Podcasts about Grafton

At the second hearing of the NSW Parliamentary Inquiry into unsolved missing and murdered cases, Tim and Xanthe examine three more cases that expose troubling similarities in the experiences of families searching for answers. They discuss the unsolved murder of 16-year-old Lee Ellen Stace, the disappearance of Kylee-Ann Schaffer and the long-running mystery of Bronwyn Winfield, whose case has become one of Australia’s most high-profile missing persons investigations. Through the powerful evidence given by family members in Grafton, they explore recurring concerns about delayed investigations, poor police communication and a lack of resources.Although the cases are unrelated, the testimony reveals strikingly similar systemic failures that have shaped these investigations for decades. As the inquiry continues, Tim and Xanthe examine what these families hope must change to ensure others are not left waiting generations for answers. You can read the full submissions from the family and friends who spoke at the hearings HERE If you or anyone else you know needs support please reach out for help:Lifeline: 13 11 14 (24/7) or text 0477 13 11 14Mental Health Line: 1800 011 5111800 RESPECT (1800 737 732)Kids Helpline: 1800 55 1800 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In 1864, two ships wrecked on opposite ends of Auckland Island. A frozen, abandoned archipelago south of New Zealand. The Grafton's five-man crew built a cabin, held elections, and taught each other languages for eighteen months. Twenty miles away, the Invercauld's twenty-five-man crew collapsed into starvation and cannibalism, and the one sailor who fought to keep them alive was erased from every published account.TW: Cannibalism, mention of animal huntingSubscribe on⁠ Patreon⁠ to become a member of our Rogue Detecting Society and enjoy ad-free listening, monthly bonus content, merch discounts and more. Members of our High Council on Patreon also have access to our weekly after-show, Footnotes, where I share my case file with our producer, Matt.You can also enjoy many of these same perks, including ad-free listening and bonus content when you subscribe on Apple Podcasts.Follow on⁠ Tik Tok⁠ and⁠ Instagram⁠ for a daily dose of horror.

The Queen Mothers of Ghana asked Leah Penniman whether it was true that American farmers plant seeds without prayer, song, or gratitude — then said: 'That's why you're all sick. You treat the earth as a commodity, not as a living relative.' That one sentence is the heart of this episode. Leah Penniman — Black Kreyol farmer, co-founder of Soul Fire Farm, and author of Farming While Black and the new anthology Black Earth Wisdom — joins Care More Be Better to explore George Washington Carver as the forgotten godfather of regenerative agriculture, the shared root of human supremacy and White supremacy, the term food apartheid and why it matters more than food desert, the returning of 258 acres to the Mohican Nation, Dijor Carter's grandmother's spirit rising through his feet in the mud at Soul Fire Farm, and the sit spot practice anyone can start today. COMPLETE BLOG & TRANSCRIPT: https://caremorebebetter.com/listening-to-earth-wisdom-with-leah-penniman/ 03:03] - Gathering Different Voices For Farming While Black [05:58] - Immersing Into The Spirit Of Nature [18:25] - Returning Earth's Ownership To Earth Itself [28:15] - Most Notable Voices In Farming While Black [43:05] - Difference Between Food Apartheid And Food Desert [50:23] - Why Climate Justice Requires Deferring To Nature [54:10] - Why You Should Get A Plant Friend [57:08] - Get In Touch With Leah [58:09] - Discussion Wrap-up And Closing Words About Guest: Leah Penniman is a Black Kreyol farmer, mother, activist, author, scientist, earth-lover, and African Traditional Priest who has been tending the soil and organizing for a racially just food system for 30 years. She serves as Co-Founder and Farm Director at Soul Fire Farm in Grafton, New York, an Afro-Indigenous training farm dedicated to food and land sovereignty. Leah's books, Farming While Black: Soul Fire Farm's Practical Guide to Liberation on the Land (2018), Black Earth Wisdom: Soulful Conversations with Black Environmentalists (2023), and Children of the Land: A Soul Fire Farm Parenting Guide (2027) are love songs for the land and her people. Guest LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leah-penniman-6839025a/ Guest Website: https://soulfirefarm.org Guest Social: https://www.facebook.com/soulfirefarm/ https://www.instagram.com/soulfirefarm/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCz3Bs3G0GkDR83JSxF4C5Eg https://www.instagram.com/leahpenniman/ https://www.facebook.com/leah.penniman Additional Resources Mentioned: BIONEERS KEYNOTE: Leah Penniman – Free the People! Free the Land! BOOK: Black Earth Wisdom: Soulful Conversations with Black Environmentalists by Leah Penniman BOOK: Farming While Black by Leah Penniman BUILD A GREENER FUTURE with CARE MORE BE BETTER Together, we planted 36,044 trees in 2025 through our partnership with ForestPlanet. We screamed past our goal of planting 20,000 trees thanks to subscribers like you! CAUSE PARTNER: If you value open dialogue, sustainability, and social equity, I invite you to support our new cause partner — Prescott College. To learn more about this effort and to support the show, visit: https://caremorebebetter.com/support/ Follow CARE MORE BE BETTER on social media: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/caremorebebetter TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@caremorebebetter Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/caremorebebetter Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CareMoreBeBetter LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/care-more-be-better Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

This episode of Forks BS opens with sponsor messages and a lighthearted joke segment before diving into local and national headlines. Hosts discuss a lawsuit alleging two babies were switched at birth at a Grafton hospital 36 years ago, the sudden death of Senator Lindsey Graham and the surge of poisoning conspiracy theories, and escalating U.S.-Iran strikes and regional tensions. The show also features local rants about parking and development, listener calls and texts, and information about upcoming Grand Forks events and the radio show's schedule.

A nationwide-first treatment phone-addiction centre is launching next month. The Touchgrass service in Auckland's Grafton will treat 13 to 24 year olds - and their families. Forty percent of young people in a recent Internet NZ survey reported being addicted. Clinical lead, Frances Russell, says there isn't a one-size-fits-all approach to helping. "What we're talking about here is different levels of harm. So it's really about matching the level of intervention to the level of need for that young person and their whanau." LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Could an anonymous truck driver hold the key to solving this 50-year-old cold case?In this episode Tim & Xanthe sit down with Karen Cox, the sister of Narelle Cox, who vanished in 1977 while hitchhiking from Grafton to Noosa. She was just 21 years old and left a note saying she was visiting a friend for the weekend, but she never arrived and she never came home. Karen shares the devastating impact of Narelle’s disappearance, the police decisions they believe cost valuable time and the lost leads that have haunted them for nearly 50 years. Plus, why possible links to Ivan Milat, or another convicted killer, continue to raise troubling questions. Anyone with information about Narelle’s disappearance is urged to contact Crime Stoppers: 1800 333 000 or https://nsw.crimestoppers.com.au Watch the full video episode on Youtube at Crime Central Australia HERE.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Few trainers have had a busier week than Brett Dodson. He left Coffs Harbour on Thursday July 9th with his bonny mare Petticoat who was to start in a BM78 at Randwick two days later. It was a case of so near but yet so far as Petticoat went down by a whisker to Zouripper.  As soon as Petticoat was ready to travel Brett embarked on the arduous journey back to Coffs.  He had good reason to feel a little the worse for wear by the time he arrived at the Grafton track on Sunday with Miss Midas Touch for the 1400m maiden. Despite copping a hefty bump at the 300m, the mare grabbed the lead for a few strides before finishing third to You Are Mind and Occupation. No wins, but good runs by both Petticoat and Miss Midas Touch.  Brett Dodson rarely has more than a dozen horses in work and is prepared to take them wherever they have the best chance of earning prize money. Tamworth born Dodson became “hooked” on racing in his early teens and resolved from the outset to seek a future in the industry. He recorded 13 wins and 30 placings as a professional jockey before increasing weight halted his progress. He switched immediately to the picnic circuit where he enjoyed success for two full seasons. Brett had a trainer's licence by age 18 and has put it to good use over more than three decades. He begins by talking about the long road trip to Sydney with Petticoat and the reliable mare's gutsy performance in Saturday's Keiran Moore BM78 at Randwick. The trainer says he had to shrug off fatigue to saddle Miss Midas Touch at Grafton twenty four hours later.  Brett outlines the backstory of his promising five year old My Mum's Toyboy. He profiles the gelding's pedigree and talks of the success he's enjoyed with others out of the same mare. He says there wasn't a trace of racing in his family background. Brett confirms his passion for racing was initially generated by TV and radio coverage. He later became a subscriber to two famous monthly magazines. He talks of a friendship with a former prominent Sydney jockey who gifted him one of his old saddles.  Brett says it all started when he visited local trainer Terry Wicks to seek advice on how best to gain an apprenticeship. He was in for a very pleasant surprise. He clearly remembers his first race ride and his first trip to the winner's circle.  Brett says soaring weight quickly terminated any suggestion of a long term career as a professional jockey. He looks back on two happy seasons as an  amateur rider. The Coffs Harbour horseman remembers his first training win with  a horse purchased cheaply from another stable. He looks back on an invaluable learning experience with talented trainer Tim Martin. Brett talks about his stint as private trainer for owner/breeder Andrew Pratten who had his horses based at Inverell. He later encouraged Andrew to consider moving his horses to the balmier climate at Coffs Harbour. He pays tribute to the two horses who provided him with black type success. The trainer acknowledges a few talented horses to help him along the way and gives a shoutout to a promising rising three year old he has in his care. Brett shares the story of the amazing business deal he was able to strike with Hong Kong agents just on two years ago.  He talks of his ongoing friendship with prominent Brisbane jockey Kyle Wilson Taylor. This is a nice chat with a bush trainer who hasn't regretted a single day spent in the racing industry.

