Episodes

April 11, 2024

Episode 179 - Guardians of History Part 2: A Journey with Epoch Prese…

Send us a text! We love hearing from listeners. If you'd like a response, please include your email. Dianne and Jennie are thrilled to continue their conversation with Rachel Meyer from Epoch Preservation. Join them for part ...

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April 4, 2024

Episode 178 - Guardians of History Part 1: A Journey with Epoch Prese…

Send us a text! We love hearing from listeners. If you'd like a response, please include your email. Dianne and Jennie are thrilled to welcome Rachel Meyer from Epoch Preservation as this week's special guest. Join them for p...

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March 28, 2024

Episode 177 - Unveiling the True Legacy of Louise Sneed Hill

Send us a text! We love hearing from listeners. If you'd like a response, please include your email. Join Jennie and Dianne on an enlightening journey through history with the author of "The Queen of Denver: Louise Sneed Hill...

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March 21, 2024

Episode 176 Part 2: Cemeteries of the Honorable, Forgotten and Unknow…

Send us a text! We love hearing from listeners. If you'd like a response, please include your email. Join Jennie and Dianne, along with returning guest Avrohom Krauss, as they continue their exploration into the world of Ordi...

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March 14, 2024

Episode 175 - Part 1: Cemeteries of the Honorable, Forgotten and Unkn…

Send us a text! We love hearing from listeners. If you'd like a response, please include your email. In this episode of the Ordinary Extraordinary Cemetery, Jennie and Dianne, along with special guest Avrohom Krauss, an educa...

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March 6, 2024

Episode 174 - Echoes of History: Gettysburg Unveiled with Tim Smith

Send us a text! We love hearing from listeners. If you'd like a response, please include your email. Jennie and Dianne dive into history with special guest Tim Smith, the Director of Education for the Adams County Historical ...

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Feb. 29, 2024

Episode 173 - Crowning Glory Part 2: Maurice Breen in Dayton Ohio's C…

Send us a text! We love hearing from listeners. If you'd like a response, please include your email. Jennie and Dianne return to Dayton Ohio's Calvary Cemetery, this time to visit the grave of Maurice Breen, an Irish immigran...

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Feb. 22, 2024

Episode 172 - Crowning Glory Part 1: Dayton Ohio's Calvary Cemetery

Send us a text! We love hearing from listeners. If you'd like a response, please include your email. This episode is part one of at least two episodes covering one of Dayton, Ohio's largest green spaces, Calvary Cemetery. Fou...

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Feb. 15, 2024

Episode 171 - Madam with a Heart: Durango, Colorado's Bessie Rivers

Send us a text! We love hearing from listeners. If you'd like a response, please include your email. Love is in the air this week as Jennie and Dianne share the story of a woman who led, shall we say, an alternative life as m...

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Feb. 8, 2024

Episode 170 - Love Amidst the Wreckage: The Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus …

Send us a text! We love hearing from listeners. If you'd like a response, please include your email. Jennie and Dianne relate a gripping yet heart-wrenching chapter of circus history that led to the first burials at Showmen's...

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Feb. 1, 2024

Episode 169 - Love Triumphs: James and Olivia Tate's Extraordinary Lo…

Send us a text! We love hearing from listeners. If you'd like a response, please include your email. Jennie and Dianne delve into the remarkable tale of James and Olivia Tate, enslaved in Georgia prior to the American civil w...

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Jan. 25, 2024

Episode 168 - Witness to Time: Margaret Ann Harvey Neve's Three-Centu…

Send us a text! We love hearing from listeners. If you'd like a response, please include your email. Join Jennie and Dianne as they unravel the remarkable life of Margaret Ann Harvey Neve in this episode of the Ordinary Extra...

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Jan. 18, 2024

Episode 167 - "Rebel Girls of the Frontier: Cattle Annie and Little B…

Send us a text! We love hearing from listeners. If you'd like a response, please include your email. Jennie and Dianne ride into the Wild West in this latest podcast episode! 🤠 Together they cover the unique story of Cattle A...

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Jan. 4, 2024

Episode 166 - Sewn in Stardust: Irene Lentz's Impact on Hollywood Fas…

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Dec. 28, 2023

Episode 165 - A New Year's Ode to Friendship: Mark Twain and Helen Ke…

Send us a text! We love hearing from listeners. If you'd like a response, please include your email. As we bid farewell to 2023, the Ordinary Extraordinary Cemetery Podcast team wishes you a Happy New Year! Don't miss this fi...

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Dec. 20, 2023

Episode 164 - From Newsboy to Santa's Helper: The Extraordinary Life …

Send us a text! We love hearing from listeners. If you'd like a response, please include your email. Embark on a heartfelt yuletide journey with Jennie and Dianne as they uncover the remarkable story of James J. Brady at Mt. ...

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Dec. 14, 2023

Episode 163 - In the Face of Darkness: Hanukkah Celebrations and the …

Send us a text! We love hearing from listeners. If you'd like a response, please include your email. Join Jennie and Dianne as they unravel a tale of light from darkness in Landsberg am Lech, Germany. From the city's historic...

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Dec. 7, 2023

Episode 162 - Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: A C…

Send us a text! We love hearing from listeners. If you'd like a response, please include your email. Uncover the rich history of the second oldest rural cemetery in America on "The Ordinary Extraordinary Cemetery" podcast! Jo...

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Nov. 30, 2023

Episode 161 - Beneath the Pines: Toledo Cemetery in Toledo, Oregon

Send us a text! We love hearing from listeners. If you'd like a response, please include your email. On this episode of "The Ordinary Extraordinary Cemetery" join Jennie as she journeys to the picturesque Toledo Cemetery in L...

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Nov. 23, 2023

Episode 160 - Wit and Wings: A Thanksgiving Tribute to Will Rogers & …

Send us a text! We love hearing from listeners. If you'd like a response, please include your email. Dive into a remarkable journey through time on the latest episode of "The Ordinary Extraordinary Cemetery" podcast with Jenn...

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Nov. 16, 2023

Episode 159 - Gravestones Reclaimed: Stories of Restored Headstones

Send us a text! We love hearing from listeners. If you'd like a response, please include your email. Jennie and Dianne share three captivating stories of headstones found in unusual places and how they were restored to the ce...

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Nov. 9, 2023

Episode 158 - Unbreakable Code, Unforgettable Heroes: Navajo Code Tal…

Send us a text! We love hearing from listeners. If you'd like a response, please include your email. In this episode Jennie and Dianne honor Veterans Day and celebrate National Native American Heritage Month along with guests...

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Nov. 2, 2023

Episode 157 - Celebrating 3 Years of the Ordinary Extraordinary Cemet…

Send us a text! We love hearing from listeners. If you'd like a response, please include your email. Happy belated 3rd anniversary to the Ordinary Extraordinary Cemetery podcast! In this episode Jennie and Dianne take a strol...

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Oct. 26, 2023

Episode 156 - Beyond the Grave: An Evening with Bram Stoker

Send us a text! We love hearing from listeners. If you'd like a response, please include your email. Join Jennie and Dianne for this very special Halloween edition of the Ordinary Extraordinary Cemetery podcast. Grab your fav...

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