All My Favorite People Are Dead

S2-E28 - Forever Here, Forever there: Famous Ghosts

Do you believe in ghosts? Well, our special guest Ina Claire Gabler, a writer and teacher, shares with us her passion for paranormal activity!  

S2-E27 - John Guy Vassar Jr.

This week, Shannon tells us the story of John Guy Vassar Jr. and his life around the world and here in Poughkeepsie. 

S2-E26 - Henrietta Lacks

Sue tells us the story of Henrietta Lacks, an African-American woman whose cancer cells are the source of the HeLa cell line, the first immortalized human cell line. 

S2-E25- Roy Sullivan "Spark Ranger"

This week, Shannon tells us the story of poor Roy Sullivan, also known as the Spark Ranger or the Human Lightning Rod! Get ready for an electrifying episode!! 

S2-E24- The Tragic tale of Dagas Ballerinas

In this episode, we talk about some weird and also about the tragic lives of the young Ballerinas who posed for Edgar Dagas. 

S2-E23- Eartha Kitt

This week, we look at the life of Eartha Kitt! She gave us Santa Baby and so much more!! 

S2-E22 - Lidia Poët

This week, Sue tells us the story of Lidia Poët, an Italian lawyer who lost her right to practice law...not because she did something wrong, but because she was a woman. 

S2-E21- The Story of Olive Oatman

This week, we share the story of Olive Oatman. The story is like something out of a Hollywood western! Only, it's a true story and has served as inspiration for many such silver-screen tales! 

S2-E20- Mother Mandelbaum - Jewish mother and America's first female crime boss

Join us as Sue tells the tale of America's first female crime boss. Fredericka Mandelbaum was a hard-working Jewish mother who decided to do whatever she could to get herself and her kids out of the tenements. 

S2-E19- Lady Death - Lyudmila Pavlichenko

In this week's episode, Shannon tells us the story of Lyudmila Pavlichenko, who was known as the greatest female sniper of all time. She killed 309 Nazis over the course of just over a year of brutal fighting.