31- Dark Days in Time: the Haunting History of the German Cost Uprising pt 1

31- Dark Days in Time: the Haunting History of the German Cost Uprising pt 1

Join us today with Hatter starting us off with part one of the German Coast uprising in Louisiana. She dives straight into the treacherous minds of the field owners and what they'll do for a good profit and what pushes the workers to their limit resulting in the most brutal massacre revolutions in history 0:00 Intro: The sickening Louisiana sugar cane working conditions creating an uproar 11:03 Burning fields of the beginning of the Haiti revolution 16:05 The devastating mistreatment of the harvesters causing severe exhaustion 26:57 Armed with nearby weapons, the feared Louisiana resistance comes to fruition 35:56 Owners desperately warn neighboring fields as the revolt obtains more recruits 37:44 Part 1 cliffhanger: share your thoughts with us at investigatingwithus@gmail.com  39:18 Outro Works Cited Aptheker, Herbert. American Negro Slave Revolts. Columbia University Press, 1943. Carter, Clarence Edwin, editor. The Territorial Papers of the United States, Volume IX: The Territory of Orleans, 1803–1812. U.S. Government Printing Office, 1940. Conrad, Glenn R., editor. The German Coast: Abstracts of the Civil Records of St. Charles and St. John the Baptist Parishes, 1804–1812. Center for Louisiana Studies, 1981. Engerman, Stanley, Seymour Drescher, and Robert Paquette, editors. Slavery. Oxford University Press, 2001. Follett, Richard. Sugar Masters: Planters and Slaves in Louisiana’s Cane World, 1820–1860. Louisiana State University Press, 2005. Genovese, Eugene D. Roll, Jordan, Roll: The World the Slaves Made. Vintage Books, 1976. Hall, Gwendolyn Midlo. Africans in Colonial Louisiana: The Development of Afro-Creole Culture in the Eighteenth Century. Louisiana State University Press, 1992. Kolchin, Peter. American Slavery: 1619–1877. Hill and Wang, 1994. Lowen, James W. Lies Across America: What Our Historic Sites Get Wrong. Simon & Schuster, 2007. Rasmussen, Daniel. American Uprising: The Untold Story of America’s Largest Slave Revolt. HarperCollins, 2011. Rothman, Adam. Slave Country: American Expansion and the Origins of the Deep South. Harvard University Press, 2005. Shaw, John. “John Shaw to Paul Hamilton.” New Orleans, January 18, 1811. National Archives. Smith, T. R. Southern Queen: New Orleans in the Nineteenth Century. Bloomsbury Academic, 2011. Thrasher, Albert, editor. On to New Orleans! Louisiana’s Heroic 1811 Slave Revolt. Cypress Press, 1996. Primary Witness Accounts / Contemporary Sources Andry, Manuel. “Dictionary of Louisiana Biography.” April 21, 2017. Includes Andry’s description: “An attempt was made to assassinate me by the stroke of an axe…”  Hambleton, Samuel. “Samuel Hambleton to David Porter,” January 15, 1811. Library of Congress Papers of David Porter, reproduced in Slavery, edited by Engerman, Drescher, and Paquette, Oxford University Press, 2001. Includes eyewitness description: “They were brung up here for the sake of their Heads…”  Brown, James. Testimony concerning meetings between Quamana, Harry, and Charles Deslondes prior to the uprising. Referenced in tribunal and uprising records.  Perret, Charles. Militia account describing confrontation near Bernoudy plantation and estimated rebel strength.  Web Sources 1811 German Coast Uprising (Wikipedia) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1811_German_Coast_uprising?utm_source=chatgpt.com] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1811_German_Coast_uprising?utm_source=chatgpt.comParticipant estimates, casualties, tribunals, executions, Hambleton quote, Andry account, Deslondes execution, commemorations.  Charles Deslondes (Wikipedia) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Deslondes?utm_source=chatgpt.com] 64 Parishes – German Coast Slave Insurrection of 1811 [https://64parishes.org/entry/german-coast-slave-insurrection-of-1811?utm_source=chatgpt.com] 64 Parishes – Plantation Slavery in Antebellum Louisiana [https://64parishes.org/entry/plantation-slavery-in-antebellum-louisiana?utm_source=chatgpt.com] BlackPast – Andry’s Rebellion (1811) [https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/andry-s-rebellion-1811/?utm_source=chatgpt.com] World History Encyclopedia – 1811 German Coast Uprising [https://www.worldhistory.org/1811_German_Coast_Uprising/?utm_source=chatgpt.com] Destrehan Plantation – 1811 Slave Revolt History [https://www.destrehanplantation.org/history/1811-slave-revolt?utm_source=chatgpt.com] 1811 Kid Ory Historic House Louisiana State Museum [https://louisianastatemuseum.org/?utm_source=chatgpt.com] Haitian Revolution Sources Encyclopaedia Britannica – Haitian Revolution [https://www.britannica.com/topic/Haitian-Revolution?utm_source=chatgpt.com] Toussaint Louverture (Wikipedia) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toussaint_Louverture?utm_source=chatgpt.com] Haitian Revolution (Wikipedia) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitian_Revolution?utm_source=chatgpt.com] https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/stono-rebellion/ Send us your stories at investigatingwithus@gmail.com. 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30- Creatures Unraveled: the Mysterious Vampires of New Orleans

