Cemetery Row

Enjoy a fun, slightly serious fireside chat with the Cemetery Row girls! We're joined by special guest/friend of the pod Spencer Pleasants (aka Amnesia Devereaux) to discuss concerts and planning your final wishes. You'll laugh, you'll cry... you'll mostly laugh.

Get ready to laugh! This week the Cemetery Row gals cover comedians and where they're buried. Lori shares the story of trailblazing comedian, actress, director and producer Mabel Normand, who mentored Charlie Chaplin. Sheena covers Jackie "Moms" Mabley, the first successful Black female standup comedian whose career spanned more than 50 years. Hannah covers comedian, screenwriter, actor and producer Rodney Dangerfield, who as we all know, got no respect.

Set sail and join us as we cover explorers and adventurers on this episode of Cemetery Row. Hannah shares the stories of John "Grizzly" Adams and James "Tiger" Whitehead. Lori covers Robert Falcon Scott's expeditions to the Antarctic regions. Sheena covers the adventures of Memphian Richard Halliburton.

In this summertime grab bag episode, Lori and Hannah cover haunted and cursed tombstones. Sheena covers Joseph Palmer, who was “persecuted for wearing the beard.”

Happy Pride Month! In this week's episode, we take a look at incredible LGTBQ+ folks from history. Hannah shares the story of German physician and sexologist Magnus Hirschfeld, and Lori covers Margot Heuman, the first queer Jewish woman known to have survived concentration camps during World War II. Sheena covers artist and musician Norma Tanega.

This week the girls cover true crime stories and cemeteries from the Great Lakes State. Hannah covers a very unusual graveyard, plus the murder of Rose Larner. Lori shares the haunting story of the Morris murders, and Sheena covers Detroit's cursed St. Aubin Avenue.

This week’s episode is in honor of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Hannah shares legends of Guam, Lori covers astronaut Ellison Onizuka, and Sheena discusses pioneering Chinese-American chef and business woman Joyce Chen.

The topics for this week’s episode range from a best friend to a wrestler to unique burial practices from around the world. Hannah covers the hanging coffins of Sagada, Philippines, as well as a few other interesting cemeteries. Sheena shares the story of Memphis wrestler Sputnik Monroe. Lori shares the final resting place of her best friend, Shannon Smith.

This week the Cemetery Row girls cover haunted houses, cemeteries and bars. Lori covers the haunted graves of Augusta Bitner and Jennie Steeves. Hannah covers the Liar's Club and discusses the Chicago cemetery haunted by a clown. Sheena tells the story of the most haunted house in Mississippi, the McRaven House.

In this episode of Cemetery Row, the girls cover inventors and revolutionaries who changed industries. Hannah covers department store entrepreneur Montgomery Ward and Hughes Tool Company founder Howard Hughes Sr. Lori shares the story of Edward Craven Walker, inventor of the lava lamp. Sheena covers women who revolutionized the audiobook industry, including the founders of Caedmon Records, Marianne Mantell and Barbara Holdridge.