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EPISODE · Oct 8, 2021 · 34 MIN

Paradise Lost: The Mystery of Roanoke Colony

from History Loves Company · host Chester Sakamoto

The establishment of Jamestown Colony in what's now Virginia in 1607 is often seen as the genesis of Colonial America. But twenty years prior, the British had attempted to establish a colony further south on Roanoke Island in present-day North Carolina. Troubled from the start, it would exchange hands a couple of times before its inhabitants would ultimately and mysteriously vanish, seemingly without a trace. What fate befell the colonists at Roanoke? What clues did they leave behind? And how does this unsolved mystery continue to enthrall us? Tune in to this, the first in a series of "spooktacular" episodes I'll be doing throughout the month of October, to find out!

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