The Podcast About Everything

Reopening An Architectural Treasure. The 104-year old Blair County Historical Society will open it's 98th season in the 1849 Elias Baker Mansion with new room restorations and new exhibits starting Friday, July 3rd.  Learn more about Baker Mansion by visiting their website: www.blairhistory.org . You can also talk with our podcast special guest Julia Plummer Schokker, Vice-Chair of The Blair County Historical Society by contacting her via email at [email protected] .   

Baker Mansion 360 Tour: https://bakermansion.ruffhousemarketing.com/tours/6kvYAPW_Qs  

Baker Mansion Drone Fly Over: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uuVY8rRY2w&feature=emb_logo   

GRAND OPENING OF THE BAKER MANSION MUSEUM: JULY 3, 2020 11 AM-3 PM Interior renovations complete on 1st and 2nd floors – big thank you to all our donors and to Michael Allison (our Podcast Co-Host) for completing this 5-year project. 

New Exhibits Include:  

Events Include: 

Aladdin – Family Movie Night Tuesday, July 14 at 8:45 - 10:00 pm Baker Mansion back yard 3419 Oak Lane Public Event hosted by Baker Mansion and Blair County Drug and Alcohol Prevention Bring your own lawn chairs, relax and enjoy a movie. CDC Social Distancing will be enforced. 

Mansion Mania Rockfest July 25, 2020, 1:00 pm –5:00 pm LIVE BROADCASTING FROM Q94 AND LIVE PERFORMANCE FROM BAND HALF TEMPTED ON THE BAKER MANSION’S LAWN (classic rock from Aerosmith, Van Halen, to Led Zeppelin) Cost: $15 per person or two for $25; Children under 10 are free. Price includes admission and meal ticket. Additional meal tickets available for $5. Cash Only Beer Tent –Must be over 21 and have a valid ID. 

Morning Yoga on the Font Lawn of the Baker Mansion July 11, July 18, July 25, and August 1, 10:00 AM –11:00 AM Four Saturday sessions for a package price of only $60 

Check out the Blair County Historical Society website for details on events and to donate www.blairhistory.org  

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"The Twin Boys" is a creepy story from Mexico about two young boys who don't behave and they get a nasty surprise when they dare to disrespect the dead.  "The Twin Boys" shared by Podcast Host: Don Mast, Co-founder of Ruff House Marketing - [email protected] .

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So it is summertime officially… People are ready to hit the road… Don’t hit the road without listening to this podcast. We are discussing A Monster Trifecta, a group of three creatures that have stomping grounds in a day trip from Central Pennsylvania.

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Show Information Links: 

New Jersey Devil Background: https://weirdnj.com/stories/jersey-devil/

New Jersey Devil Festival: https://www.paranormalbooksnj.com/the-jersey-devil-festival-2019/

Snallygaster Background: https://www.legendsofamerica.com/snallygaster/

Snallygaster Festival: https://www.snallygasterdc.com/

Mothman News Article: https://wchstv.com/news/local/man-photographs-creature-that-resembles-legendary-mothman-of-point-pleasant

Mothman Festival: https://www.mothmanfestival.com/

Mothman Museum: https://www.mothmanmuseum.com/mothman-festival.html

Mothman Roadtrippers Journal: https://roadtrippers.com/magazine/mothman-point-pleasant-west-virginia/

A folk story from the Appalachia region of the United States. Joseph and George Cox are known through the Allegheny Mountains as The Lost Children of the Alleghenies. George and Joseph Cox, then aged seven and five respectively, disappeared from their home in Pavia on April 24, 1856. Their dead bodies were found several days later in the surrounding woods and they were buried in the Mount Union United Methodist Church cemetery in nearby Lovely.  There is a small memorial to them in the Spruce Hollow forest in Blue Knob State Park, Pennsylvania. 

Story shared by Podcast Host: Don Mast, Co-founder of Ruff House Marketing 

Contact Don by email at [email protected], Storyteller, and Co-Founder of Ruff House Marketing. Co-Host, Michael Allison, Artist, Historian, Storyteller.  Owner of StudioEFX. You can contact Michael by email: [email protected] .

