Amazing Tales from Off the Beaten Path

Mike Allen
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Amazing Tales from Off the Beaten Path

Noted story teller and former journalist Mike Allen takes you on a new, 20-minute journey each Thursday featuring interviews with fascinating guests about people, places, or events from the illustrious history of one of the country’s earliest states. You don‘t have to be from Connecticut to enjoy them -- you just need to enjoy a good story. Theme music (Musical Interlewd 1, intro; Musical Interlewd 2, outro) by Christopher Cech. Podcast logo design by Ashley Cech. Amazing Tales from Off and On Connecticut’s Beaten Path is a production of True North Associates, LLC.

  1. 5天前

    Tracking Down the First Christmas Tree

    Where was the first Christmas tree? Proof is hard to come by. It seems that Windsor Locks, CT is among the very first – at least in legend; a stone monument lays claim to the first decorated tree in 1777. Researching this case turned up other very interesting side stories: German prisoners-of-war, Native American attacks, and even the Wizard of Oz.

    20 分钟

  2. 2月27日

    The Illegal Pirate Radio Station at the Largest Rock Concert, Watkins Glen

    Watkins Glen; world’s largest concert. 600,000 attendees. Six teenagers broadcast with an illegal pirate radio station they brought to the site, interviewing the Grateful Dead, broadcasting traffic and weather reports, and playing records. Attendees loved it. One of the broadcasters tells the crazy story.

    22 分钟

  3. 2月20日

    You Used to have to Pay to Use a Library

    Access to knowledge for the masses. For many years in the United States, you had to pay a membership fee to a subscription library if you wanted access to books and information. That all changed in the early 1800s when the first publicly funded library opened in CT.

    20 分钟

  4. 2月13日

    A Religious Group Pinpoints the End of the World

    The end of the world was supposed to be on a Wednesday in November of 1873. One hundred religious believers gathered on an island in a New England river to ascend into heaven, even climbing trees to be among the first to rise up.

    20 分钟

  5. 2月6日

    TV Cameraman Inside Ground Zero

    Ground zero. 9-11. World Trade Center. John Maher was one of the first TV cameramen inside the buildings, while they were still burning. He shares his surreal memories and experience.

    34 分钟

  6. 1月30日

    An Ancient Hiking Rite Still Practiced

    It's an ancient European tradition. Hiking a town’s boundaries still occurs in three CT towns (Madison, Guilford, and Durham). They carve a ceremonial stone and place it where the towns meet.

    17 分钟

  7. 1月23日

    Boxer / Opera Singer / Queen of the Rum Runners

    Nellie Green was a famous rum runner and bootlegger during Prohibition. She was also an accomplished boxer and opera singer. She survived the 13 years when alcohol was illegal, keeping her patrons well supplied with alcohol - as well as supplying many downstream customers throughout the state.

    21 分钟

  8. 1月16日

    PT Barnum's Incredible Legacy

    PT Barnum – the world’s greatest showman. Not only did he entertain millions with his American Museum and famous circus, but he was a major benefactor to his adopted hometown of Bridgeport - establishing the first hospital, bank, ferry service across Long Island Sound, and even a beautiful cemetery.

    19 分钟
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Noted story teller and former journalist Mike Allen takes you on a new, 20-minute journey each Thursday featuring interviews with fascinating guests about people, places, or events from the illustrious history of one of the country’s earliest states. You don‘t have to be from Connecticut to enjoy them -- you just need to enjoy a good story. Theme music (Musical Interlewd 1, intro; Musical Interlewd 2, outro) by Christopher Cech. Podcast logo design by Ashley Cech. Amazing Tales from Off and On Connecticut’s Beaten Path is a production of True North Associates, LLC.

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