All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories

Henry Deringer, The Father of Concealed Carry (interview with Russ Dodge)

All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories #003 - Easterners of the Old West, Part 1
Henry Deringer was a Philadelphia gunsmith whose single-shot bore-loading pistol could be concealed in a pocket, a hand muff, or the palm of your hand.  Its popularity exploded after John Wilkes Booth used one to assassinate President Lincoln.

ABC #003: Henry Deringer, Owen Wister, and John B. Stetson - Easterners of the Old West

All Bones Considered #003
Three creators of the mythology of the Wild West are buried at Laurel Hill.
*Henry Deringer, inventor of the pocket pistol and father of concealed carry - interview with Russ Dodge
*Owen Wister, who wrote the first definitive Western novel "The Virginian" - interview with Thomas Keels
*John Batterson Stetson, the man who invented the hat that defined the Old West. 
This podcast includes interviews with two of Laurel Hill Cemtery's volunteer guides. 

ABC #002: Elisha Kent Kane: Arctic Explorer + Spiritualist Maggie Fox

All Bones Considered #002
Explorer Elisha Kent Kane was one of the most famous Americans of the mid-19th century.  He knew that he would die young, and he pushed the limits.  Maggie Fox was a spiritualist and medium from New York.  Somehow, they got together and became a couple.  Their story is pretty sensational. 
 
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ABC #001: The Origins of Laurel Hill: How and Why Did It Get Here?

All Bones Considered #001
Most people who walk into Laurel Hill Cemetery for the first time are struck by the greenness of the place.  The 78-acre property stretches between Ridge Avenue and Kelly Drive, and between East Falls and Strawberry Mansion - a large, open, green space with more than 75,000 inhabitants, hundreds of statues, miles of paved roads, wildlife, and 850 trees in the middle of a very modern city.  
 
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