Ever wondered if vampires were real or maybe you even saw one with your own eyes? Join Scoot as she explores the myths and truths of the vampires of New Orleans. So be careful walking home tonight, because you may just find something lurking in the distance just waiting for a bite to eat 0:00 Intro: The casket girls arrive to be wed in the birthplace of jazz 07:12 The legend of Count St. Germain and his blood wine 13:12 Delusions of the Carter brothers’ kidnappings 18:57 NOVA the real vampires that walk among us 26:40 final thoughts email us at investigatingwithus@gmail.com 27:42 Outro https://wams.nyhistory.org/primary-source/casket-girls/ [https://wams.nyhistory.org/primary-source/casket-girls/] https://ghostcitytours.com/new-orleans/ghost-stories/truth-casket-girls/ [https://ghostcitytours.com/new-orleans/ghost-stories/truth-casket-girls/] https://locationsoflore.com/2022/08/06/casket-girls-new-orleans-vampire-tale/ [https://locationsoflore.com/2022/08/06/casket-girls-new-orleans-vampire-tale/] https://www.neworleanslegendarywalkingtours.com/blog/womens-history-month-the-casket-girls [https://www.neworleanslegendarywalkingtours.com/blog/womens-history-month-the-casket-girls] https://www.walkntours.com/post/vampires-and-casket-girls-of-new-orleans [https://www.walkntours.com/post/vampires-and-casket-girls-of-new-orleans] https://pelicanstateofmind.com/louisiana-love/casket-girls-new-orleans/ [https://pelicanstateofmind.com/louisiana-love/casket-girls-new-orleans/] https://www.hottesthell.com/blog/strange-history-of-the-casket-girls-in-new-orleans [https://www.hottesthell.com/blog/strange-history-of-the-casket-girls-in-new-orleans] https://www.verylocal.com/ursuline-convent-casket-girls/20209/ [https://www.verylocal.com/ursuline-convent-casket-girls/20209/] https://dupontandcompanytours.substack.com/p/the-true-and-truly-wild-story-of [https://dupontandcompanytours.substack.com/p/the-true-and-truly-wild-story-of] https://64parishes.org/entry/filles-la-cassette [https://64parishes.org/entry/filles-la-cassette] https://www.neworleans.com/things-to-do/history/the-casket-girls-of-new-orleans/ [https://www.neworleans.com/things-to-do/history/the-casket-girls-of-new-orleans/] St Germain https://moonmausoleum.com/jacques-st-germain-new-orleans-immortal-vampire-aristocrat/ [https://moonmausoleum.com/jacques-st-germain-new-orleans-immortal-vampire-aristocrat/] https://prettyspookytours.com/blog/jacques-de-st-germain/ [https://prettyspookytours.com/blog/jacques-de-st-germain/] https://www.authenticcityneworleans.com/post/the-vampire-count-st-germain-of-new-orleans [https://www.authenticcityneworleans.com/post/the-vampire-count-st-germain-of-new-orleans] https://locationsoflore.com/2022/10/15/jacques-st-germain-vampire/ [https://locationsoflore.com/2022/10/15/jacques-st-germain-vampire/] https://www.croneandcasket.com/reflections/2018/05/18/new-orleans-vampire-saint-germain [https://www.croneandcasket.com/reflections/2018/05/18/new-orleans-vampire-saint-germain] https://pelicanstateofmind.com/louisiana-love/jacques-st-germain/ [https://pelicanstateofmind.com/louisiana-love/jacques-st-germain/] Carter Brothers https://wgno.com/news/hometown-haunts-the-carter-brothers/ [https://wgno.com/news/hometown-haunts-the-carter-brothers/] https://neworleansghosttour.com/the-legend-of-the-carter-brothers/ [https://neworleansghosttour.com/the-legend-of-the-carter-brothers/] https://yesterdaysamerica.com/the-forgotten-history-of-two-new-orleans-vampires/ [https://yesterdaysamerica.com/the-forgotten-history-of-two-new-orleans-vampires/] https://www.neworleanslegendarywalkingtours.com/blog/new-orleans-vampires [https://www.neworleanslegendarywalkingtours.com/blog/new-orleans-vampires] https://lifeaboardthetravelingcircus.com/2014/11/17/the-backwards-haunted-history-of-new-orleans/ [https://lifeaboardthetravelingcircus.com/2014/11/17/the-backwards-haunted-history-of-new-orleans/] https://douglasjwood.com/the-new-orleans-vampires/ [https://douglasjwood.com/the-new-orleans-vampires/] https://thevampireproject.blogspot.com/2020/11/the-carter-brothers-new-orleans-vampire.html [https://thevampireproject.blogspot.com/2020/11/the-carter-brothers-new-orleans-vampire.html] https://www.hauntjaunts.net/how-deathpenaltyusa-org-helped-debunk-a-new-orleans-vampire-tale/ [https://www.hauntjaunts.net/how-deathpenaltyusa-org-helped-debunk-a-new-orleans-vampire-tale/] The Real Deal Stuff https://www.neworleansvampireassociation.org/history.html [https://www.neworleansvampireassociation.org/history.html] (The association website) https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/29/us/real-vampires-new-orleans-atlanta-cec [https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/29/us/real-vampires-new-orleans-atlanta-cec] https://futurism.com/neoscope/vampire-association-warns-against-drinking-blood [https://futurism.com/neoscope/vampire-association-warns-against-drinking-blood] The other sources https://ghostcitytours.com/new-orleans/vampires-new-orleans/ [https://ghostcitytours.com/new-orleans/vampires-new-orleans/] https://www.neworleanslegendarywalkingtours.com/blog/new-orleans-vampires [https://www.neworleanslegendarywalkingtours.com/blog/new-orleans-vampires] https://www.frenchquarterphantoms.com/blog/famous-vampire-tales-of-the-french-quarter [https://www.frenchquarterphantoms.com/blog/famous-vampire-tales-of-the-french-quarter] https://www.vianolavie.org/2020/10/09/krewe-were-all-around-you-the-real-vampires-of-new-orleans-2/ [https://www.vianolavie.org/2020/10/09/krewe-were-all-around-you-the-real-vampires-of-new-orleans-2/] Send us your stories at investigatingwithus@gmail.com. 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29- The Horrific Happenings and Hauntings of the Lalaurie Mansion

