Yore Town

It's easy for any show to go off the rails as they say but this one actually did. The year was 1889 and this tragedy really left a mark on local history and we are going to tell you all about it.  Circuses were HUGE in the late 1800s and carried into the 1900s. One of the biggest names in the business was The Barnum Bailey Show which many called the Greatest Show on Earth. They were a show from 18...

Carmen Basilio, The Upstate Onion Farmer - From Canastota, NY but trained in Alex Bay/Watertown area, Watertown Tucked up against the bustling I-90 outside of Syracuse, NY with the glitz of Turning Stone Resort & Casino looming on the horizon sits a little town of just over 4,000 people. The Thruway junction lets you off to an open intersection featuring a McDonald’s, two abandoned hotels, a N...

The Lady In The Lake - Yore Town Podcast S01EP08On today’s episode we are going to talk about a chilling story and probably one of if not the craziest stories to ever come out of Lake Placid New York. Mabel Smith Douglass and her family suffered some horrific tragedies that leads to one of the most chilling stories you might ever hear. Plus maybe it has some inspiration in the naming of Jason Voor...

Northern NY was one of if not the wildest places in the world during prohibition with the bootleggers wreaking havoc. Many high speed chases were taking place between the bootleggers and police. Many wild ones were documented and we can’t even imagine how many others were not. In Today’s episode we are going to tell you about one specific chase that had an officer leap from a car on to the speedin...

Ty Cobb was one of the greatest players to ever play the game but was involved in one of the ugliest moments in baseball history. The headlines in the papers that were around in the 1900's claimed Ty Cobb Man or Monster so we ask you. Was Ty Cobb a man or a monster? Yore Town Podcast is a podcast that features your towns dark, wild, unbelievable past that has you thinking no way that really happen...

In today’s episode, we are going to talk about a shocking murder that happened in 1816 in the small town of Louisville NY that made what papers were available at the time with some controversy about what really happened. Also, it led to something that happened for the first time ever in St Lawrence County. Yore Town Podcast is a podcast that features your towns dark, wild, unbelievable past that h...

Matt and Zac are back at it with Season 01 Episode 04 talking all about the Guro of Gore, the Master of Horror, the Sultan of Shock and … Professor Emeritus from Clarkson University? In this episode we’ll dive into the connection between horror film icon Wes Craven and the little college town of Potsdam, New York. If you grew up watching gory horror flicks like A Nightmare on Elm Street, The Hills...

A silverware company that dates back to the 1800s and is still around today not only survived tough times that happened throughout the world, but it survived a very dark past. Oneida is a city in Madison County in the U.S. state of New York. It is located west of Oneida Castle and east of Wampsville if you are looking at a map of NY, pretty center of the state. Oneida is known for a couple of thin...

Frederic Remington lived a life that he wanted and failed many times in life before becoming the legendary artist he was known for. Pretty cool to have such rich history in Ogdensburg, NY.If in the area, make sure to check out the Frederic Remington Museum. https://fredericremington.org/We want to hear the stories of Yore Town. Email us at yoretownpod@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priva...

In this episode Matt and Zac discuss a Nazi Pilot Captured in Ogdensburg NY. This was even written about in a book and a movie called The One That Got Away. We would love to hear you feedback on this episode but more importantly we want to tell Yore Story of Yore Town! Submit Yore Stories to yoretownpod@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

You might have been thinking alright another podcast. Another history style podcast at that. Why would I want to listen to this? Well we are going to take stories that have happened near us and with your help expand! We want to take Yore Town stories and tell the world the shocking, wild past that is almost unreal that it happened. If you have a story you want to submit to use email it to use at y...