Almost without exception successful horse trainers are hard workers. There's a 35 year old Grafton based Mum who's in accord with the quote made famous by former UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher who said “hard work won't always get you to the top but with ordinary luck will get you pretty near.” Samantha's been around horses from the toddling stage. After notable success in the pony club and campdrafting pursuits, she transitioned to thoroughbreds by becoming a trackwork rider at the busy Grafton training precinct. A successful two and a half year stint as a jockey triggered her interest in the training of the animal and that's where we find her today. Sam works a team of twenty horses from Hosier Lodge right on the Grafton track and has already established a reputation as a very serious young trainer in the  northern region. Samantha and husband Matt McGuren live 20 kms outside Grafton requiring very early starts for both. Matt is currently having a break from the rigours of the sweat box but still has a significant input into stable duties. Sam says he rides a number of horses before heading off to his day job. She pays tribute to Matt's skills as a professional jockey and the other talents he's been able to develop along the way.  Sam says she doesn't ride as much trackwork these days but still needs to be on standby. She acknowledges the input of her stable apprentice Grace Palmer and a handful of other jockeys who help out from time to time. The young mother talks about her darling daughters Makella and Addison. Thirteen year old Makella already has her future well and truly earmarked. Sam talks about her lifetime passion for campdrafting and the nasty injury she suffered three years ago. She still marvels at her good luck in finding the right horse to kick start her training career. Digital online purchase Fortyfive Parklane won 6 races for his fledgling trainer. Sam gives a shoutout to a few special horses who helped to get her training career up and running. She looks back on childhood days at Maclean near Grafton and her early fascination with horses. Samantha looks  back on her introduction to trackwork at Grafton. She was besotted from “day 1.” The dedicated horsewoman reflects on her apprenticeship to Grafton trainer Terry Commerford whose support was invaluable. Sam remembers the thrill of her first race win and the momentum she was able to generate during her apprenticeship. That momentum enabled her to become champion northern rivers apprentice in the 2010/2011 season. She had a soft spot for the Commerford trained Montana Hilton who remains the favourite from her race riding days. Sam looks back on the transfer of her indentures to respected Taree trainer Ross Stitt who also gave her partner Matt McGuren a role in his busy operation. She talks of her admiration for Sydney based fellow female rider Kathy O'Hara.  This is a laid back chat with a dedicated young trainer who sees herself being around thoroughbreds for the duration of her working life.

A gigantic cigar-shaped craft shadowed a NATO airliner over the Atlantic in 1963, the same year similar motherships appeared over Australia, Canada, and the skies of a Britain overrun by headless creatures and desecrated churches.EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/1963DarkForcesREAD or DOWNLOAD the full transcript of this episode: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p87kmstFEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: A “gigantic cigar-shaped UFO” is spotted over the Atlantic in 1963, but the witness is so terrified by her experiences that it takes her twenty years to come forward to tell her story. And in that same year, elsewhere in the United Kingdom, people were dealing with dark, paranormal, even satanic forces - with numerous events that still remain unexplained.CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = The Foreboding00:01:18.783 = Show Open00:02:35.157 = The 1963 Atlantic UFO – Part 100:16:32.034 = The 1963 Atlantic UFO – Part 2 ***00:32:15.933 = 1963: Dark Paranormal Forces Invade The UK – Part 1 ***00:50:26.206 = 1963: Dark Paranormal Forces Invade The UK – Part 2 ***00:56:44.362 = Show Close*** = Begins immediately after inserted ad breakLISTEN ON PODCAST APPS: Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.com/wdapps*No AI Voices Are Used In The Narration Of This Podcast*SOURCES and RESOURCES:“The 1963 Atlantic UFO Encounter” by Marcus Lowth for UFO Insight: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/z2j2zp88“Dark Paranormal Forces Invade The United Kingdom” by Marcus Lowth for UFO Insight: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p93a79s(Over time links may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use whenever possible. If I somehow overlooked doing so for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it in these show notes immediately. Some links included above may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.)WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness.Originally aired: January 05, 2022This episode of Weird Darkness opens over the north Atlantic in May 1963, where a NATO English-language secretary based in Paris, flying on a near-empty DC-8 carrying fifty staff from Orly Airport to ministerial meetings in Ottawa, looked from her window and saw a dark grey, torpedo-shaped object six to seven thousand feet below the plane — its rear cut off sharply and squarely, with no wings, windows, or visible propulsion — before it vanished into cloud and the aircraft dropped into violent turbulence. Terrified and certain no one else aboard had noticed, she said nothing for almost twenty years, until a 1980 letter to Flying Saucer Review brought the account to light and the magazine published it the following year. The segment threads her sighting into a longer record of cigar-shaped craft: Melvin Vagle Jr. and his wife spotting a windowed object hovering over a plowed field near Grafton, Nebraska on November 22, 1961; Miss Footner tracking a silver, hundred-foot craft over Saanich Mountain near Victoria, British Columbia in early 1960; Reverend Lionel Browning and his wife photographing a grey mothership over Cressy, Tasmania on October 4, 1960 as smaller discs darted out of the clouds and explosions later shook nearby houses; RCMP Constable James Blackwood watching a cigar-shaped object near Clarenville, Newfoundland on November 26, 1978 mirror his patrol car's flashing lights for nearly two hours; a couple camping at Hexham, New South Wales in late December 1984 seeing discs swarm a lit craft that seemed to carry a helmeted figure; and an anonymous Swedish driver on Route 55 near Orsundsbro in June 1985 stepping out of her car to study a windowed craft she first mistook for a police helicopter.From there the episode crosses to England, where the night of November 16, 1963 brought four teenagers walking home from a dance past Sandling Park near Hythe, Kent face to face with a human-sized, headless creature with wings on its back; seventeen-year-old John Flaxton and eighteen-year-old Mervyn Hutchinson had first watched a bright gold oval descend behind the trees, and Flaxton felt a sudden, unexplained cold as the thing came at them through the woodland. The same evening in Saltwood, Tony Harrison and three companions saw a glowing oval and a figure in a scarlet cloak holding a flickering lantern, and within days John McGoldrick discovered three giant footprints, each roughly two feet long, near the spot where Keith Croucher had reported an identical object over a football field. The story then opens out into a year-long British wave: a flying saucer interfering with a woman's car headlights near Bluebell Hill in Kent; two men setting up a tripod that fired colored lights into the sky over the Britannia Barracks in Norwich; a market researcher named Joelle in Castleton encountering men who claimed to be extraterrestrials with bases on two of Jupiter's moons; and a dome-shaped craft that reportedly landed at RAF Cosford on December 10, washing the base in green light before vanishing. Stranger creatures shared the year — the Surrey Puma and other big cats stalking Shooter's Hill in London from July 18, a half-man, half-horse centaur seen in Sefton Park by witnesses including a police officer, a bulldog-headed monster rising beside two fishermen on Loch Ness, and a dinosaur-like animal that scattered seals along Cardigan Bay and left a half-eaten carcass behind. The episode closes on a darker thread of occult activity: two children found playing with a human skull taken from the ruined St. Mary's Church at Clophill in Bedfordshire, where Maltese crosses, cockerel feathers, and six tampered women's graves were uncovered; six decapitated horse heads and a cow, their jaws wrenched apart, discovered in Bluebell Woods at Caddington; clay effigies pierced with thorns and a sheep's head studded with thirteen thorns nailed up at Castle Rising in Norfolk; and a group of self-styled Devil worshippers interrupted mid-ritual at an active church in Westham, Sussex on December 7 — all set against a 1963 that began with one of the worst winters on record, claimed Labour leader Hugh Gaitskell and the poet Sylvia Plath, saw Ian Brady and Myra Hindley begin the Moors murders, and ended weeks after the assassination of President Kennedy.

