The Secret Life of Death Podcast

Episode 8: Identity, Part 5


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At the end of 1982, Andrews Inn had been sent reeling from the set-up and raid by authorities and their business struggled in its aftermath. But 1982 was also the year that AIDS broke into the public consciousness, also affecting business. Not much has been said about both topics in the last 40 years, which makes you think about what stories get told and what stories do not - and why that might be.

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Called To Duty: Terry Brown and Dana Fuller - FACT 8 TV Documentary
Bellows Falls was once a travel destination and rich from far and wide would come to stay at The Island House, overlooking the falls. Photo courtesy of UVM Historic Photo Collection

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Island House c. 1855-1865
Barely visible on the top of Fall Mountain, a pavilion was set up where patrons of The Island House would travel by carriage and take in the views of the valley below. Photo courtesy of UVM Historic Photo Collection

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Fall Mountain Pavilion c. 1860
From the top of Fall Mountain, one can take in the whole of Bellows Falls village below. Here, the expansive mills that once dominated the town can be seen. Photo courtesy of Library of Congress

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View from Fall Mnt c. 1900
My first hike up Fall Mountain with family. Here is a photo of me and my sisters. L-R: Michele, me, Ann. Bellows Falls in the background. Photo courtesy of Florence Golec

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Fall Mnt. Hike c. 1982
40 years later and I’m back on the mountain. View of Bellows Falls below.

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Fall Mtn Hike 2021
The clearing to the viewing area known as Table Rock.

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Table Rock
View of the ubiquitous turkey vultures from Table Rock down into Bellows Falls village.

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Turkey Vulture
A sweet little snake was sunning itself on the slopes of Fall Mountain.

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Snake!
The remains of the old carriage road that was built to bring guests from The Island House up to the viewing platform.

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Old Road
Neighbor, Jerry Glover, poses on the porch of his friend’s rural NH home, c. 1978-80. (Damn, he WAS handsome!)

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Jerry Glover Portrait

Acknowledgements:

Segment Participants:
Kate Butt

Interviewees:
Florence Golec
Jeremy Youst
Thom Herman
Fletcher Proctor
Sheila Glover

Special Thanks:
HB Lozito, Out In the Open: for giving us permission to use clips from their *audio
clips from their 2017
Andrews Inn Oral History Project and for acting as a sounding board for the
concept of this show and reading through the scripts for content and tone. For more information
about OITO, check out their website,
www.weareoutintheopen.org.

Music and Sound Effects: provided with permission by Epidemic Sound, LLC
George’s Sandbox- Magnus Ludvisson
In the Spirit of Cannes - The Flax
Some Autumn; His Old Lover - Leimoti
Something to Someone - Bireli Snow
Happy Minor Waltz - Franz Gordon
Bobby Swing - Bladverk Band
Morning Dew - Heath Cantu

PREL Dron 16; 57; 80

Photos:
Sheila Glover
UVM Historic Photo Archive
Library of Congress
Florence Golec

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