This Is What We Found

In Ep 20, listeners Ep 4 Walter Fest continues! Char and Jackie go traipsing through the family line and grave site of the great tragedian, John McCullough 1832-1885. Irish born, but local to Philadelphia. Personal friend to Walter Hubbell. We discuss his colorful life and ponder why after his death many mediums claim to channel him.

This week the ladies continue Walter Fest, this time discussing various scenarios where Walter was witness to and a participant in the rise of the Spiritualism movement. Larry's theremin reacts to whether ghosts are "hard." Jackie brings it home with the surprise of the Flintstone family line.

Walter Fest continues this week as Charlotte and Jackie discuss the acting career of Walter Hubbell that began in Philadelphia at some of America's earliest theaters. Working along side the famous Edwin Booth, John McCullough, the Drew and Barrymore families who were all iconic in their day, Walter truly had his brush with greatness.

This weeks episode kicks off Walter Fest and the girls get into the life story of Walter Hubbell, A great granduncle, and just what his early years might have been like. Traveling far and wide to compile the history of the Hubbell Family, Jackie and Char imagine what that might have entailed. C'mon in, we have Sanka and Entenmann's and an EMF reader.

The girls attempt a deep dive into the origins of the Campanella line for Larry's Birthday week. Going back to Orsara di Puglia...tune in to hear us butcher Italian words and also discuss Leopold Campanella and his history at Girard College in Philadelphia. There will be cake. Mangia!

In our listener episode #3 Charlotte and Jackie found not only a bit of a challenge with the Jeffers line from Baltimore, Maryland, but they found an amazing lighthouse tale from Sharps Island and a family history in Barbados!

In our season 2 opener, Jackie and Charlotte cackle about our Lunsford family line that we just happen to share on our mother AND father's sides. Anyone sharing the Lunsford family name from colonial Virginia will find this interesting or a hot mess. Was Sir Thomas Lunsford really the cavalier cannibal like legend says?

Befitting of our thirteenth episode and season finale, the girls converse about the infamous Leeds family of Southern New Jersey and the historical controversy of just where the tale of the Jersey Devil stems from. Benjamin Franklin and our guy Caleb Pusey have a part to play that just may make you rethink what you originally heard about the chilling tale of the Leeds Devil. Also, Charlotte needs your help about what county Hammonton, NJ is in because she is lost in her own state. Happy Birthday Michael!

Charlotte and Jackie attempt to concretely trace our Irish roots in County Kerry, Ireland and potential lines in Valentia Island. We barely made it out of this week alive. The John, Michael, Patricks, Marys, Catherines were haunting our dreams and our waking moments. Anyone who researches their Irish roots can surely attest to this overwhelming calamity. Maybe someone can help!? As always our email is [email protected] So grab a tasty glass of Glen Flesk or add some to the bath and listen in to this weeks episode of this is what we didn't find!

In this months listener episode Charlotte and Jackie discuss the Bibb family line originating in France and the places they landed in America to start the varying Bibb lines. Which Bibb do you hail from? Perhaps Benjamin Button is your guy? Our story also involves the sad but victorious tale of one Henry Walter Bibb, author and abolitionist and his journey to freedom in Canada.