Tour Guide Tell All

Ghosts of Georgetown

If you believe that ghosts come from tortured spirits - you don't have to look hard to find stories of tragedy here in Georgetown.

Canden shares a few of the tragic tales and ghost stories from our Ghosts of Georgetown and Wicked Georgetown tour, from the centuries old and very haunted Old Stone House to a personal haunting at Halcyon House and what happened to the piles of bones outside the Civil War hospitals.

If you want to hear the recording at the Old Stone House yourself, listen here: https://wtop.com/halloween-news/2018/10/haunted-dc-georgetowns-phantoms/

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The Current Wars: Westinghouse vs Edison

I feel very strongly that George Westinghouse was an amazing human and more people should know about him. And Thomas Edison was a jerk. 

Do you know who invented the FIRST incandescent lightbulb or who brought the electricity we use today to the homes of the everyday man? It WASN'T Thomas Edison! Do you know how the electric chair got invented? Join Becca and Canden to get the answers. 

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You’re Listening To: Canden Arciniega & Becca Grawl

The Person Responsible for it Sounding Good: Canden Arciniega 

Intro/Outro Music: Well-Seasoned from Audio Hero

Scandal on the South Side: The Black Sox

“This episode has it all - baseball, the American past time, it has mobsters, money, capitalism and labor disputes."

Tour Guide Tell All heads over to Chicago to talk about the infamous Black Sox scandal. Did the baseball team conspire with Chicago mobsters to throw the 1919 World Series?

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If you’re interested in more information, we find these sources helpful:

• https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/09/opinion/black-sox-scandal-1919.html
• https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/white-sox/ct-cb-chicago-white-sox-black-sox-1919-world-series-20191002-bsusjrxo5ba7fifgarmg3mzgwm-story.html
• https://sabr.org/eight-myths-out
• Shoeless Joe: https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/shoeless-joe-jackson/
• Hall of Fame: https://www.espn.com/classic/s/2001/0730/1232950.html
• 8 Men Out: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095082/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
• Field of Dreams: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097351/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
• Kenesaw Mountain Landis: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Kenesaw-Mountain-Landis
• Scandals in Baseball: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/1919-black-sox-baseball-scandal-wasnt-first-180964673/

You’re Listening To: Rebecca Fachner & Becca Grawl

The Person Responsible for it Sounding Good: Canden Arciniega 

Intro/Outro Music: Well-Seasoned from Audio Hero

Constitution Day Part II

“He has studied deeply before coming to this Convention. He has read everything he can read about the past, about the present, what was happening in Ancient Greece, what was happening in Rome, what contemporary European societies are doing at this point.  He has looked at it from a philosophical perspective, a theological perspective, a legal perspective and he has put together what he thinks is the best plan going forward...and it's a pretty good one to what we have today.  What Madison creates is the blueprint...but he puts in the work."

Tour Guide Tell All digs into one of our "charters of freedom," the founding document that gives birth to our government - the United States Constitution!  In honor of Constitution Day, the Rebeccas dig into why and how the document was developed, the key players and compromises, and the legacy it still has today.  Join us as we talk civics, politics, and more on this episode.

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If you’re interested in more information, we find these sources helpful:

• Plan Your Visit to the National Archives - DC By Foot
• The National Constitution Center - Free Tours by Foot
• The Constitution of the United States - National Archives
• Revolutionary Characters by Gordon Wood
• The Constitutional Convention by James Madison
• Plain Honest Men: The Making of the American Constitution by Richard Beeman
• Federalist Papers - The Library of Congress
• "The Electoral College is a Medieval Relic.  Only the U.S. still has one." - The Washington Post
• Shay's Rebellion - Constitution Center
• "George Mason: Forgotten Founder" - Smithsonian Magazine

You’re Listening To: Rebecca Fachner & Becca Grawl

The Person Responsible for it Sounding Good: Dan King

Technical & Admin Work Done During Naptime: Canden Arciniega 

Intro/Outro Music: Well-Seasoned from Audio Hero

Constitution Day, Part 1

"It might be weird to say I love the Constitution but I really do.... I love the promise of American and the foundation of America. I think the Constitution is amazing and fascinating.... I think a lot of people think the Constitution is great and its okay to think its great, but I want you to be able to tell me why"

In honor of Constitution Day coming up, Becca and Rebecca discuss this founding document in a way that is usually skipped over in history class. 

This episode starts with some background as to why we are going to talk about the Consitution episode and the events leading up to the Constitutional Convention. Tune in on Thursday, Constitution Day, to hear the rest of the episode.

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You’re Listening To: Rebecca Fachner & Becca Grawl
The Person Responsible For it Sound Good & Technical / Admin Work Done During Toddler Naptime: Canden Arciniega
Intro/Outro Music: Well-Seasoned from Audio Hero

 

 

Two Bombings at Embassy Row

“The two stories I’m going to tell you, they both involve a bombing and they take place
geographically about a block and a half apart, but that is where their similarities end, the stories
have nothing else in common, they take place 50 years apart with 2 completely different sets of
actors, motivators.”

All about the bombings this week! Tour Guide Tell All brings you two smaller stories with one
big theme: a bombing! Join us as we discuss two unrelated but incredibly interesting bombings
in Washington DC, both with political motivations, and some very surprising results.

