#342 Ghost Stories of Old New York (ALIVE at Joe's Pub)

The Bowery Boys: New York City History

Tom Meyers

Places & Travel, History, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.7 • 3.9K Ratings

🗓️ 16 October 2020

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Prepare to hear a few spirited stories in a whole new way. For the past couple years hosts Tom Meyers and Greg Young have also done a LIVE cabaret version of their annual ghost story show at Joe’s Pub at the Public Theater. For reasons related to the fact that it’s the hellish year of 2020, we cannot bring you a live performance this year. But we miss the wonderful Joe’s Pub so much – and we miss being with our listeners in a cabaret setting with cocktails – that we’re presenting to you a live recording of our last show at the storied venue, recorded on Halloween night 2019, featuring pianist and composer Andrew Austin and vocalist Bessie D Smith. Prepare to hear new versions of your favorite ghost stories including: -- A Brooklyn house haunting that may be related to the spectres from a colonial-era prison ship; -- A famous murder trial from the year 1800 and a mysterious well that still stands in the neighborhood of SoHo; -- The ghosts (or other supernatural entities) which guard the treasure of the famous Captain Kidd; and -- The mournful secrets of a famed Broadway theater and the inner demons of a Hollywood icon. With an all new ghostly tale -- WHO HAUNTS THE FORMER ASTOR LIBRARY? boweryboyshistory.com Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/boweryboys

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0:00.0	Hi there, this is Greg Young. Next week, Tom and I will be presenting an all-new Bowry Boyz Halloween
0:06.8	special. Our 14th annual Ghost Stories podcast featuring four all-new stories of history and horror.
0:15.7	So stay tuned. But what you're about to hear right now is something special. For the past couple
0:21.7	years, we've also done a live cabaret version of our Ghost Story show at Jo's pub at the public
0:30.0	theater. Now, for reasons related to the fact that it's the hellish year of 2020, we're unable to
0:36.6	put on a live show this year. But we miss Jo's pub so much. We miss being with our listeners and
0:42.6	a cabaret setting with cocktails. So for today, we're presenting to you a live recording of our Halloween
0:50.8	night show at Jo's pub from last year with Andrew Austin on piano and vocalist, Bessie D. Smith.
0:58.4	Now, at the start of the show here, you'll just have to imagine one segment that's hard to translate
1:03.7	into an audio-only experience. A segment involving Tom producing a bouquet of flowers out of his
1:10.9	magician's sleeve. But that really happened. And this is just an edit of the complete show. If you'd
1:16.8	like to hear the whole thing with all of the banter and more bad jokes and an incredible mid-show
1:23.3	performance of a Metallica song performed by Bessie and Andrew, join us at patreon.com slash
1:30.5	Barry Boyz where we'll be sharing the entire unedited concert. So enjoy!
2:01.5	Mammaja,
2:30.2	Hey, it's a Bowrie Boy!
2:34.2	Hi there.
2:36.2	Greetings.
2:37.2	Hello, hello.
2:39.2	Wow, hi everybody.
2:41.2	Wow.
2:42.2	Welcome.
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