A podcast dedicated to the towns and settlements that no longer exist, Each episode i will choose a new town and discuss when it was founded why it existed and what happened to it.
Additionally I will be telling stories of Myths, Legends and Lore surrounding the towns that we discuss.
I will be doing bonus episodes directed towards telling stories based on obscure inventions/discoveries (pre 1900s) from the state in which the town is located.
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Bonus. One Invention That could do Everything, But Didn't.
Send us Fan Mail On this episode we look at an invention that cold have been ahead of its time, A man who saw a problem came up with a great invention, but has no other record of what became of it.
5 Oct 2026
6. From Miners to Spies, When Washington Came for the Town
Send us Fan Mail This is a story that takes place in Virginia about a farming town that became a mining town, until Washington decided it wasn't good at either.
27 Sept 2026
5.5 Falling Creek Legends and Lore
Send us Fan Mail Come with me back to Falling Creek for a story about the legends and lore surrounding the town.
23 Sept 2026
The Invention That Almost Disappeared
Send us Fan Mail This is a story of a man who solved a problem in an amazing way but didn't know how to convince us that we needed it, you wont believe how much he sold it for, it became arguably, one of the most well known personal products known today.
20 Sept 2026
5. America's Forgotten First Furnace.
Send us Fan Mail Come with me on a journey to Virginia to discover the history of America's first attempt at industrialization.
14 Sept 2026
4.5. You Bet & Red Dog Legends
Send us Fan Mail Going back to our to towns with the strange names in the sierra foothills to explore some legends and lore surrounding them.
7 Sept 2026
4. Two Towns,Strange Names and The Sierra Foothills
Send us Fan Mail Two Towns in the sierra foothills that had strange names and famous visitors,
31 Aug 2026
3.5 Wrights Legends and Lore
Send us Fan Mail We look into the legends and lore of Wrights California
24 Aug 2026
3. The Little Town That Could
Send us Fan Mail Wrights California, The town that disasters couldn't erase from the mountains but Progress finally did, learn how this tough little railroad town survived several disastrous fires and one of California's worse Earthquakes.
17 Aug 2026
2.75 New Almaden Legends and Lore
Send us Fan Mail We take a close look at the legends and lore of one of the most important mining towns of the California gold rush.
9 Aug 2026
2.5 The Town that Fueled the Gold Rush
Send us Fan Mail This weeks episode is about a little know ghost town that was one of the most important towns in the mid 1800s, and made the gold rush possible, New Almaden California in the Santa Cruz Mountains
3 Aug 2026
2. What Mineral Really Shaped the Gold Rush?
Send us Fan Mail This is a bonus episode that will tie into our next regular episode. There were so many interesting facts about the mercury mining industry, and how it fueled the goldrush, that i felt it would overtake the actual town that our episode will be about.
29 Jul 2026
1.5 Lexington and Alma Legends and Lore
Send us Fan Mail This episode is a supplemental episode tied to our last episode, of Lexington and Alma, Campfire stories of the legends and lore of the 2 drowned Towns. Follow on instagram https://www.instagram.com/ghosttowns_forgottenplaces?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D&utm_source=qr
27 Jul 2026
1. Lexington and Alma, CA. Twin Towns That Drowned
Send us Fan Mail Today I will tell you about two towns in the Santa Cruz Mountains, Santa Clara, California follow on instagram https://www.instagram.com/ghosttowns_forgottenplaces?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D&utm_source=qr
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