Tales from Days Gone By

About Tales from Days Gone By

Behind the big themes, celebrated figures, and dry dates of history are the interesting stories of life in the past and ordinary people. Southeast Missouri has a varied and rich history that you often don’t hear about in history classes. Join Bill Eddleman of the State Historical Society of Missouri to hear about these stories with “Tales from Days Gone By.”

Publisher

Dr. Bill Eddleman

Category

history

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

7 Jun 2023

Latest episode

23 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

79 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   23 Sept 2026

   Winchester – Forgotten County Seat of New Madrid County

   The county seat of New Madrid County has been New Madrid for much of the county’s history. However, from 1815 to 1822 the county seat was in a town that no longer exists—Winchester.

2. 

   9 Sept 2026

   George Lail: Captive of the Shawnee and Missouri Pioneer

   June 24, 1780, was a momentous day for settlers in the vicinity of Ruddell’s Station, Kentucky. Warnings of possible attack by British-allied Shawnee and other native people had moved them to take shelter in the fort constructed for such threats.

3. 

   26 Aug 2026

   Tragedy on Big Prairie: The Murder of David Trotter

   The most tragic event of the time before the Louisiana Purchase in the southern part of Spanish Upper Louisiana was the murder of David Trotter.

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

9,294

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Podcast Authority Score: 28 / 100

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Quality

17

Social presence

0

YouTube

68

Engagement

27