Joins us on todays episode where scoot takes us on a journey of the Lalaurie Mansion in Louisiana, from its incredibly dark past with Delphine Lalaurie torturing enslaved people, to the current spirits that have stayed in the home, with chains dragging along the floor, and phantom screams. this is an incredibly dark and tragic episode so please proceed with caution! thank you for listening and we will see you on Thursday https://ghostwalks.com/articles/madame-lalaurie-ghost-new-orleans (Ghost City Tours) https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/mad-madamme-lalaurie https://neworleansghosttour.com/lalaurie-mansion/ https://usghostadventures.com/haunted-cities/new-orleans-most-haunted/the-ever-so-infamous-and-haunted-lalaurie-mansion/ https://www.americanghostwalks.com/the-haunted-lalaurie-mansion-new-orleans https://blackpast.org/african-american-history/lalaurie-mansion-1832/ https://hauntedhistorytours.com/blog/a-step-into-darkness-the-haunting-tale-of-the-lalaurie-mansion/ https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/april-10/a-torture-chamber-is-uncovered-by-arson https://allthatsinteresting.com/lalaurie-mansion https://prcno.org/what-really-happened-at-the-lalaurie-house/ https://ghostcitytours.com/new-orleans/haunted-new-orleans/lalaurie-mansion/ https://www.frenchquarterphantoms.com/blog/the-real-story-behind-the-lalaurie-mansion-new-orleans-most-haunted-home https://neworleanshistorical.org/items/show/1492 https://www.neworleanslegendarywalkingtours.com/blog/lalaurie-mansion https://www.legendsofamerica.com/lalaurie-mansion/ https://www.neworleanslegendarywalkingtours.com/blog/womens-history-month-madame-delphine-lalaurie https://ghostcitytours.com/new-orleans/madame-lalaurie/ https://hauntedhistorytours.com/blog/madame-delphine-lalaurie-the-infamous-mistress-of-horror-in-new-orleans/ https://64parishes.org/entry/delphine-lalaurie https://www.lagaleriehotel.com/blog/the-lalaurie-mansion-the-chilling-story-behind-nola-s-most-haunted-house https://www.reddit.com/r/Paranormal/comments/c4st4w/working_at_the_lalaurie_house/ (Reddit Story) Send us your stories at investigatingwithus@gmail.com. We want to hear from you! ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

