Mariam interviews Megan Couch about her research into the 1849 outbreak of Cholera in Lexington. They discuss finding more deaths from cholera than were actually reported, and tell the stories of families that were completely wiped out by the disease. This episode is the final episode in the four part series.
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Street Names in Lexington, Part One: Horse Names (2023)
A History Lover's Guide to Lexington with Peter Brackney (2023)
The 1964 March on Frankfort (2023)
The 20th Anniversary of the Lexington Ice Storm
Julia Perry, Composer (2023)
100 Years of the Kentucky Theatre: An Interview with Fred Mills (2022)
Black Enclaves of Lexington (2022)
John Wilkes Booth in Lexington (2022)
Library Building History (2022)
J. Alexander Chiles: The Fight Against Kentucky’s Separate Coach Law (2022)
Ten Hours of Terror: The Barnes Family Murder, 1973 (Part 2 of 2, 2022)
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Nick Carter, Bloodhound (2022)
Washington’s Iron Butterfly, an Interview with Terry Birdwhistell and Don Ritchie (2022)
Charles Dickens’ Visit to Kentucky (2022)
Drowned Town: An Interview with Author Jayne Moore Waldrop (2022)
Who’s the Scammer? A Tale of a Horse Sale (2021)
History of Lexington City & Fayette County Public Schools (2021)
Lafayette’s Visit to Lexington (2021)
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