About Life After Midnight: Strange History, Salem Style
"Life After Midnight: Strange History, Salem Style" is a podcast dedicated to exploring the dark side of our history, educating the masses on the macabre.
Join historian Kristin Harris and come on a journey into the darker secrets of history, lifting the veil between the unknown, and current historical understanding.
This podcast will explore the macabre culture and practice of peoples around the world, with the goal of bringing a better understanding how the stranger things in our past can tell us more about our future.
Episode 10: “Strange Clews”: Power, Corruption, and Calamity in the Murder of Clarence Peters
A young man from Haverhill, Massachusetts is mysteriously gunned down in a small town in West Chester County, New York. What appears to be an act of self-defense however, quickly devolves into a cavalcade of witnesses, false evidence, corruption, and surprise (no it isn’t) a rich family covering up their shame, in order to scapegoat…
17 May 2020
Episode 9: Under His Skin, The Life and Death of the Salem Seer
**Notice: This episode was recorded live on Zoom, and may have long pauses, diminished sound, and be less polished than normal episodes. Thank you in advance for bearing with me as I figure out this new platform and audio! All accompanying pictures can be found on lifeaftermidnightsalem.com** Join Kristin and hear the story of a…
17 May 2020
Episode 8: Wonderfully Cruel Proceedings; Charles Brockden Brown, Phantasmagoria, and the Murders that Made America’s First Gothic Novel
**Notice: This episode was recorded live on Zoom, and may have long pauses, diminished sound, and be less polished than normal episodes. Thank you in advance for bearing with me as I figure out this new platform and audio! All accompanying pictures can be found on lifeaftermidnightsalem.com** Join Kristin as we discuss Phantasmagoria, its connection…
4 Apr 2020
Episode 7: Murder in Medfield and the Tale of the Elitist Body Snatchers
**Notice: This episode was recorded live on Zoom, and may have long pauses, diminished sound, and be less polished than normal episodes. Thank you in advance for bearing with me as I figure out this new platform and audio!** This is a special episode, that was done for Creative North Shore, as a part of…
1 Nov 2019
Episode 6: Heading Home to the Horseman’s Hollow- Halloween in Irving’s Sleepy Hollow
In this episode, travel with me on a Halloween Adventure to the legendary village of Sleepy Hollow, New York, where I explore the meaning and symbolism behind Washington Irving’s famous tale. Learn all about my experience in the town, where Irving got his inspiration for the story, some other famous sites in Tarrytown, and perhaps…
26 Mar 2019
Episode 5: She’s Got Looks That Kill: Deadly Fashions in the 19th Century (Part 2)
In Part 2 of this episode, I conclude my journey into 19th century fashions with exploring Arsenic in green dye. Join me as we take a look at a fashion plague on Victorian England, its social impact, and the deaths surrounding household items used on a large scale. These fashion faux-pas will NOT leave…
25 Mar 2019
Episode 4: New Orleans, a City for the Living and the Dead
(photo of the "ghost" of Julian Eltinge, with the original signed in 1917 photo on the left)
(this is a re-posting of an earlier episode that somehow got deleted. Originally recorded March 15, 2018)
Join me as I tell you about some of my favorite haunts, old and new, in the Crescent City, from my recent travels there. In the episode, I'll tell you about why New Orleans name, City of the Dead, applies to more than just the cemeteries... The dead walk with the living, and are all around you in this city on the river.
Episode Written and Recorded by Kristin Harris
NSFW: Some strong language
*photo courtesy of WGNO.com
14 Jul 2018
Episode 5 : She’s Got Looks That Kill: Deadly Fashions in the 19th Century (Part 1)
In this episode, I explore the strange, and sometimes fatal fashion trends that developed in the Western World in the 19th century. In the words of the ever-eloquent Motley Crue…”She’s Got Looks That Kill.” NSFW. Slight bit of strong language, lots of fire, and lots of frills.
10 Jan 2018
Episode 3: Curious Cases of Things Dead and Gone: Salem’s Gothic Literary Past and Present
Join me in a discussion of, you guessed it, Salem’s gothic literary past and present. I’m joined by Amber Newberry and Laurie Moran, authors and editors for FunDead Publications, and we are discussing what the hell gothic horror actually is, their new anthology, and gothic literature’s connection to Salem. It’s always a wild time when…
10 Jan 2018
Episode 2: Villages of the Damned: Vampire Exhumations in Early New England
In this episode, I explore the evolution of the image of the vampire, and look beyond the fiction and folklore to expose the very real fear of vampirism in Early New England. Fear gripped the people of rural New England Towns in the 18th and 19th century, but where is the line crossed from fear,…
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