SYMHC Classics: Greenbrier Ghost

Stuff You Missed in History Class

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History, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 26 October 2024

⏱️ 40 minutes

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This 2019 episode covers the story of Zona Heaster Shue's death and subsequent appearances to her mother as an apparition. This story is often referred to as the only case in the U.S. when a ghost’s testimony convicted a murderer.

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0:00.0	On Thanksgiving Day 1999, five-year-old Cuban boy, Elian Gonzalez, was found off the coast of Florida.
0:08.0	And the question was, should the boy go back to his father in Cuba?
0:13.0	Mr. Gonzales wanted to go home and he wanted to take his son with him.
0:17.0	Or stay with his relatives in Miami.
0:19.0	Imagine that your mother died trying to get you to freedom.
0:24.0	Listen to Shess Peace, the Eelian Gonzalez story on the I-Heart
0:28.4	radio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:38.0	Stick to sports. Shut up and dribble. Despite what some people believe, sports and politics have mixed from the beginning.
0:42.0	Now you have a podcast that isn't afraid to explore. sports and politics have mixed from the beginning.
0:42.6	Now you have a podcast that isn't afraid to explore the complicated relationship
0:46.5	between sports and politics with a new podcast called Spolotix, with me, Jamel Hill. I'll be discussing political, social, and
0:54.7	economic issues through the lens of sports with some of the biggest names and
0:58.4	smartest people. So here's the assignment. Listen to spolotix on the
1:01.9	iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your
1:04.2	podcast. Let's get Spolitical.
1:06.6	History is filled with unexpected stories and I'd like to tell you about them.
1:11.1	I'm Aaron Mankey and for the past six years I've been sharing
1:14.0	history's most curious tales on my podcast Cabinet of Curiosities such as the
1:18.9	surprising country that invented the crescent and the wrestling champ who won the White House.
1:23.7	And now these amazing stories and many more have been compiled into my new book.
1:27.6	Curious to know more?
1:28.8	Pre-order Cabinet of Curiosities, available November 12th, whatever books and audiobooks are sold.
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