Lily Flagg's Signal

About Lily Flagg's Signal

Welcome to Lily Flagg's Signal, a lovingly-researched history podcast that explores the lore and legends of Huntsville, Alabama. New episodes are posted every other Monday through the season. Join this history-nerding adventure to learn more about our city and how the past impacts our present, including first-hand sources on well-known Huntsville lore, misconceptions about popular tall tales, and historical events and people who don’t get talked about often enough. Episode transcripts with sources cited are available here: https://lilyflaggpodcast.wordpress.com/episode-transcripts/

Publisher

Lily Flagg's Signal

Category

history

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

5 Sept 2022

Latest episode

14 Apr 2025

Latest episodes

53 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   14 Apr 2025

   Interview with Huntsville's Historic Preservation Planner - Katie Stamps

   What's the best way to get your request approved to change your historic house's exterior? Can I put a historic marker in my yard?  What house would you steal if you were a Scooby Doo villain?  Have you ever thought about how one day, 1990s McMansions will be considered historic? Katie Stamps, Huntsville's Historic Preservation Planner, was cool enough to come on the show today and talk about these and other burning questions about historic preservation.  Join me in this episode as I learn all about our city's historic districts, preservation laws and best practices, the occasional home restoration horror story, hot takes about the county courthouse, and so much more. To learn more about Huntsville's Historic Preservation Office, find them on the city's website (⁠⁠https://www.huntsvilleal.gov/development/building-construction/historic-preservation/⁠⁠ (https://www.huntsvilleal.gov/development/building-construction/historic-preservation/)) or on social media ⁠⁠@huntsvillepreservation⁠⁠For more Huntsville, Alabama, history you can subscribe wherever you get your podcasts, follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (facebook.com/lilyflaggpodcast)and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (instagram.com/lilyflaggpodcast) at @lilyflaggpodcast, and check out our website (with show transcripts and supplementary maps for this tour) at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠lilyflaggpodcast.wordpress.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (http://lilyflaggpodcast.wordpress.com/). You can also be awesome like patrons like Allison, Eric, Huntsvillustrated, Laura, Emily C., Shalin, Stephen, and AboveAverageBeard by supporting the show monthly at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠patreon.com/lilyflaggpodcast⁠ (patreon.com/lilyflaggpodcast)

2. 

   1 Apr 2025

   Bamboozled! ...by the confederate monument - Full Episode 33

   I love April Fool’s Day, a day of pranks and misinformation and tomfoolery, so I wanted to tackle a subject that seems to have bamboozled Huntsvillians for a while now: the confederate monument, and really the city’s relationship with the confederacy as a whole.  There’s a lot of misinformation out there, like from the people responsible for the monument, and also some pretty wild but true fun facts. So what's the backstory on this monument to the confederacy, in a city whose representatives didn’t like the secession plans, where there wasn’t even a battle, with an inscription dedicated to a guy who barely even lived here?  Join me on a discussion of the lost cause narrative, construction disasters, terrible facial fair, and even worse poetry. For more Huntsville, Alabama, history you can subscribe wherever you get your podcasts, follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook ⁠⁠⁠⁠ (facebook.com/lilyflaggpodcast)and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠ (instagram.com/lilyflaggpodcast) at @lilyflaggpodcast, and check out our website (with show transcripts and supplementary maps for this tour) at ⁠⁠⁠⁠lilyflaggpodcast.wordpress.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ (http://lilyflaggpodcast.wordpress.com/). You can also be awesome like patrons like Allison, Eric, Huntsvillustrated, Laura, Emily C., Shalin, Stephen, and AboveAverageBeard by supporting the show monthly at ⁠⁠⁠patreon.com/lilyflaggpodcast (patreon.com/lilyflaggpodcast)

3. 

   14 Oct 2024

   The Black Widow of Hazel Green - Full Episode 32

   If you've spent a Halloween in the Huntsville, Alabama, area, odds are you've heard the tale.  Elizabeth Evans Dale Gibbons Flanagan Jefferies High Brown Routt, the so-called Black Widow of Hazel Green, six times married and six times widowed.  That summary doesn't even scratch the surface of the full story, though, with feuding neighbors, spiteful poems, attempted murder, lawsuits, and more morphing over time into local legend.  Today, we're jumping on the true crime bandwagon to delve into the story of not just our titular woman but also the people and circumstances that led to her becoming a figure of lore. For more Huntsville, Alabama, history you can subscribe wherever you get your podcasts, follow us on ⁠⁠⁠Facebook ⁠⁠⁠ (facebook.com/lilyflaggpodcast)and ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠ (instagram.com/lilyflaggpodcast) at @lilyflaggpodcast, and check out our website (with show transcripts and supplementary maps for this tour) at ⁠⁠⁠lilyflaggpodcast.wordpress.com⁠⁠⁠ (http://lilyflaggpodcast.wordpress.com/). You can also be awesome like patrons like Allison, Eric, Huntsvillustrated, Laura, Emily C., Shalin, Stephen, and AboveAverageBeard by supporting the show monthly at ⁠⁠patreon.com/lilyflaggpodcast (patreon.com/lilyflaggpodcast) --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lilyflaggpodcast/support (https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lilyflaggpodcast/support)

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.7 / 5

21 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

30 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 54 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

58

Social presence

94

YouTube

0

Engagement

77

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