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Lavender Haze

FromAmerican Shadows

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Jul 27, 2023

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In the 1950s the United States launched a witch hunt, and it's not at all what you think.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Jul 27, 2023

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American Shadows is a bi-weekly podcast from iHeartRadio and Aaron Mahnke’s Grim & Mild. The show focuses on the darker stories from American history: the people, places, and things that are hidden and forgotten in the shadows. From better-known tales like the conspiracy to steal Lincoln’s body, to less-known stories, like the rainmaker who flooded San Diego. Join host Lauren Vogelbaum as she spans two centuries of omitted lore from our country’s history books.

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Prophets Over People: How one woman found God, murder, and the Anti Christ -- multiple times -- in 1850s Connecticut. by American Shadows
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Lost: Robert E. Lee's plans laid out in Orders 191 would have won the war. Then a Union corporal finds a lost copy which should have also ended the war. Along the way to Antietam, mistakes were made. by American Shadows
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