Aberdeen Proving Ground's Hidden History

About Aberdeen Proving Ground's Hidden History

The APG Hidden History podcast provides a fun and engaging review of APG’s historic sites that no longer exist, are not available for public access, or are lesser-known aspects of APG’s history and historic properties, to provide information regarding some of the hidden stories behind APG's history.

Publisher

U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

6 Oct 2023

Latest episode

13 Jun 2025

Latest episodes

4 of 10 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   13 Jun 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Aberdeen Proving Ground's Hidden History - Season 2 - Episode 4 - "Let's Make Some Noise! APG Celebrates The Army's 250th Birthday!!!

   Historians Sean Kief and Susan Thompson examine Aberdeen Proving Ground's century-long history of technological contributions to the U.S. Army through major conflicts and innovations.

2. 

   6 Jun 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Aberdeen Proving Ground's Hidden History - Season 2 - Episode 3 - "Horses and Courses at Fort Hoyle

   Historians Sean Kief and Susan Thompson examine Fort Hoyle's diverse missions between World War I and World War II, including its role as home to the 6th Field Artillery in this interview.

3. 

   27 May 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Aberdeen Proving Ground's Hidden History - Season 2 - Episode 2 - "Edgewood Arsenal... It's a Gas, Gas, Gas!

   Historians Sean Kief and Susan Thompson explore Edgewood Arsenal's origins, discussing the Cadwalader family's ownership of Gunpowder Neck and the U.S. government's acquisition for chemical warfare during World War I in this interview.

4. 

   29 Apr 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Aberdeen Proving Ground's Hidden History - Episode 7 - "The Writing's On The Wall"

   Sean Kief and Susan Thompson kick-off the second season of Aberdeen Proving Ground's Hidden History celebrating the Army's 250th Birthday with an examination of the only pre-Revolutionary War building located within the Edgewood Area of Aberdeen Proving Ground - the Presbury House- its construction and history, and its association with the early American Methodism movement.

5. 

   21 Dec 2023

   Aberdeen Proving Ground's Hidden History - Episode 6 - "Plumb Crazy at Plumb Point pt.3"

   Episode 6 – “Plumb Crazy at Plumb Point – Part 3” – The final episode of Season 1 of Aberdeen Proving Ground’s Hidden History wraps up the discussion of the Plumb Point housing area, and reviews the development of the military landscape over time, and its evolution from working center of APG to officers housing and now location of the Living Legacy Forest, honoring Gold Star Soldiers and their families.

6. 

   12 Dec 2023

   Aberdeen Proving Ground's Hidden History - Episode 5 - "Plumb Crazy at Plumb Point pt.2"

   Episode 5 – “Plumb Crazy at Plumb Point – Part 2” – Special Guest Lucas Taylor, spouse of MG (Ret.) Randy Taylor, joins Sean Kief and Susan Thompson to discuss his two-year occupancy of Quarters One, the Commanding Officer’s Quarters at Aberdeen Proving Ground.

7. 

   27 Nov 2023

   Aberdeen Proving Ground's Hidden History - Episode 4 - "Plumb Crazy at Plumb Point pt.1"

   The History of Plumb Point and Quarters One is emblematic of the effects the establishment of Aberdeen Proving Ground had on the landscapes, people, and industries of Harford County. Long held tracts and family names familiar in Harford County would give way to the urgent needs of a country bracing for entrance into World War I.

8. 

   13 Nov 2023

   Aberdeen Proving Ground's Hidden History - Episode 2 - "Peaches and Punches at Poole's pt.2"

   The history of Poole's island and APG, is the history of America. Poole's Island is representative of American revolution, art, agriculture and its early dependance on enslaved labor, maritime navigation and tragedy, sporting and leisure, and military use, all on an island just over 200 acres in size. Poole's Island is located off the southern coast of the Edgewood Area of APG.

9. 

   30 Oct 2023

   Aberdeen Proving Ground's Hidden History - Episode 2 - "Peaches and Punches at Poole's pt.1"

   The history of Poole's island and APG, is the history of America. Poole's Island is representative of American revolution, art, agriculture and its early dependance on enslaved labor, maritime navigation and tragedy, sporting and leisure, and military use, all on an island just over 200 acres in size. Poole's Island is located off the southern coast of the Edgewood Area of APG.

10. 

    6 Oct 2023

    Aberdeen Proving Ground's Hidden History - Podcast Episode 1 - "Hubble Bubble Toil and Trouble"

    Sean Kief and Susan Thompson discuss the history of Spesutie Island at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, from Native American use to it’s place in the Space age, and relate some of the spooky tales associated with APG’s Hidden History.

Inside a recent episode

Aberdeen Proving Ground's Hidden History - Season 2 - Episode 4 - "Let's Make Some Noise! APG Celebrates The Army's 250th Birthday!!!

Published 13 Jun 2025 · Transcript excerpt

[…] And the proof department was doing some of these basic testing. And in cooperation with the proof department was the instrument section. And this is how they did the testing of the ballistics. And at the time, the army and everyone was operating with fairly old technology. So what we had was called the Boulinj chronograph. Oh, okay. This is interesting. Yeah, so that was used to measure the velocity of a bullet exiting gun. And that was something they needed to know when determining their range firing tables. To know how fast something was leaving a gun. But the Boulinj chronograph was a really big piece of equipment. […]

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Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

15 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 30 / 100

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Quality

26

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

85

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