This week, we're back at the Grafton Monster Festival to try delicious treats and talk to all our beloved Creeps and weirdos. We're trying Cryptid themed cookies from one of our favorite locals - Barnes Blissful Baking of Grafton, WV. You can get in touch with Rena for gorgeous cupcakes, decadent brownies and roll cakes, delightfully loaded up cookies, and more by visiting her Facebook, emailing at Cupcakesbyrena@gmail.com or by calling 304-435-8416.Here's what we tried: Grafton Monster (Cookies and Cream: Vanilla cookie with cookie bits, vanilla Oreo buttercream), Flatwoods Monster (Mint Chip Sundae: Sugar chocolate chip cookies, mint chip buttercream, cherry topping), Big Foot (Chocolate mocha pudding pie: Chocolate cookie, mocha pudding topping, chocolate buttercream), Veggie Man (Carrot cake: Carrot cake cookie, cream cheese frosting, candied carrot) - These cookies were all unreal.Then, Kelsey and Matt share a live cyptid dive q&a with Charlie Mewshaw, co-creator of multi-award winning Arcane Carolinas podcast, and a lead natural resource science and technology expert on Lost Monster Files on Discovery, available to stream on HBO Max; and Tim Vickers, co-host of the Three Tortured Souls podcast (now closed), who has a haunted object experiment to scientifically measure whether items possess haunted conditions or abilities in a controlled setting.They also talk about the folksy shindig and Chance McCoy's impromptu performance on the Leonard's deck, buffalo chicken dip as a baller quesadilla filler, our great little mountain towns, and our favorite cryptids we'll never shut up about because cryptids rule...

First hour: Addison County Republican State Senator Steven Heffernan.Second hour: Representative Tom Charleton (R-Windsor, Windham) in the towns of Athens, Chester, Grafton, and Windham

Send us Fan MailHere they are, the books I don't want you to miss for June 2026!First, we have The Summer of Death by Geoff Williams. Did you know that in 1936 there was a deadly heatwave that killed thousands of Americans? Of course, you didn't and neither did I! Thankfully, we have Geoff Williams to not only tell this story, but to know when to crack a joke and when to take things seriously.Next is the Wreck of the Mentor by Eric Jay Dolin. Dolin is one of my favorite writers and he has done it again. In 1832, the whaleship Mentor wrecked on a remote reef in the Western Pacific and then it somehow got worse for those who survived. It's simple folks, if you are into maritime survival stories like the Wager or Dolin's previous book Left for Dead, you have to pick this one up.Next we have the Longest Hardest Race by Eric Moskowitz. Today, we have NASCAR, but back in 1909 long distance races were all the rage. They were also absolutely insane as Moskowitz describes in this one. And of course, if we are talking early automobiles, Henry Ford is going to be a big part. And as always, he won't be keeping his hands clean, literally or figuratively.Next is Fires in the Night by Matthew Wolfe. In the 1990s, there was a group known as the Earth Liberation Front of ELF. They liked setting things on fire, especially in the Pacific Northwest where Wolfe tells the story about how it all happened and what was the fallout. Wolfe nails this book because he never takes sides, but he's not above pointing out where both sides can fail in a cultural divide. For our final new book, we have the American School of Spies by Stephan Talty. Talty is another one of my favorites and you should read anything with his name on it. In this one, he looks at the Americans flung into Greece during World War II to wreak some havoc while also protecting some priceless art. This one has got everything!For my classic pick of the month, I am going with Island of the Lost by Joan Druett. If you aren't familiar with Druett, she is a New Zealand writer who might as well be crowned the queen of maritime history, especially around Australia and New Zealand. Island of the Lost rekindled my love of reading back in the day. It's part survival, part leadership parable. In 1864, the schooner Grafton wrecks on Auckland Island. The survivors have no hope of rescue. It comes down to whether or not the captain can keep the men together, survive, and find a way home. Sounds crazy enough, but guess what? At the same exact time the Grafton survivors are battling for their lives, a ship called Invercauld wrecks on the same island. The survivors never mingle, but the actions of each captain would be the difference between life and death. One for good, one for bad.That's it for this month! Let me know what you think of these books and if you read them yourself. Until next time nerds, stay cool.Support the show

Listen to NSW DPIRD's plant pathologists, Steve Simpfendorfer and Brad Baxter, along with Sam Blanch technical officer from Grafton, talk about what's happening in the paddock.   •What diseases are out there.   •What could be an issue in 2026, especially considering wet in conditions in southern NSW OR the dry conditions in the north.   •Advanced crops – any disease ramifications?   •Net blotch research in barley.   •Newly identified fungicide resistances in barley.

Grafton Clark is best known in the Bitcoin world for his work at Satoshi Labs and Vexl. Recently, upon discovering vibe coding, he became excited about building everything that he can imagine. Hope this interview will inspire you to build something too!

I knew Mark Nasmith when he was a kid growing up in Grafton. His mother, Cecilia, and I The post Former Grafton resident authors book to help military, police and first responders facing mental health challenges appeared first on Consider This. Related posts: Cobourg Police officers getting special training to better help troubled veterans Inside look at the county and mental health association's collaboration to provide supportive housing in Campbellford Public and professionals invited to share stories related to healthcare, mental health, addiction services in Northumberland

In this segment, Mark is joined by Grafton Mayor Mike Morrow who shares details on this weekends dedication of its National Memorial of Military Ascent.

In hour 1 of The Mark Reardon Show, Mark is joined by The Reardon Roundtable which is made up of Republican Consultant Gregg Keller and Former Missouri State Senator Jeff Smith. They discuss and debate multiple topics including California's voting process, whether or not Missouri citizens will vote to abolish state income tax, Jill Biden's comments on her husbands 2024 debate performance and more. In hour 2, Sue hosts, "Sue's News" where she discusses the latest trending entertainment news, this day in history, the random fact of the day and more. Mark is then joined by Paul Hall, with Common Guy's Film Reviews. They discuss trending releasing movies and shows including Masters of the Universe, Cape Fear, Office Romance and more. He's later joined by KSDK Sports Director Frank Cusumano. He previews Cardinals vs Reds, the Bears potentially leaving Chicago and more. In hour 3, Mark is joined by Chris Blair, the Executive Vice President and General Manager of World Wide Technology Raceway. He previews the Bommarito 500 Indy Car race that is occurring this Sunday night at the World Wide Technology Raceway. He's then joined by Scott Jagow, a Longtime Horse Racing Journalist and a former KMOX host. He previews the upcoming Belmont Stakes, the final leg of the Triple Crown. Mark is later joined by Grafton Mayor Mike Morrow who shares details on this weekends dedication of its National Memorial of Military Ascent. They wrap up the show with the Audio Cut of the Day.

