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A Historical Tour of a Haunted Site
11:55 - 19:27 (07:32)
The podcast discusses a tour guide who presents a historical tour of a haunted site, attracting mostly white people looking for ghosts. The site's dark history is also recounted, involving the murder of eight individuals by a man wielding a gun.
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A tour guide leads a group of mostly white tourists dressed as a pirate, while discussing the history of slavery in New Orleans, when he suddenly reenacts a shooting of black people, shocking the only other black person on the tour.
11:55 - 14:27 (02:31)
Summary
A tour guide leads a group of mostly white tourists dressed as a pirate, while discussing the history of slavery in New Orleans, when he suddenly reenacts a shooting of black people, shocking the only other black person on the tour.
ChapterA Historical Tour of a Haunted Site
Episode793: The Problem with Ghosts
PodcastThis American Life
The use of ghost stories and tours to confront the violence and inhumanity of slavery is explored, despite some stereotypical and cartoonish portrayals, this approach gets groups of white people interested in learning about this history through a different lens.
14:28 - 16:33 (02:05)
Summary
The use of ghost stories and tours to confront the violence and inhumanity of slavery is explored, despite some stereotypical and cartoonish portrayals, this approach gets groups of white people interested in learning about this history through a different lens.
ChapterA Historical Tour of a Haunted Site
Episode793: The Problem with Ghosts
PodcastThis American Life
Matilda, the wife of wealthy and influential businessman Francis Sorrell, was found dead with a broken neck in the Sorrel-Weed House where a black woman named Molly used to live and die there.
16:33 - 19:27 (02:54)
Summary
Matilda, the wife of wealthy and influential businessman Francis Sorrell, was found dead with a broken neck in the Sorrel-Weed House where a black woman named Molly used to live and die there. There are speculations of a connection between the two events, including a love affair.