"We Got The Funk" is a podcast based in Fort Worth, Texas. I discuss a wide variety of subjects that directly affect our city. Everything from the history of Funkytown to its future. Welcome to The Funk......
Episode 20 | Stop Six: Babers Manor & the Legacy of Clarence Donald Babers
Send us Fan Mail When a neighborhood changes, how do we make sure its people and their stories aren’t forgotten? In Episode 20 of We Got The Funk, Don the Barber takes you into Fort Worth’s historic Stop Six neighborhood to explore the story behind Babers Manor—and the community legacy that gives its name meaning. This episode connects the history of neighborhood advocate Clarence Donald Babers with the story of Cavile Place and families who settled it. Along the way, we look beyond buildings...
23 Sept 2026
Episode 19: Funkytown Streets — Lancaster Avenue and the Railroad Man Behind the Name
Send us Fan Mail Every day, thousands of people travel Lancaster Avenue through Fort Worth, but few stop to ask who Lancaster actually was. In Episode 19 of We Got The Funk, Don The Barber launches the Funkytown Streets series with the story of John Lynch Lancaster, the railroad executive whose leadership helped reshape Fort Worth in the early 20th century. From his beginnings as a teenage railroad survey rodman to his rise as president of the Texas & Pacific Railway, Lancaster’s career b...
16 Jun 2026
Episode 18: The Mystery House of Handley | Fort Worth’s Darkest Unsolved True-Crime Mystery
Send us Fan Mail Episode 18: The Mystery House of Handley What if one of Fort Worth’s darkest true-crime stories was hiding in plain sight? In this episode of We Got The Funk, DonTheBarber investigates the chilling story of the Mystery House of Handley—a Depression-era crime saga involving a million-dollar robbery, hidden rooms, secret compartments, missing gang members, narcotics, Alcatraz, and a fortune that may have never been fully recovered. The story begins in 1933 with one of the large...
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