This is the VIC 4 VETS, Weekly Honored Veterans. SUBMITTED BY: The honoree himself _____________________________________________________________ Colonel (Ret) Michael R. Morrow Mayor, Grafton, Illinois Mayor: Colonel (Ret) Michael R. Morrow is currently serving as the mayor of Grafton , Illinois. He was elected as mayor in May 2021. Military Career: Mike began his military career in July 1971 and retired from active duty on 31 March 2004 after faithfully serving his country for over 32 years. He served in numerous stateside and overseas military posts and deployed to Desert Shield and Desert Storm. He was promoted to Colonel and served as the District Engineer of the St Louis District, in St Louis, Missouri. After 911 he was selected to serve as the CENTCOM Engineer and deployed to Afghanistan, Qatar, and Iraq. Civilian Career: Mike retired from the Army in 2004 and started his own company, Morrow Group USA, Inc. which was an Illinois based Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business consulting firm designed and staffed to assist clients in strategic business development. On 1 March 2010 Mike joined Triumph Group as the president of Triumph Fabrications, which was a multi-state aerospace manufacturing company with two locations, one in Illinois and the other in South Carolina with a combined annual budget of over $25 million dollars. National Memorial of Military Ascent: Mike is currently the President of the Board of Directors of the National Memorial of Military Ascent, a 501 (c) (3) Non-Profit dedicated to establishing a Military Campus and Memorial to honor our nation’s veterans in Grafton Illinois. Education: Mike is a graduate of the Officer Candidate School, the Engineer Officer Basic and Advanced courses, Atomic Demolitions Munitions course, and the Airborne, Ranger and Recondo schools. He is a graduate of the Combined Arms Staff School, the Command and General Staff College and the Air War College. He received an Associated Degree in Mechanical Design Technology from Mott Community College, Michigan, a Bachelor of Arts in business from Columbia College, Missouri, and his Master of Science in Administration degree from Central Michigan University. Awards: His military awards and decorations include the Joint Distinguished Service Medal, Legion of Merit, Bronze Star Medal, Joint Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal with six oak leaf clusters (6 OLC), Army Commendation Medal (1 OLC), Army Achievement Medal (2 OLC), Good Conduct, Humanitarian Service Medal, Global War on Terrorism Medal, numerous Campaign and Service ribbons and the Parachutists and Ranger badges. COL (Ret.) Michael R. Morrow President NMMA (National Memorial of Military Ascent Mayor, Grafton ________________________________________________________________ This Week’s VIC 4 VETS, Honored Veteran on NewsTalkSTL.With support from our friends at:Alamo Military Collectables, Gemini Wealth Group H.E.R.O.E.S. CARE, Inc. Michel's Funeral Home and Freddie's Market See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dr. Samantha Godbey, Director of the Civics Institute at Fairmont State University on their civics-based student survey. Betty Critch and Denise Palmer on the 100th anniversary of the Quota Club and AED donations.Grafton resident Ronnie Burns on the protest he organized this weekend seeking Child Protective Services reforms 

The Marc Cox Morning Show pauses for something truly special — a story about sacrifice, honor, and the kind of American patriotism that never goes out of style. Grafton Mayor Mike Morrow joins to share the breathtaking story behind the National Memorial of Military Ascent, twelve life-size bronze soldiers scaling a Mississippi River bluff in a stunning tribute to the U.S. Army Rangers who stormed the cliffs at Pointe du Hoc on D-Day, June 6th, 1944. From a God-sent moment on River Road to $3.5 million raised, real young men scanned and cast in bronze, and a three-star general set to dedicate the monument — this is what community, faith, and love of country look like in action. And Mike Morrow did it all without taking a single dollar in salary. The dedication is Saturday, June 6th at 9:30 a.m. in Grafton — and if you have any love for the men who gave everything for this country, you need to be there. Don't miss it. Hashtags: #MarcCoxMorningShow #MikeMorrow #Grafton #DDayMemorial #PointeDuHoc #NationalMemorialOfMilitaryAscent #HonorOurVeterans #WWII #PatriotRadio #ConservativeRadio #MarcCox #STLConservative #MorningShow #MilitaryHeroes #AmericaFirst #FaithAndFreedom #STLNews #RememberDDay

Four hours. Sixteen segments. One city. One mission. The Marc Cox Morning Show delivered one of the most jam-packed Fridays in recent memory and never let up for a single second. The show opened with a TikTok radical publicly praying for Pam Bondi's suffering, the left's tolerance hypocrisy on full display, and the White House's genius troll job disguising illegal alien statistics as an alien disclosure. The crew dove deep into UAPs, extraterrestrial contact, and Jill Biden's shameless debate night cover-up before the first hour was even in the books. Hour two brought John Solomon's breaking Clinton email evidence, Jefferson County residents recalling their own elected officials, ICE detaining school employees in St. Louis, record stock market highs alongside crushing mortgage rates, and a preschool graduation brawl that had police called to a Catholic school. Hour three turned up the heat with Heritage Foundation national security expert Andrew Harding explaining why Iran's blockaded economy is cracking from within, and Congressman Eric Burlison delivering the most jaw-dropping UAP briefing you will hear anywhere — hundreds of witnesses, radar confirmation, and F-16s that couldn't keep pace with glowing orbs over a U.S. military base. The final hour brought it all home: Don Brown fighting for underpaid St. Louis police officers, Mayor Mike Morrow's breathtaking D-Day memorial rising above the Mississippi, Andrea Butler exposing how St. Louis schools fired a hundred teachers for their faith, and John Solomon's documents proving Sally Yates personally killed the Clinton Foundation criminal probe. This is the Marc Cox Morning Show — and this is the radio the left does not want you to hear. Full Show Hashtags: #MarcCoxMorningShow #May292026 #MarcCox #STLouis #BackTheBlue #DonBrown #EricBurlison #AndrewHarding #MikeMorrow #AndreaButler #ClintonFoundation #UAP #UFO #Iran #ReligiousLiberty #STLPolice #DDayMemorial #PatriotRadio #ConservativeRadio #AmericaFirst #CommonSense #STLConservative #KimOnAWhim #CapitolBeat #InOtherNews #StLouisMorningBrief #GunsAndHoses #Backstoppers #MAGA #FridayMorning Full Show Guest List: Nicole Murray — Business news and markets Andrew Harding — Senior Associate for National Security, Heritage Foundation Congressman Eric Burlison — Missouri 7th Congressional District Don Brown — Police Board Member & Owner, Don Brown Chevrolet Mike Morrow — Mayor of Grafton, IL Andrea Butler — Counsel, Beckett Fund for Religious Liberty

The Marc Cox Morning Show saved some of its best for last. Don Brown comes into studio to lay out exactly how the city of St. Louis is shortchanging its own police department — officers bleeding away to higher-paying suburban departments while the city plays budget games with a mandate written right into state law. Then Grafton Mayor Mike Morrow delivers one of the most moving stories of the week — twelve life-size bronze Rangers scaling a Mississippi River bluff in tribute to the heroes of Pointe du Hoc, a $3.5 million labor of love dedicated on the 81st anniversary of D-Day, June 6th. Andrea Butler of the Beckett Fund for Religious Liberty drops a bombshell: St. Louis Public Schools granted every medical exemption and denied every single religious one, firing over 100 teachers for their faith — and a federal jury just handed them a four million dollar verdict for it. And to close the show, John Solomon's documents reveal that Sally Yates personally ordered the FBI to shut down the Clinton Foundation criminal probe while three separate offices had the evidence to move forward. Four hours. Sixteen segments. Zero apologies. The Marc Cox Morning Show — see you Monday. Hour Hashtags: #MarcCoxMorningShow #HourFour #MarcCox #DonBrown #STLPolice #MikeMorrow #Grafton #DDayMemorial #AndreaButler #BeckettFund #ReligiousLiberty #ClintonFoundation #JohnSolomon #SallyYates #GunsAndHoses #Backstoppers #PatriotRadio #ConservativeRadio #AmericaFirst #STLConservative Hour 4 Guests: Don Brown — Police Board Member & Owner, Don Brown Chevrolet Mike Morrow — Mayor of Grafton, IL Andrea Butler — Counsel, Beckett Fund for Religious Liberty

In tonight's dead letter, we head into Grafton, West Virginia — a small railroad town built on a B&O junction, Civil War supply lines, and two national cemeteries. The house at the center of this story sat right in the middle of all that history. When a listener named Jonathan moved in with his family as a kid, it was, as he puts it, just off — and the footsteps upstairs were the easy part. Small things kept stacking up, the kind you could maybe almost explain away one at a time but never all together. Decades later he's still working through what happened in that house, and what stayed there.REFERENCE LINKSGrafton, West Virginia — e-WV EncyclopediaB&O Railroad Historical Marker in GraftonGrafton Civil War Supply Depot Historical MarkerGrafton National Cemetery — National Cemetery AdministrationThornsbury Bailey Brown — First Union Soldier Killed in the Civil WarInternational Mother's Day ShrineAnna Jarvis, Founder of Mother's DayThe Grafton Monster — e-WV EncyclopediaThe Grafton Monster FestivalThe Grafton Monster in Fallout 76George Washington's Surveying of Grafton — City of GraftonRuth Ann Musick, West Virginia FolkloristThe Telltale Lilac Bush and Other West Virginia Ghost TalesAstonishing Legends Ep 85: The Bell Witch Part 1Astonishing Legends Archived Episodes — The Bell Witch SeriesThe Enfield Poltergeist (1977)The Smurl Haunting (West Pittston, PA)Skinwalkers at the Pentagon — Lacatski, Kelleher, KnappHypnopompic Hallucinations — Sleep FoundationThe Old Hag Phenomenon and Sleep ParalysisThe Blemmyes — Headless Men with Faces in Their ChestsWest Virginia Paranormal InvestigationsPaper Moon (1973)We're looking for more stories! Send your Dead Letter to deadletteroffice@astonishinglegends.com!

