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Episode 331: Grave Robbing in Late Nineteenth Century Charleston
10/30/2026 | 27 mins.The nocturnal exhumation of freshly-buried bodies, a practice usually confined to gothic novels and Halloween fantasy, was once a matter of grave concern for the poor citizens of late nineteenth-century Charleston. Persons requiring cadavers for nefarious purposes found a steady supply within the city’s public cemetery, an unguarded landscape that quite literally embodied the racial inequities of that distant era.Terrence
10/26/2026 | 3 mins.Terrence by Nic Butler, Ph.D.Tartanita
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10/26/2026 | 2 mins.Rose by Nic Butler, Ph.D.Joe
10/26/2026 | 1 mins.Joe by Nic Butler, Ph.D.
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Dr. Nic Butler, historian at the Charleston County Public Library, explores the less familiar corners of local history with stories that invite audiences to reflect on the enduring presence of the past in the Lowcountry of South Carolina.
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