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Rethinking Our HistoryEpisode 44: The Great Galveston Hurricane of 1900:Send us a textBoy do we have a sad story for yall today.Living in the mountains we have experience with feeling safe from natural disasters. But just last year Mother Nature showed us even we are not safe from her wrath.And that was a hard lesson residents of Galveston learned in September of 1900. After a few decades of having storms pass them by the residents of this booming island city felt that they were safe from any that might come their way.Add to that a political pissing...
2025-10-1326 minRethinking Our HistoryEpisode 43: The Elaine Massacre:Send us a textWe are back this week with another lesson about the evils of wealthy white people. I know that that statement can offend a lot of folks, but that is the fact of today's story.After a long summer of violence and oppression across the country, another black community came under attack when sharecroppers formed a Union to fight for more fair portions of the profits considering they were the ones doing all the work, and seeing little return.But anytime black people attempt to build something better for themselves...
2025-10-0636 minRethinking Our HistoryEpisode 42: Missing At Sea: Amy Bradley:Send us a textWe are back this week and less covidy so we have another missing persons case for you today.There are many reasons I have never stepped foot on a cruise ship, but one of the biggest is the fear of someone I love going missing.And that fear hit the Bradley family in March of 1998 when Amy Lynn Bradley went missing from a Royal Caribbean ship her family was on for vacation. What happened next was failings from every department and organization brought on to investigate this disappearance.
2025-09-2233 minRethinking Our HistoryEpisode 41: Lawn Jockeys:Send us a textThis week Ian wanted to take a crack at some history after an experience he recently had.Recently a relative got married and on his way to the ceremony Ian spotted a home whos yard was overflowing with little black statues. Curious he looked them up and was shocked to read what he did about the history of lawn jockeys.It's a complicated history, that no one is really sure where it started from. But we do know today that having this statues in ones yard is a glaring...
2025-09-0839 minRethinking Our HistoryEpisode 40: How The US Stole Hawaii:Send us a textThis week we are going to the land of sea and sand, the beautiful islands of Hawaii. These islands have been a favorite vacation destination for families for over a century, but it has not always been a US state.For hundreds of years the island was home to Polynesian descendants who made the islands their home. The Europeans found the islands and soon began harvesting her resources. Before long, a group of white business men felt they had more right to the land than the native did and sought out...
2025-09-0140 minRethinking Our HistoryEpisode 39: Russell WilliamsSend us a textThis week we are going to take a look as a soldier that tarnished not only his name but that of the Canadian Forces.With a career that spanned over 23 years Colonel Williams was at the top of his game when a local woman went missing from her home. After a short investigation, Williams was linked to the scene of the crime. But when he confessed, law enforcement got more then than bargained for.ROH EP 39 Source Notes:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Williams_(criminal)#Military...
2025-08-2547 minRethinking Our HistoryEpisode 38: Eleanor Roosevelt:Send us a textThis week we are looking at an exceptional woman.For many years the first lady had been a prop for the most powerful man in the world. But when Franklin Roosevelt became the 32nd president of the US, his wife Eleanor flipped the position of first lady on its head.ROH EP 38 Source Notes:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_Roosevelthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junior_Leaguehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_Un-American_Activities_Committeehttps://en.wikipedia.org...
2025-08-1152 minRethinking Our HistoryEpisode 37: April 29, 1992 Part 2:Send us a textSo we are back with the second half of the riots that changed LA forever. After the inital day of rioting, the violence became more widespread throughout the city. While law enforcement was quick to block off the neighborhoods of Beverly Hills and West Hollywood, the Korean community was trapped in the middle.And so they defended themselves while cops ran from gunfire and dispatchers didn't answer their phones call.When it was all said and done, there was over 1 billion dollars in damage to the city, and over 60...
2025-08-0435 minRethinking Our HistoryEpisode 36: April 29, 1992, Part 1:Send us a textThis week we are going back in the way back machine to the best decade of all time. The 90's. After what has been going on in California the last month or so, I felt it was appropriate to look at a time in history when we saw this happen before.There is a lot that went into the events of April 29th 1992 and the days that followed. Years of abuse and exploitation, racism and stereotyping had the black community at it's wits end. Imagine you are just trying to live...
