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A Podcast about Columbus, Mississippi - Its scandals, eccentric people, and our version of Southern Hospitality...which ain’t always so hospitable. Pull up and let me tell you about Mama and them. Bring you some tea because we are going to sit here a spell and catch up. read less

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A Second Missing Sign and the Mississippi John Hurt Museum Fire

A Second Missing Sign and the Mississippi John Hurt Museum Fire

The sign at Avalon went missing before the fire. It turned up on the property next door to the Spain family who caused such an ugly fuss at last year's dedication and memorial walk at the St. James MB Cemetery where "Daddy" John aka Mississippi John Hurt is buried. Coincidence? Many updates related to the fire and local law enforcement. Mary Frances Hurt is seeking an attorney to deal with State Farm malfeasance in Mississippi. Any info please contact me here or on my FB (or the Hurt Foundation FB messages) and I will share the information with Mrs. Hurt and the Foundation. To donate to the rebuilding efforts for the museum: https://gofund.me/bf97c4d2

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A Second Missing Sign and the Mississippi John Hurt Museum Fire

A Second Missing Sign and the Mississippi John Hurt Museum Fire

The sign at Avalon went missing before the fire. It turned up on the property next door to the Spain family who caused such an ugly fuss at last year's dedication and memorial walk at the St. James MB Cemetery where "Daddy" John aka Mississippi John Hurt is buried. Coincidence? Many updates related to the fire and local law enforcement. Mary Frances Hurt is seeking an attorney to deal with State Farm malfeasance in Mississippi. Any info please contact me here or on my FB (or the Hurt Foundation FB messages) and I will share the information with Mrs. Hurt and the Foundation. To donate to the rebuilding efforts for the museum: https://gofund.me/bf97c4d2

Ruth Ford and Charles Henri Ford - Columbus' First Bohemians

Ruth Ford and Charles Henri Ford - Columbus' First Bohemians

Ruth Ford and Charles Henri Ford grew up in the Gilmer Hotel where their father ran the Cafe. Ruth would become an accomplished actress in film and on the stage and Charles Henri would gain notoriety as a poet and novelist.

Alexander Meek - Poet, Orator, Statesman

Alexander Meek - Poet, Orator, Statesman

Alexander Meek was a poet, orator, and statesman from Alabama. He married Eliza Cannon, the late wife of Col. William Cannon. Meek was a pro-Unionist who served as Alabama's Speaker of the House and at the state's secessionist convention. He is buried in Friendship Cemetery in Columbus, MS.

A Woman Named Frank - Frank Miller and Karl Jung

A Woman Named Frank - Frank Miller and Karl Jung

Frank Miller was the great-niece of Lucy Irion Neilson of Columbus, MS. How did one woman's essay change the course of Jung's work and facilitate his complete split from Freud?

The Good Old Boys' Club

The Good Old Boys' Club

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Cleaning Up Carpenter's Messes

Cleaning Up Carpenter's Messes

Nancy Luke Carpenter has spent/committed every dime (and then some) in the CVB marketing budget on her way out the door with six months left to go in the fiscal year. What else has she committed money to and the bills have just not rolled in yet?

Nancy Luke Carpenter Swans About Town

Nancy Luke Carpenter Swans About Town

Nancy Luke Carpenter is going to bleed the Columbus Cultural Foundation dry and ruin the Tennessee Williams Welcome Center's good name. Follow the money!

Lucy Nielson's Journal 1860-1865 Columbus, MS

Lucy Nielson's Journal 1860-1865 Columbus, MS

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Cash Strapped Nancy Carpenter

Cash Strapped Nancy Carpenter

Where's Carpenter going to find the money to support her champagne life style with her lite beer budget at the Tennessee Williams Building?

The New Anti-Tourism Director at the Tennessee Williams Welcome Center

The New Anti-Tourism Director at the Tennessee Williams Welcome Center

The New Anti-Tourism Director at the Tennessee Williams Welcome Center wants to close it during Spring Pilgrimage...their busiest time of year!

Porch Fest 2024 in Columbus, MS April12-13

Porch Fest 2024 in Columbus, MS April12-13

Porch Fest 2024 in Columbus, MS April12-13 at Munson Bros will feature bands, comedians, artists, and food trucks!!! Bring your lawn chair and come listen to great musicians from all over the Eastern US. This is going to be epic! All flavors of music to be played.

The Murder Lynchings of John Gordon, George Washington Marshall (aka Evans), Alex Latham, Essex Green

The Murder Lynchings of John Gordon, George Washington Marshall (aka Evans), Alex Latham, Essex Green

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Charles Melvin Lollar - Murder or Self-Defense

Charles Melvin Lollar - Murder or Self-Defense

Plantation owner Mel Lollar went to the cabin of John Odum to kick he and his family off the Lollar's land. An argument ensued and Lollar was gut shot 8 times.

Alexander McClung - Bad Boy, Duelist, and Mexican War Hero

Alexander McClung - Bad Boy, Duelist, and Mexican War Hero

Alexander McClung was involved in at least a dozen duels. He organized the Tombigbee Volunteers to go to the Mexican War in 1846. He is buried in Soldiers Cemetery in Vicksburg, MS but has a cenotaph in Friendship Cemetery in Columbus, MS.

Caroline Seabury - Yankee Teacher in Columbus, MS 1854-1863

Caroline Seabury - Yankee Teacher in Columbus, MS 1854-1863

Caroline Seabury came to Columbus Female Institute from Brooklyn, NY to teach French in 1854. She would be the tutor for the children of Col. George Hampton Young at Waverley Mansion. She would stay there until after the Fall of Vicksburg before leaving North for home and an uncertain future.

Ralph Vituccio Interview about the Mississippi John Hurt Museum Fire and March

Ralph Vituccio Interview about the Mississippi John Hurt Museum Fire and March

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The Carroll County, MS Sheriff and the Not Missing Blues Trail Marker

The Carroll County, MS Sheriff and the Not Missing Blues Trail Marker

Carroll County, Mississippi Sheriff Clint Walker endangers private citizens' lives over accusations related to a missing Blues Trail Marker that is in the hands of Mississippi Blues Trail Commission designees Hammons and Associates. Walker has yet to reach out to the family or Hammons and Associates.

Mississippi John Hurt Memorial Walk and the Racist Neighbors

Mississippi John Hurt Memorial Walk and the Racist Neighbors

Interview with Cy Yuan Suo about his experience at the Mississippi John Hurt Memorial Walk in October 2023, where the marchers, students, and Mary Frances Hurt, the granddaughter of Blues musician John Hurt were heckled by racist neighbors in Carroll County, Mississippi.

Arson - Mississippi John Hurt's House Burned

Arson - Mississippi John Hurt's House Burned

The Director of the Mississippi John Hurt Foundation - Mississippi John Hurt's Granddaughter Mary Francis Hurt talks about the fire, the lack of information, suspicions of arson, and the "theft" of the Blues Trail Marker. Ugly racist motives and white supremacists abound in the Mississippi Delta... To follow/suppport the Mississippi John Hurt Foundation on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/johnhurtfoundation

The Frazier Gaston Home - The House on Bridge Street

The Frazier Gaston Home - The House on Bridge Street

There is a tale attached to this house...that it was turned by a team of oxen from facing the river to face Bridge Street and all the new bridge traffic. Let's explore a little early Columbus history found in this almost 200 year old home.