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What Happened Here?
by Hannah Allman Kennedy
A podcast exploring the point where nature, history, culture and infrastructure collide. Join as each week, writer Hannah Allman Kennedy looks at a place and asks, "What happened here?" Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/what-happened-here/support
Episodes
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Episode 15: The Bennington Triangle, Vermont
In the Season 1 finale, Hannah tells a few stories from one of the most mysterious parts of New England: a vast and isolated forest hiding ghost towns, buried treasure, and missing persons. This is the Bennington Triangle of Vermont. What happened here? Please subscribe, rate, and review, and…
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Episode 14: Dennis Severs' House, London UK
The city of London is home to many a mystery, and the twists and turns of the Spitalfields district is no exception. One house, at 18 Folgate Street, offers visitors the ability to almost literally step back in time. This is Dennis Severs' house. What Happened Here? Listen along to find out! Keep...
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Episode 13: Lake Peigneur, Louisiana
In rural southern Louisiana, miles from the Gulf of Mexico, a deep saltwater lake exists in unlikely surroundings. But little do many people know the secrets under the surface. This is Lake Peigneur. What Happened Here? Listen along to hear the story of the mysterious Lake Peigneur, which was...
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Episode 12: The Abandoned Pennsylvania Turnpike
If there's anything we Pennsylvanians love, it's complaining about our roads. From constant construction, to precarious navigation around rugged terrain, to the wear and tear of weather and idiot drivers, the roads of our commonwealth offer much to lament. In today's episode, however, Hannah deep...
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Episode 11: Monarch Park, Pennsylvania
On a remote highway between the towns of Oil City and Franklin, Pennsylvania, an outdoorsman's camp lies obscured in the thick forest. Here people come to celebrate conservation and outdoor sport, and to pass on skills of life and survival. But what one might not know at first glance is that this...
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Episode 10: The North End Waterfront, Boston MA
Today, the North End Waterfront of Boston is a peaceful outdoor recreational space in one of the most historic parts of this legendary city. But just over a hundred years ago, it was the site of one of the most devastating industrial disasters of the 20th century: the Great Molasses Flood of…
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Episode 9: Whittier, Alaska
On the vast southern coast of Alaska, there's a tiny town that fits under one roof, is only accessible by a tunnel that closes each night, and which was the site of the mysterious disappearance of two politicians. This is Whittier, Alaska. What happened here? Please rate and review if you liked...
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Episode 8: The Precious Moments Museum, Carthage Missouri
You know them: small porcelain figurines in soft colors, large-headed childlike little people with teardrop-shaped dark eyes and sweet tiny-lipped smiles. Sweet, pious, and mawkish, Precious Moments figurines were a mainstay of life in the 1980s and 90s. What you might not know is that just a few...
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Episode 7: Donora, Pennsylvania
An hour's drive down the Monongahela River from Pittsburgh, a sleepy small town sits forgotten by the world. Few know that this place was once the site of one of the worst environmental pollution disasters of the 20th century, and the catalyst for changing laws and standards in the US. This is...
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Episode 6: The Allegheny National Forest
The Allegheny National Forest, over 500,000 acres of deep, vibrant green space, covers the upper edge of Pennsylvania, and creates the border of the PA Wilds. This region is one of the least populated places in the eastern US, and has some of the oldest forest growth in North America. But barely…
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Episode 5: The Molly Malone Statue, Dublin Ireland
She's a woman who might not exist, a piece of art and also a tourist trap, with either questionable morals or a pure heart, who stands in a place not where she used to be, celebrating an event that was either a year too early or decades too late. This bundle of contradictions is the Molly Malone...
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Episode 4: Canyon de Chelly, Arizona
Five hours north of the city of Phoenix, and only a few miles from the town of Chinle, Arizona, a stunning, windswept canyon splits the earth in two. This is Canyon de Chelly, a national monument, a park, a homeland, and an important part of the story of the Navajo Nation. Why is this place so...
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Episode 3: The Hill of Crosses, Lithuania
A short drive from the city of Šiauliai, in northern Lithuania, a rather unusual monument stands as a testament to the determination and defiance of generations of people in a much-contested land. This is the Hill of Crosses: over 100,000 crosses left by people throughout the centuries as an act…
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Episode 2: CAP Park, Pittsburgh
At the crossroads of four major Pittsburgh streets, CAP Park connects a bustling downtown with the Hill District, a historically black community touched by stardom, injustice, and urban blight. CAP Park is less than a year old, but it already plays a part in so many stories: from art, music, and...
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Episode 1: Petroleum Centre, Pennsylvania
Drive two hours north of the city of Pittsburgh, and you’ll find Venango County, Pennsylvania, a region of remote towns, rugged hills, shimmering river valleys, and endless emerald forests. To the average traveler, this place is nothing more than your typical rural backcountry, but looks, as they...
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Trailer: What Happened Here?
Welcome to What Happened Here, the podcast in which writer Hannah Allman Kennedy geeks out over interesting (and formerly uninteresting) places. From nature to history, culture to infrastructure, places hold so much meaning, and we can tend to forget. But as someone who grew up around ghost…
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A podcast exploring the point where nature, history, culture and infrastructure collide. Join as each week, writer Hannah Allman Kennedy looks at a place and asks, "What happened here?" Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/what-happened-here/support
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