2025-07-2141 minRethinking Our HistoryEpisode 35: Marvin Heemeyer and KilldozerSend us a textWe are back! Thank you so much to our fans who are still here with us while we were off. Thank you to everyone who reached out after the passing of my brother, your love was very much appreciated.So this week we are looking at an event I did not pay much attention too at the time, I had just graduated high school a week prior. But you'd have to be an alien to not know the name Killdozer.This is the story of a man who felt...
2025-07-1424 minRethinking Our HistoryEpisode 34: Missing in Washington: Benita Long:Send us a textMay 5th is MMIW Awareness Day and June 6th is MMIM Awareness day but everyday indigenous people go missing and their cases are thrown to the side.This is what happened with Benita Long when she went missing in March of 2022 from a motel in Washington state. At first police were not concerned due to her past history, and by the time they actually cared to investigate it was far to late.If you or anyone you knows knows anything about the disappearance of Benita Long call the Yakama...
2025-06-0915 minRethinking Our HistoryEpisode 33: The Bath School Disaster:Send us a textWARNING: This episode contains discussion of animal murder and a school bombing.This week as we enter Pride month we take a look at someone no one should have any pride in. Andrew Kehoe was known as impatient and frugal, but also a helpful neighbor.But a time came when he felt that the town no longer deserved his kindness but instead his rage. And that is when he planned to take his anger out on the people of the small community he called home by striking at the...
2025-06-0228 minRethinking Our HistoryEpisode 32: Slave or Samurai? Yasuke:Send us a textIt seems there is a lot of vitrol and hate towards anything showcasing black excellence now adays on social media. This includes figures from history.Known as the black Samurai we do not know much about the man known simply as Yasuke. But there was nothing simple about him. The very sight of this man sent communities into a frenzy and people lost their lives trying to catch a glimpse of him.But what he did next still shocks people to this day. After confirming this man had not...
2025-05-2629 minRethinking Our HistoryEpisode 31: The Thule Society:Send us a textThis week we are going to be looking at a society that should be long dead but has had a revival of sorts recently.Founded in the early 1900's as a study group, the Thule society quickly became German Supremacy group, one that heavily targeted the Jewish community.And they are still spreading their hate today. If you are up for a mind bend, click on their link below to get a sense of what they are all about.ROH EP 31 Source Notes:https://www...
2025-05-2135 minRethinking Our HistoryEpisode 30: Lawman Bass ReevesSend us a textWe got quite a short one this week, but it's a been more fun then what we have covered recently.Having been born into slavery, Bass Reeves was finally able to escape his captors and made his way to live with the natives. They taught him their language, their culture and their skills on the land.When freedom finally came for all black people, Bass was tapped to be a US Marshal due to his skills and knowledge. And even though he never learned to read or write, he...
2025-05-0513 minRethinking Our HistoryEpisode 29: Missing in NC: Cole ThomasSend us a textThis week we are going to do something different. We are going to be looking at the case of a missing person that needs attention.On the night of Thanksgiving 2016 Cole Thomas went missing from an intersection in Benson NC during a road trip with two co workers.The investigation has uncovered the real reason for the road trip, but they have yet to locate Cole or any clue that could lead to his where abouts.4 men know what happened to him that cold night, but they...
2025-04-2816 minRethinking Our HistoryEpisode 28: The Match Girls StrikeSend us a textLet's go to Britain this week, during the 1800's of it all. 1888 to be specific.After a newpaper article came out bringing light to the terrible conditions of the match making factories management attempted to make people sign a form refuting the article.When they refused, one or more of the employees were fired. This set of a storm of strikes that could have crippled the match making industry.ROH EP 28 Source Notes:
2025-04-2122 minRethinking Our HistoryEpisode 27: The Bombing of MOVESend us a textThis week we are looking at one of the wildest events I personally have ever heard of.In 1985 an organization known as MOVE was causing waves in the community. They had already been run out of one home, and now the cops were on their way to run them out of another.But what they ended up doing would take the lives of 11 people in that house, 5 of them children. and destroy two city blocks. Within months Philly became known as The City That Bombed Itself.ROH...
2025-04-1429 minRethinking Our HistoryEpisode 26: The Oklahoma City Bombing Part 2:Send us a textLast week we took a journey to look at what drove two men to decide to bomb a federal building, taking the lives of dozens.This week we look at that act that took those lives. On April 19th 1995 at 9:02 am, the bomb that Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols had spent months planning and executing, ripped apart the Alfred P. Murrah Building in downtown Oklahoma City.The loss of life was catastrophic as was the damage to the building and surrounding area. But there was no remorse from the...