28- Scared Stiff: The History and Hauntings of Two Notoriously Haunted Waters

Have you ever wondered exactly how daunting and dangerous water could be? Join Scoot as she takes you to Lake Lanier where you can swim alongside the human remains and possibly make the lake your new home in a sunken house boat. Or perhaps you'd like to join Hatter in the Manchac swamp where you can have your fortune told by the local voodoo priestess by song, but be warned because you may witness the destruction of your beloved town. Don't miss this hauntingly horrific episode about two very separate bodies of water, but both equally terrifying 0:00 Intro: The dark history before Lake Lanier’s existence 08:56 Forced mass relocations for the lake’s excavation 13:04 Multitudinous misfortunes of unsuspecting bystanders and horrifying discoveries of human body parts 22:47 The lady in blue can be spotted roaming the shore endlessly searching for her lost limbs  28:30 The once thriving and bustling town of Frenier where the edge of doom all began 31:31 The eerie tunes predicting your fate 34:53 Devastating aftermath of Julia’s premonitions 39:57 Have you seen the cabin speculated to still remain or heard the distant singing? Email us at investigatingwithus@gmail.com  44:21 Outro Send us your stories at investigatingwithus@gmail.com. We want to hear from you! ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

27- "The Worst Scoundrels To Ever Infest Kansas": The Bloody Benders

Feeling weary after a long day traveling in a rickety wagon? Stop into a cozy little house and forget your worries with a simple seance ritual; or so you think. Join us on today's episode as Hatter takes us on a messy ride to the Osage trails multitudinous murders of unsuspecting travelers, succumbing to the charms of a sweetly dubious Kate Bender and her devious family 0:00 Settling back into the frontier with this intro 03:44 Benders arrive to conduct seance business with some pretty weird mannerisms 12:13 Too many disappearing travelers for the Osage trails taste 18:15 The Bender’s constant evasion from the law concerning their heinous crimes 26:14 Conflicting narratives of incarceration or executions of the Benders 31:07 Unknown family origins and shocking discoveries of who they truly are 35:55 Share your thoughts at investigatingwithus@gmail.com and help us debunk the way complete strangers could conspire together 37:40 A sneak peek into our next episode & outro Resources: Kansas Historical Society  Legends of America  Richmond, Kansas: A History of the Sunflower State  Zink, Wicked Kansas  Smithsonian Magazine https://www.humanitieskansas.org/get-involved/kansas-stories/people/true-crime-in-kansas-the-mystery-of-the-benders https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody_Benders https://web.archive.org/web/20111010080847/http://www.flexassistant.com/images/Benders.pdf https://legendsofkansas.com/labette-county-kansas/ https://kualumni.org/stories/bloody-benders-property/ https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2024/10/bloody-benders/ https://nypost.com/2022/03/26/how-a-serial-killer-family-murdered-8-and-got-away-with-it/ https://www.kansashistory.gov/kansapedia/bender-knife/10106 https://www.kansashistory.gov/kansapedia/kate-bender/11980 https://www.legendsofamerica.com/ks-benders/ Send us your stories at investigatingwithus@gmail.com. We want to hear from you! ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.