Submitted for the approval of the Midnight Society, I call this story, the Tale of the Memphis U.S. Marine Hospital. The year was 1798 and President Adams decreed there needed to be a hospital for the sick, injured, and disabled maritime men. This Marine Hospital cared for the seamen who worked on the Mississippi River. … Continue reading Season 2: Halloween Mini Episode: The Memphis U.S. Marine Hospital
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Season 2: Episode Ten: The Sultana Disaster: Part 2
It’s April, 1865… The Sultana has been docked in Vicksburg, MS, preparing to load far more passengers than the steamer is equipped to hold. The passengers are almost entirely Union soldiers who are being paroled from the Cahaba or Andersonville Confederate prison camps, in which they have experienced hellish living conditions - not to mention … Continue reading Season 2: Episode Ten: The Sultana Disaster: Part 2
Season 2: Episode Nine: The Sultana Disaster: Part 1
If you were to mention the word “Titanic” to a random stranger today, and asked them to tell you what that word means to them, there’s a very high chance that you would get one of the following responses from them… That Celine Dion song that was overplayed to death...“I’m the king of the world”“Paint … Continue reading Season 2: Episode Nine: The Sultana Disaster: Part 1
Season 2: Episode Six: 1969 Miss Memphis Review
We have to thank a supporter/friend that we’ve yet to meet, Jerry, who sent us kind of a suggestion for this topic. On one of his daily walks, he took a picture of a plaque on the side of the Evergreen Theatre. It was commemorating the 1969 Miss Memphis Review pageant. Having not ever heard … Continue reading Season 2: Episode Six: 1969 Miss Memphis Review
Season 2: Episode Two: Earnestine & Hazel’s
The spot that is now occupied by Earnestine and Hazel’s at 531 South Main St was once the exact opposite of what it was to become in the future. In the late 1800s, it was built as a church, complete with fancy doors and a steeple. The area that the corner building occupies was considered … Continue reading Season 2: Episode Two: Earnestine & Hazel’s
Season 2: Episode One: Alice and Freda
“The day of our wedding was set, and then not all the powers in the world could have separated us. It was our intention to leave here and go to St. Louis, and I would have been Freda’s slave. I would have devoted my whole life to making her happy---But when Freda returned my engagement … Continue reading Season 2: Episode One: Alice and Freda
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