Road Trip 2022

In June #1, #7 and #13 piled into a car and drove halfway across America. They couldn't resist visiting a few podcast-related sights along the way.

Categories: Supplement

Tags: 1893 Chicago World's Fair and Columbian Exposition Federated States of Micronesia Harmony Society Indiana pressed pennies

Published: June 20, 2022

We Live Inside

greetings from the inside of the Hollow Earth

Dr. Cyrus Reed Teed may have been a madman, or the Messiah, but only he was bold enough to tell the truth: that we live on the inside of a hollow Earth.

Categories: Eccentrics & Prophecies, Most Popular, People & Places, Series 4

Tags: 1893 Chicago World's Fair and Columbian Exposition American Civil War Ann O'Delia Diss Debar Chicago, IL communism cult Dr. Cyrus Reed Teed "Koresh" eclectic medicine faith healing Florida Fort Myers, FL geodetics Harmony Society hollow Earth Koreshan Unity Messiah New York, NY Presented by #13 pseudo-science religion San Francisco, CA The Constant

Published: August 10, 2020

Spirit Princess

one woman, thirty aliases, forty years and too many crimes to count

The greatest and most notorious Spiritualist swindler of all time was a woman from Kentucky who looked a bit like Lola Montez (if you squinted).

Categories: Biography, Hoaxes, Frauds & Forgeries, Series 3

Tags: "General" Joseph Hubert Diss Debar "Prince" Michael Keyfor Mills Ann O'Delia Diss Debar Baltimore, MD Boston, MA Canada Catholicism Chicago, IL crime cult David Livingston Mackay Detroit, MI dime museum Dr. Cyrus Reed Teed "Koresh" Florida Fort Myers, FL Freeman Bernstein Harmony Society Illinois Joseph D. Townsend Koreshan Unity London, England Massachusetts Michigan New York, NY Presented by #13 religion Spiritualism Theosophical Society Theosophy United Kingdom Windsor, ON

Published: March 23, 2020

Old Economy Village

A few photos from the Harmony Society's final home at Old Economy Village.

Categories: Eccentrics & Prophecies, History, Supplement

Tags: Ambridge, PA Economy, PA field trip Harmony Society John S. Duss Old Economy Village Pennsylvania

Published: January 29, 2020

That No Man Take Thy Crown

the rise and fall of the Harmony Society (1803-1905), the richest communists in the world [Part 2]

The Harmony Society managed to survive the death of its founder, but could it survive the twin ravages of time and greed?

Categories: Eccentrics & Prophecies, History, Series 2

Tags: Ambridge, PA Christianity civil law communism Dr. Cyrus Reed Teed "Koresh" Economy, PA Harmony Society John S. Duss Koreshan Unity Old Economy Village Pennsylvania Presented by #13 Protestantism religion

Published: January 27, 2020

Rapp’s Seat

A visit to Rapp's Seat, the throne which George Rapp used to supervise the activity of the Harmony Society's first commune.

Categories: Eccentrics & Prophecies, History, Supplement

Tags: field trip Harmony Society Harmony, PA Pennsylvania

Published: January 22, 2020

Harmonist Cemetery

I thought you might like to see some pictures of the Harmonist Cemetery which inspired our most recent episode.

Categories: Eccentrics & Prophecies, History, Supplement

Tags: cemetery field trip Harmony Society Harmony, PA Pennsylvania

Published: January 15, 2020

Hold Fast What Thou Hast

the rise and fall of the Harmony Society (1803-1905), the richest communists in the world [Part 1]

An unusual cemetery leads us to the story of the Harmony Society (1803-1905), the richest communists in the world, and the saga of their rise and fall.

Categories: Eccentrics & Prophecies, History, Series 2

Tags: Ambridge, PA Christianity civil law communism Economy, PA Harmony Society Harmony, PA Indiana Pennsylvania Presented by #13 Protestantism religion The United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing United States of America War of 1812

Published: January 13, 2020