Linda Gould

Cemetery Chronicles: Stories Unearthed

History EN ↓ 6 episodes

A podcast that unearths the stories of people--living and dead--inspired by the cemeteries and graveyards we visit. If you have an idea for an episode, email us at cemeterychroniclescontact@gmail.com. And please let us know your thoughts after listening to these stories. Linda and Cynthia

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Linda Gould

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The Spiral Cemetery at Farnhurst, Delaware 09.03.2025 26:53

From the shape of galaxies to our fingerprints to our earliest art, the spiral represents infinity, identity, connection, and growth. In one tiny section of the Delaware Health and Social Services Herman Holloway campus in New Castle County, Delaware, tucked behind the buildings that serve and service the living, is a spiral-shaped cemetery with a history as winding and layered as the symbol it is...

Episode 2: Simpson Cemetery & Roads that Unite, Roads that Divide 17.11.2024 40:11

An overlooked cemetery in a small town in Delaware reflects the remarkable accomplishments of the African American community that grew up around it. If you would like to suggest a story or comment about this story, please email us at cemeterychroniclescontact@gmail.com

Blogcast: Volunteering at a cemetery and why the public should use them more 16.10.2024 3:59

Cemeteries are largely ignored by modern people, sometimes even feared, but it wasn't always that way. Cemeteries used to be destinations. Can we make it that way again? Visit our Facebook page for more photos and details of our cemetery visits.

Blogcast: How we live is reflected in how we bury our dead 16.10.2024 4:18

Over two days, I visited two very different cemeteries: one is Simpson Cemetery in Belvedere, Delaware, that reflects the history of a community over the course of 160+ years, and the other is the Delaware Veterans Memorial Cemetry. The contrast made me think about how death and life are often connected in unexpected ways. Visit our Facebook page for more photos and details of our cemetery visit...

Blogcast: Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Memorial Grove 01.10.2024 7:03

I attended a Pow Wow the other day in Newark, Delaware. One of the most powerful moments was walking through a grove of red dresses commemorating the thousands of missing and murdered indigenous women and female children whose cases go unresolved, and in many cases, uninvestigated. Those who follow this issue say there are thousands more that go unreported. I'll be donating my red dress to this c...

Episode 1: Family Cemeteries and Mike Ingram's Journey 02.08.2024 27:08

After attending a Death Chat with Cookies event, Mike Ingram was inspired to learn more about his family history and the land his grandfather--an African American living during the Jim Crow era-- bequeathed the family. His journey is a mirror held up to American 20th-century history. If you would like to suggest a story or comment about this story, please email us at cemeterychroniclescontact@gmai...