Health Care • Penn Nursing Dr. Joseph H. Ladd School Days of Darkness From the archives: FINAL DAY: Ladd Center shuts dow...

INTRODUCING: Weird Island

Weird Island - March 01, 2021 16:00 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 151 ratings
Small state, big on the weird! Weird Island brings you some of the strangest stories you probably haven’t heard before, all originating in little Rhode Island.

2. VAMPIRE PANIC: Mercy Brown

Weird Island - February 24, 2021 19:15 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 151 ratings
Episode Source Material:  Have Mercy  The Great New England Vampire Panic | History Food for the Dead: On the Trail of New England’s Vampires by Michael Bell Vampires, Bural, and Death: Folklore and Reality by Paul Barber Food For the Dead Website New England's Vampire History | Legends an...

1. VIKING RUINS in Rhode Island?

Weird Island - February 22, 2021 17:30 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 151 ratings
To Visit:  Newport Tower: 5 Touro Park St W. Newport, Rhode Island, 02840 Hours: Always available for viewing Newport Tower Museum: 152 Mill St, Newport, RI 02840 Dighton Rock: 3rd Avenue, Berkley, MA. 02779 Museum Hours: By appointment only; open daily at 9:00 SOURCES:  The Controversy Tou...