Hey everyone and welcome back to Unearthed Memphis! I’m Alan and I’m Tara We hope you enjoyed our last episode about Memphis Hoodoo and the St. Paul Spiritual Holy Temple. I did! I’m still googling things about it. It’s just so fascinating! We even got a facebook thank you from the Secret History of Memphis … Continue reading Season 2: Episode Eight and 1/2: Halloween Shorts
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Episode Eight: Clara Conway & the Clara Conway Institute
Clara Conway was born in New Orleans, LA, August 14, 1844, to poor Irish immigrants, Margaret Riordan Conway and Thomas Conway, who came to America in the early 19th century. (I’ve read she came to Memphis in 1846, that she was brought to Memphis in 1855 when her parents died, but also that she simply … Continue reading Episode Eight: Clara Conway & the Clara Conway Institute
Episode Seven: The Tale of Pink Lizzie
Submitted for the approval of the Midnight Society...I call this story The Tale of Pink Lizzy. A two story mansion at 683 Fifth Street, on the corner of Fifth & Georgia, became home to one of Memphis’s most iconic, yet not widely known today, ghost stories. Col. W.J. Davie, the President of Southern Bank of … Continue reading Episode Seven: The Tale of Pink Lizzie
Episode Three: The Memphis Zoo
“These animals are like my children, every day that I come to the zoo I say, ‘Daddy’s home’.” - Nicholas J. Melroy, 1923 You can thank the payment of debt, which came in an unusual form, for the construction of Memphis’s wonderful zoo. Albert Carruthers, president of a local shoe business, accepted an in-kind payment … Continue reading Episode Three: The Memphis Zoo
Episode One: Georgia Tann and the Tennessee Children’s Home Society
“Yours for the asking! George wants to play catch but needs a Daddy to complete Team "Catch this ball, Daddy!" How would YOU like to have this handsome five-year-old play "catch" with you? How would you like his chubby arms to slip around your neck and give you a bearlike hug? His name is George and he may be … Continue reading Episode One: Georgia Tann and the Tennessee Children’s Home Society