2025-04-0730 minRethinking Our HistoryEpisode 25: The Oklahoma City Bombing Part 1:Send us a textThis week we are looking back at the worst domestic terrorist attack in US history.After the mess that the US government made during Rudy Ridge and the siege at Waco, many homegrown terrorist were angry and looking to take revenge against the government.Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols were two sure terrorist. Having grown up in the US, being former military and white supremacist, these two were ready to go after anyone to take revenge upon the government.This episode tells us how were got to...
2025-03-3149 minRethinking Our HistoryEpisode 24: The Dancing Plague of 1518Send us a textWe got a bit of a lighter episode for ya this week, but its still a weird story.On July 14th 1518 Frau Troffea walked out of her home in Strasbourg France and began dancing. But this was not joyful twirling, line dancing, or any of the dancing we have today, instead it was a manic dancing that lasted well into the night and only stopped once Troffea fell asleep.But the next day she would wake up and start dancing again. Soon more people began joining her and before...
2025-03-1715 minRethinking Our HistoryEpisode 23: The Murder of Ruthie Mae McCoySend us a textIn 1992 the cult classic movie Candyman made it's way to movie theaters, and more than a few people recognized the story line to be much more than just a nightmare. For folks living in the ABLA homes, the thought of someone breaking in through their bathroom cabinets was not an irrational fear, but one they lived with daily.In comes 52 year old Ruthie Mae who had been a resident of Abbott homes for four years. Having lived a long hard life Ruthies was on the path to freedom and safety, but...
2025-03-1022 minRethinking Our HistoryEpisode 22: H.H. HolmesSend us a textThis week we are back in Chicago looking into one of the most infamous names to come out of the city, and can you believe it is not a black man?!Naw, Herman, as he was named at birth, was a descendent of the first english colonist. And just as with many people who were sent to the US, Herman would grow up with a thirst for violence.Many people know his name and have heard of his crimes but many do not know the real story behind Herman...
2025-03-0338 minRethinking Our HistoryEpisode 21: Ida B. Wells Part 2:Send us a textThis week we are looking at Ida's life after meeting her husband and having kids. For some women, this would slow down their fight, but not for Ida.No, if anything being a mother to young black children fueled Ida's fight even more. Even with the threat of the federal government at her back, Ida kept on fighting for what she knew in her heart was right.May we all take courage from Ida to do what is right, no matter the consequence.Episode 21 Source Notes:
2025-02-2429 minRethinking Our HistoryEpisode 20: Ida B. Wells: Part 1:Send us a textThis first episode exploring black excellence during Black History Month looks at one of the bravest and most influencial black women in the history of the US.Ida B. Wells was born as an enslaved child before the emancipation proclimation just a few years later. She became an educator at a young age to take care of her siblings.As an adult she was never quite about the inequality and injustices towards black people. And her words put her in danger many times, but she never let the violence...
2025-02-1041 minRethinking Our HistoryEpisode 19: Eastern Airlines Flight 401Send us a textOn the night of December 29th 1972 Eastern Airlines Flight 401 was making a regular flight from NYC to Miami.Things were going well until the went to land in Miami, and there was a malfunction with a light in the cockpit. This malfunction led to one of the worse aviation accidents in the history of flying.ROH EP 19 Source Notes:https://www.hauntlanta.com/https://open.spotify.com/episode/1PoS9zbJxpAOGMwiBsZbJuhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Air_Lines_Flight_401https://simpleflying...
2025-02-0327 minRethinking Our HistoryEpisode 18: The Gullah WarsSend us a textWe recently began binging a new to us show, the United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell and in the 3rd season he goes to the Low Country to meet the Gullah people.While there he learns about Robert Smalls, an enslaved man who stole a ship and sailed his family and friends to freedom. But Roberts tale is a small part of a much larger fight against colonization and enslavement. One that often gets buried in the tales of the indigenous fight against colonization.Which is a...
