Your Maryland

Your Maryland

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Your Maryland episodes

  • "Ghosts of Western Maryland"

    Legend and lore about the ghosts and ghouls said to haunt the rolling hills and lonely valleys of Western Maryland.

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    5 min
  • "Frederick Douglass and John Brown"

    Abolitionist "Captain" John Brown made quite an impression on Frederick Douglass when they met. While bound by the same passion, the two men went on to fight to end slavery by very different means. 

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    5 min
  • "Hound Dog"

    The story behind the hit song popularized by Elvis Presley and its link to Baltimore.  

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    5 min
  • "Christiana"

    In 1851, Maryland farmer Edward Gorsuch formed a posse and tried to retrieve some runaway slaves that had fled over the Pennsylvania border. It did not end well. 

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    5 min
  • "Cool Hand, Hot Head"

    After defeating the Americans at Bladensburg and burning much of official Washington, British General Robert Ross died in an American ambush on his way to Baltimore.

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    5 min
  • "Barbara Frietchie"

    During the Civil War, Barbara Frietchie defiantly waved a Union flag from her window as Confederate Troops passed by her home in Frederick, Maryland.

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    5 min
  • "Leander"

    A team of upstart American Navy rowers stun the world famous Leander Boat Club from England at the 1920 Olympics in Belgium. 

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    5 min
  • "A Frolic with the Yankees"

    The story of Sir Peter Parker, "the handsomest man in the Royal Navy,"  and his actions around the Chesapeake Bay and the eastern shore during the War of 1812. 

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    5 min
  • "The Mermaid"

    In the Spring of 1778, during the war of Independence, the HMS Mermaid surrendered to residents of a small town along the Maryland coast rather than be taken as a prize by the French sailors in pursuit.  

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    5 min
  • "The Great Patapsco Flood of 1868"

    On July 24, 1868, a massive storm caused terrible flooding along the Patapsco River Valley, including the mill town of Ellicott City. 

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    5 min

About Your Maryland

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Since 2002, ----Your Maryland---- hosted by Ric Cottom, has presented little-known human interest stories from Maryland's past. Beginning with accused witches and the murderous career of John…