What Happened Here?

Written by: Hannah Allman Kennedy
  • Summary

  • A podcast exploring the stories of interesting and forgotten places. Join as each week, writer Hannah Allman Kennedy looks at a place and asks, "What happened here?" Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/what-happened-here/support
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Episodes
  • Episode 15: The Bennington Triangle, Vermont
    Aug 21 2022

    In the Season 1 finale, Hannah tells a few stories from one of the most mysterious parts of New England: a vast and isolated forest hiding ghost towns, buried treasure, and missing persons.

    This is the Bennington Triangle of Vermont. What happened here?

    Please subscribe, rate, and review, and keep an eye out for season 2 soon!


    Sources used in this episode:

    1. Obscure Vermont: https://obscurevermont.com/tag/white-rocks/

    https://urbanpostmortem.wordpress.com/2012/12/18/the-patch-hollow-massacre/

    2. Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_T._Stafford_White_Rocks_National_Recreation_Area

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallingford,_Vermont

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bennington_Triangle

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Mountain_National_Forest

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_A._Citro

    3. USDA Forest Service: https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/gmfl/recarea/?recid=65137

    4. History of Wallingford, Vermont, by Walter Thorpe: https://books.google.com/books?id=NBpRK8ukdP8C&pg=PA195&lpg=PA195&dq=white+rocks+treasure+wallingford+vt&source=bl&ots=zpi7Qdkh8z&sig=ACfU3U0F5wVqgirStrysUgp3l0SETQuftQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi8qpHijcn5AhWhM1kFHSEPDGUQ6AF6BAgiEAM#v=onepage&q=white%20rocks%20treasure%20wallingford%20vt&f=false

    5. Rutland Herald: https://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/archive/index.php/t-1032.html

    6. https://www.benningtonbanner.com/local-news/after-60-years-students-fate-remains-a-legendary-mystery/article_01b5a8cd-cad7-51dc-9dd9-667ee9a64c34.html

    7. Vermont Gold and Treasure: http://vermontgoldandtreasure.blogspot.com/2014/01/spanish-silver-wallingford-vt.html

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    25 mins
  • Episode 14: Dennis Severs' House, London UK
    Aug 14 2022

    The city of London is home to many a mystery, and the twists and turns of the Spitalfields district is no exception. One house, at 18 Folgate Street, offers visitors the ability to almost literally step back in time. This is Dennis Severs' house.

    What Happened Here?

    Listen along to find out!

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    • Find me online: Instagram @whathappenedhere.pod, or send an email! whathappenedherepod@gmail.com

    Sources Used in Today's Ep:

    1. Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Severs%27_House

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spitalfields#Victorian_era

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitechapel_District_(Metropolis)

    2. Dennis Severs House Website: https://dennissevershouse.co.uk/about/the-house

    3. The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/jul/25/dennis-severs-house-recreates-his-eccentric-tours-based-on-found-tapes

    https://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/jan/10/guardianobituaries

    4. Old Spitalfields Market Website: https://oldspitalfieldsmarket.com/journal/things-to-do-dennis-severs-house

    5. Museums London: https://www.museumslondon.org/museum/49/dennis-severs-house

    6. Google Earth: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Dennis+Severs'+House/@51.520882,-0.077706,15z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0xeb180c41f36e96e8?sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi_x6vm68T5AhVPF2IAHVdABKoQ_BJ6BQiBARAF

    7. Morbid Podcast 5-Part Series on Jack the Ripper: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/jack-the-ripper-part-1/id1379959217?i=1000570373715

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    17 mins
  • Episode 13: Lake Peigneur, Louisiana
    Aug 7 2022

    In rural southern Louisiana, miles from the Gulf of Mexico, a deep saltwater lake exists in unlikely surroundings. But little do many people know the secrets under the surface. This is Lake Peigneur.

    What Happened Here?

    Listen along to hear the story of the mysterious Lake Peigneur, which was irreversibly altered only 40 years ago.

    Please like, subscribe, follow, rate, and/or review wherever you listen!


    Sources Used in This Episode:

    1. Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Peigneur

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Jefferson_House

    2. The Nashua Telegraph: https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2209&dat=19801121&id=mKUrAAAAIBAJ&pg=7170,4208269&hl=en

    3. Atlas Obscura: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/lake-peigneur

    4. Damn Interesting: https://www.damninteresting.com/lake-peigneur-the-swirling-vortex-of-doom/

    5. Scott E Raymond: Lagniappe Magazine: https://bestofswla.com/2018/06/07/rip-van-winkle-gardens/

    6. History Channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cXnxGIDhOA

    7. Google Earth: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Lake+Peigneur/@29.9804596,-91.9785727,14.41z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x86237ab7895a2f0b:0x484dd7de1c6b937c!8m2!3d29.9794613!4d-91.9808129

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    18 mins

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