Mitchell’s Persimmon Festival is right up there with the Potato Festival on the old Andy Griffith Show on the list of great fall harvest festivals. In olden days these festivals also promoted fertility, and there’s some bad news for Lawrence County on that front. But good fortune still shines down on the Persimmon and its best and most tasty use, Persimmon Pudding. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/danny-howell/message

Tales From Southern Indiana

The Persimmon Festival - Mitchell’s annual celebration of a plentiful harvest and improved fertility

Back in the day, there were a lot of brain eaters in southern Indiana -- pork brain eaters, that is -- because they were a bargain at 15 cents a pound and we needed to make money stretch.  Recalling that cuisine reminded me of my favorite scary movie and my favorite scary movie tv show, Nightmare Theater.  Listen at your peril, as you may end up with a habit of checking your shoulder to make sure you don't have a new head growing there.  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/danny-howell/message

The Brain Eaters

Smoking at age 9 and drinking coffee at age 3 were not uncommon sights in Southern Indiana when I grew up. Hear about the unhealthy effects of cigarettes on leeches and other news of note regarding caffeine and nicotine back in the day. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/danny-howell/message

Coffee and Cigarettes

All about the strange phenomenon of tv when it first arrived in Southern Indiana in 1930, the Indiana farm boy genius who made a million bucks with his TV invention, and my own experience as a Nielsen family. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/danny-howell/message

Television Comes to Southern Indiana

In the days before embalming, being buried alive was apparently an irksome event - here are some accounts of Hoosiers narrowly avoiding premature entombment, plus the lighter side of being buried alive, and helpful tips for surviving the whole ordeal. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/danny-howell/message

Buried Alive - One More Thing to Worry About

Problems with panthers back in the day, what to do if you encounter a panther, and a few mentions of other varmints. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/danny-howell/message

Panthers

Restaurant dining options in Mitchell Indiana in the '60's - the combination salad, Persimmon pudding, and important safety tips on toaster repair. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/danny-howell/message

Dining Out

More details of the Oolitic mob of 1906 that avenged the honor of a dead man through immediate civic action, plus tales of the "toy gunman" of Mitchell, the perils of making nitro bombs with light bulbs, neck carbuncles, and dangerous charity chicken. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/danny-howell/message

More True Crime -the complete story of the Oolitic mob incident of 1906 and other violent tidbits.

Catching up on local news of the day back in the early 1900's in and around Lawrence County, shedding new light on the dangers of mixing love with dynamite, speaking ill of the dead, and chewing tobacco to excess. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/danny-howell/message

Love, Dynamite, Respect for the Dead and other Miscellaneous News

My big brother is the source of many of the stories in this podcast, so following his recent passing it seems only fitting to share a few of his stories about himself. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/danny-howell/message

Memories of My Big Brother

The best known cave near my home town was Donaldson's Cave. Its namesake was a fascinating person - polar bear hunter, world traveler, and wealthy - and, not surprisingly, not all that well liked by the local residents. Here is a bit of his story. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/danny-howell/message

Donaldson's Cave

Your host allegedly sings and plays on guitar the Buddy Holly sing True Love Ways. The song was recorded at his last studio session and released after his death. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/danny-howell/message

True Love Ways

Recollections of buildings burned and destoyed under suspicious circumstances, including revenge for the Moody murder, and the 1908 purification by fire of Mitchell's only university, SIN College. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/danny-howell/message

Fire and Destruction

"Rough on Rats" was a popular pest poison from the turn if the last century that was used so often by women to poison their spouses that it might have been called "Rough on Husband's". Sharing storiea of some historical murders in Southern Indiana, including my home town. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/danny-howell/message

Rough on Rats

Your host plays guitar and sings the Sixpence None the Richer song, which probably sounds like Elvis singing Sixpence, but on the eve of our 15th wedding anniversary, this was our first dance song. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/danny-howell/message

Kiss Me (cover of the Sixpence None the Richer hit)

Small town life in a world bordering on the surreal with a country flavor. Stories and music.

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