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News Articles & Links: 

Usnews.com Retrieved 27 September 2018

 https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/pennsylvania/articles/2017-11-04/are-lost-children-still-haunting-mountain

Roadsideamerica.com Retrieved 27 September 2018

https://web.archive.org/web/20180927220721/https://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/59496

Alison Krauss released a song written by Julie Lee and John Pennell about the story entitled "Jacob's Dream".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuUXcrRaQa8

Jared Frederick has a lifelong passion for American History. Among his books include Images of Modern America: Gettysburg National Military Park and Dispatches of D-Day. Jared also served as a park ranger at Gettysburg National Military Park and Harpers Ferry National Historical Park. He currently serves as an Instructor of History at Penn State Altoona, where he specializes in various realms of American History and civic engagement.

Having served as a commentator on the Civil War Trust’s online Civil War in Four series, he has also appeared on C-SPAN, PBS, PCN, in numerous National Park Service productions, and various online documentaries. In 2019, he acted as a guest host on Turner Classic Movies for the channel's 25th anniversary.

He is a Civil War and WWII reenactor; he believes that the past can be taught in spheres beyond the classroom. In 2016, he was president of the non-profit Blair County Historical Society. He has also won many awards around education and history.  We welcome Jared Fredrick to the Podcast about Everything… 

Jared is available to present a broad range of historical lectures and presentations. Visit www.jaredfrederick.com.

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by Rob Crisell and The Society of Classical Poets and shared by Host: Don Mast, Co-founder of Ruff House Marketing 

Kilmer

I think no eye has ever seen,

E.B. Browning

How do I glove thee? Let me count the ways.

Poe

It was many and many a year ago,

Dickinson

Because I could not stop for death

Angelou

The caged bird sings

Shakespeare

Fair is foul, and foul is fair:

Longfellow

Listen my children and you shall hear

Eliot

Let us go then, you and I,

Marlowe

Come live with me and be my love,

Coleridge

Water, water, everywhere,

Burns

Oh, my love is like a red, red rose

Haiku

by Joe Tessitore 

I went to a show

Quarantine Nursery Rhymes

by Connie Phillips 

Oh happy day—it’s finally spring!

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Join us today on the podcast about everything. Put the top down, slap on your ray bans as The Wolf Man and Dracula go Hollywood! 

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The Podcast About Everything BONUS:

Stella Elizabeth Williamson’s obituary appeared in the Altoona Mirror newspaper on Aug. 28, 1980. It was standard, listing only the names of her parents — Alfred and Dessie Williamson — and that she was a member of Gallitzin United Methodist Church’s Women’s Society.  It was little to be remembered by.  But it was Williamson’s secrets that would drive discussion and media coverage in the coming months and years. They were secrets her neighbors and acquaintances would find hard to believe. They were the stuff of horror movies, and they inspired Williamson’s posthumous nickname — the Gallitzin Spinster. - Story credit: Sean Sauro, August 9, 2018  

Bonus Host: Don Mast, Co-founder of Ruff House Marketing 

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Episode 1: "Our White Lady (and everyone else's)"

Explore where urban legends first began and how they have been passed down through history and culture. We will talk about some popular and terrifying ghost stories, fairy tales, and legends.  Enjoy.

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Explore More:

Wopsy Mountain, Altoona Pennsylvania: https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1SQJL_enUS800US800&q=wopsy+mountain&npsic=0&rflfq=1&rlha=0&rllag=40552216,-78421594,2322&tbm=lcl&ved=2ahUKEwjQi7O1x-DpAhWalnIEHbVVAjEQtgN6BAgLEAQ&tbs=lrf:!3sIAE,lf:1,lf_ui:1&rldoc=1

Devil's Elbow: https://www.hauntedplaces.org/item/the-devils-elbow/

Cresson PA: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cresson,_Pennsylvania 

Tyrone PA: https://www.tyroneboropa.com/

The Gibson Girl: https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/gibson-girls-america/the-gibson-girl-as-the-new-woman.html

Charles Perrault: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-Perrault

Baker Mansion: http://www.blairhistory.org/baker-mansion.html

White Lady of Wopsy: https://seeksghosts.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-white-lady-of-wopsy-mountain.html

White Lady History: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Lady