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  • "Over There"
  • "The Pennant"
  • "War Admiral"
    In November 1938, champion race horse War Admiral competed against the upstart Sea Biscuit, losing the race in an upset by four lengths.
  • "Monty R"
    On April 13, 1940, Monty R, a "family pet" born and raised in Maryland horse country, defeated the favored thoroughbred Blockade at My Lady's Manor in a…
  • "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…
  • "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.
  • "Witchcraft in Maryland"
    Accusations of witchcraft arrive in the Maryland colony along with English settlers.
  • Wolves at the Door (Virginia Hall)
    "She is the most dangerous of all Allied spies. We must find and destroy her." - This is the text of a Gestapo transmission regarding OSS agent Virginia…
  • "Jimmie Foxx"
    Baseball phenom Jimmie Foxx got his start playing with the Easton Farmers in Queen Anne's County before breaking into the big leagues in the late 1920s.
  • "The Sunken Road"
    On September 17, 1862, many soldiers of the 5th Maryland infantry, made up of mostly German immigrants from Baltimore, lost their lives along a sunken…
  • "Wolves at the Door: The Legend of Virginia Hall"
    "She is the most dangerous of all Allied spies. We must find and destroy her." - This is the text of a Gestapo transmission regarding OSS agent Virginia…
  • "High Treason"
    Making his way home to Maryland after the surrender at Appomattox, Confederate officer Henry Kyd Douglas was arrested in Shepherdstown, West Virginia, and…
  • "The Glorious 4th of July, 1863."
    On July 4th, 1863, residents of Baltimore went about marking Independence Day in the usual manner, whilst local Union and Confederate soldiers dealt with…
  • "Mary Garrett"
    In 1893, Mary Garrett, daughter of B&O Railroad magnate John Work Garrett, used her fortune to fund the nation's first co-educational medical school at…
  • "The Aristocrat"
    A little known story of one of the brave souls who helped to battle the Great Baltimore Fire of 1904.
  • The Great Railroad Strike of 1877, part one
    In July, 1877, the overworked and underpaid railroad men of the B&O went on strike. The strike began in Western Maryland, and rolled east, picking up…
  • "Jimmie Foxx"
    Baseball phenom Jimmie Foxx got his start playing with the Easton Farmers in Queen Anne's County before breaking into the big leagues in the late 1920s…
  • "Ghosts of Western Maryland"
    Legend and lore about the ghosts and ghouls said to haunt the rolling hills and lonely valleys of Western Maryland.
  • Chowder with Chris Corbett
    March 11, 2014 - Radio Kitchen - Chowder with Chris Corbett The question these days, of course, is will winter ever go away? Right now a lot of us are…
  • Aquaculture
    We all want to do what's best for our ocean planet but we're drowning in choices. And consumers are asking 'what is best?' In this episode, John sheds…
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