Sue Thomas joins the program with updates on Secretary of State Marco Rubio's comments from a NATO summit in Sweden, where he emphasized Sweden's strengthened role in the alliance and pushed back on questions about U.S. force posture and global commitments. The conversation shifts to a major local history project in Grafton, Missouri—the National Memorial of Military Ascent—featuring 12 life-size bronze Army Rangers recreating the historic Pointe du Hoc climb during D-Day. Thomas explains how the memorial, inspired by a visit from Grafton's mayor, aims to honor the 225 Rangers who scaled the cliffs under heavy fire, suffering heavy casualties while taking out German positions. She also notes the artistic and logistical challenges behind casting the statues, the fundraising effort still underway for the full visitor center, and the official unveiling planned for June 6, aligned with the anniversary of D-Day. Guests: Sue Thomas Hashtags: #SueThomas #GraftonMemorial #DDay #ArmyRangers #MilitaryHistory #MarcoRubio #NATO #Sweden #NationalSecurity #StLouis

Hour 4 moves from breaking international coverage of Secretary of State Marco Rubio's remarks at a NATO summit in Sweden, where he defended U.S. force posture adjustments and highlighted Sweden's strengthened role within the alliance, into a detailed look at the National Memorial of Military Ascent in Grafton, Missouri, honoring Army Rangers who scaled Pointe du Hoc on D-Day. The hour then shifts to Guns N Hoses Queen of Hearts results, announcing the latest winning draw and promoting continued participation in support of Backstoppers, before ending with a personal on-air story about a golden retriever that panicked during a coffee shop outing, broke free while dragging a chair through traffic, and caused damage to a parked vehicle—an incident that turned into an unexpected insurance headache and comedic reflection on pet unpredictability. Guests: Sue Thomas Hashtags: #MarcoRubio #NATO #GraftonMemorial #DDay #ArmyRangers #GunsNHoses #QueenOfHearts #Backstoppers #StLouisNews #PetStory

Hour 1 centers on escalating tensions surrounding Iran and the possibility of renewed U.S. military action, paired with broader geopolitical analysis of shifting alliances and national security risks. Hour 2 features a standout interview with Lt. Col. Matt Oldy, an F-15 pilot, who details the complexity and intensity of a real-world combat rescue operation in Iran and reflects on military culture, readiness, and service. Hour 3 dives into a heated political fight over a proposed January 6th-related settlement fund, with competing narratives over DOJ prosecutions, alleged political targeting, and whether compensation is justified. Hour 4 expands to global and local focus, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio's NATO remarks in Sweden, a major D-Day Ranger memorial in Grafton honoring the Pointe du Hoc climb, Guns N Hoses Queen of Hearts results, and a personal story involving a golden retriever causing unexpected chaos and property damage. Hashtags: #Iran #NationalSecurity #F15Pilot #MilitaryRescue #J6 #NATO #MarcoRubio #DDay #ArmyRangers #StLouis #GunsNHoses #Backstoppers #Politics #Veterans #MorningShow

This episode explores the growing issue of body image struggles and eating disorders among men, examining how cultural pressures and online environments—particularly the Manosphere—shape perceptions of masculinity, worth, and identity.Gunter Swoboda discusses clinical insights into muscle dysmorphia, steroid use, and the increasing pressure men face to view their bodies as measures of status and value. The episode also explores practical pathways toward developing healthier relationships with the body and reconnecting with genuine wellbeing.Key Topics• The influence of the Manosphere on men's body image• Clinical insights into muscle dysmorphia and steroid use• Understanding interoceptive awareness and why it matters• Societal and cultural factors reinforcing toxic masculinity• Practical approaches toward healthier body relationshipsSound Bites“The clinical consequences are really real, very real.”“Muscle dysmorphia is a distorted perception of the body.”“The path forward is clinical.Inside This Episode• Understanding the growing body image crisis among men• How the Manosphere shapes male body standards• Exploring muscle dysmorphia and its consequences• Competition, acquisition, and body image pressures• The crisis of recognition and identity in men• The role of algorithms in reinforcing unrealistic standards• Reframing the relationship with the body• Practical pathways toward healing and self-understandingResourcesButterfly Foundation Helplinehttps://butterfly.org.au/DSM-5 (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition)https://www.psychiatry.org/psychiatrists/practice/dsmInteroceptive Awareness Researchhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6362784GratitudeWe want to extend a huge thank you to our listeners in Fairborn, Grafton, Maple Heights, and Findley for bringing Ohio to #1 on our Top USA listeners list!! And to our Global Listeners, a special shoutout to our listeners in Mainz (mine-s), Emmerich (em-uh-rick), and Mannheim (man-hyme) for pushing Germany to #5 on our global listeners list! CONGRATULATIONS!! you made the Top Listeners List.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/inspire-change-with-gunter--3633478/support.PatreonIf this episode resonates with you and you'd like to go deeper into practical exercises and guided reflection, Gunter offers extended self-development resources and exercises through our Patreon community: www.patreon.com/inspirechangeSponsorDistil UnionThis episode of Inspire Change with Gunter is brought to you by Distil Union, creators of beautifully designed, functional everyday carry accessories that help bring organization, simplicity, and intention into your daily life.Distil Union blends craftsmanship with thoughtful design to help you carry what matters most — without the clutter.

Nestled in the heart of the Tygart Valley in northern West Virginia lies the city of Grafton, home to 4,722 residents according to the most recent census data. Grafton, recognized as the birthplace of Mother's Day in the United States, was once a booming town known for its railroads and its strategic significance during the early stages of the American Civil War. From the burial site of Thornsbury Baily Brown, believed to be the first Union soldier killed in the Civil War in May 1861, to the International Mother's Day Shrine on the city's main street, Grafton is rich in historical significance and landmarks that reflect the enduring spirit of the community and its contributions to American history.  Over the years, the sleepy hills and hollows of the great Mountain State have given rise to numerous legends, including Mothman and the Flatwoods Monster. It is here that we find yet another creature known as the Grafton Monster. Descriptions vary by source, but the creature is commonly portrayed as a very tall, pale or light-colored figure, sometimes described as appearing headless and producing an unusual whistling sound.  Help us buy a camera: ⁠https://ko-fi.com/monsterfuzz⁠ Support the pod: www.patreon.com/monsterfuzz⁠ Check out our merch: ⁠https://monster-fuzz.creator-spring.com⁠ SpectreVision Radio is a bespoke podcast network at the intersection between the arts and the uncanny, featuring a tapestry of shows exploring the anomalous, the luminous, and the numinous. We're a community for creators and fans vibrating around common curiosities, shared interests and persistent passions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Camden Bucey welcomes David T. Irving, President of Reformed Theological Seminary in Jackson, Mississippi, for a rich conversation on Irving's dissertation, Mississippi's Greatest Minister: A Historical Study of Cornelius W. Grafton's 61-Year Pastorate, 1873–1934. Before turning to Grafton, they discuss Irving's recent transition into seminary leadership and the growing pastoral shortage across confessional Presbyterian churches, reflecting on the need for prayer, training, and laborers for Christ's harvest. The heart of the episode explores the life and ministry of Cornelius W. Grafton, a remarkable Mississippi Presbyterian pastor whose decades of quiet faithfulness, denominational leadership, educational labor, and pastoral endurance left a deep mark on church life in the American South. Camden and David consider why Grafton has been largely overlooked, what his ministry reveals about ordinary pastoral faithfulness, and how his life still instructs ministers and churches today. Watch on YouTube Chapters 00:08 Introduction and guest welcome 01:09 Mississippi's Greatest Minister and today's topic 02:03 RTS Jackson update and the pastoral shortage 08:20 David Irving's connection to Mississippi and Cornelius W. Grafton 14:06 Why Grafton has been overlooked in church history 18:14 Grafton's early religious life and spiritual maturation 23:58 Education, pastoral formation, and early ministry 29:33 Union Church, rural ministry, and a sixty-one-year pastorate 36:46 Grafton's preaching, pastoral rhythms, and churchmanship 43:18 Denominational leadership, education, and public influence 49:19 Grafton as historian and the unpublished history of Mississippi Presbyterianism 54:03 Lessons from Grafton's life and ministry today 59:09 Closing remarks and upcoming Reformed Forum events Resources Mentioned David T. Irving, Mississippi's Greatest Minister: A Historical Study of Cornelius W. Grafton's 61-Year Pastorate, 1873–1934 Reformed Theological Seminary, Jackson Reformed Academy Reformed Forum events Participants: Camden Bucey, David T. Irving

