Cape Fear Unearthed

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StarNews Media Presents "Cape Fear Unearthed," a podcast digging into the history books of Southeastern North Carolina. The weekly podcast will feature stories drawn from the region's persisting legends, historical oddities and mysterious figures that have helped shape its legacy and culture.

Episode Date
Christmas shopping in the downtown Wilmington of yesteryear
Dec 19, 2022
Film documentary 'McKinley's Guns' digs into 1898 coup
Oct 20, 2022
'Race, Place and Memory': Wilmington's troubled racial history
Oct 06, 2022
When Shell Island was an island, and a Black beach resort
Aug 11, 2022
Revisiting The Barn: a legendary Wilmington jazz club and dance hall
Jun 24, 2022
A brief history of Eagles Island and Wilmington's 'west bank'
May 12, 2022
Wilmington corner stores, gone but not forgotten
May 06, 2022
Roots of the GOAT: Michael Jordan's history in Wilmington
Apr 14, 2022
Train tracking: The lost Wilmington, Brunswick & Southern Railroad
Mar 24, 2022
Losing, and preserving, Black historic sites in Wilmington
Feb 24, 2022
Photographic memories: Wilmington's history in photos
Feb 04, 2022
Wilmington's Temple of Israel: storied past, building a future
Jan 21, 2022
The curious case of the Christmas flounder
Dec 17, 2021
Preserving history, one window and door at a time
Nov 26, 2021
Commemorating 1898, and the search for descendants
Oct 28, 2021
The bridges of New Hanover County
Oct 07, 2021
Ideal location: Wilmington film history and the Ideal Cement factory
Sep 16, 2021
Century club: Wilmington's 100-year-old businesses
Aug 05, 2021
Wilmington goes to the movies: bygone theaters and drive-ins
Jun 18, 2021
Historic Wilmington Foundation takes the past into the future
May 31, 2021
Enduring mystery: The fire that destroyed Hemenway Hall
May 19, 2021
Unearthing history, literally, with the Cape Fear Explorers
Apr 29, 2021
The once and future queens of the N.C. Azalea Festival
Apr 08, 2021
Wilmington's rock of ages: Remembering The Mad Monk
Mar 27, 2021
Goodbye, Farewell and Hello
Mar 04, 2021
U.S. Colored Troops and the Battle of Forks Road
Feb 18, 2021
Ellerbrock and Boss: Faithful Unto Death
Feb 04, 2021
Black Thursday: The Exodus of Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Dec 15, 2020
The World's Largest Living Christmas Tree
Dec 03, 2020
Unearthing 1898, Part 3: The Aftermath
Nov 11, 2020
Unearthing 1898, Part 2: The Massacre
Nov 10, 2020
Unearthing 1898, Part 1: The Campaign
Nov 09, 2020
Legend and Liquor: The Haunting of Lula's Pub
Oct 22, 2020
A Murder Etched in Stone
Oct 08, 2020
Washington, Taft and Wilmington's Presidential Visits
Sep 25, 2020
One Night at Frying Pan Tower
Sep 17, 2020
A View of History from the Bellamy Mansion
Aug 27, 2020
The Crusade of Women's Suffrage in North Carolina
Aug 13, 2020
How Smithville Became Southport
Jul 30, 2020
The History Behind Wilmington's Confederate Statues
Jul 16, 2020
Revolution Comes to the Cape Fear
Jul 01, 2020
Althea: Queen of the Court
Jun 26, 2020
The House Built on Wilmington's First Jail
Jun 04, 2020
WASPs, Warships and Wartime Wilmington
May 14, 2020
Burial Grounds of the Cape Fear
Apr 24, 2020
Panic and Plague: The 1918 Spanish Influenza
Apr 01, 2020
Wilmington's Trailblazing Women
Mar 12, 2020
Highland Charge: Scots in the Cape Fear
Feb 27, 2020
BONUS EPISODE: The Fort Anderson Flag
Feb 14, 2020
The Bombardment of Fort Anderson
Feb 13, 2020
Wrightsville Beach and the Dread God of Fire
Jan 30, 2020
The Fateful Fall of Fort Fisher
Jan 15, 2020
The Cape Fear Indians
Jan 02, 2020
If Ghosts Should Walk in Thalian Hall
Oct 31, 2019
The Ghost of General Whiting
Oct 24, 2019
Season of the Witch
Oct 17, 2019
Ghost on the Water
Oct 10, 2019
The Spirits of Poplar Grove
Oct 03, 2019
Moonshiners, Bootleggers and the Devil's Brew
Aug 22, 2019
The Life and Liberty of Cornelius Harnett
Aug 16, 2019
Hurricane-Force History
Aug 08, 2019
Long Live Old Baldy
Aug 01, 2019
Cape Fear Classics, Vol. 2
Jul 25, 2019
Rebellion at Brunswick Town
Jul 18, 2019
The Downfall of Charles Town
Jul 11, 2019
Trouble Comes to Town
Jun 27, 2019
A Most Daring Escape
Jun 20, 2019
The Showboat Goes to War
Jun 13, 2019
Blood and Honor at Ten Paces
Jun 06, 2019
The Yellow Death
May 30, 2019
Still Burning: The Story of Firestarter
May 09, 2019
The Roots of the Azalea Festival
Mar 26, 2019
The Suicide Club
Mar 21, 2019
The Palace of Light
Mar 13, 2019
Wilmington in the Time of Nazis
Mar 07, 2019
Cape Fear Classics, Vol. 1
Feb 28, 2019
Ghosts of Gallows Hill
Feb 14, 2019
Massacre After Midnight
Feb 07, 2019
The Man, The Myth, The Hermit
Jan 31, 2019
The Lost Treasure of Money Island
Jan 24, 2019
The Rebel Rose
Jan 17, 2019
Elephant on the Loose
Jan 10, 2019
Tales of a Cape Fear Christmas
Dec 06, 2018
One Tree Hill (feat. James Lafferty)
Oct 18, 2018
Beasts of the Cape Fear
Oct 04, 2018
Joe Baldwin's Head Light
Sep 27, 2018
Down With the Ship
Sep 12, 2018
Charred Wilmington
Sep 06, 2018
The Girl in the Barrel
Aug 30, 2018
Watery Grave
Aug 23, 2018
The Body Under Third Street
Aug 16, 2018
Freedom Fighter
Aug 09, 2018
Below the Surface
Aug 02, 2018
(Un)Dead and Buried
Jul 25, 2018