ROCtales

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Highlighting the weird and wonderful history of the Rochester & Finger Lakes region, drawing connections between the past and present, and boosting local voices that aren’t normally heard.

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A Haunting in Bergen

Oct 31 2019 39 mins

It's a Halloween episode! We decided to test our podcast equipment in a location we found on the Haunted History Trail. We still don't know if there were any ghosts, but if there were they had some fun with our equipment!

The Forgotten Dead

May 22 2019 38 mins

Rochester has a long relationship with poverty and death. We compare how the poor were treated at the end of their lives 150 years ago versus now. Learn about the Highland Park "bone yard", and visit a local non-profit that makes caskets for Rochester's homeless. Thanks to Don Skillman & Memorials Co-op, Stephanie Ball & the RMSC archives, Teej Jenkins and Nicole Delgrosso

Roctales: the Preview

Feb 27 2019 1 mins

If you grew up in Rochester, you learned a handful of names and places at an early age. It wasn't until we got older that we discovered there was much more to the city on the Genesee than Kodak and Sam Patch. Here's a quick preview of Roctales, the new local history podcast focused on some of the weird and wonderful stories that make our corner of the world so fascinating. Full epi