In this episode, Camden Bucey welcomes David T. Irving, President of Reformed Theological Seminary in Jackson, Mississippi, for a rich conversation on Irving's dissertation, Mississippi's Greatest Minister: A Historical Study of Cornelius W. Grafton's 61-Year Pastorate, 1873–1934. Before turning to Grafton, they discuss Irving's recent transition into seminary leadership and the growing pastoral shortage across confessional Presbyterian churches, reflecting on the need for prayer, training, and laborers for Christ's harvest. The heart of the episode explores the life and ministry of Cornelius W. Grafton, a remarkable Mississippi Presbyterian pastor whose decades of quiet faithfulness, denominational leadership, educational labor, and pastoral endurance left a deep mark on church life in the American South. Camden and David consider why Grafton has been largely overlooked, what his ministry reveals about ordinary pastoral faithfulness, and how his life still instructs ministers and churches today. Watch on YouTube Chapters 00:08 Introduction and guest welcome 01:09 Mississippi's Greatest Minister and today's topic 02:03 RTS Jackson update and the pastoral shortage 08:20 David Irving's connection to Mississippi and Cornelius W. Grafton 14:06 Why Grafton has been overlooked in church history 18:14 Grafton's early religious life and spiritual maturation 23:58 Education, pastoral formation, and early ministry 29:33 Union Church, rural ministry, and a sixty-one-year pastorate 36:46 Grafton's preaching, pastoral rhythms, and churchmanship 43:18 Denominational leadership, education, and public influence 49:19 Grafton as historian and the unpublished history of Mississippi Presbyterianism 54:03 Lessons from Grafton's life and ministry today 59:09 Closing remarks and upcoming Reformed Forum events Resources Mentioned David T. Irving, Mississippi's Greatest Minister: A Historical Study of Cornelius W. Grafton's 61-Year Pastorate, 1873–1934 Reformed Theological Seminary, Jackson Reformed Academy Reformed Forum events Participants: Camden Bucey, David T. Irving

In this episode, Camden Bucey welcomes David T. Irving, President of Reformed Theological Seminary in Jackson, Mississippi, for a rich conversation on Irving's dissertation, Mississippi's Greatest Minister: A Historical Study […]

But it's still worth a shot. We discuss the Delmar Trolley, Pirate Ships in Grafton, and why Missouri's Daylight Savings vote won't impact anything anytime soon.

Humans have been exchanging tokens of friendship since before recorded history. From calling cards to Valentines to Christmas cards, the modern greeting card industry evolved. Research: “America’s First Christmas Card.” Albany Institute of History and Art. https://www.albanyinstitute.org/online-exhibition/50-objects/section/america-s-first-christmas-card Britannica Editors. "scarab". Encyclopedia Britannica, 3 Apr. 2014, https://www.britannica.com/topic/scarab Britannica Editors. "greeting card". Encyclopedia Britannica, 15 Mar. 2024, https://www.britannica.com/topic/greeting-card Brown, Ellen F. “Christmas, Inc.: A Brief History of the Holiday Card.” JSTOR Daily. Dec. 20, 2015. https://daily.jstor.org/history-christmas-card-holiday-card/ Chase, Ernest Dudley. “The Romance of Greeting Cards.” Rust Craft. Cambridge, MA. 1956. “Dali at Hallmark.” Hallmark Art Collection. https://www.hallmarkartcollection.com/creatively-thinking/stories/dali-at-hallmark/ “Esther Howland 1847.” Mount Holyoke. https://www.mtholyoke.edu/directory/alum/esther-howland Evans, Elaine Altman. “The Sacred Scarab, Occasional Paper.” McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture. University of Tennessee. January 1, 1996. https://mcclungmuseum.utk.edu/1996/01/01/sacred-scarab/ Greeting Card Association. “The History of Greeting Cards.” https://www.greetingcard.org/history/ Hanc, John. “The History of the Christmas Card.” Smithsonian. Dec. 9, 2015. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/history-christmas-card-180957487/ Henry, William E. “Art and Cultural Symbolism: A Psychological Study of Greeting Cards.” The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, vol. 6, no. 1, 1947, pp. 36–44. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/426176 Kavanagh, Marybeth. “Louis Prang, Father of the American Christmas Card.” The New York Historical. Dec. 19, 2012. https://www.nyhistory.org/blogs/prang Koon, Wee Kek. “How ancient Chinese new year cards went from elites’ greetings to bribery instruments.” South China Morning Post. Jan. 31, 2026. https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/chinese-culture/article/3341675/how-ancient-chinese-new-year-cards-went-elites-greetings-bribery-instruments?module=perpetual_scroll_0&pgtype=article Korolkov, Maxim. “‘Greeting Tablets’ in Early China: Some Traits of the Communicative Etiquette of Officialdom in Light of Newly Excavated Inscriptions.” T’oung Pao, vol. 98, no. 4/5, 2012, pp. 295–348. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/41725988 Lee, Ruth Webb. “A History of Valentines.” 1984. Newberry, Percy E. “Scarabs: An Introduction to the Study of Egyptian Seals and Signet Rings.” London. Archibald Constable and Co. Ltd. 1908. https://dn790001.ca.archive.org/0/items/scarabsintroduc00newbuoft/scarabsintroduc00newbuoft.pdf Purcell, Denise. “Authentic Messaging and Independent Makers Drive Greeting Cards' Next-Gen Relevance.” U.S. Chamber of Commerce. https://www.uschamber.com/co/good-company/launch-pad/greeting-card-next-gen-relevance#:~:text=The%20category%20is%20massive:%20According,card%20market%20at%20$7%20billion. Grafton, Samuel. “Holly Leaf and Copper Plate.” The North American Review, vol. 226, no. 6, 1928, pp. 660–64. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/25110633 Shoichet, Catherine E. “This ‘visionary’ woman changed the way many Americans celebrate Valentine’s Day.” CNN. Feb. 14, 2024. https://edition.cnn.com/2024/02/13/style/esther-howland-valentines-card-history-cec Schmidt, Leigh Eric. “The Commercialization of the Calendar: American Holidays and the Culture of Consumption, 1870-1930.” The Journal of American History, vol. 78, no. 3, 1991, pp. 887–916. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/2078795 Stupperich, Andy. “Art Education: Louis Prang's Christmas Card Competitions.” The Henry Ford Museum. January 29, 2026. https://www.thehenryford.org/collections/explore/articles/art-education-louis-prang%27s-christmas-card-competitions Terrell, Ellen. “Esther Howland and the Business of Love.” Library of Congress. March 23, 2016. https://blogs.loc.gov/inside_adams/2016/03/esther-howland-and-the-business-of-love/ “World's first printed Valentine's Card.” A History of the World. BBC. 2014. https://www.bbc.co.uk/ahistoryoftheworld/objects/L1NM_6mWRymAMKXcRDlXJA Wright, Helena E. “A winning design: Prang’s Christmas card contests of the 1880s.” National Museum of American History. December 23, 2019. https://americanhistory.si.edu/explore/stories/winning-design-prangs-christmas-card-contests-1880s See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Click/Tap here to direct message us!We answer a listener's inquiry about a statue in Grafton,MA. Before the advent of the cell phone selfie, what was one to do?

This week, we're eating some of the best Chinese food in the area. For real, Editor Britte would eat this all the time. Made to order delights from Eastern Chinese Kitchen, located on Route 50 at 800 N Pike St. in Grafton, WV. Open daily 11:00 AM-8:00 PM, closed on Sundays.Here's what we tried:Fried rice, cheese wontons, orange chicken, general tso's chicken, spicy mango chicken, beef lo mein, and broccoli with garlic sauce. We really went all out because it's all just that good.Then, Matt covers serial killer and white supremacist Joseph Paul Franklin. Franklin is widely known for being the man who shot Hustler Magazine founder Larry Flynt, but there is much more to this story.They also talk about a-holes, go-to order preferences, spree killing, stones, and that most reading is good, most.

