Remembering The Misremembered

Mar 18 2024 103 ep. 21 mins

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Become a Paid Subscriber: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/monica238/subscribe Remembering The Misremembered is a podcast about famous people who are not necessarily forgotten, but who might be Misremembered.

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Dona Drake & Merle Oberon: Real-life Imitations of Life

Mar 18 2024 19 mins

The stories of performers Dona Drake and Merle Oberon who passed (Drake as Latina, Oberon as white) in order to succeed in Hollywood. In the end, was it even worth it?

Like Father, Like Son: The Tragedy of Louis and Emmett Till

Feb 24 2024 10 mins

The murder of Emmett Till helped to spark the Civil Right movement, but what many people don't know is that Emmett's dad, Louis Till, died ten years before his son in eerily similar circumstances.

Forgotten Acting Pioneer James Edwards

Feb 19 2024 11 mins

James Edwards, the precursor to Sidney Poitier, is remembered

Who Was The Real Alex Haley

Feb 11 2024 17 mins

Author Alex Haley is credited with being the “Father of modern Genealogy” due to the meteoric success of his epic "Roots," but his since discovered plagiarism and manipulation of facts and fiction mar the legacy he strived to built

Mary Woodson, Al Green, And The Night That Bullets And Hot Grits Flew

Jan 28 2024 17 mins

Remembering Mary Woodson, the woman who threw hot grits on soul legend, Al Green

The Rodger Penzabene Story

Jan 14 2024 15 mins

Remembering Rodger Penzabene, the Motown songwriter whose painful relationship with his wife, Helga, inspired songs like "I Wish It Would Rain" and might have caused him to take his life at just 22.

Teresa Graves: Was She The Biological Mother of Whitney Houston

Dec 31 2023 28 mins

Remembering the beautiful and talented 1970’s actress Teresa Graves and exploring the theory that she might have been the biological mother of Whitney Houston.

Alan Freed: The Man Who Died For Rock N Roll

Dec 24 2023 16 mins

Alan Freed, known as the Father of Rock N Roll. A payola scandal served as his ultimate downfall.

The Ruined Life of Kim Porter

Dec 11 2023 16 mins

Remembering model, Muse, and businesswoman Kim Porter, her relationships and suspicious death

Ghastly Matricide, Part Two: Susan Cabot

Nov 27 2023 15 mins

The story of 1950s B movie actress Susan Cabot and how mental illness and experimental hormones drove her son, Timothy, into a matricidal rage