• Amazing Tales from Off and On Connecticut‘s Beaten Path

  • Written by: Mike Allen
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Amazing Tales from Off and On Connecticut‘s Beaten Path

Written by: Mike Allen
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  • Noted story teller and former journalist Mike Allen interviews special guests and then produces amazing tales about people, places and events from Connecticut history. His style and enthusiasm make history relatable, interesting, fun and informative. You certainly don‘t have to be from Connecticut to enjoy these stories -- you just need to find history interesting and to love a good story. New episodes are published every Thursday. Theme music (Musical Interlewd 1, intro; Musical Interlewd 2, outro) by Christopher Cech. Podcast logo design by Ashley Cech. Logo photo by Yvonne Cech. This podcast is a production of True North Associates, LLC.
    Copyright 2021 All rights reserved.
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  • First TV Cameraman Inside Ground Zero

    First TV Cameraman Inside Ground Zero
    Feb 6 2025

    Ground zero. 9-11. World Trade Center. John Maher was the first cameraman to film inside, while they were still burning. He shares his surreal memories and experience.
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    34 mins
  • An Ancient Hiking Rite Still Practiced

    An Ancient Hiking Rite Still Practiced
    Jan 30 2025

    It's an ancient European tradition. Hiking a town’s boundaries still occurs in three CT towns (Madison, Guilford, and Durham). They conducted theirs recently, complete with the carved ceremonial stone, for placement where the towns meet. Madison First Selectwoman Peggy Lyons has the story.
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    17 mins
  • Boxer / Opera Singer / Queen of the Rum Runners

    Boxer / Opera Singer / Queen of the Rum Runners
    Jan 23 2025

    She was a boxer, an opera singer, and a rum runner. Nellie Green made it through 13 years of Prohibition with just one team member getting arrested, while keeping her patrons well supplied with alcohol. She also distributed some of her liquor to other bootleggers further inland, making hefty profits. How did this singing sensation – with a knock-out punch – end up being one of the biggest rum runners in the northeast?
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    21 mins

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