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  Together with David Jones and Naomi Murphy Keith shares his harrowing experience of abuse at Grafton Close children's home, the systemic failures of institutions, and the ongoing fight for justice and accountability. This candid conversation sheds light on the dark realities of institutional abuse, survivor resilience, and the need for societal change. keywords child abuse, institutional failure, survivor stories, justice, accountability, systemic abuse, Grafton Close, child protection, trauma, activism key topics Systemic failure in child protection Survivor activism and advocacy Institutional cover-ups and accountability key frameworks Institutional Culture and Child Protection action items Survivors should seek support from trusted individuals and organizations. Institutions must be transparent and accountable for past abuses. Society needs to listen to survivor stories to drive systemic change. Advocate for stronger laws and policies to protect children and support survivors.   Sound Bites "Paedophiles are not just male, they can be female too." "Survivors have nothing to be ashamed of." "We need systemic change to protect children."  Chapters (Timings approx) 00:00 Unveiling Grafton Close: A Dark History 05:06 Personal Accounts of Abuse 11:00 The Role of Staff: Ignorance or Complicity? 16:50 Seeking Accountability from Richmond Council 25:57 The Quest for Truth: FOI Requests and Denials 27:20 The Struggle Against Institutional Barriers 28:42 Uncovering the Past: The Case of Philip Saunders 34:15 Seeking Acknowledgment: The Role of the Council 36:38 The Power of Speaking Out: Waiving Anonymity 39:30 The Need for Systemic Change: Addressing Institutional Failures 42:39 The Stagnation of Justice: Challenges with the Council 47:14 Reflections on the Independent Inquiry: Missed Opportunities 51:24 Coping with the Emotional Toll: The Burden of Advocacy 53:53  

Eighteen year old apprentice Jett Newman had a huge number of trial rides before being signed up by northern rivers trainer Matt Dunn. She debuted in February 2025 with two rides for her boss at a Murwillumbah meeting. The first one ran second, the other Without Parallel led all the way to win. The gifted young jockey hasn't stopped riding winners since. She brought up the century when Tomba stormed home from a rearward position to win a 3&4YO event at Doomben on March 28th. In January Jett made a huge impact when she had two rides for two wins at a Rosehill Gardens meeting. Both horses were trained by Matt Dunn who's since kept her away from metropolitan tracks. He wants to preserve her provincial and metro claims for a little longer. Jett TALKS ABOUT HER SPECIAL DAY AT DOOMBEN She hasn't had time to reflect on the achievement because she's been riding all over the place ever since. The apprentice talks  about two more wins to come her way at Grafton and on the Gold Coast.       Jett explains that she and her mother Debbie travel daily from Tweed Heads to fulfil commitments for the Dunn stable at Murwillumbah. She talks about the training talents of Matthew Dunn and the huge team of horses he has in work. The young jockey says only a handful of trainers use the  excellent facilities at Murwillumbah. Jett recalls her exciting day at Rosehill in January when she had two rides for two wins. She was supported on the day by a strong family cheer squad. She talks of the tutelage and support offered by her father Mitch Newman, a former successful jockey whose career was thwarted by ongoing weight problems. Jett says her mother Debbie didn't pursue an aspiration to become a jockey but continues to enjoy her role as an in demand trackwork rider.  The eighteen year old looks back on early days in pony club and a transition to the show ring. She gives a shout out to two older sisters. She fondly remembers the first phase of her apprenticeship to former jockey Claire Lever at Hawkesbury. Claire's husband Chad was also a valued tutor. Jett recalls her exciting first day at the races as a professional jockey. She had two rides at Murwillumbah-  the first one Torque of Dreams ran second, two races later she led all the way to win on Without Parallel.  She talks about a handy bush horse who gave her a hat trick of wins on the Ipswich track. Jett says she's been inspired by high profile female jockeys Rachel King and Jamie Melham who between them struck the Doncaster/Derby double at Randwick on April 4th. The jockey is aware she enjoys a rare luxury in being able to ride at a featherweight.

This past summer Fyn Kynd set a new FKT on the Grafton Notch Loop, a top 25 Northeast FKT route with 35-36 miles and 12-13,000 feet of vertical gain that loops through the beautiful Grafton Notch in Maine. We talk all about Fyn's effort, his development as an athlete, and what efforts he plans to take on next. Find Fyn on Strava and on Instagram @fynthemtnsInfinit Nutrition: Use code FROMTHEBACKCOUNTRY at infinitnutrition.us for 15% off your entire order​Burgeon Outdoor: Check out Burgeon's quality and locally made hiking apparel in Lincoln NH or at burgeonoutdoor.com, and let them know we sent you!!Janji: Use code FROMTHEBACKCOUNTRY at janji.com for 10% off your entire order and let them know we sent you at checkout!

We're back with a full debrief on the 2025 sugar beet harvest season in Grafton, North Dakota.   In this episode, we break down everything from the day-to-day grind of 12-hour shifts to the wild weather that kept everyone on their toes (warm start, buckets of rain, hard freezes). We share the numbers from four seasons of harvest work and a walk-through of what different job roles actually look like on the ground.   You'll hear details about what makes beet harvest both grueling and worth it from the overtime pay structure, the completion bonus, the free RV site, and the friendships that keep us coming back year after year. Plus, we already have our 5th season locked in.   In this episode: What sugar beet harvest jobs actually involve The pay structure: base rate, OT, double time, and completion bonuses Real earnings from 2022–2025 Weather, curveballs, and aurora borealis sightings What we would tell a first-timer considering harvest work   Full show notes and links: thefaiolas.com/165 Connect with us Leave us a voice message: thefaiolas.com/message Email: hi@thefaiolas.com  

In this episode, Rebekah and Lauren discuss spring break activities in St. Louis. They highlight the opening of Urban Fort at The City Foundry soon and Go Play's new location in Lake St. Louis. They recommend Little Diggers, an indoor sandbox, and Animals Aglow at the St. Louis Zoo. Grant's Farm, Ryze Adventure Park, and Sunflower Hill Farm are also mentioned for family fun. They also recommend spending a day at Union Station's attractions and making a day trip out to Grafton, Illinois. Don't forget to check out St. Louis Mom's 100 Things to Do in St. Louis During Spring Break guide and our March Events calendar for more activities!We hope you enjoyed this podcast episode! To learn more about Moms of the Lou you can go to stlouismom.com or follow us on Instagram and Facebook. You can listen to the podcast on Apple Podcast and Spotify. And don't forget to rate and review so more people can tune in! This episode was produced by the St. Louis Mom. It was recorded and edited by STL Bucketlist Studios in St. Louis, Missouri. 

The State of New York has classified the dam at the Dunham Reservoir in Grafton as unsound. The state is leaning towards taking down the dam and creating a wetlands instead, a proposal that is opposed by many local residents. Photographer John Bulmer provides an update on the effort to save the Reservoir with Mark Dunlea of Hudson Mohawk Magazine.