2025-01-2721 minRethinking Our HistoryEpisode 17: Sidney LanierSend us a textWe got a short one for ya today folks. Last week on The Paranormal Lovers we covered the infamous Lake Lanier. This week we look at the man for whom the lake was named after.Sidney Lanier was a Georgia boy who loves music. After a short military career during the civil war, during which he contracted tuberculosis, Sidney set out to find his place in the world.But his life would be cut short by the disease he had contracted earlier in his life. However the words he...
2025-01-1318 minRethinking Our HistoryEpisode 16: The St Francis Dam FailureSend us a textWe are back for 2025 and boy do we have a good one for ya today.Back in the 1920's infrastructure regulations were not as strong as they are today, and they aren't great today. But by 1920 standards they are leaps and bounds better than they were.One area that got an upgrade in the 1920's was dam engineering in California. That was after one failed and took the lives of hundreds of people.ROH EP 16 Source Notes:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Mulholland
2025-01-0653 minRethinking Our HistoryEpisode 15: Fred HamptonSend us a textI once heard someone say, it's not crazy to say people are after you if people are after you. I have a feeling Fred knew people were after him, but that did not stop him from living his life's purpose.Helping people. From the age of 10 when he cooked breakfast for other neighborhood kids, to running the Chicago chapter of the Black Panther Party, Fred worked his whole life to better the lives of others.And because he was good at it, and had the power to bring the...
2024-12-1651 minRethinking Our HistoryEpisode 15: Fred HamptonSend us a textI once heard someone say, it's not crazy to say people are after you if people are after you. I have a feeling Fred knew people were after him, but that did not stop him from living his life's purpose.Helping people. From the age of 10 when he cooked breakfast for other neighborhood kids, to running the Chicago chapter of the Black Panther Party, Fred worked his whole life to better the lives of others.And because he was good at it, and had the power to bring the...
2024-12-0937 minRethinking Our HistoryEpisode 14: The Great Emu WarSend us a textI do hope this episode finds you well after the holiday weekend and ready for a few laughs.Back in 1932 after the end of WW1 veteran's set out in Western Australia to farm wheat for the world, but they had a native problem, just not the one we grew up hearing about. This was an EMU problem.Thousands of Emus set out each year in the spring( our fall) to head to the coast, the problem's started when farmers began trying to grow crops in their migration path.
2024-12-0225 minRethinking Our HistoryEpisode 13: Andrew Jackson Part 2:Send us a textWe have come to the end of the tale of the life and legacy of the 7th president of the United States of America, Andrew Jackson.After his busy military career Jackson set out, and accomplished, reaching the highest office in the land. His presidency was filled with drama, petty disputes, and genocide. Which aren't they all?But I do believe one of the greatest takeaways from learning this history is to be able to recognize when it is repeating itself right before your eyes.ROH EP 13...
2024-11-2552 minRethinking Our HistoryEpisode 12: Andrew Jackson Part 1:Send us a textSo last week we looked at the forced removal of native nations from the southeastern US. One of the largest proponents of this removal was Andrew Jackson, the 7th president of the US.But Jackson's life did not start out in circles of power. In fact tragedy would strike his family just weeks before Andrew was even born. And at the young age of 14 Jackson would become and orphan due to a series of events that set him up to be the man written about in history books.But...
2024-11-1855 minRethinking Our HistoryEpisode 11: The Trails Of TearsSend us a textThis week we take a look at the forced removal of " The Five Civilized Tribes" of the southeast region of the US.Starting in the early 1800's with the Creek Nation the US government drew up treaties for the native nations, giving the government control of their land, and moving the tribe to new land west of the Mississippi.But when they refused to leave, the government forced them at gun point. Even for the ones who left on their own free would soon learned the government would not...