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• WaPo article about Letelier bombing:
  https://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/national/2016/09/20/this-was-not-an-accident-this-was-a-bomb/
• State Department files about Letelier bombing: https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-
  book/chile/2019-09-20/letelier-moffitt-assassination-state-department-officials-pushed-
  pinochets-ouster
• NY Times obit for Pinochet:
  https://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/11/world/americas/11pinochet.html
• FBI article about the Palmer bombing incl. photos of the house:
  https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/palmer-raids
• A Mitchell Palmer https://www.mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/1273/a-mitchell-palmer

You’re Listening To: Rebecca Fachner
The Person Responsible For it Sound Good & Technical / Admin Work Done During Toddler Naptime: Canden Arciniega
Intro/Outro Music: Well-Seasoned from Audio Hero

Wild Women of Washington (Bonus Episode)

We wanted to do a quick shoutout to segue from suffragists to other badass women in Washington DC history. 

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Escaped slave turned spy Mary Touvestre risked it all to scuttle Confederate plans to break the Union blockade. Trading petticoats for trousers to work at the Union hospitals, Dr. Mary E. Walker was both the only female Medal of Honor recipient and the possessor of a police record for impersonating a man. During Prohibition, First Lady Florence Harding hosted jazz soirees and served up cocktails in the White House gardens. From pioneering photographers and newspaperwomen to enterprising madams and soldiers in disguise, Canden introduces readers to the decidedly daring and wild women of the capital.

You’re Listening To: Canden Arciniega
Intro/Outro Music: Well-Seasoned from Audio Hero

 

The Life and Legacy of Edwin Stanton

"Edwin Stanton is best remembered for being Secretary of War under President Lincoln and helping to lead the Union government to victory in the Civil War. I find Stanton fascinating. He has a really interesting life and career, he's a very difficult person to love and yet I love him for all his difficulties. His life story has tragedy, it has sadness, romance, it has a little bit of everything."

Becca stays true to her love of all things Lincoln to bring more depth to someone you may have heard of but don't know much about. Edwin Stanton most famously utters the line "now he belongs the ages" after Lincoln's death, but he should be known for his work in its own right. Learn more about this lawyer turned Secretary of War turned almost Supreme Court justice.

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If you’re interested in more information, we find these sources helpful:

BOOKS YOU SHOULD READ:

• Stanton: Lincoln’s War Secretary by Walter Stahr
• April 1865 by Jay Winik
• Manhunt by James Swanson

TOURS YOU SHOULD TAKE: Lincoln's Assassination

WEBSITES TO RESEARCH:

• https://www.npr.org/2017/08/08/542062280/new-biography-of-lincolns-secretary-of-war-reveals-a-resilient-man-haunted-by-gr
• http://www.mrlincolnandfriends.org/the-cabinet/edwin-stanton/
• https://www.post-gazette.com/life/my-generation/2009/06/18/Let-s-Talk-About-Abraham-Lincoln-and-Edwin-Stanton/stories/200906180425
• https://www.fords.org/blog/post/misinformation-and-conspiracy-theories-about-the-lincoln-assassination/
• https://millercenter.org/president/lincoln/essays/stanton-1862-secretary-of-war
• https://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/MJC/places/emStanton.asp

 

You’re Listening To: Becca Grawl

The Person Responsible for it Sounding Good: Canden Arciniega 

Intro/Outro Music: Well-Seasoned from Audio Hero

Ratification of the 19th Amendment (Anniversary Special)

“So, the amendment passes in 1919 and all of the sudden, the women’s groups look around and they think, hey wait a second. 1920 is coming. And 1920 is a presidential election year. So we’ve got a hard deadline we want to get to. We don’t want women to vote for dogcatcher in their local town, we want the big enchilada, we want to be able to vote for President”

Tour Guide Tell All’s Celebration of the Centennial of the ratification of the 19 th Amendment reaches its dramatic conclusion this week as we focus on the final push towards passage. This episode is going to take us to Nashville, TN and introduce us to a whole cast of interesting characters, including a very unlikely hero and a strong willed mother.

We are joined by Special Guest Kaitlin Calogera who helps us break down the drama of that hot August in TN.

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Special thanks to our guest, Kaitlin Calogera from A Tour of Her Own, we are so grateful to her for lending us her expertise and for TOHO for their continued support.

www.atourofherown.com

 

Sources we found helpful:

• State by State Ratification race
• National Archives Special Exhibit 
• Library of Congress exhibit
• Info on Feb and Harry Burn 

You’re Listening To: Rebecca Fachner, Becca Grawl and Special Guest Kaitlin Calogera
The Person Responsible For it Sound Good: Dan King
Technical and Admin Work Done During Toddler Naptime: Canden Arciniega
Intro/Outro Music: Well-Seasoned from Audio Hero

6th and I Synagogue (Mini Episode)

“The 6th and I building is going to be purchased and occupied by the Turner Memorial African Methodist Episcopal Church. In 2002 the Turner Methodist Church is going to move to Hyattsville, MD and offers the building up for sale. At that time, the director of the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington is going to appeal to the DC Jewish Community  to save this historic building.”

 

Our mini episode this week is a listener request!  We focus this week on Jewish life in the Nations Capital, from the earliest days to the vibrant community that exists in DC today.  In particular we discuss the Historic 6th and I synagogue in downtown Washington DC and its long time connection with the oldest active Jewish congregation in the area.  We also discuss the upcoming Capital Jewish Museum, as well as the only congregation in the US to have its own Congressional charter.

 

If you have an questions about the episode, want to suggest a future episode or just say hello, please send us an email tourguidetellall@gmail.com

 

For more information, we found these sources helpful:

• Sixth and I website 
• Capital Jewish Museum 
• Adas Israel 
• Picture of Adas Israel building moving 

 

You’re Listening To: Rebecca Fachner

The Person Responsible For it Sound Good: Dan King

Technical and Admin Work Done During Toddler Naptime: Canden Arciniega

Intro/Outro Music: Well-Seasoned from Audio Hero