Across the last 19 seasons of the Clink, We have had some really raw conversations. This is one of most listened to episodes with Bernie Matthews (Part 2). Bernie Matthews is a convicted bank robber and prison escapee who has served time for armed robbery and prison escapes in NSW (1969-1980) and Queensland (1996-2000). In this two part series Bernie tells Brent about what it's really like in some of Australia's harshest prisons including Grafton and Katingal. Bernie is now on his road to redemption as an award winning Journalist and Author. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What do QR codes, Olympic athletes, wolf mating documentaries, and Destin, Florida all have in common?Absolutely nothing — and that's why this daily comedy show works.We kick things off with a heated (but deeply scientific) debate about QR codes on billboards. A Chicago restaurant offered a “free burrito” if you scan while driving, and now people are calling for QR code bans. Is it dangerous? Is it genius marketing? Or are we just one distracted driver away from queso-related tragedy? Moon admits he doesn't trust QR codes at all because they feel like digital viruses wearing mustaches.Then we pivot to the Olympic Village, where apparently athletes are breaking records both on and off the field. They ran out of condoms in three days. THREE. DAYS. We discuss why every Olympic competitor seems to come from other Olympic bloodlines, how you even become a skeleton racer if you grow up in Missouri, and why the bobsled team unintentionally created slapstick history.Spring break planning reveals Missouri's true personality: Destin, Florida. The Redneck Riviera claims us once again. Rizz embraces his future as a Boca Raton retiree. Moon preaches the gospel of Gulf Coast sunsets. And somehow we end up arguing Disney inspiration versus Six Flags practicality.In relationships, we break down early red flags: expensive gifts too soon, showing up unannounced at work (don't), texting “good morning ❤️” every day (please calm down), and writing love songs after two dates (call security).Lern shares her surprisingly educational Valentine's Day at a wolf sanctuary where things got wildly biological. Rafe ice skates in Grafton. We discover the Most Gen X Man in the World. And somehow it all makes sense inside this chaotic, sarcastic, slightly unhinged daily comedy show.If you're here for weird news, entertainment gossip, Midwest sarcasm, Florida takes, and Olympic-level nonsense, welcome home. This daily comedy show is your daily reminder that life is ridiculous — and we're just here to narrate it.Follow The Rizzuto Show → https://linktr.ee/rizzshow for more from your favorite daily comedy show.Connect with The Rizzuto Show Comedy Podcast online → https://1057thepoint.com/RizzShow.Hear The Rizz Show daily on the radio at 105.7 The Point | Hubbard Radio in St. Louis, MO.The Most Gen X Man in the World - Dos Equis AdChicago officials raise safety concerns over QR code billboardMedieval-themed live shows draw young women who are looking for love and jaded by modern datingSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Porphyry, Isaac Casaubon, and Richard Rietzenstein walk into a bar. Well, that's not true, seeing that they were separated  from each other by hundreds of years. But if they did, they would be talking about the Corpus Hermeticum, that mysterious forged document that dates to the Hellenistic era, and claimed to have been written by "Hermes Thrice-great" (the Triple-decker). Thanks to the brilliant work of Guggenheim fellow and all-around savant Anthony Grafton, Jeff and Dave have the opportunity this week to tease out the differences between forgers and literary critics. Digging through chapter 3 of Grafton's 1990 work, the guys show how Porphyry (third century A.D.), Casaubon (16th century), and Reitzenstein (20th century) each tackle this forgery from a different angle, united in their quest for the truth and using some of the same tools. But as it turns out, are truth and falsehood more closely linked than at first  they may appear? And do we have something to learn from the forgers and their methods? Tune in to find out.

Step into the dense, fog-covered woods of West Virginia as we uncover the terrifying legend of The Grafton Monster, one of America's most chilling and elusive cryptids. In this deep-dive video, we're taking a scientific and lore-heavy look at a creature that has baffled eyewitnesses, investigators, and cryptozoologists for decades. Reportedly first seen in 1964 near Grafton, West Virginia, this hulking, white-skinned humanoid creature has been described as headless, silent, and utterly massive — a creature that walks the line between myth and misunderstood biology. This episode will explore the complete history and lore of the Grafton Monster, diving into eyewitness accounts, regional folklore, and pop culture appearances including its unsettling presence in Fallout 76. But we won't stop there — we'll break down what this creature could biologically be. Could it be a mutated primate species? A misidentified animal under specific environmental conditions? Or even a government experiment gone wrong? Our speculative biology segment will consider how something like the Grafton Monster could exist in nature, drawing from known science on gigantism, cryptid mimicry, and biological camouflage. If you're a fan of cryptid sightings, unexplained mysteries, paranormal legends, or horror-laced speculative science, then this is the video for you. We'll connect the Grafton Monster's origins with other famous creatures in Appalachian folklore like the Mothman, Sheepsquatch, and Flatwoods Monster — showing just how interconnected these tales might be. We'll also explore the geography and history of Grafton, which may have played a role in the development of these cryptid legends. Expect an immersive blend of science, horror, video game lore, and cultural analysis as we dissect the possible explanations for the creature. Whether you believe in cryptids or not, this video will give you something to think about — from neuropsychological explanations for sightings to the sociocultural impact of cryptid legends on small American towns. We'll even touch on the idea of mass hysteria, optical illusions in dense forest terrain, and whether the Grafton Monster could have been a case of mistaken identity — perhaps even a man pushing a cart, as some skeptics have claimed.

Quinn Grafton sits down with Adler Goode and host Ty Williams in this episode of Electric People. Quinn is a 4-time Franchise earner and Market Leader in East LA. Quinn shares sales and leadership lessons from his career.

This week, in Grafton, Vermont, a couple attempts to help an odd pair of hitchhikers pull their truck out of the mud, only to end up drinking, hanging out, and ending up brutally murdered. They are found in the strangest positions that dead bodies could be placed. Detectives want to track down these hitchikers, but the pair show up back at the murder scene, not expecting police to already be there, and start blaming each other! Somehow, it then gets even crazier!   Along the way, we find out that fairy houses just mey be for kids, that when you're wearing a "Fat Albert" t shirt, people take notice, and that "I only killed them a little" is a terrible excuse for being part of a murder team!!   New episodes, every Wednesday & Friday nights!! THE HALLOWEEN VIRTUAL LIVE SHOW!!! 10/30/2025 @ 9:00 PM Eastern Time Get your tickets on moment.co/smalltownmurder  Tickets are $20.  Video Playback will be available for 2 weeks after the live event.    Donate at patreon.com/crimeinsports or at paypal.com and use our email: crimeinsports@gmail.com Go to shutupandgivememurder.com for all things Small Town Murder, Crime In Sports & Your Stupid Opinions!   Follow us on... instagram.com/smalltownmurder facebook.com/smalltownpod   Also, check out James & Jimmie's other shows, Crime In Sports & Your Stupid Opinions on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts!!

Many communities face an uneven food landscape: plenty of cheap junk food, but few places to buy fresh, healthy food. This pattern—often called “food apartheid”—doesn't happen by accident; it grows from redlining, unfair rules, and corporate control. The impacts are steep: higher rates of type 2 diabetes, kidney failure, and learning problems in Black, Latino, and Indigenous communities, along with unsafe conditions for farmworkers. These harms have a long history, and government subsidies and convincing marketing keep ultraprocessed foods on top. However, we take practical steps to make change including investing in regenerative and community farms, protecting and fairly paying farmworkers, and enforcing civil-rights laws so public dollars support real food, healthy soil, and communities that thrive. In this episode, Leah Penniman, Dr. Rupa Marya, Raj Patel, Karen Washington, and I discuss why food injustices exist and how we can create regenerative food systems to serve everyone. Leah Penniman is a Black Kreyol educator, farmer/peyizan, author, and food justice activist from Soul Fire Farm in Grafton, NY. She co-founded Soul Fire Farm in 2010 with the mission to end racism in the food system and reclaim our ancestral connection to land. As co-Executive Director, Leah is part of a team that facilitates powerful food sovereignty programs - including farmer training for Black & Brown people, a subsidized farm food distribution program for communities living under food apartheid, and domestic and international organizing toward equity in the food system. Leah has been farming since 1996, holds an MA in Education and a BA in Environmental Science from Clark University, and is a Manye (Queen Mother) in Vodun.  Dr. Rupa Marya is a physician, activist, mother, and composer. She is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco where she practices and teaches Internal Medicine. Her research examines the health impacts of social systems, from agriculture to policing. She is a co-founder of the Do No Harm Coalition, a collective of health workers committed to addressing disease through structural change. At the invitation of Lakota health leaders, she is currently helping to set up the Mni Wiconi Health Clinic and Farm at Standing Rock in order to decolonize medicine and food.  Raj Patel is a Research Professor at the University of Texas at Austin's Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs, a professor in the University's department of nutrition, and a Research Associate at Rhodes University, South Africa. He is the author of Stuffed and Starved, the New York Times bestselling The Value of Nothing, co-author of A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things. A James Beard Leadership Award winner, he is the co-director of the award-winning documentary about climate change and the food system, The Ants & The Grasshopper.  Karen is a farmer, activist, and food advocate. She is the Co-owner and Farmer at Rise & Root Farm in Chester, New York. In 2010, Karen Co-Founded Black Urban Growers (BUGS), an organization supporting growers in both urban and rural settings. In 2012, Ebony magazine voted her one of the 100 most influential African Americans in the country, and in 2014 Karen was the recipient of the James Beard Leadership Award. Karen serves on the boards of the New York Botanical Gardens, SoulFire Farm, the Mary Mitchell Center, Why Hunger, and Farm School NYC. This episode is brought to you by BIOptimizers. Head to bioptimizers.com/hyman and use code HYMAN to save 15%. Full-length episodes can be found here:Why Food Is A Social Justice Issue Food Justice: Why Our Bodies And Our Society Are Inflamed A Way Out Of Food Racism And Poverty