Tales From Southern Indiana

By Danny Howell

Small town life in a world bordering on the surreal with a country flavor. Stories and music.... more

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The podcast currently has 107 episodes available.

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November 11, 2021 Biting
We might have seemed a little standoffish to strangers in Southern Indiana, but we were really just being cautious because of our fear of being bitten.
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October 27, 2021 Fleas and Alligators
I grew up with 3 brothers, 40 cats, and 4 million fleas. Apart from staring at the flea wedding display at the Bedford museum, I didn’t much like them. In this episode we discuss some bizarre advice on how to get rid of fleas.
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10min
September 28, 2021 The Persimmon Festival - Mitchell’s annual celebration of a plentiful harvest and improved fertility
Mitchell’s Persimmon Festival is right up there with the Potato Festival on the old Andy Griffith Show on the list of great fall harvest festivals. In olden days these festivals also promoted fertility, and there’s some bad news for Lawrence County on that front. But good fortune still shines down on the Persimmon and its best and most tasty use, Persimmon Pudding.
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13min
August 07, 2021 The Brain Eaters
Back in the day, there were a lot of brain eaters in southern Indiana -- pork brain eaters, that is -- because they were a bargain at 15 cents a pound and we needed to make money stretch. Recalling that cuisine reminded me of my favorite scary movie and my favorite scary movie tv show, Nightmare Theater. Listen at your peril, as you may end up with a habit of checking your shoulder to make sure you don't have a new head growing there.
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9min
June 21, 2021 Coffee and Cigarettes
Smoking at age 9 and drinking coffee at age 3 were not uncommon sights in Southern Indiana when I grew up. Hear about the unhealthy effects of cigarettes on leeches and other news of note regarding caffeine and nicotine back in the day.
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8min
June 18, 2021 Television
All about the strange phenomenon of tv when it first arrived in Southern Indiana in 1930, the Indiana farm boy genius who supposedly made a million bucks with his TV invention, and my own experience as a Nielsen family.
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13min
May 17, 2021 Buried Alive - One More Thing to Worry About
In the days before embalming, being buried alive was apparently an irksome event - here are some accounts of Hoosiers narrowly avoiding premature entombment, plus the lighter side of being buried alive, and helpful tips for surviving the whole ordeal.
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8min
April 28, 2021 How to Get Southern Indiana Panthers Not to Eat You
There used to be panthers all over the place in Southern Indiana until we killed then all - but now they’re coming back, and they have a long memory! Fortunately the government has some advice on what to do if you encounter a panther.
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11min
April 08, 2021 Dining Out
Restaurant dining options in Mitchell Indiana in the '60's - the combination salad, Persimmon pudding, and important safety tips on toaster repair.
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7min
February 26, 2021 More True Crime -the complete story of the Oolitic mob incident of 1906 and other violent tidbits.
More details of the Oolitic mob of 1906 that avenged the honor of a dead man through immediate civic action, plus tales of the "toy gunman" of Mitchell, the perils of making nitro bombs with light bulbs, neck carbuncles, and dangerous charity chicken. TLNsv61IXRgaid8tczcb
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12min

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How many episodes does Tales From Southern Indiana have?

The podcast currently has 107 episodes available.

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FAQs about Tales From Southern Indiana:

How many episodes does Tales From Southern Indiana have?

More shows like Tales From Southern Indiana

This American Life

Planet Money

The Ancients

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