2024-11-1144 minRethinking Our HistoryEpisode 10: Ignaz SemmelweisSend us a textThis week we take a look back in history at a man who changed the world with three simple words:Wash Your Hands!!!!!But during his time on earth Ignaz Semmelweis did not get the recognition he deserved and some people believe that that led him to lose his mind.So here we are telling his story and hoping he knows we all appreciate him now.ROH EP 10 Source Notes:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humorismhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
2024-11-0433 minRethinking Our HistoryEpisode 9: The Flying HobosSend us a textThis week we have a fun one for ya. Although he only lived till the age of 33, James Banning had quite the influence on the black community and aviation.One of the few black pilots of his day, Banning faced many hardships on his path to flight, from poverty to racism. But he let none of it hold him back.And in 1932 he and friend Thomas Allen would make history, sadly just months before James would died.Episode 9 Source Notes:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
2024-10-2819 minRethinking Our HistoryEpisode 8: Ruby RidgeSend us a textAnd we're back! This week we are going to look at one of the few case in which the US government actually, somewhat, held themselves accountable for a terrible event.The Weaver family were seen by most as extremist white supremasist. They wanted to get a piece of land they could live the rest of their days on during the apocolypse.What they ended up getting what a petty neighbor who brought the full weight of the federal government down on their heads.Episode 8 Source Notes:
2024-10-2144 minRethinking Our HistoryHurricane Helene Update:Send us a textHey friends! We are glad to be back in the studio this week for a special update episode. As everyone knows we were in the direct path of Hurricane Helene. From 9/25 till 9/27 our region was, quite literally, drowned with over 40 inched of rain. In the wake of the storm the devastation has been overwhelming, as has the out pouring of for our region. So enjoy this update episode and we will see you guys next week for our regular episodes.
2024-10-131h 05Rethinking Our HistoryEpisode 7: Martin CouneySend us a textI'm sure most people have never heard of Martin Couney, so we are bringing his story, and a little bit of ours, to the masses.Born in what was German Prussia at the time, Martin's early life is not well known. For what ever reason he was very secretive about his early life.But whatever he did in his early life, can not over shadow what he did later in life. After allegedly studying under a French OB, Martin set out to bring the use of incubators for premature...
2024-09-2332 minRethinking Our HistoryEpisode 6: The Radium GirlsSend us a textThis week are are looking into the case that created OSHA, and paved the way for the labor and safety laws we have today.This laws were put in place after thousands of women began getting sick and dying. Their deaths were at first attributed to and STD, but it soon became apparent that was not the case.ROH Episode 6 Source Noteshttps://www.britannica.com/science/pitchblendehttps://www.britannica.com/science/radiumhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radium_Girls...
2024-09-1633 minRethinking Our HistoryEpisode 5: Claudette ColvinSend us a textWe have all been taught the story of Rosa Parks in school, but what we were taught was not the whole story. Rosa's actions that day were staged after another woman did the same thing.Claudette Colvin was a pregnant 15 year old dark skinned black girl who one day refused to give her seat up on the bus. But Claudette did not look the way they needed her to look to get the sympathy from white people that the black community needed to make a change.So they sent...
2024-09-0921 minRethinking Our HistoryEpisode 4: The Great Molasses FloodSend us a textWe got a sticky sweet event for yall today. The morning of January 15th 1919 was like any other in the North Boston neighborhood where Purity Distilling kept their 2.3 million gallon tank of black strap molasses.Around 12:30 in the afternoon everything changed when that tank exploded, flooding the neighborhood in millions of gallons of the sticky fluid, which then began to cool rapidly due to the season.This tragedy is deeply imbedded in the community, as the city smelled of the sweet fluid for months, and then every summer for...
2024-09-0229 minRethinking Our HistoryEpisode 3: Henrietta LacksSend us a textThis week on ROH we look at the life and legacy of a woman, who never knew what was done to her. After giving birth to her 4th child Henrietta Lacks was diagnosed with cervical cancer. While undergoing treatment samples were taken of her cells, without her consent. Henrietta would never know how far and wide her cells would end up going. She would never know about the millions of lives she has helped saved since her death. Henrietta will never know that she lives on in immortality in th...
2024-08-2628 minRethinking Our HistoryEpisode 2: The Wilmington Massacre Part 2:Send us a textIn this second episode of Rethinking Our History we are going through the events of November 10th 1898 when a posse of white men began terrorizing the black community. Once it was all said and done at least a dozen men lay dead in the streets and hundreds more had been forced from their homes. In conclusion, we hope that people become aware of the similarities of what was done in history and what is being attempted today. Episode 2 Source Notes:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilmington_mas...
2024-08-1947 minRethinking Our HistoryEpisode 1: The Wilmington Massacre Part 1:Send us a textIn this first episode of Rethinking Our History we take a look at an event that is not talked about in the history of North Carolina. And we say this as two people who spent their whole school years in the NC education system. It was not until the events of January 6th that Felicia learned about the only successful insurrection in the US, that in reality was a massacre. And it is so much worse than we could have imagined. As you listen, we implore you to think ab...
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