5 episodes

Dying is the only club that isn't exclusive. We all get in. Sometime when you have a minute, take a walk through a cemetery and look around. Not only are the earthly bodies contained within those graves, but so are their stories. Real people who lived real lives. People who did miraculous things, people who shouldn't just fade into oblivion forever. The Grave Conversations podcast is designed to find interesting people who died, and through research, making contact with their relatives and friends, and a little dumb luck... hopefully be able to paint a picture of the life they lived. To resurrect a small piece of them, and bring it back to life.

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Dying is the only club that isn't exclusive. We all get in. Sometime when you have a minute, take a walk through a cemetery and look around. Not only are the earthly bodies contained within those graves, but so are their stories. Real people who lived real lives. People who did miraculous things, people who shouldn't just fade into oblivion forever. The Grave Conversations podcast is designed to find interesting people who died, and through research, making contact with their relatives and friends, and a little dumb luck... hopefully be able to paint a picture of the life they lived. To resurrect a small piece of them, and bring it back to life.

    Grave Conversations Podcast: Season 1, Episode 5 - Resurrecting Raymond

    Grave Conversations Podcast: Season 1, Episode 5 - Resurrecting Raymond

    In a way this is mixed emotions for us. This is our conclusion to the story of Raymond Novakofski. We are sad that our time sharing Raymond's story has come to and end, and we are happy that we had a chance to bring this story to life again. A man with no family left, and a grave forgotten. A soldier who gave his life, and story that deserved to be told. 

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    • 30 min
    Grave Conversations Podcast: Season 1, Episode 4 - Resurrecting Raymond

    Grave Conversations Podcast: Season 1, Episode 4 - Resurrecting Raymond

    Episode 4 continues the story of Raymond Novakofski. In this episode we felt a ton of emotions, especially as we approach his untimely death. Join us as we continue to tell the story that deserved to be told.

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    • 27 min
    Grave Conversations Podcast: Season 1, Episode 3 - Resurrecting Raymond

    Grave Conversations Podcast: Season 1, Episode 3 - Resurrecting Raymond

    Episode 3 picks up with our attempt to learn more about Raymond. Our biggest find was a newsletter for the George Banta Publishing Company of Menasha, Wisconsin. This is the company that Raymond worked for as part of the night crew. Lot's of updates from his short time there, and while he was serving in the military! The newsletter went from updates on workers in the factory to updates of their workers who went off to the war! 

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    • 31 min
    Grave Conversations Podcast: Season 1, Episode 2 - Resurrecting Raymond

    Grave Conversations Podcast: Season 1, Episode 2 - Resurrecting Raymond

    Episode 2, of the first season of The Grave Conversations podcast is here! In this episode we introduce the high school years of Raymond Novakofski. Raymond attended Menasha High School, with their help, we uncover the first few personal things we know about Raymond, and a second photo! We also talk about Raymond's first job!

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    • 27 min
    Grave Conversations Podcast: Season 1, Episode 1 - Resurrecting Raymond

    Grave Conversations Podcast: Season 1, Episode 1 - Resurrecting Raymond

    We stumbled across Raymond’s grave and were fortunate enough to begin learning about his life. Truthfully, there were times we felt like Raymond helped us discover elements of his story because he wanted it to be told. It took some digging, but, with the help of many, we were able to get a heart wrenching look into the life and, sadly, untimely death, of Raymond Novakofski. 

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    • 28 min

Customer Reviews

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4 Ratings

knev1138 ,

Informative! Must listen!

This is a well done and thoroughly researched podcast. I couldn’t get enough! The excitement you guys expressed was contagiou! Looking forward to season 2!

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