The Buffalo History Museum Podcast The Buffalo History Museum
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The Buffalo History Museum Podcast is the premier source for Western New York history. Each episode, we tell a story of the people and events that have shaped our region. New episodes are released monthly. Help us grow by subscribing, rating, and reviewing us.
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Two Souls Lost: The Titanic and Buffalo
112 years ago today, RMS Titanic disappeared into the icy depths of the North Atlantic after striking an iceberg. The disaster would take the lives of more than 1,500 passengers and crew, two of whom were Buffalo's own. This is their story.
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The Saturn Club Liquor Raid
On August 23, 1923, a team of Federal Prohibition Agents raided Buffalo's elite Saturn Club in search of illegal alcohol. The raid, which uncovered large amounts of booze, was led by one of the Saturn Club's own members, "Wild" Bill Donovan.
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Rise and Fall of the Canadiana
Between 1910 and 1956, the Canadiana ferried passengers between Buffalo and Canada's Crystal Beach Amusement Park. This is the story of the ship, her demise, and her near resurrection.
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Love Canal, Part III: Escape
Twenty years after Hooker Chemical buried its last metal drum in the depths of William Love's abandoned canal, local residents begin experiencing health problems. The ensuing years become a fight for their lives.
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Love Canal, Part II: Hooker Chemical
Fifty years after William Love abandoned his Model City settlement in Niagara Falls, a local chemical manufacturer made use of his half-excavated canal. Part III coming next week.
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Love Canal, Part I: Model City
In 1894, William T. Love broke ground on his grand vision—a utopian community which he called "Model City." His dream however, would never come to pass. In time, what remained of his project would become the epicenter of one our nation's worst environmental disasters. Stay tuned for part two.
Customer Reviews
This podcast is great!
Anthony Greco does an amazing job at storytelling. It’s amazing to hear all of the history of Buffalo. Congrats, Buffalo History Museum, for making something so unique.
Preserving Buffalo’s rich history
Im a lifelong Buffalonian and this podcast shares so many stories about Buffalo that I had never heard. Each podcast is well researched and very informative. The narrator does a great job of making you feel like you were present at the time of the story
Too much ideology
Some episodes are excellent and provide fascinating insights into often little known events about this great city.
Sadly, other episodes reflect the obvious underlying liberal ideology that drives both the participants and sponsors of the podcast.