Life After Midnight: Strange History, Salem Style

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"Life After Midnight: Strange History, Salem Style" is a podcast led by Salem historian and tour guide Kristin Harris, exploring the darker side of history and looking into the connections between popular culture and historical thought. Celebrating and debunking all the strange things in the shadows…

Kristin Harris


    • Nov 15, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 11 EPISODES


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    Episode 10: “Strange Clews”: Power, Corruption, and Calamity in the Murder of Clarence Peters

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2021


    A young man from Haverhill, Massachusetts is mysteriously gunned down in a small town in West Chester County, New York. What appears to be an act of self-defense however, quickly devolves into a cavalcade of witnesses, false evidence, corruption, and surprise (no it isn’t) a rich family covering up their shame, in order to scapegoat…

    Episode 9: Under His Skin, The Life and Death of the Salem Seer

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2020


    **Notice: This episode was recorded live on Zoom, and may have long pauses, diminished sound, and be less polished than normal episodes. Thank you in advance for bearing with me as I figure out this new platform and audio! All accompanying pictures can be found on lifeaftermidnightsalem.com** Join Kristin and hear the story of a…

    Episode 8: Wonderfully Cruel Proceedings; Charles Brockden Brown, Phantasmagoria, and the Murders that Made America’s First Gothic Novel

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2020


    **Notice: This episode was recorded live on Zoom, and may have long pauses, diminished sound, and be less polished than normal episodes. Thank you in advance for bearing with me as I figure out this new platform and audio! All accompanying pictures can be found on lifeaftermidnightsalem.com** Join Kristin as we discuss Phantasmagoria, its connection…

    Episode 7: Murder in Medfield and the Tale of the Elitist Body Snatchers

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2020


    **Notice: This episode was recorded live on Zoom, and may have long pauses, diminished sound, and be less polished than normal episodes. Thank you in advance for bearing with me as I figure out this new platform and audio!** This is a special episode, that was done for Creative North Shore, as a part of…

    Episode 6: Heading Home to the Horseman’s Hollow- Halloween in Irving’s Sleepy Hollow

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2019


    In this episode, travel with me on a Halloween Adventure to the legendary village of Sleepy Hollow, New York, where I explore the meaning and symbolism behind Washington Irving’s famous tale. Learn all about my experience in the town, where Irving got his inspiration for the story, some other famous sites in Tarrytown, and perhaps…

    Episode 5: She’s Got Looks That Kill: Deadly Fashions in the 19th Century (Part 2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2019


      In Part 2 of this episode, I conclude my journey into 19th century fashions with exploring Arsenic in green dye. Join me as we take a look at a fashion plague on Victorian England, its social impact, and the deaths surrounding household items used on a large scale. These fashion faux-pas will NOT leave…

    Episode 4: New Orleans, a City for the Living and the Dead

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2019


    (photo of the "ghost" of Julian Eltinge, with the original signed in 1917 photo on the left) (this is a re-posting of an earlier episode that somehow got deleted. Originally recorded March 15, 2018) Join me as I tell you about some of my favorite haunts, old and new, in the Crescent City, from my recent travels there. In the episode, I'll tell you about why New Orleans name, City of the Dead, applies to more than just the cemeteries... The dead walk with the living, and are all around you in this city on the river. Episode Written and Recorded by Kristin Harris NSFW: Some strong language *photo courtesy of WGNO.com

    Episode 5 : She’s Got Looks That Kill: Deadly Fashions in the 19th Century (Part 1)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2018


      In this episode, I explore the strange, and sometimes fatal fashion trends that developed in the Western World in the 19th century. In the words of the ever-eloquent Motley Crue…”She’s Got Looks That Kill.” NSFW. Slight bit of strong language, lots of fire, and lots of frills.    

    Episode 3: Curious Cases of Things Dead and Gone: Salem’s Gothic Literary Past and Present

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2018


    Join me in a discussion of, you guessed it, Salem’s gothic literary past and present. I’m joined by Amber Newberry and Laurie Moran, authors and editors for FunDead Publications, and we are discussing what the hell gothic horror actually is, their new anthology, and gothic literature’s connection to Salem. It’s always a wild time when…

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    Episode 2: Villages of the Damned: Vampire Exhumations in Early New England

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2018


    In this episode, I explore the evolution of the image of the vampire, and look beyond the fiction and folklore to expose the very real fear of vampirism in Early New England. Fear gripped the people of rural New England Towns in the 18th and 19th century, but where is the line crossed from fear,…

    Special Halloween Minisode: Ghostly Encounters at the Omni Parker House

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2018


    In this off-the-cuff minisode, I am recording in the haunted Omni Parker House Hotel in Boston. It’s Halloween, it’s my wedding anniversary, and of course, I decided to spend it in an old ass haunted hotel! Hear some quick tales about ghostly sightings and encounters in the hotel, with a little intro about Halloween thrown…

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